The Cathaoirleach and senior management in Laois County Council will be heading to the USA for St Patrick s Day. Cllr Thomasina Connell and council staff are ac.
Tennessee city s invitation to renew twinning with Laois town
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A renewed twinning of County Laois with a USA city is to get underway.
The agreement which was first signed 13 years ago is between Laois and Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee. It resulted in a tourism agreement, visits from officials from both sides, and Laois taking part in Franklin s St Patrick s Day parade.
Now the city has sought to renew the link, sending an invitation which was accepted at the February meeting of Laois County Council.
A new twinning committee is to be formed in Laois, and it will reflect all political affiliations, after a request by Cllr James Kelly.
Carla Malden: Writing With Optimism and Innocence
Screenwriter and author Carla Malden explains why young adult fiction and the 60s go hand-in-hand and how she connected with her main character s voice.
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Jan 16, 2021
Raised in Los Angeles, Carla Malden began her career working in motion picture production and development before becoming a screenwriter. Along with her father, Academy Award-winning actor Karl Malden, she co-authored his critically acclaimed memoir
When Do I Start? More recently, Malden published
AfterImage: A Brokenhearted Memoir of a Charmed Life, her own fiercely personal account of battling the before and surviving the after of losing her first husband to cancer.