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12/24/07 - January Newsletter added.

12/24/07 - December Newsletter page 1 and page 2 added.

11/12/07 - Added "Saarinen Exhibition at Cranbrook" Weekend Invite Flyer

11/12/07 - Added "Saarinen Exhibition at Cranbrook" Dinner Invite Flyer

11/6/07 - Added Flyer for Pikku Joulu Little Christmas

11/6/07 - November Newsletter page 1 and page 2 added.

10-1-07 Added Flyer for Autumn Fest 2007& Mojakka Cook-off

9/5/07 - September Newsletter added.

8/11/07 - August Newsletter added. New Juhannus photos.

6/3/07 - For the really adventurous, there is a cross country ski trip across the entire country of Finland next March.

5/7/07 - New May newsletter added.

4/6/07 - Note: April Board of Directors meeting: Sunday April 15 at 10am, visitors at noon.

11/16/06 - New November newsletter added

10/4/06 - New October newsletter added

9/5/06 - Added Flyer for the Finnish-American All Stars! that will be on Oct. 7,2006

8/14/06 - August Board of Directors meetings: Sat. Aug. 19th at 10am, visitors at noon
Tues. Aug 29th at 7pm, no visitors.

7/27/06 - George Eklund passed away on July 23rd. Donations made to the DFCSCA Recreation Committee in his memory would be appreciated.

7/27/06 - Martha Tourin passed away on June 24th. Donations made to DFCSCA Scholarship Fund in her memory would be appreciated.

7/ 8/06 - Kaiku concert photos added

6/27/06 - Finn Fest Flyer added

6/17/06 - New June newsletter added

5/23/06 - New Updated listing of 2006-2007 Board Members is on bottom of "About" page

4/17/06 - Finn Fest will be on August 11,12,13, 2006. Contact Kevin Pelto at 248-767-3577 for further information.

3/30/06 - Order form for tickets for the Kaiku concert on June 3rd, 2006

3/27/06 - New April newsletter added

3/27/06 - Juhannus will be on June 24th

3/27/06 - The Annual Membership Meeting will be on April 23rd

3/19/06 - Here is information about the "Kaiku" concert on June 3rd, 2006

3/16/06 - The camp country will open on April 1st for the summer season. Power to be turned on and gates opened April 1st. The water and restrooms will not be on/open until later in the month. (pipe freezing concern) A port-a-john will be on site until restrooms are open.

3/15/06 - St. Urho's Celebration is March 18th

12/25/05 - New Karelian Folk Music Ensemble (March 2005) photos added on the "Events" page under "Year of 2005"

12/24/05 - New January newsletter added

9/26/05 - New October newsletter added

6/7/05 - Added a new Calendar by Social director Lynn Couck

6/7/05 - The Sattuma concert is Wednesday, August 3 at 7:30 in the Dance Hall.

6/2/05 - Life in Finland. A couple of writers are currently keeping a Diary of their 3 week Finland travels that is currently appearing in the Washington Post.

4/28/05 - The memorial service for George Aho will be at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 30th.

4/18/05 - George Aho passed away on Saturday, April 16th while in Florida. There will be a memorial service for him at the clubroom on April 30th. Please check back here for details regarding time. Our condolences to Billie and the rest of the Aho family.

2/14/05 - Winter Fest photos by Erick Leskinen.

1/17/04 - Tickets can now be ordered for the Karelian Folk Music Ensemble event March 5th.

12/13/04 - Notice about updated work hour list. - Check the list posted at the clubroom and at the sauna to be sure your hours have been posted. All cards received as of 12/8/04 have been posted to the database and are on the list. All unworked hours will be billed at $15.00 per hour and will be included with the January invoices.

10/24/04 - New link to Finn Grand Fest 2005

10/10/04 - Finnish Dance Lessons Friday, Oct 22, in the Dance Hall

7/ 3/04 - Information about the shooting stars many saw at the Juhannus fire.

6/15/04 - New Juhannus flyer. Also some Fishing Derby photos are online.

6/6/04 - General updates to most of the pages. Added Links area.

1/ 8/04 - Added infomation about the March 13th - St. Urho’s Day Celebration

1/ 7/04 - Newspaper article that was on today's front page of the Oakland Press about Tom Christensen.

1/ 5/04 - I just noticed that there is an entry in the guest book that was written by Tom Christensen on the same day that he was killed.

1/ 5/04 - Newspaper article about former Finn Camp family member Tom Christensen who was killed in Iraq on Christmas Day.

9/14/03 - This is the new design and server for FinnCamp.org - By Lon Matero.

* Sept 11, 2003 - added September newsletter. New design, guestbook, coming soon.
* Aug 6,2003 - added the Sept 12th Jeremy Kittlel performance info into the newsletter section
* Aug 3,2003 - updated summary of upcoming events and added August 2003 newsletter
* June 29,2003 - Juhannus photos from last weekend have been added(Low Res / HighRes)
* June 29,2003 - The Jeremy Kittel performance has been rescheduled for September 12..
* May 1, 2003 – one of our former members (Georgia Leiviska) wrote a nice note to me which may be of interest. I included some excerpts from her e-mails. Georgia welcomes any e-mails from anyone interested in getting in touch and comparing histories.
* April 30, 2003 - Helen Mack passed away recently and the family has stated that donations to the Finn Camp Scholarship Fund in Helen's memory would be appreciated.
* April 30, 2003 - The following web site may be of interest - http://finlandiaweekly.com
* Feb 8, 2003 - I’m looking for any good photos of recent events to put on this website. If anyone has any photos that they want to share then please e-mail to Russ as a .jpg file. – (see e-mail address below)
* Nov 1, 2002- added a Finn camp aerial photo

Feb 7, 2003 - Wayne Rentola passed away this week following a heart attack. The funeral will be up north

July 13, 2002 - Jane Teetzle passed away suddenly this past week. She suffered a stroke and massive coronary. She was only 54 years old and owned a camp on the west side.

June 24, 2002 - Arne Santti passed away in his sleep at age 87 on June 11, 2002. The family has requested donations to the DFCSCA scholarship fund in his memory.