Lisa Harms is the big winner of the Drèents Liedtiesfestival 2023. With her song Until the sun pours may she represent Drenthe at the Region Song Contest and the European Song Contest for Minority Languages. In addition, Emco employees in Emmen and Coevorden stopped working for half an hour on Wednesday. Here you can read an overview of the most important news of the past week.
The wolf does not seem to have a negative impact on the deer population in Drenthe. On Monday it became clear that 10,605 deer were counted in March during the annual count and this is in line with the counts of the past ten years. “The roe deer is not the wolf’s main food. This has to do with the way the wolf hunts,” says Wildlife Management Advisor Sander Crasborn of IPC Groene Ruimte. He also sees the trend in the population in the eastern neighbours. “In Germany you only see an increase in the past six years.”
Since corona we have started exercising less and less. And that, according to Sport Drenthe, is worrying, especially for young people. “Sports at a young age is a basis for lifelong exercise,” says Hans Slender of Sport Drenthe. According to Slender, sports are also important for social contacts. “You also see more and more mental problems among young people, as a result of loneliness. And sports can contribute to interacting with others.”
Employees of social work company Emco in Emmen and Coevorden laid down work for half an hour on Wednesday. The employees demand a wage increase of more than 10 percent and a doubling of the travel allowance. According to employee Jan Pomp, this is badly needed. “There are people who work, but they also have to go to the food bank because otherwise they cannot make ends meet.”
“Leonarde DiCaprio, Scarlett Johansson, Johnny Depp.” Emmily Haccou, one of the filmmakers of care estate Mirre in Valthe, is dreaming aloud about the stars she will meet at the famous film festival in Cannes, France. The Drenthe film group traveled to the French south coast on Thursday, where their film ghost writer is displayed to the general public.
On Thursday evening, Lisa Harms was crowned winner of the Drèents Liedtiesfestival 2023 with her song Until the sun pours. And a day later, it is mainly the afterglow for the singer from Ter Apel. “I’m really enjoying everything, my phone keeps ringing. I’m getting all kinds of messages.”