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Conestoga Valley townlively.com

JUNE 30, 2021

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL LVII • NO 28

CV Archer Is Off To The Olympics BY ANN MEAD ASH

asey Kaufhold, a rising senior at Conestoga Valley High School (CVHS), is about to have the experience of a lifetime. The 17-year-old will join other members of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Archery Team in Yumenoshima Park in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, July 23, to take part in the planned competitive events. “(Archery) started as a family thing we would do for fun,” said Kauf hold, whose family owns Lancaster Archery on Old Philadelphia Pike in Smoketown. “ We had targets set up in the backyard, and I started shooting when I was 3.” By the time Kauf hold was 8, the fun had turned a little more serious as she began taking part in competitions. “When I was 13, I did my first international competition, and since then I have been on some international teams,” explained Kaufhold, who began going to school online in her

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freshman year, usually attending in person during the fall semester and virtually in the spring when she was competing. Kauf hold noted that she practices archery about five hours daily, adding that CVHS has been “really great” in working with her to maintain academics along with her competitive archery schedule. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the four stages of Olympic trials for archery were divided, with the first two stages being held in 2019 and the last two being held at the end of May in Salt Lake City, Utah. “There’s a qualification round and then eliminations and team rounds,” explained Kaufhold, who noted that the trials are set up to simulate events so that organizers can select team members to compete in certain areas. Kaufhold left for Paris, France, on June 10 to qualify for a team spot. She expected to be in Paris for three weeks and then return home for a little over a week before leaving for Tokyo.

Rappelling For A Cause: VisionCorps Sets Eye Drop 2021

Conestoga Valley High School student Casey Kaufhold will compete with the U.S. Olympic Archery Team in Tokyo, Japan.

Expressing Gratitude: Cavod Plans Open House

BY FRANCINE FULTON

“There is no practice. Only determination,” said Chester County resident Natanya Sortland, who will rappel 10 stories on Friday, July 9, in support of Eye Drop 2021, VisionCorps’ signature fundraiser during which participants rappel 120 feet from the roof of the Holiday Inn in downtown Lancaster to the ground, after committing to a fundraising minimum. See Eye Drop pg 4

INSIDE THIS ISSUE A Walk Through The Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

BY ANN MEAD ASH

Cavod Performing Arts will hold an open house at its New Holland location on July 10.

“We are so grateful to be here,” said Connie Dienner, founder and director of Cavod Performing Arts, a nonprofit dedicated to offering a godly environment to study the arts. “We are celebrating through this open house.” Dienner said she is especially thankful that the organization has survived the last year or so when COVID-19 restrictions made it difficult to keep going. “It’s only by the support of the community and the grace of God that we’re still here,” she said.

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