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If you happen to have slept your way thru the month of July, you missed out on
members of our lodge showing their Viking spirit.
Starting with our lodge picnic at the first part of the month and finishing with the
increasingly fun ride on Viking 1, at the Deer Park Settlers Parade. I really can't
remember when our members came out and enjoyed our functions as much as
this July. So all you Vikings out there, we need to continue to have fun and enjoy
our lodge functions.
It only takes you to make things happen, come enjoy the fun.!
My best to all,
Gary Larsen
Trustees Request
Members, we are requesting that you check your closets, attics, basement, etc
for any original Officers regalia. Also, in talking with our Historian, she would
like to be notified of any items or information of historical significance.
Thank you!
August general meeting dinner menu: Chicken Strips, French Fries, Cole Slaw, Dessert
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2016 TORDENSKJOLD BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President ............................................ Gary Larsen E, B, S
[email protected] ............................. 509-448-1075
Vice President .................................... Rik Johnson E, B, S
[email protected] .................... 509-448-3434
Secretary ............................................. Susan Kirkeby E, B
[email protected] ....................... 509-535-5471
Membership Secretary .................... Joanne Medhus E, B
............................................................. 509-326-3980
Treasurer ................................................ Judy Moxley E, B
............................................................. 509-467-4759
Asst. Treasurer.............................. Sandy Friberg E, B
Counselor ............................................... Gary Friberg E, B
............................................................. 509-238-6549
Social Director ...................................... Tamara Hensley B
Trustee ............................................................ Eric Aase B
Trustee ..................................................... Robert Grigg B
Trustee .................................................... Marc Hensley B
Sons of Norway Tordenskjold Lodge #2-005
PO Box 18281
Spokane, WA 99228
509-326-9211
www.sonsofnorwayspokane.com
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Sons of Norway District 2
President Chris Hicks
[email protected]
www.sonsofnorway2.com
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Trollhaugen Lodge
509-656-9997
OTHER 2016 TORDENSKJOLD OFFICERS
Cultural Director/Librarian......................... Lois McKinnell
…………………………………………………………..907-750-6516
Inner Greeter .....................................................Al Gravos
Outer Greeter ................................................ Paul Larson
Historian ..................................................... Susan Kirkeby
Marshall ............................................... Jeanette Raulston
Youth Director............................................. Kjrsten Smith
Publicity...................................................... Lois McKinnell
Editor....................................................... Tamara Hensley
[email protected] ..................... 509-251-6223
Sports Director ......................................... Larry Halverson
............................................................. 509-299-5527
Sunshine Person.........................Contact Lodge Secretary
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SON Financial Counselor ................... Scott Schiermeister
.......................................................... 1-800-741-2231
............................................................. 509-927-8027
Appointed Position
Auditors........................ Tamara Hensley & Betty Renford
E—Executive Board
B—Board of Directors
S—Scholarship Committee
[email protected]
www.trollhaugensofn.com
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Sons of Norway International Headquarters
1-800-945-8851
www.sonsofnorway.com
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Tordenskjold Website
www.sonsofnorwayspokane.com
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Lingonberry Bars
INGREDIENTS
Gratulerer Med Dagen!
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup chopped pecans
Please help us celebrate
our members born in August!
1 egg
Janet C O'Connor
2
1 cup softened butter
Dianne M Crow
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10 ounces lingonberry preserves ( filling)
Nancy E Butler
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DIRECTIONS
Adam S Ramotowski
6
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x9 baking pan or
line with parchment.
Thelma J Strenge
8
Edwin B Halvorson
9
Combine all ingredients together, except for lingonberry
preserves. Mix on low speed until crumbly. Set aside one
cup of crumb mixture.
Shirley I Chaffins
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Alan Harry Gravos
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Press remaining crumb mixture onto bottom of prepared
pan. Spread the preserves evenly. Crumble rest of
mixture over the preserves.
Paul H Larson
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Dorothy M Stuart
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Carl W Pearson
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Donna L Pickering
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Arnold B Sather
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Linda L Morehouse
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Tusen Takk members and scholarship committee
Hazel D Scott
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for helping me attend Language camp at Camp
Trollhaugen this year. I had so much fun and made
some great new friends. We sang, danced, laughed,
and I learned how to huck weave, which I LOVE.
Thank you again,
Mary Ann Solberg
25
Cathie E Anderson
28
Pearl J Tyler
29
Rachel L Preston
30
Bake approximately 45 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool and cut into desired servings.
Queen Anna
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Sports News with Lucky Larry
TORDENSKJOLD SONS OF NORWAY
HI SPORTS FANS,
I have made arrangements
with the Spokane Indians, and
have reserved 25 seats for a
baseball game on Sunday
August 28, 2016, VS the
Tri-Cities Dust Devils. The
game starts at 3:30 in the
afternoon. the cost is $11.00
per person. So get your kids,
grandkids, and friends together
for an afternoon of baseball. (We need a minimum of 20
people.) If you are going to the Spokane Indians game on
Sunday August 28, you must have your money ($11.00 per
person) into the lodge by Monday August 22, 2016. Make
the checks payable to: SONS OF NORWAY
TORDENSKJOLD LODGE, and mail to BOX 18218
Spokane, WA 99228. The tickets will be under your name
at the WILL CALL window at
Indians stadium .
MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
Adult Membership (24 years or older)
$44.00 per year
Spouse Membership
$37.00 per year
Heritage Membership (15 years of & younger)
FREE
Golden Membership
$28.00 per year
Golden Member Spouse
Thinking ahead, the
Spokane Chiefs home
opener is on Saturday,
October 1, 2016, VS the
Tri-Cities Americans. Game time
is 7:00 in the evening. If we want
to go, the cost is $16.00 per person in the upper level, and
$20.00 per person in the lower level. We need a minimum
of 10 people. So think about it, and lets have a fun night at
hockey game.
$24.50 per year
All fees are current. Membership forms are available
from any lodge officer. You can also join or renew
your membership from the Tordenskjold website.
Completed applications should be given to the Lodge
Vice President or Financial Secretary for review by
the Board.
Larry Halverson
Sports Director
Drawing Winners - July General Meeting
How well do you know
your Norwegian trivia?
First person to answer
correctly will win 10 extra $2.00 drawing tickets
at the next General Meeting. Must be present
to win.
QUESTION:
The Norse God Odin is
depicted with 2 ravens. For
20 tickets, what are their
names and what do their
names mean?
NO DRAWINGS WERE HELD IN JULY
2.00 Drawing winners:
$65.00
The Birthday gift card for July
The Subway gift card
Trivia was won by:
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2nd Annual Tordenskjold Sons of Norway Picnic
For those of you who were able to attend our 2nd Annual Lodge Picnic, thank you. We hope that it was as much fun for you as
it was for us preparing for our Picnic. The weather was perfect with only a few drops of rain to sprinkle us with misty
kisses. Our golfers braved the 3 par course, and a few adults and kids learned the art of Footgolf.
Our buffet table was filled with condiments, salads, beans, fruit, relish tray and desserts all brought by our members and the
hot dogs and hamburgers were prepared by our Garys’ and a new member Tom, to perfection.
And what would a picnic be without entertainment. Our own Tom Nordness sang “Take me out to the ball game”
accompanied by his back up singer, known by her stagename as Ellen Dahlen.
It’s all about friendships, laughter, and gathering together for fraternalism at it’s best.
Thank you members you are… The best.
Another successful parade
season with Viking 1. We
ended the year with the Deer
Park Parade. Whoops and
hollars and picture taking was
aplenty. Thank you Bob, our
ships helmsman, and to the
crew, Kjrsten, Marc, Anna,
Nikk, Reba, Tom, Lucky Larry,
Jeannette and Lois. Here’s
looking forward to next year!
Tami
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Cultural Corner
At our August 4th general meeting our very own
Thelma Strenge will be the Cultural Presenter.
Thelma enjoys wearing her bunad and is going to
share it’s story with us. She’s also planning to tell
us a bit about her family’s immigration to
America. I will not be able to attend that evening so
will look forward to seeing you all at our September
meeting.
As always, if you have a suggestion for a cultural
presentation please feel free to contact me and I
will do my best to get it lined up for a future
meeting.
Lois McKinnell, Cultural Director
1-907-750-6516
[email protected]
Anniversary Dinner
Dear Lodge Members
In celebrating Tordenskjold Lodges’ 109th
Anniversary, your board of directors will
be hosting an Anniversary Buffet
Luncheon at Bumpers from 1-3.
Reservations are required for this event.
Please call the lodge office 326-9211.
Non member are $20.00
Our Lodge Anniversary is always a special
time for our members. We hope to see
you then and you too are special.
Susan
DNA hunters Open Viking Tomb in Normandy
Norwegian researchers have finally gotten to open the tomb of
Viking leader Rollo's descendants. They want to find out
whether Rollo was the same as Gange-Rolv from Møre. If so,
the British royal family originated in Norway. A Norwegian-led
delegation was in Normandy [in February] and opened the
sarcophagus of two of Rollo's descendants. The aim is to put an
end to a centuries-long debate: Was Rollo Danish or
Norwegian? “We have been working to get this researched for
about seven years, so to finally get collected material to test
the DNA—it was big,” historian and project initiator Sturla
Ellingvåg from Foundation Explico said to NTB [Norwegian
News Agency]. Rollo was the founder of Normandy, Count of
Rouen and the greatgreat-great-grandfather of William the
Conqueror, who is an ancestor of the English royal house.
While Norwegian-Icelandic history via Snorre’s sagas argues
that Rollo and Gange-Rolv are one and the same person,
Danish historians believe that he came from Denmark.
Gange-Rolv, son of Ragnvald Mørejarl was exiled from Norway
and supposedly settled in France. Pulling Teeth In January
French authorities and the French church granted the
Norwegian application to open the tomb of Rollo's grandson
and great-grandson, Duke Richard the Fearless and son Duke
Richard the Good. When they opened the grave [in February],
researchers found among other things a lower jaw with eight
teeth in the tomb of Richard the Good. “The key is to find
teeth, because the DNA can be good, even after so many years.
Two forensic experts from Norway and Denmark snatched five
teeth that are now being sent to the Institute of Forensic
Medicine in both countries for analysis, says the Chairman of
Samlerhuset (a Norwegian coin company) and The Norwegian
Mint, Ole Bjørn Fausa. A result of the analysis will probably be
available this fall and will be presented in cooperation with the
French authorities. So it remains to be seen whether the
answer indicates Denmark or Norway. A Rare Event Fausa
describes the atmosphere at the tomb as an unbelievable
experience: “As far as we know this is only the second time
since the war that a king's tomb has been opened in France.
Just to be part of it, and find the skeletons in there, it was
exciting, solemn and unreal at the same time. If Rollo and
Gange-Rolv prove to be the same person, here is the historical
significance: “If the British royal family originates from the
coast of Møre, it changes for example the notion that the
Norwegian royal family is young, with origins from the British
and Danish [royal families],” says Fausa.
Trollhaugen Cultural
Heritage Weekend
September 23-25, 2016
The people of the North have always been somewhat of a mystery. The
Sami are the only indigenous people of Scandinavia. Only 10% of them
are involved with reindeer. Let’s learn more about them– together!
Learn a Sami duodji (craft), make flatbrøt, hear stories of
the Sami and their reindeer and the musical tradition of
singing a yoik!
Meet members from throughout District 2 while learning Genealogy,
Hardangersøm, Rosemaling, Woodcarving, Language and more in our
Cascade beautiful mountain lodge, Trollhaugen.
This is the only Heritage Retreat this year –don’t miss out!
Tuition of $145 before Sept 1st, $155 after,
includes room, all meals and class supplies.
There are only a limited number of beds available. Your check will secure your reservation.
For more information & registration contact:
Doreen Parker
360-538-0572
[email protected]
Chris Hicks
425-672-0194
[email protected]
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SPOKANE, WA 99228
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DATES TO REMEMBER
August, 4, 2016—General Meeting 6 PM
August 31, 2016—Board Meeting 6 PM
September 1, 2016—General Meeting 6 PM
September 11, 2016—Anniversary Dinner at Bumpers 1-3 PM
September 23-25, 2016—Trollhaugen Heritage Retreat
September 28, 2016—Board Meeting 6 PM
We meet the third Wednesday of every month at 1:30 at the Golden Corral on North Division.
Come for fun and friendship and laughs. You are welcome to bring your friends ! See you there!