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A festive mass at the Church of St. George in Chepino was celebrated on 13 June, Spasovden. Then, in the area of Saint Spas, a qurban was distributed for the health of the dozens of Chepinchians who respect the holiday every year. Seminar was held on Saturday and Sunday in Pazardzhik with the participation of all blue mayors from the country, organized by the Association of Democratic Municipalities and Foundations "Konrad Adenauer" and "Democracy". The mayor of Velingrad Dr. Dafov also took part in the seminar, whose guest was the UDF presessor Nadezhda Mihailova. COMMISSION On June 11, a committee of specialists visited the hospital in Velingrad on the occasion of the signal sent by doctors to the Ministry of Health about the intentions to close the Infectious Ward. The official opinion of the committee is expected. Recognition The ensemble for spring folklore "Boyana" at the community center "Prosveta" in Kostandovo participated in the Stara Planina festival "Balkan folk 2002" in Veliko Tarnovo. The Kostandovski amateurs led by Plamen Kiselov returned from the festival with a diploma and an honorary sign awarded to them by the organizers of Balkan Folk 2002 and the Ecological Stara Planina Association. Because of the expected funds from the pre-accession funds of the European Union, a Council for the Development of the Municipality of Velingrad was established on June 10. Its chairman is the mayor Dr. Dafov, five working groups have been built on major problems of the city and the municipality. On June 12, a commission of representatives of the municipality, Regional Forest Management, HEI, "Energy Distribution" and others. visited the Popin Kamak area to look at the terrain proposed for raising the commemorative cross by the idea of the artist Boris Kostov. The Commission has approved the chosen terrain. A long procedure for its re-harvesting is pending, as the land falls into the state forest fund. On June 15, a large group of farmers from BZNS-NS - Velingrad left to participate in the annual gathering in the Yanini Gramadi locality. GUP The initiators for the establishment of the City School Parliament (GUP) gathered once again on June 13 in the big hall of the municipality. They discussed when and how to hold the future elections for the youth parliament and decided the elections to be immediately after the start of the new school year - in October 2002. By June 20, the municipality's consultation on two issues continues: ideas for the Festivals of Culture and when to be the Day of Velingrad. Anyone can express their opinion in writing and put it in the special box placed at the entrance of the municipality.