DEAR FRIENDS:
Hallo every one, December is going to be soon upon us, and again I was asked to come for a visit to Nova Scotia. I will be arriving on SUNDAY, December 4th around 5 PM at St Peters School, on Crichton Ave. Dartmouth. Your Dutch Club however, will be starting the celebration at 4 pm. Come enjoy our groenten soep met balletjes, broodjes with ham and broodjes with kaas, krenten brood, coffee, tea, juice and desert. I will have a small gift for everyone.
Also GREAT door prizes. As you well know we have to rent the hall and purchase supplies so we are asking for $15.00 per adult and $7.50 per child age 3-12 to be paid at the door. Children under 3 are free. Please bring your family and friends to a fun afternoon, games for everyone and we will be singing sinterklaas songs. If you are planning to see Sinterklaas and meet some of your Dutch, Nova Scotia friends PLEASE!!!!!! give us a call before November 26, 2011, with how many adults and children you will be attending( we need to order food).
Our new Honorary Council of the Netherland Guido Kerpel will be in attendance come and meet him.
Please call 469-1032 leave a message. Werner van der Velden 1- 902-453-6301
You can also send us Email lsenz@ahrenovations.ca or lwvandervelden@ns.sympatico.ca
We hope to see as many of you as possible on December 4.
Thank you in advance from Sinterklaas and the Dutch Club of Nova Scotia.
Welcome aboard New Dutch Honorary Consul for Nova Scotia and New Foundland & Labrador.
Mr. Guido Kerpel from Halifax is officially named Honorary Consul of the Netherlands for the Province of Nova Scotia. The 'Netherlands in Canada' team welcomes Mr. Kerpel to their group. Today, the official needed documents were signed at the Embassy in Ottawa in the presence of Ambassador Wim Geerts. Mr. Kerpel will continue the good work of his predecessor the Hon. Peter McGreath.
Mr Guido Kerpel was installed as the new Honorary Dutch Consul of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador July 11, 2011 during a reception at the Westin Hotel in Halifax, NS. At the same time, good bye's were said to Mr Peter McCreath and his lovely wife Judy. Peter had filled this post for a long time, and knew many a Dutchman thruout the Atlantic Region. Dutch Ambassador Wim Geerts was the guest speaker, followed by other dignataries including dutch born MP Peter Stoffer. Other consuls from various countries such as the Belgian and Spanish Consul located in the Halifax region were present, as were about a hundred former dutch immigrants.
New Honorary Dutch Consul Guido Kerpel Dutch Ambassador Wim Geerts speaks to the invited guests
MP Peter Stoffer addresses the crowd. Outgoing Honorary Consul Peter McCreath with farewell speech.
Dutch Passport Pilot Project a huge success in Halifax, NS and Fredericton, NB. On monday november 14 and tuesday november 15, Paula Martin of the Dutch Embassy in Ottawa travelled to Halifax, NS where she met with Dutch people from Nova Scotia and PEI at the office of the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Guido Kerpel, to accept applications to renew their passports, and take their finger prints for the new improved biometric Dutch Passports. On wednesday november 16 and thurday november 17, Paula Martin came to Fredericton for the same reason, and used the offices of the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Matthew Tweedie. In all, over 90 Dutch passport applications were accepted, and Paula ended up working overtime due to the great response she had.
This mobile biometric pilot project was a success, but is not a given. They did exactly what they set out to do, a pilot project. In order for this service to continue, you need to let the Dutch Embassy in Ottawa know, that we like to see this service on an annual basis, as many people of Dutch descent who own a Dutch Passport live in the Maritimes. I therefore suggest strongly, that you write to Paula Martin in Ottawa at ott-ca@minbuza.nl , and let your desires be known.
