A group of Belleville councillors and residents travelled this week with Mayor Neil Ellis to Belleville’s German twin city of Lahr as part of a friendship delegation.
Sean Kelly and Mariam Serkal wanted to find out what’s happening during the delegation, so they called up Mayor Ellis in Germany. There’s a six-hour time difference, so the crew had to call early before the tour headed out for lunch!
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Former Belleville city councillor Jackie Denyes will be honoured by Lahr during the delegation’s stay for her role in continuing and organizing friendship flights and cultural exchange between the two cities during her time as councillor.
Friendship flights first started between the two cities after they were twinned in 1970 when there were frequent flights between CFB Trenton and the German military airbase in Lahr.
