Vikingen Forska som om du skulle leva evigt! Viking Search as if you would live forever! Lev som om du skulle dö i morgon! Live as if you would die tomorrow! Volume 120, No. 1 Journal March 2020 Hello Fellow Vikings, Chief’s Now that all the holidays are over, I’m hoping everyone is happy and healthy! Corner Some of you are enjoying sunny weather in the South, and snow lovers are sticking it out in the North. Wherever you are spending the winter, Spring will be on the way soon! I do have to mention though, it has been a fairly easy winter… not too much snow, but a lot of sickness. Sometimes I feel like a broken record, as here we are again on surrenders. Executive Council has been working diligently to accomplish this task. Council has monthly meetings on the progress and looking at new strategies to try and locate policyholders. We have sent out repeated mailings to all Lodges. I encourage all Lodges to look at their lists and help us as much as they can. We know that we will not be able to find everyone, just remember that, “A good Viking, is an uninsured Viking.” Since September, we have had 200+ surrenders. We have also had a Melinda Worden number of donations through surrenders: Burn Camp – 14 donations, Scholarship - Grand Chief 17, and 8 donations to Language Camp. Big thanks to all of you who donated back to the I.O.V.!! On the upside, all Lodges of the I.O.V. are now in good standing. Communicating with the Lodges, by calling and speaking with the Officers, we made great progress. All lodge dues, membership lists, and contact information has been updated, and given to our administrator. Rod, Robin and I couldn’t be happier! Keeping all Lodges in our great I.O.V. is what we need to keep growing. Viking Scholarships are coming up. Just a little fact, Viking Scholarship Fund was established on June 14, 1963 at the Grand Lodge meeting, in Boston, Massachusetts. There are many Junior Vikings who have been fortunate to receive this support; in our family we have had two scholarship recipients. I am looking forward to the outcome of this year’s applications! Language Camp information should be out to all Lodges. Last year we had a good response from our Junior Vikings, and we received five applications this year! This program is one of the outstanding opportunities we have to offer our young INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Viking members. Letter from the Chief ................cover story All seems to be going well with everything going on within Council. We are very fortunate to have Robin Grinnell, our administrator; she is always thinking, and Welcome Aboard ...........................................2 looking out for the good of our I.O.V. We can’t thank her enough. There have been Language Lesson ...........................................2 a couple of changes to our Executive Council as two members, Sandy Cramm and Milestones ........................................................3 Barb Hendry, have resigned. We wish them the best! Our two new members are Peg Schaeffer and Mary Beth Liskey, both from Linne’ Lodge. All of us on Council Scholarship and Raffle .................................3 welcome them aboard! Administrator's Corner ................................4 On a personal note, I have been busy with Council and learning every day! I Burn Camp News ...........................................4 saw that Linne’ Lodge is having their Polar Plunge, with a tremendous amount of support! If you have never seen a Polar Plunge, stop by, it’s exciting. I used to do the Sigurd Lodge Update ...................................5 plunge for Ingjald and it can be a little chilly! If you are up in Kenosha, stop by for Linne' Lodge Update ................................6-7 pancake breakfast in March and say “hi” to Vice Chief Rod. Always doing my best for our great I.O.V. Ingjald Lodge Update ..............................8-9 Get Involved! ................................................ 10 Insurance Surrender Form ...................... 11 Mindy Page 2 March 2020 VIKING JOURNAL Robin Lynn Grinnell Welcome Aboard Fraternal Administrator The following are new members who were admitted to the Viking Order since the previous Viking Journal was P.O. Box 27186 published. We welcome you one and all to the Viking Order and sincerely urge you to attend your respective Lansing, MI 48909 lodges and join in all of the activities planned for you. Remember . It’s great to be a VIKING!! 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If there will ever be a test for Swedish citizenship, of Vikings! the kanelbulle will surely be part of it. (This is a closed group, so Do you agree? you must request to join.) Want more? Check out http://ordoftheday.com/ March 2020 Page 3 Grand Lodge Scholarship and Raffle IOV Executive Council: The Grand Lodge Scholarship raffle was held at Winterfest in Muskegon on Saturday, January 25. Faisel Abdelkader conducted the drawing as committee chair Bob Grinnell was Grand Chief out of town. Melinda R. Worden [email protected] The five winners were as follows: • First place of $500 went to Al Green of Muskegon. Vice Grand Chief • Second place of $200 was Linne’ Lodge. • Third place of $150 was Thor Lodge #9. Rodney W. Ottum • Fourth and Fifth at $75 each were Diane Sampson from Linne’ and Kristi Storz from [email protected] Sigurd. Jr. Past Grand Chief Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all who participated. William H. Schaefer [email protected] As of February 1, only two scholarship applications have been sent to the Administrator. I hope we have more applications postmarked by the deadline of March 1, 2020. Grand Secretary Eivor Britt-Louise Hichue The Scholarship Committee [email protected] Bob Grinnell, Rod Ottum, Bill Peterson and Mary Beth Liskey Congratulations to Mary Beth, she is the newest member of the Executive Council. Thanks to Barb Hendry for her past service! Grand Treasurer Thomas R. Jandt [email protected] Grand Herald Bryan R. Nelson ToMILE let you know that our many thoughtsSTONES are with the members and families in this time of sorrow. [email protected] Lodge Member Name Ellida Lodge #25 THOMAS BELL Grand Inner Guard William A. Peterson Ellida Lodge #25 VINCENT LIVINGSTON [email protected] Ellida Lodge #25 JOAN PENNOCK Ellida Lodge #25 JAMES STEVENS Grand Outer Guard Robert D. Greenwald Ellida Lodge #25 PAUL THORNE [email protected] Ellida Lodge #25 HELEN WHIPPLER Ingjald Lodge #65 JOSEPH C CHUDZICKI Jane Fosberg [email protected] Ingjald Lodge #65 JANICE S GALLOWAY Ingjald Lodge #65 KATHLEEN KNIGHT Robert H.