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2010 |
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Mar 7 |
Lodge Meeting:
We
will be honoring our Scandinavian neighbor Finland.
Entertainment will be provided by Sara Gmitro and
Lee Hoofnagle playing Finnish Harps call kanteles.
March 16 is ST. URHO'S DAY. St. Urho is the Finnish
Saint of the Grasshopper". Some Finnish mythology
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Feb 7 |
Penny Social |
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Members: 31
Visitors: 6 |
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Apr 10 |
Skjold Lodge Centennial
The Wellington
2121 Arlington Heights Rd
Arlington Heights, Illinois |
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Apr 11 |
Meeting (No meeting on April 4) |
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2009 |
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Jan 4 |
The Viking Ship - Roald Berg
Serving Committee:
Don & Charlotte Danielson, Douglas Danielson, Al &
Phoebe Bergh ,
Matt Chaussey
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Members: 25
Visitors: 2 |
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Jan 17 |
Board Meeting - 09:00am
at St. Olaf Lutheran Church |
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Feb 1 |
Penny Social - Jim Van Winkle
Serving Committee:
Karen Oswald, Kimberly Farinelli, Harold & Lois
Michalsen |
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Members: 25
Visitors: 7 |
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Mar 1 |
Astrology - Ron Vann
Serving Committee:
Carol Devito, Jim & Mary Ellen Van Winkle |
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Members: 18
Visitors: 5 |
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Apr 5 |
Iceland - Lee Olsen
Serving Committee:
Dick & Ellen Jensen, Floyd & Sherry Anderson
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Members: 22
Visitors: 5 |
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Apr 11 |
Board Meeting |
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May 1 |
Meeting with International President Rude |
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Members: 8
Visitors: 22 |
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May 1 |
Banquet
and Silent Auction
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Attendance: 106 |
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June 6 |
Picnic at Leisure Lake member Resort - Polar Star
Officers |
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Members: 23
Visitors: 7 |
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July 11 |
Midsummer Eve Celebration |
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Aug 9 |
Rosemailing.
Serving Committee:
Roald and Frances Berg , Norm and Betsy Olson
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Members: 19
Visitors: 6 |
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Sep 6 |
Cultural program - Al Bergh
Serving Committee:
Nilslee Kreppert , + Need someone |
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Oct 4 |
Leif Erikson - Carol Devito
Serving Committee:
Joni Koehler, Barb & Ken Johnson
, Ray & Astrid Nerhus |
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Nov 1 |
Høstfest |
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Nov 7 |
Annual Board Meeting 9:00 at St.Olaf Lutheran Church |
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Dec 6 |
Christmas party
Serving Committee:
Harriet Eklund, Lee Olson &
Eleanor Bates
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2008 |
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Events in Yellow:
- Not a Polar Star Arranged Event! |
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Jan 6 |
Installation of Officers |
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Members: 35
Visitors: 2 |
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Feb 3 |
Penny Social:
Serving Committee:
Karen Oswald, Gelaine Galluci
Norm and Betsy Olson
Board Meeting -
12:15 |
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Members: 35
Visitors: 3 |
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Mar 1 |
"Scandinavian Spring" Dinner Dance -- Des Plaines
Elks Club |
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Mar 2 |
Book Report by Karen Oswald on Sigrid Undseth
Series
Library Update by Jim Van Winkle
Serving Committee:
Al and
Phoebe Bergh, Harold and Lois Michalsen and
Kari Schussler
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Members: 25
Visitors: 10 |
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Apr 6 |
Board Meeting at 12:15
Reception of New Members
Impressions of Norway: The Benson Family
Serving Committee:
Frances & Roald Berg and Barbara Brungart |
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Members: 35
Visitors: 7 |
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Apr 24 @ 7pm |
The Chicago
Swedish Glee Club:
Free concert sponsored by Batavia’s Viljan Lodge
349, VASA,
a Scandinavian/American Social Organization
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Apr 26 |
Annual Torsk
Dinner -
at the Beecher Building in Yorkville |
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Apr 26 |
Valborg Day Spring Clean Up & Luncheon for
Volunteers -- Vasa Park, South Elgin |
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May 4 |
Norwegian Bingo
Serving Committee:
Yvette & Charles Shubert,
Ken & Barbara Johnson, Joni Koehler
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Members: 29
Visitors: 4 |
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June 7 |
Picnic at Leisure Lake Member Resort
Serving Committee:
Polar Star Officers
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June 21 |
Midsommar Festival & Picnic -- Vasa Park, South
Elgin |
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Jul 23-25 |
Annual Nordic Fest
in Decorah, Iowa |
See info from Karen Oswald |
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Aug 3 |
Cultural Program -Al
Bergh
Serving Committee:
Vi & Tom Skogen,
Truman Eddy, Thor Fjell
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Members: 29
Visitors: 3 |
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Aug 9 |
Cray Fish Sampling & Steak Fry -- Vasa Park, South
Elgin |
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Sep 7 |
Scandinavian Day Festival -- Vasa Park, South Elgin
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Eleanor Bates |
Flyer -
Website info |
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Oct 5 |
Presentation
by our Foundation Director, Carol Devito
Serving Committee:
Astrid & Ray Nerhus, Mary Ellen & Jim Van Winkle
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Oct 12 |
Fish Boil/Harvest Festival -- Vasa Park, South Elgin
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Nov 1 |
End of Season Clean Up & Luncheon for Volunteers --
Vasa Park, South Elgin |
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Nov 2 |
Høst
Fest |
Flyer |
Total: 150 |
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Dec 7 |
Christmas Party
Serving Committee:
Harriet Eklund, Lee Olson, Kimberly Farinelli |
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Members: 40
Visitors: 8 |
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2007 |
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Dec 2 |
Family Christmas
Program |
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Nov 10 @ 9am |
Annual Polar Star Lodge Board Meeting - St.
Olaf Lutheran Church |
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Nov 4 @2pm |
Høstfest:
Entertainment will be by the Grieg Ladies' Singing
Society
and the Normennenes Singing Society. |
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Oct 7 |
Program: Margaret Knutson on ROSEMALING |
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Sep 2 |
Program:
"Who are the Norwegians?" Reflections from the book
"Fellowship of Ghosts" by Paul Watkins. Presented by
Al Bergh |
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June 24 |
Danish
Home Annual Summer fest |
Flyer |
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June 16 |
Polar Star Picnic @11:00AM at
Harris Forest Preserve |
Map |
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Apr 28 |
Torsk dinner at the Beecher Building in Yorkville |
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Apr 1 |
Program:
TBD |
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Mar 4 |
Program:
TBD |
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Feb 4 |
Program: Penny Social |
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Jan 7 |
Program:
Vera Littlejohn, presentation on the Vikings |
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2006 |
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Dec 3 |
Family Christmas Program |
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Nov 18, 7:30pm |
The
Irish Heritage Singers are celebrating their 20th
Anniversary with a show at the IRISH AMERICAN
HERITAGE CENTER. |
Flyer |
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Nov 12 |
Høst
Fest - Taste of Norway - with Sarah Granskou
& Sarah Nagel |
Flyer |
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Oct 29 |
Travelogue
on Scandinavia at the Lisle Library at 2PM |
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Oct 7 |
Leif
Erikson Day Festival - Elmhurst Public Library |
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Oct 1 |
Al Bergh, Polar Star Lodge Foundation Director, will
give a presentation on the subject:
“Facts and Fancies” of Norwegian Explorers in North
America.
Ray Nilsen will present in song “The ballad of Leif
Erikson”. |
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Sep 10 |
27th Annual Scandinavian Day
Festival @
Vasa Park |
Flyer |
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Sep 3 |
Meeting
- Story Teller Glen |
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Aug 6 |
Picnic -
Harris Forrest Preserve, Yorkville, IL |
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2005 |
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Mar 25 |
Michael
Lund talks about his home town Drammen. |
Drammen
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