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Maine Nordmenn Newsletter Sons of Norway Lodge 3-644 Volume 13 , Issue 1 February , 2015 AWARD-WINNING NORWEGIANS INSIDE: Page 2: From our PresIdent Several Norwegians have been in the news recently for having Our New PresIdent been given or nominated for prestigious awards. NordIc FIddlers Bloc February 5 Members’ Mtg CHESS Page 3: ThIrd DIstrIct Pres. Letter Posted: 24 Nov 2014 06:56 AM PST FoundatIon ScholarshIps & Grants In November, Norwegian chess phenom Page 4: SamI NatIonal Day Magnus Carlsen defended his title as World RecIpe: Torrköttsoppa Chess Champion at the 2014 World Chess Page 5: VikIng PIlgrImage Updae Championship in Sochi, Russia. He defeated Longfellow & Saga of KIng India’s Viswanathan Anand in the 11th round Olav Page 6: Birthdays with a final score of 6.5- 4.5. Calendar Page 7: Local Announcements GRAMMYS Boosters Last spring Oslo-born musician Jarle Bernhoft Page 8 Indoor Ball Games released his third full-length studio album, RecIpe: NorwegIan Islander, to rave reviews. The album is Meatballs Page 9: Board DIrectory nominated for a 2015 Grammy Award in the R&B category. It’s the first time a non- American artist has received a nod in the category’s 20-year history. Newsletters publIshed on the OSCARS first of February, May, August and November. SubmIssIons One of the season’s biggest films is The Imitation Game. It is directed by due by the 15th of the prevIous Norwegian Morten Tyldum who has been nominated for an Oscar. Tyldum month. could be the first Norwegian to win an Oscar for Best Editor: DIane Eiker, 207-650- Director. 9988, [email protected] The film has a shot at winning eight Oscars, including best picture, best actor (Benedict Cumberbatch) and best supporting actress (Keira Knightley). CONTACT US: 22 Trundy Road The film tells the story of British mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Cape ElIzabeth, ME 04107 Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch). During World War II, he created a machine that www.maInenordmenn.com/ cracked the codes of Germany’s Enigma and saved millions of lives. His work [email protected] generated a field of research into "Turing Machines"—what we know today as ThIrd DIstrIct: computers. The film is based on Andrew Hodge’s book, “Alan Turing: The Enigma.” www.3dson.com/ Tyldum has directed several films in his native Norway, including the BAFTA- InternatIonal: nominated “Headhunters,” but “The Imitation Game” is his English- language www.son.com/ directing debut. Early in the process, filmmakers were excited to welcome him to the project. 1 Volume 13, Issue 1 February, 2015 FROM YOUR PRESIDENT FEBRUARY 5 MEMBERS’ MEETING Hi a ll, Social Hour will start at 5:30 (bring finger foods to share if Now that we are at the beginning you are able). of a new year, I hope all of you had wonderful holidays and are well in A brief business meeting will begin around 6, followed by to your plans for the coming year, the evening’s program. which I hope will include Maine Nordmenn. The technical problems have all been worked out, and we I am still getting used to my duties and responsibilities of will (finally) be able to see Ellie Andrews pictures and being president of Maine Nordmenn. I am trying to figure hear about their experiences in Norway last summer. out what I can do to keep the lodge as strong and successful as it has been. I have a board that is willing to Come anytime after 10 a.m. to do crafts or just have a work and has some very exciting things planned for this cup of coffee and visit with friends. The pot is always on! year. The problem is that we need more help. We are in desperate need of a secretary and would appreciate very much if someone would step up and take this position. Both Diane and I would be willing to help. OUR NEW PRESIDENT I hope that as you read this newsletter you will see that good things are in the works and realize that only with Anne-Lise Karlsen was born in Bergen, and in 1954, at the some help and participation can we accomplish what we age of 11, and in the wake of WWII, she emigrated to the would like to do for the lodge and all of you as members. USA with her mother and her 2 year-old brother. I would like to hear any suggestions or thoughts you might They joined her four older brothers and other family have as to how I can best serve you and the lodge. members already here. They were minus her father, I am very happy to serve as your president and hope that however, who’s ship, years prior to this, had hit a land mine you will all help and support me and the board as we move while on it’s way to deliver supplies to his family in Bodø. forward this year. Anne-Lise’s family settled in North Carolina where she went Hilsen to school. She eventually got a job at Duke University Anne-Lise where she met a good-looking PA student named Paul Moson. They were married in 1968, and his work took them Presented by Portland OvatIons: to Vermont and eventually to New Haven, CT where he had Nordic Fiddlers Bloc been enlisted to set up a PA program. While in New Haven, Anne-Lise and a Norwegian friend became the youngest A trIo of fIddlers from Sweden, Norway & the members of the SofN Lodge in Hartford. Shetland Islands, performIng reels, polskas & ballads. Anne-Lise and Paul found their way to Maine just as Maine “mesmerIzIng fervor. graceful bowIng. dense, rIch Nordmenn was being formed and became charter harmony. members. Saturday, AprIl 25 8 p.m. Hannaford Hall, USM Portland Campus There seems to be a Scandinavian magnetism about Anne- Lise: in her little community in Cape Elizabeth she has a DIscounted tIckets avaIlable to MaIne disproportionate number of Norwegian and other Nordmenn Scandinavian neighbors and friends. It’s also a magnetism Call Rosanne & Steve Graef that draws friends wherever she goes and emanates 879-6024 kindness, understanding and playfulness. The Maine MaIne Nordmenn wIll have a table in the Nordmenn are heading into a good year with Anne-Lise lobby . JoIn us and wear your bunad! Moson to lead the way. 2 123 Volume 13, Issue 1 February, 2015 those people move away? Have we allowed our thinking to Fra Presidenten, become complacent because we know they will always do it? If they move away, will anyone know what they did or how they did Mary B. it? Andersen – To paraphrase the US Marine Corp, we are always looking for a few January 2015 good people. I know we have them. I work with a group of them. I can’t say enough about our District Board members and local Lodge Board members. Board members give us their most Complacency is the eighth precious possession, personal time. We learn; we do our best to take care of the business of District and we try to have some fun deadly sin. Author Unknown doing it. We often forge lifelong friendships in the process. It is a New Year! Happy New Year to all! I love the start of a Many District Board positions are term limited. Some local lodge New Year. It is a time to think about all the things you positions are vacant or are filled by members who have held the would like to accomplish in the coming year – trips to plan, position for years. Let’s be careful about the eighth deadly sin books to read, people to see, the list goes on. rearing its head in our wonderful Third District. We need all hands The New Year can also be a time for reflection. I heard the on deck and rowing to keep our strong Viking ship afloat and phrase “complacency is the eighth deadly sin” awhile back. moving forward. If your lodge has a vacant position, pick up an oar An internet search revealed that phrase used in a number and help row the boat! Think about a District Board position in of situations with no known author. But, I like it. It can 2016. If complacency rears its head, there may be no boat to row. apply to a number of things in our daily lives e.g., New I know you can do it! Year’s resolutions start off with a bang but fizzle out, just like our diet and exercise plans that last for a few weeks but Vinter hilsener, Mary then become history. We sometimes become complacent without realizing it or perhaps we realize it too late. Does complacency happen to your lodge and even to our Order? There are a few people who seem to respond to the call for help every time a call goes out. Each year the same dedicated people handle the Julebord. Each month the same people set up the lodge meeting room. What if Time to Think About Sons of Norway Foundation Scholarships and Grants The Sons of Norway Foundation scholarship application season is upon us. Current Sons of Norway members, children and grandchildren of current members qualify for our post-high school scholarship opportunities. Each scholarship is for different fields of study. Check out the guidelines to see which is best for your student. 3 12 Volume 13, Issue 1 February, 2015 Sámi National Day Celebrated on Feb. 6 Sámi National Day was enacted on February 6, 1992 in order to recognize the native Northerners and their central customs of reindeer herding, unique language and music, colorful dress and strong desire to keep their traditions alive.
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