Lögberg-Heimskringla - 15.03.2007, Blaðsíða 1

Misery in
Myrdal
$2Single copy price:
Photo
mystery
Can you help Nelson
Gerrard identify people in old
photographs? / page 12
PHOTO COURTESY OF ARTIO FILMS
Sturla Gunnarsson (above)
had precious few sunny days
while filming in Iceland. Jón
Gustafsson’s Wrath of Gods
tells the story / pages 8 – 9
PHOTO: CRAIG KOSHYK
Lives of
substance
Marjorie Anderson of
Anderson House Publish-
ing seeks a particular kind of
memoir / page 2
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LÖGBERG
HEIMSKRINGLA
The Icelandic Community Newspaper • 15 March 2007 • Number 6 / Númer 6 • 15. mars 2007
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OTTAWA, ON — Ten out-
standing Canadian researchers
have been awarded a total of
$700,000 in the 40th annual
competition for Killam Re-
search Fellowships, adminis-
tered by the Canada Council
for the Arts.
Lynne Magnusson at the
University of Toronto was
awarded a fellowship in the
field of English Literature.
Among Canada’s most dis-
tinguished research awards, the
Canada Council for the Arts
Killam Research Fellowships
are made possible by a bequest
of Mrs. Dorothy J. Killam and
a gift she made before her death
in 1965.
The awards support schol-
ars engaged in research projects
of outstanding merit in the hu-
manities, social sciences, natu-
ral sciences, health sciences,
engineering and interdisciplin-
ary studies within these fields.
Killam Research Fellow-
ships, with a value of $70,000 a
year, enable Canada’s best sci-
entists and scholars to devote
two years to full-time research.
The fellowships are awarded to
the individual recipients, but
the funds are paid to and ad-
ministered by universities or
research institutes. The recipi-
ents are chosen by the Killam
Selection Committee, which
comprises 15 eminent scien-
tists and scholars representing
a broad range of disciplines.
After considering 74 ap-
plications, the Killam Selec-
tion Committee chose the fol-
lowing 10 researchers as new
Killam Research Fellows for
2007.Chemistry and Bio-
chemistry: Jacek Lipkowski,
University of Guelph; English
Literature: Lynne Magnus-
son, University of Toronto; En-
vironmental Studies: Nancy
J. Turner, University of Victo-
ria; History: Michel Hébert,
Université du Québec à Mon-
tréal; Mathematics: Edwin A.
Perkins, University of British
Columbia; Physics and As-
tronomy: Bruce D. Gaulin,
McMaster University; and
William E. Harris, McMaster
University; Political Studies:
Douglas Moggach, University
of Ottawa; Psychology: Ian A.
Meinertzhagen, Dalhousie Uni-
versity; and Sociology: David
Lyon, Queen’s University.
SPANISH FORK, UT
— The Icelandic Associa-
tion of Utah (IAU) held its
annual þorrablót February
24 at the Veterans Memorial
Building. Lamb, haddock and
traditional Icelandic foods
were enjoyed by 210 people,
including many young adults
and children.
DeVon Koyle, Vice Presi-
dent of the Association and
Chairman for Þorrablót was
the MC for the evening.
The feast was prepared un-
der the direction of Lee Banks,
executive chef at Young Liv-
ing Farms in Mona, UT. Rick
Matthews, Kathleen Reilley
and Rhea Jean Hancock, IAU
board members, also assisted.
Club President Jack To-
biasson introduced the IAU
2007 honourees, Bruce Hall
and Richard Johnson. Bruce
and Richard are both contrac-
tors who, in 2005, helped with
the restoration of the Iceland
Memorial in Spanish Fork as
part of the Icelandic Sesqui-
centennial Celebration.
Following the dinner, the
Children’s Choir, under the
direction of Rhea Jean Han-
cock and her sister Janiel Or-
ton performed two numbers,
“Klukkan” and “Iceland.”
President Jack Tobiasson led
a sing-along of traditional Ice-
landic songs.
This year’s þorrablót was
an opportunity to gather with
family and friends and cel-
ebrate Icelandic heritage; hon-
our the lives and memories
of the Iceland immigrants to
Utah; to become a bit more
“Icelandic”; and to build
bridges between Utah and Ice-
land.
This year saw one of the
more successful IAU þorra-
blóts. President Jack Tobias-
son credits the large turnout to
starting early, lots of publicity,
board members selling ad-
vanced tickets, as well as hon-
ourees and the children’s choir
bringing family members.
‘Unusually big and
beautiful’ cod
PHOTO: DAVID ASHBY
IAU President Jack Tobiasson
A successful þorrablót
in Spanish Fork
Magnusson awarded
Killam Research
Fellowship
ICELAND — Colleagues Kári Hafsteinsson and Ste-
fán Hauksson aboard the boat Sleipnir ÁR – 19 came into
Þorlákshöfn at the end of the day on February 28 with about
three tons of cod and haddock. They said that the cod had
been unusually big and beautiful and were thus quite pleased
with the day.
Reprinted with permission from Morgunblaðið
PHOTO: MORGUNBLAÐIÐ/BRYNJAR GAUTI
All welcome at L-H AGM
WINNIPEG, MB — Lögberg-Heimskringla will hold its an-
nual general meeting on April 16 at the L-H office. The event is
open to everyone.
All L-H subscribers are members and entitled to vote at the
AGM. Among the items to be considered this year are amend-
ments to the by-laws, including an amendment to Article 7.01
increasing the maximum Board size from 12 to 15. Board mem-
bers are also elected at the AGM.
Refreshments will be served following the meeting. If you
would like to attend, please RSVP to 1-866-564-2374 (in Win-
nipeg 284-5686).
For more information, see the Calendar of Events.
People of Icelandic descent from all over
North America are celebrating the end of
winter, marked by the old Icelandic month
of Þorri. In this issue, take a look at þorra-
blóts from Seattle, WA to Ottawa, ON, and
many points in between / pages 1, 6 and 7