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Rats in the city area are on the hook

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  Niederkassel. The rat population in the city has been successfully contained in recent years. However, reports from concerned citizens have been increasing again in recent months. The rats therefore continue to enjoy a rich supply of food. Local brown rats and brown rats do not prefer to spend time in the sewage system. They settle where there is enough food and the offspring can be offered safe shelter. The rats' foraging for food above ground mainly takes place near garbage cans or compost heaps. Composting should be reduced to a minimum, especially in the summer months, so as not to attract annoying rodents into your home garden. Rinsing out the garbage cans and discharging the resulting waste into the sewer or onto your home lawn is not permitted. Food and feed should also not be stored openly on the property. To ensure that the rats do not have a source of food in the sewer system, leftover food should be disposed of with household waste and not down the toilet or down the

Children enjoy reading time with reading mentors

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  This school year, 146 volunteer reading mentors are giving 193 children and young people in the Hürth primary schools, the secondary school and the comprehensive school an hour of shared reading time each week, thereby promoting the reading joy and reading comprehension of the reading children. Hurth (me). MENTOR - the reading helpers in the Reading Friends Association Hürth im Löhrerhof - celebrated this proud result of his voluntary commitment together with many reading mentors, the mayor, teachers from the cooperating schools, friends and sponsors. Margret Schaaf, the project manager, welcomed all the guests and was pleased with them about the good development of the joint commitment, which is a lot of joy for the children and the reading mentors and is an enrichment for everyone. There are many reasons why additional reading support is necessary. Margret Schaaf picked out an important one. According to a study by the Reading Foundation, 30 percent of families in Germany do not re

The course has been set

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  Oberberg. There is no sign of it yet, but in a little over six months the first OVAG hydrogen buses will be rolling on the streets of Oberberg. The buses are stationed at the depot in Wipperfürth-Hämmern. As OVAG managing director Corinna Güllner presented to the district development committee, this depot was deliberately selected: “With 25 buses currently located there, the depot in Wipperfürth-Hämmern is an ideal size to be able to fully convert to hydrogen operation within a manageable period of time to become. In addition, there are plans to upgrade line 336. The first emission-free buses in Oberbergisch are to be used more frequently on this line.” The geographical proximity to the two hydrogen pioneers among transport companies, namely RVK, which uses hydrogen buses at the depot in Wermelskirchen, and WSW mobil in Wuppertal, also speaks in favor of the depot in the northern district. 15 hydrogen buses from Solaris Last year, OVAG ordered 15 “Urbino 12 hydrogen” hydrogen buses f

care and rescue

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  Oberberg district. Numerous people who have immigrated or fled to Germany - and to the Oberbergischer Kreis - are looking for a perspective on the job market or would like to reorient themselves professionally. At the same time, there is an acute shortage of skilled workers and workers in many sectors, including in the nursing and rescue sectors. The needs of both sides were brought together through the three “Care and Rescue Action Days”, organized by the Oberbergischer Kreis Municipal Integration Center, the Oberbergischer Kreis Economic Development Agency and the Academy for Health Management and Senior Citizens (AGewiS). In this way, interested people with a refugee or immigration history were able to gain practical insights into the activities typical of the job, come into contact with employers and practice applying for jobs. Practical day at AGewiSThe 40 participants were first welcomed to AGewiS and, thanks to the reports from trainees, got a first impression of nursing and r

Yvonne Stöcker rules Vollmerhauser Schützen

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  Gummersbach. The Vollmerhausen shooting club celebrated its 96th shooting festival. Yvonne Stöcker achieved royal dignity with the 91st shot. She took her husband Michael Stöcker as her king. He prevailed against five competitors. Martina Heckener won the title of sparkling wine queen this year with the 47th shot. This year the child king was shot with a light point rifle for the first time. Zoe-Marie Scholz became the children’s queen. The internal May kingbird was already shot out on Thursday. Ute Thomas won this with the 204th shot. The emperor bird was shot out on Saturday. Frank Trudrung became emperor with the 50th shot. He took his wife Astrid Trudrung as his empress. For the second time the beer king was eliminated. Members of a citizens' group from Vollmerhausen, the RKV groups and the shooting clubs present shot at the bird. Carmen Meuser, from the RKV group “Jecke Fründe”, got the bird with the 129th shot. She prevailed against 44 competitors. After many years, the par

Joint controls by customs, police, tax investigators and the city

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  38 catering establishments in the region and the 111 people who work there were checked yesterday by 73 employees of the Financial Control for Undeclared Work (FKS) of the Cologne Main Customs Office. The checks ran from midday until the evening hours and were part of a nationwide focus check. Police, tax investigators, public order and immigration authorities were also involved   An initial balance of the controls: In Cologne, five catering establishments were inspected and eleven people were questioned about their employment. "We found three illegally employed Vietnamese nationals in the kitchen of a restaurant. Investigations were initiated against them and their employer on site. Behind the term illegal employment is the brutal exploitation of people for starvation wages. We primarily want those who profit from such machinations accountable," said Jens Ahland, press spokesman for the main customs office in Cologne. “The responsible immigration authorities will now decid

Goose killed

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Mechernich-Kommern (lk). A goose was killed in the poultry house of the LVR open-air museum on the night of Monday, June 3rd to Tuesday, June 4th. Unidentified people entered the area outside opening hours and killed the animal with a stick. The dead goose was found by employees in the morning. The stick was still on the lifeless goose's neck. A report was filed regarding the crime under the Animal Welfare Act. The police has started investigation.

Completed 2,186 sports badges in Oberberg

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Oberberg. In front of the guests of honor Christian Berger and Marc Zimmermann (members of the state parliament), deputy district administrator Professor Dr. Friedrich Wilke and Gummersbach's deputy mayor Jürgen Marquardt were honored as the winners of last year's sports badge competition at AggerEnergie in Berstig. A total of 2,186 sports badges were awarded by 19 schools and 29 clubs in the Oberberg district. This corresponds to an increase of 632 sports badges (previous year: 1,554), which means an increase of over 40 percent. The chairman of the district sports association, Hagen Jobi, praised the sports badge representatives for their tireless voluntary work and thanked the savings banks in Oberberg, the Kreissparkasse Köln and AggerEnergie for their generous sponsorship. Uwe Töpfer, Managing Director of AggerEnergie, was pleased to be the sponsor and host of the sports badge award ceremony for the 22nd time and emphasized the importance of sport and exercise as a means of