Salolammen Sanomat
March 2013
The Concordia Finnish Language Village www.salolampi.org Where to find…
Scholarships • Summer 2013 Schedule – pgs 2 & 3 Village Events – pgs 4, 5, & 7 Tributes & Memorials – pgs 6 & 7 Donors – pgs 8 & 9 Salolampi Foundation Board • Contact information – pg 10
NEW! Adult Week Scholarship for College & University Students A new 50% reduction in tuition scholarship will be granted to college/ university students who wish to attend a Salolampi Adult Week or Family Fun Weekend program. To qualify, the student must have attended or graduated from an accredited college or university within the calendar year. Limited to the first 12 qualifying applicants. See page 3 for more information.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! We invite you to… the SALOLAMPI KESÄMÖKKI PÄIVÄ June 23, 2013 • 2:00 PM A villager experience of fun, food, beach, kioski, dinner and singing at the "Salolampi Summer Cabin Day." THERE’S STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR 2013 SESSIONS! Many scholarships are available. Salolampi early scholarship available to April 1, 2013. Download applications at www.salolampi.org or
www.concordialanguagevillages.org
Salolampi is for EVERYONE! by Amy (Iida) Tervola Hultberg, Dean “Salolampi…isn’t that for Finns? I’m not Finnish and don’t speak Finnish, so I can’t go there.” And so has been the false myth for some people who have missed out on joining the Salolampi family. When I hear this answer, I think of the great friends of Salolampi who had no Finnish heritage or even Finnish interest, but nevertheless have become ardent supporters and believers in the mission of the Finnish Language Village. I think about two young villagers attending Skogfjorden (Norwegian) and Lac du Bois continued on page 4
Villagers collaborate on a puzzle during an evening program based on Alexis Kivi's novel Seitsemän Veljestä.
TIINA WATTS
New Salolampi Foundation President By Tiina Watts I look forward with excitement and some trepidation to take the reins of this great foundation from Joanne Bergman. There is much to know when heading an organization of this magnitude; but if I can run a household of seven children, a husband, and various pets, that might give me some qualifications for leading the Salolampi Board of Directors. My children love Salolampi; Leila has been a Joanne Bergman, left, passes the presidential counselor in the summer, and the rest have all gavel to Tiina Watts, incoming president. attended many Family weekends. All but one have attended summer youth sessions. Right now, we only have two children at home and an exchange student from Finland. Our family loves languages, music, games, and Finland. As a Salolampi teacher and musician, singing is what I am comfortable doing. My sisters and I started playing guitar and singing when we lived in Finland as teenagers. We get together to sing when we can and we have been able to perform at three FinnFests. I lived in Finland for three years in the 1970s and then as a missionary for my church in the 1980s. Later I worked for a summer in the Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä. My mother was Finnish-born in Karelia, and my dad is American. As president, my main goal is to be an ambassador for Salolampi. At the FinnFest in Arizona this past November, Susan Harstad and I spread the word about Salolampi through singing in the marketplace, teaching Finnish language, and presenting a mini-Salolampi to children and adults. This June we will do the same in Michigan. I love Finnish grammar and especially Finnish verbs. I look forward to continue teaching during Adult Weeks and the Family Weekends in February. I want to continue our effort to raise money for scholarships so that more young people can attend Salolampi to become aware of the great gem we have in northern Minnesota. I am also excited about the possibilities of providing incentives and scholarships for more college students and adults. Learning about Finnish language and culture is like a marathon for the brain!