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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 12
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Fair forecast BY ANN MEAD ASH
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ach fall, the New Holland Farmer’s Day Association holds the town’s biggest annual event - the New Holland Fair. Each January, representatives of the association journey to Hershey to take part in the Pennsylvania Fairs & Showmen Convention. This year, 13 volunteers attended the convention, which ran from Jan. 22 through 25. Genevieve Adamow, 2024 New Holland Fair queen, attended to compete against 60 other young women in the Pennsylvania State Fair Queen Competition held throughout the convention. New Holland Fair president Paulene Redding reported that the convention attracted 1,571 attendees. “It’s a big event,” noted Margo Korbel, who served as Adamow’s chaperone. “This was my third year, and I think it was the best (yet),” Korbel added. The 112th annual convention
included seminars on a variety of fair-related topics, an entertainment showcase, and roundtable discussions, in addition to the queen competition. Redding attended a seminar called “Junior Fair Boards: Why You Need Them,” and what she learned motivated her to think hard about passing the organizing of the event to future generations. “(The presenters) give you the motivation (to start a junior fair board),” noted Redding. “You have to have the nerve to get out there and do it, and I am ready to start.” According to Redding, seminar leaders stressed attracting high school students to the board, so the New Holland group will accept students ages 13 to 18. Redding planned to start by reaching out to previous fair queen applicants and students who already volunteer at the fair. A Feb. 26 informational meeting was held, and the first board meeting will be held on Thursday, March 27, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the fair building,
A number of New Holland Farmer’s Day Association volunteers and the New Holland Fair queen attended the
See New Holland Fair pg 2 Pennsylvania Fairs & Showmen Convention in Hershey in January.
A vision to help About a year ago, Alliance Network organized its first Concert Fundraiser. Dave Smucker, director of Alliance Network, said that the success of the 2024 event was the impetus for holding a second concert, but with a few changes. The initial concert attracted about 700 attendees and raised $24,000 for a mission to Kenya. “The Lord always gives the provision for the vision, so we just want to host a great gathering for this convergence,” said Smucker, who went on to detail a change in venue and the
addition of food offerings at this year’s event. The 2025 Concert Fundraiser, hosted by Alliance Network and benefiting Preparing the Way Ministries, will be held in the Good Shepherd Chapel at Lancaster Bible College, 901 Eden Road, Lancaster, on Saturday, March 15. The concert will feature three live gospel acts. Doors will open at 5 p.m., and the concert will begin at 6 p.m. The Matt & Nimmie Band, which took part in the first event, will return for the follow-up. The band has been playing music together for more than See Alliance Network pg 4
BY ANN MEAD ASH
It feels good to take part in a food drive or drop off a bag of groceries at your local food pantry, but how do you know if what you donated was really helpful? We asked Amy Marburger, food and nutrition manager of the CrossNet Ministries, and Kerri Burns, market director at The Factory Ministries, to talk about donations that are especially Kerri Burns, market director at appreciated and those that are a Amy Marburger, food and nutrition manager with CrossNet The Factory Ministries, holds a little harder to distribute. Ministries, displays smaller
See CrossNet Ministries pg 12 bottles of donated detergent.
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