Trollheim News Freedom Fraternity Progress Loki Sons of Norway * Trollheim Lodge 6-110 * Lakewood Trollheim News The mission of the Sons of Norway is to promote and to preserve the heritage December 2017 and culture of Norway, to celebrate our relationship with other Nordic Volume: 44 countries, and to provide quality insurance and financial products to its Issue: 12 members Trollheim Lodge 6-110 December 2017 Sons of Norway 6610 W. 14th Ave. Dec 2, Sat Finnish Club Christmas Party Rental Lakewood, CO 80214 (303) 232-1700; leave msg Dec 4, Mon Board Meeting, 7 pm President Dec 9, Sat Trollheim Family Jul Party NEW DATE! Elaine Homan (303) 420-8888 (after 10 am please) Dec 10, Sun Denver Danes Christmas Party [email protected] Dec 17, Sun Fjellheim Julebord (page 9) Colorado Springs Editor: Elaine Homan (303) 420-8888 Dec 18, Mon General Meeting, 7pm; Potluck, Presentation: [email protected] Tidløs Christmas Video !!! See page 3 Dec 25, Mon Christmas In this issue: Dec 31, Mon New Year’s Eve Pg. 1 Events/dates to remember 2 President’s Message 2 December Birthdays 2018 Jan 20th Trollheim’s Luteflsk/Meatball Dinner 2 December General Meeting 3 Sunshine Corner Jan 27th Zone 8 (Colorado) Leadership Workshop 3 New Members/Changes 3 Financial Counselor Feb TBA Trollheim 44th Anniversary Luncheon 4 Lodge News 5 Trollheim Family Jul Party Mar 19 Corned Beef Dinner at the March General Mtg 6 Lodge News/Obituary April 20-23, 2018 Vesterheim Rosemaling Seminar 7 Lutefisk/Meatball Dinner 8 More News April Dameklubben Tea 9 Fjellheim Julebord 9 Finn Club Rental May TBD Syttende Mai and Smorgasbord 10 Zone/District News June 10-13, 2018 District Six Convention 11 Officer roster / ad 12 Back/Butikken Ad Christmas hours for the Butikken: rd 9:30-3:30 Wed, Fri, and Sat until December 23 . After Christmas the Butikken will be closed until the Lutefisk/Meatball Dinner on Jan. 20th 2018, Sat. only 1 From the President: Elaine Homan December Greetings! Birthdays It has been warm outside but all the falling leaves definitely tell me it’s Autumn. Also, another reminder is my need for the 4 Daryl Haagenson wool blanket at night to offset the overnight chill. OK, I’m going to enjoy this last month of this season before we get Winter blowing in around 4 Elaine L Homan Christmas time. The lodge has had lots of activity recently due to building 6 Violet M Helsing inspections for fire, water, kitchen, and heating; the Trollheim Christmas 8 Elna C Curtis Fair; and normal activity at the lodge, so I am looking forward to some down 9 Ronald R Skabo time in the next few weeks. Don’t miss the December General Meeting on 10 William N Rose Dec., 18. We will view a very nice 1-hour video of Christmas music by 12 Lee R Corns Tidløs, the band that was here last July. This is a well-done video filmed in Norway, all Norwegian language, and before a small crowd in a small 13 Hilmar A Lund church in Norway. I hope you can attend to see this fine group whether 16 Michele R Frost you saw them last July or not! 20 Martha R Dahl 20 Martha H Thompson A Blessed Season to all! Sincerely, 21 Cara Johnshoy Fite Elaine Homan 21 Karen J Zink 24 Donna Marlene Barner 24 Megan E Ingebrigtsen December General Meeting 25 Karen H Lyda December 18, 2017; Potluck, 7 pm; 28 Laria J Lovec Warm things like stew, or soup and bread, and 28 Verona Skabo Christmas cookies and desserts!!! 29 Paul M Hovland Tidløs Christmas Video 29 Holly J Massie Let’s all come together for a social, potluck dinner to wish each other well during the holiday and New Year. No business is planned, so there is time for this 1-hour, 10-minute video. Gratularer med dagen! Recently, President Elaine Homan found a video of the group, Tidløs performing a Christmas concert…in Norway…in a small, old Norwegian church…to a group of Norwegians…all in the language of Norway. She wrote to the band’s business manager and received permission to show this video at the lodge. The video picture and sound are Lodge Directory will be professionally done. This is a beautiful concert of 13 Christmas songs, published early January including folk songs; i.e. Ave Maria; and O, Holy Night (Norwegian and be available for pick- versions,) and a few modern songs that will show off the talents of the musicians. Four members of this band on the video were here last July, up at the lodge on the and it was a treat to see them again, on this video. night of the General If you attended the concert by Tidløs here at the lodge last July 2, you know Meeting. that this group performs contemporary versions of Christian music, some old, some new. You may want to see the group again, performing many Thank you, Bonnie and selections from their 2016 SOLD OUT Christmas album. Marcus Johnshoy for If you did not see the concert but have heard all the buzz about Tidløs, or working on the database bought a CD from Bev Moe, here is a chance for you to see and listen to for the directory and them yourself. Non-members who attended the concert are also invited to this show. I know Trollheim members will welcome all as we end our year getting it in order. We sharing in the joy and peace that fills your hearts while you watch this video! all appreciate your help! See you on Monday, Dec. 18th. (Bring cookies if you got ‘em!) 2 Sunshine Corner Bev King New Members/Changes A former, long-term member, Dorothy Williamson has There is nothing to recently passed away. There is no formal obituary but Bev report for this month. King has written a memorial which is on page 4. The information about the memorial service is also on that page. Editor’s note: Bernice Molter, after several weeks in a hospital and rehab Editor’s Uffdas center, returned home to more rest and rehabilitation for several more weeks. Finally, she was given the OK by her doctor to move around with In the November issue last her walker. Unfortunately, she took a tumble a few days later and is back month, I made several errors in the hospital/rehab at this writing with a broken pelvis. Notes and cards in the names of many would be appreciated. members! I should know better! Maybe I shouldn’t be Vera Thorne recently was in the ER after falling. She may have had a composing a newsletter at 2 small stroke. At the general meeting in November, her son, Ron Thorne in the morning! reported that she was doing well. My apologies to Bev King; for misspelling of her son’s last name, Rick Buen In the Butikken News last Financial Counselor month, I also misspelled the Mike Johaneson following volunteer names: David, Scott and Lily Sveum Doris Sundet Ho, Ho, Ho! Syrena Plakke It is that time of year when we grandparents struggle to pick a relevant gift for the young ones Thank you all for your help in (anyone under 50). Electronic gifts are too Oct. when the Butikken was expensive and short-lived, clothes are wild setting up the Viking Room for guesses and gift cards are so impersonal. the Christmas Fair. Why not give them something they do not want? Life insurance. It is inexpensive for young people, it grows in value and when they are 70 years old looking for chronic care coverage, it will be there in that old policy. Seriously, a $100,000 whole life policy for a 20-year-old female in good health costs $40 per month or $478 per year and it includes a provision that will provide $2000 per month if she needs chronic illness care. Or, if you want to pay once and be done, $5900 for a $50,000 policy with a $1000 per month chronic care provision. For that 40-year-old daughter, a $50,000 policy would cost $544 per year. Is this what they want for Christmas? Probably not but we are grand- parents and we get to do what we want at Christmas. Ho, Ho, Ho. Loki-nisse has lots of Mike Johaneson presents …. For you? 720 971-0130 3 Butikken News for December From Bev King The Butikken managers would like to thank the Dorothy Williamson following people who helped at the Christmas Entered into Rest November 12, 2017 Fair: Doris Sundet, Dani East, Bruce Bailey, at the age of 104. Kari Jorgensen, and Ken Perley. We appreciated all the help for our successful two- Memorial Service* day sale. Sunday, December 10, 2017 More merchandise, some of it new items, has One-Thirty in the Afternoon been coming in since the fair. Stop in and check Kirk of Bonnie Brae Church out the new merchandise. 1201 South Steele Street Denver, Colorado The Butikken’s last day this year will be Saturday, December 23rd. We will then be *Dorothy will be 105 years old on this day. closed for inventory and clean-up of the Viking Room. We will re-open for the Lutefisk Dinner I remember Dorothy and her husband on January 20th, 2018, and thereafter, be back Howard, attending Trollheim’s General to our Saturday only schedule. Meeting’s always on time and Howard wore his Norwegian sweater; navy blue and white Management Team, with a touch of red.