1941.  Jean’s Dad died when she was 3 years old and her mom later married Les Teller Peter’s High School in Keokuk in 1958 Bob and Jean Brilon were married in 1959 and were together for 57 years until his passing in March 2017 starting in 1985 when they started Bob Brilon Motors Bob and Jean sold Bob Brilon Motors on Main Street in 2000 and retired Bob and Jean went to Arizona for at least three months of every year until 2015 Bob and Jean loved their trips to the Ozarks with their immediate family in their earlier years and then with their extended family in later years Jean was a member of Southside Boat Club and Keokuk Yacht Club Jean enjoyed volunteering and serving for organizations such as All Saints Church Christine (husband Archie) Logan of Fort Madison and Lori Brilon of Keokuk; 5 grandchildren OR and Jenna Brilon and Jadyn Brilon; in Arizona and Jacey Brilon in Plano AZ and Maxwell “Max” and Penelope “Poppy” Smith in Neskowin The family wishes to extend their gratitude to their neighbors for always being there for their parents and especially for Jean after Bob passed in 2017 There will be a private graveside service at Oakland Cemetery followed by a celebration of life for friends and family at the Keokuk Yacht Club from 1pm – 3 pm on Saturday memorial donations may be made to All Saints church and the Dam Museum EconiQTM Consulting répond aux besoins uniques des clients en matière de performance environnementale Découvrez le jumeau numérique IdentiQ™ pour des réseaux électriques durables Le service est l’engagement d’Hitachi Énergie envers le plus grand parc au monde et l’avenir du système énergétique Accélérer la transition vers une énergie propre avec une gamme de solutions pour l’énergie solaire Découvrez les personnes et les technologies derrière les multiples voies vers un avenir neutre en carbone Notre promesse d’un avenir neutre en carbone Promouvoir un avenir énergétique durable pour tous En collaboration avec nos clients et nos partenaires nous créons des solutions mondiales et locales au profit de la société Obtenez des informations approfondies sur les sujets et les tendances dans le secteur de l’énergie des leaders d’opinion de l’industrie Joignez-vous à notre gourou de l’électricité dans cette série d’animations sur le monde de l’électricité de la durabilité et de la transition énergétique La diversité et l’inclusion sont au cœur de notre succès The Hitachi ABB Power Grids location in Brilon What is today a factory for dry-type transformers was started in 1921 as the "Dominitwerke GmbH" mine lamp factory "Our dry-type transformer plant in Brilon offers our customers high-quality solutions for their specific challenges," explains Tobias Asshauer Head of Product Marketing at Hitachi ABB Power Grids and the transformers manufactured there and emphasizes: "Excellent products do not come about by themselves Many employees work at the Brilon factory who have contributed their know-how and experience in the production of dry-type transformer solutions for decades From miner's lamps to transformers - an eventful history the Brilon factory got transferred to the ABB group where it developed into the global center for RESIBLOC® transformers With the sale of the Power Grids division of the ABB Group to Hitachi the transformer plant became part of Hitachi ABB Power Grids The RESIBLOC technology® - an innovation from the Brilon transformer factory In 1974 the first RESIBLOC® transformer was introduced in the market – a pioneering technical achievement transformers almost exclusively used oil as a coolant to manufacture a naturally cooled dry-type transformer that met the technical requirements These transformers are made of epoxy resin reinforced with glass fiber which gives them an exceptionally high short-circuit strength and protection against cracking even under extreme operating conditions This technology has proven itself for decades especially in areas of application with harsh environmental conditions or areas that require a high level of reliability we have managed to expand the product portfolio especially with the RESIBLOC® Rail and the Medium Voltage – Line Voltage Regulator," says Asshauer happily "I also see significant growth opportunities for the dry-type transformer business in the future." "We owe a large part of our success to our employees with their experience and also with a clear view of the customer's needs help us to develop our portfolio further," adds Kay Kruse head of the dry-type transformer plant in Brilon An expansion of the transformer factory is planned for the next few years "With the enlargement of the plant and the rescheduling of production we will set new standards in terms of energy efficiency as well as in terms of working conditions," concludes Kruse looking into the future The Stuttgart Junior Ricebirds opened their 2024 season with a dominant 34-0 win over Lonoke on Thursday night drawing praise from Head Coach Logan Prince “(It was a) great team win,” said Prince “We preached all week that if we do things the right way and take care of our jobs The Junior Ricebirds defense allowed just 130 yards to the Junior Jackrabbits on Thursday largely due to the efforts of Caiden Sims and Brilon Hogan “Caiden Sims was all over the field on defense and made a lot of great stops,” said Prince Sims finished the game with seven solo tackles Prince has frequently mentioned Brilon Hogan throughout the preseason “Brilon Hogan is the most underrated player on this team Hogan also returned a kickoff 62 yards for a touchdown Stuttgart combined for 226 total yards in the win rushing for 176 yards on 12 carries and passing for 50 yards Bradley Benton started his first game as a Junior Ricebird at quarterback completing five of 10 passes for 50 yards and one touchdown Benton’s touchdown pass connected with Brayden Minor-Covington who finished the game with four receptions for 40 yards “Bradley Benton did a good job taking care of the ball,” said Prince “He did enough through the air to keep Lonoke honest Brayden Minor-Covington gave us a weapon to throw to on the outside.” TayQuan Hall rushed seven times for 70 yards and three touchdowns Prince had singled out Hall in the preseason as the team’s most valuable player “TayQuan Hall continues to carry the rock well for us He’s very hard to stop,” said Prince Lamarion Bradley and Keelyn Owens combined for 105 yards on six carries “Lamarion and Keelyn provided us with great depth and a spark from the running back position,” Prince added contributing to their 226 yards of total offense Stuttgart hits the road this week to face Central Arkansas Christian at Mustang Mountain The game is scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m “Our guys answered the call this week,” said Prince “Now we have to focus on CAC and going 1-0 this week.” We are locally owned and operated and the most complete source of news and information in South Central and Southeast Arkansas We provide top-quality advertising and exposure to small business owners companies and industries in the communities we serve 870.673.1595 stuttgartdailyleader@stuttgartdailyleader.com Reporting by Andreas Rinke and Sarah Marsh; editing by Mark Heinrich Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab Chief correspondent covering political and general news in Germany with experience in Argentina and in Cuba leading Reuters’ broader Caribbean coverage. , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times He’s the former corporate lawyer, who has a pilot's licence and loves music, but has never before been a government minister. Friedrich Merz was born in the west German town of Brilon in 1955 into a prominent conservative, Catholic family. He joined the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) while still at school, before going on to study law. Merz then worked as a lawyer and judge for a few years, but he always had his eye on politics. He was elected to the European Parliament in 1989, and his journey to the top has been a winding one. Sidelined by Angela Merkel before she became chancellor, he quit parliament entirely to pursue a lucrative series of corporate jobs and was written off as yesterday's man. But with the CDU topping the ballot in Germany's elections earlier this year, he is now on the brink of clinching the job he has coveted for so long. In a programme originally broadcast last month in the aftermath of Merz's election victory, when the prospect of a CDU coalition with the far-right AFD - now off the cards - was still a possibility, and Donald Trump's fiery meeting with President Zelensky was fresh in everyone's memory, Stephen Smith set out to find out how Merz bounced back. Producers: Arlene Gregorius, Caroline Bayley, Chloe Scannapieco Production Co-ordinators: Maria Ogundele, Sabine Schereck, Janet Staples Audio of Friedrich Merz at the Munich Security Conference by Bayerischer Rundfunk Audio of swearing-in ceremony of Angela Merkel, 2005, by ZDF Audio of French President Macron at the White House courtesy of the White House Programme website Editing by Francesco Guerrera and Oliver Taslic and why Washington and Beijing may tacitly agree on the need to pull apart more than 70,000 Texas high school musicians audition for a spot in one of the All-State instrumental and vocal ensembles just about 1,800 students are selected for one of the 18 choirs including more than four dozen from Amarillo Organized by the Texas Music Educators Association and the Association of Texas Small School Bands students prepare assigned repertoire for a series of rigorous auditions at the region and area levels to qualify for state "TMEA sponsors the Texas All-State audition process to promote students’ dedication to their musical knowledge and skill and to encourage educators to support their students in this development," reads the TMEA website Selection to All-State is considered one of the highest achievements for a high school musician in Texas Qualifying for an All-State ensemble affords students the opportunity to travel to TMEA's annual convention in San Antonio where they will spend several days in demanding rehearsals while their teachers and thousands of other music educators from across Texas attend workshops and masterclasses This year's convention begins Wednesday this week culminating with the All-State concert performances on Saturday Below are the 53 students from Amarillo area who will be performing in one of the ensembles and the name of the ensemble they were selected for This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The Sunday TimesModern German leaders have tended to be cautious who is set to take the country’s top job after his right-of-centre Christian Democrat Union (CDU) won last month’s election has staked his political future on a massive spending spree that could see as much as a trillion euros splurged on defence and on updating Germany’s crumbling infrastructure Indications this weekend were that Merz’s gamble had succeeded after he struck a historic deal on the policy that is likely to smooth the way to a coalition with the Social Democrats who have just been led to a crushing electoral defeat by Olaf Scholz Home   News   Article JUBILEE celebrations took place in and around Thurso for the 40th anniversary of its twinning with the central German town of Brilon In the current uncertainties over future trade relations with Europe representatives from both towns agreed that links should be further strengthened Organised by the Thurso-Brilon Town Twinning and Friendship Committee (TTFC) the Brilon burgomeister – equivalent to a civic leader or mayor – Dr Christof Bartsch and 10 other invited guests from the German town including the chairman of the Brilon twinning committee councillors and others from Thurso joined nearly 100 German scouts together with the 2nd Thurso troop to unveil a commemorative plaque on the bench alongside the scout hut in Davidson's Lane Scout leader Keith Moncur read a dedication to the memories of Joachim Brill Clive Campbell and Hans Witteler who between them laid the foundations of the twinning Highland councillors and members of the two twinning committees and invited guests from Thurso assembled at Thurso Library for a civic reception attended by the Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness thanked the burgomeister and his party for travelling almost 1000 miles and stressed the importance of the twinning particularly for future generations Addressing the meeting in German and English he said: "Now with the uncertainties surrounding Britain’s future it is all the more important that we strengthen the links between us Scotland and the United Kingdom has much to offer Germany and Germany has much to offer us." The Lord-Lieutenant spoke of his father’s visits to Brilon and his earnest desire that "we maintain stronger links between the two towns than ever before" The sentiment was echoed by the burgomeister at the end of which Dr Bartsch presented certificates from Brilon commemorating the jubilee and town twinning the visitors attended the Mey Games at John O'Groats meeting with and discussing Brilon with games chieftain Prince Charles A jubilee dinner was held at the Pentland Hotel in the evening the highlight of which was a cake prepared by the hotel at very short notice and champagne for the burgomeister’s secretary Elena Albrecht and her husband Marius on the occasion of their first wedding anniversary the visitors were taken on a minibus tour of the Thurso area including a visit to the Wolfburn Distillery Dunnet Head and Castlehill harbour and ending with a traditional high tea in the Northern Sands hotel There have been many exchanges between scouts and guides in Thurso and Brilon over the last 40 years and many exchange visits by other members of the towns The TTFC welcome new members particularly from young people Anyone interested can email Tony Hagon at: personal@inter2000.co.uk The TimesWhen Friedrich Merz first ran for the leadership of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) six years ago he had been in the wilderness for so long that he worried even political obsessives might no longer remember his surname just in case anyone were to mistake it for März a prize he has been seeking for a lifetime and came close to grasping before only to be outmanoeuvred by Angela Merkel He also stands accused of cynically taking a jackhammer to the “firewall” that is supposed to neuter Alternative for Germany (AfD) Please enable JavaScript to view this page correctly TriDry transformers are dry-type transformers which are distinguished by a triangular core arrangement harmonics and stray magnetic fields are automatically reduced TriDry transformers are available within 14 days Two 800 kVA transformers were ordered by WISAG Elektrotechnik as part of an overall project for the MAN Truck & Bus AG The transformers will be used in a transformer station at the work premises near their large kitchen "By default dry-type transformers are used by MAN and in this project the RESIBLOC cast-resin transformer was favoured," explained Manfred Handschiegel the TriDry transformers provided an interesting alternative the TriDry transformer was first presented at Hanover Fair and caused a lot of interest and amazement Further efforts to the market launch took place during the RESIBLOC Roadshow where the TriDry was introduced to an exclusive audience included Rudolf Holzeder of WISAG who has now initiated the purchase of the two TriDry transformers ABB's website uses cookies. 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Learn more I agree Over 30 trivago talents travelled to Brilon as part of their yearly company trip which included a training session for the participants by Chelsea Foundation coaching staff Dennis Wise was also on hand to put the trivago talents and elected players of the hosting club through their paces the participants took part in a five-a-side football tournament playing multiple games in a round-robin format the participants had the unique opportunity to ask Wise questions about his playing career and captaincy at Chelsea Football Club followed by photographs and signings with the Chelsea legend Chelsea Foundation head coach Michael Cornall commented on the event: 'It was a fantastic weekend with trivago It was great to see the enthusiasm and energy brought by the trivago talents who took part in a truly unique football experience with Dennis Wise 'The weekend really highlighted the strength of the partnership between Chelsea and trivago.' Trivago talent and participant Saskia Keil added: 'We spent an unforgettable day with the folks from the Chelsea Foundation The vibe during the drills and matches of the tournament was great and it is such a unique experience to share the pitch with a former player of the national team and it showed us that our relationship with Chelsea clearly goes beyond a logo on a shirt.' Consumers Home Business Home Helpline: 01 402 5555 Sign up for regular updates on your consumer rights Article numbers: 94507 and 107133 – see nameplate on the underside of the LED spotlights as shown in the photograph below You can call Brilon customer services number with any queries: 1800 347 447 Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Zwei Unwetter treffen Teile des Hochsauerlandkreises Charlotte Braukmann aus Bigge ist 108 Jahre alt geworden Sie ist die älteste Bürgerin der Stadt Olsberg Sie war noch Zeitgenossin der Regentschaft von Kaiser Wilhelm II., erlebte in ihrer Jugend aus nächster Nähe die Weimarer Republik und feierte jetzt einen ganz besonderen Geburtstag: Charlotte Braukmann aus Olsberg-Bigge ist 108 Jahre alt geworden Damit ist sie die älteste Bürgerin der Stadt Olsberg und gehört zu den ältesten Einwohnerinnen und Einwohnern des Hochsauerlandkreises Lesen Sie auch: Olsberg: Jetzt steht fest, was aus dem Convivo-Wohnpark wird Februar 1915 in Berlin – also noch zu Zeiten des Deutschen Kaiserreiches Weltkriegs wurde sie in der Hauptstadt ausgebombt – nach Kriegsende ging es mit ihrem Ehemann nach Hannover und schließlich weiter in die Stadt Olsberg Seit dem Jahr 2000 lebte Charlotte Braukmann zunächst im Betreuten Wohnen des Erikaneums; vor zwei Jahren schließlich erfolgte der Umzug in die Pflegeinrichtung wo sie sich nach eigenen Worten über die liebevolle und aufmerksame Pflege freut Trotz körperlicher Einschränkungen ist Charlotte Braukmann geistig sehr wach und arbeitet auch an ihrer Fitness: Die tägliche Teilnahme an den gymnastischen Übungen ist für die Seniorin ihr „Pflichtprogramm“ Geburtstag gratulierten nun auch Bürgermeister Wolfgang Fischer und Bigges Ortsvorsteher Karl-Wilhelm „Kalli“ Fischer Sie wünschten Charlotte Braukmann gute Gesundheit und viele positive Eindrücke zu ihrem besonderen Ehrentag Lesen Sie auch: Olsberg als einzige NRW-Kleinstadt unter den Top 30 Käthe Hagemeyer wird am heutigen Samstag 110 Jahre alt Bei unserem Besuch der alten Dame im Pflegeheim St Franziskus wird uns vom Pflegepersonal aufgrund der Hitze sofort ein Glas Wasser angeboten die einst in Milspe eine Ausbildung zur Hotelfachfrau absolviert hat Milspe – an die Zeit erinnert sich Käthe Hagemeyer gern zurück: „Ich war dort im ,Hotel zur Post’ beschäftigt „Bei mir gab’s oft Braten und Gemüse – schade dass ich heute nicht mehr selbst kochen kann.“ Käthe Hagemeyer trägt eine cremefarbene Bluse und sitzt in einem bequemen Polstersessel sagt sie und Kornelia Behr nickt zustimmend Als betreuende Assistentin achtet sie gerade jetzt in der heißen Sommerzeit darauf dass Frau Hagemeyer und die anderen Heimbewohner viel trinken Franziskus-Heim leben fünf Menschen – allesamt Frauen – die 100 Jahre oder älter sind Mit ihrer Nichte Barbara Hohmann und deren Mann Gerhard Hohmann telefoniert Käthe Hagemeyer fast täglich an was sich unsere Tante noch alles erinnert Ihre klugen Gedanken kann man wahrlich als Altersweisheit bezeichnen“ Häufig ginge es in den Gesprächen um Fragen des Lebens und Sterbens „oft schlägt aber auch ihr ungebrochener Humor durch“ sagt Gerhard Hohman und liefert ein Beispiel: „Bei einem Gespräch über Einzelheiten ihrer ja irgendwann einmal anstehenden Beerdigung bemerkte sie abschließend: Aber dann dürft ihr nicht vor mir sterben.“ Wir würden Käthe Hagemeyer auf jeden Fall gern wieder besuchen – zu ihrem 111