Lögberg-Heimskringla - 03.06.2005, Qupperneq 1

Publication Mail Agreement No. 40012014, PAP Registration # 8000
119th year /119. Árgangur
ISSN 0047-4967
LOGBERG-HEIMSKRINGLA
Lögbi'fg siofimð 14. fammr ISSÍi
Héinnkringle stofnaó 9. scptenibcr 1886
Saiintuiuð 2tí agúst 1959
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Friday 3 June 2005 • Number 11 / Numei 1T • Föstudagur 3. júnt 2005t
PHOTO: STEINÞÓR GUÐBJARTSSON
Fisheries
Minister yisits
Iceland’s Minister of Fish-
eries Ami M. Mathiesen met
Premier Gary Doer, among
others, during his recent vist to
Manitoba / page 2
PHOTO: STEINPÓR GUÐBJARTSSON
Community
effort pays off
Sisters Bemice Ander-
sen and Shirley Dye have been
working to preserve Icelandic
heritage in Markerville, AB,
along with the rest of the com-
munity / pages 5-10
Celebrating
June 17
Serena Goebel and Erla
Wankling hope to increase
community involvement in
Winnipeg’s annual June 17
celebration of Icelandic inde-
pendence / page 12
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Stephansson House, original homestead of the famous poet Stephan G. Stephansson, is the main attraction in Markerville, AB.
Stephansson’s grandson Stephan V. Benediktson is very proud of his heritage and supports it every chance he gets / pages 8,9
Links on the lake /
Gimli, Manitoba
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