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The people of Lahti’s Esperi Hoivakoti Launee have taken over the local bar and are waiting for the karaoke to start. Music is an important tool for nursing home staff in caring for people with dementia.

The small suburban cupola Laune Bari has been filled to the brim with people from the nearby nursing home Esper. More than 40 residents of the nursing home and their escorts have arrived and the karaoke can begin.

It’s not the first time Esper’s people are on the move, as they’ve been enjoying karaoke twice before. Now an exceptionally large number of people went along, because the event had to be postponed due to strict corona restrictions.

The trip is an effort for the nursing home.

– A large part of the residents come in a wheelchair or with a walker. Nobody is allowed to leave alone without an escort, explains Julkunen.

Therefore, it would not have been possible to organize karaoke on our own, but in addition to the owner of the bar, volunteers from Telia have been brought in to help.

The feeling is transmitted, even if you can’t speak

A large part of the residents of the nursing home there are memory sufferers. This does not prevent you from enjoying the music and the event that breaks your everyday routine.

– You can see from the expressions and gestures that music touches everyone. This has been expected, and this will be remembered for a long time, says Kaija Julkunen.

– It may be that I sing. It’s a bit of a feeling thing, he says with a smile.

When asked about his favorite song, Risto becomes thoughtful.

– Now, when you ask so suddenly, I’m really mad. There are so many good songs, laughs Risto.

Music helps in nursing work

The positive effect of music can be seen practically in nursing care for people with dementia.

– Some residents can be aggressive at times. We have noticed that, for example, by humming evergreens, the morning chores can be done more easily. It helps to create contact with the residents, says Julkunen.

The afternoon event built around karaoke will be continued at the care home in Lahti.

– Next time we’ll probably have to go to a dance stage, because not everyone who wants to fit in here anymore, laughs the director of the care home, Kaija Julkunen.

There are no less than six premieres at the Lahti city theater in the fall. One of them is the last direction of Ilkka Laasonen, who led the theater for a long time, before retiring.

He says that inquiries about suitable candidates have already been made. There have also been a few inquiries. The new director will start one year from now in August.

Laasonen is responsible for this autumn’s, next spring’s and mainly autumn 2023’s program as well. The background is for practical reasons.

– If the director selection is now moved to the end of autumn, especially in the planning of large productions, we would be in trouble in the fall of next year, Laasonen states.

Six premieres and visits

The autumn performance season of the City Theater starts next week.

Part of the software was moved forward in the spring due to corona restrictions. There are six premieres, the performance calendar is tight and all the theater’s stages are in use.

– We also got our own production for studio stage Aino after a long time, Ilkka Laasonen is happy.

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The endangered species thrives on the breakwater, near which there are many places to eat.

The nesting of laughing gulls in Päijät-Häme is strongly concentrated in Lahti. The number of laughing gulls has decreased in Finland in recent decades, and the species is classified as endangered.

According to this year’s count, there are about 5,500 pairs of laughing gulls in Päijät-Hämee, two-thirds of which nest on the breakwater of Lahti harbor.

The breakwater in Lahti harbor, built 25 years ago, is located in a good location, sheltered from wild animals and close to eating places such as park lawns. According to Lammi, the laughing gulls of the Lahden colony look for their food within a radius of about 20 kilometers, for example in the fields of Luhtikylä in Orimattila. The species eats, among other things, fish and insects.

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Linnan Pallo and Kokemuslento centralize the sale and seat reservations of hot air balloon flights. The organization wants to expand operations and secure the future of hot air balloon flights.

Two dodgy hot air balloon airlines merge. Hämeenlinnalainen Oy Linnan Pallo Ab and Orimattila’s Kokemuslento Oy centralize the sale of hot air balloon flights and seat reservations on a joint website.

– The future of Linnan Pallo has been thought about for a long time. Let’s try to solve the future in such a way that we get continuity after I reduce flying myself, says sixty-year-old Luoma.

New pilots and new equipment

Olli Luoma looks at hot air balloon flights ten years ahead. The goal is to get new pilots and new equipment.

– The popularity of flights has pretty much stabilized at the pre-corona level, says Luoma.

During the coming winter, the hot air balloon companies will prepare for the next flight season by transferring all booking activities and ticket sales to Experience Flight.

Linnan Pallo has flown 1,000-1,500 people every year. The number of passengers could increase to 1,500-2,000, Luoma calculates.

Flight operations are concentrated in Southern Finland

Operating for 27 years, Linnan Pallo has made public flights mainly in Helsinki, Tampere, Hämeenlinna, Lahti and Hyvinkää. In addition, private flights have been made in different parts of Southern Finland.

Founded in 2011, Kokemuslento has flown mainly in Lahti, Jyväskylä and Mäntsälä. The company has had private flights in different parts of southern and central Finland and in southern Ostrobothnia. In the future, flight operations will be concentrated in southern Finland.

Linnan Pallo’s CEO and pilot Olli Luoma will go to Jordan to make hot air balloon flights in September. From there, he will return in May to fly to Finland.

According to the police, there are several eyewitnesses to the murder that happened on Tuesday.

A man from Lahtel has been imprisoned on the most probable grounds of murder. The Päijät-Häme District Court imprisoned a man born in 2002 on Thursday.

The killing took place on Tuesday in Lahti near the Launee shopping center. The victim was a man born in 2000. There have been several eyewitnesses to the events, and some of them have been recorded on video.

The victim was killed with a bladed weapon. The instrument is in the possession of the police. At this stage, the police still have no information about the motive of the act.

– This is an eternal problem, when you can’t ask the other party anything anymore. On the other hand, we need to find out what has led to this. Yes, they have known each other to some extent, but that level of familiarity is now in the investigation, says Kiiskinen.

However, according to the police, it is not a bystander victim, but rather a matter between the perpetrator and the victim that led to the act.

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The public pharmacy to be opened in the lobby of the central hospital is scheduled to open its doors at the beginning of 2023.

Lahti’s 3rd Ilves pharmacy has been selected as the service provider for the public pharmacy of Päijät-Häme Central Hospital after a competition.

The regional government of the welfare area decided to enter into a right-of-use and lease agreement for three years. It is possible to extend the contract for two one-year option periods, the use of which the subscriber decides separately.

According to the regional government, of the tenders nominated, Lahti’s 3rd Ilves pharmacy made the most economically profitable offer.

The decision on the contract is conditional until the certificates and statements required in the request for tenders have been approved by the selected service provider.

The pharmacy to be opened in the lobby of the central hospital will start operating at the beginning of next year.

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The murder took place in Launee on Tuesday afternoon.

The police suspect a man from Lahtel of murder. A man born in 2002 is suspected of the murder that happened near Lahti’s Launee shopping center on Tuesday.

On Tuesday afternoon, at one o’clock, the police received a report of a crime against life and health. The man is suspected of having violently caused the death of a man from Lahti who was born in 2000.

The police will present the arrest of the suspect in the Päijät-Häme district court on Thursday.

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FC Lahti appealed the decision made in November 2020, which was related to the police’s ability to maintain order. The Administrative Court overruled the appeal, but the Supreme Administrative Court decided otherwise.

FC Lahti has won the dispute over the incident where the police banned the audience from entering the match. In November 2020, the police department banned the admission of the public to the game, because the police would not have been able to maintain order on the day in question.

FC Lahti appealed the decision to the administrative court, which thought the police had the right to a ban. However, the Supreme Administrative Court has decided that the decisions of the police department and the administrative court must be overturned.

According to KHO, the police’s decision was based on the wrong article. According to Section 15 of the Assembly Act, the police have the right to prohibit the organization of public gatherings if order and safety cannot be maintained. However, the police department did not state in its decision that the match is prohibited based on the section in question, but the football match has been approved to be played.

Instead, the decision must be considered to be a matter of issuing the instructions and regulations referred to in Section 20 of the Assembly Act. As a result of these instructions and regulations, the organization of public events has been prohibited.

However, the police department does not have the right to prohibit the organization of a public event under Section 20 of the Assembly Act, so the police’s decision was against the law.

Parking fees, which students consider too expensive, may be getting easier.

The city of Lahti is planning to lower the parking fees for the Gaudia high school parking lot.

The city officials make a proposal to the city environment committee about reducing the parking area prices. The matter is to be brought to the next meeting in September.

Students consider the parking fees in the area too expensive.

Etelä-Suomen Sanomat was the first to report on plans to lower fees.

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