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Octorara JUNE 5, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXIX • NO 19
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
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World Juggling Day Event Slated pg 6
Parkesburg Library, 106 West St., Parkesburg, will be the site of a program on how to “Outsmart the Scammers” on Saturday, June 15, at 9:30 a.m. Brendan Murphy, of a local investment company, will present the topic. Attendees will learn how to spot red flags that may indicate a fraudulent encounter, resources they can turn to in the event that they or a loved one is targeted and steps they can take now to help protect themselves and their loved ones. The public is invited. To register, readers may stop by the library, visit www.parkesburglibrary.org or call 610-857-5165. SPAGHETTI DINNER
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A special program was held on May 15 to recognize Chester County students who are enlisting in the Armed Forces following graduation. The event was held at the Octorara Junior-Senior High School in Atglen, with two Octorara students among the honorees. Tyler Conway will enter Marine boot camp just three days after he graduates from Octorara. Tyler is on the Octorara track and field team and is a student in the Octorara Area School District’s Homeland Security and Protective Services Academy. After serving in the Marines, he hopes to join the Pennsylvania State Police. McKayla Mickel will attend the Air Force Academy after graduation. She is a member of National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America
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INFORMATION SESSION
Atglen Public Library, 413 Valley Ave., Atglen, will host an information session with a representative from Job Corps on Friday, June 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. At the drop-in event, prospective trainees may speak individually with the representative. Job Corps is a federal jobs training program for young adults ages 16 to 24 who meet some eligibility qualifications. Registration for the information session is requested. To register, call the library at 610-593-6848 or visit www.AtglenPublicLibrary.org. More information about Job Corps is available at www.jobcorps.gov.
(FBLA) and the soccer and track teams at Octorara. McKayla was happy with the event honoring the recruits. “I think it’s a great way to connect with the community. It creates a sense of family,” she said. Approximately 30 seniors from all high schools in Chester County who have Graduating seniors from Chester County who are going into the Armed Forces were recognized enlisted in the Armed on May 15 by the Chester County chapter of Our Community Salutes at a ceremony held at Forces and their Octorara Junior-Senior High School. Octorara students who will enter the Armed Forces include recruiters were hon- Tyler Conway (front, third from left) and McKayla Mickel (front, eighth from left). ored during the hourThe enlistees were issued certificates organizations and civilian guests from long ceremony, which was presented by Our Community Salutes (OCS), a non- and also received their first military the community were also in attendance. profit organization that aims to promote coin and a pocket guide of the U.S Con- Speakers at the local event included patriotism in local communities. This is stitution. Veterans, families of the Ralph Galati, a Vietnam veteran of the the first event held by the new Chester enlistees, superintendents, principals, United States Air Force and former r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s f r o m v a r i o u s prisoner of war, and Joseph Griffies, an County OCS chapter. See Students pg 8
Garden Of Hope Schedules Annual Service
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12 E. Locust St., Oxford, will hold its spring takeout spaghetti dinner on Thursday, June 13. Dinners may be picked up between 3 and 6 p.m. The menu will consist of spaghetti with meatballs, tossed salad with dressing, dinner rolls, and homemade desserts. There is cost for the dinner. To reserve meals, readers may call the center at 610-932-5244.
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Students Recognized For Entering The Military By Marcella Peyre-Ferry
INFORMATIVE PROGRAM
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Attendees at a past service at the Garden of Hope in Gordonville gather around the sculpture that is central to the garden. This year’s service for families to commemorate children lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death will be held at the garden at 4 p.m. on June 9.
When Dawn Waltman and her husband, Brian, had a stillborn child 23 years ago, the experience jarred them. As they worked to negotiate the grieving process, the couple discovered there was no place for families to go to commemorate their lost children. “People expected these families to pick up and move on,” recalled Dawn. Dawn and Brian did not agree with the cultural response to their situation. “We felt deeply the babies should be remembered,” said Dawn. “We didn’t feel God wanted families to just move on from a loss. The child should be grieved, remembered, and celebrated.” The couple set about creating a place for those who had lost babies to miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death. See Garden Of Hope pg 3
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Pen Pals Span Generations By Marcella Peyre-Ferry
Students from Lindsay Mitman’s second-grade class at the Octorara Primary Learning Center spent the school year keeping in touch with their new pen pals from Ashbridge Manor Senior Living of Downingtown. After months of letters back and forth, it was time for the two groups to meet in person. On May 21, the group of senior citizens traveled to the school to meet the children. As a greeting, the youngsters sang songs for the visitors, then
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Berit Brewington (left) got to meet her pen pal, Christian Hepfer, in person on May 21 when a group from Ashbridge Manor Senior Living visited second-grade students at the Octorara Primary Learning Center. The students and seniors have been corresponding throughout the school year.
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the pen pals joined each other to work on a craft and talk before enjoying a snack together. The friends had time to talk and get to know each other in person, with the seniors receiving flowers in painted pots from their pen pals.
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