New York Marine heads back to southern Helmand for second tour
Anthony Ward Jr
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Brandon M. Barton, a light armored vehicle crewman with Charlie Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, is on his second deployment to Helmand province’s Khan Neshin district. Barton is a 23 year-old native of Gowanda, N.Y, and is married with twin boys.
KHAN NESHIN DISTRICT, Afghanistan – Brandon Barton never thought he would find himself wearing a Marine Corps uniform.
After a bit of time spent working odd jobs, life in the U.S. military began to seem like a more realistic possibility.
“I graduated from Gowanda Senior High School,” said the lance corporal from Gowanda, N.Y.
Soon after walking across the stage to receive his diploma, the future light armored vehicle crewman found himself working several jobs to make ends meet.
“I worked as a conveyor belt technician with a company out of Buffalo,” said Barton. “I worked at the Gowanda Moose with my mo Read more text
Robotics spark youths’ math, science interests
Spartacus the robot was officially retired from the competition circuit, but Lisa Vlaovich and Catya Padilla couldn’t bring themselves to let repairs slide. As they tightened screws and adjusted gears on the 2-foot-tall mobile robot, Vlaovich considered how far she had come over the past year.
“I actually never thought I’d be able to build a robot,” she said. “I thought it would be really difficult, like, only smart people can build robots. I guess this makes me smart!”
Vlaovich, 19, and Padilla, 18, are students at Treasure Island Job Corps, a U.S. Department of Labor job-training center for students between the ages of 16 and 24. The teens, who pitted their robot against others from around the world as part of the VEX Robotics program, learned not only job skills, such as programming and mechanical design, but also how to work together as a team on a challenging project.
In recent years, budget cuts have made it tough for public schools to provide much more than the basic Read more text
Darius Phillips-Career Ready After Completing Job Corp Experience
Amy Hourigan, SurfKY News Reporter
MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY (5/20/12) – “On the Road Again” was a popular song by Willie Nelson many years ago-that is what Darius Phillips will be singing in a few short weeks.
Phillips has just completed his Job Corps experience at MCDC and will be moving on to a career in the trucking industry with C.R. England Global Transport in Salt Lake City, Utah.
C. R. England Global Trucking is the nation’s largest refrigerated carrier with over 5,900 drivers. Phillips has enrolled in the C.R. England Truck Driving School to obtain his Class A Commercial Drivers License. He earned his Class B CDL while a student at MCDC and his Level 3 Heavy Equipment Operator’s certificate.
Phillips came to MCDC in April of 2011 from Jacksonville, Florida and obtained his high school diploma in December of the same year.
Phillips said, “Job Corps offered me the opportunity to get my life back on track!” His future goal is to own hi Read more text
It’s In Giving That We Receive
Are you a teacher who can’t find a class to teach? Are you a gardener or builder without a job? Are you employed but hate your job selling widgets to the masses?
Well the Peace Corps wants you!
Maybe.
The Peace Corps workers are volunteers who bring American know-how to places all over the world that need it, from from Asia to Central America, and from Europe to Africa. The Peace Corps has been in operation for almost 50 years, with more than 7,000 volunteers serving at any given moment.
But, just because you think you can build a hut or you like camping doesn’t mean the Peace Corps will hire you to be a volunteer.
Applying for the Peace Corps is a fairly extensive process that begins with filling out an application that asks you everything that a regular employer doesn’t usually ask such as: Remember back to your first playground experience. Why did you want to play on the playground? What games did you play?
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Ashland repeats in Job Corps 5-K run
Ashland, who won in 18:42 last year, established a comfortable early lead over runner-up Boaz Sessom (21:19) and third-place finisher Dylan Gumminger (21:20).
Signe Johnson won the women’s 5-K in 23:51, which was nearly two minutes faster than her winning time last year. Johnson was followed by Tatjana Spaic (24:05) and Kari Moss (25:41).
Allan Spangler took the men’s 10-K title in 40:35, and Becky Maxwell won the women’s in 48:02.
Alaska Job Corps 5-K and 10-K
Saturday’s results
5-K — 1) Christopher Ashland, 18:12; 2) Boaz Sessom, 21:19; 3) Dylan Gumminger 21:20; 4)Trent Moss, 23:12; 5) Billy Night, 23:16; 6) Signe Johnson, 23:51; 7) Nathan Cunningham, 24:05; Tatjana Spaic, 24:05; 9) Kari Moss, 24:41; 10) Kiersten Johnson, 28:02; 11)Robert Ward, 28:24; 12) William Moss, 28:32; 13) Ron Moss, 28:43; 14) Robert Gumminger, 29:33; 15) Barry Dearborn, 30:05; 16) Benjamin Ramsey, 30:21; 17) Rebecca Tucker, 31:58; 18) Justin Read more text
JCC Graduate Thankful For Time At College – Post
Akwasi Owusu’s trip across the stage today to receive his diploma will only take a few seconds.
The journey that led Owusu to Jamestown Community College, however, has taken the graduate from West Africa to New York City and, now, Jamestown.
Originally from Ghana, West Africa, Owusu moved to New York City in 2003 and lived there for six years.
“I was going to school (in New York City) while I was there,” said Owusu. “However, due to personal and financial issues, I decided to come to (Western New York).”
Once Owusu settled in here in Chautauqua County, he employed the services of the Cassadaga Job Corps. When he expressed to the corps that he would like to further his education, the organization directed him to JCC.
“The (job corps) told me that JCC would be a good place to start,” said Owusu. “I came here and visited the campus and I liked what I saw. Needless to say, the last two years have been a really beautiful ride for me.”
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