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The German-American Society is
represented at the Pinneberg Stadtfest with an information
booth and T-Shirt sales. DAGRP's new President Dr. Dr. Klaus Behling and his wife Dr. Sigrid Behling attend RSCC's annual membership meeting. (Yes, Herr Behling has a double-Doctorate!) |
DAGRP President Behling at the info stand |
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1995 |
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The Pinneberg "Pirates" baseball team travels to Rockville with 20 players and partakes in training and a round-robin tournament. Rockville Mayor Jim Coyle throws out the first pitch. |
| DAGRP President Carl-Ullrich Bremer leads a 14-member delegation to Rockville. |
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1994 |
 Bürgermeister Jan Nevermann, DAGRP President Carl-Ullrich Bremer and DAGRP Directors Renate Raecke and Klaus May await Rockville visitors. |
The 10th Anniversary of the German-American Club is celebrated in Pinneberg with visitors from Rockville, who are also treated to a cruise on the Elbe River. | |
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1993 |
First annual RSCC-sponsored Wine
Tasting at the historic Beall-Dawson House in Rockville. Mayor Doug Duncan, RSCC President Jim Patrician and other RSCC guests visit Pinneberg and attend a gala ball entitled 'Dance In' the Month of May. |
 Beall-Dawson House |
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1992 |
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Firemen from Rockville's Stations 31
and 3, led by Fire Chief John Fergusson, have a first-ever official
exchange with Pinneberg Fire Chief Uwe Kuhlmann's Volunteer Fire
Department. The Pinneberg Volunteer Fire Department makes a reciprocal visit to Rockville. The Pinneberg Orchestra "Sinfonietta" performs in Rockville. The first female Rockville exchange student, Inge Vandrey, attends school in Pinneberg. Her host family is the Ecks. |
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1991 |
Twenty-one tennis players, under the direction of Egon Rust, organize a tennis tournament with players in Rockville - a new first. |
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| Rockville's Public Affairs Officer, Don Vandrey, brings formal greetings from Rockville on the occasion of German Reunification. On his off-time, he runs the Berlin Marathon.... | |||
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The sculpture "On Site" is dedicated in Rockville's Welsh Park. It is the work of Pinneberg artist Gabriele Schmidt-Heins. | ||
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1990 |
Rockville Mayor Doug Duncan and RSCC Director Dick Knorpp attend the funeral of former Pinneberg Bürgermeister Hans-Hermann Kath. Rockville Basketballers visit Pinneberg. The basketball and student exchanges continue in both directions to the present day. |
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 Alexander (L) with his exchange sister and brother, Inge and Derek Vandrey |
Alexander Eck spends a year at Richard Montgomery HS as an exchange student | ||
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Twelve DAGRP members travel to Rockville to preview a film about Pinneberg and to present the top three entrants in Rockville's "Art in Public Places" competition. |
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1989 |
David Patrician becomes the first Rockville exchange student to spend a school semester in Pinneberg (Theodor-Heuss school). His hosts are the Tempelmann family. |
David signs the guestbook at Pinneberg City Hall |
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Randy Tempelmann becomes the first Pinneberg exchange student to attend Rockville's Richard Montgomery HS. Her hosts are the Mullican family. | ||
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Sixteen swimmers from the Club for Sport in Pinneberg visit Rockville. Sixteen Rockville students visit Pinneberg. |
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Pinneberg installs its first street signs showing the Pinneberg-Rockville partnership. Pinneberg celebrates its first annual German-American Day in the Pinneberg Rathaus. |
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1988 |
First annual DAGRP Bicycle Tour is
initiated. Sixteen Johannes Bach School students visit Rockville. |
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1987 - 30th Anniversary |
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Rockville teacher Alice Olson leads 15 students to Pinneberg. Twenty-three Rockville citizens travel to Pinneberg in September to celebrate the 30th Anniversary. Among them are Mayor Steve VanGrack, former Mayors Dick and Vi Hovsepian, and former Mayor John Freeland. A Pinneberg delegation of 20+ people, led by Jan Nevermann, visits Rockville to celebrate in October. The newspaper Pinneberger Tagesblatt sends a delegation of 30 to Rockville. President Reagan proclaims October 6th to be known as "German-American Day". |
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 Welcome to Hamburg airport |
 Mayors with Bürgermeister Kath |
 Mayor VanGrack presents a memento to Bürgermeister Kath |
 Pinneberg visitors and their hosts - note the relationship to "West" Germany. |
