Ord Fra Presidenten Kultur Hjørne / Culture Corner Syttende Mai May 17Th
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ORD FRA PRESIDENTEN KULTUR HJØRNE / CULTURE CORNER Nancy Dunn, Cultural Director "Trip Trap! Trip Trap! Trip Trap!" could be heard coming from our March meeting. The Norwegian Class Don't miss this program at our April Players, under the direction of teacher Charles Knutson, 8th meeting – Sápmi is a recent, 34-minute performed a great variety show for us. From "The Three video presenting the Sami people’s way of Billy life today in Nord Norge / North Norway. Goats The Sami people were formerly called Gruff',” Laplanders, a term which has been changed to the more to accurate title used today. These indigenous people have a poetry, long history of inhabiting the land in northern Scandinavia, songs, from Norway through Sweden, Finland, and Russia, and and a today they also live in many other countries. Renee dance, Zellweger is a Sami. Come and enjoy this rich culture! Lodge members were SYTTENDE MAI treated to entertainment showing how well the class is MAY 17TH moving along with the Norwegian language. Participating were Sharon Rein, and Lodge members Marianne and Bill Family Celebration Nesse, Bernice Kwan, and Ras Erdal. Godt Gjort!!! At The Pavilion NOTE THE DATE CHANGE FOR OUR APRIL th Behind Good Samaritan – Loveland Village MEETING – APRIL 8 . In April, we have our semi- Sunday, May 16th, Starting at 12:30 p.m. annual Welcoming Ceremony for new members who have Casual Dress joined us since last October. We bid them a hearty Welcome! Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Salad, Vegetables, Chips, As this Posten goes to press, we have 24 people signed Drinks, Dessert up for the Dinner and Show, "Norway, The Land of Vikings." We're looking forward to a fun night! PARADE Congratulations to our three delegates to the District 6 Convention in Modesto, CA: Nancy Dunn, Richard Games – Cooking Demo Linsenmann, and Roxanne Storlie. They will represent us Songs – Learn A Norwegian Dance well! Many good things are happening in Stein Fjell!! Mark Adults - $7.00... Children - $4.00... Under 6 - Free your calendar for the Syttende Mai celebration (details on this page) as well as the Estes Park Scandinavian Festival, th th Make Reservations by Wednesday, May 12th June 26 and 27 , and be sure not to miss a meeting!!! Contact Jane Robbins 1308 Walnut Ave., Loveland, CO 80537 Fraternally, 970-667-5686 Marian Erdal 2 APRIL KALENDER MEETING REMINDERS FROM RAS *Official Norwegian Flag-Flying Day Ras Erdal, Stein Fjell Host Coordinator Deadlines: Our April meeting is on Thursday, April 8th. Note that 01: Stein Fjell Memorial Scholarship Fund this meeting is on the second Thursday of April. The Colo. Past Presidents Club Scholarship program is about the Sami people in North Norway. Our Dist. 6 Scholarship Postmark Refreshment Hosts are Mickey Schmidt (chair), Joann Harris, Bonnie Heberlein, Ruth and Clayton Nelson, and Norwegian Public Holidays: Rod Skaflen. 01: Sjærtorsdag / Maundy Thursday Looking ahead... The Refreshment Hosts for the May 6th 02: Langfredag / Good Friday meeting are Neva Gulliksen (chair), Nancy Dunn and 04*: Første påskedag / First Easter Day Richard Linsenmann, Andrea Havenar, Darlene and Jim 05: Andre påskedag / Second Easter Day Miller, Marianne and Bill Nesse, and Dick Peterson. Vær så god... 08: Lodge Meeting, 7 p.m., NOTE DATE CHANGE New Member Welcome, Sápmi Video 2009 FOUNDERS AWARD WINNERS Rod Skaflen, VP and Membership Director 14: Første Sommerdag / First Summer Day RSVP Deadline, Fjellheim Frokost We have a membership growth of 9%. This is our second consecutive year of growth, and we are the only 18: Frokost, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Fjellheim Lodge, Colorado lodge with growth in 2009. At the District Viking Hall, 1045 Ford St., Colorado Springs convention we will receive a 2009 Founders Award certificate and a $50.00 cash bonus. 20: Posten Submission Deadline CHARITIES SELECTED 24/25: Rosemaling Seminar, Camp Norge The Lodge’s Board selected four charities for Stein Fjell SAVE THE DATE to support this year: Crossroads Ministry of Estes Park, Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley (Longmont), Weld County Food May 06: Lodge Meeting, 7 p.m., Celebration of Freedom Bank (based in Greeley), and Wings (Loveland). A donation by Don Christensen of $100 will be given to each charity. May 16: Syttende Mai Celebration, Stein Fjell Lodge, The Board also decided that Stein Fjell would donate Pavilion, Good Samaritan Society - Loveland Village $35 to the Sons of Norway Foundation. May 17*: Syttende Mai, Norwegian Constitution Day May 20: Board Meeting, 7 p.m., Barb Nolin’s MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY INFO Juni 12: Fjelldalen’s 15th Anniversary Celebration, 12:30 RAMIREZ, Helen 504 49th Avenue p.m., Fresh Fish Co., 7800 E. Hampden Ave, Denver Greeley, CO 80634-1211 Juni 12: Vestafjell’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, 1 - 5 p.m., Grand Junction (Info., page 4) SPRAGUE, Jodi 2177 Cape Hatteras Drive, Unit 10 Juni 23-26: District 6 Convention, Modesto, CA 970.218.8235 Windsor, CO 80550-7251 Juni 26-27: Scandinavian Midsummer Festival, Estes Park [email protected] Januar 30 – Februar 6, 2011: Ski for Light (National!) Snow Mountain Ranch Nordic Center, Winter Park STEIN FJELL CONTACTS 2010 GRATULERER MED DAGEN ! President: Marian Erdal – 970.225.9035 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! VP & Membership: Rod Skaflen – 970.484.5459 Secretary: Roxanne Storlie – 970.412.5713 06 Bill Dunn 18 Terry Thompson 07 Esther Leum 21 Ronald Normann 09 Kristina Parkos 22 Garry Bjorklund ********************************* 11 Roxie Bradney 24 Paul Bennett Names, Phone Numbers, and Addresses in the Posten must 16 Corinne Schlimme 26 Derrick Parkos not be redistributed or used for commercial purposes. 17 Medeia Ramirez 29 Andrea Havenar 3 DITT OG DATT / THIS ‘N’ THAT VELKOMMEN i Stein Fjell thoughts and prayers are with Gifford Stein Fjell Lodge extends a hearty Velkommen to Grinager as he continues to be under medical care. Carmen Merring. Although born and raised until 4th grade i Bernice Kwan is the new president of the Colorado in Aurora, she calls Loveland her home town, but has also Past Presidents Club. lived in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Idaho, and Montana. i We wish Abigail and Jane Strand God Tur as they Carmen and her husband, Christopher, have two sons, head off to Japan. Joshua and Jonathan, and one daughter, Jessica. Their four i Kira Wright, Heritage Member of our Lodge, grandsons are Logan, Leiland, and twins William and James. qualified for the Junior Olympics in Freestyle Moguls Carmen is the daughter of Sonja West and niece of Corinne Competition Skiing and competed in Waterville Schlimme, both Stein Fjell members. Valley, New Hampshire. It was a fun trip and a great Starting at CU Boulder in 1983 and finishing in 2005 at experience. She had a touch down, but got right up Colorado Christian University, Carmen has earned her and continued her run. Next she will compete in the teaching degree. Having spent two years teaching in National Championships in Squaw Valley, CA. We Montana, Carmen is now working as a paraprofessional wish her well, skiing with the elite in the sport! She is while waiting for a local teaching opening. She also is the daughter of member Kari Wright and working on her Masters degree. granddaughter of members Ras and Marian Erdal, Carmen’s roots are north of Trondheim in the Namdalen who are all very proud of her. district, near the village of Spillum (Namsos kommune, i Turid and Howard Rathbun, charter members of Nord-Trøndelag fylke). Stein Fjell Lodge, now live with their son in Bothell, In reply to her interests in Norwegian cultural skills, her Washington. list is lengthy: rosemaling, figure carving, weaving, folk i At the March Lodge dancing, traditional Norwegian cooking, reading Norwegian meeting, Lyle Berge and Norwegian-American authors, ornamental woodcarving, presented Jon-Eirik chip carving, music and musicians of Norway, and jewelry. Holm-Johansen (on Her other interests are crafts, cooking, reading, and being the right) with a well- outdoors. deserved token of appreciation for Carmen, we welcome you to Stein Fjell! running an excellent 2010 Barneløpet at VELKOMMEN YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch, We welcome Jodi Sprague to Stein Fjell Lodge. Her Winter Park. home town is the Seattle area and she has been in the Fort Collins area for three-and-a-half years. Sendai, Japan was home for one year while she was a college exchange student. LARUE HANSON’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS Jodi received a degree in electrical engineering from the ACKNOWLEDGED AS F.B. COUNSELOR University of Washington, where she also studied Japanese. She designs circuits for microprocessors at Intel. The Sons of Norway Marketing Team includes 80 Jodi is a new member to Sons of Norway but her active financial benefit counselors. An annual contest grandfather was active in a Seattle lodge. Her Norwegian rewards qualifiers with a trip which includes a working roots are in Fitjar. Fitjar kommune, a gathering of islands holiday. There were 19 qualifiers in 2009, from their and rocks divided by shallow straits and channels, covers the production reports, which are based on a combination of northern part of the island of Stord, in Hordaland fylke, life insurance and annuity sales. Ranking 10th out of the south of Bergen. She traveled to Bergen and Oslo for one qualifiers, LaRue and Dorothy spent the first week of week in May 2008, and would love to go back. At that time March in Hawaii with the other winners and Len Carlson, she also visited a friend in Stockholm, Sweden. Director of Agencies. A good part of the summer is spent participating in local It is good to know that LaRue’s efforts are being sailing races, and in winter Jodi snowshoes. acknowledged. He and Dorothy’s regular attendance at our She is interested in the Cultural Skills of rosemaling, Lodge meetings, approachability, and friendly interest are hardanger, Norwegian language and culture, cooking, and noticed and appreciated.