First half year 2002

Umeå Community has decided to build a high speed computer network to the villages in the Community. All villages with schools are given priority, which means that Holmön is among these villages. HUF has made an application to the Community to get a microwave link as soon as possible.

Stora Lanthandeln change to summerbusiness hours   on June 14. They also announces that for mid-summer: The customers who wish to order special products must order not later than Friday June 14  Since the delivery day before midummer is on Tuseday June 18.

This years Sea-jazz will be on 6-7 July. A detailed programme will be available on the web shortly. 

The HUGO youth sold hamburgars, hot dogs and sparkling lemonade to all hungry fire visitors.

Extra goods tours with the ferry
Two goods tours will be made with the ferry. The first on 29 May and the second on 5 June. The tours will depart from Holmön at 9.30 and from Norrfjärden at 11.00. 

On 1 August 2001 a large mink hunting project in Kvarken was launched. The wild mink hunting is a part of the EU financed Interreg project Grön Bro II. the project is running during 2001-2003 and comprise areas in the Kvarken archipelago. The aim with the mink project is to reduce the mink population on the most important bird islands and create mink free zones around them. This is made by putting out traps to capture minks. Here on Holmön it is Eskil Fredriksson, Conny Lundberg, Tore Löfgren och Peder Taflin who are responsible for the traps.  The ornitologists and Coast Guard are also involved in the project. read more about the project (in Swe).

The youth in "Hugo" will sell hamburgers, hotdogs and lemonade to finance their activities at HUGO. 

See Stora Lanthandeln's special Easter bargains. ( The link is not active any more ). 

The shop closed!

Tomorrow Thursday the shop will be closed during the day, since the owner will participate at the meeting. The post will be delivered as usual. The shop will be extra open for one hour on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.  

Many people, who spent winter school holiday on the island, cannot get home as planned. 

The ferry also had to turn back on the afternoon tour since it almost got stuck in the ice. I took about two hours before the ferry was back in port. 

The afternoon tour went on schedule. 

The afternoon tour took over 2 h and the staff decided not to go back to Holmön in the evening. The afternoon tour from Norrfjärden was therefore cancelled. The ferry will depart from Norrfjärden tomorrow Friday on schedule 8.15.

During Monday, the big ice shelf in Kvarken floated in towards Pannan and the ferry had to round the ice shelf on its afternoon tour, which took 75 min to Norrfjärden.

When the ferry had to turn back, the ferry captain asked the icebreaker Ymer, which was close to Holmön, to break up the ice in West Kvarken to facilitate for the ice to drift off north with the current strong wind. See pictures.

At the moment it is unclear how the connection will be continued. We wait for information during the day on how Ultra, the Community and Vägverket aim to solve this problem.

The participants will be divided into two groups depending on their knowledge. The groups meet twice a week during four weeks. Each class is 2.5 h between 18.00-20.30. The groups decide on days at the first class. 

The fist class is on Monday 28 januari at the school.

More info: PeterAlmvall, tel 090 55060; 
mobil 070 5977045

Helicopter transports will be carried out tomorrow too. Flying time 9.00. Peter Tornberg, tel 090 55188; 070 6908163. will co-ordiinate these transports.

Vägverket Region Norr informs that the ferry will be repaired during the weekend and hopefully be in trafic already on Sunday afternoon.

Vägverket invites HUF, Ferry shipping and Ultra to constructive discussions on how the communikations shall work better with the current situation.  HUF welcomes this inititative. 

The ferry took 4.5 h yesterday on its way to Norrfjärden. The last 900 m, which Kronö could not assist, took 1.5 tim. 

The helicopter transports today starts at 13.00. Peter Tornberg, tel 090 55188; 070 6908163. co-ordinates these transports.

Kronö from Holmsund will during the day assist the färjan out from Byviken and in to Norrfjärden. The ferry will then stay in Norrfjärden for repairment, which will start next week. The ferry will depart from Byviken at 13.30.  More info 070 3464819.

On Friday there will be helicopter transports. Booking and co-ordination will be handled by Peter Tornberg 090 55188; 070 6908163.

Peter Tornberg lets us know thet Ultra currently is working on arrangements for communication for tomorrow. They are in contact with Lapplandflyg and the Coast Guard to see the possibilities for a helicopter or a hoovercraft. Do you need transport to or from Holmön let Peter know so they can will know the need.