Calendar of Noteworthy Events in Vysočina in 2006
January Regional Counsel members supported the preparation of Martina Sáblíkova for the Winter Olympics with a sum of CZK 150,000, even before her first shining performance at the championship in Hamar.
February Vysočina is buried under piles of snow and the Winter Stadium in Humpolec collapses under the weight like a house of cards. Dozens of roofs fall in. The Region offers to cover the residents’ costs for a static engineer.
March The Region’s backbone internet network RowaNet is up and running. Fiber-optic cables interconnecting the public administration, principally, measure about 160 kilometers.
April Only the third woman in the history of the contest and she is from Vysočina. Ivana Krumplová from the elementary school in Krásovy Domky, Pelhřimov, wins, with considerable lead, the Zlatý Ámos contest and is crowned the Queen of all Czech teachers for an entire year.
May The winning prize in the Regional contest in cultural undertaking of the year goes to the reconstructed granary portal in Luky nad Jihlavou and the Blacksmiths Symposium called Brtnická Anvil. In reality, however, everyone who loves historical monuments was a winner. An incredible 16,000 people voted; compared to the previous year, that was fabulous.
June The Region opens, as is traditional, its place of business to the public. People had a chance to try out what it is like to preside a region; there was entertainment in the courtyard with music, and refreshments were served.
July The representatives decide to take out the first large bank loan in the Region’s history. In order to mend its bad roads, Vysočina takes out a loan of CZK 500 million, thereof CZK 150 million in 2006.
August A rainy summer, and, mainly, a very wet week before the harvest, causes the standing crop of wheat to germinate in the fields. All of the wheat fields were damaged, and farmers cleared only half their normal yields.
September The unique Memorial to Eavesdropping in the Lipnický Quarry gains an addition: a relief depicting a giant Mouth of Truth, complemented with a giant Bretschneider’s Ear.
October The firm undertaking the repair of the roads from Jihlava to Přísek begins to admit, despite prior assurances, that they would not finish the project before the winter, thus confirming what everyone already knew.
November In the first month of its existence, the Family Pass – a discounted card for families with children – draws almost one thousand interested parties. The Family Pass has a positive impact on people.
December The police take Petr Zelenka, a male nurse from the ICU in Havlíčkův Brod, into custody. He admitted to using the blood thinner Heparin in a series of homicides.