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MARCH 29, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIII • NO 4
Octorara student named Good Citizen from local high schools who demonstrate the qualities of Each year, Chester County Chap- dependability, service leadership ter of the National Society Daugh- and patriotism. The students are ters of the American Revolution chosen for the honor by their (DAR) recognizes Good Citizens respective high schools. This year’s winner from Octorara Junior-Senior High School was Tyler Remphrey, who was honored along with the other Good Citizens during a ceremony held on March 9 at the West Goshen Township Building. Tyler was accompanied to the event by his parents, Byrne and Stacy Remphrey. Jacqueline Smith, Octorara guidance counselor, was also in attendance. Tyler, who was presented with a certificate and a lapel pin, provided a list of his activities, which were read during the program. He is a member of the high school marching band, the high school Physics Team and the LifeTeen youth group at Our Lady of Consolation in Tyler Remphrey (center) attended the Parkesburg. Good Citizen awards ceremony with his BY FRANCINE FULTON
Instructor Darren Hodorovich (back) with Management Team members (front, from left) Gavin Cross, Olivia Thorn, Kennason Ware and Emmerson Ware.
Culinary Arts students participate in state competition BY FRANCINE FULTON
tudents from the Octorara Junior-Senior High School (OJSHS) Culinary Arts program recently participated in the Pennsylvania ProStart competition held in State College. Chefs from OJSHS created a tasty threecourse dinner for the judges, and members of the Management Team earned a third-place finish in their event. “It was awesome for these (students) to go to this particular event
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because you saw 400 other students all wearing white chef coats and vying for first place. It validates what we do on campus,” said Darren Hodorovich, culinary/baking and pastry arts instructor. “This is our first year in competing in management. I’m particularly proud of this group. They took the spirit of the competition and followed it through.” At the event, which was sponsored by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, students from across the
Students construct dream homes as part of annual contest BY FRANCINE FULTON
state participated. “It is open to any school that is using ProStart curriculum,” said Hodorovich. “There were teams there from Williamsport and Erie and all over Lancaster and Chester counties.” OJSHS student chefs volunteered to take part in the cooking competition. “That group of students have been working every day after school for an hour to two hours,” noted Hodorovich. “We start with ideas in November and by the time we get to January, the dishes are set in place.”
Treehouses, as well as solar- and wind-powered homes, were some of the submissions featured at the 20th annual Build a House … Build a Dream contest presented by Habitat for Humanity of Chester County. During the competition, held on March 11 at the Church Farm School in Exton, local fifth-grade students worked individually or in teams of two to build their own three-dimensional model dream homes. The model homes were then judged by professional architects,
engineers and builders from the community. This year, there were a total of 48 homes submitted by 59 students. “The sustainability theme was really prominent this year,” said Christy Kane, Habitat’s director of development and marketing. “In the past years, we saw a few homes with sustainable features. This year, one child not only had solar power, but he also had wind power with turbines that he created on his property. There were some treehouse models, and one kid grew his own grass for his home.”
See Culinary students pg 4
See Dream homes pg 8
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Tasting success
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parents, Byrne and Stacy Remphrey.