The 17 of December there was a PIPE day at Askim upper secondary school. Different groups are working with Community development projects in Askim and Spydeberg. One group of four students is working with a project which is aiming to create a new leisure alternative for young people in Spydeberg. They have already a building in mind which could be a suitable location for their ideas.

Spydeberg is a small town in Østfold county, with 4500 citizens in the municipality. Since Sunday the 9 of November 2003 the town became well known among all motor sport enthusiasts all over the world. Petter Solberg, the great son of Spydeberg prevailed in his effort to become the first World Rally Champion from Norway. We are proud and happy that his big welcome back party will be going on right outside the window of the PIPE headquarter.

Participants from Askim upper sec. school and Mysen upper sec.school met with politicians and administrators from Spydeberg, Askim and Eidsberg municipalities.

The day started early and fresh, the first day in April.
9 am the Latvian and the Norwegian youths met up in the Town Hall in Cesis. There were presentations both from two Latvians students and all the Norwegian students.

Population is increasing.

Driving through Spydeberg at the E-18 highway takes less then 5 minutes. The reason is that this 142km2 commune is slim as a female athlete at the middle, but quite long and wide in both ends. Spydeberg is the resident of the PIPE headquarter, and the first municipality in Norway that established friendship relations with a Baltic counterpart, already back in 1991. But Spydeberg is also much more.