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News in Abruzzo Year 2001

7 January/gennaio 2001 MESSAGGERO - Mosciano Sant'Angelo - Ruffini day, by Pietro Stacchiotti On a very special Befana 140 descendants of the family gathered in the memory of their ancestors, Carlo and Nicola Ruffini, who moved to Mosciano in 1770 from Morrovalle, province of Macerata. Among the many Ruffinis present, the President of the Province, Claudio Ruffini, and the family genealogist, Ivano Ruffini. 7 January/gennaio 2001 MESSAGGERO - Chieti - Thousands of people to the Living Crib / Migliaia di persone al presepe vivente 52 scenes in the alleys and square of the historcal center for the 6th edition of the Living Crib. Among the scenes, a Roman camp complete with horses, a lake with a real stream, livestock in their stables, hundreds of characters and bagpipe players in the light of torches, the census taking place in a square with a donkey coming with Mary and Joseph, everything necessary to recreate that special night. 7 January/gennaio 2001 IL CENTRO - - Secinaro - Festival in the Valle Subequana on TV / Valle Subequana in festa con la Tv, by Pasquale D'Alberto Next 13 january on Raidue typical products and traditions with former Miss Italia Cinzia De Ponti, an abruzzese, and minister Pecoraro Scanio. Tv anchorman Osvaldo Bevilacqua was making a documentary on the area and especially on the localization of ancient "Superaequum". 7 January/gennaio 2001 IL CENTRO - - Vasto - "Lunarie de lu Vaste" on sale / I ricordi dell'ex sindaco con il "Lunarie de lu Vaste" The Almanac, a creature of former mayor Tagliente, is on sale in Vasto, 365 days with characters, recipes, traditions and stories from the town. 7 January/gennaio 2001 IL CENTRO - - San Giovanni Teatino - Soccer champion Eusebio visits relatives / Campione tra i paesani Pork festival on the occasion of Arnaldo Di Francesco's 63rd birthday with special guest his son Eusebio, player with glorious Roma, brother Ernesto from Venezuela, relatives from Pordenone and Trento and Marcello Zaccagnini with his special red wines to accompany pork dishes and 15 kg of "penne all'arrabbiata". 7 January/gennaio 2001 IL CENTRO - - Argentina - Mountain climbers from Abruzzo reach the Aconcagua / Pescara conquista la vetta d'America At 12 on 5 january expedition "El condor" sent through the internet a message from the top of Cerro Aconcagua, 6962 mt a.s.l.; in the group Domenico Di Bartolomeo, 47, a dentist from Pescara, Roberto Giancaterino, 37, a mountaneering instructor from Penne, Fabrizio Di Giansante, 24, and Roberto Delle Monache, 26, students from the Academy of the Arts, both from Penne, Marco D'Ercole, 37 from Penne, Emilio Marzola, 41, from Penne, Bruno Ammazzalorso, 47, from Pescara.

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