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WE WILL NEVER FORGET OUR LOST HEROES
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Memorial Day ceremonies at the El Dorado County Veterans Monument have once again been pre-recorded. See the event on cable Channel 2 and Facebook.
Ceremony to honor the fallen ceremony, as was done on previous Memorial and Veterans Days,” said El Dorado County Veterans Alliance President Gary Campbell. Last year’s virtual ceremonies were seen by more than 32,000 viewers on Sierra Community Access Television (cable Channel 2) and on county veterans Facebook pages. Again, this Memorial Day, the pre-recorded ceremony will be broadcast over Channel 2 and streamed on Facebook at 11 a.m. Facebook users will be able to see
John Poimiroo Special to Village Life
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l Dorado County Memorial Day ceremonies will again be pre-recorded, broadcast and streamed. “Last month we faced a ‘go, no-go’ decision whether to hold a public Memorial Day ceremony. At the time El Dorado County was struggling to drop out of the COVID-19 orange tier, which restricts public gatherings. We’re still not there. So, there’s no safe option but to hold another virtual
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The late Capt. Paul Jacobs will be remembered as part of this year’s Memorial Day services.
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Jr. Olympian shoots & shines Sel Richard Staff writer
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Aaron Hoversten stands in position during a recent competition. The competetive air rifle shooter is a senior at Oak Ridge High School and also plays soccer.
tanding 34 feet from a target less than 2 inches wide, 17-year-old Aaron Hoversten focuses his Anschütz single shot air rifle sights on a dot with a diameter of the lead in a 0.5 mm pencil. Without aid of a magnifying scope, he squeezes his trigger and the 4.5 mm pellet punctures a neat hole through the paper as he prepares for 59 more shots during the next 75 minutes. In a field where margins of error come down to half a millimeter, the Oak Ridge High School senior competed at the 2021 Junior Olympics and shot his personal best, 605.1 out of 600 (any shots over 10 are scored with a decimal, maxing out at 10.9). Hoversten placed 29 out of 114, a stellar showing among Olympians, USA National team members, college teams and other club teams from across the nation. He ■
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California Ballet Conservatory students receive a high-caliber dance education at the Cameron Park studio.
Dance students thrive at Cameron Park studio Jana Rossi Staff writer
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ucked away in a little business area off Greenwood Lane in Cameron Park sits a small, unassuming dance studio. Inside, this studio holds years of experience and opportunities that would most likely only be found in a city such as San Francisco or New York ... and that’s exactly how owner Killian Stephens likes it. Her own experience of training in a little dance studio in the small town of
Sonora, starting when she was just 5 years old, prompted her desire to offer better opportunities to young dancers. “It became evident by age 12 that I would have to leave the area and head to the Bay Area or other urban areas to pursue the high caliber of ballet training required for a professional career. I loved the California foothills and was sad to leave the area,” Stephens told Village Life. “I am so happy to be able to return to my home state in El ■
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