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June/July 2013
Calendar 2
Memorial Fund 6
Library 8
Finland Today 12
Subscription 15
Member Application 16
Inside this issue:
FCA News
Finnish Center Associa t ion
FOR MEMBERS OF THE FINNISH CENTER ASSOCIATION
FREE HEALTH FAIR Wednesday, May 29, 2013
9 am to 1 pm
SERVICES INCLUDE:
Blood cholesterol level
Blood pressure
Blood sugar
Body mass index
Nutritional assessment
Referrals to community resources
Information on medication, illness, health living and more
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday, May 29 Free Health Screening 9 am -1 pm (our program this month)
Food available 11am to 1pm, for a small fee
Saturday, June 1 Pasty Bake (be sure to get your reservations in early)
Friday, June 7 Dinner 5-8 pm, reservations needed by the previous Monday
Novi Community Band Concert 7 pm (see article on page 9)
Sunday, June16 An all Finnish Breakfast 11:30 am-1 pm - celebrate Father’s Day with
Finnish foods made by a new group of our ladies
Friday, June 21 Dinner 5-8 pm- reservations needed by the previous Monday
Wednesday, June 26 Monthly Luncheon 12-3 pm - reservations needed by the previous Monday
Menu: Pasty, salad and dessert
Jan Charter, Guest Speaker will speak on her summer in Finland
Friday, July 5 Dinner 5-8 pm - reservations needed by the previous Monday
Friday, July 19 Dinner 5-8 pm- reservations needed by the previous Monday
Wednesday, July 31 Monthly Luncheon 12-3 pm - reservations needed by the previous Monday
Friday, August 2 Dinner 5-8 pm - reservations needed by the previous Monday
Friday, August 16 Dinner 5-8 pm - reservations needed by the previous Monday
Wednesday, Aug. 28 Monthly Luncheon 12-3 pm - reservations needed by the previous Monday
Cooks plan on the amount of food to prepare by the number of reservations received.
FOR ALL LUNCHES and DINNERS
RESERVATIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT
MISSING:
A bag of books on the Kaleva. Please contact the FCA office if you have information.
PAGE 2 FCA NEWS JUNE/JULY 2013
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Heating and Cooling Service and Installation
Mostly Residential
(734) 812-6318
Greg Makila
JUNE PASTIES
The next pasty bake is Saturday, June
1st. Make your reservations by sign-
ing up on the sheet in the FCA lobby,
by calling the Finnish Center, or
email at [email protected]. All
orders must be picked up on Saturday
between 11 am and 4 pm. Sign up
early so you don’t miss out.
Save 10% on orders of 10 or more
pasties by ordering through the email.
Pasty sales are one of the biggest fund
raising activities at the FCA, but we
could produce even more revenue,
which is sorely needed at this time.
Our sales are not limited by the num-
ber of customers, but by the lack of
volunteers to help with making the
product.
To volunteer, simply sign up on the
sheet in the lobby or contact Paul
Rajala by phone (248) 926-0532 or
by email at [email protected].
35200 W. Eight Mile Road
Farmington Hills, MI
48335-5108
Tel: (248) 478-6939
Fax: (248) 478-5671
www.finnishcenter.org
Officers
Lois Makee, Chairman
Roger Wanttaja, Vice Chairman
Robert Waissi, Secretary
Board of Trustees
1 Year
Frank Gottberg, Cortland Book,
Lila Ball
2 Year
Carl Aebersold, Olli Lamminen,
Marlene Ruuskanen
3 Year
Lois Makee, Roger Wanttaja,
Robert Waissi
Alternates
#1 Paavo Kurvi
#2 Terry Ball
Financial Review
Eunice Gould, Hilkka Ketola,
Melissa Biddix-Hill
Treasurer
Marlene Ruuskanen
Committee Chairpersons
Building & Grounds
Carl Aebersold
Cultural
Carl Aebersold & Hilkka Ketola
Education
Hanna Hall
Finance
Mia Lamminen
Gift Shop
Margaret Laurila
Membership
Mia Lamminen
Publicity & Publications
Nancy Sannar
Social
Lila Ball
SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING
CORPORATION
Paul C. Hendrickson, Chairman
Tapiola Village
Laura Fultz, Manager
248 471-3802
Freedom Square
Mary O’Brien, Manager
248 442-7250
www.fcaseniorhousing.org
WEEKLY EVENTS Finnish American Singers
Mondays 7 pm to 9 pm
Library Open Mondays 10 am to 2 pm
NikkarinTalo Mondays 9 am
Finlandia Garden Club Mondays 9 am
MONTHLY EVENTS Gift Shop—Meeting 2nd Monday 1 pm
Finnish Conversation 1st Friday of the month 10 am
Book Club Last Monday of month, 1 pm
MAY
26 Open House 1– 4 pm
29 Danes Noon– 2 pm
29 Free Health Screening 9 am -1 pm
Monthly Lunch 11 am - 2 pm
Scholarship Meeting 12:30 pm
31 Pasty Prep
JUNE
1 Pasty Bake 11 am - 4 pm
3 Scholarship Meeting 12:30 pm
7 Friday Dinner 5 - 8 pm
Novi Band Concert 7 pm
12 Danes 12 - 2 pm
15 Lounge Rental 2 -7 pm
Hall Rental 2 - 7 pm
16 Finnish Breakfast 11:30am -1 pm
19 101st Luncheon11 am
21 Friday Dinner 5 - 8 pm
26 Monthly Luncheon Noon - 3 pm
Guest Speaker on Finland
29 Hall Rental 11 am - 5 pm
29 Lounge Rental 5 -11 pm
JULY
5 Friday Dinner 5 - 8 pm
19 Friday Dinner 5 - 8 pm
31 Luncheon Noon - 3 pm
AUGUST
2 Friday Dinner 5 - 8 pm
16 Friday Dinner 5 - 8 pm
28 Luncheon Noon - 3 pm
Maynes Insurance
2450 Old Novi Rd, Novi, MI
(248) 668-5800, FAX (248)-668-5803
Let us help you!
AUTO - HOMEOWNERS - PROPERTY - CASUALTY -
WORKERS COMPENSATION -
BONDS - LIFE - HEALTH
June 19-23
Business Forum
Educational Seminars
Exhibits & Films
Lecturers-Sports & Games
Tours
Youth Programs
Shopping & Music
P.O. Box 13
Hancock, MI 49930
(906) 487-7205
PAGE 3 FCA NEWS JUNE/JULY 2013
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
Members are needed to serve on committees to keep the doors open at the Finnish Center. It can be once
a week or once a month, two to six hours each time. A volunteer list is being assembled and you may be
called by our Volunteer Coordinator. With many hands helping it won’t be a job and we get to know each
other better.
A group met last month and prepared the newsletters for mailing - they made new friends and will return
again in May for the next mailing. Five members have been cleaning the kitchen, washing floors, clean-
ing toilets, vacuuming and dusting. We need more assistance in keeping our center clean. There is no
money to pay for these tasks, as the majority of our equipment is old and will have to be replaced and the
roof may need more repair.
Call the Center and let us know when and how you can help. We understand that you would like to be
asked, but we have no idea who would help, if asked. Have a friend give us your name and we will call
them.
Another way to support is to attend the various functions that are being offered to members, donations are
welcome if you cannot attend an event.
Remember, volunteers worked to get these doors open; we must carry on this tradition of volunteering to
keep our doors open.
Lois Makee, Chairman
GIFT SHOP
The Gift Shop has some great specials
for the summer!
Come in and browse at all the
unique Finnish items!
Candy on sale now!
JUNE SPECIALS Discount on apparel:
Selected t-shirts, FCA jackets,
Christmas sweatshirts.
JULY SPECIALS
Votives:
Kivi, Heart,
Muurla, Iittala
Hours of operation:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10 am to 4 pm
During all FCA functions.
PAGE 4 FCA NEWS JUNE/JULY 2013
FINNISH FILM FESTIVAL
MICHIGAN THEATER-ANN ARBOR PRESENTS
Thursday, June 6 at 7:45 pm and Sunday, June 9 at Noon
LET MY PEOPLE GO! (France, 2012. 86 min. Not rated. Subtitles.) Ruben, a Parisian-Jewish transplant
in Finland, seems like a gefilte fish out of water. But he and his hunky Nordic boyfriend have a quarrel,
and Ruben returns to his kooky mama and his embarrassingly randy papa in Paris. As everyone gets ready
for a most unorthodox Passover, hysteria ensues.
Friday, June 7 at 7:15 pm
BODY FAT INDEX OF LOVE (Finland, 2012. 98 min. Not rated. Subtitles.) Stigu settles for a sex-only
relationship with Ella, because she wants nothing more. But when they’re assigned to the same work pro-
ject, they must delve into the secrets of relationships, starting with the place where Finnish men and women
go to show their worth: the annual Wife Carrying Contest. This is the U.S. premier of the film and the
Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor is working toward bringing the director, Mikko Kuparinen, from Fin-
land for the showing.
Sunday, June 9 at 5:00 pm PURGE (Finland, 2012. 120 min. Not rated. Subtitles) Two women from different eras are dogged by
their own shameful pasts and the dark, unspoken history that binds them. Gradually, their stories emerge,
the culmination of a tragic family drama of rivalry, lust, and loss that played out during the worst years of
Estonia’s Soviet occupation."Purge"(2012).
Tickets are on sale now. Contact the box office
at (734) 668-8397.
JUNE IS BUSTING OUT ALL OVER
Warm weather is finally here, flowers and trees are blooming, and most of the vegetable gardens are
sprouting seedlings of one type or another. Unfortunately the weeds always seem to grow faster than we
can keep up with them.
The garden club starts working every Monday morning at 8:30 with a coffee break at 10:30. We have jobs
for those of all abilities including sit-down jobs if that is all you can manage. We also have need of mulch
and annual flowers. Donations of those, money, and/or Lowes or Home Depot gift cards would help sup-
port our efforts.
Just a reminder that with our limited number of able bodied volunteers, the garden club is unable to assist
with the mowing efforts at the Finnish Center, so mowing volunteers should contact Carl Aebersold. A do-
nation of a gasoline powered push mower is also needed.
Questions or comments should be directed to Gayle Gullen at (734) 546-5190.
Gayle Gullen
Garden Club President
PAGE 5 FCA NEWS JUNE/JULY 2013
FINNISH AMERICAN SINGERS
With the FASM performing at FinnFest in Houghton/Hancock this month, I thought it appropriate to inter-
view one of FASM’s 100% Finns. During our practices Dee (Delores) Aebersold is one of our members that
corrects pronunciation and enlightens us regarding lyrics of our Finnish music.
Raised on a farm in Nisula, MI (U.P.), the family raised most of the food they ate. Dee chuckled as she
shared that although they all enjoyed the eggs from their chickens, it was her brother’s job to “harvest” one
for the cook-pot, which resulted in him NEVER eating chicken throughout his life! The pig they got in the
fall was butchered and then canned by her mother. The deer they ate was not “reindeer” like her mom might
have had “back home,” but was a tasty and welcome addition.
School for Dee and her siblings required attending several schools, depending on their grade, with bus rides
to all. Kindergarten through 4th grade met at the school in town. It consisted of two rooms: K-2nd and 3rd-4th.
Her first teacher, Miss Heikkinen, made a life-long impression on Dee when she prepared her 4 students for
a new girl joining them in January. The girl had been tutored at home by the teacher because of physical dis-
abilities, but due to her bright, inquiring and artistic mind, the decision had been made for her to attend the
public school. Dee and she became best friends, staying in touch throughout their adult years. Miss Heik-
kinen’s empathetic words and this relationship, created an ease within Dee whenever she was with anyone
with a physical ailment or disability. She feels it is one reason why she is not fazed by the illness she en-
counters when she volunteers at hospice even now. Fifth through tenth grades were attended in nearby Al-
ston and 11th – 12th grades required a bus switch at the county line (a cold wait in the winter) to go to Bara-
ga. Involvement in 4-H with leader, Mrs. Hiltunen, is where she learned to sew, winning a 2nd place award
for a herringbone tweed suit! Her sewing skills were put to good use as she made clothes for her own 3 chil-
dren (2 girls, 1 boy) as they were growing up.
Music and theater played a big role in her life, both in school and at home. Although she didn’t play an in-
strument, her siblings did, singing and playing music from WWII. Listening to the opera on the radio was a
favorite pastime that she still enjoys. Musical theater was encouraged, especially by her father who took the
children to the movies, especially the Shirley Temple movies! Skits were performed in school – and Dee
quoted lines for me from one about a French doll and a soldier, saying her dark hair and ability to sing
clinched her the role as the doll. Her theater participation was particularly strong in Finnish theater, per-
forming here in the Detroit area beginning in the 1950s. The auxiliary of the Finlandia Male chorus that she
was a part of, organized and produced Spring Cleaning (Suur Veivos), Meeting to Music (all music including
my favorite, K-K-K-Katy), in 1982 Kesäleskiä (Summer Widows) and in 2002 at the Finnish Center for a
Senior lunch, I’m Herbert. Kesäleskiä even went on the road, Dee explained, with performances in Florida,
Toronto, and Michigan.
Keeping herself fit and active via her yoga practice 3 times a
week, reading (currently a biography about Debbie Reynolds),
knitting, and activities with her husband of 56 years and her 7
grandchildren. Thank you Dee, for fitting FASM into your busy
schedule!
FASM Scribe, Katy Koskela
MEMORIALS
When making a memorial donation, you may di-
rect it toward a specific fund.
The funds available are: FCA General Fund, Li-
brary, Scholarship, Hoijakat Folk Dancers, Drama
Club, Finn Weavers, Garden Club, Soittoniekat/
FinnFolk Musicians and Finnish American Sing-
ers.
If a donation is undesignated, it goes to the General
Fund for expenses of the Center.
The family of the deceased may direct undesignat-
ed donations toward a specific fund (up to one year
after date of death).
Please make your check out to the Finnish Center
Association and send donations to: FCA, 35200
West Eight Mile Road, Farmington Hills, MI
48335. Donations received by the 5th of each
month will be published in the next month’s news-
letter.
You may also direct your donation toward the El-
ders’ Housing, but then your check must be made
out to FCA Senior Housing Corp.
Please include full name (with middle initial), ad-
dress, dates of death and birth of the deceased as
well as the name and address of the next of kin to
whom the acknowledgement card is to be mailed.
If you know of a member, parent or child of a
member who has passed away, please call the FCA
at (248) 478-6939.
Correction: In memory of Wayne Jackola (2/3/05)
a donation was made by Margaret Rowland.
In memory of Albin Liimatta (4/4/13) donations
have been made by Walter Hart, Terry & Lila Ball.
In memory of FCA life member Lillian Michaelson
Haveri (4/29/13) donations have been made by
Kay Simo and Pearl and Ray Wanttaja.
In memory of Norma Voulle Aittama (5/2/13) do-
nations have been made by Kay Simo, Pearl & Ray
Wanttaja, Connie Fosness, Betty & Leonard
Holmbo.
PAGE 6 FCA NEWS JUNE/JULY 2013
SUNSHINE
LADY
Sending get-well cards, thinking-of-you cards and
words-of-encouragement cards to FCA members.
This little known function has been around for
many years, and can only be accomplished when I
am notified that someone needs a card. Send or
call your card requests to the attention of the
“Sunshine Lady” at the FCA.
Thank you,
Eunice Potti Gould
Neil J. Lehto ________________________________________________________________________________________
Attorney and Counselor At Law
4051 Wakefield Road
Berkley, Michigan 48072
(248) 545-1753 (Phone & Fax)
The FCA also wishes to extend its condolences to
the families and friends of these FCA members.
FCA life member Adele Loukinen (4/7/13)
FCA life member Lillian Haveri (4/29/13)
FCA life member Norma Aittama (5/4/13)
PAGE 7 FCA NEWS JUNE/JULY 2013
GOING PLACES
Point Edward Charity Casino, Tuesday, June 25, $32. You will receive a $15 slot play. On the way home
we will stop at the Westview Orchard and enjoy a 30-minute tour of the orchards where you can pick your
own fresh fruit. Or, if you prefer, you may choose a pre-picked bag of fruit. We will have free time to shop
and everyone will receive a snack and beverage. Combo with Department of Special Services Senior Adult
Division at Botsford. Departure at 8:45 am and return about 6:15 pm. Passport, passport card, enhanced
drivers license or certificate of naturalization required to cross the border.
Bill Cosby at Orchestra Hall, Saturday, June 29, $125. Dinner will be at 4:45 pm at Detroit Seafood
Market. You will have a choice of chicken marsala, broiled whitefish or fried catfish. The show will begin
at 7 pm. Combo with Nardineers. Leave Nardin Park Church at 3:30 pm and return about 10:15 pm. Reser-
vation deadline is May 26.
Happy Birthday, Henry, Tuesday, July 30, $64. Come and celebrate the 150th birthday of Henry Ford.
We will have a narrated tour of the plant where it all began and a tour of the Ford Piquette Plant where the
Model T was born. Lunch will be at Macabees at Midtown where we will learn of the Ford connection.
Combo with Nardineers on 11 Mile Rd. Depart about 8 am and return about 5:15 pm. Reservation dead-
line is July 5.
If you leave your car at the FCA while on a trip, please park at the north end of the property. If you park
near the main or lounge entrances you are using spaces needed for other functions.
Pearl Wanttaja (248) 541-0054
THANK YOU
The FCA Bake Sale Fund Raiser was held on April
12 & 13, 2013. A big thank you to those who provid-
ed baked goods: FCA Pasty Workers, Lila Ball, Den-
ise Book, Lorraine Hannah, Maria Hill, Helvi Koi-
vunen, Luise Leppanen, Karen Leppanen Miller,
Nancy Rajala, Marlene Ruuskanen and Carol Tud-
ball.
Also, to those who helped sell: Denise Book, Helvi
Koivunen, Luise Leppanen, Norb Leppanen, Nancy
Rajala and Marlene Ruuskanen.
FCA NEWS JUNE/JULY 2013 PAGE 8
FROM THE FCA LIBRARY
Years ago (over 60, actually), a columnist I used
to follow in the Daily Mining Gazette would occa-
sionally write a column entitled “Things I Found
While Searching for Something Else”. This hap-
pened to me recently. I was looking in Suomen
Runotar (Finnish Muse) for poems by Eino Leino
for one of our Book Club meetings and was so
entranced by the poetry that came out around 1900
in Finland that I was inspired to read much of the
poetry it contained. Those of you who have read
Glenda Dawn Goss’ Sibelius: A Composer’s Life
and the Awakening of Finland will recall that this
was the era when Finns were beginning to revolt
against the Czarist regime and were involved in a
movement to gain independence. I was very
moved by poetry I found with this theme. This is
my translation of a poem by Severi Nuormaa,
written in 1900.
NOW CHOOSE!
Now Choose!
Either rest and night,
or struggle with all your might.
Now choose!
Either hopelessness
or that new faith,
that faith which can move mountains,
which finds engraved on a grave marker:
Everlasting.
Now choose!
Either a slave’s tongue
a slave’s mind
and a slave’s conscience,
or a Finnish tongue,
a Finnish mind
and Finnish soul and honor.
Now choose!
Either gold and its glitter
or a Fatherland!
Another poet, Arvi Jannes, had similar sympa-
thies. Here are a few verses (my translation) of his
poem.
FINLAND, AWAKE!
My Finland, my people, land of my birth!
My mother wretched and precious!
Long have you endured oppression;
would you continue to suffer it longer,
will your nature allow this?
Awaken, Finland, and night will end,
arise and away, you lion!
Although trampled down and oppressed,
Arise with new courage, throw off the yoke;
Large is the company with you.
Only when the lion is awakened
will Finland’s suffering cease;
when those who would condemn and despise
collapse and fail like an uprooted tree
Will Finland see its tomorrow.
My Finland, my people, land of my birth!
My mother, precious and dear!
Enough have you suffered of tyranny,
Would that you suffer no more,
Your Creator will not allow it. The above was written in honor of Elias Lonnrot in
1882 and published in the album of the union of
university students. Arvi Jannes did not live to see
the day when Finland gained its independence. He
died in1915. Severi Nuormaa, however, lived until
1924 and saw his beloved Finland free.
Correction: My article in the May newsletter should
have read “Finland suffered through THREE wars
in 1939-1944: the Winter War (November 30, 1938
- March 13, 1939), the Continuation War (June 25,
1944 - September 19, 1944) and the Lapland War
(September 1944 - April 1945). The last occurred as
the Finns were forced to drive the Germans out of
Finland. The Germans wreaked havoc as they left,
among other things, destroying 90% of Rovaniemi.
Your librarian, Lillian Lehto
JUNE/JULY 2013 FCA NEWS PAGE 9
EUROVISION 2013
If you would like to vote for your favorite songs along with us, optional voting ballots will be available
for $2.00.
There is no charge for admission, but as always donations are appreciated. Looking forward to see you.
Your Eurovision hosts, Hanna Hall and Carl Aebersold
With a premier performance on May 24, 1956, the Eurovision Song
Contest is one of the longest running TV shows in the world. After
more than five decades featuring some 1,100 songs the contest has be-
come a modern classic, strongly embedded into Europe's collective
mind.
Join us at the Finnish Center on Saturday, May 18th to watch this years
contest, broadcast live from Malmo, Sweden.
Doors open at 2 pm, show starts at 3 pm. Please bring a snack dish to
pass.
NOVI COMMUNITY CONCERT BAND
Friday, June 7, 7:00 PM
The Novi Community Concert Band will present their 28th annual concert at the FCA Friday, June 7, at
7:00 pm. Dinner will be served from 5-8 pm. Call the FCA at (248) 478-6939 for dinner reservations.
Concert only is $5.00. Walk-ins welcome. Concert and buffet is $10.00. You will have a choice of baked
or fried fish, meatloaf, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetable and tossed salad. A
variety of desserts will be available for sale.
We hope to see you for this highly enjoyable program.
PAGE 10 FCA NEWS JUNE/JULY 2013 PAGE 10 FCA NEWS JUNE/JULY 2013
Terry and Lila Ball cooked up lunch! The Garden Club sold birdhouses and more.
Luise and Norb Leppanen sold baked goods.
Nancy Jabobs and Karen Gasinski found some
bargains in sheet music.
Gene Kramer had all kinds of bargains for sale.
FLEA MARKET
The April 12 and 13 flea market
held lots of bargains, delicious
baked goods, a tasty lunch and
more. A good time was had by all.
Thank you for your support!
JUNE/JULY 2013 FCA NEWS PAGE 11 JUNE/JULY 2013
VAPPU PARTY
Traditional Vappu Party (celebration of spring) was held on April 27, 2013 at the Finnish Center. Close to
100 people were in attendance enjoying good company, games, raffle, dancing and Finnish music by Finn
Folk. Food served included traditional Finnish dishes including Karjalanpaisti and Karjalanpiirakka as
well as sima and munkki, traditional Finnish Vappu desserts. Children were entertained by a Clown who
did face painting and balloons. The weather also cooperated allowing the children (and adults) to enjoy
our beautiful grounds.
Thank you to all volunteers for making this event a great success.
f U n
B A L L O O N S
M U S I C
PAGE 12 FCA NEWS JUNE/JULY 2013
FINLAND TODAY
First, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings by Moody's and Standard & Poor's earlier this year. Fitch has
rated Finland's Long Term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings, as well as its service debt as
"AAA", and also called Finland's Long Term Rating as "Stable". Says Fitch: "Finland's rating is under-
pinned by a combination of strong governance, high income per capita, a positive net international invest-
ment position, and an impeccable debt service record."
STX, the cash-strapped South Korean ship building giant, that owns the shipyards in Turku, Rauma, and
half of the Helsinki shipyard, says that it will sell the shipyards. The prolonged downturn in the ship build-
ing industry will force STX sell all its foreign assets including the shipyards in France and the world's larg-
est shipyard in China, unless it receives a massive cash injection from its creditors.
In a report released by UNICEF, Finland was ranked 4th in the "Child Well-Being In Rich Countries"
among the 29 advanced economies of the world. In first place on this list was Netherlands, followed
by Norway, Iceland and then Finland. The Finnish children ranked first in the world on the PISA tests of
reading, math and science. Finland also rated as having the world's lowest relative child poverty rate of
3.6%. The Finnish children also had the highest immunization rate, at 99%, against measles, polio, and
DPT3.
As of June 3rd, smoking will be banned on all trains in Finland. Smoking has already been banned on com-
muter and short haul and about 70% of the long haul trains. Finland is the last Nordic country to ban smok-
ing on all the trains in its system.
You can now look at thousands, about 160,000, of Finnish war-time pictures taken between 01/01/38 and
12/31/45 by official Finnish Army photographers, by going to the Finnish Wartime Photographic Ar-
chive. http://sa-kuva.fi/
The Illinois Wesleyan football team will play the Finnish national football team on June 2nd in Helsin-
ki. Says Coach Eash of the Illinois Wesleyan team: "This game will allow us to move forward toward our
goal of winning a conference championship and advancing to the NCAA Division III playoffs." Finland
has won the European football title five times.
The Pori Assat (The Pori Aces) won the Finnish Hockey League Championship by beating the Tampere
Tappara 3-2 in game six of the championship series. The Assat hoisted the Canada Bowl for the third time,
after a 35-year absence. Goaltender Antti Raanta was the playoffs MVP, where he posted an impressive
1.33 goals-against average, and a 95.45 save percentage. Raanta was also the league's regular season MVP.
I'll make a bet that we'll be seeing him playing on this side of the Atlantic shortly.
And finally, It's a quiet summer evening and Heikki and Hilma are sitting on a park bench along
the Portage Canal in Houghton, when Heikki finally asks Hilma “Whenever I get mad at you, and fly off
the handle, and make fool of myself, you never seem to get upset, how do you manage to control your tem-
per?” Hilma responds, “Oh, I just go and clean the toilet.” Heikki asks, “How does that help?” Hilma re-
plies “I use your tooth brush.”
Markku Ketola [email protected]
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Mail form and check for $30 to:
FCA, 35200 W. Eight Mile Road, Farmington, Hills, MI 48335-5208
35200 W. Eight Mile Road Farmington, Hills, MI 48335-5208
FINNISH CENTER ASSOCIATION
To join or renew your FCA membership simply fill out and detach the above form and mail to:
Finnish Center Association, Membership, 35200 W. Eight Mile Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48335-5108
THAYER-ROCK FUNERAL HOME
33603 Grand River, Farmington, MI (248) 474-4131
Paul N. Potti, Director
FCA Senior Living
One and two bedroom rentals
Convenient, safe and affordable in
highly desirable Farmington Hills, MI
Contact us at:
Tapiola Village (248) 471-3802
Freedom Square (248) 442-7250
www.fcaseniorhousing.org
GK Photos Glenn Kujansuu
Photographer
(248) 436-1276
Weddings - Reunions
Parties & More
10% Discount to FCA members
_____ FCA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION OR ________ RENEWAL
Date_____________________ Phone:_________________________
Applicant________________________________________________________
Applicant/Spouse_________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________________
City ______________________________State ____ Zip code _____________
Signature___________________________Are you of Finnish descent?______
Annual membership, single, one vote ………. $ 50.00
Annual membership, couple, two votes …….. $ 100.00
Annual membership, family, one vote ………. $ 75.00
Life membership, one vote ……………………$ 600.00
Life membership, senior, one vote (see membership chair for details)
Amount enclosed ______________
Please make check payable to FCA and send to Finnish Center Association,
Membership, 35200 W. Eight Mile Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48335-5108 Recommended by: ___________________ _________________________ Rev. 3/2013
