Respect

A group of citizens launched a campaign to sign a petition addressed to the Municipality of Bar and its president Dušan Raičević, for the relocation of the monument of Andrija Dabanović, the first director of the once powerful "Prekoekeanska plovidba".

The initiator of this petition, retired journalist Nada Tomić Drašković, a neighbor of the late Dabanović both in Bar and in Belgrade, says that the monument is squeezed between two cafes and partially obscured by their furniture, and besides, there is no longer a "Prekookeanska" travel agency behind it, which is a bust Dabanović as Saint Nicholas protected sailors.

By the way, Prekookeanska plovidba was founded on May 4, 1961 at the initiative of the then president of the Municipality of Bar, Ljubomir Marković, and the first director was Dabanović. Already the following year, during the naval blockade of Cuba by the US, the company began to take off, because despite the embargo, its ships continued to sail to this country and transport various cargoes, mostly sugar. "Transoceanic" very quickly became the pride of Bar and Montenegro. During its existence, the company owned 63 motor ships.

In the mid-XNUMXs, Andrija Dabanović returned from retirement to the head of Transocean Navigation, because the sailors asked him to help, but even he could not put the stumbling giant back on its feet, primarily because of the United Nations Security Council sanctions against our country.

Moving the monument fifty meters forward towards the marina, in a circular park, is a good idea that should be supported.

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Slobodan Leković (83) was buried at the Gvozden Brijeg cemetery. I remember him as a quiet, calm man. It was nice to meet him. When we were neighbors, we used to exchange a few words, especially about his sons, my friend Neven and my colleague Tihomir. He was, among other things, the director of the Port of Bar, but he will be remembered as the first democratically elected president of the Municipality of Bar.

These days, two more respectable Aries have left this world at a very old age. Professor Luka Kažović died at the age of 98, and Tomo Ilin Vukotić at the age of 101.

There are fewer and fewer people in the Bar for whom one has a sense of respect...

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Circumstances arise on Municipal Day At least I was in Budva with the task of doing a chauffeur job. Since I had an hour and a half at my disposal, I walked along the shore. The day was sunny, the cafés were full as if it were autumn. As always, Budva looked like a construction site, only this time, instead of prefabricated buildings, it was a high-rise building. I made myself a cheif, went to Richard's head, ordered a "large one with milk, without foam" and, caressed by the sun and soothing waves, immersed myself in Zoran Ferić's "Travelling Theatre". The coffee was of high quality, and the Budva restaurateurs made me happy with a gift - a cookie. One could say - a November idyll.

I calculated: since the "large" in Bar is from 1,3 to 1,5 euros, here at the famous Glava it will be around 2 euros. I laughed bitterly when I saw the bill, 3,5 euros. The "large one with milk, without foam" was, in fact, a cappuccino and cost 2,3 euros, and that gift was not a gift and was not a biscuit but a croissant and cost 1,2 euros.

Fortunately, all roads, however, lead back to Bar.

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Often, since my studies, I knew that I was making big, "fateful" decisions, which entailed various vows and renunciations. They lasted, as my mother used to say, as long as they were written on a wet tablet. And nothing has changed all these years.

In the last blog, I wrote that I will not participate in the possible extraordinary parliamentary elections. And I was swayed by only one show on Gradska TV, "Hey, Slavs", which I stumbled upon by chance and stayed to watch it to the end because of one of the three guests. I think that just one more similar show, maybe one and a half, will be enough to completely change my mind about (not) going to, I'm still convinced, unnecessary early elections.

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The people of Pljevlja from Bar have a habit of saying: "Everything you need came from Pljevlja!" As for Radio Bar, the native of Pljevlja is one of the best announcers in Montenegro, and I would like to see the music editor of RTV Pljevlja in the jersey of our Radio.

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I am most concerned about my health in our family. Someone will say: what about the children? No matter how demagogic and pathetic it sounds, the reason is simple: I am firmly convinced that nothing can happen to my family while I, as the oldest, am alive and (relatively) healthy.

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There are journalists and journalists, there are car mechanics and car mechanics, there are doctors and doctors... It is very important to find the right one.