Lögberg-Heimskringla - 23.09.2005, Síða 3

Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 23. september 2005 • 3
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Future Fund at halfway mark
WINNIPEG, MB — Dr.
Ken Thorlakson, chairman of
the Future Fund Capital Cam-
paign has reported today that
$700,000 has been contributed
to the Fund as of September 1.
“This is a wonderful accom-
plishment, considering that the
campaign has yet to enter its in-
tensive phase this fall,” he said.
Thorlakson is particularly
pleased with the number and
size of the early special leader-
ship pledges and gifts: they range
from $150,000 in Icelandic Gov-
ernment grants to four $100,000
and two $25,000 gifts plus nu-
merous other generous gifts.
Thorlakson stresses that,
while the Campaign Cabinet
and the Lögberg-Heimskringla
Board are pleased and grateful
for this early show of support,
the hard work has just begun.
Dr. Ken Thorlakson
The Board and Campaign Team
are gearing up to solicit those
gifts from the thousands of sub-
scribers, advertisers and friends
of the paper which will put the
campaign over the top and se-
cure the paper’s future.
He appeals to all to be gen-
erous and emphasizes that the
paper needs and deserves your
support.
in Edmonton
Iceland Naturally
In front of Perlan (“The Pearl”) restaurant in Reykjavík, Iceland. From left: Carter, Tinna
Grétarsdóttir, Carolann, Cy, Don, Paul, Ollie and Jessica Johnson.
A family reunion in Iceland

Steinþór Guðbjartsson
REYKJAVÍK — North
Americans of Icelandic descent
are frequent guests in Iceland,
just as Icelanders seem to visit
North America more often ev-
ery year.
Recently three Canadian
brothers of Icelandic descent and
their families spent a few days in
Iceland. “We decided to meet in
Iceland and arrived at the Kefla-
vik Airport a few minutes apart,”
Donald K. Johnson says.
Don organized the tour. He
and his daughter Jessica flew
from Toronto to Boston and
from there to Iceland. His son
Carter lives in Washington and
flew from Baltimore to Iceland.
Don’s brothers and their wives,
Cy and Carolann from Canmore
in Alberta and Paul and Ollie
from Winnipeg met at the air-
port in Minneapolis and flew to-
gether on Icelandair to Iceland.
This was their íirst visit to Ice-
land, but Don and his children
spent a few days in the country
of their forefathers about 20
years ago.
“Our stay was just like an
adventure,” Don said, and the
others agreed. They even flew
to Egilsstaðir in the eastern part
of the country where they have
some relatives. “We have met
many good people and this has
been a most enjoyable trip,”
Don says.
One of the persons they met
was Tinna Grétarsdóttir from
Iceland. Not long ago she was
in Toronto to interview Don be-
cause of her project in her post-
graduate studies in antropology.
She is working on her Ph.D. at
the Temple University in Phila-
delphia and resides in Winnipeg,
but has been doing some re-
search in Iceland during the last
few weeks. “This shows how
small the world is,” Don says.
Icelandic food in USA
American chain Whole
Foods Market is introducing a
range of Icelandic products in
28 of its mid-Atlantic locations
this fall. The store emphasizes
organic and humanely harvest-
ed meat, poultry and fruits.
The attraction of Icelandic
products such as lamb meat for
Whole Foods is that the sheep
are free-range and not grain
fed. Whole Foods began selling
the meat seven years ago in a
handful of stores. The aim is to
make it available in 140, start-
ing this month.
The chain, in conjunction
with Iceland Naturally, will in-
troduce skyr, cheese, beer, but-
ter and possibly chocolate.
Sources: Iceland Naturally
and the New York Times
EDMONTON, AB — Ice-
land Naturally, an Icelandic
group of seafood, agriculture,
water and tourism leaders, is
organizing a week-long series
of events in Edmonton, starting
September 22.
Among the events are a film
festival featuring films from
Iceland, and introduction to Ice-
landic cuisine courtesy of Mas-
ter Chef Siggi Hall and some
local restaurants, performances
by Icelandic/North American
jazz trio Cold Front, and an of-
ficial visit by Iceland’s Minister
of Transportation and Tourism
Sturla Böðvarsson as well as
Iceland’s Minister for Social
Affairs Ámi Magnússon.
The events will also co-
incide with the Annual Gen-
eral Meeting of the Icelandic
Canadian Chamber of Com-
merce on September 22 and the
PHOTO COURTESY OF NICOLE HARRIS
Sturla Böðvarsson, Iceland’s
Minister of Transport, Tour-
ism and Telecommunications.
Norðurljós Icelandic Society of
Edmonton’s annual Fall Supper
on September 24.
For more information, see
the Calendar of Events.
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& Whiteside
buys Red
Deer Press
CALGARY, AB — Den-
nis Johnson, Publisher of
Red Deer Press, announced
on September 6 the sale of
the Alberta-based publishing
house Red Deer Press to pub-
lisher Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Ltd. of Markham, Ontario.
“Selling the Press was the
right move at the right time,”
said Johnson.
Thc coinpany publishes
many books by award-win-
ning author Kristjana Gun-
nars, including The Substance
of Forgetting, The Rose Gar-
den: Reading Marcel Proust,
The Prowler, Night Train to
Nykobing, and Any Day But
This.
The two companies have
worked closely together since
Fitzhenry & Whiteside took
over sales and distribution of
Red Deer’s pubiishing pro-
gram in 2002.