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BARNEBIRKIE 2012
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WE NEED YOUR HELP - PLEASE BAKE (OR BUY) COOKIES FOR THIS CHILDREN'S SKI RACE.
Each year Sons of Norway members in District 5 donate up to 1,500 dozen (yes – dozen!) cookies to this fun ski event for children and Skjold Lodge is one of the major contributors.
Bake (or buy cookies) and deliver them to the following people by February 19th:
Solveig Bender
1818 E. Canterbury Dr.
Arlington Heights
847-398-3336
sbender@aol.comGeri Hanson
16 Regency S. Court E.
Arlington Heights
847-398-5882
Gerihhanson@aol.comKathy Secora
1410 Westbury Dr.
Hoffman Estates
847-991-2287
ksecora@mc.netCant’ drive? Call the person above who lives closest to you. They may be able to come to your home and get the cookies.
Posted December 14, 2011
You can watch a video of the children in the event and learn more at www.birkie.com
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LOST AND FOUND - LOST CAMERA - WE HAVE IT!
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Did you lose your camera at Vasa Park on Suday, September 11, 2011?
We found a camera at the Skjold Lodge booth at the end of the day. Some of our members believe it had been on the table most of the day.
Management at Vasa Park knows we have the camera as does our Board of Directors.
If this is your camera, contact:
Mr. Michael Hanson
President
16 S. Regency Ct. E.
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004-6635
847-398-5882
Describe the camera (physical description and some of the pictures on the chip) so we can be sure that it is yours and you can make arrangements to pick it up..
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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CAR?
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Or another car with our sign?Along with posting of flyers in libraries and busineses, as well as free "advertisements" in newspapers, we had magnetic signs made to place on cars in parades or during other events.
<-----CLICK ON A PICTURE FOR A LARGER VERSION.
When not being used for parades and events we have members place the signs on their cars in hopes that we may attract interest as we travel through the Chicago area.
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YOU CAN HELP PROMOTE SKJOLD LODGE
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Posting flyers is working and we have interested guests to come to our meetings, but we need greater visibility and YOU CAN HELP.
Go to our FORMS page and print out a color version of the flyer for an upcoming meeting and ask everyone you can to post the flyer for you.
THE FLYER FOR OUR AUGUST 28th MEETING IS NOW AVAILABLE.
Takk skal du ha.
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HISTORY BOOKS UPDATED
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**WITH MAY MEETING ENTRY
**WITH SYTTENDE MAI ENTRY
**September Scandinavian Day AND Skjold News Benefi
**October Foundation meeting
Check out these events on our History Book Page <CLICK HERE>.
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HELP THE LODGE BY POSTING LODGE MEETING FLYERS
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As part of our membership activities, our Membership Chairman, Gregg LeDuc is leading an effort to make Skjold Lodge more visible though postings in local newspapers "Clubs and Organizations" listings as well as making available
monthly, flyers to be posted in various locations
A great place is your local library, but anywhere you can get a business or other place to post our flyers will be a great help.
You can download and print the flyers from our lodge FORMS PAGE by <clicking here>.
Thanks for your help.
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SKJOLD LODGE HISTORY BOOKS AVAILABLE ON-LINE
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You may have visited our old History Book page where we started putting some of 2002 and 2003 Skjold Lodge History books on-line. The pre-2011 history books are hard copy books with pictures and descriptions of lodge events over the years. It is the responsibility of the Lodge Historian to maintain the lodge history books.
A big big mange tusen takk goes out to Tordis and Gene Kaczmarek who did a great job of creating these books over the years.
Our new Lodge Historian, Jim Secora, is creating electronic Skjold Lodge
History books, available for all to see on-line and in a format where we
can choose to print copies as well, when we need to do that.
STOP IN AT OUR NEW HISTORY BOOK PAGE for view the 2011 history book pages and learn more about these new pages. January, February, and March lodge meeting pages are available at this time.
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GENEALOGY - 1910 Norwegian Census now available on line.
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<CLICK ON
THE LOGO TO THE LEFT TO GO TO THE ARCHIVE>"For the first time in 50 years, a new census for Norway has been made public by Arkivverket/Digitalarkivet", according to the Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten, on the 31st of January, 2011.
Researchers of Norwegian geneology can now go to digitalarkivet.no and slekt.no to find people, farms and addresses after 1801. If you look up one name, the system (if it finds that person) can also provide you with other information for the rest of the same household.
Not only resident Norwegians were recorded in the 1910 census but also Norwegian sailors in Norwegian ports and waters. Returning Norwegian Americans had to provide additional information such as the year they moved out and back home, place of residence before they left, and their last job and home in America.
A few tips and advice on how to search for a relative: 1. Begin with someone who knows the family tree, obtain the facts, dates, names, stories and any other information. 2. digitalarkivet.no is the biggest geneology search engine - start there! 3. The Mormon search engine, familysearch.org is helpful. 4. Cemetary records can also be a great source of information.
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LODGE PRESENTATION EQUIPMENT
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Documentation of our lodge presentation equipment (laptop, projector, screen, etc.) is now available on our new PRESENTATION EQUIPMENT PAGE at our web site to provide planning information for guest speakers.
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LODGE FORMS UPDATED
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We have updated our Skjold Lodge Scholarship application form. Learn more on our Scholarship Page. You can also access the from our our Forms Page.,
Members submitting expenses for reimbursement should use our updated reimbursement form. You can access the form on our Forms Page.,
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WEBCAMS - See what it is like in Norway right now
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Live "webcams" are available at www.norway.com. Just go to www.norway.com and click on their "Live Webcams" icon and then select a city or location. Many of the webcams are updated every few minutes. Each is a little different. Some show you a harbor - others might show you a city square. The Bergen webcam is often focused on the market at the end of the warf area. Check it out.
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TELL US ABOUT YOUR EVENT
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Skjold lodge will post information about your Norwegian or Scandinavian themed event on our Programs and Events page
Members of Sons of Norway lodges: Please let us know about your activities. Skjold Members attend meetings and activities of other lodges.
Members of bygdelags: Please let us know about your activities. Skjold members have ancestors from all over Norway. Many would be interested in what your lag is doing.
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