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3 # #$ %%&'()*+,+ - Volunteer Hours Guidelines Each year all lodges submit a form Sons of Norway that shows what the lodge accomplished during the past year. The Lodge of the Year awards given out at convention is based on the form. Different points are gained for different activities, publicity, out reach, newsletters, etc. One of the items on that form is the Volunteer Hours tally. It is time to turn in your volunteer hours for You should submit two numbers to the lodge secretary, one for Community Support total hours and one for total fraternal hours. A Community Support Activity is a lodge function where action is taken on behalf of the organization to assist needy individuals or improve the community at large (Red Cross blood drive, Habitat for Humanity weekend, raising funds for Hospice House, etc.). A Fraternal Event is an organization function or gathering that conducts the business of the local lodge, promotes fellowship among members, advances the purposes of the society or assists in the personal development of local lodge members (business meetings, lodge meetings, lefse baking days, reading group, Hiking Vikings, working toward cultural badges, lutefisk planning meetings, etc.). Note: If you feel an event qualifies as both a Community Support and a Fraternal Event, please include it in both totals. Volunteer hours need to be turned in to Vernie Tiwater as soon as possible Example: Lodge meeting: 2 hours x 12 meetings = 24 hours Committee meeting: 1.5 hours x 7 meetings = 10.5 hours Lefse baking: 4 hours x 2 days = 8 hours Charity fundraiser: 3 hours Total community hours: 3 Total fraternal hours: 42.5 # $$ # $% # & $ $ %%# $ #' () *+,

4 President Karen Aanes Vice President/Membership Secretary Ben Borgen Treasurer Cliff Blegen Social Director Carrie Hallquist Cultural Director Nancy Carrs-Roach Counselor D.J. Watson Editor Nancy Holter, Sara Watson Foundation Director Cliff Blegen Publicity Director Audrey Blegen Youth Director Carrie Hallquist Sports/ Rec Director D.J. Watson Music Director JoAnne Bjerke Librarian Carolyn Watson Calling Committee Doris Olson, Laurie Tyssen, Adah Knapstead , , Greeter Edith Winkler Scholarship Max Kreiter # $ % &# ' ( &# ( ( ) * ( ) * + & ## $ $ % $ & $ ' () $ * ' $ $$ * ( + $ $ $ ', $- $ $. / $ $ ' 0 $ $ 1 * &2#343 5 $ ) 6 &43##7 '5 $ ) 8$ 9 &#:;77 5 ) $ $ $$ <

5 As mentioned in the August 2009 Viking magazine, membership dues in the Sons of Norway went up as of January 1 st. Primary members will see a $3.50 raise in their dues, spouse members will experience a $1.50 raise and Unge Venner dues will increase by $1.75. The same increases will apply to Golden primary and spouse members. The 2010 dues for Sol-Land Lodge are: Primary: $45.50 Spouse: $38.50 Unge Venner: $38.50 Dear Members: TUBFRIM NEWS Thank you to all Members who are working so hard clipping stamps for the Tubfrim Program. The yearly drawing was held on January 16th, 2010, at Solskinn Lodge in Palm Desert, CA The winner this time was Solbakken Lodge 6-64 of Placentia, CA. In 2009, their Members collected 396 pounds of stamps. This must be a record At their Lodge meeting February 3, 2010, they held their own drawing for the winning ticket. The winner was Arlene Birdsell of Solbakken lodge Thank you again, and keep clipping for this worthwhile program, and remember how many children you have helped. Fraternally, Knut and Svea Karlsen. $ * 88***3 8$ & && $ 3* * 9: 9 * ;3 Sol-Land Lodge Scholarship It s a new year and time for our lodge to award a new scholarship The purpose of the scholarship fund is to provide assistance to current members, or relatives of current or charter members of Sol-Land Lodge #2-86 and is to be applied to their full-time undergraduate tuition at an accredited institution of higher learning. It no longer restricts the scholarship to graduation high school seniors, and it is open to those attending any form of accredited higher education; college, trade school, etc. Applications are due in March. If you are interested, contact Max Kreiter ( norskeflyer@verizon.net).

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7 Norway first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then, except for the sparsely attended 1904 Games and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow when they participated in the American-led boycott. Norway has hosted the Games on two occasions: * 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo * 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer Norwegian athletes have won a total of 144 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, with sailing and shooting as the top medal-producing sports. At the Winter Olympic Games, Norway has won 280 medals more than any other nation with cross-country skiing and speed skating as the top sports. Norway is one of only three nations (along with Austria and Liechtenstein) to have won more medals at the Winter Games than at the Summer Games. The National Olympic Committee for Norway was created and recognized in February 21: King Harald V Birthday HM King Harald V was born 21 February 1937 at his parents home, the country estate of Skaugum near Oslo. The only son of Crown Prince Olav (subsequently King Olav V) and Crown Princess Märtha, he was the first prince born in Norway for 567 years. Prince Harald s two older sisters, Princess Ragnhild and Princess Astrid, were born in 1930 and 1932, respectively, but at the time only males could succeed to throne. Prince Harald s childhood in Norway was peaceful until the outbreak of WWII. When Nazi forces invaded Norway on 9 April 1940, he escaped to Sweden with his mother and sisters, and spent the duration of the war in the USA. He returned to Norway in After completing his upper secondary school education, Prince Harald entered the Norwegian Cavalry Officers Training School and went on to finish his military education at the Military Academy in Prince Harald became Crown Prince on 21 September 1957, when his father became King Olav V. Upon completion of his compulsory military service, the Crown Prince went to Oxford for further study. He attended Oxford from , studying social science, history and economics at Balliol College. On 29 August 1968, Crown Prince Harald married Miss Sonja Haraldsen from Vinderen in Oslo. The couple had waited nine years for their marriage to be approved. After consultation with the Presidium of the Storting, the parliamentary leaders and the Government, King Olav V gave his permission for the Crown Prince to marry a commoner.

8 Upcoming Calendar of Events: February 3: Board meeting, 7pm, Room 5 in Kennewick First Lutheran Church, Kennewick. All members are welcome to attend. February 6: Lutefisk Dinner, Kennewick First Lutheran Church February 19: General Heritage Meeting, 6:00pm dinner, Kennewick First Lutheran Church, HWY 395 and Yelm, Kennewick. Program: Tom Roach, Attorney: 12 Million Illegal Aliens. How did we get to where we are and where do we go from here? February 24: Reading Circle, 7pm, Leona Germain s house, 3211 Kristin Court, West Richland ( ). Book: Herman, by Lars Saabye Christensen March 3: Board meeting, 7pm, Room 5 in Kennewick First Lutheran Church, Kennewick. All members are welcome to attend. March 19: General Heritage Meeting, 6:00pm dinner, Kennewick First Lutheran Church, HWY 395 and Yelm, Kennewick. Screening of the film Crown Princess Martha, the American Story. March 31: Reading Circle, 7pm, Book: The Fellowship of Ghosts by Paul Watkins. Come to Social Hour with us We re encouraging a new social time before our potluck dinner meeting. Please come and visit with your lodge brothers and sisters beginning at 5:30pm. We d love to see you there Sons of Norway Sol-Land Lodge Coast Street Richland, WA 99354