Carlsbad Sister City Ambassadors

From the Editor’s Desk, October 2024

Our Sister City Karlovy Vary’s Mme Mayor Andrea Pfeffer-Ferklova and her husband will be visiting us October 18. Among other activities, their special wish is to visit a factory in Carlsbad where golf equipment is produced - as Andrea and her husband are both avid golfers.

CSCA is organizing a tour to Prague and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic in the spring of next year, 2025. See details to the left and sign up to join us! See our complete itinerary here.

In "Creating meaningful connections..." we will be visited by Dr. Hiroshi Tasaka in the next two or three weeks. Dr. Hiroshi Tasaka is President of Think Tank Sophia Bank, former Special Advisor to Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Tama University Professor. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a PhD. in Nuclear Engineering and is an advisor to the Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan.

A delegation of six, including the Mayor, from our sister city Karlovy Vary will be visiting Carlsbad in October 2024. Plans are now underway for their stay here.

CSCA along with Sister City International has sponsored the 2024 YOUNG ARTISTS AND AUTHORS SHOWCASE. The Young Artists and Authors Showcase (YAAS) is an annual contest that encourages youth worldwide to express the mission of Sister Cities International through original artwork, literature, photography, and music.

Please consider a great CSCA sponsored tour to our Sister City Karlovy Vary in the Spring of this year. After expressing your interest by submitting the signup form, a detailed itinerary and further details will be sent to you. [Note: This tour has been postponed until Spring 2025. We'll keep you posted.]

Ms. Mayor Andrea  Pfeffer Ferklova of Karlovy Vary invited us to a special event from November 24th through the 26th . View a video of Tom's trip to Karlovy Vary shown on the left.

CSCA's president Tom Hersant presented before Carlsbad City Council a brief review of its accomplishments in 2023 and a look forward to upcoming projects. In attendance were two CSCA sposored students, Rhiana and Isaac, along with CSCA Directors Laurenn Barker and Katherine Doherty. The Mayor and Council Members Bhat-Patel and Acosta expressed interest with the idea of a new Ireland connection. That makes it a definite “Go” for Council approval if we get agreement with the Northwest Ireland folks on a beginning Friendship relationship.

Please read this informative article, A Tale of Two Cities: Bridging the Gap between Czechoslovakia and California in The Sage about Carlsbad and sister city Karlovy Vary. Also, please visit Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angelesfor upcoming events and articles

Our Carlsbad students returned on June 23rd from a delightfully memorable visit to Futtsu and other Japan cities and now it is our turn to receive four middle school girls and three chaperones; one lady and two men. A four student and two chaperone delegation from Futtsu, Japan visited us this August 22-27. Some of the planned activities for our delegation visitors included trips to Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive and an Angels baseball game. There was a meet-and-greet at Carlsbad High School and later visit to LEGOLAND.

Then there was the great reception held at the La Costa Valley Master Association on Friday, Aug. 25 to honor CSCA's 35 year anniversary sister city affiliation with Futtsu, Japan. Over seventy invited guests were there to help us celebrate. With some sadness our guest delegation will be departing Sunday morning, Aug. 28.

A mayor-to-mayor Lego building competition at LEGOLAND was held Saturday, August 26th. See a video of the fun on the left!