Soccer, Field Hockey Teams Rain On Oxford's Homecoming Parade

Two convincing wins by Octorara teams at Oxford's Homecoming weekend as reported by the Daily Local News sports wrap this morning:

Boys Soccer:

Octorara 4, Oxford 0: Keegan Wilson scored a pair of goals and assisted on another to lead Octorara in the nonleague meeting.

Nestor Zavala and Ian Byerly tacked on goals, while John Muchow, Daulton Rutter and Ben Makansi were other standouts for the Braves (6-2).

Octorara 1 3 — 4

Oxford 0 0 — 0

Octorara goals: Wilson 2, Byerly, Zavala.

Goalie saves: Jones (OC) 4, Muchow (OC) 1; Gomez (OX) 8.

Field Hockey

Octorara 4, Oxford 1: Melanie Lowry netted three goals, one on a penalty stroke, to power Octorara in the nonleague match.

Taylor Markward also scored a goal for Octorara.

Ashlie Pilotti netted the goal for Oxford (4-3).

Octorara 1 3 — 4

Oxford 0 1 — 1

Octorara goals: Lowry 3, Markward.

Oxford goal: Pilotti.

Goalie saves: Morlando (OC) 9; Biddle (OX) 14.

State Rep John Lawrence Announces Senior Expo

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It would be nice if someone attending the Senior Expo would ask Representative Lawrence, respectfully of course, why when Republicans control Pennsylvania's House, Senate and Governor's office, nothing is being done to abolish property taxes.

Just asking . . . respectfully of course.

New Bus Run Takes Parkesburg Kids To Lancaster High School

Parkesburg resident Elvin Kennel, principal of the Lancaster Campus of Lancaster Mennonite School, welcomes high school students in Chester County to use the new school bus serving Oxford, Parkesburg and Cochranville.

This from the Community Courier about a new bus run Lancaster Mennonite School will run each day through Oxford, Cochranville and Parkesburg for students attending LMS.  The bus run will cost students $6 a day and be driven by an LMS teacher who lives in Oxford.

For years, many Chester County families have desired the Christ-centered education and faith-infused opportunities offered by Lancaster Mennonite High (LMH) School, but transportation to the Lancaster Campus was a problem. 

Now, in response to strong demand by Chester County families, Lancaster Mennonite High School has established a bus route that will stop in Oxford, Parkesburg and Cochranville. So far, 14 students have signed up for the new bus route.

Elvin Kennel, Lancaster Mennonite High School principal, is enthusiastic about the new bus route and about getting more students from Chester County. A resident of Parkesburg, Kennel himself is a parent of Lancaster Mennonite School students.

The bus will pick up students at Bethany Christian School in Oxford, the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Parkesburg, and the West Fallowfield Community Center in Cochranville. The air-conditioned 28-passenger vehicle will be driven by Ryan King, an LMH ag-tech teacher who lives in Oxford. 

Using King as the driver allows the school to keep the cost of the bus to $6 per round trip.

Lancaster Mennonite High School welcomes students from many different denominational and racial/ethnic backgrounds. The school currently enrolls students from the greater Lancaster area and surrounding counties in addition to international students from 10 countries.

LMH offers a host of co-curricular activities, 13 sports in the Lancaster-Lebanon League, and programs in music, drama and art. The school also hosts such clubs as FFA, Future Business Leaders of America, and the Family and Consumer Science Association.

For information about enrollment, readers may visit www.lancastermennonite.org/chester or call Curtis Edwards, admissions counselor, at (717) 299-0436, ext. 721, or Christy Horst at ext. 312.

Parkesburg Man Develops and Leads Free Employment Workshop

A 12 Steps Toward Employment^TM workshops are being held in Chester Springs and Oxford to aid Chester County’s unemployed and underemployed, including recent college students, in seeking, obtaining and retaining suitable employment.

Seminars will be held from from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, at the Henrietta Hankin Branch Library, 215 Windgate Drive, Chester Springs (Ludwigs Corner) and repeated at the same time on Thursday, August 4, at the First Presbyterian Church, 6 Pine Street, Oxford.

The workshops, first introduced last fall, are part of the Road to Employment initiative established by the Chester County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) with grant funds received from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

 

Casey Jones of Parkesburg, workshop developer and presenter, said the sessions focus on development of an employment search plan and discusses the wealth of resources available to Chester County job-seekers in obtaining employment.  

Each workshop participant also will receive a Job-Seeker Toolkit that includes a summary of the 12 Steps, a recently-developed Chester County Road to Employment Resource Guide that lists available services from a wide range of sources, from employment and education to housing, food and medical care, and a packet of additional resource materials.

"Some newly unemployed decide to take the summer off from job-seeking, expecting they will obtain a job quickly in the fall," Jones noted, saying that "a large number face major disappointments and lost time when this doesn't occur."   

Required registration information for limited available seats at individual workshops, along with additional job-seeking tools, may be obtained at  www.chesco.org/JobSeekerToolkit.

Additional information on this initiative is available from Jones at bps461@msn.com or (610) 707-1494.