Many helpers support the swimming pool club

"I think it's fair to say that the annual grant of 5,000 euros can be adjusted upwards", said mayor ralf nowak on wednesday evening at the annual meeting of the swimming pool association kraisdorf on the terrace of the outdoor pool. The 26 members present acknowledged nowak's proposal with much applause.

Because the swimming pool association runs the swimming pool on a voluntary basis, and has done so on behalf of the municipality since 2005, the association receives a subsidy of 5000 euros from the municipality every season. For the remaining costs he has to pay himself.

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Guatemala: protest against overturning of montt verdict

Guatemala: protest against overturning of montt verdict

In guatemala city, demonstrators marched against impunity in front of the constitutional court on friday (local time), as the newspaper "prensa libre" reported on its website.

The ex-dictator was arrested on 10. May be sentenced to 80 years in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity. Due to procedural errors, the guatemalan constitutional court overturned the verdict against rios montt on monday evening.

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Focus on youth work

Focus on youth work

At the fire department the work with young people is written in capital letters. This came to light at the general meeting at the gunsenheimer country inn. Youth leader timucin avci was proud in his annual review about the first place of his youth group at the youth performance march in oberelldorf, which led to the fact that this year meilschnitz will be the host of the performance march. An outstanding eleventh place was also achieved at the district youth performance march in marktredwitz. At the day of the youth fire departments in bergdorf/hohn, marek langbein, niklas geis and sinan turhan passed the bavarian achievement badge and the youth flame level 2.

The children's fire department founded in march 2017, the "meilschnitzer water dragons", developed just as well. It includes twelve children, as reported by the responsible sandra apfel. Participation in the blue light reception and the "loschi's olympiad in dietersdorf. "From there we went home happy, as a fourth place was achieved", so apple.

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Vdk is a strong and active association in himmelkron

Vdk is a strong and active association in himmelkron

Honors for many years of loyalty and commitment to the vdk bavaria were at the forefront of the annual general meeting of the himmelkron-gossenreuth local association. For 30 years of membership elsa frytkowsky was thanked by the treasurer alfred baumgartner, mayor gerhard schneider, chairman walter herrmann and supervisor gabi michel with the loyalty pin in gold and a present.

25 years of service are herbert and susanne ernst, walter herrmann, inge and joachim krause, peter lauterbach and georg meisel. Klaus gabelein, ursula hartmann, gisela heibinger, florian herrmann, ivan hleb, dieter hornfeck, markus konig, elisabeth john, dorothea schmidt and karl-heinz tischler look back on ten years of service and were rewarded with the silver loyalty pin. Andreas breitling was elected to the advisory board of the association.

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Jennifer stoeck remains commander

The eckarts volunteer fire department took advantage of the current rules regarding meetings of a larger group of people to make up for its annual general meeting for the year 2020, which was cancelled in january. 20 active, passive and guests attended the meeting.

Even before their annual report, 1. Commander jennifer stoeck spontaneously called up the item new admissions and welcomed ben kornweih as a new member of the fire brigade.

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Schlusselfelder gathers for the opening of the nativity scene

The rough crib on schlusselfeld's market square still depicts the announcement scene. "The angel brings maria the message that a special child is to be born, one who will bring us love and hope", said pastor wolfgang dettenthaler at the opening on the first advent. This raised expectations, as did the song sung by the choir under the direction of rosi emrich: "freue dich welt, dein konig naht"!"
The opening is an annual event that brings the town's citizens together around the crib. Rainer grief, chairman of the crib association, recalled with thoughtful words how people used to prepare for the festival. Also mayor johannes krapp (CSU) addressed contemplative words about the meaning of advent to the burghers. The melodies played by geo sturm and his brass band were a perfect match for the snow-covered old town. And then there were the youngest schlusselfelder from the kindergarten sankt johannes, who delighted the hearts with their childlike singing. Finally, the head of the kindergarten, rosi bickel, motivated everyone to sing along.

Gifts from santa claus

Pastor Johannes Kestler was pleased that the manger "drauben", so "in the middle of the world stands. She proclaimed the message "that god is in the midst of our lives". Later in the afternoon, santa claus arrived to hand out presents to the children on behalf of the schlusselfeld advertising association. Until the middle of january the nativity scene tells the story of christmas with changing scenes. A nativity scene exhibition can also be seen in the town hall.

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Sonorous city friendship

sonorous city friendship

Greet de clerck shines. The director of the 150-year-old stedelijke academie voor muziek, woord en dans van turnhout is in hammelburg for the first time. She selected nine of her most talented music students to perform a classical concert on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the town twinning between hammelburg and turnhout in belgium. Almost 2000 students attend the largest academy of its kind in flanders. The chosen students were very proud to be able to give a concert in such a solemn setting, reports de clerck.

The dynamic chairman of the turnhout twinning committee, jose lenders, has been a member since 1984 and has visited hammelburg many times. On the german side, it is elfriede bock from the cultural office of the city of hammelburg, who has actively accompanied the city partnership for 20 years. 64 turnhouters traveled to the anniversary with jose lenders, says bock. They enjoyed this special weekend. The program includes a visit to the winery, the planting of a linden tree for the respective chairman, a guided tour of the city, the jubilee concert and many epicurean delights.

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Faces of the ski world championship:from king aksel to unlucky luitz

faces of the ski world championship:from king aksel to unlucky luitz

The rough feelings at the farewell, at the medal or the unhappy end: at the ski world championships in are there were touching stories over almost two weeks and many athletes who will not forget the time in sweden for a long time. A selection:

MIKAELA THE GREAT: two golds, one bronze: mikaela shiffrin has won a medal at each of her starts in are, impressively underlining her special status as the most successful athlete at the world championships. Four slalom gold medals in a row is a world championship record. And the american is still only 23 years old.

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Volunteer fire department honors long-serving members

Volunteer fire department honors long-serving members

The reports at the general meeting of the volunteer fire department showed that the local fire department was ready for action at any time. Also for the club life was a lot offered.

After his funeral, chairman jan millitzer noted a slight decline in membership to 103. The local fire brigade consists of 27 active members, one youth, 67 passive members and eight honorary members. In his review, he looked back on the st. John's bonfire with the dedication of the two new vehicles, among other things.

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Asv looks to the future with optimism

Asv looks to the future with optimism

At the members’ meeting of ASV hollfeld, the re-elected chairman hans-peter hartl looked to the future with optimism despite the current pandemic situation. The association has "overcome the mountain" in 2019 and continues to be on a positive consolidation course. The financial situation can make confident. Structurally and athletically, too, the view is directed forward.

Chairman hartl described the organization of the BR bike tour on the sports grounds as a highlight: "that was advertising for hollfeld, far beyond the county limits." the ASV had recruited here to this topevent also the coarse helper crowd, so that this does the association financially in corona times visibly well. After this event, some repairs had to be carried out on the sports ground, which will be completed in the near future.

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