Dutch community newspaper "The Windmill Herald" to Fold

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LANGLEY, BC - Red ink  is hastening the demise of Langley-based Dutch community newspaper The Windmill Herald, news which will reverberate throughout Canada and the United States as its May 10 issue gets delivered to its coast-to-coast readership. Publisher Albert van der Heide expects to publish the newspaper's final regular issue on June 11.

The paper which is published twice-a-month dipped increasingly into red ink as the Canadian dollar moved to parity with its U.S. counterpart and as postal rates and technological upgrading costs kept inching upwards.

"We were able to slow the effects of a nearly inevitable greying readership with an English-language section in The Windmill Herald," said Albert van der Heide who purchased the paper in 1969, five years after coming to Canada as a teenager. "We keep hearing from grandchildren of 1950s Dutch immigrants interested in their heritage and roots, but not enough to sustain the paper in its current format," he said.

Free Performance during Holland Michigan's Tulip Time

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Free Performance

Presented by the Holland Museum, "Vision of a New Life," by Max Bush, is a play about A.C. Van Raalte and the founding of Holland.

HOLLAND, MI -

Thursday, May 10, 11:00 AM & Saturday, May 12, 11:00 AM

Presented by the Holland Museum, "Vision of a New Life," by Max Bush, is a play about A.C. Van Raalte and the founding of Holland.

 

Election date set for 12 September

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Election date set for 12 September

News item | 27-04-2012

The government has acceded to the wish of the House of Representatives that the parliamentary election should be held on 12 September 2012.

The Cabinet took this decision on the proposal put forward by Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Liesbeth Spies.

The decision to hold the election in September allows new political parties to register, which they must do by 17 June.

Voting abroad

Voters living outside the Netherlands can register to vote at any time up to and including 1 August. Anyone who voted from abroad in the May 2010 election will automatically be sent a registration form.

Dissolution of the House of Representatives

The House of Representatives will be dissolved on 20 September 2012, the day on which the newly elected House will meet for the first time.

Calling All VALKENBURGs with Dutch Ancestry!

New Surname Study hopes to find out if all with the surname of Valkenburg and of Dutch ancestry are related

Prince Edward Island, Canada – January 2012 - Is your last name VALKENBURG?  Or Valckenborch, Valkenborch, Valkenburg, Valkenburgh, van Valkenburg, van Valkenburgh?  Are your ancestral roots in The Netherlands?  Then you may be interested in the Valkenburg Surname Project, which began in January 2012.

Pieter and Daria Valkenburg, project administrators, say that the project hopes to find out if those of Dutch origin with the surname Valkenburg all have a common ancestor or if there are several branches that have the same last name by coincidence.  Are all Dutch Valkenburgs related, or is there an assortment of different Valkenburg families?  Where did the family originate? 

The Psalm Project at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan January 25

With Love from Europe:   Back by popular demand to Calvin's Worship Symposium this year, some of the Netherlands' best contemporary Christian artists have come together, in a unique blend of talents and styles, to create an uplifting musical experience of the psalms.  At once folksy, classical, and driven by gospel blues, The Psalm Project  is taking this new music from its European birthplace to a growing North American audience.  The Psalm Project will be performing a free worship concert in the Calvin College Chapel on Wednesday, January 25 at 7:30 pm.  A freewill offering will be taken.  For more information visit www.thepsalmproject.com or www.worshipanew.net.

Vintage St. Nicholas Display at the Holland Museum Now through December 29th

Come visit the Holland Museum and view the wonderful Vintage St. Nicholas display, generously loaned by Holland Historical Trust supporter, Carol Myers. 

Delightful children's toys, puppets, games, and much more, featured in this exhibit focused on Saint Nicholas as the popular patron of children everywhere. Such are the ways children enjoy and learn about the good saint. Children's things from the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany, Canada, and the United States, are a part of the display.

Check out the link Sinterklaas at the Holland Museum.

DIS Magazine December 2011

This month's issue of our quarterly magazine includes a new Sinterklaas story by Janet Sheeres "The Sinterklaas Edict". You won't want to miss it - this is, we believe - her 11th Sinterklaas story for our magazine! Also in this issue a thought provoking article about the treatment of Dutch names in the USA, another Beter Nederlands by Dr. Martin Bakker, and "The Joy of Chocolate Letters". Prettige Kerstdagen!

Sinterklaas

http://sinterklaasjournaal.ntr.nl/#/home

5 Dutch Days, a committee of the Netherland-America Foundation, is pleased to present its 2011 schedule of events.

Celebrating Dutch Arts & Culture Past & Present

5 Dutch Days is a cultural event that takes place in New York City every November. It celebrates the continuous influence of Dutch arts and culture in New York City and brings together arts and cultural organizations from across the city.  Programs include walking tours, lectures, concerts and contemporary art offerings.

http://www.5dutchdaysnyc.org/

VAN RAALTE BICENTENNIAL Celebrate the 200th birthday of Holland, Michigan's founder, including the International Conference being held on the campus of Hope College.

Multiple activities will occur throughout West Michigan in October in celebration of Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte’s two-hundredth birthday, with most activities falling between Friday, October 21 and Tuesday, October 25. http://holland.org/events/18181-van-raalte-bicentennial-celebration

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