Anglers open the season

On sunday, 8. April, the season-opening fishing of the ASV hammelburg took place at the rentamtsweiher. It was the first community fishing of the club this year. Ca. 35 anglers of all ages gathered at the rentamt pond. In the beginning it looked very promising for a good fishing day because of the rising temperatures.
But the fish proved the opposite again. Despite the warm sunny days, the nights remained relatively cold and did not really encourage the fish to feed. A handful of fish have nevertheless been caught by anglers.

Gauze in the pond

But at such events the social aspect and the sociability is more important for the anglers.
A very present issue for the anglers is the mull, which is almost daily disposed of by people in the pond. In addition, the excessive feeding of the ducks by walkers, which leads to an increased fecal input of the ducks.
These two factors contribute to a drastic drop in the concentration of oxygen in the water, which deprives all living things below the surface of the water of the oxygen they need to breathe. In the worst case, a complete fish kill can be the result. For this reason, the ban on feeding ducks is also pointed out with signs, unfortunately in vain, as the anglers regret.
Nevertheless, the ASV will try to keep the pond attractive for walkers and tourists.

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An artist, a zeitgeist and a fan community

"I sail on the sea of life, and when my sail breaks, then I want to row, and when it’s no longer enough, then I let myself drift. I do not paint what is fashionable, I paint how I feel".
It is still quiet in the exhibition, still a little time until the vernissage. During a short tour, lothar gartner explains not only his paintings. He speaks of what moves him, what he wants to express in his pictures, what he sees in them. He says of himself, he is contradictory, uncouth, is not polished, does not allow himself to be bent, as an artist he takes no account of currents and the zeitgeist. In this sense, he has not worked on himself, he is untreated. "Untreated" is then also the motto of this, his fifth exhibition, which he presents in the hotel kaiserhof victoria.

Rough fan community

it is an illustrious crowd that meets a little later in the foyer. Everyone came who has always accompanied the kissing art scene. But on this rainy evening, the crowd of art lovers is much more coarse than usual. Lothar gartner had invited to it, and there met his coarse circle of friends. They know each other, they like each other, and they all have one thing in common: they like lothar gartner, they like his manner, they like his friendliness, they like his art, he is a dazzling artistic figure who enriches the cultural life of the spa town and leaves a lasting mark on it. "My vernissage should be an experience, an opportunity to meet, to talk, to look…
If only art connoisseurs and possible buyers would come, what would be for a dreary event", says gartner. And so not only is champagne chilled, fine happchen prepared, discreet piano music accompanies the speech, but the artist is in the midst of his fan community. He has a few words for everyone, a hug, a smile for those he does not know personally. "130 people are present, the same number as last year", flutters christian weghofer, the manager of the "kaiserhof victoria" the painter before he buries the guests and is happy that his house is allowed to exhibit the paintings of the artist from kissingen for the fifth time already. "That is not self-evident", answers gartner, that makes him happy, makes him also a little humble, he admits. Deputy district administrator emil muller revealed why he was happy to come to this vernissage: he and his wife have "one and a half gardeners hanging at home. "The half", he revealed with a smile, the result of a joint painting session with the artist, improved by gartner.

Painting on in thought

laudator hubert ziegler calls the painter genuine, untouched, spontaneous, contradictory and "in a certain way untreated" and what could be more natural than to present his works under this motto?. His paintings do not seem spared, do not seem finished, they invite the viewer to continue painting, at least in his mind.
"Lothar, you paint the way you see your time. Remain so. Do not do it the way we do. We can’t leave anything unfinished, we have to improve, grind, smooth, etc.". Let’s not lose a piece of our individuality? In the past, nature was the creator, today many things are artificial, treated. Continue to carry the flame of individuality, let the viewer discover the untreated side of your paintings, of your soul."

Untreated or not?

The pictures are like this. Different techniques, different materials, groups of figures, landscapes. Gartner increasingly refines his crackle technique, applies layers of paint on top of each other, leaves them untreated, exposes them to the sun, and then paints them on from that breaks the layers. Cracks emerge, making visible what is hidden underneath, conveying depth, drawing shadow plays. Are these paintings untreated?
There it is again, one of the contradictions of lothar gartner. Untreated by the painter is this picture, yes. Treated it is nevertheless. From a very rough of the guild, from nature. Like his art station at the jakobus church "atelier zeitgeist says, as he opposes this zeitgeist. In its art, in its personality. This is how he understands himself, this is how he would like to be understood.
The exhibition at the hotel "kaiserhof victoria bath kis-singen is to 9. February 2014 opened. The entrance is free.

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Geiselwind buys a new tractor for the building yard

At the meeting of the geiselwinder burgermeister ernst nickel informed the council that the current tractor is defective due to damage to the brakes and clutch. Because the vehicle, which is used relatively often by the employees of the yard, has already 45 years on the hump, the repair is "in no economic relation", according to the administration. The municipality is considering the purchase of a new tractor and has, according to mayor nickel, obtained offers, five models have already been tested.

The choice fell on a tractor of the brand fendt vario profi, which from the point of view of the bauhof some advantages compared to the other aueist. Moreover, the vehicle is available in short. The total cost is 118 576 euros. The councillors had some questions, but they also considered the selected tractor to be the best choice.

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The voice of the ruhrpot

The voice of the ruhrpot

To write something about werner hansch is difficult. Werner hansch must be heard. The man has a voice that you do not forget. One that has burned in many football fans, as a background for certain pictures. Schalke’s UEFA cup triumph in milan’s san siro stadium in 1997, borussia dortmund’s golden nineties of the last millennium, BVB’s two championship titles under ottmar hitzfeld. That was his rough time. Hansch was a television reporter for sat.1 for the jubilation. He was the voice of the ruhrpot back then.

Today, the sports reporter is 74 years old and retired, or at least that’s pretty much the case. He hardly ever appears on television. But he is still known, hansch. Also here in rottendorf, where he came on invitation of the SPD local association. Nevertheless it did not become particularly full. About 30 people have come to be entertained by the man with the familiar voice and the chummy ruhrpott idiom. He can still do that quite well. He is the reporter who – and this is no exaggeration – was the first to use the expression "awesome" in a sports broadcast. The first "awesome goal", told hansch in rottendorf, fell in nurnberg. It was scored – what a coincidence – by the current coach of greuther furth mike buskens (hansch: "a wonderful person") for schalke against the club by aubenrist. "What a cool gate. I don’t think I’ve ever expressed the genius of a moment more aptly," he still says today.

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Corona crisis puts nike deep in the red

Corona crisis puts nike deep in the red

Closed shops due to the corona pandemic have brought the world’s largest sporting goods manufacturer nike deep into the red.

In the past fiscal quarter (to the end of may), the adidas rival reported a net loss of 790 million dollars (704 million euros) after the close of the u.S. Stock exchange on thursday. In the same period last year, nike had earned 989 million dollars.

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Glory days of rock ‘n’roll

Glory days of rock 'n'roll

Gunter sigl is 71. The frontman of the spider murphy gang, who performed with his band in the eggerbachhalle on sunday evening, carries the love of rock ‘n roll in his heart. So he confessed frankly: "I ziags net aus, meine rock `n roll schuah. No lang net!"
Together with the only bavarian speaking scotsman, willie duncan from regensburg (guitar) , the ex regensburger domspatzen wolfgang gotz (keyboard), dieter radig (percussion) and robert gorzawsi (drums) sigl swept the audience off their seats. He had neither a frog in the neck, nor schwammerl in de knia. The wicked performance at the "zwoa zigaretten" (two cigarettes) and small text insecurities at the beginning he skilfully played over. "Mia builds in such insecurities that you don`t believe it was playback", sigl welcomed.
The quintet took the almost 200 listeners on a musical journey through the last four decades with catchy tunes from the spider murphy gang. The full-blooded musicians played a colorful mixture of boogie-woogie, swing, rock’n’roll and old hits, accompanied by little anecdotes. A special treat, had sigl and radig with the song of the washing machine fifi in the pack, a" handwritten 24-page cabaret text", sung by the austrian duo bobby piron and josef knapp in the 50’s. "I liked that so much that I played the record so long, until I could the complete text", declared siegl.
Sigl and band gave the audience "glory days of rock n roll", regretted "you like me net", drank a piccolochen and accompanied the audience in the munchner schickeria. But they also sent pit in the whole world or consoled: "who will be woana" and said goodbye with "pfuat di gott elisabeth" of old loves.
But it was not only the songs that thrilled. Especially the drum solos of dieter radi and robert gorzawski, as well as the guitar riffs of willie duncan and the improvisations of wolfgang gotz, where they showed their dexterity and almost put the audience into a trance, were worth listening to. Not least because of this, the visitors gladly chimed in: "oh oh, I like you like this"."
That’s why most of the guests have accepted gunther sigl’s claim that he will one day be in purgatory with his colleagues "knocking on heavens door" plays, probably in bavarian. But then one thing is clear. "When you leave, the blues move in on me."

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Russia distances itself from trump’s threats

Russia distances itself from Trump's threats

"We don’t want to damonize anyone, and we always try to understand what the core of the problem is," auben minister sergei lavrov said after meeting with his u.S. Counterpart rex tillerson in new york on wednesday night.

"If we simply condemn and threaten, we are likely to make enemies of those we want to influence," he said, according to the ministry in moscow. Russia prefers to remain in dialogue with all parties.

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Mussel fights for survival

"We are in the middle of another hot summer. After 2015 and 2018, many waters of the river pearl mussel are drying up again. We are fighting for the mussel’s survival, but if suitable waters are not available in the future, we have no chance." The words of thomas speierl sound dramatic. The head of the district of upper franconia’s fisheries advisory service and his staff have pulled out all the stops to conserve the river pearl mussel (margaritifera margaritifera) in the drei-lander-corner in the district of hof. But even the dedicated team can do nothing against the drought.

Some of the pearl creeks fell dry during the last heat period. With a relocation of mussel stocks, the experts have taken the last possible measure in the past few weeks. Now it depends on whether the river pearl mussel can survive in the new water.

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Mourning after deadly knife attack at slovak school

Mourning after deadly knife attack at slovak school

A young man armed with a knife killed a teacher and injured four other people in a slovak school. According to police president milan lucansky, the attacker was shot dead by police officers after the crime on thursday.

According to lucansky’s statements on the official facebook page of the slovak police, the perpetrator was a 22-year-old former student of the community school consisting of an elementary school and a grammar school in the small town of vrutky near the czech border.

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