MEETING RECAP
NorNway!
By Gregory J. RediskeSaturday, August 19, 2023
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Norway!!!
---Norway is the name of the country in the English language. In Norwegian, the country is called Norge.
---Although there is just one road crossing, Norway borders Russia for 120 miles.
---The first Secretary-General of the United Nations was a Norwegian, Trygve Lie, from 1946 to 1952.
---Modern and ancient skiing were both invented in Norway. Finnmark is home to the oldest preserved ski ever found, at an incredible 2,300-years old. To top it off, many Norwegian words including ski and slalom originated in Norway. And not only that, Norway invented the cheese slicer.
---On February 7, 1912, Greg Rediske’s grandfather arrived on a Titanic sister ship (the Olympic) from Norway, intent on making his fortune before returning to his farm. He got sidetracked.
Why Norway, for the intro for the bulletin this week?? Well, stay tuned….
In the meantime, Dick Ferrell grabbed many unsuspecting Rotarians and demanded money for Paul Harris, quite successfully, while Linda Disney squeezed whatever money was remaining for the raffle money. After being blasted by the Sister Sledge song “We are Family”, President/Queen Mary called us to some semblance of order with the invocation from Clint Johnson. (Like Leon Titus and James Guererro, the only way to see these three on Fridays is to give them an assignment!) Terry Roarke led the Pledge while Phil Eng provided the lovely photos you see here. Tom George, Wynn Hoffman, Rick Selden, and Terry Roarke made everything possible through their set up.
Puffins in the house: Debbie McVicker, Linda Disney, Gael Whalen, Dick Ferrell and Brandy Paxton.
Dignitaries: Past District Governor Gordon Quick, PDG Greg Horn, and DG elect Tony Camoroda. And Zoomers! Carole Wier and John Magnuson
Visiting Rotarian: Len Burton-Hardin new president of UP/Fircrest after two weeks as a member. Formerly president of three other Rotary clubs.
Guests: Shelly Mills, John Lowney’s daughter, and Amelia Babazada, our new exchange student from Norway aka Norge. Aha! Our bulletin title comes to life!
---Despite having little more than 5 million residents, Norway has won more medals than any other country in Olympic history. (Sweden isn’t even in the Top 3.)
---The Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard since 1972 is a Scottish penguin, named Nils Olav III.
---In 1030, Olaf Haraldsson is killed at the battle of Stiklestad. He was the driving force behind Norway’s conversion to Christianity and was later canonized and is now known as Saint Olav. Olaf is an ancestor of Greg Rediske, we must add. Along with most others of Norwegian ancestry, we must suppose….
And Amelia! Her home is in Gimlekollen, near Kristiansand, and she goes to school at Tangen Vgs (a school of 1080 students), and has studied Norsk, Engelsk, Geografi, Naturfag, Samfunnskunnskap, Kroppsoving, Matematikk, and Spansk. She is not blonde and blue-eyed, because she was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, but moved to Norway as a child (her Farsi she describes as “fair”, except reading and writing are “poor”). She really likes “cleaning my room every week”. She loves figure skating. She has many family members in Iran and has visited them, as well as an uncle in Germany. She is interested in working as an air traffic controller after her schooling is complete. Amelia is an only child living with her mother, who writes “she is truly the ideal child. I’m proud of her because of how smart and mature she is.” She just turned 17 on August 9. Welcome, Amelia!
So please, Rotarians: make plans to include this lovely girl in your American life. Call Clayton DeNault to set something up: 206-326-9922.
More Excitement This Day:
Chris Kimball did birthdays and anniversaries, which included some bad jokes and the announcement of Gordon and Juanita Quick’s 71st wedding anniversary.
Chuck Hellar pronounced Dave Covey to be in “good shape, good humor, and good spirits”. We expect nothing less from Dave. Chuck also reminded all of us of the need for food donations for the Little Free Pantry (LFP) next Friday, along with the need for men’s clothing: shirts, pants, shoes in good shape (for Springbrook). Rose added that gardening tools are also needed in Springbrook, and to bring next week as well.
Famous Norwegians:
Roald Amundsen (polar explorer)
Thor Heyerdahl (explorer) (Kon Tiki)
Edvard Grieg (composer)
Edvard Munch (artist) (The Scream)
Henrik Ibsen (playwright) (A Doll’s House; etc.)
Sonja Henie (ice skater and actress)
New Member!
Elysha Ryan was sponsored by Chris Kimball. She works for the Pierce Country Library, in charge of Lakewood. Her husband’s name is Tyler and they have a three-year old daughter who has benefited for three years from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Brandy Paxton begrudgingly handed over the Puffin to Elysha. Here’s hoping that Elysha’s daughter doesn’t do to the Puffin what our son Shawn did to Sharon’s 1959 original Barbie (we would have been rich!!).
And speaking of Dolly: She is a force of nature, and the event at the Pantages where she talked and sang two songs was fabulous, all to kick off the Imagination Library in Washington. Two million books have been distributed in Washington already, as we became the 11th state to get 100% coverage on the program. More than 200 million books have been distributed worldwide to children under 5.
Mark Herr reported about a crazy person who threw a brick through his office window while doing extensive damage at the next-door building site being completed by Korsmo Construction. John Korsmo’s crew affixed a board to Mark’s window without being asked in what Mark heralded as a truly Rotary-esque gesture. We should all follow the Korsmo example of doing unto others….$100 from Mark to honor the good works bestowed upon him.
Bob Martin gave $20 and $20 again: to honor being honored by Steve and Anne Enquist for their mutual 50th anniversaries, and for his son being in Bali to present a research paper.
Chris Kimball gave $50 for his vacation and a new car that’s even faster than Magnusons. He also needs volunteers for the 20th Woodstick, November 5 at Clover Park High School.
Rick Selden joined Rotary in 1973: 50 years ago! $50 came along with plenty of praise for our club.
Jim Bisceglia gave $50 to represent a small bit of the joy he feels on his wedding anniversary.
Barlow Buescher delivered a check in his absence for a substantial amount to the dedicated fund for the Woodbrook fire victims, through Caring for Kids. David Swindale and Greg Rediske joined in at a much lower level. John Lowney will be receiving funds for another week or so before turning them over to Caring for Kids. Or send directly to: Caring for Kids, 237 Eldorado Avenue, Fircrest, 98466
And Linda Disney paid $20 for announcing “Swing for Our Heroes”, a golf tourney at High Cedars benefitting the Support the Enlisted Project (STEP). September 22, scramble with lunch, on-course refreshments, and a steak dinner. Teamstepusa.org/swingforourheroes
---Norwegians drink more coffee per capita than any other country except Finland.
---In winter, Norway’s snow is collected and sent for storage in special hangars, which are something like huge freezers. It is used in autumn to create ski slopes when the weather is still too warm and there is no snow, but people already want to ski. Nearly 100% of Norwegians participate in winter sports.
---Norse explorer, Leif Erickson, son of Erik the Red, was the first European to set foot in North America. With his Viking cohorts, he is thought to have landed in Newfoundland about 1000 AD. Take that, Christopher Columbus. And no horned hats were seen on a single Viking.
Program:
Gayle Selden went to the World Affairs Conference 29 years ago. Angel Calderon and Chase Washington were a long way from being born then…..but both made the journey to Wisconsin courtesy of our club for the WAC. Angel from Clover Park and Chase from Lakes are both part of the Lakewood Youth Council. They were met in Wisconsin with air quality of 313 (dangerous) from the Canada fires, which coincided with their subject of climate change. The key project was a Diplomacy Simulation. A make-believe situation was presented concerning plans for a dam that would negatively impact neighboring regions. Besides a fascinating educational opportunity, both boys were quite demonstrative about how much they enjoyed the event and the many friends made from across the U.S. Thanks to all of you Rotarians and your generosity, our club adds this event to our many good works. Maybe one or both of these two will return in 29 years to introduce some more WAC students!
Drawing: Dwight Williams was given the opportunity to make himself about $350 richer. He failed. $5.00 is better than nothing, however.
A Swede went to a museum in Norway. The Norwegian tour guide explained that the ski they were looking at was 2300 years old. The Swede paused for a second to think about it and then asked, very perplexed: “How is that possible? We are only in the year 2022.”
The Swedish man had a problem. His wife was coming home on the train but he could not remember if she was coming at 8:40 or 4:80…….
---Norway is the name of the country in the English language. In Norwegian, the country is called Norge.
---Although there is just one road crossing, Norway borders Russia for 120 miles.
---The first Secretary-General of the United Nations was a Norwegian, Trygve Lie, from 1946 to 1952.
---Modern and ancient skiing were both invented in Norway. Finnmark is home to the oldest preserved ski ever found, at an incredible 2,300-years old. To top it off, many Norwegian words including ski and slalom originated in Norway. And not only that, Norway invented the cheese slicer.
---On February 7, 1912, Greg Rediske’s grandfather arrived on a Titanic sister ship (the Olympic) from Norway, intent on making his fortune before returning to his farm. He got sidetracked.
Why Norway, for the intro for the bulletin this week?? Well, stay tuned….
In the meantime, Dick Ferrell grabbed many unsuspecting Rotarians and demanded money for Paul Harris, quite successfully, while Linda Disney squeezed whatever money was remaining for the raffle money. After being blasted by the Sister Sledge song “We are Family”, President/Queen Mary called us to some semblance of order with the invocation from Clint Johnson. (Like Leon Titus and James Guererro, the only way to see these three on Fridays is to give them an assignment!) Terry Roarke led the Pledge while Phil Eng provided the lovely photos you see here. Tom George, Wynn Hoffman, Rick Selden, and Terry Roarke made everything possible through their set up.
Puffins in the house: Debbie McVicker, Linda Disney, Gael Whalen, Dick Ferrell and Brandy Paxton.
Dignitaries: Past District Governor Gordon Quick, PDG Greg Horn, and DG elect Tony Camoroda. And Zoomers! Carole Wier and John Magnuson
Visiting Rotarian: Len Burton-Hardin new president of UP/Fircrest after two weeks as a member. Formerly president of three other Rotary clubs.
Guests: Shelly Mills, John Lowney’s daughter, and Amelia Babazada, our new exchange student from Norway aka Norge. Aha! Our bulletin title comes to life!
---Despite having little more than 5 million residents, Norway has won more medals than any other country in Olympic history. (Sweden isn’t even in the Top 3.)
---The Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard since 1972 is a Scottish penguin, named Nils Olav III.
---In 1030, Olaf Haraldsson is killed at the battle of Stiklestad. He was the driving force behind Norway’s conversion to Christianity and was later canonized and is now known as Saint Olav. Olaf is an ancestor of Greg Rediske, we must add. Along with most others of Norwegian ancestry, we must suppose….
And Amelia! Her home is in Gimlekollen, near Kristiansand, and she goes to school at Tangen Vgs (a school of 1080 students), and has studied Norsk, Engelsk, Geografi, Naturfag, Samfunnskunnskap, Kroppsoving, Matematikk, and Spansk. She is not blonde and blue-eyed, because she was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, but moved to Norway as a child (her Farsi she describes as “fair”, except reading and writing are “poor”). She really likes “cleaning my room every week”. She loves figure skating. She has many family members in Iran and has visited them, as well as an uncle in Germany. She is interested in working as an air traffic controller after her schooling is complete. Amelia is an only child living with her mother, who writes “she is truly the ideal child. I’m proud of her because of how smart and mature she is.” She just turned 17 on August 9. Welcome, Amelia!
So please, Rotarians: make plans to include this lovely girl in your American life. Call Clayton DeNault to set something up: 206-326-9922.
More Excitement This Day:
Chris Kimball did birthdays and anniversaries, which included some bad jokes and the announcement of Gordon and Juanita Quick’s 71st wedding anniversary.
Chuck Hellar pronounced Dave Covey to be in “good shape, good humor, and good spirits”. We expect nothing less from Dave. Chuck also reminded all of us of the need for food donations for the Little Free Pantry (LFP) next Friday, along with the need for men’s clothing: shirts, pants, shoes in good shape (for Springbrook). Rose added that gardening tools are also needed in Springbrook, and to bring next week as well.
Famous Norwegians:
Roald Amundsen (polar explorer)
Thor Heyerdahl (explorer) (Kon Tiki)
Edvard Grieg (composer)
Edvard Munch (artist) (The Scream)
Henrik Ibsen (playwright) (A Doll’s House; etc.)
Sonja Henie (ice skater and actress)
New Member!
Elysha Ryan was sponsored by Chris Kimball. She works for the Pierce Country Library, in charge of Lakewood. Her husband’s name is Tyler and they have a three-year old daughter who has benefited for three years from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Brandy Paxton begrudgingly handed over the Puffin to Elysha. Here’s hoping that Elysha’s daughter doesn’t do to the Puffin what our son Shawn did to Sharon’s 1959 original Barbie (we would have been rich!!).
And speaking of Dolly: She is a force of nature, and the event at the Pantages where she talked and sang two songs was fabulous, all to kick off the Imagination Library in Washington. Two million books have been distributed in Washington already, as we became the 11th state to get 100% coverage on the program. More than 200 million books have been distributed worldwide to children under 5.
Mark Herr reported about a crazy person who threw a brick through his office window while doing extensive damage at the next-door building site being completed by Korsmo Construction. John Korsmo’s crew affixed a board to Mark’s window without being asked in what Mark heralded as a truly Rotary-esque gesture. We should all follow the Korsmo example of doing unto others….$100 from Mark to honor the good works bestowed upon him.
Bob Martin gave $20 and $20 again: to honor being honored by Steve and Anne Enquist for their mutual 50th anniversaries, and for his son being in Bali to present a research paper.
Chris Kimball gave $50 for his vacation and a new car that’s even faster than Magnusons. He also needs volunteers for the 20th Woodstick, November 5 at Clover Park High School.
Rick Selden joined Rotary in 1973: 50 years ago! $50 came along with plenty of praise for our club.
Jim Bisceglia gave $50 to represent a small bit of the joy he feels on his wedding anniversary.
Barlow Buescher delivered a check in his absence for a substantial amount to the dedicated fund for the Woodbrook fire victims, through Caring for Kids. David Swindale and Greg Rediske joined in at a much lower level. John Lowney will be receiving funds for another week or so before turning them over to Caring for Kids. Or send directly to: Caring for Kids, 237 Eldorado Avenue, Fircrest, 98466
And Linda Disney paid $20 for announcing “Swing for Our Heroes”, a golf tourney at High Cedars benefitting the Support the Enlisted Project (STEP). September 22, scramble with lunch, on-course refreshments, and a steak dinner. Teamstepusa.org/swingforourheroes
---Norwegians drink more coffee per capita than any other country except Finland.
---In winter, Norway’s snow is collected and sent for storage in special hangars, which are something like huge freezers. It is used in autumn to create ski slopes when the weather is still too warm and there is no snow, but people already want to ski. Nearly 100% of Norwegians participate in winter sports.
---Norse explorer, Leif Erickson, son of Erik the Red, was the first European to set foot in North America. With his Viking cohorts, he is thought to have landed in Newfoundland about 1000 AD. Take that, Christopher Columbus. And no horned hats were seen on a single Viking.
Program:
Gayle Selden went to the World Affairs Conference 29 years ago. Angel Calderon and Chase Washington were a long way from being born then…..but both made the journey to Wisconsin courtesy of our club for the WAC. Angel from Clover Park and Chase from Lakes are both part of the Lakewood Youth Council. They were met in Wisconsin with air quality of 313 (dangerous) from the Canada fires, which coincided with their subject of climate change. The key project was a Diplomacy Simulation. A make-believe situation was presented concerning plans for a dam that would negatively impact neighboring regions. Besides a fascinating educational opportunity, both boys were quite demonstrative about how much they enjoyed the event and the many friends made from across the U.S. Thanks to all of you Rotarians and your generosity, our club adds this event to our many good works. Maybe one or both of these two will return in 29 years to introduce some more WAC students!
Drawing: Dwight Williams was given the opportunity to make himself about $350 richer. He failed. $5.00 is better than nothing, however.
A Swede went to a museum in Norway. The Norwegian tour guide explained that the ski they were looking at was 2300 years old. The Swede paused for a second to think about it and then asked, very perplexed: “How is that possible? We are only in the year 2022.”
The Swedish man had a problem. His wife was coming home on the train but he could not remember if she was coming at 8:40 or 4:80…….
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