The Icelandic Canadian - 01.09.1977, Side 18

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
AUTUMN 1977
All in all, the program was very inter-
esting and varied.
Monday evening entertainment was
provided by the New Horizon Square
Dancers, a community sing-song con-
ducted by Oli Narfason and accom-
panied by Hedy Bjornson, and a presen-
tation by the New Iceland Icelandic
Choir, directed by Ingibjorg Sigurgeirs-
son McKillop.
To bring the evening’s festivities to a
close, a family dance was held in the
Gimli Park Pavilion with music provided
by “Johnny and His Musical Mates”, a
favourite band of the Icelandic Festival
crowd.
This, in brief, gives an idea of the
activities that made up the Icelandic
Festival enjoyed this year — Islendinga-
dagurinn 1977.
NEWS
THORSTEINSON’S
DO-IT-YOURSELF CRUISER
Marvin Thorsteinson of 67 Kingston
Row, Winnipeg, bought a derelict scow
in Riverton, Manitoba, for $3,750,
manoeuvered it on Lake Winnipeg and
the Red River to his St. Vital home, and
has transformed it into an attractive
cruiser.
—Free Press
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The Ten-Mile Road Race
At the Festival
The ten-mile road race at the Icelandic
Festival has become a prominent event
in the sports annals of the Province. This
year there were 91 entries, with
Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario
(Ottawa), and Quebec (Montreal),
represented.
The winner was Bruce Soulsby, of
Winnipeg, in the time of 52 minutes, 21
seconds. At that, the wind was rather
unfavorable.
The Masters event, ages 40 to 50, was
won by Ronald W. Kristjanson, of Fort
Richmond, Winnipeg.
Young folk, boys and girls, took part,
and finished the course, including three
aged eleven, twelve and thirteen years,
respectively.
A heart-warming sight at the finish of
the ten-mile course was the arrival of
seven “Rehab” heart-patients, in
extended line, with arms linked, having
jogged the course.
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The Kiwanis International
in Iceland
The people who comprise the thirty
Kiwanis clubs in Iceland make it the
most densely Kiwanis-populated nation
in the world.
Members of the Kiwanis Club of
Reykjavik raised $30,000 to purchase a
special van for transporting the handi-
capped.