Lögberg-Heimskringla - 01.08.2010, Page 17

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Baldur’s Song is here, de-livered by hand. It’s an advance reading copy.
It’s been eagerly anticipated.
It’s been awhile since David
Arnason has had a book out.
Now, we’ll get to see what he’s
been up to trapped in his cot-
tage between the lagoon and
the lake rising.
Set at the turn of the nine-
teenth century in the boom-
town days of Winnipeg, it
brings to life the famous
West End (Goolie Town),
Wolseley,West Broadway, and
the Exchange District. This is
Winnipeg as seen through the
eyes of Baldur, a boy from
Gimli. Local people will want
to read it just so they can iden-
tify characters in the story.
Others will want to read it be-
cause Arnason is a fine writer
with a great sense of humour.
Arnason is a well-known
novelist, a writer of short fic-
tion, and an editor at Turnstone
Press. He has taught at the Uni-
versity of Manitoba since 1972
and has been Acting Head of
the Department of Icelandic
Studies and of the Department
of English.
From Willow Island comes another tale
Joanne, who grew up in Win-
nipegosis, MB, is the daughter
of Bui Fredrickson and grand
daughter of Petronella Björns-
dóttir Crawford and Óskar Gun-
nar Fredrickson, one of the four
young men featured in ‘Trapping
Trip To Indian Lake in 1920’, the
story that the L-H is currently
featuring. Her great grandpar-
ents on her grandmother’s side
were Björn Sigurðsson Craw-
ford (from Kambi ín Krósfirði)
and Sigríður Pétursdóttir (from
Hríshólum ín Reykhólasveit);
and, on her grandfather’s side,
Þorsteinn Gunnar Friðriksson
(from Lækjamóti ín Þistilfirði)
and Guðrún Helga Jörundsdóttir
(from Búrfelli ín Reykholtsdal).
A museum professional
with a 32-year career, and a
graduate of Harvard University,
Joanne Fredrickson DiCosimo
received one of her significant
honours in 2008 when she was
named a Fellow of the Cana-
dian Museums Association, the
highest recognition for a muse-
um professional in Canada. She
is an Honourary Fellow of the
Royal Canadian Geographical
Society and the recipient of nu-
merous other awards including
the YWCA Woman of Distinc-
tion Award, the Distinguished
Alumni Award from the Univer-
sity of Winnipeg, the Prix Mani-
toba Heritage Award, and the
Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal
for service to the community.
One of her major achieve-
ments while serving in Ottawa
was the founding of the Alliance
of Natural History Museums of
Canada in 2003. This dynamic
network now comprises 16 nat-
ural history museums, zoos and
aquaria working in concert to
preserve and interpret the natu-
ral world and to educate and in-
spire people about Canada’s re-
markable natural environment.
On May 22, the Canadian
Museum of Nature’s historic
exhibitions site in Ottawa, the
Victoria Memorial Museum
Building reopened following an
exhaustive six-year renovation.
The renewed Museum’s
splendid new galleries, exhibits,
programs and striking new
modern features encourage
everyone to explore the wonder
and diversity of Canada’s
natural environment. Over
37,000 people attended this
grand re-opening event.
Five days before her re-
tirement, Joanne, wearing her
Golden Jubilee Medal, hosted
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
at the Canadian Museum of Na-
ture and took her on a personal
tour of the newly renovated
building.
From Winnipegosis
to Ottawa
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