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Holland Heineken House, February 12th to 28th, oh what a party it was! |
Greetings ~ Mark Your Calendars & read the latest incoming mail: For further details on the items listed below and more, visit the "EVENTS" and "BUSINESS DIRECTORY" pages on the Dutch Network web site at www.dutchnetwork.ca.
* March 3rd: Dutch Coffee Club in
Port Coquitlam
* March 4th, 11th, 18th, & 25th:
Dutch Coffee Club in Vancouver
* March 6th: Dutch Winter Carnaval
Dinner Dance in Burnaby
* March 8th: Klaverjas Card Club in
south Surrey
* March 9th: Dutch Coffee Club in
south Surrey
* March 10th: Dutch Coffee Clubs in
Abbotsford & Ladner
* March 11th: CAANS in Vancouver
* March 15th: Klaverjas Cards Night
in Vancouver
* March 16th: Dutch Coffee Club in New Westminster * March 16th: Vancouver Borrelavond
* March 17th: Dutch Coffee Clubs in
Chilliwack, Langley, & West Vancouver
* March 28th: Dutch Family Pot-Luck
& Easter Egg Hunt in West Vancouver
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1) Dutch Winter Carnaval Dinner & Dance Saturday March 6th at the Scandinavian Centre, 6540 Thomas Street in Burnaby. Did you enjoy Holland Heineken House during the Olympics? Well then let's carry on the celebrations at the Carnaval Dinner Dance! Doors open at 5:30pm, Dinner at 6:30pm, Dancing from 7:30pm to 11:00pm. There will be a delicious Buffet Dinner of Salmon, Chicken, & Roast Beef and much more! Kick up your heels on the dance floor or just sit back and enjoy the great melodies played by the new 4 piece Rheinlanders Band. There will be prizes for those with the most extravagant or outrageous costumes. NAJM Members: $30 per person; Non-Members: $45 per person. Everyone is Welcome! Reserve your tickets now for this special event by contacting Henja Sawchuk at 604-888-0886 or henal@shaw.ca. Please note that tickets are not sold at the door.
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2) Holland Heineken House: Photos taken at HHH have been posted on-line for your enjoyment for February 16th http://dutchnetwork.ca/HHH16Feb2010.htm; February 20th http://dutchnetwork.ca/HHH20Feb2010p1.htm; and February 22nd http://dutchnetwork.ca/HHH22Feb2010p1.htm. Oh what an awesome party! To view a chart of Olympic metals and photos of the athletes visit http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-medals/.
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3) Dutch Imports on Vancouver Island: Coombs Wooden Shoe. Unit #14, 1343 Alberni Hwy, Parksville, BC. V9P 2B9, 250-954-2336, aranea@shawbiz.ca, www.iloveoma.com. "Have a Gouda Day!"
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4) Vancouver Sun Run & Dutch T-Shirts: Take part in the 10km Vancouver Sun Run on Sunday May 9th as a member of our "Dutch Team" and receive a special "Keep in Touch with the Dutch" T-shirt to commemorate this fun occasion. We need a minimum of 10 people to register in order to qualify for this special "group" status. You can register on-line at www.vancouversun.com/sunrun. Click as follows: Sun Run Registration >> Teams and Members: Corporate >> Corporate Team Registration >> Join Team - Team Member Only. Our team name is "The Dutch Runners". Registration is now $45 per person. March 25th is the last day to register for the "Dutch Team". Mieke Quinn is the Team Captain and contact person and you can contact her at 778-294-8984 or snippie@shaw.ca. |
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5) Go Green, Go Bike, Go Dutch:
Photos submitted of this wonderfully
successful event last February 6th
in Richmond have been posted on line
at
http://dutchnetwork.ca/GoBike6Feb2010.htm.
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6) Looking for Elisabeth Cornelia Rientsma: My name is Mijke Pol and I work as a researcher voor the Dutch televisionprogram "Andere Tijden". Voor een uitzending ben ik op zoek naar mevrouw Rientsma. Dochter van meneer Rientsma uit Delft. Meneer gaf onderduik aan meneer Keilson, een joodse arts. Na archiefonderzoek heb ik de volgende gegevens: Elisabeth Cornelia Rientsma, geboren op 26-12-1933 te Delft, is op 27-7-1957 vanuit Delft naar Vancouver, Canada, vertrokken. Zouden jullie mij misschien verder kunnen helpen? Of weten jullie een instantie die mijn zou kunnen helpen deze mevrouw te vinden? Bij voorbaat dank! Met vr. gr. Mijke Pol, 035 6773550, mijke.pol@nps.nl, www.anderetijden.nl
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7) Seniorenplein Nederland: Some months ago I made a website especially for seniors in the Netherlands. The web site is designed to be very user friendly and Dutch-Canadian seniors might enjoy it too.
www.seniorenplein-nederland.nl. Lindy van Dijk, lindyvandijk@seniorenplein-nederland.nl.
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8) Celebrating 65 years of Freedom (1945 to 2010) ~ The Dutch In Wartime: is an English language commemorative edition of Maandblad de Krant (monthly magazine for Canadians and Americans of Dutch descent). It contains the personal wartime memories of Dutch immigrants to Canada and the USA, who lived through the Nazi-German occupation of the Netherlands, from 1940 to 1945. It also includes some background information to put those stories into context. The publication is only available by preorder and will mail in early April 2010. A single copy is $5. For more information, and to order on-line, visit www.dutchinwar.com. Tom Bijvoet, Publishing Editor, Maandblad de Krant, Box 20203, Penticton, BC V2A 8M1, 1-250-492-3002, 1-866-864-7510 (fax), editor@dekrant.ca, www.dekrant.ca
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9)
Looking for Rika van Kyck: As I
remember from our childhood, her name was Rika Van Kyck (I
may be wrong on the last name spelling). We are both in our
sixties now, but I always remember her and her family
fondly, such lovely Dutch family. Rika and her siblings were
born here, Harry was her brother and two sisters I have
forgotten their names. I think her husband's name is Frank,
but I lost info on his last name. Her Dad fought in World
War Two, and I think he might have be a POW. We lived at
Mount Sheer, B.C. (five miles up the mountain from Britannia
Beach, B.C.). Her Dad was a miner like my dad at the Copper
Mine there. My maiden name is Linda Graney, my parents John
& Alice Graney. If you have any information, my phone number
is 604-273-9863 and my e-mail is
lindamtharvey@shaw.ca.
Sincerely, Linda Harvey
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10) Dutch Family
Events: Twenty photos of the January 23rd get
together are now posted at
http://dutchnetwork.ca/FamiliesJan2010.htm. We are
now looking for other people willing to host a Dutch
Family event sometime in 2010. The event can be outdoors
or indoors and available locations should be able to
accomodate about 5 families. All suggestions are
welcome. Please contact Edie at 604-536-3394 or
ediebijdemast@telus.net
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11) Looking
for Immigrants from Limburg: In all
the years that I have lived in Canada (43) I
have met a grand total of two Limburgers.
Even at Heineken House there were no
Limburgers to be seen, and that
includes the staff. Since I have no relatives outside of The Netherlands the only opportunity to speak Limburgs comes during phone calls to family in Holland, and they often want to practise their English. I am fluent in Dutch and Limburgs and would certainly be interested in connecting with someone from Limburg who speaks the language, preferably from the south. Although born in Venlo, I lived primarily in the erstwhile Schaesberg, now Landgraaf, near Heerlen. I am an accountant, working from home, and reside in Harrison Mills which is a few minutes west of Harrison Hot Springs. With warmest regards and many thanks in advance, Joe Haan, jhaan@shaw.ca. |
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12)
Are You Proud of Your Dutch Heritage? Do you enjoy receiving this E-Newsletter? Then join NAJM and enable this non-profit organization to futher improve its services for the local Dutch-Canadian community. In June 2010, NAJM will be celebrating its 45th Anniversary. Show your support and become a member today! A 12 month membership is only $30 per person. For further details visit
http://dutchnetwork.ca/jemaintiendrai.htm &/or contact Edie Bijdemast at 604-536-3394 or ediebijdemast@telus.net. >>
Click Here for a Membership Application.
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13)
Do You
Remember: Dear listener, a new
program awaits you on my website of
Dutch light music from the fifties,
sixties and seventies. You'll enjoy the
popular band from the fifties "The
Beetfarmers", Tom Erich and his piano
artistry, a musical tribute to Dutch
songstress Willeke Alberti and much more
on
www.doyouremember.org. Your
comments and suggestions are always
appreciated. Greetings, Abel Odding,
from a snowy Schaumburg, Illinois,
aodding@comcast.net.
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14) The African
Pikin Foundation: raises
funds in support of the impoverished
children of Sierra Leone. By
providing urgently needed financial
assistance, they will be able to
further their education and take
charge of their future. Education is
the passport to opportunity for
these children. Funds raised will be
used to purchase tuitions,
scholarships, uniforms, school
supplies and sports equipment, and
help build schools and urgently
needed water wells. For more
information or to donate, visit:
www.africanpikin.com or call
604-224-0429.
We
sincerely hope our vision will
become your vision and that you will
support us, now, when we need you
the most, at the start of this new
foundation. We cannot do it alone.
We need your help. Thank you, Jan
Besseling, President.
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Met vriendelijke groeten, Edie Bijdemast (604-536-3394), President: NAJM ~ Netherlands Association "Je Maintiendrai", |
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