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Halli’s
Kitchen
by Harold Johnson
Seattle, WA
Louisa Jonasson
sýning
Louisa Jonasson exhibit
INNIPEG PAINTER LOUISA
Jonasson has a show entitled
Island Souvenir at the Icelandic
Collection, University of Manitoba. It
will be up from February 23 to May 7,
and can be seen Monday to Friday from
9:00-5:00. Official opening of the
exhibit will be sometime in April.
We’ll keep you posted.
University
Continued from page 3
good text in the Icelandic language.
Many texts are read, mostly from
Icelandic children’s books. I feel that it
provides more entertaining classes as
opposed to reading dry, ready-made
texts as have been provided in special
Icelandic leaming books. As well, there
are also pronunciation exercises in the
computer lab and in speaking classes,
where the students practice speaking
the language and say simple sentences.
The third-year course will have much
more stress on speaking and reading
and less on the grammar.
Each class is 2 x 50 minutes, taught
twice weekly.
Next year’s schedule will be: first
year—Mondays and Wednesdays at
1:00 pm; second-year classes will be
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00 pm;
and third-year—Mondays and
Wednesdays at 3:00 pm.
Svavar sendiherra
margra þjóða
Svavar ambassador
to many countries
HEN AMBASSADOR SVAVAR
Gestsson takes up his post in
Sweden, he will not only be responsible
for Sweden, but also for Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Slovinia, Yugoslavia,
Cyprus, Albania and Bulgaria. That’s a
lot of territory to cover! Also, Svavar is
not floating (flýtur) to Sweden as we
headlined in our last issue, but rather
moving (flytur) there! Presumably he
will fly (flýgur).
Bill Holm heldur
fyrirlestur
Bill Holm Páll Guðmundsson
Memorial Lecturer
N Friday, March 23 at 7:30 pm,
Bill Holm will read from his most
recent book, Eccentric Islands. The
reading will take place in the Iceland
Reading Room, 3rd Floor, Elizabeth
Dafoe Library, University of Manitoba.
Kvikmynd Sturlu
Gunnarssonar sýnt
Sturla Gunnarsson film
to be broadcast
^tcoRN, Sturla Gunnarsson’s latest
O film, will be broadcast on CBC tele-
vision on March 18, 2001.
Hello this is Halli. Does any-
one out there know what a
“Tombola” is? I remember my
parents talking about the Fron Young
People’s Organization in their earlier
days when they came to Seattle. This
was in the twenties and there were a lot
of single men and women who had
immigrated to the Seattle area. All I can
remember is that Tombolas were to
raise money for the club. It was like a
raffle, where you had to bid on pack-
ages, which were big and small, with
numbers on each table. Please let us
know, as I believe this would be a good
money-maker.
I have been reading the articles
about “Fundraising Simplified” by Joan
Eyolfson Cadham from Foam Lake,
SK. This brings back memories of the
Seattle Club’s beginnings in 1967. We
had a small membership to start with
and our first fund raiser was a dance.
We had very little cash. I remember my
wife, who was our cashier, at the door,
collecting the money. She would let us
know how we were doing! I remember
when we had the band paid and the rent
for the Norwegian Hall. This made the
committee breathe easier. We made
money at the bar, which brought our
finances up in good stead. As it turned
out, we had liquor left over. The reason
we were so successful was because of
the location of the hali. It was centered
in the downtown area with good park-
ing. The music was good, and the dance
fioor was always full. The band played
music the people knew and liked. This
was a good start for a young club and
we put money in the bank.
I’m sorry that I have not been in
touch with you as I am the top bottle
washer and cook. I am happy to say that
Rosa is getting stronger every day and
keeps me on my toes. I have been busy
doing the Bardarson family tree for the
Bardarson-Nordal family reunion on
August 4, 5, and 7 at Pincher Creek,
AB.
I was happy to see that you have
Karen’s Kitchen. I send Karen best
wishes—and as I always say, “Home
cooking is the best.” We need a new
broom!
Blessfrá Rósa og Halla.

Sending

The Visitor
Vocabulary
kona
vinna
enginn
vinnufólk
gildvaxinn
spyrja, spurði
woman
work
no one
workers
stout
enquire, ask
(past tense)
Einu sinni var kona. Hún sat á
baðstofupallinum við vinnu
sína, og var enginn maður í
bænum nema hún ein. Bóndi var ekki
heima; hann hafði farið eitthvað af
bæ, en vinnufólkið var allt úti við, sitt
hvað að sýsla. Þá kom inn í baðsto-
funa drengur, ekki hár, en heldur gild-
vaxinn. Hann spyr konuna, hvar
bóndi sé, en hún var ekki svo fljót á
sér að segja til þess; því henni leizt
ekki vel á strákinn. Hann spurði þá
enn að bónda, því hann sagðist eiga
að finna hann, og finna hann dugle-
ga, og eigi hann ekki tefja. Konan
spurði hann þá um erindið, og hvort
hún gæti ekki afgreitt hann. Þegar
strákur neitaði því, þá segir konan:
“Ég held, að slíkur hnokki, sem þú
ert, hafi ekki mikið að gera í hen-
durnar á manninbm mínum. Eða
getur þú orðið stærri en þú ert nú?"
Strákur sagði það vera. Hún bað
hann að sýna sér það; annars tryði
hún því ekki.
Framhald í næstu blaði.
Once a certain woman sat
working on the raised floor at
the edge of a baðstofa. No
one else was at home on the farm.
The farmer was not at home. He had
gone away, but the farm workers
were outside doing various chores.
Then a boy walked into the baðstofa.
He was not tall, but rather stout. He
asked the woman where the farmer
was, but she was slow to answer; as
she did not like the boy. The boy then
reiterated his quetion, saying that he
had an errand with him, and an
urgent one at that, and that he could
not delay. The woman enquired
about the errand, and whether she
could help him. When the boy said
no to that, the woman said: "I think an
urchin like yourself has little business
with my husband. Or can you make
yourself bigger than you are now?"
The boy said he could. She asked
him to show her, otherwise she would
not believe him.
To be continued in the next issue.
Thor Thorleifson, CFP
Manitou, MB
(204)242-3284
E-mail:
Thor.Thorleifson @ investorsgroup.com
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