WINONA, Minn. – The mayor of Winona’s Polish sister city, Bytow in the Kashubia region of Poland, presented Tim Breza with an honorary badge for promoting Polish culture in Winona. Bytow Mayor Ryzard Sylka noted the badge had been approved by Poland President Andrezj Duda. The badge, bearing the Polish flag, is one only 44 ever awarded. The presentation was at a cultural exchange banquet. Breza’s grandparents were in a wave of Kashubians who immigrated to Winona in the early 1900s. In a prelude to the banquet, the visiting Bytow delegation led by Mayor Sylka planted an oak at Sobieski Park to honor Winona’s links with Bytow for posterity.
Breza. Vice president if the Winona International Friendship Association.