Church to offer financial course

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Semeneck earns honors list spot

Abigail Semeneck of Christiana was named to the honors list at the Florham Campus, Madison, N.J., of Fairleigh Dickinson University for the fall 2022 semester.

To qualify for the honors list, a student must carry a 3.5 or better grade point average out of a possible 4.0 and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 letter-graded hours.

A Financial Peace University class will be offered at Freedom Life Church, 447 Noble Road, Christiana. Classes will meet weekly on Thursdays at 7 p.m. from April 6 to June 1.

Certified and experienced instructor Ryan Stoltzfus will lead participants through a study that aims to equip individuals to manage finances in a healthy manner, relieving stress and anxiety, and establish security for the future. Financial Peace University is applicable to every person, regardless of age, profession or socio-economic status. With a one-year membership, individuals will have

Church schedules special events

St. John’s Episcopal Church, Compass, 1520 W. King’s Highway, Gap, will hold special events during the Easter season. A Stations of the Cross devotion followed by a meatless potluck supper will take place on Friday, March 31, at 6 p.m. An Easter Sunday service will begin at 10:30 a.m. on April 9, with special music by guest trumpeter Vincent Shickora and the St. John’s Choir.

For more information, contact 717-442-4302 or stjohnscompass@gmail.com.

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A fee will be charged for the course. To register, visit www.fpu.com/1161504. Readers may call 610-4011815 for more information.

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The first course prepared by student chefs was panseared sea scallops served over a roasted red pepper coconut coulis with asparagus medallions and microgreens. The main course was coq au vin that was served over wilted collard greens. Dessert was chipotle chocolate cake with raspberry coulis and a dark chocolate ganache.

Hodorovich noted that the students were required to bring their own equipment and ingredients to the competition. “They have one hour to make a three-course meal, and there is no electricity,” he said. “They use two propane burners and hand tools. They baked the cake using a camper oven, which sat on top of a burner.” Within that hour, students had to prepare the three-course meal in duplicate - one for display and one for the judges.

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For the Management Team competition, the students had to come up with a restaurant concept. They chose a premium steakhouse and creamery called the Purple Cow. “ProStart gives us a fictional town … and all sorts of demographics,” Hodorovich explained. “They had to develop marketing strategies, design the interior of the restaurant, provide sample photos of the menu and sample dishes, develop an organizational chart (and determine) how many employees (would be needed) and how to secure funding - basically what someone would do to open a restaurant.”

Students were also judged on their critical thinking skills, such as how to respond to a bad restaurant review or a claim that someone became ill from the food that was served. “These are real-world things that happen all the time. They did exceptionally well,” Hodorovich said, adding that the judges were particularly impressed that the dairy products and meat at the fictional restaurant were procured locally.

Experts join advisory board

The Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC) announced that 25 international business experts have committed to serve on Pennsylvania Global Business Advisors (GBA), a world-class, private sector, B2B advisory board for regional and international companies looking to expand imports, exports, foreign direct investment, and international partnerships.

Pennsylvania GBA is led by newly appointed program director Wilfred Muskens, honorary consul in Philadelphia for the Kingdom of the Netherlands and former deputy secretary for the Office of International Business Development for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). Muskens is joined by international business experts from the counties of Berks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Philadelphia

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The Brandywine Hills Point-to-Point races are presented by the Radnor Hunt Foxhunters and the Hounds Foundation. The proceeds will benefit the Brandywine Red Clay Alliance’s environmental education and watershed conservation programs.