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Sweet prizes for the winners of the social poster competition
News, 28-06-2020

Rokiškis d. the winners of the Stop Epidemic social poster competition organized on the initiative of the LAG were awarded sweet prizes. These are the cakes baked by the sponsor of the competition, cafe "Pupelė".

In the group of young authors, the drawing of Aistė Deveikytė was recognized as the best work from 7 to 13 years old. She attends art studies at the Rokiškis Youth Center. Aistė said that the coronavirus was associated with it in a pig that swallows everything in a row. That is why he drew it, covering the globe.

Aistė Deveikytė compared the virus to a pig. Photo by A.Baltuškaitė

In the group of senior authors (14-20 years old), an authoritative commission of artists awarded the prize to Raminta Kviliūnaitė, a student at Juodupė Gymnasium, who attends a drawing group at the gymnasium. Her poster features a clenched fist, which seems to symbolize that the epidemic can only be stopped by everyone concentrating, squeezing his fist.

Raminta Kviliūnaitė believes that the virus can be defeated only by concentrating on everyone. Photo by A.Baltuškaitė.

June 30 from 10 p.m. a remote (online) seminar "Impact of public service transmission on municipalities and communities" will be held in.

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Pre-registration in progress (click here)

Commemoration of the 140th anniversary of the public and the man of the State
News, 25-06-2020

The statesman V.Mironas was introduced by the historian Vilma Bukaitė. Photo by Giedrius Kujelis

Rokiškis d. the chairwoman of the LAG presented the prepared routes, where it is possible to get acquainted with V.Mironas activities. Photo by Giedrius Kujelis.

In the village of Kuodiškės, near the town of Panemunis, the 140th anniversary of the birth of the priest, the signatory of the Act of Independence, the Prime Minister of Lithuania, Vladas Mironas, was commemorated. Vilma Bukaitė, a historian, senior museologist of the National Museum of Lithuania, and the author of the book about V. Mironas, gave an overview of the life of a public figure and a man of the State. Rokiškis d. Raimonda Stankevičiūtė - Vilimienė, the chairwoman of the LAG, presented the participants with three routes around the district: the direction of statesmen, pilgrims - Rokiškis region, the struggles of the 20th century resistance. All of them are dominated by V. Mironas personality.

Training according to called tools
News, 23-06-2020

Training for prospective applicants under the called GSP measures will take place on 29 June. Rokiškis municipality 8 a. in the hall from 5 p.m.

Information is provided by tel. numbers: +370 606 71327 (Milda); +370 686 96382 (Raimonda).

For more information and invitation documents, see: http://www.rokiskiovvg.lt/kvietimai/5-kvietimas

Comunity

To a VVG member – "Kultūros vingis.

On September 24th, the "Cultural Twists" awards of the Rokiškis region were presented. One of the awards, "Professional Support for Cultural Projects," was given to Sigita Gasiūnienė-Bracienė, a member of the VVG board and the chairperson of the Aukštakalniai village community (shown in the photo).

Both Obelinė and the Olympics.

From September 6th to 8th, Obeliai celebrated its traditional "Obelinė" festival along with this year's sporting highlight – the Olympics. For the first time in history, the Rokiškis region can proudly boast Olympic bronze medals, earned by Lithuania's 3x3 Olympic basketball team. Out of the four players, two were from Rokiškis: Gintautas Matulis, originally from Rokiškis, and Šarūnas Vingelis from Obeliai.

To honor their victory, the resourceful and creative people of Obeliai built a model of the Eiffel Tower in their square, which will long serve as a reminder of this remarkable Olympics. Additionally, Šarūnas Vingelis was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Obeliai by the townspeople.

The Eiffel Tower of Obeliai, where Olympic basketball player Šarūnas Vingelis, a native of Obeliai, climbed up. Next to the tower, enjoying the spectacle, is the creator of the idea, Romas Kundelis, the founder of the "Small Towns Basketball League." Photo by Egidijus Vilimas.

"Pakriauna" celebrated two anniversaries.

On August 23rd, the rural community "Pakriauna" marked its 20th anniversary with the 10th traditional honey harvest festival. The entire cultural community of Obeliai contributed to the event with various activities—educational programs on honey, beeswax, herbs, and scents were presented, folk artists exhibited their works in the library, and local performers from Obeliai entertained on stage.

Over the 20 years of active work, the community has only had two leaders: Saulius Stanišauskas during the first decade, and Ala Nikitina during the second. All those who cherish and actively participate in community activities were remembered and honored.

The celebration was filled with children's enthusiasm as they illustrated their impressions of life in Pakriauniai village for the festival's exhibition and even prepared their own performance for the event. Obeliai's local government commissioned the local blacksmith, Vidas Turkevičius, to create and present a special "Pakriauna" marker to the community.

At the unveiling ceremony of the sign (from left) were Jūratė Šinkūnienė, the head of Obeliai eldership, and Ala Nikitina, the chairperson of the community.

Golgotos kelias: a traditional bicycle ride

On May 21st a traditional bicycle ride is being organized to celebrate the day of honoring the partisans, the army and th society day. This year's march will be dedicated to the history of the Lithuanian partisans who operated in the Šimonys forest.

Applications for AKKA competition until the end of April

Applications for the 2023 selection competition of examples of good projects of the Lithuanian rural development 2014-2020 program "Future village developers 2023" must be submitted by April 30th.

Only completed projects that have been implemented without violations, have not been subject to sanctions and have achieved all the monitoring indicators provided for in the project application can be submitted to the tender.

Executors of eligible projects who wish to participate in the Good Project Examples competition must complete the "Good Project Example Form"

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Events in memory of Antanas Strazdas

On April 3rd-29th, events are held in Kamajai in memory of Antanas Strazdas "Ei, tu tu tu Strazdelis, tujei mandras paukštelis".

Community initiatives - in the participatory budget

40,000 Euros are provided in the budget of the municipality of Rokiškis district for the participating budget: 20,000 Euros to implement district projects and 20,000 Euros for city projects. The purpose of financing community initiatives aimed at improving the living environment, project finansating idea is to increase the opportunities of citizens to be included in the formation of the municipal budget.

The applicant can be any resident who has declared their place of residence in the municipality of Rokiškis district, who is at least 16 years old, and who has collected 20 signatures of residents who have declared their place of residence in the district, supporting the idea.

Proposals for project ideas are being accepted until 2023 March 14th at the Rokiškis district municipality administration (Respublikos g. 94, Rokiškis) and electronically (e-mail: savivaldybe@rokiskis.lt).

The value of the project implementation is up to 20,000 Euros.

More information can be found here