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SONS OF NORWAY September 2011 HENRIK IBSEN LODGE No. 3-393

Officers 2011 elcome back accepted my invitation and will be our W everyone!! guest at our November meeting. They will President:* Kenneth Johnson present a forty minute presentation on [email protected] Well it was a hot Norwegian immigration. I’m sure all our Vice President:* summer and I hope families can relate. Helen Timony everyone made it Secretary:* Anita Kindberg through okay. We As we move through the next year I want Treasurer:* Presidents Message are now beginning to remind all our officers of their individ- Kristine Holvik our 2011-2012 busi- ual responsibilities and that we need to Financial Secretary:* ness season but before I mention the continue with the idea of having a chair- Cynthia Biancospino things I think you should know I first person for all our events. Counselor:* Asbjørn Lageraaen want to say thanks to those who sup- Social Director: ported our lodge and of course our sum- As previously mentioned we will not have Darlene Kern mer get-to-gether events. a regular September meeting at the Assistants: Crystal NiFong & Oriya Bartow church but rather when we will be at Editor: A special thanks to Asbjørn our past LOV. Our next regular meeting will be Lawrence Lund President and Counselor for covering for October 21st and I hope that we will all Sports & Recreation Director: me and our VP Helen when we were un- eat together again. Any menu sugges- John Kern available during May and June. tions?? Cultural Director: Asbjørn Lageraaen Recording Secretary: Our Fishing trip 7/24 was very successful In closing, of course all of our thoughts Margaret Lageraaen thanks to our Sports Director John Kern and prayers are with all Norwegians and Publicity Director: and his assistant Crystal Nifong, we all Norwegian Americans after the July 22nd Vacant Trustees: had a great trip, no fluke going home but tragedy in Oslo and Utøya. This is a link Kathleen Egidi 1 yr. a great day none the less. for much more current information pro- Renee Johnson 2 yr. vided by the home office. Jeanne Andersen 3 yr. Our BBQ and Pool Party was a great suc- http://tinyurl.com/44vr5az Marshal: Dave Stahl cess too, many thanks to Monica, Cindy Bert Haug (assistant) and Larry for a wonderful afternoon. The Enjoy the cool weather and please re- Greeter: food and drinks were plentiful as well as member the success of the lodge is all of Jayne Mawhinney acquaintances. The two families from our responsibility. Foundation Director: Marge Duckles Norge made it even more special. Historian: Hilsen, see you at LOV. David Bartow As you read this it is most important that Fra President: Youth Director: the member’s who are planning to attend Oriya Bartow Ken Sunshine: our Land of the Viking’s weekend with Marie Von Seggern Loyal Lodge need to make their reserva- tion with Beverly. 570.461.3500 or email

[email protected] remember to also tell Crystal that you’re attending CNI- Meetings every third Friday of the month at [email protected]. Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Islip Terrace, NY. The deadline for Courier is the 25th of each month! The following are some of our up coming *Executive Board activities, please support them: • Yard sale • Ole og Lena wedding 10/23 • Orienteering 11/12

I’m also excited to report that the Norwe- gian Immigration Association (NIA) has

1 June Pot of Gold Won by September Kathleen Egidi Happy Birthday’s! September Coffee Hostesses Gratulerer med dagen! None, meeting at LOV Rolf L Lageraaen 1 Monica D Lund 3 Barbara L Poole 6 Jeanne Eriksson Andersen 7 May G Stromsland 9 Robert C Mc Dowell 10 Sunshine Committee. Headed by: Marie Von Seggern (631) 581-7893 Lawrence H Lund 11 Please inform of any news on members Crystal D Nifong 11 Judith Aukland 14 Bette Stahl reports that Solveig Birkeland has been doc- Diane N Haug 14 toring a bone break behind her knee and is FINALLY feel- Nancy Sonja Russo 16 ing better. She has been doctoring since Memorial Day. H Edward Olsen 18 Kenneth Storwick 21 Gudmundur Benediktsson 22 Elsa M Granz 27 Hannah E Stahl 27 Rolf Stensaker 28

Overheard last year at a diner on the way to the Land of the Vikings we were having lunch. At a table near us were two 90 year old vacationers. They were a little hard of hearing and spoke quite loud. The woman said to the husband “Honey, do you think we will make LOV tonight?” “Oh ya” he said. You could hear a pin drop.

A little Aquavit at the Lund’s party.

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Henrik Ibsen Lodge Calendar 2011 Date/Time Event and Comments Sep 30-Oct 1,2 Business meeting at LOV Land of the Vikings Oct 21, 7:30pm Business meeting Theme October Fest Oct 22, 8:30m-3:00pm Henrik Ibsen Yard Sale Nov 18, 7:00pm Business meeting, Theme Sisters Night Dec 10, 1:00pm Children's Christmas Party Dec 18, 2-6pm Adult Christmas Party 2-6pm a catered affair Reservations Only More to follow

Lodge fishing trip July 2011

Your editor Larry and Grandson Joe. Darlene, how come you are the only one with a drink? Asta Benediktsson, smiling now, but wait a while. No Terje, this is not a Fjord!! Johnson, Johnson and Johnson Ho Hum, Fishing is better in Norway

My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't.

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If anyone has any used inkjet printer cartridges please save them for the editor as I can get discounts from our Courier printer when I turn them in. Put them in a Ziploc bag and bring them to meetings. Ask you friends also.

How the fights start

One lazy Sunday morning the wife and I were quiet and thoughtful, sitting around the breakfast table when I said to her unexpectedly, "When I die, I want you to sell all my stuff, immediately." "Now why would you want me to do something like that?" she asked. "I figure a woman as fine as yourself would eventually remarry and I don't want some other asshole using my stuff." She looked at me intently and said: "What makes you think I'd marry another asshole?"

And then the fight started....

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Bits and Pieces

Thanks to Alice Richardsen, a member that we don’t see at meetings dropped off some things for our yard sale back in June.

Your Editor Larry Lund and his wife are proud to announce the arrival of 2 more Great Grandchildren. We now have 5 Great Grandchildren and another on the way in October. With our 6 kids and 14 Grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren (come October) we will have 26 descendants between us.

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR BEST JULETREFEST SUNDAY DECEMBER 18, 2011

“Zone One Happening’s” September 2011 – November 2011

1. Orienteering, November 12th more details to follow in October.

2. NYC Dinner Cruise, (not a Zone event but rather the 17th May Committee) Friday November 4th 8 PM @ Worlds Fair Marina See flyer elseware in the Courier.

UPDATES WILL BE DONE MONTHLY REMEMBER IT’S YOUR ZONE……ONLY YOU CAN MAKE THE ZONE STRONG. ATTEND AS MANY ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS AS POSIBLE. Your Lodge representative to the Zone, Asbjørn, Helen, & Ken.

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Courier Boosters ($12/year) If you are interested in contributing or renewing the Booster, please see the editor. . The cost is $12.00 per year. This helps to off set the cost of the Courier. Many thanks to all who contribute. Make checks out to: “Henrik Ibsen Lodge 393” and send it to Henrik Ibsen lodge #393, Cynthia Biancospino, Finan- cial Secretary, 179 Studley Street, Brentwood, NY 11717

Karen Bourque-Scott 8/11 * Dan Tohill 5/12 Elsa Granz 9/11 * David & Bette Stahl 6/12 Ken & Renee Johnson 10/11 Harald Aukland 6/12 Anita Kindberg 11/11 Grace Schumacher 1/13 Nancy Cervenka 11/11 Arthur & Turid Mikalsen 1/14 Eleanor & Lenora Vik 12/11 Marie McGuinness 12/11 Gladys Everson 2/12 Asbjorn & Margaret Lageraaen 2/12 John & Darlene Kern 2/12 Kathleen Egidi 3/12 Shirley Gatland 3/12 Lawrence & Monica Lund 4/12 er Boosters Walter Bergskaug 4/12 Newslett Ednamae Nordby 4/12 Aase Eikevik 5/12

*Expired or expiring Many thanks for your continued support! Karen Bourque-Scott 8/11 Elsa Granz 9/11

God Bless Remember America 9-11 And our Troops

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Or view this newsletter and others in full color at: http://www.llund.com/newsletters/

Anyone with ideas for monthly social activities please contact Darlene Kern at (631) 666-7668

If anyone has any ideas of cultural activities, such as Rosemaling, wood carving etc., please contact our cultural director Asbjørn Lageraaen.

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Lodge BBQ/Pool party at the Lund’s July 30, 2011 Visitors from Norway except for Ken Johnson the Swede

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SALISBURY SENIOR GOLF CLUB LAUNCHES 2011 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

EAST MEADOW, NY -- The Salisbury Senior Golf Club annual membership drive is underway and the club invites senior golfers of all skill levels to join us for the upcoming 2011 golf season.

The not-for-profit club, entering its 44th year of operation, has a 9-hole and an 18-hole group that plays weekly from mid-April through early October at Eisenhower Golf Course.

For further information contact Jerry Kearney at (516) 541-5496

17th May Parade Committee Presents a NYC Dinner Cruise On the Skyline Princess FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011 From 8:00 PM to 12:00 PM

The Skyline Princess is a 120 foot tri-level luxury motor yacht that docks at the World’s Fair Marina in Flushing Meadows with easy access from the Grand Central Parkway and parking at the marina. The Skyline Princess is designed to sail rain or shine. The yacht is like being inside a floating catering hall and is designed to be unaffected by the weather. The Skyline Prin- cess is a unique yacht that is designed specifically to be comfortable in all kinds of weather conditions and is fully climate controlled for all year round parties and events. They sail in calm sheltered harbor waters, not the ocean, so seasickness is never a problem. For our cruise, we will be sailing down the East River to the Statue of Liberty and back to the marina. The majestic Manhattan Skyline, Ellis Island, the South Street Seaport, Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty are just a few of the sights we will see. Cost is $75 per person for the dinner cruise and includes an open bar. Their world class food is some of the best in NY harbor. The food is prepared on board in their full galley (kitchen) the day of the event by their own culinary chef. The cuisine is offered with high quality premium liquors and service is provided by pro- fessionally trained staff in uniformed attire. Music is provided on the upper Skylight Deck which has the largest dance floor area on the water. To reserve your place for this limited seating dinner cruise, please send a check made out to the 17th May Parade Committee for $40 by September 30th ($35 balance will be collected on the day of the cruise at the marina) to: Kris Rasmussen 5 Briaroot Drive Smithtown, NY 11787-4934 For additional information call Kris Rasmussen at 631-724-0742. Directions to the marina will be mailed to you when you reserve your seat

Lindbergh Lodge #505 - Bus Trip to ScanFest at Vasa Park Sunday, September 4, 2011

Bus Companies BusRates.com Quote Request ( June’10)

Round-Trip to Vasa Park, Budd Lake, NJ Arr: 11 AM + - / Dep: 4 PM + - ROUTE = I-495... I-295 ... I-95... I-80 to exit 26 (Route 46 west) approx. 2 1/2 hrs.

Departure Date: 09/04/2011 @ 8:00AM Departing From: L I E exit 49 Park n Ride Destination: Vasa Drive, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 Returning Home: 09/04/2011 @ 7:00PM

Probable quick stop to pick up passengers at/near Searingtown Rd/New Hyde Park Rd area. I don’t know of any Park n Ride that far in. Any ideas of a pickup area is appreciated

Additional Comments: 50+ passengers w/ restroom If there is a difference, I require quotes for bus 'With ADR' and 'Without ADR' (handicapped).

VO = 20 SoN = 30 50 passengers @ $1,000 = $ 20 p/p $1250 = $ 25 p/p (10% tip for driver) $1500 = $ 30 p/p

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Gustav Vigeland

Gustav Vigeland (11 April 1869 – 12 March 1943)

as a Norwegian sculptor. Gustav Vigeland occupies a special posi- W tion among Norwegian sculptors, both in the power of his creative imagination and in his productivity. He is most associated with Vigeland Sculpture Park (Vigelandsanlegget) in Oslo.

Early life

Adolf Gustav Vigeland was born to a family of craftsmen, just outside Halse og Harkmark, a former municipality in Mandal. His parents were Gustav Vigeland in 1929. Elesæus Thorsen (1835–1886), a cabinetmaker and Anne Aanensdatter (1835–1907). His younger brother, Emanuel Vigeland, became a noted artist. As a youth, he was sent to Oslo where he learned wood carving at a local school. However, the sudden death of his father compelled him to move back to Mandal to help his family. Gustav lived for a time with his grandparents on a farm called Mjunebrokka in Vigeland, an old farm in Valle parish, Lindesnes munici- pality in Vest-Agder county. He returned to Oslo in 1888, this time determined to become a professional sculptor. Vigeland came to the attention of sculptor Brynjulf Bergslien, who supported him and gave him practical training. The following year he exhibited his first work, Hagar and Ishmael. Vigeland spent the years 1891 to 1896 in several voyages abroad, including Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin and Florence. In the French capital he frequented Auguste Rodin's workshop, while in Italy he experimented with ancient and Ren- aissance artworks. In these years the themes that would later dominate his inspiration: the death and the relationship between man and woman first appeared. He held his first personal exhibitions in Norway in 1894 and 1896, which received notable critical praise.

Early public works Until 1902 Vigeland was engaged in the restoration of the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. The contact with Mediae- val art contributed to another frequent theme in Vigeland's art, the dragon as symbol of sin but also as a nature force, fighting against man. Back in Oslo, he obtained from the town an abandoned studio in which to work. In 1905 Norway became independent from Sweden. Vigeland, considered the most talented Norwegian sculptor, received numerous commissions for stat- ues and busts celebrating renowned compatriots like Henrik Ibsen and Niels Henrik Abel. In 1906 Vigeland proposed a chalk model for a monumental fountain which, according to the initial will of the Oslo municipality, was to decorate Eidsvolls plass, the square in front of the Parliament of Norway. His work was generally welcomed, but the location created a dispute: the work completion was therefore postponed. In the meantime Vige- land enlarged the original project, adding several sculpture groups and, in 1919, a high granite column.

Asbjørn Lageraaen Cultural Director

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FROM THE PRESIDENT Publication of District 3, Sons of Norway Website: http://www.3dsofn.org Ralph Peterson President Kathy Dollymore, Publicity/ Director from each lodge for this book so if your update Fra Presidenten Ralph Peterson is not already sent in please get it to our editor Asbjorn Lageraaen [email protected] Well this is a bit unique as my last letter ASAP. was written in Bergen and this letter is be- ing written in L’Anse Aux Meadows, New- For those lodges that will be electing offi- foundland. Both trips were/are fantastic cers this year it is not too early to begin ad- Norwegian experiences. Check our web vising your members of the upcoming elec- site www.3dsofn.org for more info on the tions. Our members not only need to be Newfoundland trip. aware of the upcoming elections but what are the obligations and responsibilities of each po- Our lucky winners of the Hurtigruten trip were sition. Ian Pate from Gulfstream and Joan Sullivan from Maine Nordmenn. This is the second Hurtigruten I earlier challenged the District Board to each sign winner in a row from Maine Nordmenn and her up a new member in June. I am extending this uncle won the big trip from the Sons of Norway challenge to the entire district and it will go to the last year so any ticket I buy from now on will be end of the year. If you can’t find someone to sign from Maine. I know that these folks will enjoy the up then give a gift membership to a family mem- trip. It is a great trip and I highly recommend it ber or a friend. No matter how you do it please despite being a bit pricy. sign up a new member before the end of the year as we should have at least 10,000 members in D3 There is a lot of stuff happening in LOV so please and currently we are less than 8,000 so we need a check out the web site for the events that are significant push. scheduled. We are bringing in Rosemaling and Genealogy instructors that are recognized interna- Despite a lot of looking I have yet to see a Moose tionally so don’t miss out on these opportunities. here in Newfoundland. Sally Abrahamson saw one yesterday but not me. Hopefully I will see Planning for the Convention and Centennial cele- one in the ditch and not in my headlights. I will let bration continues. You can expect to receive peri- you know how that goes. odic updates as we progress with the planning and events become firm. It looks like a great schedule of entertainment and events will be available. If you don’t have your email registered with the Sons Fraternally of Norway please do so. You can email SON or Ralph Peterson call them at 800-945-8851 to update your personal President District 3 information including your email. You can expect the first email early in September. We are hoping for a large delegate turnout and an even larger of number of non-delegates. We have negotiated the same hotel rates for 3 days prior to the convention and 3 days after the convention so you can make it a real family vacation.

One of the Centennial programs will be an update of the Third District History. We need an update

9 Ole & Lena’s Wedding Sunday, October 23, 2011 2:30 O’Clock PM Christ Lutheran Church Hall 117 Carleton Avenue, Islip Terrace, Long Island, NY R.S.V.P. early - seats limited! only $25.00 per person

• Join in on what promises to be great fun as the “Olsen & Johnson” families gather to celebrate Ole & Lena’s spec- tacular nuptials and reception spoof. There will be: • A cocktail hour (cash bar), hors d’oeuvres, A fresh ham dinner, live band, entertainment, and a kransekake (wedding cake) • Wear your “bunad” or “folkdräkt” to show your heritage pride! • No tickets will be sold at the door, so make your reservations today, and send your check, $25/person, payable to NORDEN MEMBERSHIP CORP. , c/o Karen Helmold, 183 Evergreen Ave., Bethpage, NY 11714. Tickets will given out at the door.

Deadline is October 16, 2011. Don´t miss this “Nordic event of the year!!” Contact Karen Helmold: Email – [email protected]; Tel: (516) 965 –7518 – NORDEN LODGE Kenneth Johnson: Emai- [email protected]:Tel: (631) 289-3580 – HENRIK IBSEN LODGE Jeanne Andersen: Email – [email protected]; Tel: (631) 654-8524 – LINDBERGH LODGE

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A fool and his money can throw one heck of a party.

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