The Norden Club of Lincoln www.nordenclub.com Our 71st Year September 2018 Next Meeting: Sept 17 @ First Lutheran Church. Doors open at 5:30, dinner at 6:30 September 17 Program Inside this issue: Reservation due by Thursday, Sept meeting information ...... 1 Sept 12 Speaker is Jon Akira Doyle. He is our Foundation Scholarship recipient President’s Corner ................. 2 Contact Ron/Karen Nielsen— Officer Nominations .............. 2 402-477-0065 or send email with who spent a year at Aarhus buttons at the bottom of this University in Denmark. He will Menu for Sept meeting .......... 2 page. relate his experiences there. Foundation News ................... 3 Menu: 8 oz Salisbury steak, half of a Sweden Honor ....................... 4 Norden Club baked potato, green beans, garden Calendar of events 2018 and Officers & Committees green salad, and apple/rhuberry pie 2019 ....................................... 4 Courtesy Report ..................... 5 President Del Stites Contact Information Ingrid Hansen obituary .......... 6 Membership report ................. 6 Vice President Cyndi Mattson President—Del Stites: Fall excursion to Oakland ...... 7 Secretary Sandy Hanson 402-830-6679 or Norden Club Christmas Party 8 [email protected] Treasurer Ray Friesen Christmas in Norway ............. 9 Membership Mary Brass Foundation —Joan Tomlinson Courtesy Mary Brass White: 402-423-0023 or [email protected] Historian Phyllis Ericson Name Tags Terri Heckman Newsletter Len Nelson A Request from our Librarian Song Leader Kendra Hartwick Pianist Kristina Hanson The Lincoln-Lancaster Genealogical Society library would like to add a copy of the Norden club's 60th Anniversary book to its Librarian Phyllis Ericson collection. If you have a copy you can donate please contact Web Master Len Nelson Phyllis Ericson at [email protected] or call 402-499- 6594. Foundation Joan Tomlinson White President Reservations for September Meeting You can register your attendance by calling Ron/Karen Nielsen at 402-477-0065 or click on the appropriate button below and type your name(s) in the body of the email. Make your reservation or regrets . Include names of all attendees in body of e-mail. Yes, I/We will be there No , I/We are not able to attend The Norden Club promotes fellowship among Scandinavian-Americans and their descendants and helps preserve for the benefit of the United States the best in the cultural heritage of Scandinavia. The countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden make up Scandinavia. September 2018 THE NORDEN CLUB OF LINCOLN PAGE 2 President’s Corner Salisbury steak, half of a baked with lots of President’s Letter - potato, green beans, garden green Swedish September 2018 salad, and apple/rhuberry pie, and foods and coffee. The cost is our usual meats), Dear Norden Club $16.00. Please make your and a members……. I reservations early. scenic Confess, I Fall for We will have a goodly bit drive back Autumn! of business to take care of that to Lincoln. The little taste of autumn which evening: nomination of Club If you can we experienced mid-August sent officers for 2019, signing up folks take a car me into a momentary reverie of wanting to go on the Oakland trip, for the car- memories: raking leaves (and in and a call for volunteers to help pool or if you need a ride either the old days the smell of burning with the Christmas Smorgasbord. sign up at the September 17 leaves), walking arm-in-arm to a The program for that meeting will meeting or let me know at: 402- football game, picking apples in consist of a talk from one of the 830-6679 or Nebraska City, going to the State scholarship winners and slides [email protected]. Fair to see the pigs and have a corn from this year’s Midsummer The only cost will be for the dog, taking a ride in the Festival. luncheon, $ 15.00. countryside to see the changing The second of our autumn Tuesday, August 14 the colors of the leaves, Halloween, treats will be a sojourn on Norden Club Board of Directors Thanksgiving, cool weather, and Saturday, October 13 to Oakland, met to set the above plans and gazing at a harvest moon! NE to have a tour of the Swedish finances for the remaining of 2018 This year, the Norden Club Heritage Center and its gift shop, a and early 2019. Ingrid Stites has is going to have two special fall Swedish luncheon at the Center, a volunteered to take over the events for you. On Monday, drive through the village of membership badges for our September 17, at 6:30 we will have Oakland which is celebrating its meetings. our quarterly autumn dinner and 150th Anniversary, a shopping stop program. The meal will be 8 oz. at Nelson’s Food Pride (stocked Officer Nominations– September 17 Nominations for Norden Club officers will be made at our quarterly meeting, September 17. Positions for nomination are President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Ray Friesen is retiring as Treasurer. Thanks to Ray for his dedicated and trusted service these past years to the Club. Please place your name or that of others in nomination that evening. The officers meet once a quarter and your involvement will further the success of the Norden Club. Meal Menu for Sept 17 Meeting 8 oz Salisbury steak, half of a baked potato, green beans, garden green salad, and apple/rhuberry pie September 2018 THE NORDEN CLUB OF LINCOLN PAGE 3 Foundation News Our featured program cooler this year than previous them. Grants are important to those speakers for the September Norden events. And no rain for those who wish to promote and share their Club dinner meeting will be the last involved. We experienced dancing knowledge about our ethnic of our 2017 scholarship and grant and parading around the Maypole, heritage. As Norden Club members recipients: Jon Akira Doyle and the live music, Scandinavian folk we benefit from their educational Scandinavian Midsummer Festival dancing, costumes, ethnic food, experiences and their varied Omaha. Sharing highlights of this educational games for children, and Scandinavian projects. summer’ s festivities, Del Stites will vendor booths. So many To continue the work of the speak on behalf of the Committee Scandinavian things to enjoy on a Norden Foundation our job is for the 2018 Scandinavian summer afternoon. I’m always perpetual. We welcome and always Festival. impressed by the beautiful appreciate your financial support, Jon who is an Elkhorn, Scandinavian colors. And of large or small. Thank you for your Nebraska native will be flying in course, I’ m always proud to be a many donations past and present. If from the west coast to spend an Scandinavian. A good time was you wish to make a donation to the evening with Norden Club. He is had by all, and equally fun for all Norden Club Foundation, please currently studying at the University ages. We are pleased to support send your check to our Norden of Washington in Seattle. Fall their hard work. Foundation Co-Treasurers: Len & semester 2017, Jon traveled to Our 2018 scholarship Arlene Nelson, 7821 Lillibridge Denmark and studied at Aarhus awarded $1500 to Elise Reid, a Street, Lincoln, NE 68506. University. He was unable to be graduate student at the University of We wish to thank the with us last spring due to becoming Nebraska-Lincoln. At this time, she Lincoln Track Club who gave a a scholar of another is currently studying at Norwegian memorial donation in memory of fellowship. This enabled him to University of Life Sciences in As, Dorothy Ekblad. Recently, we extend his studies in Copenhagen, Norway. She is interested in received memorial donations from which carried Jon into the 2018 International Agriculture, studying Karen and Bill Zins and from spring semester. He is currently the Agroecology program in Phyllis Ericson in memory of Ingrid working on a double major in Norway. Elise’s study program will Hansen. Three very kind gestures Political Science and Environmental include traveling to diversified in memory of two long-time Norden Studies. farms in Norway and throughout Club members. Del and Midsummer festival Europe with other students from Hope to see you at the volunteers contribute a lot to the around the world. We look forward Norden dinner meeting in eastern communities of Nebraska by to her presentation in 2019. September! establishing and promoting the Over the years we have met Scandinavian Midsummer Festival some pretty amazing young adults; Joan Tomlinson White in Omaha. Always concerned about their shared knowledge and President Norden Club Foundation weather and the outdoor activities, enthusiasm is incredible. We can the June park setting was a little certainly be proud of our support for Memorial Gifts to Norden Club Foundation The Norden Club Foundation has memorial donation were made for friends and loved ones. received numerous memorial gifts Ingrid Hansen, one for Carl Strom, Len and Arlene Nelson, in the past year. Twelve Norden one for LaJean Price, and one for Club members and one local club Simon Kominski. All of these Co-Treasurers contributed memorials for Dorothy donations were made by club Norden Club Foundaion Ekblad. Her family listed us as one members. We thank all who of the possible recipients. Two contributed to the memories of September 2018 THE NORDEN CLUB OF LINCOLN PAGE 4 Sweden Most Reputable Country Sweden, known for its generous a major obstacle for economic Institute. social benefits and commitment to development in the world." The study also measures gender equality, is considered the Following Sweden are Finland, perceptions of the most progressive most reputable country in the Switzerland, Norway, New social and economic policies, the world, according to an annual Zealand, Australia, Canada, Japan, institute says, so Sweden's ranking by Reputation Institute.