Less than a week after being evacuated because of the threat of a dam bursting, residents of the northern english town of whaley bridge were allowed back into their homes. This was announced by the police on wednesday.
More than 1,500 people had been brought to safety because the dam was in danger of collapsing after prolonged heavy rainfall – life was in danger.
What already happened at the "kerwa the first step was the founding of the "brauchtum- und dorfkulturverein hegnabrunner moggerla" put into practice. The official groundbreaking meeting was attended by nearly 30 sympathizers. They elected new marketer hannah kreuzer to head the new association. This made it clear that the community also wants to be active across local boundaries.
Ralf pistor, who was elected second chairman, recalled the kerwa this year, when it became clear "how difficult it was to find someone to take responsibility as an organizer". Fortunately, then the "TIK" preparer declares "otherwise the kerwa would not have come about at all". At a meeting afterwards, it was agreed that the kerwa should not be a one-day event.
For lio oestreicher it was a special tournament. He was not only the youngest fighter in the rannunger team, but also celebrated his 9th birthday during the competition, which was a premiere for him. Birthday. Oestreicher competed in two categories and won two silver medals, one in the rumble and one in the pointfight.
Lilli brunner from euerbach also secured two silver medals. But in the opinion of her coaches, the young fighter did not put in her full performance as usual.
Before what is probably the biggest heavyweight spectacle of the year, tyson fury loves to be driven through the boxing mecca of las vegas in an open-top ferrari.
After being celebrated by hundreds of fans, he made the next announcement to his opponent deontay wilder. "This is going to be a short evening. I’ve come here to knock him out," said fury before his fight against the american WBC world champion on sunday (starting at 03.00 a.M./DAZN) at the MGM grand arena.
A new heat wave is sweeping the region, but interest in the new ramsthaler haus erlebenskunst project continues unabated. Well over 60 people interested in art met at the riders’ bench in the middle of town for the opening of the new ramsthal art trail. The inauguration of the 2.6-kilometer loop trail – located at the western end of the community of ramsthal, idyllically below the vineyards – was a magnet. Five sculptures created during the first ramsthal sculpture symposium as part of the 2019 art week line the partly paved, partly grassy road. Made primarily of wood, they are the start of a possible art path that will extend to other places.
Sculptures for this artistic networking of ramsthal, for example with wirmsthal, euerdorf and other communities, could be created within the framework of new art days in the coming years, according to the wish of the initiators. The ramsthal experience art association.V., active in art, creativity and networking for many years, has once again created something very special with this art trail. Something that has lasted far beyond the biennial art week.
The baur group honored its long-serving and deserving employees. On this occasion, the baur management had organized an "anniversary event" for them arranged.
After 25 and in some cases even 40 years of loyal service to the company, the management had dedicated an excursion day with an eventful program to the jubilarians. After the commemorative photo on the portal of the baur sports hall, the jubilarians set off by bus, with works council chairman horst bergmann once again taking the opportunity to drive the excursion bus in person. After the head of the department for social affairs, doris bergmann, and the personnel officer for social affairs, claudia fohrkolb, had buried everyone warmly, the veil was lifted, because coburg was announced as the stage destination. The first stop of the honored was the traditional cafe schubart, and here there was a cozy afternoon with coffee, cakes and pies, where everyone could sign up for the guided tour of the city or stroll leisurely and according to their own wishes through the veste city.
After that the second part of the excursion day started and from rodental we went to the parkrestaurant rosenau. As soon as they entered, it became clear in what historic surroundings the baur jubilarians found themselves, for after all, this aubergewohnliche restaurant business, which is surrounded by a park-like character, is said to have been built as early as 1820.
The highlight of the evening was the employee awards ceremony, during which all employees received a certificate from the chamber of industry and commerce of upper franconia, the double biography "the unequal siblings", dedicated to the company founder friedrich baur and his sister, and a book on the company's history and a specially designed anniversary calendar. After lunch, the employees of the baur group had a lot to laugh about, as the middle franconian cabaret artist oliver tissot, known to many from the "fastnacht in franken" is known, turned out to be. After a few light-hearted episodes, he turned to the high points of the baur company's history, which was of course also associated with many outstanding personalities. With a firework of wit, accurate punchlines and sophisticated wordplay, he took many people "for a ride" with a wink and strained the laughing muscles. So the evening came to a pleasurable conclusion.
When she writes articles for wikipedia or exchanges news, sarah steirch signs herself as "missvain". Yet she is usually referred to as "he" in chats and e-mails. The fact that most people think she’s a man is no coincidence: according to an internal survey from 2010, just eight percent of the thousands of volunteers and less than a third of the tens of millions of users of the popular online encyclopedia are female.
"I was used to being the only woman in the room. I was just like one of the boys," says steirch in an interview with the dpa news agency. That changed when she became aware of the huge gender gap on wikipedia. Since then, she has been working within the community to get more women involved in the internet reference work.
Only the U.S. Embassy in the yemeni capital of sana’a remains closed, as do the embassies of germany, france and great britain. The u.S. Consulate in lahore, pakistan, which had also suspended operations because of a terrorist threat, will also remain closed for the time being.
"Minister westerwelle has decreed that the sanaa embassy will remain closed until further notice due to a critical assessment of the security situation," said a spokesman for the foreign office in berlin on saturday. "The security situation worldwide is constantly monitored in close coordination with our partners. We are also in close contact with our U.S. Partners on this issue."
In order to rehearse the case of emergency, the volunteer fire departments of bad kissingen and garitz held a joint drill on thursday evening at helios st. Gallen. Elisabeth hospital in bad kissingen carried out. During a training session on the rising main, from 19.45 o'clock the loschwasser at theubenwand of the house approximately 30 meters highly pumped and over jet pipes on the roof of the hospital again delivered. "It is not easy to conduct such an exercise in this environment, since most of the facilities have their risers inside the buildings. At the helios st. This pipe is located on the wall of the elisabeth hospital, so there was no danger of water damage and we were able to "pump" without any problems, says training manager karl-heinz mehringer of the bad kissingen volunteer fire department.
In order to avoid misunderstandings, the exercise was announced to staff and patients in good time. "During such drills, it can quickly happen that the patients think there is a fire in the hospital, which is why we are always careful to inform everyone in the building about the drill in advance", according to nursing director thomas gart: "ultimately, such drills serve to ensure the safety of our employees and patients, which is why it is a matter of course for us to support the local fire departments in the process. We rely on a good and close cooperation."
The coburg fire department is "a great bunch of guys – this is how mayor norbert tessmer (SPD) summed it up at the annual general meeting. However, it was not only pleasing that numerous missions could be mastered well, but also that – contrary to the trends in other associations and organizations – the number of members remained constant.
Commander christian dudda thanked the youth wardens jens beugnies and kevin reich and all the helpers of the youth work for their activities. The coburg fire department has carried out 19 training services of the loschzug 1 in the past year. The 3rd and 4th platoons, which complete the training service together, have also carried out 19 training services. In addition, there are 26 training sessions for breathing apparatus, ten training sessions for machinists, six ABC training sessions, four training sessions for commanders, six training sessions for fall protection and 42 training sessions for the youth group. A training program of this magnitude is only possible through the smooth and cooperative collaboration of all those responsible, dudda emphasized.