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Capital Viking www.norwaydc.org
Sunday meeting in November:
How the Vikings Influenced British History Sunday, Nov. 20, 4 PM Norway House, 3846 Meredith Dr. Fairfax, VA www.norwaydc.org/directions Dr. Jennifer Paxton, Professor of Medieval History at Catholic Universi-ty, will speak about the Viking influence on British events and institu-tions such as the Norman Invasion and the Magna Carta. Our ancestors did more than raid monasteries on the British Isles! Dr. Paxton holds a doctorate in history from Harvard University. Before joining Catholic Univ., she was on the faculty at Georgetown Universi-ty. She has given presentations at the Foreign Service Institute, the Smithsonian Institution, the Shakespeare Theater, and the Great Cours-es Learning Company. This is not a pot luck dinner. A simple ice cream social follows the presentation. Members receiving pins at the meeting are listed on p. 4. If you plan to bring children please email Annmarie McCaslin at [email protected] so age-appropriate activities can be arranged. All are welcome. Contact [email protected].
Harald Hardrada, brother
to St. Olaf of Norway and
a claimant to the English
throne in 1066. Wikipedia.
Mark your December Calendar—do your Christmas shopping!
2016 Christmas Festival and Bazaar Friday, Dec. 2, 10 AM to 6 PM Saturday, Dec 3, 9 AM to 4 PM Christ Lutheran Church 3810 Meredith Dr., Fairfax, VA (across from Norway House) directions
Come out for two days of live music, a huge variety of imported foods (we have nokkelost!), lefse, krumkakker, and vaffler hot off the griddle, sweaters, jewelry, cookbooks, traditional baked goods including julekake, unique gift ideas, craft demonstrations, and much more! See new offerings and old favorites on pp 11-13.
On Saturday at 10:30 our Children’s Choir will perform in English and Norwegian in the Church sanctuary. At 11:45 the Nordic Dancers will entertain. See flyer on page 23 and www.norwaydc.org/events/bazaar for complete schedule. Email: [email protected].
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Other Local Events
Norway in the 21st Century Fri., Nov. 4th, 12 noon
“An Assessment of the Present State of Norway’s
Oil and Gas Sector “ by Olafr Røsnes, Norwegian
Embassy and Evan Fuery, Statoil
Key Bridge Marriott
1401 Lee Hwy, Rosslyn, VA
Reservation by Nov. 1. See page 24
Local Scandinavian Christmas Bazaars next page
Mid-Atlantic Norwegian Dancers
Sat., Nov. 5, 6:30 PM pot luck, 8 PM dancing
6212 Twenty Year Chase, Columbia, MD
Norwegian-style house party. Loretta Kelly, fid-
dler. http://MAND.fanitull.org
Norwegian Church Service
Sunday, Nov. 13,, 3-6 PM
Emmanuel Lutheran Church,
7730 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, MD Thanksgiving Service. Norwegian language ser-vice. Sunday School in Norwegian for children during church. Coffee hour after. All are wel-come. Contact Lasse Syversen, 301-641-7908, [email protected] Cracking the Runic Code Thurs., Nov. 17, 6:45 PM
Smithsonian Associates., S. Dillon Ripley Center
1100 Jefferson Dr. SW, Wash, DC
$30 Smith. Assoc. members, $45 non-members
202-633-3030 Scandia DC Dancing Sat, Nov. 19, 7 pm
Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Dr.,
Greenbelt, MD
Recreational Scand. dance group. Live music.
Fiddler Andrea Hoag. $10.
www.scandiadc.info/ or contact Linda Brooks &
Ross Schipper at [email protected] or 202-
333-2826.
American–Scandinavian Assoc. (ASA) Mon., Nov. 21, 8 PM
“Brexit—Catalyst or Catastrophe?” Presentation
by Dr. Jacob Kierkegaard, Senior Fellow, The
Peterson Institute of International Economics
St. John’s Church
6701 Wisconsin Ave Chevy Chase, MD
www.scandinavian-dc.org/
Norwegian Christmas Tree Lighting Wed., Nov. 30, 6 — 7 PM
Union Station Great Hall
50 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Wash, DC
www.norway.org/dctree#.WAAyaOArKUm
See page 6
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Lodge Calendar www.norwaydc.org/events
All activities are at Norway House unless otherwise stated. Directions on page 25 and www.norwaydc.org/directions. Genealogy Interest Group
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2 — 4 PM Page 8
November Lodge Meeting
“Viking Influence on British History” Presentation by Dr. Jennifer Paxton of Catholic University Sunday, November 20, 4 PM Page 1
SON Christmas Festival & Bazaar
Fri, Dec. 2, 10 AM to 6 PM Sat, Dec. 3, 9 AM to 4 PM Christ Lutheran Church 3810 Meredith Dr., Fairfax, VA (across from Norway House) pages 1, 11-13, and 23 www.norwaydc.org/events/bazaar Reading Circle
Tuesday, Dec. 13 7:30 — 9 PM Page 5
Norw. Language & Conversation
Every Wednesday Beginner 6 PM, Interm. 7 PM, Adv. 8 PM www.norwaydc.org/language Page 5 New Beginner’s Class starts Jan., 2017
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Local Scandinavian Christmas Bazaars In chronological order:
Swedish Bazaar, Drott Lodge of Vasa
Sat., Nov. 5, 11 AM - 2:30 PM St. James Episcopal Church, 11815 Seven Locks Rd., Potomac, MD www.drott-lodge.org/event/annual-swedish-bazaar-volunteers-needed/?instance_id=337 Julemarked, Norwegian Seamen’s Church
Fri., Nov. 11, 1 - 8 PM Sat., Nov. 12, 10 AM - 5 PM Emanuel Lutheran Church 7730 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, MD. Email Lasse Syversen at [email protected].
Icelandic Bazaar, Icelandic Assoc. DC
Sat., Nov 12, 10 AM - 3 PM American Legion Post 177, 3939 Oak St., Fairfax, VA http://www.icelanddc.com/ Danish Bazaar, Danish Club of Washington
Sat., Nov. 12, 11 AM - 3 PM St. Elizabeth’s Church, 917 Montrose Rd., Rockville, MD http://www.danishclubdc.org/bazaar.shtml
Finnish Bazaar, Finn Spark, Inc.
Sat., Nov. 19, 11 AM - 3 PM River Road Unitarian Church, 6301 River Rd., Bethesda, MD http://finnspark.wildapricot.org/www.finnish-chirstmas-bazaar.org
SON Norwegian Festival (our own!)
Fri, Dec. 2, 10 AM — 6 PM Sat., Dec. 3, 9 AM — 4 PM Christ Lutheran Church 3810 Meredith Dr., Fairfax, VA http://www.norwaydc.org/events/bazaar Flyer: page 23
Swedish Bazaar & Saint Lucia, SWEA
Sat, Dec 3, Bazaar 11 AM-5 PM House of Sweden (Swedish Embassy) 2900 K St. NW, Washington, DC washingtondc.swea.org/bazaar Am. Scan. Assoc (ASA) Christmas Festival
Sat., Dec 10, 5:30 — 9 PM Santa Lucia Pageant followed by Bazaar St. James Episcopal Church 11815 Seven Locks Rd., Potomac, MD www.scandinavian-dc.org/Meet-1.htm
Nordic Dancers of Washington, DC
Meets most Wednesdays, 7:30 PM
Highland View Elem. School,
9010 Providence Ave., Silver Spring, MD
Learn Scan. Dances. Chris Kalke 301-864-1596,
[email protected], or https://
sites.google.com/site/nordicdancersdc/
Norwegian Embassy Calendar www.norway.org/News_and_events/Event-
Calendar/
SON Wash. Lodge Facebook
www.facebook.com/groups/SonsofNorwayDC
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The Youth Choir will perform at our Festival on Saturday, Dec 3, at 10:30 AM, in the sanctuary of Christ Lutheran Church. The presentation will in-clude two songs in Norwegian, other songs in English, and the spoken word. The choir been practicing diligently, so please come out for their performance. See pages 1, 11-13, and 23 for more Festival information. The Choir will also perform at the National Christ-mas Tree on the Ellipse on Dec. 7 at 8 PM. A few more voices are needed, including adult. Please contact Choir Director Bonnie Fite at (703) 818-0565 if you are interested. Pres. Doris Goodlett is Assistant Director. The Choir made a professional CD recording of the song “De Tolv Nye Juledagene” to accompany
Bonnie’s book The Twelve New Days of Christ-mas, which will be available at the SON Festival.
Richard Aamot, Norwegian Paperclip We are very sorry to report the
passing of member Olav Richard Crone-Aamot, also known as “the Norwegian Paperclip,” on Oc-tober 3, 2016. Richard gave two outstanding presentations at our Lodge on his experiences as a youth in the Norwegian underground during WWII. A video of his 2012 presentation can be seen here: www.youtube.com/user/wderoche. His memoir of those years, Norwegian Paperclip, will be available at the SON Christmas Festival & Bazaar on Dec. 2 and 3. The following is excerpted from his obituary:
Richard was born in New York in 1929 and moved to Oslo, Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian underground movement during the German occupation of Norway from 1940 until 1945. He then became a member of the Royal Norwegian Army and, for a short while, an inter-preter for the Royal British Army. While still 17 years old, he joined the U.S. Army in 1947 as a European enlistee. He later graduat-ed from Officer's Candidate School and remained with the U.S. forces for the next 36 years, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Richard will be interred in Norway, according to his wishes. Our sincere condolences go to his wife, Carolyn.
At the recording studio after producing the song “De Tolv Nye Juledagene.” Front row: Jason, Caroline, Nora, Abigail and Aidan. Second row: Hannah, Corinne, and Director Bonnie Fite.
Youth Choir at Christmas Festival Dec. 3, and Nation-al Christmas Tree Dec. 7
Membership Pins to be Awarded at the Nov. 20 Meeting: Joyce Anderson (50 years), Ardis Morton (45 years), Judith Ellison and Leslie Ross (20 years), Kris-tin Stone (15 years), Grant Bowden, Andres Frame, Jean Quale, and Michael Olson (5 years). Neil Pedersen will receive a pin and Golden Member certificate. Congratulations and thanks to all for your years of loyalty to our lodge.
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Reading Circle’s December Selection: The Birds by Vesaas
The Birds is “a tale of delicate beauty and deceptive simplicity by one of the greatest Scandinavian writers of the 20th century” — amazon.com. It is the story of Mattis, a mentally-disabled man who struggles to function in a society that doesn’t always understand him. Tarjei Vesaas (1897-1970) was a Norwegian novelist and short story writer. He won numerous awards and was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Litera-ture. The Birds is considered his greatest work.
The Reading Circle will discuss The Birds on Tuesday, December 13, at 7:30 PM. Loca-tion TBD. If you plan to attend, email Chris-tine Meloni at [email protected] for the location. All are welcome.
Norwegian Language Classes Every Wednesday at Norway House
A NEW beginning-level Norwegian Class will start January 4, 2017 for students with little or no pre-vious Norwegian language experience. The beginner’s class will meet from 6 — 7 PM at Norway House, 3846 Meredith Dr., Fairfax, VA. Directions: www.norwaydc.org/directions The beginner and intermediate levels use the textbook and workbook Norsk, Nordmenn og Norge 1, available from Amazon. New students should bring the textbook and workbook to the first class. Students can decide which level works best for them and can attend different classes to find a fit.
Level 1 - Beginners: 6-7 PM Level 2 - Intermediate 7-8 PM Level 3 - Advanced 8-9 PM
Cost is a bargain $10 per class to the Instructor and $5 per evening to SON Lodge. If you are unable to attend a class for any reason, you are not obligated to pay for that week of instruction. The Lodge provides coffee and other beverages. If you are interested in learning Norsk, please email [email protected] to be contacted by our certified Norwegian language instructor, Nina Brambani Smith.
New Beginner’s Class in January
Marie Hansen, Tim Christenson, Christine
Meloni, Lynn Juhl, and John Olsen at the
October Reading Circle. Linda Sponsler
also attended and took the photo. We dis-
cussed Orkneyinga Saga and enjoyed
learning about Linda’s trip to the Orkney
Islands.
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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.
Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch: Exhibit Moves from Oslo to Richmond, VA
“Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch: Love, Loss, and the Cycle of Life” explores the connections between Johns (b. 1930), one of America’s greatest abstract expressionists, and Edvard Munch. The exhibit was at the Munch Museum in Oslo through September 25, and is now en route to Rich-mond, VA, where it will run at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts from November 12 through February 20, 2017. VMFA curator John Ravenal will deliver an opening lecture on Friday, November 11. Norwegian pianist Else Olsen Storesund will perform before this event. Read more at https://vmfa.museum/exhibitions/jasper-johns-and-edvard-munch-love-loss-and-the-cycle-of-life. Information from Munch Museet in Oslo is here: http://munchmuseet.no/en/exhibitions/johns-munch.
From the Norwegian Embassy announcement:
In a beloved DC area fam-ily tradition, Norway will present a Christmas tree to the people of Wash-ington, in recognition of the strong friendship be-tween the two nations. The tree symbolizes Nor-
way’s gratitude for the United States’ assistance during and after World War II. Expected to attend for the Nov. 30 lighting: Santa Claus — with gifts for the children in attendance — and other dignitaries. A choir will sing Christ-
mas carols in both Norwegian and English. Marking 20 years both of Norwegian Christmas at Union Station and of the Arctic Council, this year’s celebration highlights Norwegian–U.S. partner-ship in the polar regions. Many of the first discov-eries in the Arctic and the Antarctic were made by Norwegian and American explorers working to-gether. This year’s presentation celebrates their contribution to our knowledge of the ends of the Earth. A poster exhibition, “Norway–USA. Part-ners in the Polar Regions,” by Oslo’s Fram Muse-um, will be on display. The tree will be on display throughout December. www.norway.org/dctree#.WAAyaOArKUm
Christmas Tree Lighting at Union Station, Nov. 30 Union Station, Great Hall, 50 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington, DC Wednesday, Nov. 30, 6 to 7 PM
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The slate of 2017 officers and directors drawn up by the Nominating Committee is listed below. See President Doris Goodlett’s letter on page 14 for more information on the election this month. Most positions are being filled by incumbents. We also welcome a few new people. You will no-tice a few vacancies. If you are interested in any of the positions, please contact one of the Nomi-nating Committee members: Burt Koske ([email protected]), Shelley Berg Mitchell
([email protected]), or Chris Bull ([email protected]). Officers and directors meet monthly to discuss programs, membership, financial matters, maintenance of the Lodge, Festival plans, charita-ble donations, library improvements, SON Inter-national and District issues, etc. All members are welcome at the meetings. If you have a concern or are just interested in what goes on behind the scenes, email President Doris Goodlett at [email protected] to attend. The next Board Meeting is November 14.
Elected Officers: President - Doris Goodlett Vice-President - VACANT Treasurer - Bill DeRoche Secretary - Jeff Jorgensen Financial Secretary - Henry Han-sen Counselor - Burt Koske Newsletter Editor/Database Manager - Marie Hansen Hospitality Director - Susie Fosaaen Programs and Cultural Dir. - Denise Bowden Festival Director - Susie
Fosaaen Co - Festival Director - VACANT Youth Director - VACANT Foundation Dir. - Ardis Morton with helper Gary Johnson Sports and Recreation Dir. - Greg Ovrebo Sunshine Dir. - Shelley Mitchell Building Manager - Karon Plasha Three-year term Trustee - Pat Huber 1st Marshall - Shelley Mitchell 2nd Marshall - Burt Koske Musician - Marguerite Kause Librarian - George Edwards
Historian - VACANT
Non-elected officers: One-year Trustee - Queenie Sheldahl Two-year term Trustee - Karon Plasha Webmaster - VACANT Publicity Director - VACANT Photographers - Bill DeRoche and Shelley Mitchell Greeter - Marguerite Kause Greeter - Jinann Larson Greeter - Pat DeRoche
2017 Officers and Directors — Election in November
Board members at the Oct. 17th meeting. From the left: Denise Bowden, President Doris Goodlett, Debbie Fosaaen (visiting from Jacksonville, FL), Ardis Morton, Burt Koske, Marguerite Kause, Shelley Berg Mitchell, Greg Ovrebo, George Edwards, Susie Fosaaen, and Henry Hansen. Our in-valuable Treasurer, Bill DeRoche, took the photo.
Nominees for 2017:
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Tubfrim Contest — Win Tickets to Scandinavia, Donate Your Stamps
The lodge received almost nine pounds of stamps recently from a Swedish friend of Tubfrim. After Pat DeRoche trimmed them to 1/3 inch paper margin, she mailed them on to the Third District Tubfrim Chairman in New Jersey. If you have any used stamps (or phone cards) that you have been saving, please get them to Pat by the December meeting, or leave them at the front hall ta-ble at Norway House. For every pound of stamps donated in 2016, you, or
Washington Lodge, earns one entry in the 2016 raffle for an airline ticket to Scandinavia. Tubfrim is a charity benefitting children in Norway. You can see their activities at the website www.tubfrim.no.
Thank you, Pat, for sharing this information and for keeping this SON tradition going!
The Genealogy Interest Group Investigates By member Bert Koske
The GIG meeting was held on Sunday, Oct. 23, at Norway House. Burt Koske led the group. The other GIG members present were Marvin Reed, John Norquist, and Gary Johnson. The date for the next GIG meeting is Nov. 13, 2 to 4 PM. John had submitted an intriguing bio-sketch. Kris-ten Tjarendsen Weiks was born in Skjold, Ro-galand, Norway on 14 Jul 1877 and died in 21 Sep 1902 in Cedar, Martin, Minnesota. However, he cannot find any information on him in the inter-vening years. There is no record of him in 1900 censuses in either Norway or the U.S. After an extensive search the members could not find any additional information about what where he was or what he did during the years from 1877 to 1902. The group suggested that he take a more extensive search in the local newspapers and submit requests on the various genealogy mes-sage boards. Burt submitted a bio-sketch of the family of his great grandmother Halvordine Halvorsdtr and her brother Andreas Halvorsen. The question is: “What happened to the parents, Halvor Andre-asen and Anne Marie Larsdtr?” The 1865 Norwe-gian census showed that both Halvordina and Andreas had been placed as foster children in
separate families. Andreas fostered with his grandmother and Halvordine fostered with an unrelated family, NM Nielsen and wife Lina. Both families lived on the same street in Kragerø, Tele-mark. The Nielsen family with Halvordina immi-grated to Manitowoc, WI in 1871. Andreas with his wife and their son immigrated to Manitowoc, WI in 1883. One likely possibility was that the mother, Anne Marie Larsdtr, died in childbirth. However, we could not find any records of when or where the mother or father lived or died. The group suggested that requests be submitted on the various genealogy message boards.
GIG members Gary Johnson, Marvin Reed,
Burt Koske, and John Norquist at their October
meeting. The next GIG meeting will be Novem-
ber 13, 2-4 PM at the Lodge. All are welcome.
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Linda Priebe addressed the Washington DC Sons of Norway lodge on September 16 on the subject of “The Arctic: Shared Opportunities and Chal-lenges for Norway and the US.” The image that comes to mind when most peo-ple think of the Arctic is the icy, uninhabited North Pole with its polar bears and penguins. Priebe provided a more accurate description of this region. The Arctic covers a total of 4.4 million square miles, 17% of the world’s land area. The weather is hostile, violent, and extreme. The winter tem-peratures can go below -58 degrees F (-50 de-grees C). The area is sparsely populated with only four mil-lion people. Eight nations have land in the Arctic and are members of the Arctic Council: Russia, Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and the United States. In 2012, China declared itself a “Near Arctic State” and sought observer status before the Arctic Council. In 2014, six countries, including China, were added to the Arctic Council as “Observer Countries”: India, Italy, Japan, Singa-pore, and South Korea. These countries have pur-sued economic opportunities in the Arctic and view participation in the Arctic Council as a means of influencing the decisions of its perma-nent members. The indigenous peoples who live in the Arctic are represented on the Council by six Permanent Participant Organizations. These indigenous peo-ples include Saami in circumpolar areas of Fin-land, Sweden, Norway, and Northwest Russia; Nenets, Khanty, Evenk and Chukchi in Russia; Al-
eut, Yupik, and Inuit (Iñupiat) in Alaska; Inuit (Inuvialuit) in Canada; and Inuit (Kalaallit) in Greenland. The future of the Arctic should be of interest to every nation because what is happening there affects the entire world. Priebe explained how 95% of the world’s warm-ing is absorbed by the oceans. The average Arctic temperature is rising two to three times as fast as that of the rest of the world. This is having nu-merous catastrophic effects. The sad fate of Arctic animals is well known. The warming is causing the disappearance of sea ice. In the past thirty years, more than 50% of the Arctic summer sea ice has been lost. Walruses, for example, need the ice to rest on after actively searching for food in the sea. And the ice must be thick enough to support their heavy bodies. Without this sea ice, they starve. Indigenous groups are suffering. The Saami in Norway are losing their traditional food
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The Arctic: Opportunities and Challenges for Norway and the U.S. Recap of October Lodge Meeting By member Christine Meloni
Reprinted with permission from the Norwegian-
American www.norwegianamerican.com
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Spread a little sunshine… Please keep Care Committee Chair Shelley Berg
Mitchell informed about members who are ill, undergoing surgery, recuperating, homebound for
an extensive period, or just need cheering up. We will send them best wishes from the Lodge as a
whole. Contact Shelley at [email protected].
sources. Reindeer pastures are being lost to oil and gas and other energy development, tourism and recreation, and contaminants. Twenty-five indigenous towns in Alaska are literally slipping into the ocean as a result of coastal flooding caused by the melting of Arctic ice and melting permafrost. One of these communities has re-cently voted to be relocated to another area fur-ther inland. Norway is the acknowledged leader in the efforts to halt the destruction of the Arctic. In 2005 Nor-way announced its Hi-North Strategy. One of its top priorities is to safeguard the livelihood and culture of its indigenous Saami population.
The United States is the current Chair of the Arc-tic Council and works closely with Norway and the other nations. President Obama issued the National Strategy for the Arctic Region in May of 2014. He stated the Arctic priorities for the Unit-ed States: Advance US security interests; pursue responsible Arctic region stewardship; and strengthen international cooperation. Priebe emphasized that the current greatest threat to the health of the Arctic is plastic. This is a problem that could be solved with the goodwill of the world population. It takes 450 years for a plastic bottle dumped into the sea to dissolve. Ninety-five percent of Norway’s seabirds have plastic in their stomachs. One million Arctic birds die each year. A new problem has just arisen: cruise intrusion with its huge potential for pollution. In August 2016 the Crystal Serenity was launched with 1700 passengers and crew. It traveled from Sew-ard, Alaska to New York City via the Northwest Passage. It was traveling largely in uncharted wa-ters. Only 1% of Arctic seas have been mapped so
it is very dangerous to navigate there. The cost for this unique and questionable cruise ranged from $22,000 to $120,000 per passenger. Each passenger was also required to purchase $50,000 in emergency extraction insurance; how-ever, it is estimated that 80% of the ship’s route was beyond the reach of emergency services. Ocean noise is also a serious problem. Ships cre-ate a lot of underwater noise. Wind turbines do as well. Whales are an important example of a group affected by noise. The noise can interfere with underwater communication, and it disrupts important activities such as migration and mating. The health of the Arctic is in serious danger. Priebe emphasized Norway’s leadership role in trying to find ways to save the region. For more information, see the Royal Norwegian Embassy’s website at www.norway.org/News_and_events/Embassy/Proposed-FY2016-Budget-Norways-Activities-in-the-Arctic-/#.V_UCPjKZNo4 Linda Priebe has long been concerned about the fate of the Arctic. She is a lawyer with Culhane Meadows, PLLC in Washington, DC where she advocates on behalf of a variety of Arctic stake-holders before US agencies and is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Polar Re-search and Policy Initiative, an international think tank headquartered in the UK. Linda grew up in a Norwegian speaking home in Seattle and is Vice President of the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce (NACCMA) in Washington, DC. She has been named a Washington DC Super Lawyer by Thomson Reu-ters, Legal Division and is certified in EU data pri-vacy/security law. You can read more about her Arctic work at http://polarconnection.org/rendezvous-linda-priebe/
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Lot’s to Love at SON Christmas Festival Dec. 2 & 3, at Christ Lutheran Church, across from the Lodge
The comment we hear most at the Festi-val is “what a wonderful atmosphere!” We have live music almost round-the-clock, both fiddle and accordion. The “fragrance” is that a traditional mormor’s kitchen, with lefse, vafler, and krumkaker grilled right before your eyes. Our Norwegian café offers lunch or a snack while you sit and enjoy the music. We are so pleased that the Youth Choir will perform on Saturday at 10:30 AM. Please read about them on page 4. The Nordic Dancers follow at 11:45 AM and always stay to teach some dances.
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Some of the talent we’ll have at the 2016 Festival. Clockwise from top:
The Nordic Dancers of Washington, DC, Hardanger fiddle artist Loretta
Kelly, accordionist Jo Storaker, violinist, fiddler and accompanist for the
Nordic Dancers, Paul Carlson.
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Get your Norwegian Food Fix at the Festival!
Come early if you like nøkkelost; despite increasing our order each year, we always sell out. We’ll reserve some to make sure we can offer it both Friday and Saturday. We’ll have traditional baked goods including kransekaker, fyrstekake, Christmas cookies, and julebrod. Also a big as-sortment of chocolate and other candy, Solo drinks, jams, jellies, herring, and fiskeboller will be available.
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Rannveig Fredheim will be at the Festsival
with her towering kransekaker, as will Carolyn
Figueiredo and family who will make krumka-
ker and vafler on site. We’ll have lefse demon-
strations, and traditional, locally-baked items
for sale including fyrstekake and julebrod.
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Christmas Shopping at the Festival — a few suggestions:
Nordic Winter Tea — a loose leaf black tea with wild lingonberries, organic elder flow-ers and organic orange peel. Look for the canister with a Norwegian sweater design (and a crane!).
Handmade Fjordling for your Christmas tree or stocking.
Ozone socks — soft and cuddly, they keep you warm and cheerful with their glorious colors.
Nordic silicone spatulas for gifts or your own kitchen.
Handmade doll in bunad and Hardanger apron. Her little troll friend would like to come home with you, too.
Nordic Knitwear—sweaters, mittens, hats, scarves, tunic dresses…
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A Huge Selection of Books
Most will be in the Church conference room, tucked away in the back corridor. Tina Keune’s rosemaling and our jewelry will also be in this room, so you are sure to find treasure. New children’s books include The Brave Little Puppy, the latest in the lushly
illustrated “Christmas Wish” series. The Twelve New Days of Christmas is by Lodge member Bonnie Fite, and includes the CD of the song recorded by our Children’s Choir, in Norwegian.
Several new cookbooks are offered. Try “Pan-fried Plaice with Prawns and Asparagus” from Scandinavian Comfort Food. Or create tradi-tional masterpieces from Scandinavian Classic Desserts.
Silly hats. We know the real ones didn’t have horns.
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From Lodge President Doris Goodlett
God dag, Thank you Susie Fosaaen, Burt Koske, and Pat Huber for working with me at the Fairfax City Fall Festival S.O.N. Booth on October 8th. It was a long, rainy day, made much brighter by our mutual collaboration. Thanks also to Denise Bowden for lending us her canopy, which kept us dry. Although the inclement weather kept many people away from the festival, we did pass out lots of our Christmas Festival cards to attendees, and we talked to many people about our lodge. Burt Koske, Shelley Mitchell, Greg Ovrebo, and I attended Nordkap Lodge’s 95th Anniversary at the Hunt Valley Inn in Cockeysville, MD on Oc-tober 15th. About 100 people attended repre-senting many 3rd District lodges from Florida to New York. Attending 3rd District officers includ-ed Mary Anderson, Marci Larson, and Kathy Dollymore. Musicians from Brooklyn, NY kept us entertained, and a delicious meal was served. President Louis Olsen spoke warmly, and recognized Nordkap’s Charter Members and former Presidents. Their lodge historian shared a summary of their illustrious 95-year history. It was a very nice afternoon event, and gave us ideas for planning our 75th Lodge Anni-versary coming up in 2018. Marie and Henry Hansen, Burt Koske, my hus-band Warren, and I attended the Octoberfest celebration on October 16th at Christ Lutheran Church. To honor our partnership with them, it was very nice of the church to include our lodge in their festivities. Bratwurst and German pota-to salad were among the delicious food offer-ings, and a blue grass band provided the enter-tainment. The weather was perfect for the mid-day event. Kudos to Hospitality Director Susie Fosaaen for her planning and execution of our annual
Lutefisk Dinner on Saturday, October 22nd. There were 80 enthusiastic people in attendance at Christ Lutheran Church. Thank you to all who volun-teered to help with the set-up, food preparation, and clean-up. Susie Fosaaen, Debbie Fosaaen, Karon Plasha, Joyce Lawrence, and Greg Ovrebo especially worked hard for long hours. Other volunteers included: Chris Kosciel-ny, Marilyn Holbeck, Marguerite Kause, Ardis Morton, Elizabeth Bruening, Bill and Pat DeRoche, Tina Keune, David Musselman, Anne Eason, Lynn Rundhaugen, and Erik Larson. I do not know names of others, but thanks also to them and please forgive my omission from this list. Also, thank you to those who contributed to the feast by bringing salads or desserts. Many people look forward to this event all year, and from all the positive comments I heard, I would say the evening was a resounding suc-cess. The Nominating Committee has been working hard to create a slate of nominees from which, in November, we will elect the members or our Executive Board for 2017. Since our October Lodge Meeting was replaced by the Nordic Feast, I am sharing, in this newsletter, the cur-rent slate of officers, but first, since Sons of Norway is a VOLUNTEER organization, I would like to share the following which was written by William Taylor, President of Restauration Lodge, and was adapted to fit our lodge by our Counselor, Burt Koske. As Lodge members we all pay dues, but think about this:
Somebody If Somebody didn't volunteer to set up the
Lodge for our meetings, it wouldn't be
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ready. If Somebody didn't volunteer to go to the
store to buy beverages and supplies, we wouldn’t have them.
If Somebody didn't volunteer to bring main dishes, salads and desserts to the monthly meetings, there wouldn’t be any.
If Somebody didn't volunteer to lead the Reading Group or Genealogy Group or Lan-guage Group, the groups would not meet.
If Somebody didn't volunteer to work in the kitchen for the Lutefisk Dinner we wouldn't have it.
If Somebody didn't volunteer to work at the Lodge Picnics at Norway House we wouldn't have them.
If Somebody didn't volunteer to do the planning of the Jultrefest and decorating the lodge, it wouldn't get done.
If Somebody didn't volunteer to find speak-ers and plan cultural presentations for each monthly meeting, it wouldn't get done.
If Somebody didn't volunteer to order, sort, and price merchandise; find cooking, & cul-tural demonstrations; bake cakes & cookies; and make food and drinks for the café to support the annual Festival/Bazaar; it wouldn't get done.
If Somebody didn't volunteer to serve as our lodge officers we wouldn't have any and the lodge business wouldn't get done.
If Somebody didn't agree to organize and type up the monthly newsletter we would-n't have one.
If Somebody didn't agree to recruit new members, we wouldn't have new somebod-ies to sustain the Lodge.
So you see, Somebody is the Most Valuable Player we have on our Lodge Team. We should all be thankful for Somebody! Tusen takk, Somebody. You are our hero! "Show me a successful leader, and I'll show you a leader with a lot of Somebodies behind him or her.”
As your President, and on behalf of Washington Lodge, I want to say, “Tusen Takk," to all the Somebodies in our lodge, and across Sons of Norway in our sister lodges, our district, and serving us at the international level. Tusen, tusen takk! On page 7 you will see the slate of officers and directors our Nominating Committee has so far created. Most positions are being filled by incumbent officers who have graciously agreed to serve again. We also welcome a few new people who have volunteered to serve. You will notice a few vacancies on this slate. We are hoping they will be filled by Somebody. We are hoping YOU will be that Somebody. If YOU are the SOMEBODY who can fill one of the above vacancies, or if you would like to have your name added for consideration for any of the elected positions, please contact one of the fol-lowing Nominating Committee members: Burt Koske [email protected] Shelley Mitchell [email protected] Chris Bull [email protected] Nominating Committee Members, please let me know by November 14th, the day of our next board meeting, of all your nominees so ballots can be prepared. Thank you. Elections will be in November. Since our November 20th Lodge meeting will be a full program, we are considering arranging an electronic election process on-line. Otherwise, we may call a short business meeting immediately following the November lodge meeting. You will be informed by special announcement, when the time comes, of our decision and how to proceed. Also at the November Lodge Meeting, Membership pins will be awarded to 10 members. Please see their names in the special box on page 4. Congratulations and thanks to all for your years of loyalty to our lodge. Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! Doris Goodlett
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Photos from the Lutefisk Dinner
Around 80 hungry Scandinavians attended our Lutefisk Dinner and Nordic Feast last month! Tusen takk to Susie Fosaaen for organizing and doing much of the cooking. Thanks, also, to Debbie Fosaaen, Karon Plasha, and Joyce Lawrence who put in especially long hours, to Greg Ov-rebo and David Musselman for cooking the lutefisk, to Lynn Rundhaugen and Erik Larson for making the lefse, and to Bill DeRoche and Anne Eason for handling check in, and to may others who helped. President Doris Good-lett’s message on page 14 has a more complete list of helpers. More photos from the Dinner are on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/norwaydc/ And thank you, Bill and Pat DeRoche, for the photos!
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America Plans New Em-bassy in Oslo Norway’s new American Embassy, currently un-der construction in Huseby, a western suburb of Oslo, will be completed by the end of the year. Designed by New York’s EYP Architecture & Engi-neering, the building will support a staff of 200 employees. Sustainability and energy efficiency were at the forefront of plans for the project. Energy needs for the building will be met almost entirely by re-newable energy sources. According to EYP, “Norway prohibits the use of fossil fuels for heating, so most of the US Embassy's power is derived from renewable resources. Interactive, real-time energy models informed a design that optimizes energy efficiency. Geothermal or ground-source heat pumps enable the embas-sy to meet 90% of peak heating load and 100% of peak cooling load with energy stored in bedrock by the heat pump, a renewable resource – greatly exceeding the 40% required by Norwegian code.”
To learn more visit www.eypae.com/client/us-department-state/us-embassy-oslo SON Newsletter Service
Artists’ rendering of the new American Embassy
planned for Oslo. Groundbreaking was in 2012
and construction is still underway. Since Nor-
way has prohibited the use of fossil fuel for
heating, geothermal pumps will meet 90% of the
heating demands. Image: EYP.
Frozen Lutefisk Available $10 a pound for members, $11 for non-members. Contact Susie Fosaaen at [email protected] or call 703-861-4071
Members Celebrate with Baltimore’s Nordkap Lodge Four members of our Lodge joined Nordkap Lodge in celebrating their 95th anniversary last month in Hunt Valley, MD. Also in attendance were officers and friends from other lodges in the Third District, and sever-al representatives from SON International and the Third District. Dr. Louis Olsen, President of Nordkap Lodge, is seated in the left foreground of the photo. Our members attending were President Do-
ris Goodlett, Burt Koske, Shelley Berg Mitchell, and Greg Ovrebo. Congratulations, Nordkap!
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Name Badges
Personalized Washington Lodge 3-428 name badges may be ordered from
Burt Koske for $10. The badges are made of hard plastic with a pin on the
back. Contact Burt at any Lodge event, or you may email him at presi-
Norwegian Karin Fossum is one of the most inter-esting crime writers in the field today. She creates little suspense in her novels. She presents
the crime, describing what has happened and identifying the victim or victims. But soon there-after she introduces the perpetrator. The reader, therefore, knows who the guilty party is from the beginning. What incentive then does the reader have to continue reading? There is indeed always an incentive! In her latest book Hell Fire Bonnie, a beautiful young mother, and her four-year-old son Simon are brutally murdered with a knife that has a long, thin blade, the kind used to fillet meat or fish. Inspector Sejer and his deputy Skarre begin the investigation. Then Eddie is introduced. He is the perpetrator – or is he? The story does not continue in linear fashion as is frequently the case with post-modern novels. The crime takes place on July 6, 2005 and Sejer’s investigation proceeds in linear fashion. But the pasts and presents of Bonnie and Eddie weave in and out. The connection between Bonnie and Eddie is not clear and the reader, therefore, is caught up in the story in order to find out why Eddie would want to kill Bonnie and her young
child. What possible motive would he have to kill them with such overwhelming ferocity? An in-centive to continue reading is definitely there. Bonnie’s husband left her for a younger woman shortly after the birth of their son. She is strug-gling to make ends meet. She has a difficult job as a home health aide. She visits her lonely cli-ents to clean their homes and to provide them with the attention they yearn for. The work is exhausting and not always pleasant. But she is diligent and knows that she is providing a valua-ble service. She worries about her son because she must leave him at daycare every morning and he suffers from severe separation anxiety. She also feels very bad that she is not able to provide him with many material things. Eddie also lives with a single mother, Mass (short for Thomasine). He was born with a mental disa-bility which his father soon realized he could not handle so he left. Mass, on the other hand, loves her son and has infinite patience with him. Like Bonnie she too has financial problems. She stays at home with Eddie as he is unable to function on his own and they live on his disability checks. At the time of the crime he is a young man of 21. Toward the end of the novel the connection be-tween the two families is revealed and, as is usu-ally the case in Fossum’s novels, the reader feels compassion for both the victims and the perpe-trator while, of course, abhorring the vicious crime.
Hell Fire by Karin Fossum Book review by member Christine Meloni
Reprinted with permission from the Norwegian-American
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Join Sons of Norway, Renew a Membership, Give a Membership
To join as a new member visit our Lodge web site www.norwaydc.org/membership or call 800-945-8851 or email [email protected].
If you need your membership number of if your membership has lapsed call 800-945-8851 or email [email protected].
Children 15 years of age or under whose parent or grandparent is a SON member may sign up for a free Heritage Membership. Youth ages 16-23 who have a parent or grandparent who is a Sons of Norway member may be a free Unge Venner member.
Current Dues: Individual $56.50 (International = $32 + District $14.50 + Lodge $10), Spouse $49.50, Youth $23.25, Your children & grandchildren are FREE!
George Edwards Michele Kjorlien Esposito Jon Haagen Evju Andres Frame Paula Gordon Christine Hart Harold Hultman Jr Linda Hurt Christine Kalke Roger Larson Arthur Lillevig
Aleksander Marthinussen Harold Nelson Michael Jon Olson Alexis Peterson Betty Reed Catherine Sexton Anne Marie Sisson Carole Thomas Rolf Thoresen Odd Ulvestad
Happy October Birthdays! Gratulerer med dagen!
Festdrakt Workshop Tentative for March — Are You Interested?
We have tentatively scheduled Deb McConaghy to conduct another Festdrakt Workshop at Norway House mid-March 2017, if there is sufficient interest. Please contact [email protected] if you are in-terested so we can coordinate final plans with Deb. Festdrakts are gen-erally simpler to make than bunads, and are made from lighter-weight fabrics like cotton.
Several members have made lovely festdrakts for themselves or family members at past workshops with Deb. She provides all materials need-ed or, if you prefer, can suggest fabrics and trims for you to obtain on your own. She can also help repair old bunads and festdrakts, help make or tailor components, etc. Photos from the 2015 workshop: www.flickr.com//photos/norwaydc/sets/72157651861723559/show/
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Advice from a tree- Remember your roots (www.YourTrueNature.com) As you know from my October letter, I was re-cently in Maine. I stopped into a store and bought a mug. I need another mug like a hole in the head (no comments please) but the saying caught my eye - Advice from a Tree – remember your roots. As you may recall from previous letters (January 2013 Vice-President letter), I like trees. The saying on the back of the mug (reproduced below) is an excerpt from a larger poem that I found on the internet (http://spiritoftrees.org/poetry/advice-from-a-tree). I thought that the saying fits Sons of Norway perfectly! Why did we join Sons of Norway? Many reasons I am sure but connecting with our roots was probably a key motivator. How do we strengthen and deepen our roots? How do we extend the love and care of our roots beyond the shadow ring of a tree? We can “water” the roots by communicating. It is something we can never do enough – whether it be family, neighborhoods, work, friendships and within our beloved Sons of Norway. Many of our lodges have great newsletters with fabu-lous events. Do you post them on the 3D calen-dar? Do you tweet them on the 3D twitter page?
Do you post them on the 3D facebook page? Do you advertise in the local free newspaper? Those lodges that com-municate are reaping the rewards of
their communication efforts in increased membership. Keep in mind that communi-cation is an ongoing process. It used to be that you need-ed “three touches” to get people to remember you, then it increased to “seven touches”; now I think it is seven touches within 12 or
18 months. The key is repetition and a communication plan. Do you have one? If you develop a com-munication plan and are able to imple-ment it consistently your view should be one of a roomful of members!
All the best, Mary
Third District News
Our Lodge is part of SON’s Third District (3D), which is comprised of lodges from all East Coast states. For news about activities and programs throughout 3D check the monthly 3D newsletters here: http://3dsofn.org/news/district-newsletter/. On the website, select a newsletter from the list on the right side of the page.
3D President’s Message:
fra Presidenten, Mary B. Andersen
From the back of the mug:
Stand tall and proud
Sink your roots into the earth
Be content with your natural beauty
Go out on a limb
Drink plenty of water
Enjoy the view!
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Suggest Your Favorite Charity
By Lodge Foundation Director Ardis Morton
October is Foundation Month for Sons of Norway Washington Lodge. Every year we give $250 each to six charitable organizations — two in DC, two in Maryland, and two in Virginia. We will vote on these charities at the November Lodge meeting. In addition to these charities we also give money to the Third District Charitable Trust Fund. If you have a charitable organization you would like the Lodge to support, please call Ardis Mor-ton at 703-281-3463. We would be glad to pro-pose that organization to the membership. Your help in deciding which organizations receive these monies is appreciated. The Lodge supported these organizations during the last two years: 2015: Thomas Circle Singers (DC) So Others Might Eat (DC) Shepherd’s Table (MD) Bethesda Help (MD) Our Daily Bread (VA)
Agape Reservoir (VA) SON Third District Charitable Trust SON Foundation
2014: Central Union Mission (DC) Children’s Hospital Foundation (DC) Longship Company (MD) Manna Food Center (MD) Capital Caring (VA) Christ Lutheran Church Hypothermia Project (VA) SON Third District Charitable Trust SON Foundation
Jarlsberg & Turkey Sandwiches with Cranberry Butter
Makes 4 sandwiches: 1/2 cup fresh cranberries (or frozen, defrosted and drained) 2 TBS unsalted butter 1 tsp. honey 1 tsp. Dijon mustard 8 slices rye bread 12 oz. turkey, sliced (Thanksgiving left overs, or deli) 12 oz. Jarlsberg cheese, thinly sliced Bean sprouts for garnish
Puree the cranberries with the butter, honey, and Dijon mus-tard in a food processor or blender for about 1 minute. Spread on the bread, top with cheese and turkey, garnish with bean sprouts. Adapted from www.jarlsberg.com
Jarlsberg cheese is made by
Tine SA, Norway’s largest dairy
cooperative, with about 15,000
farmers and 5,600 employees.
Other products include Ski-
Queen geitost and Snøfrisk goat
cheese.
Art therapy in the oncology unit at Children’s
National Health System, one of the organiza-
tions supported by the Lodge.
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About Capital Viking
Capital Viking is published by Sons of Nor-way Lodge 3-428, eleven times per year.
Address Changes: Did your email address, mailing address, or other information change? Please noti-fy database manager Marie Hansen at [email protected].
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Sons of Norway 3846 Meredith Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030
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Newsletter Deadline: Please submit items by the 25th of the month to [email protected].
Lodge Leaders and Contacts
Lodge Website: www.norwaydc.org
President: Doris Goodlett 703-278-8724 or [email protected]
Vice-President: Mark Whited 703-725-5818 or [email protected]
Secretary: Jeffrey Jorgenson
703-503-3061 or [email protected]
Treasurer: Bill DeRoche 304-725-2710 or [email protected]
Financial Secretary: Henry Hansen 703-815-4945 or [email protected]
Hospitality Director: Susie Fosaaen 703-861-4071 or [email protected]
Librarian/Historian: George Edwards 703-220-1681 or [email protected]
Cultural/Programs: Denise Bowden [email protected]
Newsletter Editor: Marie Hansen 703-815-3467 or [email protected]
Webmaster: Vacant [email protected] See the website for a full list see www.norwaydc.org/officers/.
Directions to Norway House 3846 Meredith Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030 www.norwaydc.org/directions
On weekdays, a residential parking permit is required to park on Meredith Dr. You may park in the Christ Lutheran Church parking lot (entrance directly across the street from the Norway House). From Beltway or I-66: From the Beltway, go West on I-66. Exit I-66 onto Rt. 123 (Chain Bridge Rd.) south toward Fairfax (Exit 60). Go about a half mile. Turn right on Rt. 50 west (also Rt. 29, Lee Highway, and Fairfax Blvd.). Just after the 3rd traffic light, turn right on Meredith Dr. (between a Merchants Tire store and a Mobil gas station). Norway House is on the right. From Rt. 50/29: Go west from the Beltway about 5.33 miles. After crossing Rt. 123 (Chain Bridge Rd.), stay in the right lane. Just after the 3rd traffic light, turn right on Meredith Dr. (which is between a Merchants Tire store and a Mobil gas station). Norway House is on the right. From far western suburbs: From I-66 East, take Exit 52, Rt. 50, east, toward city of Fairfax. Go about one mile. Turn left at Fairfax Blvd., which is where Rt. 29 joins Rt. 50 (which itself angles left). Turn left after a Mobil station onto Meredith Dr. Norway House is on the right. Metro & bus: From the Dunn Loring/Merrifield Metro station (on the Orange Line), go to Bus Bay E. Take bus 1C toward West Ox Rd. and Alliance Dr. The bus will go down Lee Highway/Fairfax Blvd. (Rt. 50/29). Get off about 30 min. later at Meredith Drive (after Warwick Ave.).
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