COMING EVENTS (Detail)
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July 10.  12 Noon-6 PM - Bring your kids and your picnic basket to Scandinavian Park's Old Fashioned Picnic at Vasa Park. Free pop, ice cream, coffee and water.  For info call 847-695-6720 or e-mail vasapark@yahoo.com
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July 16.  Northern Wisconsin Scramble (Sons of Norway 5th District Golf Outing).  Skyline Golf Club, Black River Falls, Wisconsin.  Registration 9:30AM--First tee-off 10:00AM.  Cost $41.50 per golfer which includes golf fee, cart and prizes.  Soup and sandwiches at the club house after the event--$5.50.  Send reservations to Galen Berg, W18032 Helstad Lane, Ettrick, Wisconsin 54627.  Make checks payable to Skyline Golf Club and send to Galen Berg by July 1.
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July 22.  Norwegian Bingo. Back by popular demand, Jim Van Winkle and family from Polar Star lodge will use a variation on regular bingo to entertain us and help improve our Norwegian language skills.  Each member should bring one or two wrapped gifts of modest value (certainly under $5.00).  During bingo, there will be 2 or 3 winners per game and Jim will award the gifts we brought.  Please join us.  We had lots of fun last year and will again this year.
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August 6.  Valhall Open Golf Tournament.  Edelweiss Chalet Country Club, New Glarus, Wisconsin.  Registration 11:00AM--First tee-off 11:30AM and then continuously at 8 minute intervals.  Cost $50.00 per golfer which includes golf fee, cart, prizes and appetizers.  Both Sons of Norway members and guests are eligible for cash prizes and door prizes.  Send reservations to Darlene Arneson, 1416 Lincoln Avenue, Stoughton, WI 53589.  Make checks payable to
"SN-OSTESTADEN LODGE" and return to Darlene Arneson by July 15.
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September 11. Scandinavian Day - Vasa Park.
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September 18-20.  Vesterheim Trip (See Page 4).
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September 23.  Skjold News Benefit.  The annual supper and auction to benefit the lodge newsletter will take place in the St. Mark Lutheran Church Hospitality Room in Mt. Prospect.  Meal and reservation details will be in the September-October issue of Skjold News.  The price will be $12 for an Italian supper. Supper begins at 6:30PM, followed by an opening welcome by Skjold Lodge President, Carol Ann Carlsen and then the auction.

HERE IS HOW THE BENEFIT WORKS:
This is a fun event to raise funds to help defer the cost of producing and distributing our newsletter, "Skjold News".

Members are encouraged to purchase items throughout the

year and donate them to the auction.  Items from Norway or with a Norwegian theme are best, but any item is fine.  A good rule of thumb is to ask yourself, "is this an item I would want myself?"  The items should be at least $15 in value.

When you bring the item to the auction, it should be wrapped and indicate WHERE it is from (Norway, Austria, Marshall Field, etc.) but not WHAT is in the package.  The wrapping is up to you.  Some people put very fancy gifts in a box and then wrap it with plain brown paper.  Others use very fancy wrapping.  Part of the fun is that you really don't know what you are bidding on--only where it is from and that it is at least worth $15. 

We are looking forward to seeing you in September.
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October 8. 10 AM - 4 PM - The Norwegian National League is hosting the 2005 Leif Erikson Day celebration at the Des Plaines Library.  The Bjornson male Chorus will be singing; Dr. Charles Peterson will be speaking; there will be Viking games, storytelling and crafts for the kids, cultural displays, dancing, music, and snacks and kringle - all free.  All provided by the members of local Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, and Icelandic organizations.
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October 9.  The traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the Leif Erikson statue in Humboldt Park will be on Sunday Oct. 9 at 1:00 PM, with coffee and awards following at nearby Minnekirken.
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October 22.  Skjold Lodge Foundation Night Banquet-see Page 1.
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October 23. Leif Erikson Lodge #5-097, Annual Leif Erikson Dinner, 2:00 - 7:30 pm, White Eagle Banquet Hall, 6839 North Milwaukee Avenue, Niles, IL.  Dinner, Program, Dancing, Silent Auction, $35 per person. Reservations a must. Call Roz Eckardt 1-847-297-3236 for reservations, RSVP by 10/17/05.
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