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May 2018

The mission of Sons of Norway is to promote and to preserve the heritage and culture of Norway, to celebrate our relationship with other Nordic countries, and to provide quality insurance and

financial products to its members.

CONGRATULATIONS

(Gratulerer) Sol Byer

Lodge! We are one of 12 District Six lodges to be a winner of the “2017

Membership Challenge” fulfilling the goal of a 10% increase in our

membership! Contributing to our success are the following members: Carlton

Bjerkaas (Linda Bjerkaas), Connie Carey (Kellie

Carey), Louise Lieske (Edward & Jan Rogge),

Roger Miller (Patti Cadreau), Kari Moody (Britt &

Knut Andreassen), Marty Skagen (Eileen Deer),

Otto Wedul (Connie & Ray Brodland) – TUSEN TAKK to one and all! The lodge has received several items as rewards for our accomplishments, which will be shared with you at the April social meeting.

Right now, the “2018 Membership Challenge” is well under way. Let’s not “rest on our laurels”, but actively over the summer give our best shot to recruit new members for our “lodge EXTRAORDINAIRE” quoting District Six President Mary Beth Ingvoldstad!

Since we go “dark” for June through August, this is my last chance to give a pitch to any of you who might be interested in joining the board for 2019-2020. We welcome an infusion of “new blood” to the board, so please contact me or any other board member if you’re interested.

The District Six Convention is soon upon us and our delegate, Karen Huseonica, is ready to represent us. I’m sure Karen will have much information about the convention for us when we meet again in September. Best of luck to you, Karen – I hope you enjoy the

convention as much as I enjoyed my first convention in 1994 in San Diego.

Please remember our May social meeting will be on Saturday May 12th when the Phoenix Scandinavian

Folk Dancers will be our program – wear your dancing shoes! We hope to see you at our last meeting before our summer break.

Finally, our “snowbirds” have headed north – hopefully, the snow has quit and melted by now and “spring has sprung” (even in Minnesota!). We wish everyone a good summer wherever it may take you – see you all in the Fall!

GOD SOMMER!!!

Vennlig hilsen, Siri

anuary meeting! Jana Peterson presented a very interesting program about the three Viking museums she visited last summer in Iceland and Norway. She

The folk dancing group was started by members of the VASA Order of America in the early 1970’s. The group’s goal is to preserve traditional dances and costumes of Scandinavia. Primarily made up of Norwegians and Swedes, the group wears traditional costumes, and they always present a colorful

Fra Presidenten Siri Poehls

May 12, 2018 Social Meeting

“Scandinavian Folkdancers of Phoenix”

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performance. Bruce Carlson, director of the group, says “A wide range of traditional couple and group folkdances from the Scandinavian countries are demonstrated by the dancers. A wonderful benefit is that we also have a great deal of fun doing it! We invite you to make a few friends, get a little exercise and have fun along with us. Membership is open to anyone and all are welcome to come and dance or just watch.” Please come and enjoy the colorful dancers. The dances range from child-like fun movements, to more intricately woven pieces. Examples of dances are Parisian Polka, English for Three Couples, Weaving Dance, Schottis, and more, including audience participation dances.

Menu: Meatloaf, Salad, potato, vegetable, or Chef Salad, dessert, & Coffee/Iced Tea

Please make reservations ASAP, at least by Wednesday before the meeting. See reservation

form on Page 8.

Ready, Set, Go!

The 2018 Sons of Norway new member campaign is underway. Recruiting members will be recognized with this exclusive pin. The beautiful design celebrates Norway’s mountains and Northern Lights.

Date: May 12, 2018 Time: 11:00 am Sharp Place: Sun City Elks Lodge 2559, 10760 W. Union Hills (Just west of 107th Ave)

September 15, 2018

October 20, 2018

November 17, 2018

December 15, 2018

January 19, 2019

February 16, 2019

March 16, 2019

April 20, 2019*

May 18, 2019*

*April & May 2019 is subject to approval of the incoming Elks House Committee.

Mark Your Calendars for the

2018-2019 Social Meeting Dates

Congratulations Sol Byer Lodge for 2017 Membership Challenge

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The District Six Board of Directors is pleased to invite all members to participate in the 2018 District Convention Folk Art Exhibition and Competition to be held during the Sixth District Convention to be held at the Graton Resort and Casino in Sonoma County, CA from the

June 10 to June 14, 2018. Many lodges’ members are participating in the Norwegian Cultural Skills Program. We hope that many of you will take advantage of this exhibition/competition to add to your accomplishments in achieving Cultural Skills pins.

There are thirteen categories of entry for 2018:

1) Rosemaling 2) Weaving w/Norwegian design 3) Hardanger embroidery 4) Klostersøm, diamantsøm, and other traditional

needlework w/Norwegian theme 5) Hand knitting w/Norwegian design 6) Crocheting and tatting 7) Figure carving w/Norwegian motif 8) Relief carving w/Norwegian motif 9) Chip carving 10) Bentwood/tine box or other woodworking

w/Norwegian motif 11) Folk Art from other Nordic countries 12) Other media w/Norwegian theme including

photograph, painting, felting, kolrosing, etc. 13) Bunad and Viking Costumes, Exhibit only

If you wish to participate, there will be copies of entry forms at the Social Meeting on May 12 or you may contact Karen Huseonica who is our delegate to this conference and will take the exhibits with her. Please contact Karen at khuseonica@gmail.com or telephone her at 410-271-0835, to coordinate your entry with her and to answer questions you may have.

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Cake:

• 250 g (9 ounces, 6 dl, 2 1/2 cups) finely ground blanched almonds)

• 250 g (9 ounces, 6 dl, 2 1/2 cups finely ground un-blanched almonds)

• 500 g (18 ounces, 10 dl, 4 1/3 cups) sifted confectioner's sugar (sift first, then measure)

• 3 egg white

Icing:

• 2 dl (scant 1 cup) sifted confectioner's sugar

• 1 egg

Directions:

1. Wreath cake can be temperamental. Even if we make it in "exactly the same way" each time we bake it, the results may vary from absolute perfection to complete failure.

2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

3. Combine almonds and confectioner's sugar in a large saucepan. Add the unbeaten egg white and mix to a firm dough. Place the pan over low heat and knead until the dough is so hot that it is almost impossible to handle. Grease the ring pans for a 16-18 ring cake. Spoon the dough into a cookie press or pastry tube with a wide round tip. Press the dough into the rings, pressing the ends together to look as seamless as possible. Bake 12-15 minutes, until dry and firm outside, but still slightly soft inside. Cool slightly, then remove from the pans and cool completely.

4. For the icing, sift the confectioner's sugar and combine with egg white to make a thick icing.

The Traditional Norwegian Folk Art

Competition/Exhibit at the Six District

Convention

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Make a small cone of paper and cut off the tip. Pipe on garlands of icing and stack.

5. Decorate with flags, bonbons or candy.

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• May 1 – Bring someone you love flowers on May Day.

• May 8 – Norway celebrates Liberation Day (known as V-E Day in the U.S.)

• May 17 – Syttende Mai, or Constitution Day in Norway. Celebrate!

• May 21 – Canada celebrates Victoria Day. Star Wars fans observe "Talk like Yoda Day."

• May 28 - Memorial Day in the U.S. Originally called Decoration Day, its name was changed in 1882.

May

1 Ruth Marie Faber

13 Ron Hughes

14 Geraldine Jurisson 15 Tom Henke

22 Robert Skagen

27 Dana Stone

28 Constance Laabs

June

2 Britt Andreasson

9 Glenn Mobraten

13 Siri Poehls

16 Charles Rogness

17 Charles Whiffen

20 Roger Altman

25 Verna Larson

26 Marilyn Urbany

29 John Jones

30 Gordon Petersen

July

3 Audrey Wedul

11 Andrew Wold

25 Gwen Steffenson

26 Cindy Whiffen

27 Patti Cadreau

August

1 Connie Brodland

2 Alan Schold

9 Muriel White

30 Martha Memmesheimer

Saturday, May 12, 2018 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park 7301 E. Indian Bend Rd., Scottsdale, AZ

Rotary Ramada (west of playground) Admission: FREE

Show your Nordic spirit and join our local Norwegian clubs as we all come together to celebrate Syttende Mai or 17th of May! This annual potluck brunch event in honor of Norwegian Constitution Day will be full of food, fun, bunader, children's games - and of course the traditional 17th of May parade! Bring your Norwegian flags, your good spirits, and a dish to share.

Co-hosted by Phoenix Chapter of Nordmanns Forbundet/Norwegians Worldwide and Desert Fjord and Overtro Fjell Sons of Norway Lodges

May Dates to Remember

The Syttende Mai celebration will be

held on May 12, 2018 at Railroad Park

in Scottsdale.

Gratulerer Med Dagen

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Clayton Benjamin Earl Brown died peacefully April 2, 2018. Born July 18, 1923 in Olivet, Illinois, Clayton and his wife Naomi moved to Sun City West in 2001. He served his country faithfully and honorably (SFC, USAR, Ret) in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He was an educator and friend to many.

Survived by his wife, two daughters, five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren, he and his mischievous smile will be greatly missed. Clayton was a long-time member of our Sol Byer Lodge. Please join Clayton’s family in sharing memories, pictures, or videos on his tribute wall at www.caminodelsol.com

Between Britain and Denmark, in the middle of the North Sea, there was a vast land mass 6,000 years ago. People lived there for thousands

of years. [In the picture shown] you see a part of a human skull and a cattle bone in which a pattern has been cut. The pattern has been made by humans. The skull is dated at around 11,000 years old, while the cattle bone is around 11,500 years old.

But these bones were not found in an archaeological excavation. Both of them have been pulled from the seabed in the North Sea between Britain and Denmark by fishing boats over the past 10 years.

And no one threw these bones into the North Sea at any point. It’s been no more than 6,000 years since this was dry land. A dense land area of almost 750,000 square kilometers is now below sea level, and both humans and Neanderthals lived there for a long period of human history.

Doggerland: The area is called Doggerland. It was probably a fertile region, and among other things,

mammoths have been found at the bottom of the North Sea.

This is also not the first time human bones have been pulled up by fishing boats. In 2009, a Neanderthal skull was pulled from the bottom of the North Sea. It turned out to be more than 40,000 years old.

The sea level was much lower at the time than it is now. While northern Scandinavia was covered by thick ice, about 13,000 years ago the sea level was around 60-80 meters below today's level. As the ice melted, Doggerland became slowly but surely flooded. Hence, the living area for the people who lived here also disappeared.

The Pattern: The skull is not complete, so there’s not much for scientists to interpret from it. A description of the skull and cattle bone was published in the journal Antiquity.

The researchers can’t tell if this was a woman or man, but it was an individual between 22 and 45 years old. Bone analysis shows that the person probably lived mainly from food that came from farming.

The animal bone comes from some kind of cattle. The most sensational thing about this leg is that someone has embellished it. Someone carved several rows of a zigzag pattern with a thin, pointed tool.

There are few examples of bone art that are this old, so it's an amazing stroke of luck that this particular bone was drawn from the seabed. Dutch researchers mention a few similar discoveries from Europe: A horse jaw from Wales, moose antlers from Poland and a deer antler from France, all with similar motifs, and all dated as being between 10,000 and 12,000 years old.

There are probably many more remains from animals and humans who lived on Doggerland on the seabed in the North Sea, so there is still a lot that could emerge.

Income: Lunches $588.00, Raffle $56.00,

Dues $67.00 Total Income $711.00

Expenses: Lunches $640.10, Printing $30.00 Total Expenses $670.10

Farvel Clayton Brown

Financial Report for March 2018 By Ron Hughes

11,000 year-old Bones Found at the Bottom of the North Sea

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Greeters: Karin Olsen and Evelyn Laws

There were 33 members, 1 visitor and 3 guests present. First time guests: Pearl Belckala – guest of Connie and Beryl & Carl Braaten guests of Martha Memmersheimer. Our visitor was Russ Luter the Financial Benefits Counselor.

The meeting was called to order by President Siri Poehls at 11:00 am. Siri welcomed everyone.

The National Anthems of the United States, Norway and Canada were sung by all. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Siri announced that Sol Byer Lodge was one of 12 Lodges out of 50 to win the 2017 Recruitment Challenge. Siri read the congratulations letter from the main office. She also announced the gift package we received for winning the award.

The following persons received a certificate and award pin for recruiting a new member in 2017. Connie Carrie, Louise Lieske, Roger Miller, Otto Wedel, Kari Moody and Marty Skagen.

The new Budget for 2018 was presented by Ron Hughes. Carol Aune made the motion to accept the Budget and it was seconded by Connie Carrie. Motion passed. The nominating committee for 2019-2020 officers is Janet Erdahl, Marty Skagen, and Kari Moody. New members are encouraged to run for office.

Siri announced that there will be a Folk Art and Competition at the District 6 Convention. She gave a brief overview of the rules for the competition.

Siri informed everyone that the May meeting would be on May 12 due to an Elk’s event on our regular meeting day.

Russ Luter introduced himself as the new FBC and let us know that there are new products available and to get in touch with him.

Connie Carrie introduced us to her friend she had not seen in 58 years.

Siri gave us the News from Norway. NATO will be conducting is Titian Military Exercise in Eastern and Central Norway in October and November 2018.

Approximately 35,000 troops will participate. NRK reported that a silver treasure of King Harold Bluetooth was found by a 13-year-old on the island of Ruegen. The Bluetooth technology was named after King Harold.

The April birthdays were announced and everyone sang Happy Birthday.

The Norwegian prayer was sung before lunch.

The presentation after lunch was a DVD featuring Norway’s beautify landscape set to Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor.

Drawing for the 50/50 raffle.

The next meeting is May 12, 2018. Meeting adjourned at 1:25 pm.

Respectfully submitted by Marty Skagen, Secretary

Board Meeting April 13, 2018

Meeting Called to Order at 1: 05 PM by Siri Poehls

Members Present: Siri Poehls, Ron Hughes, Marty Skagen, Janet Erdahl, Karen Huseonica, Andy Wold, Roger Miller.

Vice President: Janet Erdahl announced that the Elks would be refunding $.25 for each meal for last meeting. Rolls will be in a basket on each table.

Secretary: Motion to accept the March Board minutes made by Roger Miller and seconded by Janet Erdahl. Motion passed.

Treasurer’s report: We are starting to receive the increase in our portion of the yearly dues. Motion was made by Roger Miller and seconded by Karen Huseonica to accept the financial report for March 2018. Motion passed.

Membership: We currently have 76 members.

Social Director: Russ Luter is coming to the meeting for April. Short 10-minute presentation.

Publicity: Announcement has been sent to the Sun City Independent.

Minutes of Board Meeting Held April 13, 2018

Minutes of Social Meeting Held April 21, 2018

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Editor/Webmaster: Andy Wold reported 19 hits to the website. Discussion on the Social Meeting Minutes. They will appear at the end of the newsletter.

Caller Chair: Janet reported that Evelyn Laws has the current list of members.

Old Business

District 6 Convention: Siri showed us the ad designed by Karen Huseonica for the quarter page ad for Sol Byer in the District 6 Convention Delegate Book. Information will be put into the newsletter for the Folk-Art Contest.

New Business:

• Ron Hughes presented the final proposal for the upcoming budget. Motion made to accept the budget as presented by Roger Miller and seconded by Janet Erdahl. Motion passed. Budget will be presented at the Social Meeting.

• Siri announced that Sol Byer was a winner of the 2017 Membership Challenge. We were one of 12 lodges out of over 50 lodges who recruited over 10% new members. We received a large banner to display, a certificate which will be framed and displayed on the sign in table, and a gift card. Members who recruited new members will be honored at the April meeting. A motion was made by Marty Skagen and seconded by Janet Erdahl to approve Ron Hughes to price cordless microphones to potentially be purchased with the gift card and present the information at the next Board meeting. Motion accepted.

• Brief discussion on letter sent from the Sons of Norway Controller Dean Nelson. Ron informed us that the IRS form has been submitted.

• Nominating Committee: Need to recruit new members to be on the nominating committee at the April meeting. Janet Erdahl and Marty Skagen have volunteered.

• Siri will be out of town so Kari will do the hard copy distribution of the May Nyheter and Andy will do the electronic distribution. All submissions for the Nyheter need to be to Andy by Friday, April 20.

• May Board meeting will be May 4.

• Siri reported on Clayton Brown’s services.

Adjourned at 2:15 pm

Respectfully submitted, Marty Skagen

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