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MAY 3, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIII • NO 9
Boy Scout to hold DVD, book sale at Christiana library BY FRANCINE FULTON
When an elderly family member passed away, leaving behind a massive book and DVD collection, Sawyer Johnson of Christiana decided to sell the items as part of an Eagle Scout project to benefit the Moores Memorial Library of Christiana.
Lisa McNamara (front, far right) and students from the Octorara Area Career and Technical Education Programs are planning the event.
Expo to showcase the best of Octorara BY FRANCINE FULTON
lans are currently underway for the annual Octorara Agriculture, Business, Environmental Science & Technology (OABEST) Expo that will take place on Saturday, May 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Octorara Junior-Senior High School, 228 Highland Road, Atglen. Among the planned festivities are a student art show, a petting zoo, a craft show, children’s activities, a mobile video game truck, a tractor show and displays by student and community organizations. Students from the Octorara Area Career and Technical Education Programs (OACTEP) are helping to organize the event along with Lisa McNamara, director of career and technical education for the Octorara Area School District. “Planning (for OABEST) starts in October. We have about 2,000 people attend this event,” said McNamara, noting that students in each of the OACTEP areas of study are planning certain aspects of the day. New attractions this year will include a community job fair and a community yard sale.
Students in the Culinary program will offer food items for sale, and Animal and Plant Science Technology students will run the petting zoo. “We will have pigs, chickens and seven or eight baby goats,” noted student Caleb Spencer. Home Security and Protective Service Academy students are organizing the displays by local first responders. “We will have fire companies (with) ambulances and fire trucks, and they will also demonstrate vehicle rescues,” noted McNamara. Students from the Diversified Occupations program will have a display table, and students in the Child Care Education program will present children’s crafts and offer temporary tattoos. Shoes will be collected as part of a fundraiser being presented by the high school Leo Club and the Octorara Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO). For more information, visit www.oabestexpo.com or contact McNamara at lmcnamara@octorara .org. Local artists and crafters as well as yard sale vendors are also asked to contact McNamara to reserve a spot.
Sawyer Johnson will offer hundreds of books and DVDs for sale.
See Book, DVD sale pg 7
Warriors on the Water Ltd. to host free event BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Warriors on the Water Ltd. will hold a free event to celebrate veterans and first responders on Saturday, May 20, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will include a variety of food, live music, games and activities, and it will be hosted at Jim Neary’s Live Bait and Tackle, 212 Spruce Grove Road, Kirkwood. The selection of food that will be offered by Warriors on the Water Ltd. will include a pig roast, hamburgers and hot dogs, all of which has been donated by local businesses. Games, face painting and an arts
and crafts table will be available to children throughout the day. Several nonprofit organizations will be in attendance, including Heroes on the Water, the Donegal Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Canine Partners for Life and Woerth It Hollow. Each organization will answer questions and provide information on the respective service that it offers, such as fly fishing, kayaking, canine companions and equine therapy. Jim Neary’s Live Bait and Tackle will offer free boat rentals and equip participants with rods and bait during the event. See Warriors on the Water pg 4
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Students in the Business, Marketing and Entrepreneurship program will help with the job fair during which participants will be able to speak with representatives from local companies that are hiring. “We are doing mock job interviews,” noted student Denise Washington. “We will ask people interview questions and (discuss) what the company looks for in an employee to help them be prepared for their on-site interviews they will be doing at the job fair.” For the yard sale, residents of the Octorara Area School District are invited to set up a table in a 10-by-10foot space and sell their gently used items. There is no fee to participate. Also new this year is a cornhole tournament fundraiser for Kacie’s Cause. For more information, contact Kristen Brown at kristen.kaciescause@gmail.com. Students in the Graphic Design and Illustration program are in charge of the art show. “We are hosting and setting up the senior art show, and the National Honor Society is also selling ceramic bowls and artwork,” noted student Lydia Ridderhoff. Student Brady Zimmerman noted that the Engineering and Drafting Technology program students will demonstrate a 3D printer.
Sawyer, a member of Atglen Boy Scout Troop 20, will present a book and DVD sale on Saturday, May 6, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot at the library, located at 9 W. Slokom Ave., Christiana. All proceeds will be used by Sawyer to fund his project, which will include the installation of two park benches, fencing and a shrub. All items will be nominally priced, and only cash will be accepted. “We will have a bulk option where you can get a bag of DVDs,” said Sawyer, noting that the bags will be provided. Sawyer, 14, a homeschooled student, explained that the sale items are from his great-uncle, who resided in Oxford. “He had over 4,000 DVDs, and we didn’t even count the books, but there are hundreds,” said Sawyer. “We came to clean the house after he passed away, and there were mountains of DVDs in his basement. We tried a few and they worked fine.”