The Austrian handyman Josef B. has to go back to jail. According to the court, he was an indispensable link in the family system of the farm family from Ruinerwold. Furthermore, catering entrepreneurs in Assen are concerned about a lack of staff, while dairy farmer Tijmen Nagel from Beilen is concerned about his future as a farmer. You can see that and the recognition for Dutchbat veterans in this week’s Week of Drenthe.
Dairy farmer Tijmen Nagel from Beilen feels chased away by the nitrogen plans that the cabinet announced last Friday. On his farm, the flag is at half mast and upside down. A silent protest, but emotions run high at Nagel. “We get the feeling that you are no longer allowed to be here. That you are unwanted. But we did not come to Drenthe to give up,” says Nagel. He was bought out in Bunschoten-Spakenburg because the site would be used for a new residential area.
In Drenthe he wanted to continue his future as a farmer, but with the new nitrogen plans, that future is hanging by a thread, according to him. “We wanted to pass on our company to the children, but now I don’t think the chance is great. My son wants to become a farmer and will also do the training, but I urge him to mainly look abroad. If these nitrogen plans go through, going abroad is the only option for my children.”
Josef B. has to go to prison for three years for deprivation of liberty of the youngest six children of Ruinerwoldfather Gerrit Jan van D. The six were not registered by their father at the registry office and did not go to school. Because Van D. indoctrinated them with his faith, they did not dare to go outside, the court said. B. helped Van D. and was therefore, according to the court, “an indispensable link in Van D’s family system.”
Attention was also paid to the staff shortage. A problem that occurs in almost all branches, including now during the TT. Catering entrepreneurs in the center of Assen gather friends and family to man the beer tap and the chip shop during the TT. Fortunately, there is also help from veterans. “A lot of former employees who have stopped working in the catering industry come back especially for the TT,” says owner Frank van Urk of cafe De Koppelpaarden in Assen.