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Written by Buxmont Christian Eductional Institute's Newspaper Editor
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Friday, 22 September 2006 |
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Buxmont Christian Educational Institute Summer Newsletter
http://www.buxmontchristianed.org/Newsletter/Newsletter1.htm
I will have all of the exciting write-ups from this newsletter as soon as possible. If you would like to take a peak now, just flip through the pages on the link website listed above to view pictures and my Valedictorian address. Be sure to check out the bottom of page 12- page 16!
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Pageant novice wins the crown
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Written by The Boyertown Area Times - Diane Van Dyke
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Friday, 08 September 2006 |
While Erin Joy Good of Boyertown sets many goals for herself, competing in a pageant wasn't exactly at the top of her list. It wasn't even in the top half of her ambitions.
"I'm still in shock," said the recently crowned Miss Pennsylvania Teen 2006. "I can't believe it."
Good, 17, not only won the crown but a host of other awards at the annual pageant in Harrisburg. Competing against almost 100 contestants from across the state, she also won the Miss Personality, Outstanding Participation, Best Resume and Best Thank-You contests as well as first runner-up as spokesmodel and a scholarship as the most promising model.
Not bad, considering it was her first pageant.
When Good received the application to register in the mail, she was skeptical about entering.
"I didn't want to be in a beauty pageant where I had to model a swimsuit or anything like that," she said.
After confirming swimwear modeling was not a requirement and learning about the scholarship opportunities, she applied.
"Mom and I looked at it as a fun experience," she said, admitting that it was her first appearance in front of such a large audience. "The highlight of the event was meeting people from all over the state and making friends."
The judges evaluate the contestants based on a host of criteria, including grade-point average, community involvement, formalwear appearance, interviews and personal introductions.
In addition to competing for the title, the young women select different categories in which to compete for trophies and prizes.
Winning in the area of best resume was an ironic twist of fate, Good said, since she completed it at midnight the night before the competition.
Her resume speaks volumes about her personality.
Good graduated a year early from Buxmont Christian Educational Institute, an independent home-school program. She was the valedictorian of her class with a 4.0 grade-point average. She is listed with Who's Who Among American's High School Students and The National Society of High School Scholars.
Her eclectic list of favorite activities includes freestyle skiing, 18-century reenacting and dirt-bike riding. Good shares these activities with her parents, Brian and Kim Good, and siblings Megan, 22; Drew, 18; Jordan, 9; and Robert, 6.
"I've skied since I was two," said Good, who used this passion as the topic of one of the speeches during the pageant. "We ski all over-Canada and Europe and locally at Spring Mount and Bear."
Not surprisingly, she works at Buckman Ski Shop at the Montgomeryville Mall, where she "got her foot in the door" of skiwear design.
"I've learned about buying from a skiwear buyer and attended clinics with ski companies to learn about fabrics," she said.
Good plans to pursue a career in skiwear design, and after serving her year as Miss Pennsylvania Teen, she plans to attend either the Art Institute of Philadelphia or the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in California.
In addition to selling retail at Buckman's, Good also works at American Eagle Outfitters at the Coventry Mall. She said these jobs hone her real-life, people skills and help her develop confidence and responsibility.
The anchor and support system in her life, she said, is her family. Her mother, she said, has influenced her life the most.
"She is the friendliest person and will do anything for anyone," Good said about her mother. "One of my goals is to always try to make a difference in one person's life-I learned that from her."
Her parents share their love of history with the family, who are all re-enactors with the German Regiment Inc. Their visits to Williamsburg, Va., and the Pottsgrove Manor sparked their involvement with the 18th-century re-enacting group.
"I remember seeing mom and dad going out all dressed up in these costumes when we were little," Good said. "We wanted to get dressed up too."
And, they did. Together, they camped in tents, cooked over fires and participated in Revolutionary War re-enactments.
From hitting the slopes to re-enacting to riding dirt bikes, the Good family enjoys their moments together, which is why, when Drew got a dirt bike, they all got dirt bikes and joined the Tower City Trail Riders Inc.
"Tower City is located at a former coal mining site," Good said, explaining that they camp and then ride the trails together. "It is fun the whole family enjoys."
These varied interests and activities help to define this cheerful, positive young woman, setting her apart as someone who, though not necessarily a typical pageant candidate, always strives to be genuine.
"It's all apart of staying true to who you are," Good said. "It is not what mom and dad or your peers think. Yes, the judges were laughing about my dirt-bike riding, but it is what I enjoy and who I am. I don't need to conform."
It is this very message that Good hopes to convey to all young women and children during the next year as Miss Pennsylvania Teen.
Her first official appearance with her crown was on July 23, when she visited Rita's Water Ice to support the fundraising for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, which raises money for pediatric cancer research.
Good plans to start her own fundraising charity for children who are seriously ill, called the Badge of Courage. Working with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, she wants to give badges to children battling life-threatening conditions.
Contact assistant editor Diane Van Dyke at 610-367-6041, ext. 228 or
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©Berks-Mont Newspapers 2006 
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A LOOK INTO THE MIRROR
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Written by erin
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Thursday, 07 September 2006 |
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God’s Word exhorts us to not be full of pride, but rather to be humble.
Proverbs 16:18-19 says, “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty
spirit before a fall. Better is it to be of an humble spirit with
lowly, than to divide spoil with the proud.”
In Matthew 5:16 God’s Word also says that we should “Let our
lights so shine before men, that they many see our good works, and
glorify our Father which is in heaven.”
We don’t want to sound prideful or vain, but BCEI has three
graduates who have let their lights shine, and because of the love of
the Lord which radiates from their inner lives, the world sees an
outward beauty as well.
Last year, from the graduating class of 2004 Miss Ariel Struhar
was selected as Miss PA in the Miss American Teen Pageant. This year
Ariel handed the honor down to another BCEI graduate, Miss Erin Good.
In yet another competition, American Coed Pageant, Miss Stephanie Wong,
a 2005 graduate of BCEI, won the title of Miss Pennsylvania Junior Teen
in 2001.
All of these young ladies have been excellent students; diligent
in their studies, but most importantly they all possess a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ which radiates from their inner lives.
Yes, they possess an outward beauty, but even more luminous than the
outward is what is radiated from the inward.
In the world today, so much emphasis is placed upon outward
beauty. Billions of dollars are spent each year on make-up, face lifts,
clothing, jewelry, and other avenues to show an outward appearance of
beauty. Our world is obsessed with looking beautiful, but we are here
to tell you it is not the outward appearance that matters but the
inward. The scripture says, “Man looketh on the outward appearance, but
God looketh on the heart.”
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Rita’s Water Ice and Alex’s Lemonade Team Up For A Good Cause
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Written by WZAR Internet TV
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Thursday, 24 August 2006 |
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The month of July has brought with it the heat of summer. But with the help of Rita’s Water Ice on East Philadelphia Avenue in Boyertown, July also meant cooling down with lemonade as well as raising money for pediatric cancer research.
The well known Rita’s Water Ice chains have made Alex’s Lemonade Stand their official charity. Of course most people will be able to tell you exactly who Alexandra “Alex” Scott was. She was a brave little girl who at the age of four approached her mom with an idea that became a nationally known phenomenon. She was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, called neuroblastoma, in 2000. Alex wanted to raise money to help her doctors figure out this disease. So she and her brother Patrick planted a lemonade stand in their front yard which yielded $2000 in one day. The rest is history as lemonade stands popped up all over the United States to help her with her cause. So far Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation has raised $6 million dollars in its first two years. The goal is to raise $25 million dollars in 5 years.
Parish and Brenda Stauffer, owners of the Boyertown Rita’s, have certainly joined in to lend a hand towards that goal. The Stauffer’s had events throughout July to raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. They raised more than $2,000 selling paper lemons throughout July at $1 a piece. Those lemons are literally covering every wall inside the business. The “Wall of Hope” has lemons spelling out the name “Alex” and another wall has lemons in the shape of a heart. A crowd of more than a hundred people came out to support the cause and to watch more than 15 volunteers have their heads shaved in support of all of the children that lose their hair to cancer treatments. Six of the newly shaved volunteers were named Alex. Michelle’s Hair Designs of Reading Avenue provided their services free of charge for the event and Reading station Y102 provided a sound system. Miss Pennsylvania, 17 year old Erin Good, made an appearance to give her support of the event and greet the thirsty crowd as well as several volunteers who manned Alex’s Lemonade Stand. Liz and Jay Scott, Alex’s parents, were at the event as well as her brothers Patrick, Eddie, and Joseph. They addressed the crowd with Alex’s heartwarming story and posed for pictures with Rita’s owners and the volunteers of the head shaving event.
For more information on Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and how you can make a difference, visit www.alexslemonade.org.
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Berks teen wins state pageant title
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Written by Reading Eagle
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Thursday, 24 August 2006 |
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 Erin Joy Good, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brian Good, Colebrookdale Township, was crowned Miss Pennsylvania Teen at the National American Miss Pageant in Harrisburg.
Erin, 17, was home-schooled and is a graduate of Buxmont Christian Educational Institute. She plans to pursue fashion design in college.
For her overall win Erin received a $1,000 cash award and transportation costs to the national pageant in Anaheim, Calif. On her way to the crown she also won the title of Miss Personality, best resume, best thank you and the outstanding participation award. She was first runner-up as spokes model and won a scholarship as most promising model.
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"I also enjoy riding my TTR 125 Dirtbike!"
Erin Joy Good
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