Greetings,
The first order of business today is to extend the very best birthday
wishes to our Vice Chief, Roger Rock!
As we all know, Roger crosses all the T's and dots all the I's in our
organization. He manages the herring trailer and our inventory. He
makes the Swedish Days parade happen. The Lodge couldn't run as well
as it does without his steady efforts. So, find a bottle of Avery
Brewery beer and hoist it high for Brother Vice Chief Rock! Thanks for
everything you do, Roger!
Our meeting last Friday was very successful. Our Chaplain, Bud
Meisner, both opened an closed the meeting with prayer. The shrimp
dinner was tasty and we were able to support the Geneva High School
football Vikings. Roger and Mrs. Chief got the meals delivered to the
meeting hot and timely with the inside help from Junior Viking Erik
Hansen, who helped us leapfrog dozens of other cars in a queue. We
were able to discuss at length our new affiliation with the Geneva
Chamber of Commerce and also the June herring dates. We anticipate
greater attendance and hope the Chamber leads new members to us.
Brother Scott Williams brought us up to date on the Swedish pancakes
project and he intends to serve us pancakes at a meeting this spring.
We also discussed the Centennial Brew and considered brewing mead for
the big event. The four brewers amongst us will get together again and
discuss, over cold home brew, our next steps. It was a very good
meeting, attended by Brothers Hansen, Rock, Williams, Meisner,
Tornberg, Reed, Zaras, Rodenbostel and Junior Member Hansen. There was
discussion to return the Closing Ode to the meeting's order.
Our new website continues to log visits from far and wide. Our winning
quiz answer came all the way from Salem, Oregon! HDaniel was correct
on the pronunciation but missed the first question. Mimer (mee-mir)
is the root of the Tree of Knowledge, who's name is Yggdrasil.
Enjoy the extra day light and prepare for milder weather. And remember
to be kind to each other.
Fraternally,
Chief Hansen
chief@mimer33vikings.org
Greetings, Vikings!
It has been a very busy February here at our virtual Lodge and March has certainly come in like a lion. So, here's the latest from Mimer #33 Lodge of the Independent Order of Vikings.
This website is the most obvious change of 2008 but other exciting news about Mimer #33 abounds. We have been accepted as members of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce and have begun participating with all those wonderful people involved in our community. After twelve annual Swedish Days Parades, we are now an official Chamber member and we hope this will result in greater attendance at our Swedish Days herring breakfast at the American Legion beer tent on Sunday 22 June. Get that date on your calendar and we'll see you there!
This Friday we'll be enjoying the annual Shrimp Dinner from the Geneva High School football team. Coach Wicinski's team has this fund raiser and we're going to dine like Vikings! There will be some home brew beer on tap too! Junior Member Erik Hansen is our football team connection and we expect our "Flour Boy" to take good care of us.
Did I say home brew? Four of us met Saturday at Brother Scott Willams' "Bubba Pubba" for an all grain brew session. Scott started early and walked Brother Justin Rodenbostel and I through the intricacies of an all grain brew. He knows his stuff and taught us enough to determine that we'll be moving up from extract brewing soon. Brother Cary Zaras arrived late in the brew session but early enough to teach us the right way to throw darts, closing out two games of Cricket dramatically. He's a ringer!
If you have any questions about our Lodge or would like to join us at a meeting please use the contact page on our site. We'll get right back to you and we can, if you like, add you to our mailing list. We' like very much to learn who might be visiting our website.
So, what is "Mimer"?
1) An oarsman on a Viking ship
2) A long hammer
3) A tree root
And, how do you pronounce Mimer?
1) meye-mir
2) mee-mir
3) mim-er
We'll have some answers next time. Until then, savor every day!
Greetings, Vikings!
It has been a very busy February here at our virtual Lodge and March has certainly come in like a lion. So, here's the latest from Mimer #33 Lodge of the Independent Order of Vikings.
This website is the most obvious change of 2008 but other exciting news about Mimer #33 abounds. We have been accepted as members of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce and have begun participating with all those wonderful people involved in our community. After twelve annual Swedish Days Parades, we are now an official Chamber member and we hope this will result in greater attendance at our Swedish Days herring breakfast at the American Legion beer tent on Sunday 22 June. Get that date on your calendar and we'll see you there!
This Friday we'll be enjoying the annual Shrimp Dinner from the Geneva High School football team. Coach Wicinski's team has this fund raiser and we're going to dine like Vikings! There will be some home brew beer on tap too! Junior Member Erik Hansen is our football team connection and we expect out "Flour Boy" to take good care of us.
Did I say home brew? Four of us met Saturday at Brother Scott Willams' "Bubba Pubba" for an all grain brew session. Scott started early and walked Brother Justin Rodenbostel and I through the intricacies of an all grain brew. He knows his stuff and taught us enough to determine that we'll be moving up from extract brewing soon. Brother Cary Zaras arrived late inthe brews session but early enough to teach us the right way to throw darts, closing out two games of Cricket dramatically. He's a ringer!
If you have any questions about our Lodge or would like to join us at a meeting please use the contact page on our site. We'll get right back to you and we can, if you like, add you to our mailing list. We' like very much to learn who might be visiting our website.
So, what is "Mimer"?
1) An oarsman on a Viking ship
2) A long hammer
3) A tree root
And, how do you pronounce Mimer?
1) meye-mir
2) mee-mir
3) mim-er
We'll have some answers next time. Until then, savor every day!
