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The Norwegian Tree That Grew Like Topsy Embroidery Enclosed in a Circular Wooden Frame (Periodicals postage paid in Seattle, WA) TIME-DATED MATERIAL — DO NOT DELAY Taste of Norway Neighborhood Skål! Bottoms up « Den som ikke har julen Meet the i sitt hjerte, vil aldri finne den for Aquavit Week under et tre. » fjord horses Read more on page 20 – Roy L. Smith Read more on page 27 Norwegian American Weekly Vol. 126 No. 46 December 18, 2015 Established May 17, 1889 • Formerly Western Viking and Nordisk Tidende $2.00 per copy GodGod Jul!Jul! What’s inside? News 2-3 The Norwegian tree Opinion 4-5 Sports 6 that grew like Topsy Christmas 7-19 Christmas in Photos 12-15 BARBARA K. ROSTAD Puzzles 18 Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho Travel 19 It started with a branch of Douglas Fir Taste of Norway 20-21 rescued from a heap of discarded trimmings Norwegian Heritage 23 at a Christmas tree lot. I stuck it in a can Business 24 filled with rocks and dirt, put foil around the can, and set it on my kitchen counter where it Obituaries & Religion 25 stayed for the holiday season, decorated with In Your Neighborhood 26-27 a few small ornaments found at a dime store and featuring one string of small Norwegian $1 = NOK 8.655 flags. updated 12/14/2015 I didn’t know it at the time, but that first Photo: Barabara K. Rostad venture with a Norwegian tree started a tra­ Four of the ornaments described in the story can be seen in this photo. From left to right: white In comparison stabbur, 1986; blue oval with nisse, also 1986; Top left of upper nisse doll, wood chip carving, 11/14/2015 8.6825 See > TREE, page 10 2004; Far right, white heart with blue flowers, 1969, bought in Norway. 06/14/2015 7.7529 12/14/2014 7.3675 Photo: Pixabay 2 • December 18, 2015 norwegian american weekly NyhETEr Fra NorgE Nyheter Lyssetter kunst fra bronsealderen Aftenpostens julenisse-tabbe går verden rundt Nå skal ikke helle­ Medier over hele verden morer seg ristninger males røde kostelig over en feil dødsannonse i Aften­ posten der selveste julenissen ble meldt lenger—de skal frem i som avdød. — Ho, ho, ho. Aftenposten ble lurt til å publisere feilaktig dødsan­ lyset, bokstavelig talt nonse, fastslår BBC på sine nettsider. BBC var ett av mange medier verden NRK rundt som hadde det moro med det som Ved Solbergfeltet i Sarpsborg kan man vanligvis er en lei nyhet—noens bort­ skimte et blått lys fra skogholtet. Hvis du går gang. Denne gang var det en høyst fiktiv nærmere vil bevegelsessensorer trigge lys­ bortgang. Det var en glipp i Aftenpostens kastere. interne rutiner som førte til at en fiktiv Frem kommer over to tusen år gamle dødsannonse om julenissen ble publisert helleristninger slik de viste seg i bronseal­ i avisens digitale systemer. I annonsen, deren. Foto: Martin Tangen Schmidt / NRK som ikke ble trykket i avisen, men som — I bronsealderen brukte de bål og fak­ Profesjonelle lysdesignere har jobbet med å lyssette helleristninger i Sarpsborg. kom på nettsidene, fremgår det at Olau­ ler for å belyse ulike deler av bergflata. Vi sen Julenisse, angivelig født 12. desem­ finner spor av keramikk, brent leire og andre bevis for at helleristninger ble malt da de ningene har blitt tolket ulikt og malt opp feil ber 1788, skulle begraves på Nordpolen ting som tyder på at de har hatt ritualer foran ble laget i bronsealderen. I tillegg har vi hatt flere steder. Vi ønsker å finne en måte å for­ kapell 28. desember. Han ville da ha vært berget, sier Ida Charlotte Wendel, arkeolog i problemer med at malinga krakelerer og river midle ristningene på som er mer i tråd med 227 år gammel. Aftenpostens nyhetsre­ Østfold fylkeskommune. med seg mineralkorn fra berget, sier Wendel. hvordan vi mener at de skulle oppleves og daktør Håkon Borud beklager hendelsen. Å lyssette helleristningene er en ny og Hun forteller at det er vanskeligere å stu­ brukes opprinnelig, sier Wendel. — Glippen skyldes en teknisk svikt, som fremtidsrettet måte å vise frem bergkunsten dere huggeteknikkene bak helleristningene vi nå har rettet opp, sier Borud. — Den på. Rødmalingen er ikke lenger bærekraftig, når malingen river med seg mineralkorn fra English Synopsis: The rock carvings in Sarpsborg gode nyheten er at vi har fått bekreftet at mener arkeologene. berget. will no longer be painted; a blue light will shine on Julenissen vil dukke opp om kort tid. them to better represent how they were originally seen. — Grunnen er at vi ikke har noen gode — Det har også vært et problem at rist­ (Aftenposten) Regjeringa med rekordstort skogvern 66 skogområder i 13 fylker er vedtatt vernet i statsråd 11. desember. Aldri tidligere er det vernet så mye produktiv Lager kampfly pepperkaker skog i ett vernevedtak. Naturvernforbun­ det roser regjeringen. — Dette er kjempe­ Mens de fleste lager har ifølge Adressa blitt en julehit. bra. Skogvern er helt avgjørende for at vi — Folk står i kø foran skranken i Ørland skal klare å ta vare på den fantastiske rik­ pepperkakene sine i kultursenter for å sikre seg en pepperkake­ dommen av planter og dyr som vi er helt form av hjerter, valgte form av F35-jagerfly. Julepåfunnet har tatt avhengig av. Vi håper dette historiske ved­ helt av, forteller infokonsulent og idémaker taket følges opp av mange nye verneom­ Regjeringen jagerfly Hanne Tøfte i Ørland kommune, til avisen. råder neste år, sier leder Lars Haltbrekken Noen timer etter at bildet var lagt ut, la i Naturvernforbundet. Store skogom­ VG regjeringen ut et nytt innlegg—denne gan­ råder også i Midt­Norge blir vernet. I alt gen med et pepperkake­hjerte. vernes 260 kvadratkilometer, av dette er 7. desember ettermiddag la Regjeringen «En regjeringskonto på Instagram har 162 kvadratkilometer produktiv skog. ut et bilde på instagramkontoen @regjerin­ også et hjerte. Vi skjønner at mange reagerte Med vedtaket øker norsk skogvern fra gen av pepperkaker i form av jagerfly. på innlegget med kampflypepperkaker og nær 2.7 prosent til nær 2.9 prosent av den «Julebaksten i @kampfly_no er i igjen beklager vi selvsagt dette.» produktive skogen i landet. — Skogvern gang!», sto det under bildet. Og reaksjonene Selv om det var flere som ikke synes at er et viktig og svært effektivt tiltak for å lot ikke vente på seg. spøken var morsom, blir bildet liggende ute. sikre norsk naturmangfold, sier klima­ og Mens noen fikk seg en god latter, var det — Vi skal ikke fjerne det. Regjeringens miljøminister Tine Sundtoft (H). Blant andre som overhodet ikke så noen humor i instagramkonto er ganske fersk. Det er et områdene som vernes er større gammel­ det. prøveprosjekt regjeringen har der vi tester skogsområder opp mot fjellet, gammel «Julekoz med bomber og granater?», Foto: Regjeringen / Instagram ut å bruke instagram som en alternativ platt­ granskog i mosaikk med slåttemyrer, skriver en bruker. Julebaksten i @kampfly_no er i gang! form for kommunikasjon. Dette har gitt oss bratte bekkekløfter, frodige edelløvskoger «Dette er det sjukeste jeg har sett», lærdom om hva slags type bilder som engas­ med gamle hule eiker og skog i bratte skriver en annen. ble for hard kost. Vi beklager selvsagt det og jerer og provoserer. lier ved Sognefjorden, ifølge Klima­ og Regjeringen har selv kommentert bildet legger oss helt flate.» miljødepartementet. etter at det var kommet en del reaksjoner fra De skriver videre at pepperkakeformene English Synopsis: The government received a lot of andre brukere. er laget i Ørland kommune, som også vil ta negative feedback in response to their Instagram post (NRK) of gingerbread cookies in the shape of fighter planes. «Vi skjønner at å koble jul med kampfly imot kampflyene i 2017. Pepperkakeformene Stensland Books Books with a Norwegian Flair by Doris Stensland from the Daughters of Norway Uniting a sisterhood of women who wish to preserve Norwegian heritage. Haul the Water, Ole’s Promise The Music Man Haul the Wood From Norway Norwegian sweethearts who pio- A sequel to Haul the Water, The life of a musician from Norway neered in South Dakota in the 1870s Haul the Wood who brought music to the Dakota prairies at the turn of the century. join us at daughtersofnorway.org For ordering or information: view website www.stenslandbooks.com or order through Amazon.com norwegian american weekly December 18, 2015 • 3 NEWs FroM NorWay Nobel Peace This week in brief Norway jet training Norwegian police to stay armed until Feb. Prize awarded The Norwegian Police Directorate said Two new Norwegian that officers would carry weapons through Air Force F­35s arrived Winner The Quartet feels February 3 as the national security situa­ gratitude, resolves to keep tion remains “unclear and unresolved” at US Air Force base; in the aftermath of last month’s terror at­ working despite the danger tacks in Paris, which left 130 people dead. Norwegian pilots Hours before the Paris attacks on SARAH BOSTOCK November 13, the Police Directorate had begin training to fly The Foreigner announced a plan to end a temporary or­ der given in November 2014 for police PAUL GIBLIN “We shed tears of joy [when] we learned to carry pistols on their service belts. The Arizona Republic that we had been awarded the Nobel Peace Three days later, it was decided that po­ Prize for 2015. Words couldn’t express the lice would continue to carry their service Two new Norwegian Air Force F­35 pride we felt,” Houcine Abassi told reporters. weapons until December. stealth fighter jets touched down at Luke Air “Getting this prize also increases our re­ Justice Minister Anders Anundsen Force Base in November, marking the sec­ sponsibility, however. The dangers are still stressed that, for now, an armed police ond allied country to commit F­35s to the lurking and the need for dialogue remains,” force is still seen as a temporary mea­ base’s international pilot training program.
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