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A trio of women in the service of the lord

A trio of women in the service of the Lord

Karl-heinz hofmann kehlbach- their services are hardly noticed, but if something was missing during the service, every person attending the service would notice: in the marienkirche in kehlbach, a trio of women has been volunteering for decades. Regina welscher and her daughter marion buttner have been volunteering for the church in kehlbach for 50 years. Andrea kraus has been the altar server for two decades.

Long before the parish priest

What motivates mothers and grandmothers to get involved in the church?? The widowed regina welscher (mother of three children and grandmother of four grandchildren) has served as a sacristan in the marienkirche for over 20 years. Their daughter, marion buttner, has been a volunteer lector in the catholic church for over 30 years. The trio has one thing in common. It is busy in the sacristy and in the sanctuary with the preparations of the holy mass long before the beginning of the service and before the arrival of the pastor. Then regina welscher has to get the chasuble for the priest out of the closet and get it ready to wear. She also opens the gospel and the readings in the missal lectionary according to the liturgical cycle of the year and marks them with a bookmark.

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Refugee helper from bamberg honored in the state parliament

Refugee helper from Bamberg honored in the state parliament

On saturday, 1. October, state parliament president barbara stamm (CSU) invites around 1000 refugee supporters to munich. The reception is intended as a thank-you to the volunteers. But not all of them will accept the invitation – in protest against the state government’s asylum policy. Florim gashi from bamberg, on the other hand, didn’t throw the invitation in the wastepaper basket: the 41-year-old is going and wants to deliver a message there.

Why do you get so involved with refugees??
Florim gashi: there is a simple reason for this: i myself came to germany as a refugee from kosovo in 1992. I also have contacts with many people in the city. I see myself as a mediator between the refugees, the authorities and the doctors. It was always clear to me that I was helping people. That’s why I’m organizing the soccer tournament "together instead of against each other" together with the city’s migration advisory council, because sport is the best way to integrate people.

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Burgerforum: distrust is appropriate

To the report ",vote of no confidence’ against meyer" from 16. November and the letter to the editor "lost credibility" from 22. November thomas dorscht from the burgerforum ebermannstadt speaks up. Ebermannstadt city councillors from the CSU, young burgers and the MOG faction had criticized the mayor’s office in a letter to mayor christiane meyer (NLE).

Dorscht now makes the following statement: "on 16. July there was a town council meeting in the town hall, in this meeting was read by mrs. Meyer a letter from the former government president mr. Wenning. We, the citizens affected by the strabs (strabenausbaubeitragssatzung), were astonished when mrs. Meyer read out the passage that the retroactive introduction of the statute for ebermannstadt was ‘necessary and required’. Was regularly named by mrs. Meyer, among others, the government to enforce and justify the retroactive effect of the introduction of the strabs. As quickly as the letter had appeared in their folder, it had disappeared into it again. We, who were present at the meeting on 16. July present burgers, have this sentence definitely from the mouth of mrs. Meyer heard. The letter is now available to us, but what is strangely missing is the passage from mr. Wenning mentioned above. We, at any rate, can well understand the mistrust of the city councils."

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Where the community should act

Where the community should act

It was almost a one-man show by rolf kuhn at the burgers meeting in the sportheim. Under its motto "climate-free to overeat is in danger" he went after the second mayor werner hanke (upwg) with his notes written down on pages, but in an extremely matter-of-fact way. The latter had to stand in for the mayor, who had fallen ill.

Kuhn first denounced the "parking of trucks" on the square next to the school sports facility. "The space is gone", he said, because the trucks heavily damaged the surface. In addition, construction machinery also contributed to the disfigurement. A year ago, he had already pointed out this unsightly matter at the castle assembly, but nothing had been done, complained kuhn. The municipality does not prohibit parking, which is a failure that has negative consequences.

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Thomas goller represents klosterlangheim

Thomas goller represents klosterlangheim

The election of the local spokesman was the focus of a meeting hosted by the city of lichtenfels. Thomas goller was the only candidate to stand for election, and he also received the trust of the residents.

Mayor andreas hugerich described the local spokesman as an important link between the city council and the local residents. Nothing was left to chance at the local meeting, because in addition to the distance regulations and compliance with the hygiene regulations, a tent had even been erected to prevent any weather-related eventualities. The mayor mentioned bernhard christoph by name, who did not run again in the municipal elections, but who had kept an open ear for the burghers for decades and always brought his knowledge and experience to bear for his home town in the work of the town council. The town meeting was a good opportunity to thank him for his voluntary work, which also received a lot of applause from the residents. In klosterlangheim, there are important tasks with the village renewal, the local museum and the local chapel.

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Where the youth has something to say

Where the youth has something to say

The new chairmen of the youth parliament (jupa), axel just and anna barth, paid their inaugural visit to the mayor of upper franconia, florian janik (SPD). Rough introductions were not necessary, however, because just and barth entered their third term of office in november – both were elected to the jupa for the first time in 2014. The mayor congratulated the new chairmen on their re-election and on their election to the leadership of the body. It also wanted to know what the jupa might be dealing with.

"There are many topics. That’s why it’s good that we have – I believe – an ambitious jupa. Everyone is doing well. One of the topics is the bus prices of the VGN", second chairwoman barth reported. Janik was happy to take up the challenge "because this is an exciting and interesting, but also a complex topic. Because when it comes to pricing, there are various mechanisms and reasons at work. But i think it’s good that the jupa is dealing with these issues."

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Ude sees no backdoor for third runway

Ude sees no backdoor for third runway

After the munich citizens' no to the third runway, mayor christian ude (SPD) currently sees no chance of realizing the project – even if prime minister horst seehofer (CSU) and the black-yellow government are thinking about it. "The hinterturchen had to be shown times. I don't see it.", ude told the munich "abendzeitung" newspaper (FRIDAY.). "Because the entire munich city council affirmed that they would abide by the burger will. That's why the city council can't trick the citizens' will behind their backs. And without the consent of the city of munich it is not possible", emphasized the SPD politician. The state capital is one of the airport's three shareholders, along with the freestate and the federal government, and can therefore prevent its construction.
Ude criticized "those who want to overrule and trick the will of the people at all costs". It would create disenchantment with politics. The black-yellow cabinet had last confirmed that it would stick to the third runway. Transport minister martin zeil (FDP) has already called for a bavaria-wide referendum.
Ude resolutely rejected accusations from the CSU and FDP that he was the real loser of sunday's referendum. This is "a grotesque distortion of the facts". "It was about an airport project, the free state of bavaria is the majority shareholder, the state government decided on the project, it provides three munich ministers", he explained. "But if the minister-president and all munich cabinet colleagues cannot convince the people, the chief burgomaster should be the sole loser. That does not want to me in the head." 

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Spd honors loyal members roland braun and peter lauterbach

Spd honors loyal members roland braun and peter lauterbach

A review of party activities in the SPD local association was the focus of the main meeting in the clubhouse of TV schwurbitz. The awards were also presented to long-serving and deserving party members who have remained loyal to their political convictions over the decades.

Honored with merits

Chairman peter fack summed up that the election meetings, many held together with the michelau SPD local association, had been very well received by the people. The local population also used the information booths and site visits to talk to the mandate holders and to pass on their own suggestions to the municipal councillors of the SPD parliamentary group. Two party friends were honored who have remained loyal to the SPD local association in schwurbitz for decades. Chairman fack first addressed roland braun, who could look back on 25 years of party membership and was elected on 1 january 2008. January 1996 had been succeeded to the municipal council. He was a member of the administrative committee for many years before he was elected faction spokesman for his party in 2014 and has since also been a member of the municipal building committee. In addition, roland braun has been involved in many associations and voluntary activities.

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Firefighters prevented the worst

Firefighters prevented the worst

The fire in a roof structure of a warehouse has led in the night on tuesday to a large alarm of the fire departments in the area sonnefeld, weidhausen, rodental and even in the neighboring district kronach.

For reasons that are not yet entirely clear, the roof of the warehouse caught fire at around 10 p.M. On monday. Glowing embers in the intermediate ceiling of the construction sparked a fire in the roof area, which also affected the roof construction, which is made of glue beams.

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“Swing-virus” infects kronacher

His clarinet solos are legendary, his performances with max greger and bill ramsey cult. With his dance orchestra, he achieved worldwide fame in the 1950s: we’re talking about hugo strasser. The old master embodies the german swing-ara like no one else. He arranged and composed numerous melodies.
Also marco plitzner, bandleader of the award-winning "blue moon orchestra, couldn’t get around the old master of the singing and swinging clarinet. The weibenbrunner arranged strasser’s "manhattan jive" for his orchestra new. That was four years ago. The two musicians have been friends ever since.
Since october 2011, the "king of dance music" has been in a new home, who celebrates his 90th birthday in april. Celebrates his 50th birthday with the "blue moon orchestra on rough germany tour. On the first two days of the new year they performed in kronach. Strasser stood like one with the orchestra musicians and vocal performers on the stage of the kreiskulturraum, where he "belted out" one hit after another on his clarinet.

"Call me hugo!"

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