Lögberg-Heimskringla - 28.07.2000, Page 1

Friday 28 July 2000 • Number 26 / Föstudagur 28. júlí 2000 • Númer 26
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The Icelandic Weekly
114th year/114. Árgangur ISSN 0047-4967
News
visit begins
in Winnipeg
You are all cordially invited to attend
an official yvelcoming of the President
of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grímsson,
in a puhlic ceremony on the grounds oj
the Manitoba Legislative Building, at
10:00 a.m. on August 4.
The President of Iceland, Ólafur
Ragnar Grímsson, arrives August
4 on a state visit to Canada at the invi-
tation of Her Excellency, The Right
Honourable Adrienne Clarkson,
Governor General of Canada. Though
the protocol ol' a state visit normally
calls for a guest to arrive in the nation’s
capital, President Grímsson arrives
first in Winnipeg, Manitoba out of
respect for the province’s large and
vital Icelandic-Canadian community,
which celebrates its 125th anniversary
this year. ln this respect, the visit is a
first in Canadian history.
In Winnipeg, the President will
receive an official welcoming by the
Governor General of Canada at 10:00
a.m., August 4, in a public ceremony
on the grounds of the Manitoba
Legislature (you are all cordially invit-
ed to attend this ceremony). At the
Please see State VÍSÍt on page 16
Fjallkona Lenore Good
ln the year 2000 we gather once more in
Gimli, Manitoba to celebráte at íslendin-
gadagurinn; to pay tribute to lceland, the
land of our ancestors as well as the land
of our birth, Canada: We celebrate 125
years oflcelandic settlement in Gimli and
1000 years from our first settlement in
Canada. It is indeed a special time in his-
tory.
As is tlie custom, a made-in-Canada
custom, the Fjallkona will preside 'over
the celebrations. This year Lenore Good
will carty out tliis special duty, along with
her maids of honoui; Elín Sigurdson and
Sonja Sigurdson, in honour of our
Mountain Queen in the North Atlantic.
Lenore Good learned Icelandic
at her afi’s knee. Her afi loved to
recite poetry. She was the Public
Relations Co-Chair in the Icelandic
Festival of Manitoba 1996-99 and the
Fundraising chair for the Icelandic
Festival Centenary Committee 1987-89.
She studied history at the University of
Manitoba and ininored in Icelandic under
Haraldur Bessason. She was a Research
Assistant in the Icelandic Festival: / am
the Maestro, 1997; Sandy Bar: The Life
and Times of Guttormur J. Guttormsson,
1998; and Cartoon Charlie: the Life and
Times of Cliarles A. Thorson, 1999. With
the help of her husband she raised in
Above phoio: Adonis Photo Studios
Above: Sonja June Sigurdson; below:
Elin Catherine Sigurdson. Tlie two young
women are attendants to Fjallkona
excess of $25,000 to put on these produc-
tions. She had artistic input into the last
two shows. She was committee mernber,
United Icelandic Apeal 1998-99, she is a
member of the Campaign Cabinet,
Valuing Icelandic Presence Campaign,
University of Manitoba from 1998. She
was born in Arborg, Manitoba, daughter
of Marino and Ellen Borgfjord. Her
maternal grandparents, Arngrimur and
Margaret Arngrimsson, were early pio-
neers in Lincoln County, Minnesota. Her
paternal grandprents, Gudmundur and
Thorunn Borgfjord, were among the first
settlers of the Arborg District. She mar-
ried Chris, and together they have two
daughters, Kristin and Karen.
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