Sverdrup 4-107

Bismarck, ND

Sverdrup Nyheter

August Calendar

1 Needlework at the home of Marilyn Kristensen at 1:30 p.m. 209 Stuttgard Drive, Bismarck 701 202 3509 15 Needlework at the home of Karen Jensen at 1:30 p.m. 628 Medora Avenue at 1:30; 701 255 3841 23 Business Meeting 7 p.m. 1st Lutheran Church

Historic Centerpiece at Memorial Service

Nominating Committee President Saude will be selecting a

nominating committee to contact lodge

members about serving in an elected

office or appointed position to begin in

January. Please answer their call and

consider this important part of being a

lodge member. These are 2 year

positions for the most part. Spread your

wings and help us lead Sverdrup in 2019.

Sverdrup Nyheter

President’s Column

As you read this message, I’m still on a high from

the wonderful trip to Iowa! I’m sure many who

attended will be asking, “When can we go again?”

With out-of-town guests and our lodge members

spending 4 days together, you can imagine the new

friendships that were made and memories of the

fun we had in Decorah at the Nordic Fest.

I certainly have a new appreciation of tour guides

responsibilities and talents. This self-guided tour was a real

experience and I’ve taken notes to assist anyone who is

planning to take a group on a bus tour to unknown lands like

Iowa! But as I can always count on Sverdrup lodge members to

make it work, no matter the task. We certainly demonstrated

resourcefulness under pressure.

Thanks to Audrey Solheim for bringing along fun word games

and puzzles, Eve Schultz for leading sing-a-longs, Earl Aune for

sharing cowboy poetry, Shirley Svanes and her babysitting story

and Kari Mahle and Candice Christianson for sharing their

personal stories with relatives from Norway who were part of

the entertainment at the Nordic Fest.

We also endured a physical stress-test to get into our “lodge”

on the Luther College campus, in the dark no less. I surmised

that soap-on-a-rope must have been invented by Avon for

college life and that a $1 coffee pot makes for 25 happier

Norwegians. I also predict that Earl may pen another humorous

story ending in “and that’s how I woke up on the Winneshiek

County courthouse lawn”. Remember…what happens in Decorah,

stays in Decorah.

Takk for meg, Jerry

Volume 49, Issue 8

August 2018

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Sverdrup Nyheter

The Sverdrup Nyheter is published once a month by Sverdrup

#107 Sons of Norway Lodge, P.O. Box 1912, Bismarck, ND 58502.

There is no charge for the newsletter. The newsletter is available

on our website. For address changes or questions contact:

asolheim@bis.midco.net; Website: www.sofnbismarck.com

Editor Audrey Solheim 223-7891

President Jerry Saude 224-0963

Vice President Dick Hansen 663-8850

Secretary Claudia Berg 222-8238

Financial Secretary Barbara Holwegner 255-1390

Ass’t Financial Secretary Addie Thiede 224-8392

Treasurer Wayne Granfor 734-6370

Sunshine Lady - Cards Julie Roe 223-4196

Financial Benefits Counselor Ann Krause 852-5508

Reservations Nanc Skaret 258-4703

August Birthdays

Membership Information Single Membership—$60.00

Family Membership—$95.00 Single

Golden—$42.00

One Golden/One Regular $78.00

Both Golden—$60.00

The local lodge and the district will each

receive $14 from each new and renewal

membership.

Our total membership to date is 306

Adelaide E Johnson 2

William G Senti 2

Richard D Hansen 3

Shirley A Grondahl 4

Linda Wyman 4

Carla A Engelstad 4

Linda M Juhala 5

Beverly Fischer 5

Rachel Anne DeRung 5

Krista B Laib 7

Howard A Loftesnes 8

Erling L Olson 9

Ralph H Leet 11

Solveig Land 11

Bruce M Hetland 11

Robert E Johnson 13

Kathleen Aune 13

Allen Eugene Wyman 14

Belinda M Fadness 15

Raome M Johnson 16

Rachelle Degner 18

Blaine F Engelstad 22

Cherie D Harms 22

Karen A Jensen 23

Marcia K Hansen 23

Erlys Jm Fardal 25

Dolly Gay Leer 26

Lawrence L Thompson 27

Adeline T Thiede 28

Mike Patrick Nickel 28

Henry S Wisness 29

Sigurd D Saude 29

Carol Stack 30

Arthur L Olson 30

S/N CEO Eivind Heiberg, Val Otto, Jeannette Radig,

Audrey Solheim, S/N Foundation Director Corrie

Maki Knudson, and Joyce Harnden at the President’s

Reception at the opening of our 4th District Convention

in June. Taken at the Heritage Center.

District Convention

Page 3 Volume 48, Issue 10 October 2017

Volume 49, Issue 8, August 2018 Page 3

In Memory Juleen Cunningham, Golden Member

………..

Welcome New Member Katie A. Haarsager, Bismarck

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New Member Dinner Sept 10th We are going to host our own membership dinner again

this year. Vern has just enough lutefisk to make it work

again.

So think about inviting family and friends who want to

learn about Sons of Norway and Sverdrup Lodge. If you

bring a guest, you can come to the dinner and short

program at no cost. Even if they don’t’ join this year, they

will learn something about us.

The menu will be Lutefisk and Ham, Mashed Potatoes,

Vegetable, Lefse and desserts with plenty of egg coffee

and valuable door prizes from our financial benefits

counselor, Ann Krause.

Mark it down, Monday night, September 10 th. We‘ll be

asking for a count with the September Nyheter. We are

limited to about 40 people. Sign up soon. Demonstrations

on cultural skills and classes will be the program.

Classes in 2018-2019 We would like to gauge the interest in

scheduling cultural skills classes for the

coming year and alert you to think about

expanding your horizons. They will also be

useful in new member recruitment and

member participation. If you are getting this

newsletter, consider responding to us with

your thoughts.

Wood Carving- Figure and

Chip Carving . We saw wonderful

examples at Nordic Fest.

Scandinavian baking classes of

holiday favorites and everyday foods.

Maybe a cookie exchange or bake sale

can be incorporated for the public.

Rosemaling – Learn the skill of the

typical Norwegian folk art of painting

items and homes with the style that

represents your ancestral area in

Norway. The styles of Rosemaling are

as diverse as the counties they

represent.

Norwegian Language Classes-

Marcia Hansen is ready to go this fall

again. It is a beginner’s class to

introduce you to the basics. With

more interest, the class can be divided

into new and renewing groups. It’s not

only fun, it’s brain building to learn a

new language.

Folk Dancing- We saw the Nordic

Dancers perform at Decorah with 34

couples of Junior and Senior folk

dancers who try-out when they are in

the 3rd Grade and dance for 10 years

with the group. Those are committed

young people!

Sports Medals Programs – Sons of

Norway honors those to work at

exercises, health and fitness. Life goals

that are so ingrained in our

Scandinavian heritage.

We have the resources and talent to lead

these classes, we only need to know that

there is interest. Fall, Winter and Spring are

ahead of us. Let’s roll, like lefse and butter!

Warren Granfor at the piano with Carol Christianson, Bernie

and Alice Falkenstein.; Margene and Wayne Granfor and Neil

Souther singing along to a favorite Norwegian tune at the

District Convention President’s Reception.

August 2018

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