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May 2014 Volume 5 Edmonds Sons of Norway

Lodge 2-130 Meeting  Place:    Edmonds  Masonic  Center,  515  Dayton  Street,  Edmonds,  WA  

UPCOMING EVENTS AT EDMONDS LODGE (UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE) MAY: 3 – Pancake breakfast - 7:30-12:00 Masonic Lodge, Edmonds

7- Board Meeting 7pm (Coffee and cookies @ 6:30 Trinity Lutheran Church 6215 196th St. SW Lynwood)

14 Lodge Meeting 6pm 4:30: Social hour with video and crafts 6:00: Dinner will be Enchiladas and a Scandinavian dessert 7:00: Memorial Service, Man and Woman of the year, and Queen Presentation

17 Syttende Mai Parade starts at 6pm Ballard

For Upcoming Events, contact Melissa Johnson at 425-672-1272 missyinedmonds@outlook.com

Our April meeting brought us a great presentation by the 17th

of May co-chairs, Gail Engler and Kae Ellingson. They had a great video from previous years of the 17th of May and an invite to the parade and luncheon and other activities in Ballard on May 17th.

And here I am again looking for help for the pancake breakfast. Please call Bob Stevenson at 425-712-9788 to help with set up on Friday afternoon at 3:30 and clean up during and after the breakfast. The more hands we have the easier it is. If you can come Friday or Saturday, let Bob know. Then for the pancake makers, kitchen helpers, floor helpers, please call Jane Bueing at 425-882-2212. We look forward to lots of help! Thanks in advance.

For our May meeting Waldo will be doing an Enchilada Mexican dinner with a Scandinavian dessert. Cost will be $7.00. As usual prior to the meeting, we will have crafts and a movie.

May is also our Memorial Service; please attend as we honor those members or family members who have passed in the last year. Your attendance will be appreciated!

We will also announce the Man and Woman of the year and our Queen for the next year!

I hope to see you on May 2 to set up for the pancake breakfast, May 3 to help with breakfast and on May 14 for our regular meeting. Then we will all head to Ballard for the 17th of May parade and events.

May is a very busy month. I wish you all the best. Happy Mother’s Day on May 11th too!!

 

President’s  Message  from  Jane  Bueing  

2014  Board  Members    Position/Name & Contact # President Jane Bueing (425) 882-2212 Vice President Melissa Johnson (425) 672-1272 Treasurer Vicki Nelson (425) 774-9406 Secretary April Mills (425) 778-1665 Fin. Secretary Loren Krusenstjerna (425) 775-1710 Financial Benefits Jerry Label (425) 640-9830 Counselor Waldo Bueing, (425) 882-2212 Social Director Eli Krusenstjerna (425) 775-1710 Co-Social Director Kirsten Holm -- Marshal Bob Stevenson (425) 712-9788 Marshall Al Berg (425) 743-2261 Co-cultural Director Roberta Morrow (425) 743-7836 Co-cultural Director April Mills (425) 778-1665 Sports Director Harry Malnes (425) 743-1660 Greeters (alternating) All board members Youth Director/Framtid Vacant Trustee Harold Setran -- Trustee Bob Turcott (425) 308 5265 Trustee Yvonne Heindel (425) 918-1929 Musician Sonja Berg (425) 743-2261 Asst. Musician Philip & Birgit Ages (206) 368-9720 Found. Director Roberta Morrow (425) 743-7836 Librarian Fay Setran (425) 778-2009 Historian Harold Andersen (425) 697-2634 Information Erlene Stevenson (425) 712-9788 Sunshine Tillie Blevins (425) 776-7234 Newsletter Editor Melissa Johnson (425) 672-1272 Newsletter Distrib Norma Fuhrman (425) 776-3235 Newsletter Distrib Gerald/Helen Graham (206) 542-4587 Publicity Director Gordon Mills (425) 778-1665 Publicity Director Lisa Palmatier (206) 546-1588 Web Master Melissa Johnson (425) 672-1272 Building Liason Gerald Graham (206) 542-4587 Scholarship Chairman Harold Andersen (425) 697-2634 Décor Setup Chair Vacant Decor Support Helen Overton -- Decor Support Rigmor Hansen --

 

Still Time To Collect Box Tops for Education!

Way to go Edmonds Lodge! For the month of April we collected 184 Box Tops and 62 Labels For Education. We have one more month until the contest ends on May 17th so keep up the great work! Be sure to bring your box tops and labels to the May lodge meeting to be counted. We’ve moved up from 13th to 7th place.

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Edmonds SON Book Club At our April meeting we initiated a Book Club in order to earn the cultural awards in Reading Norwegian and Norwegian-American literature (in English). We will meet at 5 pm before each regular meeting for about ½ hour. People who attend at least 4 meetings will satisfy one of the optional activities. The first level is very simple. Contact Roberta Morrow for more information.

ONGOING EVENTS: • Folkdance Society – 1st & 3rd Fridays Cedar Valley Grange Hall, Lynnwood Call (206) 784-7470 for more information • Daughters of Norway have many ongoing events

at www.daughtersofnorway.org/events.html • Nordic Heritage Museum – Check out the new

exhibitions plus concerts and classes at (206) 789-5707 • Scandinavian Language Institute – For info

about classes, call Ed Egerdahl at (425) 771-5203 • Seattle’s Swedish Cultural Center has ongoing

activities as well, (206) 283-1090

Cheer! When a member needs some cheer from our lodge, please contact one of our Cheer Volunteers: Norma Fuhrman Tillie Blevins (425) 776-3235 (425) 776-7234 THANK YOU ladies for giving our membership a smile!

Happy Birthday! Gratulerer Med Dagen…Help us celebrate our members born in May!

5/1 Liam Baird, Norma Scott 5/2 Ella Chandler, Kathleen Lore, David Moonay 5/3 Barbara Fanger, Gerald Graham 5/4 Linda Mc Cullough 5/5 Astrid Drivenes

5/6 Alan Jacobson, Aeryn Saeverud 5/7 John Andor, Wesley Murray, Anna Wilson 5/8 Jay Tvdiet 5/9 Harold Setran 5/10 Rick Steves 5/14 Lynee Forsyth 5/16 Lisa Chinlund

5/17 Taylor Lewis 5/18 Sherry Hinds 5/20 Calvin Lovegren 5/23 Rhonda Kendall 5/28 Yvonne Mansson

Helpful hints for stamp collectors

In the February 2014 issue of “American Philatelist” I found an article on removing the adhesive from self-adhesive stamps. The self-adhesive stamp has a pressure-sensitive adhesive that does not require moistening. Supplies: a WD-40 pen, a pair of stamp tongs, a paper towel and some corn starch. The WD-40 pen is nice because you can put the WD-40 right where you want it.

Step 1: Cut the paper around the stamp leaving enough exposed to hold on to the edge of stamp with tongs. Hold your stamp with tongs, with the back of the stamp (blank paper facing you) so you can locate the center of the stamp.

Do this by holding it to a light source so you can see the outline of the stamp, apply WD-40 pen to the center back of the stamp. Within a few seconds the paper will begin to look translucent and your stamp is ready to be removed from the envelope paper. It will peel off very easily with your tweezers (tongs) but use care in doing so. Only the slightest trace of adhesive will be left on the envelope paper. Step 2: Place your stamp face down on a paper towel, caution, it is still very sticky. Take a brush and sprinkle corn starch on the back of the stamp, brush off excess. Let dry, repeat if necessary.

Submitted by Yvonne Heindel

From Harry & Roberta: Sports Medals and Cultural Awards

Our annual “Uffda” awards were held at the Bothell Lodge on March 20. For 2013, we improved greatly. Nineteen members completed the requirements for 121 sports medals. Bothell was a close second with 118. Our output was very significant as we more than doubled the number of sports medals earned over the previous year. Congratulations to all our sports medal participants. Congratulations are also in order to these members who have earned Cultural Skills Awards in 2013. We tied with Bothell lodge at 11 medals total, and get to keep our trophy for another year! Harold Anderson: Stamps I & ll Jane Bueing: Knitting I Yvonne Heindel: Relief Carving – I, II, III Roberta Morrow: Chip Carving – III Vicki Ann Nelson: Stamps – II Karen Schaefer: Hardanger Embroidery – I, II, III ******************************************************************************************************************** 2014 ANNUAL STEAK FRY FUND RAISER TO SUPPORT TROLLHAUGEN LODGE

Trollhaugen July 26th, 2014

Happy Hour (BYOB): 2:30 pm. Dinner: 3:30pm . For dinner reservations: Contact Bill Hicks (425) 672-0194 or e-mail at Hicks1015@msn.com Tickets are $ 18.00. After July 16th $20.00. For overnight reservation contact

the Trollhaugen Managers at (509) 656-9997.

Sons of Norway #2-130 P.O. Box 1651 Edmonds, WA 98020-1651 Return Service Requested

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OTHER  NEWS:    

The  Sons  of  Norway  Foundation  is  currently  accepting  donations  to  the  Humanitarian  fund  and  to  Scholarship  funds.  If  you  are  interested  in  donating,  please  contact  the  foundation  director.  Thank  you!  

Cindy  Olson  Email:  colson@sofn.com  Phone:  1-­‐800-­‐945-­‐8851  

 Edmonds  Sons  of  Norway  is  More  Than  Meetings    

 Edmonds  Lodge  members  support  many  programs  like  the  

following:  The  Edmonds  Food  Bank  

Parades  in  Edmonds  and  Ballard  Pancake  Breakfasts  

Scholarship  and  Camp  programs    

Don’t  forget  to  include  a  contribution  to  www.sonsofnorway.com/foundation  

When  paying  your  annual  dues:  $48.50  –  Spouse:  $41.50  –  Youth:  $29.00  

 Call  (800)  945-­‐8851  to    join,  pay  dues,  change/add  email,  

phone  number,  or  mailing  address  and  to  get  Sons  of  Norway  questions  answered.  

Edmonds Sons of Norway Web Site:

www.edmondssonsofnorway.weebly.com This newsletter is published 10 times a year by Edmonds Sons of Norway 2-130, which meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month except July and August at 515 Dayton in Edmonds, WA. This is a non-profit organization. The newsletter is sent at no additional cost to members.

DEADLINE FOR UPCOMING NEWSLETTER EVENTS IS

3RD WED OF EACH MONTH

DISTRICT 2 CONVENTION: Information for the cultural craft show at the District 2 convention is now available. If you did not receive a copy via email from Roberta Morrow and wish to see it let her know your email address and she will send it to you.

SYTTENDE MAI PARADE Saturday, May 17th, 6:00 p.m. start time

Ballard Syttende Mai festivities end as usual with the fun-filled parade; always the highlight of the day! Stay tuned for more information from Thor as he readies himself for the parade. We will need participants from Edmonds Lodge to march along side Thor. The parade route is approximately 1 mile.