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LEVICE AND CIVIL SOCIETY(OZ) „POMÔŽME SI“

announce

HUMANITARIAN COLLECTION

for
civil society „DIAKONIU BROUMOV“,
which provides social services for socially weaker citizens.

WHAT ARE WE COLLECTING?
Male, Female, Children´s clothing, bed linnen, towels, kitchen-towels, housewares, cloths, glasses, curtains, blankets, pillows, pots, shoes, tins and toys.

WHICH DAYS?
Every WEDNESDAY24 till March 31, 2010

EXCEPT March 3, 2010

WEDNESDAYS from 10am to 5pm
SATURDAYS from 10am to 1pm

WHERE TO BRING THE DONATIONS?

To COLLECTING CENTER
at Ludanská St. no.11 in Levice
 

For further information please call 0908 161 545.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

 
 

Football tournament of metropolitan police teams – come and support ours!

11th year of the Football tournament of Metropolitan Police Teams is taking place at the Sports Hall in Levice on Friday 26th February 2010 from 7.30am till 5.30pm

SABRINA CUP 2010

The Metropolitan Police Teams from Levice, Nitra, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Čadca, Trenčín, Zvolen, Poprad, Liptovský Mikuláš, Lučenec and Spišská nová Ves will be competing.

The event is organized by SABRINA MODELLE s.r.o. Levice.

We were imformed by Mr. Frajka, the reprezentative of Sabrina Modelle s r.o. Levice that

Entrance for all is free of charge!!!

DON´T HESITATE AND COME AND SUPPORT OUR TEAM!

AV

Town Hall Announcement: 1st Contact Office is being moved

Dear co-citizens,

In order to improve our services in the 1st contact Office (KPK) we announce that

Beginning on the 24th February 2010

The employees of the KPK will be available to your needs at the former Filing room premises
(entrance of the Town Hall building, first door on the right).

We believe, these changes will provide higher comfort and level of satisfaction to you, our citizens.

We also announce that,

It is only KPK that is being moved -
Taxes and Fees Department as well as the cash desk are staying at the same place (side entrance of the Town Hall building).

AV

Mayor invites everyone

To

MAYOR´S BLOOD DROP

Held on 8th FEBRUARY 2010 from 8am to 12noon

At the TOWN HALL, in LEVICE, at the 1st FLOOR

YOUR DECISION MAY SAVE LIVES
 

Dear co-citizens, friends,
It is Christmas time. It is the time of joy and happiness, time of giving. We lit the candlelight at the Christmas wreath, prepare shiny decorations and what is the most important we start walking the world with our hearts in our hands. I admit it, personally,  I look forward to this time of the year. It is full of wonderful magic that is hiding everywhere round us. Whether it is the snowflakes falling from the skies, the scent of freshly baked gingerbread or the colourful lights on the Christmas trees and the windows at our households. These are all signs giving  us the feeling of warmness of our homes  no matter how far we are. I would be happy if this Christmas spirit could reach each and every one of us and fill us with a gift of peace, generosity and kindness.
Dear friends, our world- it is people around us. It is down to them whether we are sad or happy. Let me therefore wish you to have someone who brings tenderness and joy to your life near you. May angels hiding in your friends be accompanying you not only during the Christmas time but all through the year, let them be the ones who can take away the sadness, warm your hearts and ease the pain. I wish you beautiful season holidays and may the New Year bring:
Lots of love since it gives sense to our lives,
Lots of health since it bring endless opportunities and
Lots of luck since nothing tastes better than surprises of Luck itself.

                                                Ing. Štefan Mišák
                                               Town Mayor
 

  The Mayor’s letter to all entrepreneurs, directors and MDs

Ing. Štefan M i š á k
The Town Mayor
Levice
____________________________________

Levice 2nd Dec. 2009


Dear Sir/Madam
Levice is trying to provide reasonable opportunities for the development of sporting and cultural activities as well as the town’s social projects year after year.
Apart from having reasonable sporting and cultural premises the town is covering fully the running expenses of these and is also trying to support the sporting and cultural events with certain donations.
The town‘ s budget is rather limited especially these days – the recession time, which forces us to look for other options in order to keep up the current sporting and cultural events number and above all to save these from dissolution.
Dear Sir/Madam, I am absolutely certain that you also care about the sporting and cultural events held in our town that also your employees may be participating at these, and that you also care about the sporting and cultural premises where these events may be held. This certainty made me to write this letter in which I wish to ask all of you for help. Please help to support the sporting, cultural and social events in our town. The healthy development of our co-citizens should interest all. In this stressful period it is the least we can do for our citizens and for ourselves. Together we can make it.
With regards,

Ing. Štefan MIŠÁK
Levice Town Mayor
 

VOTE FOR OUR TOWN IN THE COMPETION – THE PRETIEST SLOVAK TOWN 2009

Vote for Levice at www.slovakregion.sk/levice and help the town to be awarded the title:

“THE PRETIEST SLOVAK TOWN 2009”

You can even vote every hour once only! The competition lasts till 30th November 2009

For more information regarding the competition look at the right side of the website www.slovakregion.sk

Thank you for each and every vote!
 

CHALLENGE YOUR HEART TO AN ACTIVITY!

7th September 2009 is the beginning of the 3rd Slovak campaign “Challenge your heart to an activity!

The campaign is initiated by the WHO, secured by all RUVZ in Slovakia within the program CINDI and UVZ in Slovakia with its seat in Banska Bystrica.

The campaign aims:
- To promote movement and activities for health
- To create partnerships to improve the moving possibilities of the citizens
- Participants do activities in at least the amount and frequency necessary to keep healthy. These activities will be noticed in the participant letter. There will be a draw at the end, out of the participants fulfilling the conditions some will be rewarded and given prices by the sponsors

Competition begins on the 7th September 2009 and lasts till the 29th November 2009. You may join it by the 2nd November the latest since one of the conditions is  a 4 week participation.

The participants may ask to be examined free of charge upon the entry and at the end of the competition at the Health Advisory Centre at the RUVZ in Levice seated at Ulica 29. august #1
- blood examination
- heart pressure examination
- antropometric index calculation

Posters and participation letters/application letters are available at the Health Advisory Centre or at www.ruvzlv.sk
For information call: 036-6305341

We would like to challenge all of you to be a part of it in order to lead a healthy life style!
 

YOU MAY STILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE MONOGRAPHY OF LEVICE!

Dear citizens,

You may still contribute to the monography of Levice by bringing you historical pictures, posters, news, written materials.

We would be happy to collect the most materials about life in Levice to make the new publication the greatest and the most interesting. Valuable are pictures of buildings, streets that no longer exist, town celebrations, events or advertising posters, businesses and factories. Do not hesitate and bring older pictures of school or sporting teams, weddings, funerals, dances or working brigades!

The materials are being collected at the State Archive Building in Levice, Vojenska street # 1 till the end of April 2010. The provided materials will be scanned and the originals returned to the owners.

Thank you in advance for each and every contribution.
 

EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL LECTURE – WE WILL REPEAT IT ONCE MORE!

THE TOWN MAYER AND FINCLUV SLOVAKIA – DC LEVICE

Because of great demand – invites you to a free lecture

LARGE INTESTINE CANCER – TEST THAT MAY SAVE A LIFE!

WHEN?

12TH NOVEMBER 2009 AT 4:30PM

WHERE

DK DRUZBA LEVICE, THE THATRE HALL {1ST FLOOR}

WHO IS GIVING THE LECTURE?

ING. LUCIA SINDLEROVA, NUTRITIONIST

Did you know, that 90% of …. May be discovered thank to a simple and painless test for hidden bleeding?

EACH PARTICIPANT RECEIVES THE TEST WORTH 5 EURO FREE OF CHARGE!

PROTECT YOUR HEALTH WHILE YOU CAN!

The wedding  hall at the Town Hall was crowded on the 27th October 2009 but not because of a wedding but because of a lecture!

The Municipality in Levice in cooperation with Finclub Slovakia-distribution centre in Levice organized a free lecture “Large Intestine Cancer – test that may save a life!”.

The lecture was targeting not only prevention but also diagnose. Free immunology tests worth 5 euro were given out thank to Finclub Slovakia. Yes, you are reading it correctly! Absolutely FREE!

The lecturer, Ing. Lucia Sindelkova, informed the participants about the dangers of this malicious disease, but also about the prevention possibilities. Because of great demand the lecture will be repeated on the 12th November 2009 at 4:30pm, this time in a larger space and thus the cinema hall at DK Druzba in Levice.

What else to add at the end? We welcome the great demand as it indicates interest as well as responsible approach of people from Levice towards their health. And this is the aim of the project LEVICE – HEALTHY TOWN, that has been organizing its non-profit activities for the public for 9 years. We are reaching certainty in doing the right thing when joining the Association of Healthy Slovak Towns thanks to you and your participation. Therefore we decided to continue in projects improving the quality of life in our town. We can only promise, that your hunger for information concerning healthy life style will not be notices. We are here for you and we WANT to be here for you.

Mgr. Erika Macakova, event coordinator

DO SPORT LOWER PRESSURE
 

Bayer, s.r.o., Slovenská liga proti hypertenzii and LIDL chain stores invite everyone to the educational presentation „Športom za nižším tlakom/Do sport Lower pressure“ taking place at the car park of LIDL store in Levice on the 19th September 2009 between 9am – 12 /noon/
 

If interested feel free to come and discuss related topics with the doctors from the Levice region also cardiologists in cooperation with doc.MUDr. Stefan Farsky, CSc. The chairman of Slovak league against hypertension. All of the specialists will be providing consultations and you may also have a pressure check up free of charge. They will also be able to check your own pressure gauges. The visitors may discuss their personal health problems especially those connected to hypertension.
 

    65th anniversary of SNP
The representatives of Levice, municipality representatives, members of Anti-Fascist Warriors came to pay tribute to those who took part in the SNP /Slovak National Uprising/ and take a bow at the War Monument on the 27th August 2009. Gratifing is the fact that many children with their parents and grandparents came to pay their tribute too. It is a sign that this significant act of Slovak people during the WWII is being remembered by other generations.
 

      A big new digital display has been ceremonially unveiled and switched on in the town centre of Levice on the 29 th of April 2009.

     The screen has been installed on the shopping center Dituria and it will broadcast a combination of local news, sport, entertainment, a wide source of information, commercial spots, etc.

     It will be operated by the advertising agency IPA, Ltd. in Levice.

     On the 24 th of April 2009 a big spring clean up took place in the local park of M. R. Štefánik in Levice.

     This event was organised by the members of the Youth parliament, as a part of their programme of activities 2009, and their coordinator Mrs. Martina Gašparová. The town of Levice supplied them with all the necessary garden equipment such as brooms, grass rakes, garden shovels, refuse sacks but also with a paint and the paintbrushes. The members of the Youth parliament and more than 40 young volunteers from the local primary and secondary schools rolled up their sleeves to help tidy up the park and to keep it beautiful. They took care of the park by picking up the rubbish, raking the lawn, sweeping the paths and painting the benches. They collected 20 bags full of rubbish.

     There is a negative impression of young people, but all these young people had given up their time and did a great job. A big THANK YOU to everyone who came along.

      The next clean up will be in June. We look forward to seeing you!

     The 8 th casual meeting of the members of the youth parliament from Levice was held at the holiday resort Margita - Ilona from Friday the 17 th of April until Saturday the 18 th.

     There were 15 members of the youth parliament (the representatives from primary and secondary schools in Levice) present. The event was led by the coordinator of the youth parliament Mrs. Martina Gašparová and one representative of the youth information centre in Levice. The purpose of the meeting was to balance their work and to discuss preparation for their voluntary work at the park of M. R. Štefánik.

     After a long day´s work they barbecued and enjoyed the evening singing around a campfire with a guitare.

     The committee of town district Kalinčiakovo together with the kindergarten in Kalinčiakovo prepared an exhibition entitled "Creativity". For the residents of Kalinčiakovo was it an opportunity to present various handcrafted items, to show their talent and creativity to the public.

     The exhibition hall was full of textiles, paintings, woodworks. The visitors of the exhibition could have seen a wide range of needlework techniques, knitting, dress making, embroidery, crochet, painting on silk, paintings, wood carwing, etc.

The children took part in exhibiting their beautiful work too. During the holiday they made lovely ikebanas, wreaths, decorated easter eggs and other decorative objects for sale.

     The visitors´interest was great, they were very fascinated.

     On the occasion of Teachers´day a ceremony to pay tribute to the teachers was held in the civil wedding hall in the Town hall on Friday the 27th of March 2009.

     Mr. Martin Bátovský, the Chiefman of the regional institution for schools in Levice, appreciated all the teachers who work tirelessly with our children every day. The teachers adore teaching, give so much and receive little in return. Every child is special, every child has different abilities and interests and teachers have the power to make an enormous difference to each of their lives. Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions.

     The Mayor of Levice, Mr. Štefan Mišák raised their hard work. He thanked them for their love, devotion and dedication to the children entrusted to their care.

     Children from the Art school together with their teachers prepared a wonderful programme.

     Each honored teacher received a letter of thanks and a flower.

     Anna Repáňová - head teacher, Kindergarten, Vojenská ulica 114, Levice

     Honored elementary school teachers and teachers at the art school are:

     Jana Hlôšková - educator, Elementary school of Andrej Kmeť, Levice

     Soňa Zelienková - teacher, Elementary school of Andrej Kmeť, Levice

     Marek Szegény - teacher, Elementary school, Ulica sv. Michala 42, Levice

     Štefan Jurča - teacher, Elementary school, Ulica sv. Michala 42, Levice

     Soňa Belániová - teacher, Elementary school, Pri Podlužianke 6, Levice

     Darina Hlinčíková - teacher, Elementary school, Pri Podlužianke 6, Levice

     Hedviga Burínová - teacher, Elementary school, Pri Podlužianke 6, Levice

     Viere Macáková - deputy head teacher, Elementary school, Saratovská ulica 43, Levice

     Mária Biriczová - educator, Elementary school, Saratovská ulica 43, Levice

     Erika Gubová - teacher, Elementary school, Saratovská ulica 85, Levice

     Oľga Pacalová - teacher, Elementary school, Saratovská ulica 85, Levice

     Mária Nagyová - teacher, Elementary school, Saratovská ulica 85, Levice

     Adriana Cucorová - teacher, Elementary school, Školská ulica 14, Levice

     Gabriela Tóthová - teacher, Elementary school, Školská ulica 14, Levice

     Katarína Lészkoóvá - deputy head teacher, Elementary school of Gyula Juhász, Levice

     Aladár Birner - teacher, Art school, Ulica F. Engelsa 2, Levice

     Honored kindergarten teachers are:

     Daniela Potocká - teacher, Kindergarten, Dopravná ulica 60, Levice

     Erika Chovancová - teacher, Kindergarten, Hlboká ulica 1, Levice

     Božena Danieličová - teacher, Kindergarten, Ulica P. O. Hviezdoslava, Levice

     Eliška Kyselová - teacher, Kindergarten, Konopná ulica 8, Levice

     Eva Weisová - teacher, Kindergarten, Perecká ulica 41, Levice

     Erika Nádaždyová - teacher, Kindergarten, Tekovská ulica 28, Levice

     Katarína Kúkelová - teacher, Kindergarten, Vojenská ulica 114, Levice

     Erika Csetöová - teacher, Kindergarten, Ulica T. Vansovej 2, Levice

     If all teachers were like you! 

     The 14th Levice´s hunting days were held in the House of culture Družba in Levice from March 26th to April 4th. This annual event was organized under the auspices of the President  of the Slovak Republic.

     The opening ceremony was attended by representatives of the State organizations, members of the Town council and by a large number of visitors. The ribbon cutting ceremony was performed by the Minister of agricultural of the Slovak Republic, Mr. Stanislav Becík.

     After the formal program, the visitors admired the exhibitions "Nature around us" - showing the works done by children, "Nature and animals" - presentation of hunting trophies, which were judged by a C.I.C. (International evaluation commission).

     Later in the day the winners of the art and literary contest "Nature around us" and the winners of the International film festival "Hubertlov Levice 2009" were announced.

      On 26 March 2009 an award ceremony to announce the winners of the Sportsmen of the year 2008 competition took place in the civil wedding hall in Levice.

     This annual competition is organized by the regional weekly newspaper Pohronie in cooperation with the Municipality of Levice every year. The competition is aimed to highlighting achivements of the most successful sportsmen / sportswomen and the most successful sports teams in Levice. The Deputy Mayor Mrs. Beata Vrábelová, the Chair of the local sport committee Mrs. Mária Kuriačková and the Chief editor of Pohronie Mrs. Oľga Prekopová presented the awards to the winners. It was not easy to select the winners among so worthy candidates. All of them have worked hard and have produced remarkable results.

      As a part of the ceremony was a cultural programme, a performance by children from the foster home "Bee" in Levice and from the home for mentally disabled people in Krškany.

        The awarded winners are:

     • The best sportsmen / sportswomen of the year 2008

        Ladislav Lutovský - basketball (BK Levice)

        Ivan Štarke - tennis (TK Ratufa)

        Július Beňuš - ice hockey (HK Levi

        Pavol Varga - football (FK Slovak Levice)

        Jakub Mokrý - swimming (ŠK Atóm Levice)

        Peter Gutyan - swimming (ŠK Aquasport Levice)

        Tomáš Mindák - fishing (SRZ - MsO Levice)

        Lukáš Flídr - football (FK Slovan Levice)

        Peter Zelinka - karate (Karate club GOJU - RYU Levice)

        Lucia Kleinová - volleyball (VK Levice)

        Ján Krivočenko - indoor football (ŠK Levice)

     • The best sports teams of the year 2008

        Football players U-11

        ŠKB Junior - older mini basketball players

        HK - the 6th sports class

     • The personality of the year 2008

        Juraj Račko - for his long time sport activities

     • The prize of Mayor of Levice

        Pavol Kováč - shooting

        Jozef Gašpar - assistant (Section of blind and weak sight "OČKO" Levice)

     Congratulation to all of you! Please continue to do your utmost!

     On Thursday, March 19, 2009 the 4th extraordinary meeting was held to discuss important issues affecting the proposals for the revitalisation of the Heroes square and the House of culture Družba.

     The Mayor of Levice Mr. Mišák welcomed all those present to the meeting and explained the format of the meeting.

     As the Heroes square (currently used for parking) will be changed into a recreation lawn area had it been important to solve parking problems in the centre of the town. One possibility could be an underground parking in the area of a new shopping complex (the current House of culture Duržba).

     The architects have been asked to keep the cultural background of the current House of culture Družba and to respect the conditions approved by the Community of the town architects. The town of Levice had recived two proposals for the revitalisation from the investors VaV Invest, s. r. o., Banská Bystrica and Hrivis dealing, s. r. o., Bratislava. The representatives of the companies were also present at the meeting and gave detailed information about their plans.

     The main components of the project by V a V Invest, s. r. o., Banská Bystrica were:

     - underground parking area with a capacity of 320 parking spaces,

     - approximately 7.800 m² of net usable floor area for shops,

     - restaurants and cafes up to 150 seats,

     - a 400 seat performance theatre,

     - a 250 seat cinema.

     The investor also offered:

     - to build 4 terraced houses, providing 36 flats (70 - 140 m²) behind the current House of culture Družba.

     The whole building would be paid by the investor. The theatre and the cinema would be sold or rented to the town.

     The town of Levice would finance the reconstruction of the Heroes square. The authorized would apply for grant funding from the funds of the EU.

     The main components of the project by Hrivis, s. r. o., Bratislava were:

     - underground parking area with a capacity of 560 parking spaces,

     - approximately 8.200 m² of net usable floor area for shops,

     - approximately 300 m² of net usable floor area for cafes.

     The investor also offered:

     - to reconstruct the Heroes square,

     - an area of his land (by the castle) for car parking during the reconstruction.

     The whole reconstruction and building would be paid by the investor.

     After that an open discussion was hald and several issues were discussed. It was agreed that the house of culture Družba would by sold to the investor V a V Invest, s. r. o., Banská Bystrica.

     On the 8th of March 2009 celebrated the First contact office its fifth anniversary. A wide variety of services are provided in the office to make the life of our residents easier and more enjoyable.

     The staff of the office listen, discuss, answer questions, provide information, help to deal with problems, resolve various complains, but also provide the clients with printed forms and assist in completion of them. You can get information from the local residents register, (tax) payment information, information on how the Municipality works, cash allowance for people in need, special usage permits, fishing licenses. Many of the public documents, local laws and policies can be obtained and presented there. The office conducts the verification of original documents, sells the parking cards and the promotional items related to our town. There is a good access into the building for elderly, people with disabilities, wheelchair users and people with push chairs.

     Official office hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday from 8.00 am to 3.30 pm, Wednesday from 8.00 am to 4.30 pm and Friday from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm.

     In January the Slovak syndicate of journalists in the cooperation with the State scientific library in Banská Bystrica prepared the 17th annual competition entitled "The most beautiful calendars 2009 in the Slovakia.

     Nine competition judges examined 65 splendid calendars in 12 contest cathegories.

     The four main cathegories were:

     • Wall one sheet calendars

     • Wall more sheets calendars

     • Desk calendars

     • Other types of calendars

     The announcement of the results of the competition took place in the State scientific library in Banská Bystrica on the 12th of March 2009, where also all of the calendars have been exhibited.

     We are glad to tell you that the second prize in the cathegory Other types of calendars won a calendar of Levice 2009.

     Another good news is, this traveling exhibition will by on display in Tekov library in Levice from September 7, 2009.

     On 27 February 2009 welcomed the Deputy Mayor Mrs. Beata Vrábelová a group of volunteers (pensioners) from Romania on the grounds of the Town hall. They have visited Slovakia in the framework of the project STAY ACTIVE, BECOME A VOLUNTEER.

     During their 15 days stay these volunteers were hosted by the Slovak Red Cross in Levice. Mrs. Helena Nagyová - a volunteer from the Red Cross in Levice accompanied them. At the beginning Mrs. Vrábelová briefly informed all the participants about the history of Levice, the daily duties of the Town hall and other town institutions. The representatives of the Town hall gave some information on project HEALTHY TOWN, how the town of Levice gets involved in helping others (homeless people, people in need, elderly, etc.).

     There were also the members of non-governmental organizations Mrs. Prištiaková - Miesto v dome, Mrs. Tordová - Partnerstvo sociálnej inklúzie, Mrs. Kolmanová - Jednota dôchodcov, Mrs. Števková - Informačné centrum mladých in attendance. All of them gave short presentations about their activities.

     During the discussion the visitors took great interest in social matters, the unemployment rate, problems related to criminality, etc. They got impressed and expressed their appreciation.

      At the end Mrs. Vrábelová thanked all the participants for coming to the meeting, sharing information and experience and presented some commemorative gifts.

      Dear Citizens of Levice,

     Let us inform you, that a history book (a monography) about Levice will be written and published. This book will provide us with basic information on history, natural geography, administration, customs of our region, etc.

     All of us know, how important it is to record and to preserv the history for futhure generations. The Municipality of Levice has decided to encourage this excelent project. To do this, we need your help, we need old pictures of Levice and the surrounding area.

     If you, your parents, grandparents or any other family members, friends were or are from this area, please become involved and be a part of history.

     We are looking for old family photos, pictures from wedding, christening, First Holy Communion, confirmation, birthday, funeral, anniversaries, etc. If you have any photographs related to the activities held in Levice and its area such as parades, fairs, funfairs, concerts, sport and social events we would appreciate hearing from you. We will also accept information of contrat of employment, business marks, labels, stamps, newspaper, schools, schools reports, graduation, etc.

     If you have old photo albums, please take time to look through them and forward them up to the 31th October 2009 to the building of the State archives, Vojenska street 1, Levice. All pictures will be scanned and returned to you.

     Thank you for your willingnes.

                                                       The Municipality of Levice and the authors of the project