THE NAKED MAN ADVENTURER

One young man from Athy, Mr Keith Whelan, is rowing solo from South-Est Africa (Mauritius Island)  to Australia to get funds for kids, not any kids but those unfortunaly hit by HIV.

 Waiting you'll give a donation to :

He rows, rows and rows......during 110 days.

Bravo to Keith Whelan !

http://thenakedadventurer.com

IMPROVING FRENCH

Next week, one young from Athy will arrive there for 6 weeks : 4 in a french family and 2 attending European Summer University. French family parents are working in the Community College.
In 2 weeks another guy from Ballymore Eustace will be there also for the same time and will be hosted by a french family. The man is working for reseach in a worldwide company and the woman is hairdresser (Oxygene is the name of her shop) in Grandvilliers. He'll also attend European Summer University.

Welcome to you, lads !

SHORT TRIP TO ATHY

Our chairman travelled one day to Athy to give informations to members of the Athy Twinning Committee about next visit to our twin town. During the Kildare County Show, we'll have an indoor stallin common with MFR school and our district tourism office.
They altogether spoke about timetable of the 17/20th June week-end. They also met Mr David Walsh who will travel to France in July for Battle of the Somme commemorations, with Cllr James Mahon.
Thanks to Cllr Thomas Redmond, Tom Kelly, Michael O'Brien (famous collector of David Brown tractors), Tina....and others for their help. They after all meet in Clancy's for a pint.

Chairman Jean-Pierre Vasseur also met Mr and Mrs Curran as their son, Cianan, who will stay in Grandvilliers for one and half month to improve his french and Mr Brian O'Gorman, Town Clerk, about arrangements which could be taken to present our town present to Athy.

He also  paid a visit to Mr Frank O'Brien to speak about Athy Town history and local characters.                         

On Emily Square is now the 1798 remembering monument (photo)

News from our twin town : Athy Arts Center is now in its second year of opening with great success (concerts, exhibitions...). It is located in the Methodist Church in Offaly Street.
Another young, Mr Edward Davis, will stay at the same time as Cianan with another french family in Grandvilliers. Himself and Cianan could attend European Summer University in July.
Great thanks to Mr Joe Boland (Kildare County).

ST PATRICK EVENING

As each year, we have a special evening which is not really on S Pat's Day, due to bookings of the Community Hall. This year, it was on 12th March.
Good Food by chief Frederic, Good music by "Lough'ed" coming straight from Enniskillen and Sligo, good dancers of Sarah Clarke Academy and good DJ, Jeremy, at the end.
Each one have appreciated this very friendly evening. Next year on 17th March...

                                                             Our Official photograph, Joel

ST PATRICK 2011 IN ATHY

With the agreement of our Athy friend , Evelyn, we publish some photos of last thuesday.
More later....

SAINT PATRICK'DAY 2011

Each member of our twinning committee wishes everyone in ATHY and around a VERY HAPPY ST PATRICK'DAY 2011

Clare KAMBAMETTU, Rose of Tralee 2010 visit to GRANDVILLIERS

During last week-end the Rose 2010, Clare Kambamettu of ATHY, visited our town. This occasion was due to our Grandvilliers Miss 2011  contest.
Clare had a rushing Friday with visiting a class of English of Ferdinand Buisson secondary school, then the training college Jules Verne. After a quick lunch she go straight to Songeons to visit the MFR school, where she met Mr Rob Porquier, director, and Soffia Lambert, well know by some farmers or horse trainers around ATHY. The afternoon finished with the visit of Elderly Hospital. The nursing home choir sang something to welcome Clare; At 7pm, she attended the twinning committee AGM, which finished first by a food on finger, and finished again by a good meal at L'Etoile restaurant. On saturday morning, she met kids and staff of Bethanie de la Fondation des apprentis d'Auteuil where she exhanged work experiences about kids with the staff.
In the evening, took place election of Miss Grandvilliers 2011 where Clare made a very remarkable appearance. Didn't she signed many hundreds of autographs, mainly kids (boys and girls) as well as adults.
Sunday was quiet. Just a visit in the afternoon of the medieval village of Gerberoy.

It was time to go back to Beauvais airport.
Big thanks to Clare and Valerie Kerins.