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Indianapolis' Circle City Lodge - Sons of Norway Luren Velkommen Til Vårt Sammenkomst! Indianapolis' Circle City Lodge - Sons of Norway Luren Velkommen til vårt sammenkomst! July-August, 2014 NATO to be Led by Jens Stoltenberg, Former Issue 23 Volume 4 Prime Minister of Norway Inside this Issue Calendar 2 Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg , 55, has been elected Litt av Hvert 2 as the 13th Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Birthdays 3 commonly referred to as NATO . The news was announced in late March after Normandy 3 rumors spread that Stoltenberg was the clear choice for the position. Unanimous Learn Norwegian 3-4 Bygdelager 4 support from international leaders such as Angela Merkel, Barack Obama and Rosemaling Class 4- 5 David Cameron made the outcome a clear choice. Stoltenberg will succeed Recipe-Sweet Soup 5 Happy 4th of July 5 Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a former Danish Prime Minister, on October 1st. District Convention 5 Norsk Computer 5-6 Formed in 1949 with the goal of containing the, then Soviet Union, NATO Book Review 6-7 Carving Class 7 has faced many global security issues since then. Today it faces new challenges Member bio 7-8 in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine crisis and Stoltenberg is prepared to lead the coalition of 28 countries in its mission of 'safeguarding the freedom and security President of its members through political and military means.' "The Ukraine-Russia crisis Tim Lisko 304/444-6454 shows need for continued strong [and] determined leadership," remarked the [email protected] current NATO leader, Rasmussen, who has held his position since 2009, "I've known Jens Stoltenberg for many years [and] know he's the right man to build Vice President on NATO's record of strength and success." Dagrun Bennett 317/736-5025 Stoltenberg served as Prime Minister of Norway and leader of the Labour dbennett@ Party for nine years until his 2013 election defeat to Erna Solberg. During his franklincollege.edu two non-consecutive terms in office, Stoltenberg worked directly with Russian Treasurer leaders on various matters including settling a border dispute for the Barents Sea Burt Bittner in 2010. He also became well-known with NATO leaders during his response to 317/842-4042 the terror attack on Norway in July of 2011 that left 77 people killed. During a [email protected] memorial speech following the tragedy, Stoltenberg promised to work for more Membership and Editor democracy, openness, and humanity, but without naivety. Jerry Rud While he is no stranger to national security, Stoltenberg's past experiences 765/653-3636 jlrud@ with Russia were a key contributor to his endorsement for the role, mentioned by cinergymetro.net diplomats as being a "last-minute sweetener". Stoltenberg has created a reputation for himself that has put him in the right place at the right time. He is a pragmatic and consistent leader who favors both military strength and valuable discourse. "It takes a lot more strength to be patient than to be angry," said Stoltenberg. Calendar The Emergency Number Worldwide for mobile No Sammenkomst in July. See you August 8th. phone users is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an No July Board Meeting. See you in August 18th. emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for July 16 (Wed.) - Noon Member Luncheon you, and interestingly, this number 112 can be dialed Location and host to be announced. even if the keypad is locked. As you may know, Dagrun Bennett represents August 8 (Friday) 6:30 pm Monthly Sammenkomst Norway on the Nationalities Council of Indiana , King of Glory Lutheran Church which is comprised of 27 member nations and End-of-Summer Picnic promotes a basic understanding of the culture of $6 for adults 16 and older people from these countries. This organization acts (free for 15 and under) as the hosting group for the International Festival Program: Tales of the District 5 held each November at the State Fair Grounds and Convention by delegates Tim promotes awareness by spreading the word of other Lisko, Jim Nelson and events which focus on other cultures. This group Lindsay Hadley invited people representing many nations to march in the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade , including August 18 (Monday) 6:30 PM Board Meeting several from our lodge. We thank them for Ruby Tuesday Restaurant near representing us so well. Michigan Road 9106 Wesleyan Road 317/228-9630 August 20 (Wed.) - Noon Member Luncheon Location and host to be announced ____________________________________________ LITT AV HVERT (A Little of Everything) If you have a item regarding one of our members that you Photo by Dagrun Bennett would like to put in this section of the newsletter, please send Circle City Lodge members and friends who marched in the it to Jerry Rud ([email protected]). Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade: (left to right) Mary Bittner, Chelsea Courtney, Erik Bennett, Mitch Bennett, and Dana Evers. Correction from the last issue of Luren : "Irene Walker" should have been "Irene Nelson". More photos of the Parade at: https://plus.google.com/photos/105760106019612668963/albums/60173857 90019359169 News from Bill and Tove Hoffmeister: Although they miss friends and other things in Sharon Harruff's father, Einar Ingvold Nels Indiana, they are settling in to life in Texas. Tove still Simonson, passed away June 9 in DeWitt, Iowa. We has some health challenges, but they are working with extend our condolences to Sharon and her family. fine doctors. Bill has set up a wood-working shop, Condolences may be expressed and a photo tribute joined a woodworking club that makes wooden toys, viewed at http://www.schultzfuneralhomes.com . and is making a cherry bedroom set. They are enjoying time with Marianne and her family. Mai- MISSING: Our blue wooden attendance sheet Kristin has completed her studies at Loyola of MD holder with a rosemaled wooden cover. If you have any and is now a speech therapist. idea of its whereabouts please call Tim Lisko (304/444- 6454). 2 Reflections on Normandy by Roy Samuelsen June 2, 2014 was 70 years after the invasion at Normandy Beach, France. As I was watching the commemoration of this momentous event with authentic footage of the actual landing, they also showed a very special little episode which touched me deeply. They showed a small bent over man walking with a walker flanked by two very tall African American soldiers in full uniform who had Gratulerer med ddagen!agen! obviously been assigned as his escort. As they walked very slowly Happy Birthday! one of the escorts bent down and said: “It is a real honor for us to be with you today sir,” where upon the old soldier who was probably in July his mid to high nineties and obviously one of the soldiers who took part in the invasion stopped and looked up at his escort and said: “ Ben Olsen III 1 No, it is I who is honored to be with you two. It is you whom we Lauren Lorraine Soares 3 shall rely on to keep us free.” It was a tender moment. William Hunter Robbins III 6 I have been to the Normandy beaches twice. The first time on Marcia Garner 7 June 6, 1954 as part of an honor guard representing the First Infantry Jerry Rud 8 Division. I served at the time in German as a “BIG RED ONE” or Caitlyn Alvar 9 First Division military policeman and was honored to be part of a Cade Rogers 11 chosen platoon to march in the in the honor guard from our division Jillian Kjarum Seidel 11 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the invasion. I was also Lorraine Baugh 12 chosen to carry the “guide-on” or division flag as we marched. Harlan Rolfson 12 The second time was as a tourist. Each time I walked out on the Christian Jacobs 16 wide beach, I was amazed at the courage and sacrifice of the soldiers Grant Penman 20 as they exited their landing craft and made their way across the beach Norm Harruff 21 under heavy enemy fire. With heavy casualties they eventually Amy Dougherty 22 managed to establish a beach-head from which they could further Ted Danielson 23 penetrate into France and beyond. Because of their bravery this Barbara Rekstad Brooks 26 terribly costly war eventually came to a close. The once heavily Glenn Carlstrand 26 fortified concrete bunkers are still there for all to see. Haley George 27 Rhoda Warren 27 _________________________________ Dharma Rodgers 30 Lily SX Sivertson 30 La oss lære norsk Robert Grosskreutz 31 (Let's Learn Norwegian) NORWEGIAN VOWELS August The letters in Norwegian include nine vowels. The first five are the same as English: a, e, i, o, u. "Y" is Constance Danielson 3 always a vowel in Norwegian, unlike in English where it Julane Lund 4 can be a consonant or a vowel. Then there are three Max Elliot 4 vowels that are not used in English: æ, ø, and å. Chad Sivertson 8 Typing them on a personal computer Myra Ahrens 9 Shirley Beetham 10 Windows allows you to type characters that are not Sharon Harruff 11 found on the keyboard by holding down the Alt key while Pamela Baker 12 keying a seQuence on the numeric keypad to the right of Andre Wiley 16 the keyboard. For some of the Norwegian characters Kathleen Krueger 17 there exist both 3-digit and 4-digit seQuences that seem to Liesl Mork 19 Madeline Roberts 19 work. Make sure you have NUM LOCK on. Lindsay Hadley 23 William Stanley Pederson 24 Alt SeQuences (hold down ALT key while typing the numbers) Jens William O'Brien 25 Character 3-digit 4-digit Susan Fleck 30 æ 145 0230 Ileen Smith 30 Æ 146 0198 Matthew Roberts 31 ø ---- 0248 Ø ---- 0216 å 134 0229 Å 143 0197 3 Typing them on a Smartphone In order to type the non-English vowels on your smartphone, go to Settings, then General, then International, then Language, then select Norsk (bokmål).
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