Vegas Viking members invaded the Sons of Eyre Parade in Henderson, Nevada. photos: terry Baillargeon

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1 Vegas Viking News Sons of Norway Lodge Las Vegas, NeVada Since May 16, 1992, promoting Norwegian heritage through special events traditional and contemporary Scandinavian programs 2017-April Issue MMXV11 1V; MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 1 ST THURSDAY OF EACH 6 P.M. Membership Meeting: April 6, 2017, Christ Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall; 111 N. Torrey Pines Dr. Las Vegas 6 p m Sports Medal; 6:30 p m Pot Luck Dinner; 7:00 p m cultural events and business meeting board meeting: April 15, Chef Flemming s Bake Shop #7 S. Water Street Henderson, NV Submissions to the editor must be received by the 25 th of each month preceding the month for which it is to be published. Thank Vegas Viking members invaded the Sons of Eyre Parade in Henderson, Nevada. photos: terry Baillargeon March 11, 2017 celebrated an early St. Patrick s Day in Henderson with a great carnival, music, and a fantastic parade. Our lodge entered the parade with our Viking Ship, Ormen Korte. The smiling faces within the ship belied the ferocious Viking Warrior who was the point man for this Deja Voux invasion of Irish Water (Street). HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! GRATULERER MED DAGEN!! 2 Bernice Belzone 5 - Linda J. Turner 13 Jessica Elizabeth Reed 24 Svein S. Jacobsen 28 Nadeen L Archer

2 Ord Fra Presidenten 2014 St. Pat s Parade Henderson, NV Erin Go Bragh!! We join with Vicky Brenes with our thoughts and prayers as she and her family mourn her father s passing. Thanks to everyone who helped with the rapid fire of events during the last month. Your help is very much appreciated. The twenty-fifth Anniversary celebration is approaching this month. Thanks to all who have helped to coordinate and accomplish the various tasks necessary to make this a memorable and meaningful event. Gratulerer!! Vegas Viking Lodge 6-152, Sons of Norway, Proud. Tusen Takk to all the Vikings who came to and participated in the school presentation at Tolbert School Henderson Libraries will be our next cultural sharing stop. We look forward to seeing our members at our membership meetings and events. JOIN THE FUN!! Our heartfelt condolences to Vicky Brenes, her family, and her friends on the loss of her father. May our thoughts, prayers and our continued supportive fellowship be with Vicky, and her loved ones as they make these difficult arrangements and reflect on her memories of her father throughout her life. Additional details may be available by contacting Vicky directly. Page 2 of 10

3 KALENDER April 1 - April Fools Day April 6-6 pm Regular membership meeting potluck Special Speaker: Paul Harasim, Las Vegas Review-Journal (see page 9) April 8 -- Gibson Library international Day Around the world in 30 days. Vikings and Bunads with the Viking Ship (see ad pg. 8) April 15-9:00 am Board Meeting - Chef Flemmings Bake Shop 111 S. Water Street Henderson, NV April 15 - Deadline for post marking submission of completed Vegas Viking Lodge scholarship applications with required documentation April 16 - Easter Sunday Glad Paskedag! - Happy Easter! April 22-5:30 pm Twenty fifth Anniversary Dinner Celebration Railhead at Boulder Station (See our announcement in this issue.) April 29 - Green Valley Library international Day Around the world in 30 days. Vikings and Bunads with the Viking Ship May 1 - Norwegian Labor Day (May Day) May 4-6 pm Regular membership meeting - potluck. May 4 - National Day of Prayer May 8 - V E Day Victory in Europe Day (1945) May14 - Norway s Mothers Day May 17 - Syttende Mai (Norwegian Constitution Day) May 20-9:00 am Board Meeting - Chef Flemmings Bake Shop 111 S. Water Street Henderson, NV May 22 - Canadian Victoria Day May 20 - Armed Forces Day May 29 - Memorial Day Vegas Vikings were sharing the day with the R. E Tobler School on March 15 th from 5 to 7pm. Vegas Vikings on WATER (Street) Henderson, < -NV photos: Courtesy: Erik Pappa and t. Baillargeon V A full serving of Norway s culture was enjoyed and appreciated by one and all. Page 3 of 10

4 Minutes from our Vegas Viking Membership meeting on March 2, 2017 The meeting was held at Christ Lutheran Church fellowship hall, 111 N. Torrey Pines, Las Vegas, Nevada. At 6:30, members led us in singing Norwegian grace; we enjoyed dinner from 6:30 7:00 p.m. Bob Sturgeon, president, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. We sang the American national anthem. Bob welcomed 35 members; there were no guests. FINANCIAL: There was no treasurer s report since Andy Agan, Jr., our treasurer, is out of town. BUDGET: Bob Sturgeon went over the budget which had been proposed by the board. Warren Halvorson proposed that the budget be accepted; seconded by Bonnie McDaniel. Passed unanimously. 25TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY: Karen Holien, Chairman, asked that everyone who plans to attend to send in their registration. She said that our International Director and his wife and many District 6 officers are coming. We have received many items for our silent auction: many gift cards for restaurants and attractions, Celine Dionne tickets, a set of Norwegian dinnerware, and many more. Char Brekke, an old friend of Karen s, is one of the Brekke Tours and Travel family and provided an excellent travel discount. The next meeting of the committee will be held at Karen s home at 7:00 p.m. on March 19. Everyone is welcome to attend. Rick Senzig is working on a slideshow. Please send him pictures to be included. The Groves are chairs of the Heritage Table. Dress is business casual (the Internet has several examples of business casual). MEMBERSHIP: Karen Holien, Membership Secretary, presented a 10-year pin to Bee Belzone. Maureen Anderson and Bob Sturgeon each received a $5 Smith s gift card for signing up a new member. FUTURE EVENTS: The Henderson libraries have asked us to participate in their Around the World in 30 Days International Festival again this year. We will be participating at the Gibson Library and the Green Valley Library. The Viking ship and people in costume will join the festivities at the Gibson Library, and Vegas Viking will give a lefse demo at the Green Valley Library. Suzan Sibert said that Vegas Viking members, in costume, will participate in the R. E. Tobler Elementary School multi-cultural night on March 15 from 5-7 p.m. Some of the members will give presentations and talk to the students. The school is located at 6510 Buckskin Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada. MEMBER SEMINAR: Bob Sturgeon announced that Vegas Viking will host a member seminar for District 6 lodges on March 4 at 10:00 a.m. at the Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., just east of Grand Canyon Drive. We will serve food and drinks and provide utensils, paper products, etc. for attendees. Maureen Anderson, as Social Secretary, is coordinating the food. All Sons of Norway members are welcome to attend. There is no charge. A sponsored event promotional photo Page 4 of 10 photo by Terry Baillargeon On Sunday, March 12, Vegas Viking Lodge #152, in association with Clark County gave us an opportunity to share the music of Gretchen Hull with the community at Winchester Cultural Center. Erik Pappa, our public relations coordinator was instrumental in arranging for this piano concert by this renowned musician, who is a Temple University (Philadelphia) Doctoral fellow. Her concert included works by Edvard Grieg, David Monrad Johansen, and Geir Tveitt, Christian Sinding, Fartein Valen, Harold Saeverud, as well as other classical composers, many with Norwegian family backgrounds. This young pianist is lovely, talented, energetic, and committed to excellence. Her timing and accentuated portrayals of movement and emotions are unique Takk! Gretchen Hull, Vegas Vikings, and Clark County.

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7 Vegas Viking Lodge 25 th Anniversary Celebration 5:30 p. m. APRIL 22, 2017, At the Railhead, Boulder Station. Reservations must be in by April 4, 2017, so that appropriate arrangements are made Don t miss out on the fun, the food, the prizes and fraternity. Join your friends!! See the announcement and the reservation form on page 6. Silent auction items to be offered, to bid: Celine Dion Tickets. A $500 gift certificate for a Brekke guided tour of Norway ($1000 if for two). 2 rounds of golf at Painted Desert Golf club, cart included. Show tickets & dinner at the Westgate Hotel (formerly The Hilton). The Porsgrund China, pictured in the last newsletter. Raffled gifts are as follows: The Kona Grill The Market Grill Ricardo s Mexican Restaurant Settebello Pizzeria Crepe Expectations Big Dogs Squeeze in The Blue Ox Family fun experiences to enjoy: Sea Quest Interactive Aquarium Wet and Wild The Mob Museum The Family Fun Center Flip N Out Sun Auto Service Pinot s Pallette Flowers by Michelle Bergquist s Imports Thrivent Financial And many other items. Our sincere thanks to our donors and sponsors who will be listed in our next issue of Vegas Viking News with a complete list. Some of our treasured and at the ready Charter Members are to receive special recognition at our 25 th year celebration. Bee Belzone Lynda Bennes David (Ole) Jellum Donna and Richard Killian Gwen Knighton Christian Kolberg Carol Lommen Marlene McCauslin Henny Morse Annie Mathieson Alice Salveson Roy Sather Elsie Schuster Seton Sebert Suzan and Arlon Sebert Lollo and Bob Sievert Bob Sturgeon Page 7 of 10

8 VETERANS VILLAGE Bring household and personal supplies to help with some of the items most of us take for granted. Bring items to the membership meeting in care of Jim and Linda Turner SYTTENDE MAI, 2017 Vikki Renneckar, President of Desert Troll, and Dave Nelson gave a presentation on their Syttende Mai celebration which took place in Bicentennial Park in Boulder City last year on May 17, Desert Troll always holds their picnic on whatever day May 17th falls each year. They urged our lodge to participate with them this year which will make the celebration even better than last year s. They were gratified at the large turnout for their Scandinavian Festival. The Boulder City High School band played the Norwegian National Anthem, and the event featured old-time cars, a raffle, a parade, free food, games, and a bounce house. Secretary of State, Barbara Cegavske, who is part Norwegian, was the guest of honor. She spoke to the crowd and rode in a 1947 Lincoln Continental in the parade. Vikki would like help with publicizing the event from our lodge. Vegas Viking Lodge President, Bob Sturgeon, will ask our membership to vote at a later meeting to see if we would like to participate jointly. The Henderson libraries have asked Vegas Viking Lodge to participate in their Around the World in 30 Days, International Festival again this year. On April 8, Vegas Vikings will be participating at the Gibson Library, 100 West Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson, NV from 10 am to 2pm, and will feature Norwegian Vikings and Maidens in Viking Bunads and gear. Weather permitting Our Viking ship, Ormen Korte, will be there. And on Saturday, April 29 at 11am 12 noon, Vegas Vikings will be at Green Valley Library at 2797 North Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, NV. Our Viking ship and people in bunads and gear will share their Norwegian and Viking culture. Vegas Vikings will give a lefse demo at the Green Valley Library. All these events are positive modeling by our lodge members for young people and adults in our communities. As always, we need volunteers to dress as Vikings and in bunads and to man the oars and the presentation tables. Everyone is welcome to assist Rory Raymond as she rolls and fries Lefse O yummy! - JOIN THE FUN - Page 8 of 10

9 Box Tops and Pull Tops On March 12 th, 38 Box Tops were sent to Robert Taylor Elementary School. We had a thank you on March 18th from the Principal, Kimberly Basham, she wrote: "Box Tops!!! We love them!! Thank you all so much for saving the box tops and sending to us. They have really been beneficial for our school. While the program continues for collecting box tops we will be taking advantage of what they offer. Once again thank you for taking the time to collect box tops!! Suzan Sibert, Box Tops for Vegas Viking Lodge Tubfrim update Thanks to everyone who continues to save stamps for Tubfrim. During February, we had 35 donations in the mail. Two boxes of stamps were packed and sealed on March 20th for Tubfrim. The boxes weighed in at 12 lbs. each and then a 4-pound stamp collection. Thanks to May Edmondson for her assistance with clipping and sorting of stamps. Suzan Sibert, Tubfrim Committee Sunshine: Positive thoughts for John & Karen Holien, Eric & Judy Maland, Emily Reed and Jan Sprague. Our sympathy to Vicky Brenes on the passing of her father. Please remember to me arsibert@cox.net or phone and leave a message if you have a concern or know of someone in need of a little card of cheer. Thank you, Suzan Sibert, Sunshine Scholarship Keep reminding the high school seniors and college students who share your Norwegian family roots to send in their scholarship application. The deadline is coming at the end of Spring Break on April 15th. And The scholarship application can be found online on our website, thanks to Lollo Sievert. Suzan Sibert, Scholarship Committee Membership Notes: Thanks to the members who gave of their time for the Multi-Cultural night at R. E. Tobler Elementary School on March 15th. Vikings in costume: Maureen Anderson, Sally Eldredge, Chuck Grove, Erik Pappa, Richard Senzig, Arlon Sibert and Bob Sievert. A very special thanks to Sally for putting the strawberry jam and powdered sugar on over 200 heart waffles and to my sorority sister, Donna Bond, dishing up 200 servings of Riskrem. I was glad we didn't run out of waffles and Riskrem as we did last year our first time to attend the event! A Big Thank You to Douglas and Vicdan Kittelson for coming to display, tell about Turkey and serve homemade Turkey food! I really appreciate everyone for coming out for a short time on a Wednesday evening. Suzan Sibert, Library aide, R. E. Tobler Elementary School 25th Anniversary Slide Show Rick Senzig has volunteered to compile pictures of our 25-year history for a slide show loop at our Anniversary Dinner. Please check your collections, especially for activities from the early years of the lodge. You can pictures to rmsenzig@gmail.com if you have the capability to do so. Or just bring pictures to the meetings in the next couple of months and he will scan them for the presentation. He would also be able to scan your hard copy pictures. April will be here before we know it. An exciting membership story is that fifteen current members will be receiving their twenty-five year pins at our Anniversary Dinner. This means that they are all Charter Members and have been with the Vegas Viking Lodge for the whole history of the group! In addition, four other members had belonged to Sons of Norway prior to our formation, but they are still charter members. We sincerely hope that all nineteen of these members will attend the Anniversary dinner for special recognition. I'm sure that we would all be astounded if we could add up all the dedicated hours of work that these nineteen people have given to our lodge. (see page 7) Meet our special guest speaker at our April 6, membership meeting. The Las Vegas Review Journal s Paul Harasim, who is of Norwegian descent, Has a by-line 3 days per week in The Las Vegas Review- Journal. Mr. Harasim lifts the veil on the complex and multi-faceted culture of Las Vegas people and issues with respect to its citizens and visitors health, the arts, public policy, as well as, the effect of national trends and their importance to the Las Vegas community. You won t want to miss this peek into the brighter side of journalism in Las Vegas! Come and join the fun and learn with your friends at lodge. Please note: there is a new address for submissions to the newsletter: Norgenews@outlook.com. The old koolbryce@hotmail.com, will also route communications to my attention during this transition. Thank you; Editor Page 9 of 10

10 25 th of each preceding month: Deadline for our Sons of Norway, Vegas Viking Lodge Newsletter submissions Editor: Terry Baillargeon , Change of address: Karen Holien VV News Color Edition on the Web or by or by to members and subscribers USPS mailed newsletter: BLACK & WHITE Copy only VEGAS VIKING ON THE WEB: Lollo Sievert Web Mistress (for information regarding Vegas Viking Lodge) Social Networks: SEARCH FOR VEGAS VIKING http: twitter.com/vegasvikinggang BOARD OF DIRECTORS President, Bob Sturgeon Vice President Jannifer Forrest Sprague Counselor, Erik Pappa Secretary, Kathy Hougen Rothermel Assistant Secretary Gwen L Knighton Treasurer, Andy Agan Editor, Terry Baillargeon ; Norgenews@outlook.com OFFICERS Cultural Director, OPEN Membership Secretary, Karen Holien Assistant Membership Secretary, Alice Salvesen Webmistress, Lollo Sievert info@vegasviking.com (information only) Social Director, Maureen Anderson Ass t Social Director, Sally Eldridge Barista (Kaffe) Elaine Halvorson Sports & Recreation Director, Andy Agan Foundation Director, Terry Baillargeon Youth Director, OPEN Trustees, 1. Robert Sievert Lollo Sievert Greeter, David Anderson Publicity Director, Erik Pappa Marshal, David Anderson Historian, Terry Baillargeon Librarian, Linda Turner COMMITTEES Volunteer Coordinator: Linda Turner Audit Committee: Robert Sievert Lollo Sievert Telephone: Jeanette Grove Suzan Sibert ; Tubfrim: May Edmondson , chair; Arlon & Suzan Sibert ARSIBERT@COX.NET Name Tags & Sunshine: Suzan Sibert ARSIBERT@COX.NET Camp Norge Ambassador: Arlon Sibert Scholarship Committee: Co-Chair: Suzan Sibert Co-Chair: Linda Kristensen Douglas Kittelson John Holien Kathy Hougen Rothermel Financial Benefits Counselor James Donovan FIC PO Box 1202 Ramona CA ; jamesdonovan@cox.net Sons of Norway, Vegas Viking Lodge Karen Holien Page 10 of 10