The office of Congressman John Shimkus (20^th District, Illinois) is seeking college students to serve as interns on a full-time basis for the Fall 1998 semester.

Responsibilities include:

assisting with mail, giving tours of the Capitol, writing one-minute speeches, and serving as a general office intern. The internship is unpaid. The deadline for application is June 30, 1998.

To apply, submit your resumé one letter of recommendation, and one writing sample explaining why you want to serve as an intern in Congressman Shimkus' office to:

The American Professional Partnership for Lithuanian Education's (A.P.P.L.E.) Teacher Seminars assist in the reformation of Lithuania's educational system as she is reborn in democracy and freedom. The unfortunate reality is that the cost of transportation and lodging for the attending Lithuanian teachers is a real all but unnecessary obstacle to participation.

A.P.P.L.E.'s members and supporters have helped sponsor Lithuanian teachers in the past. In return, those who received scholarships wrote personal letters to their sponsors, providing firsthand accounts of the influence that the Seminar experience had ontheir lives and professional development.

Main courses offered each year are:

Course A: a two-term course, 15 weeks each (300-330 academic hours) Terms start on September 10^th and February 10^th.

Course B: a four-week summer course (110 academic hours) at the end of June through July.

Course C: a two-week summer course (50 academic hours) at the end of June through July.

Course D: a two-week winter course (50 academic hours) in January.

Each year Vilnius University offers courses at three levels: beginners, intermediate, and advanced. Groups consist of 10 to 12 students and, if required, offer one-on-one instruction. The language of instruction is Lithuanian, except when necessary for comments in English, German, Russian or French for beginners.

Course participants can choose from a varied cultural program which includes tours to other cities, walking tours of national parks, folk music events, and meetings with Lithuanian artists, politicians and businessmen.

On behalf of Bishop Hans Dumpys and the Vilnius Evangelical Lutheran Church, please accept our deepest gratitude for your generous donations to feed the people of Vilnius.

BRIDGES readers once again opened not only their hearts but their wallets to help their less fortunate brothers and sisters in Lithuania. Some readers wrote to tell me that they have sent a second check.

If you have not made a contribution or would like to send another gift, please write your checks to Vilniaus Sandaros. You can either mail them to:

or they may be sent to me. I will be in Lithuania for the summer and will be happy to deliver the checks when I visit the people in charge of the program. Again, be sure the checks are written to Vilniaus Sandaros. They must reach me before June 18^th.

The total sum of direct foreign investments in Lithuania amounted to 4.203 billion litas ($1.05 billion) at the beginning of this year, according to the Lithuanian Statistics Department.

United States took the largest share - 25.9 percent - of the total foreign investments in Lithuania. Other major investors were Sweden (12.3%), Germany (11.5%), United Kingdom (7.8%) and Denmark (6.1%).