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VALHALL LODGE #6-25 SAN DIEGO, CA JUNE-JULY 2020 #5 June and July 2020 Meeting Location La Mesa Masonic Lodge Valhall Lodge #6-25 4731 Date Ave. https://lodgeofvalhall.com La Mesa, CA 91942 Serving San Diego, CA Founded 1912 Mission Statement The mission of Sons of Norway is to promote and to preserve the *** IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT *** heritage and culture of Norway, to celebrate our relationship with other Nordic countries, and to provide Because of the coronavirus, there are no scheduled quality insurance and financial physical meetings in June, but see below regarding virtual products to its members. meetings on June 6 (LOV) and June 20 (Social) June 6 10:00 AM PDT: LOV Virtual Meeting June 20 4:30 PM PDT: Lodge Virtual Ice Cream Social (See Page 3) Ord fra presidenten Dear Members, We have gotten tired of activities being suspended, but we are going to be prudent about the way we resume activities. Millie is holding a virtual LOV meeting on June 6. The lodge will have a virtual ice cream social on June 20. See Page 3 for details. Our country is trying to resume activities so that our economy improves. We know that we have to be careful. This lodge has many elderly members, so we have to be extra careful. We are trying to get back in contact with each other using virtual meetings. We drew inspiration for our virtual social from the House of Norway. They held a virtual celebration of Syttende Mai. I had the honor of raising the flag, and Thelma sang the anthem. People were able to attend on Facebook. We go dark in July and August. Let’s hope that things are much better by September. Graciela and I hope that you stay safe and healthy. Respektfult, Maury D. Lee President, Valhall Lodge 06-25 VALHALL VIKING 1 VALHALL LODGE #6-25 SAN DIEGO, CA JUNE-JULY 2020 #5 June Birthdays July Birthdays 2 Marit Malarkey 1 Janet Kylstad Coulon 5 Anna Ditona 8 Mary Stedham 5 Arletta Jurasinski 15 Larry Collins 11 Sara Adams 15 Edvard Hemmingsen 11 Colette Burgess 15 David Kenstad 11 Steve Rawlinson 15 Kari Koskinen 11 Ellen Spitzer 16 LaVonne Coover 16 Susan Cody 22 John Burgess 18 Jeanette Rock 22 Mark Hanson 20 Oskar Evensen 22 Erica Lee 23 Alan Svidal 26 Oddvar Høidal 25 Roberta Balstad 30 Sarmana Estolano 26 Mary Hinshaw 30 Maury Lee 29 Raymond Johnsen Newsletter editor: Steve Rawlinson [email protected] This newsletter is published monthly except in January and July. Copyright © 2020 Valhall Lodge #6-25, Sons of Norway All Rights Reserved VALHALL VIKING 2 VALHALL LODGE #6-25 SAN DIEGO, CA JUNE-JULY 2020 #5 Valhall Lodge #6-25, Sons of Norway Virtual Ice Cream Social Online Ice Cream Social Saturday, June 20, 2020 4:30 PM BYOIC (Bring Your Own Ice Cream) Register for this Social by sending an e-mail to [email protected] Registering does not obligate you to attend, but it will enable you to receive an e-mail with information needed to connect to the Zoom meeting. The e- mail needs to tell me your name and e-mail address. If you plan to phone in, please give me your phone number. If you have a friend or family member who wants to attend from his/her own device, please tell me that person’s name and e-mail address. You don’t have to tell me about the people who might be with you when you join the meeting. Be sure to download the Zoom app to your device before the Social starts. Instruction for doing that are on the next page. You will receive an e-mail the day before the Social with the information you need to connect. Bring your favorite ice cream with you to your favorite device for online meetings. We will sing the usual 3 anthems and say the Pledge of Allegiance. Then we will settle down, eat ice cream, and talk about how we have coped with sheltering at home. (No worries if you don’t remember the words to the anthems. The host will share his desktop and show the words to each anthem as we sing it.) See next page for instructions on joining a Zoom meeting. VALHALL VIKING 3 VALHALL LODGE #6-25 SAN DIEGO, CA JUNE-JULY 2020 #5 How to Join a Zoom Meeting It is best to use a computer, tablet, or smart phone that has a camera, microphone, and speakers. If you don’t have these, you can use any phone to call in for an audio-only connection. (If you are calling in on your phone for audio only, you won’t need to install the Zoom app.) You can install the Zoom app on your preferred device by using any web browser. Visit the Zoom website (https://zoom.us), scroll down to the bottom, and click on the Download link: To join a meeting, start up your Zoom app and click on “Join”. You will see a box like this: Get the meeting ID and password from the e-mail you receive prior to the meeting. Enter the Meeting ID and your name. Please don’t be cute about your name. Make sure that the host recognizes who you are based on your name. Click on “Join”. You will be prompted for the password and then you can join. You will go into a virtual waiting room and when the host recognizes you, you will be admitted to the meeting. Alternatively, you can click on the link in the e-mail under the words “Join Zoom Meeting”. If you have already installed the app, then you will be connected to the meeting. The e-mail will have phone numbers that you can use if you want to phone in. None of them are local. VALHALL VIKING 4 VALHALL LODGE #6-25 SAN DIEGO, CA JUNE-JULY 2020 #5 Lodge Officers Auditors President Maury Lee Sandra Yeaman Vice President VACANT Steve Rawlinson Counselor Susan Cody Rick Hausvik Secretary Janet Coulon Corporation Officers Assistant Secretary Janet Weber President James Adams Financial Secretary Aprell Bigler Vice President Andreas Ueland Treasurer Millie Wright Secretary Aprell Bigler Social Director Judy Sawyer Treasurer Steve Rawlinson Asst Social Director Denise Olson Director Maury Lee Cultural Director Myla Coleman Director Judy Sawyer Marshall Carmen Cleary Director Rick Hausvik Assistant Marshall Rick Hausvik LOV Officers Historian Sandra Yeaman President Millie Wright Musician VACANT Vice President Susan Cody Editor Steve Rawlinson Secretary Myla Coleman Assistant Editor Arlene Labree Treasurer Amelia Seeto Foundation Director Arlene Labree Publicity Director Susan Cody Youth Director Myla Coleman Sports Director Ellen Spitzer Steve Rawlinson Webmaster JAMES DONOVAN Trustee (3 Year) Susan Cody Your Financial Benefits Counselor Trustee (2 Year) Millie Wright 760-440-9905 Judy Sawyer Trustee (1 Year) [email protected] VALHALL VIKING 5 VALHALL LODGE #6-25 SAN DIEGO, CA JUNE-JULY 2020 #5 Links Save the Date Our lodge: https://lodgeofvalhall.com SoCal Kretsstevne District Six Newsletters and Cultural The Southern California 2020 Kretsstevne is Newsletters: https://sofn6.org/newsletters/ planned for October 16-18, 2020. Save the date! https://sofn6.org/southern-california/ Camp Norge: https://www.campnorge.org/site/ District Six: https://sofn6.org House of Norway: https:// Corrections www.houseofnorway.org In 2017, Norway passed a law that merged the 19 fylker (counties) into 11. The law went into effect at the beginning of 2020. An article titled Regional Reform and Bunads in the May 2020 Tubfrim Valhall Viking incorrectly stated that the law was passed in 1917. Susan Cody is collecting cancelled stamps A cool new building in Oslo is the Deichman for the Tubfrim charity. These stamps help Library. An article titled Cool New Buildings in raise funds for needy people. Oslo in the May 2020 Valhall Viking referred to the building as the Dutchman Library. The Editor regrets these errors. Hiking Vikings Walk for Brain Injury Recovery Who: San Diego Brain Injury Foundation What: Walk for Recovery Where: De Anza Cove Park, 2740 DeAnza Road, San Diego, CA 92109 When: Saturday, March 21, 2020, May 16, 2020, at 8:00 AM Delayed until Sunday, September 20, 2020, at 8:00 AM The Hiking Vikings will have a team. We encourage you to register with the Hiking Vikings and walk with them. You can also make a donation as a Hiking Viking even if you don’t join in the walk. Visit https://sdbif.org/index/ events/2020-sdbif-surviveheadstrong-walk-for-recovery/ and scroll down to the bottom of that page. Find the Hiking VIkings box and click on it. You are then at the Hiking Vikings page. You can register to walk with the team or you can make a donation giving credit to the Hiking Vikings. VALHALL VIKING 6 VALHALL LODGE #6-25 SAN DIEGO, CA JUNE-JULY 2020 #5 In Recognition of In Recognition of Fifty Years of Membership, Twenty Five Years of Membership, Sons of Norway awards a Certificate of Sons of Norway awards a Certificate of Appreciation and Pin Appreciation and pin to the following member for their long and faithful to the following members for their long and faithful service: service: Fifty Years of Membership Twenty-Five Years of Membership Marit Malarkey Almon L. Coover LaVonne H. Coover Congratulations to you! Congratulations! Valhall Lodge 6-025 ~ Sons of Norway Valhall Lodge 6-025 ~ Sons of Norway Viking Magazine is Now Online The June issue of the Sons of Norway Viking magazine is now online. There is also an archive of the issues. You have to login using your id and password of your Sons of Norway account.