Maine Nordmenn 

 UP-coming

July 31st  Saturday   Hummerfest at Bailey Island   9-5    Coffee and danish 9-10  Memorial service  10-11

Hummerfest   starts at 12:00

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August 1st  Golf Tournament

Sept 2nd  1-9pm   Thursday 

1pm Crafts Culture and Games

6:30 Members Meeting - (Ski for Light)

everyone welcome, come enjoy 

Sept 16   Thursday-

Crafts Culture and Games

Board Meeting

October 7th 1-9 pm Thursday 

1 pm -Crafts Culture and Games

  6:30 Members Meeting (New Members Dinner)

October 21st   Thursday

Crafts, Culture and Games

Board Meeting

November 4th 1-9 pm Thursday

1pm Crafts culture and Games

6:30 Members Meeting 

(Decorations for Julefest)

November 18th   Thursday 

Crafts, Culture and Games

Board Meeting

 Dec 4th -    Saturday,  Julefest

Sky-Hy

Details to be announced

January 7th  1-9pm  Thursday

1pm-  Craft and Culture and Games

6:30 pm -  Members Meeting

Soup and Bread Supper + film

January 17th  Thursday

Crafts and Culture

Board Meeting

February 3rd 1-9pm  Thursday

1pm - Craft and Culture

6:30pm - Members meeting

February 17th  Thursday

Crafts and Culture and games

 5pm - Board Meeting

March 3rd 1-9 pm Thursday

1pm Craft and Culture and games

6:30 pm Members Meeting

(Appalachian Trail)

March 17th  Thursday

5pm - Board Meeting

Crafts and Culture and games

April 7th 1-9 pm Thursday

1pm Crafts and Culture and games

6:30 pm Members Meeting

(Hurtigruten trips)

May 14th - Saturday

17 Mai Celebration

                                                                                                                                               Late breaking news!

 Bruce Johnson has won a trip to Norway!

Rosemaling Classes

Rosemaling  is open to anyone interested in learning or just working on their own pieces. For more information on Rosemaling call Bob Boylestad @ 828-5710 or email:  Rboylestad@aol.com

Stave Church

Maine Nordmenn woodcarvers visit Rarley Refsal, Noted teacher and woodcarver , at the Hostfest in Minot ND.

Woodcarving Classes

Woodcarving is open to anyone interested in learning or just working on their own pieces. For more information on Woodcarving call Herb Hoppe @ 428-4216 or e-mail: Hahoppe@yahoo.com

Looking for anyone interested in Norwegian Knitting to join us.  Call  

Gedske Szepsy 582-0353

• The church is open at 9am on the 3rd Thursday for classes and at 1pm on the 1st Thursday before our Members Meeting.
  

Get out of those winter doldrums and come join us for some social time before our general monthly meetings.  Some of us do Woodcarving, Rosemaling, knitting, etc. If you want to bring your own craft such as quilting, scrapbooking, or just join us for a cup of coffee and small talk.  Games or card playing are also some ideas.  Let’s have fun and get to know our fellow Nordmenn.

THE ZONE SPORTS MEDAL CHALLENGE

Introducing the first zone sports medal challenge! Bronze, silver, gold or enamel medals will be awarded.

Here’s how it works:  

1. The zones of the 3^rd district will compete against each other.

2. The object is for each member of each lodge to participate in the sports medal program….. NOW!

3. This annual program will be from June 1^st 2008 - May 31^st 2009 and also June 1^st 2009-May 31^st 2010 and the winning zone for each year will be announced at the 2010 convention in June.

\     The awards for each zone will be on a per capita basis -- in other words number of medals divided by the number of members in the zone (based on the most recent 3-D directory). In other words if there are 27 medals earned in a zone of 550 members (27 divided by 550=.049 or 4.9%).  The highest percentage wins. The awards will be provided by the third district and have not yet been determined.  Just start moving now!

Remember, this is by ZONE and possibly it will bring zones together and work and/or socialize with each other giving strength and comradery to the district….use your imagination.  The Zone director will get the award and distribute within the zone as he or she sees fit.

Zone directors have enough work to do so I will not ask them to police it but I am asking them to announce and introduce it to the presidents and/or sports directors of each lodge in your zone and have them send the medal forms to Phil Nelsen, 3D Sports Director, not the zone director.

They can fax it, e-mail it or snail mail it; Fax number is the same as my home phone, 727-461-7746.