Lögberg-Heimskringla - 09.05.2003, Blaðsíða 5

Lögberg-Heimskringla - 09.05.2003, Blaðsíða 5
Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur, 9 Maí 2003 • page 5 FRÉTTIR • NEWS The Icelandic Association of Utah Donates to History Center in Spanish Fork PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID ALLAN ASHBY Richard Johnson (right) presenting photograph to Tom Richardson (left) David Allan Asliby Spanish Fork, Utah The Icelandic Association of Utah donated a framed photograph of the some of the Icelandic Emigrants to Utah to the Family History Center in Spanish Fork, Utah. Icelandic Association president Richard Johnson presented the photo- graph to Tom Richardson, director of the Family History Center. The collection of pho- tos is part of the exhibit “The Road to Zion ” at the Icelandic Emigration Centre in Hofsós, Iceland. The exhibit has a display of artifacts telling the story of the early Icelandic emigrants that joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and emigrated to Utah. The exhibit tells of the travels of the Icelanders to Utah where they settled among the Mormons. It reveals that between 1854 and 1914 more than 400 Icelanders moved to Utah. It is a story of the first Icelandic emigrants who jour- neyed over sea and land. It is a story of their life and of their life and of their descendants to the present. Various information and artifacts came from Utah among which is a replica of Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Christus. Smaller replicas are found in many Mormon homes. Also at the exhibit, there is a golden statue of the Angel Moroni who appeared to Joseph Smith and is a symbol of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In Fraendgardur beside the exhibition is a genealogy center, library and an apart- ment for scholars. The exhibit “The Road to Zion ” was opened at Hofsós on July 3rd, 2000 by President Olafur Ragnar Grímsson. Sixty members of the Icelandic Association of Utah were pres- ent at the opening of this exhibit. Hlaut viðurkennningu Náttúrulækningafélagsins Received a Recognition from the Naturopathic Association The herbalist, Ásta Erlingsdóttir, received a recognition for many years of working with herbs The herbalist, Ásta Erlingsdóttir, received recognition from the Naturopathic Association in Reykjavík for the year 2003. Ásta received the recognition for her wofk as a herbalist for many decades. Ásta Erlingsdóttir has used Icelandic herbs to enhance peoples health and many have received a cure for their ill- nesses through help from her. Among her herbal cures are healing balms that cure swelling and herbal drinks. Ásta Erlingsdóttir was born July 12, 1920 at Haukaland in Reykjavík, in the Wetlands. She studied under her father, Erlingur Filippsson, and he studied with his mother. This knowledge has been in the family for centuries and she has taught her children the craft. For years, Ásta has painted with watercolors she has creat- ed from lcelandic herbs. She held an exhibition of her art in 1987 at the occasion of the publishing of the book Ásta, the herhalist. PHOTO COURTESY OF SHERRY CROWTHER Four students at .the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific near Victoria BC adrnire the set of the Complete Sagas of the Icelanders that was presented to the college last March lst by Heather Alda Ireland, Honourary Consul General for Iceland in British Columbia. From left to right, the students are Mersiha from Kosovo, Udochukwu from Nigeria, Melina from Serbia and Kamila from Philippines. Pearson College, attended by a select group of 200 teenage students from all over the world, is one of ten United World Colleges dedicated to promoting international understanding through education. The beautifully bound five-volume set of forty sagas and forty nine shorter tales was the first complete English translation of the sagas, the product of some thirty translators from seven countries. 984 Portcige Avenue at Aubrey St. Ph: (204) 949-2200 Fcix: (204) 783-591 6 wwv/.nbcir cJaÍ.iíib.ca c/{/ (J/ótvipteCe', ffzoto&uzt/ 'f&cíLuxý' r)fji'Let'\s {Á& iuj/iycLí&t' decUUocUy cceect to truzcte'. . . JUcefanÁ www.icelandnaturally.com Visit our website to find out more about lceland s / Creating Community • Sköpum Samfélag

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