Municipal Bulletin No. 7 — December 2005

THE MAYOR'S WORD

Christmas, a great feast of Christians, is near; the memory of the birth they celebrate remains one of the landmarks of our cultural model: feast for all, "fore-tout" festival, mercantile festival of course, but also and again Christmas, symbol of hope for life, peace, sharing. Christmas, party for children, Christmas, party for the family! It is the day she gathers; long the core of French society, she has lost her strength and now takes many forms: dispersed, recomposed, broken, single-parent, etc. ... But it doesn't matter! Isn't the main thing that children can be born and grow up loved, as they are?

Christmas, Feast of Light! Since the dawn of time, and long before the Christian era, many people celebrate the winter solstice. Traditional celebrations mark this moment of the solar year when the duration of the day begins to grow; victory of light over darkness, eternal struggle of good against evil.

Many traditions established on the symbol of the Force of Fire and Light gradually disappeared. The technical progress of the post-war period, the opening to the world put an end to it. But isn't it this technical progress that has given life to the concept of a Christmas Festival of Light in recent years? More and more houses in our villages light up as the Solstice approaches. Promises of Celebration, concern to welcome, will to offer, to share, these new multicolored, fixed, flashing lights pierce the darkness of our long winter nights.

So, thank you to our fellow citizens who decided to decorate the facade of the family home for our pleasure, theirs and to keep lit the Flame of hope for a Fraternal Christmas.

Merry Christmas to all

Jean-Marie OXEANT

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Omaha Beach Ranking "Grand Site of National Heritage"

After the favorable opinion of the National Site Commission, the project is currently submitted to the opinions of the ministries concerned in Paris.

Meanwhile, the Regional Directorate of the Environment in Caen had the studies continued by the Cabinet LEVERRIER, which presented to the municipal councilors of Vierville its diagnosis of the current state and a first support project.

If the diagnosis received overall the consent of the members of the Municipal Council, the support project, described as ambitious by the authors, did not raise the enthusiasm of the majority of the Municipal Councillors.

As a result of the topography and urban constraints, the space available in Vierville is scarce; It imposes many simultaneous activities on small areas: catering, accommodation, tourism, commemorative spaces, remains of the port and fortifications, beach activities, vehicle parking for all these activities and those neighboring sea fishing and on the strikes.

The City Council requests that this limited space remain accessible to all, while the project promoters propose to free up the space at the expense of current and future activities.

The City Council would like to work on the next five years by insisting on the need to maintain life there, or even to intensify it in its surroundings. while the promoters reason at 15 or 20 years, on disproportionate and therefore unrealistic budgets, focusing only on the remains of the artificial port, moving away the parking lots, and thus creating a shell that will be empty of activities.

The Municipal Council of Vierville wants to see reasonable projects registered, guaranteeing the feasibility of the work in a shorter time and in particular:

Develop the space between Rue de la Mer and Avenue de Bedford;

Redevelop the surroundings of the US National Guard monument with the removal of adjacent parking lots;

Create a beautiful entrance door to Omaha Beach by developing the road intersections between the castle and the town hall;

Support the creation of a large memorial museum on the site planned at P.O.S.;

Make the remains of German fortifications visible and accessible;

Create a reception area for long-term parking of motorhomes;

Create the pedestrian path (registered with the P.O.S.) between the Bourg and the Beach;

Keep mini-golf and bicycle rental well established near the future greenway but improve parking nearby and in particular that of fishing vehicles;

Open a Tourist Office;

Resize the boat dock;

Build a rescue station well integrated into the site;

Find ways to ensure the safety of users of Boulevard de Cauvigny and expand the sidewalk, on the sea side, in its western half.

Delete all air networks as soon as possible.

The City Council will confirm its desire to preserve the spaces noticed in the diagnosis (a non-concreted green valley, plateaus that have remained dedicated to agriculture, a very little urbanized seaside) and intensify urbanization on the outskirts of the village and south of CD 514.

Helping the visitor to read the landscape so that he can find and understand the course of the battle of June 6, 1944 and the start-up of the American logistics that followed, welcoming seaside tourists in the best conditions, helping local commerce to support families who have made it their professional activity and therefore maintain life all year round in Vierville sur Mer, a village that keeps its soul, are the objectives set by the City Council of Vierville with the work to accompany the classification of the Omaha Beach Site. He hopes to be heard from local authorities and State Services without whose help nothing can be done.

Other information

Census of 16-year-olds.

All 16-year-olds, girls and boys, must report to the City Hall to be registered. Bring the family booklet.

This formality is essential to take the exams, for the driver's license, for registration on the electoral lists, to participate in the Defense Preparation Day.

Paragliding activities

The AS Icare paragliding club has just completed its project to develop a flight area on the communal land made available at the top of the cliff, west of the campsite. The earthworks carried out were lawned by students from an agricultural high school in Vire. Remain to put fence and information panel.

The significant improvement in safety will make it possible to develop the activities and from now on the "Element'Air" school plans to use the Vierville site for its paragliding activities and in particular for double air baptisms (including for the disabled).

new places in the cemetery will soon be needed and the available area north of the church will be developed for this purpose.

Erasure of air networks

The S.D.E.C. has undertaken reinforcement work on the low-voltage power line between the Mont Olive transformer and Rue Pavée; the new line will be set up for early 2006, underground. On this occasion, the public lighting network will also be buried in the area.

The renovation of an apartment of the CCAS, rue du Hamel au Prêtre has been completed and Mrs. COSTY has been re-relocated.

Postal presence

The Vierville post office is currently open in the morning, the mail is now at 12:00 p.m. The risks of closure remain, without further details. The Saint Laurent office that opened in the afternoon is now closed.

Church

Work to repair the top of the spire and the compliance of the damper will have to be carried out.

Our household waste: SORT - SORT - SORT!!!

The SIROM of Port en Bessin ensures the collection (passage early on Tuesday morning) and the transport of the ultimate waste (household garbage) to the Esquay sur Seulles landfill. It ensures the selective collection of waste sorted by yourself in the 3 special containers deposited on rue de la Chasse aux Prix:

- green container for glass: glass bottles only, without their caps.

- blue container for paper: papers, newspapers, advertisements, exclude plastic films and cartons

- yellow container for packaging: plastic bottles (crashed to save space), cans and cardboard. Exclude bottles of oil and softeners, to be placed in household trash cans.

Everything else: scrap, rubble, cardboard, branches, herbs, special household waste, batteries and batteries, paints, chemical and harmful products, must be deposited in one of the SEROC waste disposal facilities (Port-en-Bessin, Grandcamp, Ecrammeville..., list and schedules in City Hall which provides the essential access map).

Sellers of household appliances and computers are required to take back the old equipment when shopping.

Practical information

Town hall: Opening hours: Monday and Friday 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Tel.: 02.31.22.42.66 Fax: 02.31.21.38.57

La Poste: In Vierville: Monday and Friday from 9am to 12pm; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm;

Mail lifts from Monday to Saturday at 12:00 p.m.

Cult:in principle mass in Trévières on Sunday, at 9:45 am. Christmas Mass in Vierville on Sunday, December 25 at 10:30 am

Firefighters: Tel. 18 Gendarmerie: Tel. 17 or 0231225103

SAMU: Tel. 15

Diste disposal:

The Port en Bessin waste disposal facility is open on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., closed on Thursday and Sunday. Other waste disposal facilities are available in the West of Bessin.

Household Garbage:removal early on Tuesday morning.

D.Day Omaha Museum open from 1^er April to November 11 and at the request of groups, off-season

Contact: Mr. Brissard - Tel.: 02.31.21.71.80 - Fax: 02.31.21.71.80

OMAHA-BEACH BEDFORD Association (VA)

Subject: duty of Memory and reception of Americans visiting our sites.

President: Bertrand LE JEMTEL, tel.: 02 31 10 03 59 www.omahabeach-bedford.com

LibraryMonday from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at City Hall.

The Friends of the Beach

President: Dominique GUERNIER tel. 02 31 22 60 41

Treasurer: Noëlle COLIBOEUF tel. 02 31 22 42 30

For 2005, it is scheduled: Saturday, December 31: St. Sylvester

And all year round from 8am to 10pm: Tennis Club Viervillais , 1 outdoor court.

Vierville Educational Leisure

Contact: Georgette RACINE, tel. 02.31.22.40.83. September to June, manual activities on Tuesdays from 2:15 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Old Combatants

Contact: Henri Guédon, tel. 02.31.22.49.83

Vierville-St-Laurent Hunting Society: Contact: René LENOURICHEL tel.: 02.31.22.40.27

Medical permanence when medical offices are closed

New provisions ensure medical permanence in all points of the department, on the night of 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., and on Sundays and public holidays:

- Telephone calls from users are received by the SAMU/Centre 15 (telephone number 15).

- The departmental territory is sectorized, (7 rural areas and 1 urban area "Grand Caen"), the Bessin being part of zone 1 with a "guard point" located in Bayeux.

> > What should the user do ? As soon as it is necessary to contact a doctor, the patient or his family must call the Center 15. It is recalled that this unique number should only be requested in case of real necessity.

The caller is put in contact with a permanent and then with a regulatory doctor. He explains the situation. The regulatory doctor will be able to ask questions to better understand what is happening. He will then make the most appropriate decision according to the patient's condition and the circumstances of the environment:

‐ In the most benign case, the regulatory doctor gives advice. The next morning, if necessary the usual attending physician can be called. He has the advantage of knowing the person well.

‐ In the event that a medical consultation is necessary, the patient is asked to go to the place of consultation indicated by the regulatory physician.

‐ If the patient is to be treated in an emergency service or in a highly specialized service, the regulatory doctor activates the appropriate means.

> > The outpatient care system

In each rural area, until 11:00 p.m., and on Sundays and public holidays, an on-call doctor can receive patients in the "guard point" at the request of the regulatory doctor. In this guard point, he has at his disposal all the equipment to do a quality clinical examination. To access this guard point, it is therefore necessary to go through Center 15.

After 11:00 p.m., the Center 15 called directs the patient to the nearest health facility that welcomes emergency rooms.