Lögberg-Heimskringla - 19.11.2004, Blaðsíða 7

Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 19. nóvember 2004 • 7
PHOTO: DAVID JÓN FULLER
Moving day goes smoothly
John Magnusson, Vice President of Corporate Sales for
North American Van Lines, and Lögberg-Heimskriiigla
board member Evelyn Thorvaldson in L-H's new office
on moving day. John came to supervise North American
Van Lines as they moved the newspaper to its new prem-
ises at 100-283 Portage Avenue in Winnipeg, while Evelyn
was on hand to help staff unpack.
PHOTO: STEINÞÓR GUÐBJARTSSON
‘I know what
it has meant’
On November 3, 125 years
had passed since world famous
explorer Vilhjálmur Stefánsson
was born in Arnes, Manitoba.
Vilhjálmur Stefánsson was
born on November 3, 1879.
Ninety years after his birth, a
memorial park was officially
opened and a monument was
unveiled in Árnes. On a stone
behind a statue of Vilhjálmur
Stefánsson is a sentence writ-
ten in Icelandic, French and
English: “Ég veit livað ég hefi
reynt og hvers virði það er
mér.” (“I know what I have
experienced, and I know what
it has meant to me.’j
PHOTOS: STEINÞÓR GUÐBJARTSSON
Loren and Ginny Gudbjartson with their children Solrun and Arinbjorn dressed up at the
pumpkin party.
About 500 people in
Peter’s pumpkin party
About 500 people attended
Peter Bjornson’s pumpkin
party in Gimli the day before
Halloween.
Manitoba’s Minister of
Education Peter Bjomson held
his first annual pumpkin party
in Gimli at Gimli Park Pavilion
Saturday, October 30. There
were different kinds of con-
tests like a pumpkin carving
contest, pumpkin decorating
contest, a scarecrow building
contest and a costume contest.
People donated cakes and
prizes for a silent auction
which Peter Bjomson, dressed
like Gandalf from The Lord of
the Rings, coordinated with the
help of his assistant Jan Cher-
let, dressed like a witch. All
the proceeds went to the Heal-
ing Garden in the Gimli Health
Centre.
Peter Bjornson dressed as Gandalf from The Lord of the
Rings, while his assistant Jan Cherlet came as a witch.
Greetings from
Gordon J. Reykdal
Honorary Consul of the
Republic of Iceland
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Edmonton, Alberta
T5S 1N8
Tel: (780) 408-5118
Fax: (780) 408-5122
E-mail: gord@rentcash.ca
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