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THE WALSH COUNTY PRESS WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014
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To celebrate this special event,
with help of Brekke Tours, 32 fam-
ily members and friends of Willam
Skjerven traveled to Norway to be
apart of this special event. The
Skjerven family members and
friends all carried small American
flags to this centennial celebration
in honor of what their Grandfather
and for some their Great Grandfa-
ther and for the children on the trip
their Great Great Grandfather did
100 years ago. They also had spe-
cial t-shirt made up for the event and
were joined by Skjervens from
Canada whose Great Grandparents
were also Haakon and Elisa Skjer-
ven.
At this year's centennial cere-
mony a wonderful band played the
national anthems and patriotic mu-
sic. The Norwegian Honor Guard
was very impressive as were the
speakers. David W. Skjerven,
grandson of William Skjerven gave
one of the speeches and also read a
letter from current North Dakota
Governor Dalrymple. Other speak-
ers were Truls Wickholm a member
of the Norwegian Parliament, who
also laid a beautiful wreath at the
monument and Julie Furuta-Toy
who is Charge d'affaires for the Unit-
ed States Embassy. Celebrations at
the Abe Lincoln statue in Fogner
Park, Oslo, Norway are an annual
event held on a Sunday close to the
4th of July. The significant of this
is that it was the only gathering, as
a silent protest, that was allowed by
the Nazis during their occupation of
Photo: Submitted
Above: July 4th 1914. William Skjerven is the young lad in the pic-
ture. He carded the American flag in the dedication parade when the
people of North Dakota gave Norway a bust of Abraham Lincoln.
Norway during World War II.his brother Herman immigrated
Along with this celebration was from in 1881. Since their mother
the annual Oslo's Fogner Park was Margrete (Meberg) Skjerven
American Independence Day fes- and several of those on the trip were
tivities with music, dancing, games Mebergs, they also toured the
and typical American 4th of July Meberg farm which is in the beau-
food like grilled hamburgers and po- tiful area of Lista. Several members
tato salad. One of the many booths of the tour, which including Dawne
that was set up at this 4th of July cel- Rennet', Teresa and Taryn Chase also
ebration in Oslo was the Repubfican stopped in Iceland to tour there for
Party booth. They were very im- 3 days since one of the Grand-
pressed to have tour member Kyle mothers of the Skjerven family,
Handegard, who is the Secretary of Gunna (Thorsteinsson) Skjerven,
the North Dakota Republican Par- immigrated from Iceland in the
ty, stop by and spend some lime with late 1800's. The tour was 10 days
them. long with the group getting to see
The Skjerven Family Norway and enjoy many areas of beautiful
tour also had them tour the Skjerven Norway
farm near Oslo, were Haakon and Members of this special tour
were David and Caryn Skjerven of
Crystal Lake, IL, Grandson of
William Skjerven and their daugh-
ters Karmen and her husband
Justin Serbinski of Chicago, IL and
their children Hannah, Claire and
Conrad who are Great Great Grand-
children of William Skjerven; and
daughter Carrie Padget and her
husband Brad Padget and their
children Elise and Andrew also
Great Great Grandchild of William
Skjerven. Dawne (Skjerven) Ren-
ner of Mandan, ND a Grand-
daughter ofWiUiam Skjerven; Tere-
sa Chase of Bismarck, ND, also a
Granddaughter and her daughter
Taryn, a Great Granddaughter; Ann
(Skjerven) Noble ofDaUas, a Grand-
daughter and her husband Dan and
their children Riley and Jennie who
are Great Grandchildren of William
Skjerven; Wendy (Skjerven) Gegel-
man of Minneapolis, a Grand-
daughter and her children Willa,
Sage and Carly who too are Great
Granddaughters. Laura (Meberg)
Langemo of Fargo, ND; Robert On-
stad and his wife Jodie (Lawspike)
of Colorado who were all born and
raised in Park River, ND. Chris
McGugian from Michigan and her
sister Patty from Indiana who are
Granddaughters of William Skjer-
yen. Kyle Handegard, Caryn Skjer-
ven's sister, from West Fargo, ND;
Mitzi Hager, Elaine Nelson and
Judy Edwards family friends all
from Fargo, ND.
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lowing are the Walsh County Gun
Club results after results after eight
weeks ending July 9, 2014:
BROWNING LEAGUE
Fordville Co-op 63
PR Dental 49
Custom Ag 42
Kieley Elect 34
McKee Sales 30
Torkelson Farms 22
Top Shooter after 200 targets
Nic Beneda 191
Ron Line 188
Nic Beneda 188
Grant Skibicki 187
Randy Hahn 186
Mike Foerster 184
Shooting 25 Straight
Andy Gemmill, Jason McKeq,
Ryan Hanson, Nic Beneda x5, Matt
beneda x3, David Suda x2, Andrew
Torkelson, Ron Line, Grant Skibic-
ki
Shooting 50 straight
Rick Carlson, Ron Line
Shooting 75 straight
Grant Skibicki, Randy Hahn
FEDERAL LEAGUE
Vets 46
Magnus Force 45
Blanchards 45
JRs 43
Polar 36
Simplot 35
Top Shooters after 200 targets
Brad Magnusson 197
Ron Hultin 195
Grant Skibicki 191
Jerry Blanchard 190
Greg Erovick 189
Gus Stephenson 189
Shooting 25 straight
Jim Dusek x2, Nate Tallack-
son, Andrew Torkelson, Craig Mag-
nusson, Grant Skibicki x2, Ron
Hultin x2, Jerry Blanchard x2, Jeff
Blanchard x2, Gus Stephenson,
Karl Blake, Tom McCann, An-
drew Dusek, Brad Magnusson
Shooting 50 straight
Wade Thompson, Ashley Larson,
Greg Erovick, Ken Fischer
Shooting 75 straight
Ron Hultin
Shooting 150 straight
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Olson Oil 58
Kilmer construction 58
PR Legion 47
Welchs 46
Extra End 31
South Branch Bison 29
Top Shooters after 200 targets
John Forbes 197
Jim Enlow 195
Rock Desautel 192
WD Suda 191
Jerry Blanchard 189
Mark Olson 188
Brad Magnusson 188
Rock Desautel 188
Randy Hahn 188
Jeff Dahlen 188
Shooting 25 straight
Gary Hove, Doug Hove x3, AI
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Shooting 50 straight
Jim Enlow x2, Rock Desautel x2
Shooting 75 straight
Josh Thompson
Shooting 125 straight
John Forbes
WINCHESTER LEAGUE
Centrol 68
Thompson Spuds 64
Tallackson Farms 52
Thompson Truckers 51
Torkelson Clippers 42
Bremer Bank 37
Jims Super Valu 32
Top Shooters after 200 targets
John Forbes 197
Bill Thompson 197
Doug Thompson 196
Ron Hultin 196
WD Suda 195
JeffDahlen 195
Shooting 25 straight
Dan Schindele x2, brad Mag-
nusson x2, Jamie Bennington, Andy
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Nate Tallackson, Jim Thompson x2,
Doug Vosper x2, Bud Symington,
Josh Thompson, Ron Hultin x2,
Marlin Torkelson, Ken Fischer x2,
JeffTorkelson, Jerry Blanchard x3,
Randy Hahn, JeffDahlen x2, Rod
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Shooting 50 straight
Wade Thompson, Nate Tallack-
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Shooting 75 straight
Bill Thompson, Ron Hultin
Shooting 100 straight
Billy Thompson, WD Suda
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