Conestoga Valley townlively.com
MARCH 9, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 11
Hurricane Smith To Ride Again BY ANN MEAD ASH
ack in March of 2020, Dara Slater, director of that year’s play at Gerald G. Huesken Middle School, “Hurricane Smith and the Garden of the Golden Monkey” by Tim Kelly, was in the final stages of rehearsal. “The set was finished, and the props were ready,” said Slater, whose hopes for the show were dashed when school was closed on March 13, 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions. “We put it all away.” The props, costumes, and set remained in storage until early this year, when Slater held auditions for the 2022 spring show. After two years without a theater program at the middle school, Slater was apprehensive, but the students who tried out for the show impressed her. “We had a fantastic group of kids audition. They are very enthusiastic about theater,” she said. She did change a few roles from male to female, which she noted is allowed by the playwright.
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LCHS To Present “Once On This Island”
Gerald G. Huesken Middle School students rehearse to present “Hurricane Smith and the Garden of the Golden Monkey.”
Driving CV Students BY ANN MEAD ASH
BY ANN MEAD ASH
When Emma Reynolds, director of the Lancaster Catholic High School (LCHS) spring musical, considered shows for 2022, she wanted something fun and fresh for the students, but she also wanted something that she and the cast members could relate to. See LCHS pg 3
School bus driver Julie Nieves (left) and Tara Eitner, manager with Brightbill Transportation
Each school day approximately 4,000 students travel on Conestoga Valley School District (CVSD) buses. Coming from as far west as Brownstown and Akron and as far east as Ronks, the students are driven to one of five schools and returned to their bus stops at the end of each day. A staff of more than 70, including about 40 drivers of full-sized buses moves them safely from place to place on a regular basis. “We are like a big family,” said Tara Eitner, manager with
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Brightbill Transporation, which is contracted to provide bus services for students in CVSD. “We all pull together when we need to. If someone is running behind, other drivers will pick up their kids for them.” Julie Nieves, who has been driving CVSD students through Brightbill since 2020, agreed. She recalled a time when she was involved in an accident while driving her car to work, and the other bus drivers stopped to check on her. “We go out to breakfast sometimes. I love it,” she said. See CVSD pg 8
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