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November 2013

FCA News

Finnish Center Associa t ion

FOR MEMBERS OF THE FINNISH CENTER ASSOCIATION

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

OCTOBER . 18 Friday Dinner 5-8 pm - Reservations by previous Wednesday

Baked or fried cod, goulash, peas and carrots, pumpkin bread, broccoli/cheese soup,

deviled eggs

20 Suomi Koulu 12-2 pm

Sunday General Meeting 2 pm

27 Sunday, Open House 1-4 pm

“The Nordic War” DVD presented by Jim Kippola

28 Monday Book Club 1-2 pm

30 Monthly Luncheon 12-3 pm Chicken, etc. Reservations by previous Monday

31 Thursday Serve Safe Class 11am IF YOU WORK IN THE KITCHEN THIS IS A MUST!

NOVEMBER

1 Friday Finnish Conversation Group 10 am

Friday Chef Sallanen Dinner 7 pm – Select meat, fish or vegetarian

Reservations must be paid in full by October 25

2 Saturday Taste of Finland Noon to 10 pm


8 Pasty Prep 10 am

8 Friday Dinner 5-8 pm - Reservations by previous Wednesday

9 Pasty Bake & Sale 11 am-4 pm

10 Sunday Brunch 12-1:30 pm

16 Scandanavian Bazaar 10-4 pm


22 Friday Dinner 5-8 pm - Reservations by previous Wednesday

24 Open House 1-4 pm

25 Monday Book Club 1-2 p.m.

27 Monthly Luncheon 12-3 pm - Reservations by previous Monday

30 Saturday Pikku Joulu 12-2 pm

DECEMBER


6 Friday Finnish Conversation Group 10 am

Friday Independence Day Ball 7 pm-1 am

15 Sunday FASM Concert

20 Friday Dinner 5-8 pm and Novi Community Concert Band 7 pm

RESERVATIONS ARE

REQUIRED ON

DINNERS AND LUNCHEONS

FCA NEWS NOVEMBER 2013

35200 W. Eight Mile Road

Farmington Hills, MI

48335-5108 Tel: (248) 478-6939

Fax: (248) 478-5671

[email protected]

www.finnishcenter.org

Officers Lois Makee, Chairman

Roger Wanttaja, Vice Chairman

Robert Waissi, Secretary

Marlene Ruuskanen, Treasurer

Board of Trustees 1 Year

Frank Gottberg, Cortland Book,

Lila Ball

2 Year

Carl Aebersold, Olli Lamminen, Marlene Ruuskanen

3 Year

Lois Makee, Roger Wanttaja,

Robert Waissi

Alternates

#1 Paavo Kurvi #2 Terry Ball

Financial Review

Eunice Gould, Hilkka Ketola,

Melissa Biddix-Hill

Committee Chairpersons Building & Grounds

Carl Aebersold

Cultural

Carl Aebersold & Hilkka Ketola Education

Hanna Hall

Finance

Mia Lamminen Gift Shop

Margaret Laurila

Membership

Mia Lamminen Publicity & Publications

Nancy Sannar

Social

Lila Ball

SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING

CORPORATION

Paul C. Hendrickson, Chairman

Tapiola Village

Laura Fultz, Manager

248 471-3802

[email protected]

Freedom Square

Jennifer Bridges, Manager

248 442-7250

DEER HUNTERS

In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, they create some of the finest foods

known to man. Beef pasties and Trenary Toast are two that come to mind.

Both are staples in the deer camps in the UP.

For those of you that will be hunting down south here but still want the

pleasure of eating these hearty foods, you‘re in luck, don’t ya’ know.

The FCA will be baking UP-recipe pasties again on Saturday, November

9. Call your order in early to the Finnish Center at (248) 478-6939 or sign

up in the FCA lobby. The cost is $5 per pasty and the proceeds help sup-

port the mission of the Finnish Center.

Want to save 10% on your order? Simply email to fca-

[email protected]. Be sure to include your name, phone number, and

the number of pasties you are ordering. To receive the discount, pasties

must be picked up at the FCA between noon and 4:00 p.m. on Saturday,

November 9.

As always, Trenary Toast is available in the FCA gift shop. Check the

newsletter for hours. [Pasties and Trenary Toast will also be available to

non-hunters as well.]

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED to help with the pasty bake on both Fri-

day and Saturday. Contact Paul Rajala at [email protected], call the

FCA at (248) 478-6939, or sign up on the volunteer list in the lobby.

OCTOBER 2013 POKER ALL STARS

Neil Manley, Norb Leppanen, Linda Lieber, David Sharpe, Frank Gott-

berg, Mark Rikkonen, Mia Lamminen, Olli Lamminen, Bruce Mikko,

Cortland Book, Charlette Lytikainen, Neil Lehto, Paul Rajala.

The next poker nights are December 22 to 24. Please call or email Gene

Belttari to volunteer.

Phone (734) 416-8644

email - [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


NOVEMBER IN THE GARDENS

The leaves have fallen and the air is crisp but

there is much yet to do and see in the gardens.

November is still quite busy for us. We are dead-

heading blooms, adding mulch, cleaning up the

vegetable gardens, and generally preparing all the

gardens for winter.

Several garden club members attended the Farm-

ington Hills Beautification award ceremony in

late October where the gardens won another

beautification award for which we are very grate-

ful. We also participated in the Fall flea market in

an attempt to raise funds to recoup some of the

monies spent to purchase mulch, flowers, and

peat for the gardens this year. Unfortunately the

Garden Club has not received any substantial do-

nations this year so the garden club members

have been forced to spend their own funds

($500) to add these items to the gardens.

We now have a new patio walkway outside the

woodshop installed by the scouts as an eagle

scout project which compliments the boardwalk

to the wetlands. This makes a nice entrance to the

patio area and a lovely place to join us for our

Monday morning 10:30 coffee break. You will

find us still there throughout the month of No-

vember.

If you have any questions or comments or items

to donate please contact me at [734] 546-5190 or

[email protected]

Gayle Gullen, Finlandia Garden Club

DID YOU KNOW -

The Finnish Center has a Scholarship Committee?

Last Year the committee awarded five (5) college

scholarships to applicants with some Finnish family

background?

Donations can be made to the Scholarship Fund at

the Finnish Center? Think about it.

Nancy Sannar, Chairman

RED METAL -

THE COPPER COUNTRY

STRIKE OF 1913

December 17, 2013

8 pm

Mark this date on your calendar!

A documentary will be shown on

nationwide public television.

In our area this would be WTVS Channel 56.

(Check your local listing for the station in your area)

Holiday Greetings

If you wish to extend a holiday greeting to a

friend or loved one submit the full name to

the FCA before November 2, 2012. Greet-

ings will be published in the December issue

of the FCA newsletter.

$10.00 PER GREETING

Thank you.

HyväàJoulua



E & G Heating

Heating and Cooling Service and Installation

Mostly Residential

(734) 812-6318

Greg Makila

Abundant crabapple crop creates tree dam-

age. Garden club members Bruce Mikko

and Rufus Peoples remove broken branches.

Eagle Scout, family, and friend install a

new brick walkway at the FCA.

SOCIAL COMMITTEE

What a joy and pleasure we had at the September

monthly luncheon. Listening from the kitchen to

all the laughter and chit-chat makes all the work

in preparing the food worth our efforts as we

move forward with our Finnish Center. For the

next luncheon remember to sign up on or before

Monday, October 28. An extra $1.00 will be

charged if you don’t make a reservation. See you

there?

The September winners are as follows 50/50

Fritz Putkela, Ann Makila, Bob Buchhane,

Dolores Rajala, Marlene Ruuskanen, Vi Hakala,

Marge Salo, Eunice Gould, Mia Lamminen, Ter-

ry Ball, Eva Bessonen and Barbara Whitty.

Good going!

IMPORTANT: Anyone working in the kitchen

needs to attend the class on Health and Food re-

quirements, taught by our Health Inspector

Randy. Time is 11 am October 31. If you are

unable to attend, see me for another time to

schedule another meeting. There will be a sign

up sheet in the Lobby.

The Auction and Silent Auction was great. We

shared a simple lunch and Freddie Liimatta did

another great job. There are so many to thank, so

Thank You to All who helped Terry and me to

make it successful!

In the near future we will be having a dinner play

night. The Clarkston players will perform. Please

try to support the Finnish Center with your pres-

ence at events.

Terry and Lila Ball

MEMORIALS

When making a memorial donation, you may di-

rect it toward a specific fund.

The funds available are: FCA General Fund, Li-

brary, Scholarship, Hoijakat Folk Dancers, Drama

Club, Finn Weavers, Garden Club, Soittoniekat/

FinnFolk Musicians and Finnish American Sing-

ers.

If a donation is undesignated, it goes to the General

Fund for expenses of the Center.

The family of the deceased may direct undesignat-

ed donations toward a specific fund (up to one year

after date of death).

Please make your check out to the Finnish Center

Association and send donations to: FCA, 35200

West Eight Mile Road, Farmington Hills, MI

48335. Donations received by the 5th of each

month will be published in the next month’s news-

letter.

You may also direct your donation toward the El-

ders’ Housing, but then your check must be made

out to FCA Senior Housing Corp.

Please include full name (with middle initial), ad-

dress, dates of death and birth of the deceased as

well as the name and address of the next of kin to

whom the acknowledgement card is to be mailed.

If you know of a member, parent or child of a

member who has passed away, please call the FCA

at (248) 478-6939.

Corrections:

In memory of FCA life member Eleanor Hakola

Manley (12/5/12) a donation was made by Millie

Harju.

In memory of FCA life member Roy Jurva

(8/26/13) a donation was made by Lillian Heik-

kinen.

In memory of FCA member Emil Lappala

(8/30/13) a donation has been made by an old

schoolmate Ray Wanttaja and Pearl Wanttaja.

PAGE 5 FCA NEWS NOVEMBER 2013

FCA life member Ethel Kemppainen Juntunen

(10/4/013) a donation has been made by Pearl &

Ray Wanttaja.

In memory of FCA life member Harry Niemi

(5/3/13) a donation has been made by Will &

Dolores Rajala.

In memory of FCA life member Lillian Michael-

son Haveri (4/29/13) a donation has been made by

Will & Dolores Rajala.

In memory of FCA life member Norma Vuolle

Aittama (5/2/13) a donation has been made by her

husband Rudy Aittama.

In memory of FCA life member Robert “Bob”

Salo (7/21/13) donations have been made by

Charles Shelton and Will & Dolores Rajala.

In memory of Vera H. Oja (9/20/02) a donation

has been made by Steven & Linda Jacobs.

In memory of FCA life member Vernon Leinonen

(7/19/13) a donation has been made by Norbert &

Luise Leppanen.

In memory of FCA life member Virginia Timonen

(7/18/13) donations have been made by Kathryn

Hill and Will & Dolores Rajala.

In memory of FCA life member Wesley Timonen

((9/9/07) a donation has been made by Will &

Dolores Rajala.

In memory of FCA life member Roy Jurva

(8/26/13) donations have been made by Connie

Fosness and Betty & Leonard Holmbo.

The FCA also wishes to extend condolences to the

family and friends of:

FCA life member Emil Lappala (8/30/13)

Hilary Michalak (9/21/13) daughter of FCA life

member Mary Bomgren.

FCA life member Ethel Juntunen (10/4/13)


SUNSHINE LADY

Sending get-well cards, thinking-of-you cards and

words-of-encouragement cards to FCA members.

This little known function has been around for many

years, and can only be accomplished when I am no-

tified that someone needs a card. Send or call your

card requests to the attention of the “Sunshine Lady”

at the FCA.

Thank you, Eunice Potti Gould

GOING PLACES

Cornwell’s Turkeyville, Thursday, December 5, $71. The play “Two Guys and a Christmas Tree” should

get us into the Christmas spirit. Includes all-you-can-eat turkey buffet. Combo with Nardineers on 11 Mile

Rd. Depart at 9:30 am and return about 6:30 pm.

Holiday Glitz in Rochester, Tuesday, December 17, $68. We will tour the Meadow Brook Hall with all its

beautiful Christmas decorations. Next we will have dinner at 4:30 pm at the Rochester Mills Beer Co.

which is the former historic Western Knitting Mill. Lastly we will have a driving tour of The Big Bright

Light Show in downtown Rochester. This holiday display is unlike any in the Midwest. The buildings in

downtown Rochester will be covered with more than 1.5 million lights. Combo with Nardineers. Depart

1:00 pm and return about 8:30 pm.

If you leave your car at the FCA while on a trip, please park at the north end of the property. If you park

near the main or lounge entrances you are using spaces needed for other functions.

Pearl Wanttaja (248) 541-0054

MEMBERSHIP

If you have changed your email address, please noti-

fy us. We are in the process of getting the newsletter

out to everyone by email or mailed in January 2014.

This will eliminate the $30 subscription fee and all

members will have a newsletter.

All of this is time-consuming, so we need infor-

mation from you as soon as possible. Don’t forget to

let us know if you would like a new directory.

FCA NEWS NOVEMBER 2013 PAGE 7

FROM THE FCA LIBRARY

The Finnish language belongs to the Finno-Ugric

language family, unrelated to the Indo-European

language family, which includes English, Swedish,

German, French, and most other European lan-

guages. This accounts for much of the difficulty

Finns have learning English, or English-speakers

learning to speak Finnish. (It was a cinch for

Swedes to learn English. The languages are, so-to-

speak, first cousins.)

In the 12th and 13th centuries Sweden conquered

Finland. The Swedish language was used in gov-

ernment, business, education and so on; anyone

aspiring to participate in those endeavors had to

learn Swedish. Finnish was spoken mainly by the

peasants and it was only an oral language.

In the 16th century Mikael Agricola, a clergyman

and bishop of Turku, developed a Finnish written

language, intending to translate the Bible. He com-

pleted only the New Testament, but did also pub-

lish the first Finnish “ABC” book, a book of pray-

ers and a Catechism. It is to him we owe the fact

that Finnish is a phonetically written language.

For several more centuries Finnish was still consid-

ered a crude peasant tongue, compared to the lan-

guage of the ruling Swedes.

In 1809 Russia conquered Finland and made it a

Grand Duchy. Adoph Ivar Arwidson, a political

journalist, writer and historian, began writing arti-

cles critical of Finland’s position. He is famous for

his quotation “Swedes we are no longer, Russians

we do not want to become, let us therefore be

Finns.” In order to have a national identity, many

felt, a nation’s own tongue must have official sta-

tus. It took almost a century, but in 1892 this be-

came a reality. For this we can thank especially Jo-

han Vilhelm Snellman, Elias Lönnrot and Aleksis

Kivi. Prior to the 1892 achievement Finland saw a

kielisota or “language war” with feelings on both

sides so violent that “pros” (Fennomen) and

“cons” (Svecomen) would not even share the same

side of the street. A decree was issued in 1859 that

nothing except religious literature and cookbooks

could be published in Finnish.

Johan Vilhelm Snellman was a Fennoman philoso-

pher and statesman. He was a lecturer at the Univer-

sity of Helsinki where among his friends were Lö-

nnrot and Runeberg. He advocated that it was the

duty of the educated classes to take up the language

of the then around 85% majority of Finns and devel-

op Finnish into a language of the civilized world.

Eventually he received a cabinet post in the Senate

where he accomplished a language decree from the

Czar in 1863 that would give the Finnish language a

position equal to that of Swedish within the Finnish

government. In 1892 Finnish was adopted as an offi-

cial language of Finland.

By this time many Finns had assumed Swedish sur-

names or had been given them when recruited into

the Swedish army. In 1906, Snellman’s 100th birth-

day, about 70,000 Finns celebrated by changing their

names to the Finnish form. Among them were Axel

Waldemar Gallen who became Akseli Gallen-

Kallela, Armas Einar Leopold Lönnbomm, who be-

came Eino Leino, and Johannes Brofeldt, who be-

came Juhani Aho. This was repeated in 1935-36

when more than 200,000 changed their names into

Finnish.

Elias Lönnrot was a professor of Finnish language

and literature at the University of Helsinki. He be-

longed to the small circle of nationalist-thinking

scholars whose primary aim was to promote the sta-

tus of the Finnish language. They felt that the lan-

guage of the people was a prerequisite for culture

and a condition for the nation’s survival. They felt

that people deserved to receive their education in

Finnish, take care of their legal affairs in Finnish,

and read newspapers and literature in their own lan-

guage Lönnrot was also trained as a medical doctor

and while serving in northern and eastern Finland he

collected and compiled Finnish folk tales that even-

tually became the Kalevala. This marked an im-

portant turning-point for the Finnish language and

caused a stir abroad as well. It brought a small, un-

known country to the attention of Europeans, and

gave the Finns self-confidence and faith in their own

language and culture.

(continued on page 8)

NOVEMBER 2013 FCA NEWS PAGE 8

SCANDINAVIAN BAZAAR

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2013

10 AM – 4 PM

$1 donation at the door

Featuring:

Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic and Finnish imports and crafts,

baked goods, pasties, food, hand woven rugs, decorative arts, pottery,

lavender soaps and lotions, crafts and more…..

Scandinavian music by Finnfolk

Library (continued from page 7)

Lönnrot had many interests. He not only collected folklore but also wrote and edited quite a number of

hymns. In addition to that he was a linguist. He is regarded as the “second father of the Finnish language “,

after Mikael Agricola. He compiled a Finnish-Swedish dictionary with over 200,000 entries, and he adopt-

ed many new words into the Finnish language, such as kansallisuus (nationality), kirjallisuus (literature)

and sopimus (agreement). His journal, Mehiläinen (The Bee), was the first Finnish-language periodical.

Aleksis Kivi (born Aleksis Stenvall) had a considerable influence on the Finnish language also. He is con-

sidered the father of the Finnish novel and the creator of Finland’s modern literary language. Although flu-

ent in Swedish, his writings are all in Finnish. He published the first important Finnish language novel,

Seitsemän Veljestä (The Seven Brothers) in 1870, as well as plays and poetry. Kivi’s Finnish was based

on dialects, proverbs and religious texts. Although among the earliest authors writing in Finnish, he is still

considered one of the greatest of them all.

Currently Finland is a bilingual country. When Finland became independent in 1917, Finnish and Swedish

were given equal status. Finnish is now the first language of about 91% of the population; Swedish is the

main language of about 5.4%. Other languages spoken include Sami and Romani. All municipalities where

a minority language is spoken by at least 8% of the population are considered bilingual. In these munici-

palities signs are in both languages, important documents are translated and authorities have to be able to

serve in both languages. The Sami languages have an official status in northernmost Finland, regardless of

the proportion of speakers.

Lillian Lehto, Librarian


ARE YOU ELIGIBLE TO JOIN THE VFW?

If you had a relative that served overseas in a time of harm you may be able to join the Veterans of Foreign

Wars (VFW) Auxiliary. The relative does not have to be a member of the VFW or may even be deceased.

There are both Men’s and Women’s Auxiliaries.

Membership in the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is available to a

wife, widow, mother, stepmothers (who have performed the duties of parent); sisters, half sisters, foster and

step-sisters (who attained the status prior to age sixteen (16) and for who the duties of a parent were per-

formed; sisters, half-sisters and foster step-sisters who attained that status prior to age (16) of persons who

were or are eligible for membership in the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Members must

not be less than sixteen (16) years old.

Women eligible for membership in the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States shall be eligible for

membership in the Ladies Auxiliary.

Those who are eligible for Membership in the Men’s Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars are hus-

bands, widowers, fathers, grandfathers, sons, grandsons, brothers and half brothers that attained that status

prior to age sixteen (16) of persons who were or are eligible for membership in the Veterans of Foreign

Wars of the United States. Members must not be less than sixteen years old.

Joining the VFW is a way to support those who serve on active duty, our Veterans and their dependents,

our Country, and our Community. It was founded in 1899 and is 114 years old. The motto for the VFW is a

soldier’s old creed, GOD, FAMILY AND COUNTRY.

The VFW gives out over two million dollars in scholarships each year. These are available through our

High School level programs of Voice of Democracy (VOD) with this year’s theme of, “Why I’m Optimis-

tic about Our Nations Future”. The Patriot’s Pen then will be, “What Patriotism Means to Me”. Teacher of

the Year will also be recognized. The top winner will go to Washington in March with a top prize. Dead-

line for all entries is November 1, 2013. This is open to home schooled students as well.

Contact your local school or VFW (there are 336 Posts in twelve districts in Michigan). Forms are available

at the Michigan website www.vfwmi.org or the Director James M. Galen [email protected]. (586)

784-9914.

Elmer R. Liimatta

(906) 523-4813

http://www.vfwmi.org/


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FINLAND TODAY

First, let me introduce to you the most honest city in the world: Helsinki. According to a test done by Readers Digest

magazine, Helsinki is the most honest city in the world. What they did was place 12 wallets, each with $50.00 in local

currency, a mobile phone number, business cards, and a family picture, in 12 locations in 16 cities and wait for the wal-

lets to be returned. Well, in Helsinki, 11 out of the 12 wallets were returned. In second place was Mumbai, India

where 9 out of the 12 wallets were returned, and in third place were New York and Budapest, Hungary with 7 out of

the 12 wallets returned. In last place was Lisbon, Portugal where only one wallet was returned. Out of the 192 wallets

that were placed in the 16 cities, 47% were returned.

The French National Railway (SNCF) is the latest company to sign up with the Finnish “customer satisfaction survey”

company, HappyOrNot, based in Tampere. What HappyOrNot company does for SNCF is to provide a keyboard with

smiley face buttons, everything from the frown to a big smiley face for a satisfied customer. These are set up at 3000

different locations nationwide, to evaluate the quality of services and condition of facilities. Says Ville Levaniemi, co-

founder and vice president of the company: “We are confident that the benefits of HappyOrNot will bring huge value

for SNCF in both the daily operations and management. “HappyOrNot is currently being used by over 200 retail and

service chain organizations across 25 countries in sectors as varied as transportation, retail, services, hospitality,

healthcare, fitness, lifestyle, and public services.”

The VTT Research Center in Finland has been chosen to test and develop an advanced wireless network for the PSA

Singapore Terminals (PSA), the world’s largest transportation hub. The system that VTT will be developing for PSA,

will allow PSA to command and control its fleet of AGV’s with a robust mesh network. Says Jouko Suakas, VTT’s

Executive Vice President, “VTT is honored by this partnership, which represents a significant toehold for us in the Sin-

gapore market.” “These innovations by VTT will bolster our capability to operate the next generation automated hub

port,” says Oh Bee Lock, the COO of PSA.

Finnish soccer player, Sami Hyypia, has received a unique honor. As far as I know, he is the only Finn to ever receive

this honor. And what is the honor? He has a London Metro (subway) stop named after him. Hyypia was a star defender

on the Liverpool Soccer Club.

And finally, this is a story that took place in the 1940’s when the Heikkila’s owned the boarding house in downtown

Covington, which also served as the Greyhound bus stop. One thing that Mr. Heikkila was really proud of was the 12-

hole HEATED outhouse that they had. People used to come from miles around just to look at the outhouse. The Heik-

kila’s also had a couple of teenaged sons, Mikko and Matti.

Another thing that Mr. Heikkila liked was new gadgets. And new at that time was the intercom system, so he ordered

one. Mr. Heikkila wanted speakers in the boarding house, the restaurant, the courtyard and the outhouse, and with a

switch on it so he could make announcements in all the locations or just one. So when the system was installed, Mikko

and Matti were following the installation guys around so that they could really learn about the system. Once the instal-

lation was done, the two guys figured it was time to check the system. Just then the Greyhound bus pulled in. Every-

body was going toward the restaurant, except for one lady who was going to “use the facilities.” As she made her way

toward the outhouse, Mikko and Matti saw her and switched on the intercom to the “outhouse” position. They waited

until they figured that she was “good & ready” and then Mikko said something into the microphone. Well, the lady

comes tearing out of the outhouse screaming, trying to adjust her underwear up and her dress down, and headed

straight back to the bus!

Mr. Heikkila saw this and asked the boys, ”What in the world happened to her?”

Matti: “We were just testing the intercom.”

Mr. Heikkila: “What in the world did you’se guys say to get her so upset?”

Mikko: “Well, we saw her heading to the outhouse and we waited until we figured she was “good and ready” and I said

in the microphone, ‘Lady, would you mind moving to another hole, we are trying to paint down here.’”

Markku Ketola [email protected]

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DEADLINE: DEADLINE FOR DECEMBER ISSUE IS NOVEMBER 5TH

EDITOR CONTACT INFO: PAUL RAJALA

LAYOUT AND DESIGN: NANCY RAJALA

E-MAIL: [email protected]

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Finnish Center Association. Circulation is about 1,000 of your fellow FCA members, and others,

per issue.

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Column (ad) width is 2-1/4" for rates quoted below. Other sizes quoted on request.

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SAVE THE DATE

FINLANDIA FOUNDATION

2013 PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Performance at 2 pm

January 19, 2014

Pianist Marja Kaisla of Philadelphia was named Per-

former of the Year for 2013. She was born in Fin-

land and has lived in the United States since 1987.

She appears in events to encourage appreciation of

Finnish and Finnish-American talent, culture and

traditions.

Kaisla began studying piano at the age of three and

continued her education at the Sibelius Academy in

Helsinki, the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia,

with Gyorgy Sebok in Switzerland and Susan Starr

in Philadelphia. Her extensive classical repertoire

includes the standard Western classical composer’s

works from the 18th to the 20th century and more,

including a solo program of “White Nights of the

Scandinavian Composers.” She also likes to perform

less classical selections to audiences with ties to

Finland and love for the country.

35200 W. Eight Mile Road Farmington, Hills, MI 48335-5208

FINNISH CENTER ASSOCIATION

To join or renew your FCA membership simply fill out and detach the above form and mail to:

Finnish Center Association, Membership, 35200 W. Eight Mile Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48335-5108

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Convenient, safe and affordable in

highly desirable Farmington Hills, MI

Contact us at:

Tapiola Village (248) 471-3802

Freedom Square (248) 442-7250

www.fcaseniorhousing.org

GK Photos Glenn Kujansuu

Photographer

(248) 436-1276

Weddings - Reunions

Parties & More

[email protected]

10% Discount to FCA members

_____ FCA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION OR ________ RENEWAL

Date_____________________ Phone_________________________

Applicant________________________________________________________

Applicant/Spouse_________________________________________________

Address ________________________________________________________

City ______________________________State ____ Zip code _____________

Signature___________________________Are you of Finnish descent?______

Annual membership, single, one vote ………. $ 50.00

Annual membership, couple, two votes …….. $ 100.00

Annual membership, family, one vote ………. $ 75.00

Life membership, one vote ……………………$ 600.00

Life membership, senior, one vote (see membership chair for details)

Amount enclosed ______________

Please make check payable to FCA and send to Finnish Center Association,

Membership, 35200 W. Eight Mile Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48335-5108 Recommended by: ___________________ _________________________ Rev. 3/2013

Finnish Center Association FCA Newsfinnishcenter.org/newsletter/2013-11-FCA newsletter.pdf · Carl...

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Transcript of Finnish Center Association FCA Newsfinnishcenter.org/newsletter/2013-11-FCA newsletter.pdf · Carl...