Trollheim News. Nov 28 Thurs Thanksgiving Må din familie ha en velsignet dag! * pg 4. Dec 3 Mon Board Meeting 7pm

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1 Trollheim News Freedom Fraternity Progress Trollheim News November 2018 Volume: 45 Issue: 11 Loki Trollheim Lodge Sons of Norway 6610 W. 14 th Ave. Lakewood, CO (303) ; leave msg President Elaine Homan (303) (after 10 am please) Editor: Elaine Homan (303) Table of Contents: Pg 1 Calendar 2 Birthdays, Pres. letter 3 Trollheim News 4 More Trollheim News 4 Trollheim Christmas Fair! 5 Trollheim Jul Party 6. Meet/Greet Wrap-up 7 Elections! 8. Back page Sons of Norway * Trollheim Lodge * Lakewood The mission of the 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 November 2018 Nov 2, 3 Fri/Sat Trollheim Christmas Fair 10 am-4 pm Christmas Shopping!!! Nov 5 Mon November Board Meeting, 7 pm Nov 11 Sun Actual Veteran s Day Nov 12 Mon Federal Holiday (Veteran s Day Nov 18 Sat General Meeting, 2pm on SATURDAY 3 rd Sat. of the month! No Potluck! Snacks and goodies welcomed. Coffee provided. Nov 28 Thurs Thanksgiving Må din familie ha en velsignet dag! * pg 4 Dec 3 Mon Board Meeting 7pm Dec 15 Sat Trollheim Jul Party ( date) 10am-1:30 pm Dec 15 Sat Trollheim General Meeting 2 pm (right after the Jul Party-come do both!!) Dec 25 Tue Christmas Day Jan 1, 2019 Tue New Year s Day 2019 Jan 19, 2019 Sat Jan 29, 2019 Sat Future Events Zone 8 Membership Seminar Trollheim Lutefisk and Meatball Supper Dameklubben s Tea in the works! Remember, the Norske Butikken is open on Wednesday, Fridays, and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm from November 2 nd to Dec. 2 1

2 NOVEMBER Birthdays 1 Tom Jefferson Huff 1 Donna J Ask 3 Dina A Isern 5 George O Torrison 7 Beverly E King 10 Charles D Brainard 13 Robert L King 13 Arnold M Smedsrud 14 Jennifer L Lewis 14 Joan E Enget 15 Arne Jorgensen 15 Sidney E Haugum 17 Jon Steven Ingebrigtsen 17 Claudine E Sutherland 18 Tracy Stover Stam 29 Linda P Demarche 30 Michael James Homan 30 Priscilla A Ingebrigtsen Gratularer med dagen! For Your Information We did well the last 2 events. Walleye Dinner net earnings is about $ due to the price of Walleye this year. We still have several 1-lb bags of Walleye left to sell for $20, so the final tally is still not complete. Come to the Norske Butikken and buy one or two pounds of Walleye and help us out, too! M-mmmmm, Good Eatin! For our Meet and Greet with the Norwegian Tourists, we received $725 for tickets, and the food costs were $ That left us with a profit of $ (It was nice that our guests also paid the $10 for their meal, too!) From the President: November s President s Letter What a wonderful time we had visiting with the Norwegian Tourists on October 2 nd at our lodge. Those of us who attended met them waving Norwegian flags as their bus drove up Newland from Colfax to our parking lot. We had a good meal, great conversations, some fun, a quiz, and we offered some of our extra books to them for free-we still had quite a few! And, for a gift, we received 2 books on areas of Stavanger, NOR from our visitors; a nice gesture of friendship from them. Many expressed that they thought our building was wonderful with its artwork. It was truly a great evening and I enjoyed it from the preparation, cooking, and the event itself. Now, back to the Lodge building. These will be my last remarks on this business Yeah! Last month I spoke of the reasons I feel that we should continue the support for our lodge building. Trollheim Lodge needs a building if we want to have more contact with other groups, host dinners for the public as fundraisers, and be able to operate our store, Norske Butikken. The building is also a good place to have classes, clubs and meetings. Some income can be generated by rentals. However, by continuing this path, we need to remember the words of the first sentence of this paragraph, we should continue the support for our lodge building. We must care for it, clean it, fix that which is broken, repair what is needed, and be mindful what we house in this building. By being vigilant in this task, we can keep the Trollheim building for more years to come. It s a job that will take small and large tasks but, I am certain we can do it for several more years. OK, but what if our membership does NOT wish to maintain the lodge? We have emergency funds in our account at Headquarters that should help us maintain the lodge until we need to sell as long as we do get income from sources such as the store sales and rentals in the interim until the property is sold. We just need to know that the day will be coming. Selling a property like ours could be a quick deal or a long process. We need to arrive at a consensus regarding when to sell, at what price to sell, and where we, as a lodge plan to land; i.e. rental hall, a church basement, etc. Also, for consideration, we must decide our location; Lakewood, or another west suburb? Ah, yes, we will need committees! Would we want to recover some money in liquidating the equipment we own, such as the kitchen appliances, dishes, the tables and chairs, etc. WHERE and WHO will be responsible for the record-keeping of the lodge when we have no permanent home? Does someone have space for 3 large file cabinets, audio/video equipment, flags, electric piano, artwork, and other pieces that speak of our heritage? Storage spaces can cost a lot of money over several years. Either way, I think selling the lodge or keeping the lodge creates lots of work for all of us, whichever direction we take. I d rather spend more time getting to know the people at Trollheim, AND building bonds and friendships with those who are committed to the mission statement: The mission of the 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. Enough said. If elected again for the term, I will like to lead this lodge into the direction of keeping the building, and create a better lodge to serve all the Nordic countries, find ways to raise funds, and continue to make Trollheim Lodge and its building a viable place for another decade! Elaine Homan, President. 2

3 New Members/changes There are no members or changes to report for this month. I can t take up much room naming all of those members who have not paid dues the last 3 months, but I will begin recording how many people are on our roll for membership each month. We had a small growth spurt for 2017 but beginning in June, we are losing members; many who have missed their due dates for reals! June: 265 members July: 262 members Aug: 250 (big drop!) Sept: 249 Let s not continue this trend! Please pay your dues on time! King Sooper Gift Cards! Did you buy a King Soopers gift card the past year from Bev Moe? Please use it! It is an open card after the first amount ($10) has been exhausted, and can be refilled at the check-out at King Soopers to be continually used. Remember, you refill it with your own money, and then use the card to buy your groceries. Me to teller: Please add $100 (by cash) to this card. Teller: Of course. Would you like to pay for your purchase with this gift card? Me: Yes, please. Teller: Your total is $85 dollars. You have $15 dollars left on your card. Me: Thank you. Just that easily, I a) bought my groceries, b) King Soopers made a sale and c) Trollheim Lodge received a donation from King Soopers! It s a WIN-WIN-WIN situation!!!! No money out of my pocket except for the groceries! And I still have $15 on my gift card! Please remember to use your King Soopers Gift Card! November General Meeting Saturday, November 17, 2018; 2 pm (it s daytime!) NO Potluck; please bring snacks, munchies or desserts This will be our first of 4 monthly general meetings to be held on the 3 rd Saturday of the months of Nov., Dec., 2018 and Jan., and Feb. of Please remember this is not a permanent change; it is only for the 4 months listed. If we like it, we may discuss it in 2019 at the board meetings. Saturday s meeting will include election of officers. A schedule of officers is listed on page 7. You may nominate any other person, including yourself, before the election begins. Perry Monkelien, our historian and librarian has a program about the Nazi occupation in Norway. That is always an interesting topic about this era. See you there on Saturday!!! 3

4 Butikken News for November We in the Butikken were very busy for the month of October getting ready for the Christmas Fair. Thanks go to Scott, Allison and Lily Sveum for their help in setting up our racks, tables and wire cubes. Also, thanks go to Barbara Hessel for donating card stock and printing the mailing cards going out to our customers. Many items are in the store and Viking Room; a large table of sale items and a previously loved and gently used table. Some of our and return foods include: Lefse Chips (Cinnamon/Sugar and Seasoned Salt) in a 12-oz refillable container that can be refilled with 6-oz boxes. Ole and Lena Salsas, Pickled Beets, Watermelon Rind Pickles, Jellies and Jams Lars Own Wild Swedish Cloudberry Preserves Icelandic Dark Chocolate candy bars Dried Lingonberries and Chocolate Covered Lingonberries Solo Orange Soda Glogg and Christmas Soda Herring in a sour cream sauce And finally, after almost one year, we have been able to restock Ekte Goat Cheese. Yeah! Management Team Joan, Carolyn and Alice Sons of Norway has an updated logo, styled in red and black. It is to be used with the wording Sons of Norway for now. See return address on back page and get a look at the logo in use. * May your family have a blessed day! (from front page) This and That SAVE THE DATE! SKI FOR LIGHT 2019 Event at Snow Mountain Ranch, Granby, CO When: January 27 - February 3, 2019 Arrival at DIA on Sunday, Jan 27, 2019 Departure at DIA on Sunday, Feb 3, 2019 DIA volunteers contact: JoAnn Kison jkison@comcast.net Snow Mountain Ranch volunteers: Diane Molter Volunteers are needed at both DIA and Snow Mountain Ranch This is a great community service for anyone! SAVE THE DATE!!!!! 27th Annual Barnelopet Leggett Hall at the YMCA SNOW MOUNTAIN RANCH has been reserved for February 23, Check in: 9:30 am Deadline to pre-register is February 16, 2019; Contact Lois Hodne at or hiloie@aol.com call for lodging at Snow Mountain Ranch YMCA, Lutefisk Lovers! (and Meatball Lovers, too) The date is set for January 26 th, 2019 for the Trollheim Annual Lutefisk and Meatballs Dinner Gather your friends and family and plan to have a dinner with us. It s always fun to share Lutefisk Dinner at least once a year, even if your family prefers the meatballs. Here at Trollheim, we will have enough of both to go around so everyone is happy. And we will have frozen Lutefisk if you want to take it home. So, make a date to meet them all on January 26 th 2019 for dinner here at Trollheim RSVP flyer will be in the Dec 2018 and Jan 2019 sletters. Volunteers are needed. Please call

5 Trollheim s Family Jul Party Info Please be advised that the date is set for Saturday, December 15 th, 2018 for the Family Jul Party at Trollheim. Time: 10 am 1:30 pm: General Meeting will follow at 2 pm. Please stay for the meeting. Kids are welcomed, also. Treats and coffee will be served at the meeting :15 am: Crafts for young and old alike. 11:15-12N: Quick lunch 12N to 1:30pm: Songs and walk around tree; storytelling, and Julinesse. Volunteers (especially young adults) are welcomed at this event. Please contact Fran Pallesen at paldri@aol.com or (303) Please refer to the upcoming flyer in the Dec sletter for specifics, and donation. Don t forget! All gifts from Julenisse (or Santa) need to be purchased by the family and wrapped and labeled for the recipient beforehand, so it can be included in the present bag! Plan to bring this with you. (hint: adults can receive a gift, too!) More News around Trollheim For all the scholarly in our midst, we have been informed that International has the following scholarships for which you can apply for before the deadline. Good Luck! SON Scholarships Deadline January 15, 2019 Deadline for scholarship applications for educational opportunities that involve international travel are due to Sons of Norway Foundation by January 15 th 2019: Douglas Warne-Rolf & Wenche Eng Scholarship Helen Tronvold Adult Learner Scholarship** Helen Tronvold Folk High School Scholarship* King Olav V Norwegian-American Heritage Scholarship Lund Fund Scholarship* Oslo International Summer School Scholarship* Please contact the current Scholarship chair, Bev Moe ( or bevm259@comcast.net) or contact Sons of Norway (SofN.com) Happy Thanksgiving! Sunshine Corner Perry Monkelien underwent corneal surgery. We hope he is doing fine. A card wishing him well would be welcomed. Perry Monkelien, 4722 S Fairplay Ct.; Aurora, CO If there is any other s about the health of a member or family member, please let this editor know. 5

6 Forty-Seven Norwegian Tourists as our Guests! This event was a combined effort between Inger in Norway and your president which started back in Aug We kept in touch for over one year and with lots of last-minute s for confirmation, Tour Guide Inger-Torill Kirkeby and the group arrived by bus at 6:15 promptly. Our members met them waving Norwegian flags as the bus drove into the parking lot! The lodge hosted the 47 Norwegians to a Pulled Pork Sandwich dinner, complete with salads, calico beans (thanks, Bev K!) and pie and cake with whipped cream or ice cream for dessert! (Tusen takk to all who donated pies and cake for dessert!) Some of our guests were near fluent in English; some not so much. This balanced out with our members, as there were a few somewhat fluent in Norwegian and a lot of us not so much. But, rooted in a shared heritage, we all did well communicating and had a good time! Most of the Norwegians were from the area in SW Norway near Stavanger. The Norwegian guests appreciated our lodge and all that we have done to make it our own; the library, the store, the rosemaling, and the trolls. We offered some of our extra books to them, and in appreciation, the Norwegians gifted us with 2 books on Stavanger (where most of them hail from) for our library. Tusen takk! The President recently heard back from Inger-Torill Kirkeby that they all arrived home safe and healthy and enjoyed their 2- week trip to CO, NM, KS, and TX. She is now busy planning a trip now for the SW United States. (p.s. Come see the books in our library!!) 6

7 Elections on November 17, 2018 A big TUSEN TAKK to Connie Bartram, who chaired our 2019 Nominating committee, as well as her two assistants, Perry Monkelien, and Barbara Bessesen. Their time on the telephone calling many of those interested is appreciated. Nominations for Trollheim Lodge and TBC ELECTED POSITIONS: NOMINATION TERM President Elaine Homan Incumbent Vice President Patricia Lamoe Incumbent Secretary Barb Stover Incumbent Financial Secretary Barb Hessel Incumbent Membership Secretary Sarah Hughes Incumbent Treasurer Fran Pallesen Cultural Director Louise Bath Incumbent Sports/Recreation Director Diane Molter Incumbent Trollheim Building Corp: Perry Monkelien Four (4) Directors Dave Sveum Incumbent APPOINTMENT POSITIONS: Michael Homan Ron Taylor Counselor Ken Perley Incumbent Social/Musician Joan Enget/Connie Bartram Marshal Patricia Lamoe Incumbent Greeters- two (2) Donna Robinson Incumbent Laria Lovec Trustees - three (3) Harlan Hagen Incumbent Patricia Geary Karalou Mattern Auditing Committee - two (2) Ken Perley Incumbent Connie Bartram Publicity Ruth Huebner Incumbent Foundation Director Joan Ellen Johnson King Soopers Cards Bev Moe Incumbent Historian Ron Thorne Librarian Perry Monkelien Incumbent Sunshine Bev King Incumbent Newsletter Editor Elaine Homan Incumbent Adopt-a-Street Harlan Hagen Incumbent Events Kitchen Leads Various by event 2018 Board of Directors (partial list) President: Elaine Homan prodigy.net Vice Pres.: Pat LaMoe msn.com Secretary: Barb Stover comcast.net Treasurer: Megan ingebrigtsen hotmail.com Financial Secretary: Barb Hessel comcast.net Membership Secretary: Sarah Hughes none Cultural Director: Louise Bath comcast.net Sunshine: Bev King comcast.net Librarian: Perry Monkelien (303) gmail.com Remember, November is our month for voting on the offices for the next 2 years. Those marked as Incumbent are officers who have already said they would continue. This doesn t mean that it is DONE DEAL. Want to be President? Anyone can come to the meeting and be nominated up to the election, itself on Nov. 17 th (which is our 1 st Saturday General Meeting!) Do you want to make a change to the leadership? Please join us! 7

8 Trollheim Lodge W 14th Ave. Lakewood, CO POSTMASTER: DATED MATERIAL Norske Butikken Located inside Trollheim Lodge 6610 W. 14 th Ave Lakewood, CO Christmas Days and Hours in November & December Wed., Fri., and Sat, 9:30 am 3:30 pm! Scandinavian Gifts and Items Kitchen Cookbooks, Mugs, Paper Napkins, Swedish Dish Cloths, Linens, Specialty Cookware and Tools for Scandinavian Treats! Foods Fishballs, Packaged Mixes, Cheese, Candy, Cookies, Crispbreads, Drink Mixes, Lingonberry and other Jams; and Lefse; (Lutefisk seasonal) Home Books for Adults and Children; Greeting Cards; Jewelry; T-Shirts, Socks, Caps; Baby Items, Trolls, Dala Horses, Flags, Pewter Items, and Novelties. Management Team: Joan Enget, Carolyn Perley and Alice Sveum Phone: (303) managernorskebutikken@gmail.com 8