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PROGRAM FOR 2008


Solstad Lodge 709 meets regularly on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 11:30 a.m.
October through April of each year


Thursday, January 10, 2008
“The World of Astrid Lindgren”
11:30 a.m. Briarwood Country Club
Hosts: Charles and Gunilla Hill, Philip Norberg
 



January 2008 meeting of VASA, Solstad Lodge #709

(See pictures from the event here!) 
 

 The program features “The World of Astrid Lindgren.”

Election of Officers
 

Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 11:30 a.m.

 Briarwood Country Club in Sun City West

 

Menu includes tossed green salad, pork loin, sweet potatoes, zucchini, rolls, beverages, and apple cobbler à la mode.

$18.00 per person

Your check, made payable to VASA, is your reservation.  Mail check to Jerry Anderson, 22926 North Las Vegas Drive,

Sun City West, AZ  85375. 

Reserve by January 5, 2008. 

For more information call 623-584-3657 or visit our web site

 www.solstadlodge.com

 




Thursday, February 14, 2008
“Swedish Lenten Customs and Pea Soup Luncheon”
11:30 a.m. Home of Jerry and Pat Anderson
Hosts: Jerry and Pat Anderson, Charles and Gunilla Hill, Steve and Marion Tometich, Allan and Margit Wreigard
 



February 2008 meeting of VASA, Solstad Lodge #709 
 

 

 

Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 11:30 a.m.

 

Home of Pat and Jerry Anderson
22926 Las Vegas Drive
Sun City West
 

Co-hosts: 
Charles and Gunilla Hill, Allan and Margit Wreigard

 

$10.00 per person

 

Your check, made payable to VASA, is your reservation. 
Mail check to
Jerry Anderson,
22926 North Las Vegas Drive
Sun City West, AZ  85375. 

 

Reserve by February 8, 2008. 

 

For more information call 623-584-3657 or visit our web site

 www.solstadlodge.com


Dues for 2008 are $15.00 per person.  These dues should be paid at the February meeting or mailed to Jerry Anderson, Lodge Treasurer, prior to the meeting.

 



Thursday, March 13, 2008
“Celebrate Vasa, Installation of Officers,
and Initiation of New Members”

11:30 a.m. Briarwood Country Club
Hosts: Curtis Bah, Evelyn Hughes, Wally Lenberg



March 2008 meeting of VASA, Solstad Lodge #709 
 

Program features “Gustav Vasa and the Wasa,”
Installation of Officers, and Initiation of New Members.

 

Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 11:30 a.m.

 

Briarwood Country Club, Sun City West

 

Menu:  Classic Beef Bourguignon, Vichy Carrots, Tossed Garden Salad, Rolls and Butter, Brownie à la Mode, and Beverages.

 

$19.00 per person.

 

Your check, made payable to VASA, is your reservation.  Mail check to Treasurer Jerry Anderson, 22926 North Las Vegas Drive,

Sun City West, AZ  85375. 

 

Reserve by March 6, 2008. 

 

For more information call 623-584-3657 or visit our web site

 www.solstadlodge.com

 




Thursday, April 10, 2008
“Midsummer Celebration, Folk Dancing Instruction, and Pot Luck Picnic”
11:30 a.m. Home of Jerry and Pat Anderson
Hosts: Jerry and Pat Anderson, Ingegerd Hessler, Jim and Pat Van Treek, Gerald Weaver
 



April 2008 meeting of VASA, Solstad Lodge #709 
 

Program features Midsummer Customs,
Midsummer Food and Midsummer Folk Dances

 Thursday, April 10, 2008
11:30 a.m. Social Hour, 12:15 Luncheon

Home of Jerry and Pat Anderson,
22926 North Las Vegas Drive, Sun City West, AZ 85375

Menu: Herring, Ham, New Potatoes, Salad, Knäckebröd,
Cheese, Strawberry Dessert, and Beverages.

$10.00 per person

Your check, made payable to VASA, is your reservation. Mail check to Treasurer Jerry Anderson at the above address.

Reserve by April 4, 2008.

For more information call 623-584-3657
or visit our web site

www.solstadlodge.com

 



Thursday, October 9, 2008
Welcome Back Picnic
11:30 a.m. Home of Jerry and Pat Anderson
Hosts: Jerry and Pat Anderson, Lloyd and Linda Axelsson, Myron Olson, Göran Jakobsen


Thursday, November 13, 2008
“Jenny Lind”
11:30 a.m. Briarwood Country Club
Hosts: Tom and Anne Levig, Ed and Arlene Malhstrom


Thursday, December 11, 2008
“Lucia Celebration and Smörgåsbord”
11:30 a.m. Home of Tom and Anne Levig
Hosts: Tom and Anne Levig, Eino and Irene Majava, Wes and Sonja Swanson


Thursday, January 8, 2009
“Pea Soup Luncheon and Famous Swedish Americans”
11:30 a.m. Home of Pat and Jerry Anderson
Hosts: Pat and Jerry Anderson, Charles and Gunilla Hill, Allen and Margit Wreigaard


Thursday, February 12, 2009
“Swedes in Cuba”
11:30 a.m. Briarwood Country Club
Hosts: Charles and Gunilla Hill, Tom and Anne Levig, Phillip H. and Phillip K. Nordberg


Thursday March 12, 2009
The Vasaloppet, Installation of Officers, Initiation of New Members”
11:30 a.m. Briarwood Country Club
Hosts: Curtis Bah, Evelyn Hughes, Wally Lenberg


Thursday, April 9, 2009
“Swedish Midsummer Lunch”
11:30 a.m. Home of Tom and Anne Levig
Hosts: Tom and Anne Levig, Ingegerd Hessler, Charles and Gunilla Hill
 

 


SOLSTAD LODGE 709

SUN CITY WEST, ARIZONA

2008

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