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ELVESUND SONS OF NORWAY LODGE #5-593 PRESIDENT/EDITOR: Nancy Robinson, 835 Circle Avenue, Forest Park, IL 60130, 708-366-1538 ST. MICHAEL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH, 500 E. 31st St., LaGrange Park, IL M e e t i n g s : 3:00—6:00 PM OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS 4th Sunday of September 24 October 22 the Month Norwegian Elkhounds “Defiant Courage” Sept.-Oct. 2017 You may remember a few years ago, we were lucky to have some beautiful Norwegian elkhounds to enjoy. Well, if you missed them, now is your chance to see them up close and personal. Inside This Issue Marge Kabala, breeder, trainer, handler, is bringing her two champion Buhunds, Lundehunds 2 Norwegian elkhounds, Maya and Lo- gan and will explain the wide abilities Scandinavia Day 3 of Norwegian elkhounds. “True Account of 3 America” Written by Astrid Karlson Boasson Hagen 4 Scott and Dr. Tore Haug, and Preikestolen 4 told by Richard Egeland. Gratulerer Med Dagen 4 Upcoming Events 5 Jan Baalsruud, who escaped from occupied Norway via the Shetland Bus, was trained in England as a saboteur and re- Nancy’s Notes 6 Foundation Month 6 turned to Norway with other Norwegian men. Their mission The Explorer 7 was to stop the heavy water Recipes 7 production by the NAZI’s, but The Norwegian elkhound is a their mission was discovered hunting dog that originated in Nor- shortly after they entered the way as early as 5000 B.C. It is the fjord. What followed is months Jarlsberg Poppers 8 national dog of Norway. It is one of of escape and evasion, retribu- the oldest dog breeds, and have tion of NAZI occupiers, and been found buried in Viking burial ultra close calls.
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