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Danish Brotherhood Lodge 29 and Danish Sisterhood Evergreen Lodge 40 meet every first Wednesday, except

July and August, at the NWDF Danish Cultural Center, Meridian Office Bldg., 1833 N 105 St. #205, Seattle WA at 7:30pm.

Secretary: FRANK POULSEN 13616 116^th Ave NE Kirkland, WA 98034 PH: 425-820-6056

Treasurer: LEXIE SØRENSEN 9725 NE 26^th Street. Clyde Hill, WA 98004 PH: 425-455-9225

President: MARETE EADIE 17923 Marine View DR SW Normandy Park, WA 98166 PH: 206-431-2990

Secretary: ANNE BLACKBURN 15823 5^th PL S Burien, WA 98148 PH: 206-248-2530 Treasurer: KAREN FAVERO 22805 Lakeview Dr #B204 Mt Lk Terr, WA 98043 PH: 425-672-7190

October: Lowen Clausen, Susanne Clevenger, Corrine M. Favero, Dianne Harris, Sigrid Hudson, H. Gert Jacobsen, Annelise M Kromann, Kenneth H. Kromann, Jesper J. Mortensen, Kristin A Nielsen, Einar E. Olsen, Dina Rohm, P. Troy Sorensen, Esther Swanson, Greta A. Wolfe, Ulla Younker

November: Edith Andersen, Solveig Brown, Karen Bruun, Louis K. Christensen, Marete Markussen Eadie, Hanne Gwilym, Gerda Hald, Mark D. Jensen, Kirsten Kromann, Charles Larsen, Ruth Larsen, Verner Larsen, Jens C Laundrup; Nancy D. Lindholdt, Irene Long, Helga Markussen, Joseph R. Matsen, Agnes, Mauritsen, Egon Molbak, Louis Nielsen, Inge-Merethe Otey, Charles H. Parker, Tom Paulsen, Anna Harda Pedersen, Kate Prægel, Holli Jo Spanski, Vika Vedella

VETERAN NIGHT’S RESERVATION—Date: Sat. OCT. 25, 2008--Cost: $20 per person

Enclosed is my check for $_____________ ($20 per person) payable to DB Lodge 29

Mail to: DB Lodge 29 %Lexie Sorensen, 9725 NE 26th St., Clyde Hill, WA 98004 Ph: 425-455-9225 flsorensen@msn.com

DB LODGE 29 OCTOBER MINUTES: Vice President Thomas Buus opened the meeting October 1^stat 7:32pm with pledge of allegiance and 20 members in attendance.

Role call: all officers were present except for past President Michael Nielsen, President Dean Larsen and 3^rd. Trustee Vibeke Iozzi.

Correspondence: Newsletters from other Scandinavian organizations was laid out for viewing. We received three $20.00 gift certificates from Patties Eggs Nest. Liability insurance in the amount of $482.00 needs to be paid We have a membership application from Erik Laursen, but he were unable to attend for initiation. Hope to see him next meeting.

Treasurer Report: The Treasurer’s report was accepted as presented by our treasurer Lexie Sørensen

Committee Report: Ellen & Ib Rossen are working with NWDF and will try to coordinate a combined Christmas party this year, and will report at our November meeting. Thomas Buus has everything under control for our Veterans night on October 25^th. Frank will plan the installation dinner for January and invite the other Puget Sound lodges to participate like the last couple of years. Leif reported on soccer, and the Lodge #29 team has 3 win and 1 tie so far this season. Good Job team Lodge #29. The picnic committee was short on the finances this year, and Lodge #29 voted to send $25 to help cover the loss.

New Business: the 3 gift certificates we received from Patty’s Nest Egg will be used for Bingo prizes in November. Lodge # 29 again voted to pay for the beer and pop at the Danish Bazaar benefitting NWDF to be held this year @ the Swedish club on Now. 1^st. and Mel Hollister will be in charge. Greta asked if anyone had a truck that would be able to haul shelving from NWDF to the Swedish club and back, Henning volunteered to help with that.

Big pot: If Kurt Rasmussen had been present he could have gone home with $200 but Holger Nielsen was the lucky member who comes to the meeting regularly, and this time won the $200.

SEATTLE DB LODGE 29 WEBSITE: Check out the terrific Photo Gallery at www.dblodge29.org. Many thanks to to Gert Wolff for keeping our site up to date. He will post photos from Seattle Lodges and Danes Soccer Club events, please send your comments and photos to: 2wolff@embarqmail.com

SISTERHOOD EVERGREEN LODGE #40: October 1, 2008 meeting was called to order at 8:14 PM by President Marete Eadie. 1^st Trustee Anne Hollister, 2^nd Trustee Edith Sorensen and Marshall Nicole Al-Khedairy had excused absences. All other officers were present. It was nice to see our newest members again, Princess Emelie and Patty Olsen.

The meeting was started after a presentation by Judy Guasco, Regional VP at Allianz Life Insurance Co. It reflected on a study of how baby boomers and their parents “define leaving a legacy and how families are communicating about these sensitive issues today.”

Correspondence: Included: 1) NWDF request for renewal of membership and notice of annual membership meeting October 11^th at 3 PM. 2) Note from Connie Schell, National Trustee regarding a prospective member, we hope to hear back from her and join us for a meeting soon.

Special Committee: 2009 District Convention committee met at the hotel, Dina and Karen attended and reported that plans are going well and hotel staff very accommodating and reminded us to start gathering items for the fish pond, raffles and door prizes.

New Business: Payment of NWDF membership tabled until November. Picnic committee requested small donation for next year’s fund as there is no reserve. Motion passed for $25.00 donation.

Upcoming events include the Brotherhood’s Veteran Night’s Dinner on Saturday, October 25^th. Combined Circles will hold annual bazaar at Swedish Club this year as it combines to become part of Scandinavian Holiday Bazaar Saturday and Sunday, November 1-2 from 9 AM to 5 PM. Smørrebrød 11 AM to 3 PM Saturday only, Sunday will be Swedish pancakes. Please support Julestue by volunteering assistance and attending NWDF Sunday, December 14, since there will not be a children’s Christmas party any more. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM --Respectfully submitted by Anne Blackburn, Lodge #40 Secretary

SCANDINAVIAN HOLIDAY BAZAAR: Sat. & Sun. Nov. 1 & 2 is one of those ‘everything old is new again” ideas that the Swedish Cultural Center is reviving this year. The club used to do a major holiday bazaar every year—coincidentally on the same weekend as the bazaar hosted by our Danish Circles. Thanks to the suggestion by SCC member Brenda Bard, the Danes have been invited to participate with the Swedes this year and they said yes! SCC members and guests will be treated to an open house all weekend. The Danes are fixing their open-face smørrebrød sandwiches on Saturday and the Swedes are making Swedish pancakes on Sunday. You’ll enjoy music and relaxing, food and shopping, friends and chatting on both days. Many popular local Nordic vendors are very interested in joining us. Desiree of Sweden with her beautiful, mostly-Swedish items, will take over the SCC library. The shop, Strictly Scandinavian, based in Gig Harbor, will also have a booth, featuring many Danish items among their all-Scandinavian inventory. We anticipate that the building will be filled with vendors and activities top to bottom. The hours are 9 am to 5 pm, both days.

We’re counting on seeing you, sharing in the Scandinavian Holiday fun and spirit!

Thursday October 2^nd, Otto Brask, Frank Poulsen and Vice President Thomas Buus went to Seattle Children’s Hospital, to pay a visit to Sam Thomason, a 10 year old boy of Danish decent who was severely injured on July 2^nd. The boy still lacks movement in his arms and legs, but shows a

tremendous courage. Seattle DBIA Lodge #29 donated $500.00 that was sent to WOW for matching funds, and it was a privilege for vice president Thomas Buus to present a check to Sam’s family in the amount of $1000.00. Sam is an avid soccer player, and he was presented with a T-shirt from the new Seattle Sounders FC professional soccer team.

All activities are at the Danish Center (DCC), 1833 N 105 St., Seattle -- unless otherwise noted.

Onsdagsklubben Events--Please RSVP one week in advance—Anne Hollister 206-364-6474 Melannehol@aol.com

Website: www.northwestdanishfoundation.org

· = NORDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM (NHM): Hours: Tue-Sat 10am---4pm & Sunday Noon-4pm.

3014 NW 67 St., Seattle, WA 98117 Info & Reservations PH: 206-789-5707 www.nordicmuseum.org/

SCC = SWEDISH CULTURAL CENTER HERITAGE—1920 Dexter Ave. N. Seattle

VISIT DB LODGE 29 Website: www.dblodge29.org www.wowala-volunteers.org

at NHM ··· Fri 10/10 7pm DK Film “Christiania: Our heart is in your hands” -- Suggested donation of $5

at NHM ··· Sat 10/25 10:30am-noon Children: Troll story & Halloween craft -- $4 members, $6 non RSVP

at NHM ··· Sat 10/25 1-3pm Kids & Cameras--register 206-789-5707ext21 -- $20 members, $25 non

at SCC Sat 11/1 9am-3pm Danes Smørrebrød-Scandinavian Holiday Bazaar co-hosted by Danes & Swedes

at SCC Sun 11/2 9am-5pm Sun. Swedes-Swedish pancakes at Swedish Cultural Center,

at NHM ··· Tue 11/4 10-11am SWEDEN -- Nordic Stories "Little Sister Rabbit" by Ulf Nilsson -- pre-school story/craft

at NHM ·· Sa-Su 11/22-23 10am-6pm/Noon-5pm Nordic Yulefest--Crafts, Scandinavian food, music Adm. $2

at NHM ·· Tue 12/2 10-11am THE SAMI -- Nordic Stories "The Simple Saame Man" -- pre-school story/craft

Sat 3/7/09 Noon NW District Bowling Tournament-Revs Bowling Center, at Burnaby, BC

Fr-Su 5/1-3/2009 Seattle Lodges Host the 60th NW District Convention at Hilton Garden Issaquah

DANISH BROTHERHOOD