Lögberg-Heimskringla - 01.12.1995, Blaðsíða 2

Lögberg-Heimskringla - 01.12.1995, Blaðsíða 2
2 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 1. desember 1995 Notes -from our reacSers wwre always love to hear from wÆ/ our readers. Your views W W are important to the com- munity and to this newspaper. Here are a few of the comments we have received recently: Maria S. Eyolfson of Edmonton, Alberta, writes us: “Please renew my subscription for another year to your most outstanding newspaper. I enjoy it all from cover to cover — the anecdotes, poems, news, articles — and the Icelandic parts that I am trying to learn to read — not too successfully I might add. I guess I need a few summer sessions at June Parker’s language camp! Keep up the good work.”. Donations to Lögberg-Heimskringla Inc. In Memory of Gusta Bjamason, of Gimli, MB from A.H. & Rae Vaigardson, Gimlí, MB.........................$25.00 ln Memory ofOskar & Runa Gíslason, of Ashem, MB from Hulda Larson, Vogar, MB...........$15.00 In Memory ofRobert Cameron MacAuIay, of Toronto from Sigga Moore, Toronto, ON..........$50.00 /n Memory of Beggí Kettílson, of Sakatoon, Muriel Bjamason, Estevan, Peter Shewchuk, Wynyatd, & Jack Cadham of Foam lake from Vatnabyggð IC of Sask., Eifros, SK. $40.00 In Memory ofSophíe BriII, ofToronto from Mr. & Mrs. Magnus Thorsteinson, Wpg., MB..................................$20.00 Pen Pal Wanted Hello out there! I am an Icelandic writer, b. ’60, and I am hoping to correspond with a West- Icelander. Please write to: Jónas Þorbjarnarson P.O. Box 892 121 Reykjavík. Iwas surprised to see my note in L- H, Oct. 27 edition. I did not consid- er it in that light, else I would have done other than scrawl — I write so illegibly it is no wonder my father’s name became Jón Triggur — instead of Jón Ttyggvi Bergmann. No matter! I received a most interest- ing phone call from Nelson Gerrard of Arborg who has been compiling infor- mation on his mother’s family and it seems his matemal grandmother was the sister of Anna Egilson who was the first wife of my father Jón Tiyggvi Bergmann. I was able to tell him that Anna Egilsson’s daughter Guðny (Gwen) was my half-sister and that one of her daugh- ters lives in Victoria. So I was glad my scribbled note had been published. In addition I also had a phone call from Stan Baldwin and we had a nice chat. I was also pleased to receive the address to contact when registering the names of Western Icelanders. I am enclosing a list and in deference to your eyes I am printing it. Wish I had a type- writer or better still a fax machine. Sincerely, Helga Thomson Medicine Hat, Alberta Come Visit Iceland — The Sightseeing Wonder! VISIT ICELAND 1996 From Akureyri in the North to the Westmann Islands in the South, the welcome mat is out for Western lcelanders and their friends. If you've never visited lceland before, 1996 is the year! Icelandair offers extra value airfares from North America to lceland all year long in 1995! Icelandair offers exciting independent and escorted tour options to make your visit "heim" exciting, comfortable and affordable. To order your 1996 ICELAND & SCANDINAVIA VACATION PLANNER, just clip and mail the coupon below. To learn more about lcelandair's airfares to lceland, Britain, Scandinavia and the Continent, see your Professional Travel Agent or call our toll-free reservations line... 1-800-223-5500. ICELANDAIR TO: ICELANDAIR, P.O. Box 105, W. Hempstead, NY 11552-0105, USA | ___ Please send me a copy of your Summer lceland & Scandinavia Vacation Planner. __ Please send me a copy of your Fall-Winter-Spring lceland Vacation Planner | I Name: _____________________ | Address:____________________ I I I—;;—.J ★ ★ ★ Hulda Larson wrote to ask us: “Why is a subscription in Manitoba more expensive than the rest of Canada?” Ed. note: In Canada, subscription cost is $35.00 An additional $2.45 is added for GST to equal $37.45. In Manitoba we must remit funds for provincial sales tax and, therefore, an additional 7% or $2.45 is collected to equal $39.90. ★ ★ ★ The Fall of a Sparrow by Kevin Jón Johnson Change what you can change; The rest, learn to forget. The world is vast - most foreign to our love; Its sufferings will pass without our tears, For only closest sorrows are endeared. A harmless sparrow in the coming Fall Departed quickly from its love and life, A gentle thing not gently indisposed: For most, its death would not engender strife. It earned no tears; their tears already sold At immolations .of more kindred souls. Yet, little sparrow taken in your flight From liberty in time to timeless death, Your suppleness distorted in your plight And feathers moulted with your dying breath. My sadness can extend even to you, Whose Providence is small to human things. You were beloved of some, unknown to most, Accounted almost nothing but for this, A testament to your small, awkward death, Which passed so quickly, counter to my wish. Your song is past; your children may well starve: A tragedy so small in one so large. Memoríes by Bragi It may be just one flower Perhaps a tiny rose To bring back fond memories When she holds it close travelling in Iceland, plus arts and cul- ture in Iceland today, more book reviews, CD’s, tapes with Icelandic music that is available, etc. ★ ★ ★ Regarding funding Thanks to Kristine Harkness for her letter (L-H October 27/95) regarding public funding for grants to the various ethnic groups. I, too, agree that Canadian taxpayers should not have to foot the bill. And speaking of multiculturism, I person- ally think the whole department Smiling Dreams by Bragi I hear singing in the mountains I hear singing in the hills The songs of golden plovers The songs of the whip-poor-wills Come with me to the mountains Come with me to the hills Where we will dance and sing Among the daffodils The sun is bright on the meadows There is silver on the bay Flearts are filled with laughter It is a glorious day Come with me to the mountains Come with me to the hills Where we will dance and sing Among the daffodils There is music on the billows There is music on the breeze There is singing in the willows There is singing in the trees Come with me to the mountains Come with me to the hills Where we will dance and sing Among the daffodils You hear the rushing rivers The murmur of the streams The earth resounds with music For smiling eyes with dreams Come with me to the mountains Come with me to the hills Where we will dance and sing Among the daffodils We will dance to the thrills Of the songs in the hilis The music in the trees The love songs on the breeze The earth resounds with music For smiling eyes with dreams Chnstine Stuart-Smith of Calgary, Alberta, wrote to tell us she enjoys the Icelandic news sec- tion but would like to see much more news from Iceland and more articles on should be thrown out, minister and all. 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