Lögberg-Heimskringla - 13.12.1996, Blaðsíða 12

12 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 13, desember 1996
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■ I think the paper is getting better all
the time. I hope it will always be a paper
which represents the Icelandic com-
munity throughout North America.
Carol Bjarnason
North Vancouver, BC
■ It would be refreshing to read about
the Falcon Athletic Clubs ( male and
female). It was a very popular club
utilizing the Goolie Hall for activities.
The females doing pyramids in Sargent
Park was a real sight to behold. The girls
were excellent at this. I have never known
of any other athletic Club doing pyramids.
That house on Alverstone was real
history but there is a lot more out in the
city of Winnipeg. “Where have all the
Icelanders gone?”
Elsie Sigurdson Gallagher,
Langley, BC
■ Those lessons in teaching how to read
and speak the Icelandic language, were
very interesting and very easy to
understand.
Now is there any chance of having
them repeated? I speak for myself and
my little ones are really interested.
Thank you.
Wilma Sigurgeirson Austfjord
Riverton, MB
■ The only change I would like to see is
more news from Iceland. About half a
page inside the paper; about three to 10
lines only for each news, in very
condensed form; — like short brief
headlines. No need to have news from
yesterday — news from last week or last
month would be just fine, — news about
the economy etc.
P.S. I saw something in L-H about a
“Stone from Mars.” Please find herewith
a letter which I sent to several U.S.
Newspapers!
Með bestu kveðjum,
Tryggvi Helgason,
Grand Prairíe, Texas, U.S.A.
■ The latest “discovery” by NASA
“scientists” of a stone from the planet
Mars containing some indication about
the beginning of life on Mars some four
billion years ago, will probably be entered
into the Guinness Book of World Records
as the greatest scientific foolery of the
twentieth century.
Or, maybe not! I remember now, that
NASA-scientists” were in Antarctica
rock-climbing in the famous Antarctic
Alcoo-Ice Rocks when they slipped and
fell down through the Ozone Hole and
landed head first on a red rock. When they
stood up they saw many little green men
all around them. The NASA team
recognized.of course instantly that those
men were from Mars. When they took a
closer look they saw a note attached to
the rock. They were lucky that it was in
English and not in Martish because
NASA needs 20 billion more dollars to
finish the last chapter in the translation
of Martish into English. The note read:
Mars Anno 26,547 (we count our
years since we first landed on Planet
Allavega; that is what you call Earth.)
To NASA scientists from M.A.S.A.
( Mars Air and Space Agency)
We decided to send to you from our
Mars Museum a four billion year old
stone with an indication of how life
started on Mars so you can compare this
to what you can find on your Earth.
Yours truly,
B. Scienceson,
President of Mars,
The Green House,
District of Marzipan
PS. Ifnot delivered please retum to Mars,
a retum Martage is guaranteed.
Yours, B.S.
■ On the other hand the following will
demonstrate the appropriate method of
dealing with this alleged “discovery” of
theirs.
The American taxpayers know that
all this rhetoric about a stone knocked
from the surface of Mars and flying
around in space for 18 million years until
landing in Antarctica is nothing more than
pure nonsense, stupidness and witless-
ness; a NASA trick to get Congress to
pour more money into an overblown and
unnecessary bureaucracy. Furthermore
there must be a cheaper way for the
taxpayers than the gargantuan NASA
budget to allow some men to have
“scientifíc delirium tremens. “
The right answer from Congress is
to close down NASA and Presidential
Candidate Mr. Bob Dole should promise
the taxpayers and the whole nation as
such, that when he becomes president he
will instantly abolish NASA.
By doing this he will make more
sensible and truthful his own promise to
balance the federal budget, and thereafter
he can give all space activity (except the
military side of it) to the private sector
which will, most likely, do everything a
lot better and a lot cheaper.
Tryggvi Helgason,
Arlington, Texas.
■ I was delighted when I received my
first edition, as a surprise gift from my
brothers, and look forward to the next
issue each time. Keep up the good work.
Katrin Svala Daly
Beltsville, MD
■ I would like to see “News from
Iceland” or something from the
Lögberg-Heimskringla and put it in The
Interlake Spectator. This might encourage
others to subscribe to the Lögberg-
Heimskringla. Anything put into The
Interlake Spectator would have to be on
a positive note.
Please bring back the English and
Icelandic match words. Tell us more on
the farming and the fishing that goes on
in Iceland. What are prices on products
in Iceland that we take for granted in
Canada?
Bjorn Bjornson,
Ashern, MB
■ In “The Alcohol Question” in the
September 20 issue, Kevin Johnson
speaks of the work of Alexander the Great
as forming “a principle strand in the
culture of the Occident.” I don’t quibble,
but this is the third time I have noticed
Kevin using the noun “principle” when
he meant the adjective “principal.” A
dictionary might help clarify the dif-
ference.
Henry S. Bjornsson
Seattle, WA
■ The paper is great as it is, although
there could be more about our farm
families around Eddystone. Mrs. Metta
Johnson could be a great help.
I come from a large family and all
live around Eddystone. Reykjavík and
Narrows areas. Just a thought.
Fjola Mailman
Eddystone
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