Sister City-bound

Two high school girls have been chosen to represent the youth of Troup County this summer at the Sister Cities International Convention in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Haley Batchelor (in video) and Hannah Howard, both home-schooled, submitted the winning essays to the LaGrange International Friendship Exchange (L.I.F.E.) contest on “How I Can Initiate Peace in my Community.”

Both young ladies espoused love and understanding as steps toward peace between people and then peace among nations.

L.I.F.E. has a Sister-City relationship with Craigavon, Northern Ireland, where the delegation from LaGrange will stay during the convention.