Johannisthal school is again under discussion

Only a year after the johannisthal school site was considered secure, it is once again the subject of debate. At that time, parents and the local council had fought to have the principal position in johannisthal filled again and thus not only achieved this goal with the government of upper franconia, but also the preservation of the johannisthal school site. But now it is under discussion again.

The mayor of kups, herbert schneider (no party affiliation), has addressed his councillors, the school management and the parents' advisory council. An extension to the middle school in kups has now been called for. If the school in johannisthal has to be renovated in a few years, it will only receive the same amount of funding that is now needed for the expansion in kups. On wednesday schneider invited to an information meeting. In response to our question, he did not want to go into more detail on the contents of the "purely working session" enter. It is an internal discussion in preparation for the market town council meeting on 24. November had been. There was a constructive exchange of views, he said.

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Christmas with ox and donkey in the stable

Frank stierhof has been working on his parents' farm in the iphof suburb of dornheim for as long as he can remember. He likes to tell how, as an eight-year-old boy, he asked his parents for a horse at easter and got a small herd of goats instead. "These were my first own animals, reports stierhof, who was born in 1981 and works full-time as an industrial mechanic at bosch-rexroth in volkach, germany.

Despite his work, he tries to support his parents irma and walter stierhof as often as possible in caring for and feeding the almost 100 animals, including cows, donkeys, chickens and pigs. In the next year the 25th anniversary of the stierhof as an adventure farm is approaching. Stierhof takes school classes around the countryside and tries to introduce the children to agriculture and nature.

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Luck of the draw gives zaus a duel with the champion

luck of the draw gives zaus a duel with the champion

Of the two "lucky losers marius zaus had the most luck at the german table tennis championships in bamberg. The spvgg effeltrich top division player not only slipped into the main draw by virtue of a draw, but was even able to enjoy a duel with defending champion bastian steger. But that's not all: since last year's winner had to retire due to injury, the 17-year-old suddenly found himself in the eighth finals. Even though the number two from effeltrich lost out to the experienced nico christ from the second division TV hilpoltstein 1:4, zaus left the stechert arena as a happy man. "Full fat" he made his debut at the german championship, and a broad grin was on his face.

Call shortly before midnight
Fate was kind to the young hummeltaler from the district of bayreuth, who has been three years for the spvgg effel trich swings the table tennis bat. After two defeats on friday in the qualifying round against ara karakulak (TTC altena) and hartmut lohse (TSV schwarzenbek), zaus came to a victory over dennis haberle (SV viktoria preuben), who retired in the third set due to injury.
As the third member of his group, zaus assumed that the "german" but a call from his coach shortly before midnight radically changed his plans for the weekend. "At first I thought he was pulling my leg", said zaus, after his coach had told him that he would have to play last year's winner bastian steger on saturday in the first main round. After the last-minute cancellations of the two national players dimitrij ovtcharov and ruwen filus, two places became free, and zaus was one of the two lucky third-place finishers in the group who were selected by lot for the 32-player main draw.

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