| | History Highlights
1994
- Incorporated, a non-profit tax deductible organization, June
received $100,000 donation
- found property at 240 Plymouth St. in November
- down payment of $69,000 paid to buy property
- Cleanup Night, New Years Eve Party
1995
- Signed, sealed and delivered property, January
- Members examine and evaluate structure of farmhouse
- Workday, April
- Community Open House - Leif Alpsjö, nyckelharpist and musician
of Sweden, April
- Decision to keep farmhouse and continue renting for $500/mo
- Paint Viking Hall -- donation by Lutheran Brotherhood, a fraternal
insurance organization
1996
- Presentation of GLENN SEABORG DAY, May
- Honorary Board Members announced:
Glenn Seaborg, Swedish, Nobel Prize winner
Robert Nelsen, Norwegian, Lutheran Brotherhood
Siri Eliason, Honorary Swedish Consul General in San Francisco
- Invested $12,000 renovating farmhouse
- Rented house for $1400/mo
- Received Big Screen TV as gift in memory of Edward Sundberg
- Acoustical improvements made interior of Viking Hall
- Windstorm blows roof off farmhouse
1997
- New roof, cost of $8000
- Surprise - insurance covered $3000 of roof expense
- Campaign for $10,000 building fund reduction
1998
- Debt reduction campaign reaches goal of $10,000
- New furnace/air conditioner installed in Viking Hall
- Double pane windows installed for heat and sound control
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