Vegas Viking Lodge 6-152 of Sons of Norway, April 2013 News
"The Scream" from Las Vegas.
Norge, hørte du det?
Membership Meeting - First Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM
Christ Lutheran Church, 111 N Torrey Pines Dr, Las Vegas NV
Next Membership Meeting - Thursday, March 7th 2013 at 6:30 pm
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President Erik Pappa
Noen ord fra Presidenten
Budget Balance: To Celebrate & Showcase Culture
Greetings, everyone! Your board met recently to
review activities for the coming
year and to develop a budget. Any budget reflects priorities and I believe ours demonstrates
the right balance for celebrating and showcasing our culture while allowing us to thrive and have fun.
For the first time in recent memory, the board decided to dip into reserves by $500 to build
upon the success of the first-year Leif Erikson drawing competition spearheaded this last year by
member Christian Schoyen, who personally funded the great bulk of the project. The competition garnered a
lot of publicity, won us recognition by Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and the Las Vegas City Council, and drew a lot
of entries from children across the valley. We believe we can reach even greater numbers of children and their families this
year and generate comparable community exposure.
The board also voted to put $1,200 from our general fund into our scholarship fund, which already has some $1,800 in it. The
resulting $3,000 available for scholarships will go a long ways toward helping needy Scandinavian kids go to college, and the publicity it generates for
our lodge is good in that the target audience (Scandinavian high school kids and their young families) is just the demographic we need to reach in order to grow
and be successful as a lodge. (The scholarships also meet our lodge's philanthropic requirements.) The proposed budget further shows increased funding for cultural activities that are the backbone of what we are all about.
We are fortunate to have a dynamic cultural director in Lynelle and a great group of worker bees to support her, so I know this is going to be money
well spent. Also, we switch to a $200 stipend for the rosemaling instructor instead of a $5subsidy of each member participant.
I should note that our two biggest fundraisers, the lutefisk dinner and the Christmas bazaar, did well this past year, so we are in a great position financially with a budget that reaches nearly $17,000.
I look forward to discussing it with you in March. And if you can't make it to that meeting, I look forward to seeing you at the Scandinavian
Heritage Day Wranglers hockey game Sunday March 3 -- and with our Viking ship at the St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown Henderson Saturday, March 16!
Hilsen, Erik
http://www.leiferiksonday.com/ for updates on the Leif Erikson event October 9th in Las Vegas.
Presidential Proclamation--Leif Erikson Day
Mark your calendar !!!
More information about these events can be found in the Click here for March 2013 VegasViking Newsletter
Calendar 2013 |
| Mar 7th |
Membership Meeting 6:30 pm |
Christ Lutheran Church, 111 N Torrey Pines Dr, Las Vegas NV
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| Mar 16th |
St. Patrick's Day Parade |
Ormen Korte Viking Ship will in the Parade, join the fun in Henderson
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| Apr 4th |
Membership Meeting 6:30 pm |
Christ Lutheran Church, 111 N Torrey Pines Dr, Las Vegas NV
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| Apr 10th |
Scholarship Applications |
Vegas Viking Scholarship Applications Due
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| May 2nd |
Membership Meeting 6:30 pm |
Christ Lutheran Church, 111 N Torrey Pines Dr, Las Vegas NV
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| May 11th |
Søttende Mai Picnic |
Spring Mountain State Park, join the celebration in the park
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| May 18th |
Helldorado Parade |
Ormen Korte will be in the Parade, join the fun
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Las Vegas Elementary School Children's Leif Erikson Drawing Competition
The lodge and new member Christian Schoyen have agreed to fund and sponsor an art competition for Las Vegas-area children in grades 1-5. They students are eligible to win $875 in gift cards for submitting winning drawings that depict Viking explorer Leif Erikson’s legacy.
The winning drawings must be submitted on 8 ½-by-11-inch or 11-by-17-inch paper using any medium. The winning students in each grade will win gift cards valued at $100, $50 and $25 for first, second and third place, respectively. The lodge and new member Christian Schoyen have agreed to fund and sponsor an art competition for Las Vegas-area children in grades 1-5. They students are eligible to win $875 in gift cards for submitting winning drawings that depict Viking explorer Leif Erikson’s legacy.
Entries must be postmarked by Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, and mailed to the attention of Christian Schoyen, Leif Erikson drawing competition, 1930 Village Center Circle #3 - 211, Las Vegas, NV 89134. All entries must include the child's name, address, grade, home phone number and school.
The entries should depict the Viking Leif Erikson and his men traveling to America. The four key traits of Leif and his men should be incorporated into the drawings: Imagination, vision, collaboration and fearlessness. Erikson discovered America 500 years before Columbus in about the year 995. Earlier this month, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman proclaimed Oct. 9, 2012, as Leif Erikson Day.
Our hope is that the positive characteristics displayed by Leif Erikson can be leveraged through this art contest to stimulate thought and creativity on the part of our elementary school-age children.
More details about the contest are available at http://www.leiferiksonday.com/
For questions about the competition, email: drawingcompetition@leiferiksonday.com
Leif Erikson was born in Iceland but had Norwegian heritage. He was the son of the Viking Erik the Red and sailed to America with 35 men, including one German. Many thanks to Christian for taking this project on and for funding the bulk of it!
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 Favorite Recipe
Rømmegrøt by Microwave - Serves 16
1 cup butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 cups half & half
1 cup whole milk
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 tsp salt
Direction:
Melt butter in large microwave-safe bowl. Stir in
flour with wire whisk. Cook until mixture bubbles;
cook 30 seconds longer. Heat half & half and milk
together, slowly add to flour mixture. Stir with wire
whisk while mixing. Return to microwave until
mixture begins to boil, about 2 minutes. Remove
from microwave; stir in sugar and salt. Microwave
30 seconds longer. Add more hot milk if necessary
to reach desired consistency.
Serve with melted butter, cinnamon, sugar, if
desired.
This rommegrøt recipe was taken from the Global
Gourmet, Concordia Language Villages,
Moorehead, Minnesota. Recipe submitted by Amy
Erickson, longtime Concordia College Food Service
Manager.
Thanks to Victor Tiden
LEFSE
so many inquiries for a super good lefse recipe, so here it is............
Ingredients
8 cups Russet potatoes, boiled and riced
1 cup whipping cream
2 tsp salt
3 tsp sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 cups flour
Directions - Cover and chill in refrigerator overnight. Makes it easy to roll out.
Next day add flour and mix well. Measure out about 1/4 cup of mix per lefse. Form into balls and keep in refrigerator until ready to roll.
Roll on pastry cloth to about 10-12 inch in size, fry both sides on hot lefse grill at 450°.
Butter the lefse and sprinkle with a mix of cinnamon and sugar. Enjoy!!
If you need a lefse grill, just do a search on Google. I have the non-stick Teflon grill.
Where to find Scandinavian foods in Las Vegas:
The international Market, just South on Decatur by Tropicana. I just went there last week and found
Daim sjokolade. I am a happy camper!!! Also bought gul ost, geit ost, sursild and blueberry and black currant juice. Fiskeboller and knekkebrød. You have to do some searching to find the Scandinavian foods, most are in the back just before the fresh vegetables but they really do have some goodies.
They will also order special items if you fill out a request. The more people that go there and purchase Scandinavian food, the more they will get and keep re-stocking. So, if you want to be able to buy Scandinavian foods in Las Vegas, please go there. It is an amazing store and great prices.
 Total Wine & More now carry Linie Aquavit here in Las Vegas. I know many people have asked where to find that. Stop in and tell them how great this is and get some for that special occation.
Total Wine & More, Boca Park
730 S. Eampart Blvd.
Las Vegas
Chef Flemming's Bake Shop - A European Style Bakery
7 Water Street, Suite B. Henderson, NV 89015
(702)566-6500
http://www.chefflemmings.com/
Danish (Scandinavian) Day at Chef Flemming's Bake Shop is the first Saturday of every month. 8am till closing!
If you are Scandinavian, come in and have a taste of home.
Below are the Danish and Scandinavian specialty items that the chef usually bake for Saturdays.
Rugbrød Danish pumpernickel bread
Kringle Coffee cake in the shape of a pretzel, filled with an almond paste filling, custard, and raisins, and is topped with sliced almonds and granulated sugar.
Smør kage A traditional Danish coffee cake also called the seven sisters cake. It is baked in a round mold, each roll is filled with a rich custard and raisins and is topped with a white icing.
Wienerbrød Various traditional Danish pastries.
Tebirkes Danish breakfast pastry with an almond filling topped with poppy seeds.
Kransekage/Almond Horns/Napoleon Hats Rich pastries made with almond paste.
Limpa Bread Traditional Swedish bread.
Princess Cake Layers starting with sponge cake, strawberry jam, and bavarian cream, it is topped with green marzipan.
Rumsnegle A cinnamon roll topped with rum icing and colorful sprinkles.
Scandinavian furniture - Modern LV
Check out IKEA
http://www.modernlv.com/
If you know of other places to find Scandinavian foods and goodies in Nevada, please email the Webmistress - Lollo.
 Some fun...
Monthly Pictures - Send me a photo to place here
Our Famous Viking Ship - Ormen Korte - photo by Lollo
Do you have a fun or a pet picture or a favorite picture, a grandchild perhaps, that you would like to see here?
Bring it to the meeting or mail to: Lollo Sievert, 5001 N. Tomsik St. Las Vegas, NV 89149-4735.
Or call me at 645-7457.
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