Lögberg-Heimskringla - 26.08.2005, Blaðsíða 3

Lögberg-Heimskringla * Föstudagur 26. ágúst 2005 * 3
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Promoting L-H in the Interlake
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PHOTO: STEINPÓR GUÐBJARTSSON
L-H Board members Evelyn Thorvaldson and Walter So-
pher promote the paper during íslendingadagurinn in
Gimli, the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba.
‘The paper keeps
us together’
During the month of Au-
gust Walter Sopher, President
of the Icelandic National
League of North America,
Director of the Board of Lög-
berg-Heimskringla and a
member of the L-H Future
Fund Campaign Cabinet was
all over Manitoba’s Interlake
area promoting the paper.
Walter Sopher resides
in Edmonton, Alberta, but
stayed in Gimli in August and
used the “capital of New Ice-
land” as a home base to pro-
mote the paper in the area. He
visited quite many and hardly
ever came back empty-hand-
ed.
“This is a time-consuming
effort — but much needed,”
he says. “The paper keeps us
together and we need every-
one aboard.”
Icelanders of Victoria at Sooke, BC
Donna Einarsson
Sooke, BC
On Wednesday 3 August,
The Icelanders of Victoria
joined Norway, Sweden, Den-
mark and Finland in displaying
artifacts and information about
their countries at the Sooke
Fine Arts Festival.
The Sooke Fine Arts Festi-
val is an annual juried art show
held in Sooke, BC, about 30
minutes west of Victoria. The
show, from July 30 to August
7, was marvelous, with art
presented in many different
forms. It is the largest juried
art show on Vancouver Island
and well attended by the pub-
lic. This year different ethnic
groups were asked to take part
by telling about their country,
and the Scandinavian day was
August 3.
Ruth Cartwright and Don-
na and Ernie Einarsson set up
the display in the limited space
available and covered the whole
day from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. It
was an enjoyable day and many
people stopped to watch the
VCR playing Icelandic tapes,
provided by Norm Jonasson, on
our small television set, and to
look through our books. Sorne
even took home copies of Lög-
berg-Heimskringla that were
on display.
PHOTO: DONNA EINARSSON
An Icelandic horse hide, donated by Len and Karen Vopn-
fjord, was used as a background for the Icelanders of Victoria
display at Sooke, BC.
ARE YOll PROIJD OF YOUR ICEIANDIC HERITAGE?
Do you want to see it presetved for your
children and grandchildren?
Are you a member ofyour tocal lcelandic club?
Don't know where they are or who to contact?
Check out our website at www.iniofna.org
or for more Information, contact Rosa in our INL offíce,
Telephone: (204) 642-5897 email: int@mts.net
Ifyou don't have.a club in your area.
but are interested in forming one, please call the INL office.
WOULDN'T YOUR AMMAAND AFI BE PROUD?
Many changes for L-H
Grant Stefanson
Chairperson,
Lögberg-Heimskringla
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors
of The Lögberg-Heim-
skringla has been busy
lately.
In June, the board assisted
Future Fund Chairman Dr. Ken
Thorlakson with the official
launch of the L-H Future Fund
campaign. Between July 29 and
August 1, the board was busy
with promotional activities at
íslendingadagurinn, which in-
cluded being the media part-
ner at the “Music on the Roof-
top” event, putting a float in
the parade, setting up displays
at the Pavilion in Gimli Park
and at the Waterfront Centre
and participating in a number
of festival events. The board
is also promoting the soon-to-
be released book of editorials
of former L-H Editor Lillian
Vilborg MacPherson. Special
thanks to Committee Chair Joe
Laxdal for his work to date on
the book.
In the midst of all of this
activity, the board received the
resignation of our Managing
Editor, Steinþór Guðbjarts-
son. Steinþór is retuming to
Iceland to pursue a new oppor-
tunity with the Icelandic daily
newspaper Morgunblaðið. The
board wishes Steinþór every
success with his new job. We
are confident that Steinþór will
continue to excel as an award-
winning joumalist in Iceland
and we know that he will con-
tinue to be part of the L-H team
in some capacity.
Steinþór joined the paper
18 months ago. He has made
incredible contributions to the
paper during this time. Steinþór
gave the paper a fresh new look
and an inclusive North Ameri-
can perspective. He has cer-
tainly contributed to the paper’s
role as the hub of the Icleandic
communities in North America
and he has assisted in enhanc-
ing ties beween Iceland and
people of Icelandic descent in
North America.
The Board of Directors has
appointed David Fuller as Edi-
tor of the paper. David is cur-
rently the Assistant Editor of
the paper and has made signifi-
cant contributions to the paper
over the last decade. David has
worked with three editors and
has performed nearly every job
during this time. David took
over the duties as Editor on
August 24. Someone will be
hired to perform the copy and
layout tasks shortly. The board
extends a warm welcome to
David.
Congratulations to Steinþór
and David!
Deadline for
next issue:
August 29
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