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VOL XLII • NO 13
A Toast to Tomatoes
LOVE WHERE YOU WORK
REACHING MORE THAN 10,110 HOMES
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
F
or two days each July, the “community” part of Washing ton Boro Community Park comes into the spotlight. The Washington Boro Tomato Festival will be held at the park, 2010 River Road, on Saturday, July 11, and on Saturday, July 18. Food will be served beginning at 3 p.m. each day, with music and other activities from 5 to 9 p.m. Tomatoes are the star of the show, with bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches a top seller, said Dick Schock, a member of the Blue Rock Fire Rescue Support Group, which organizes the festival. Washington Boro tomatoes are known for their flavor and texture, he said, noting that Lancaster County makes the perfect location to grow the fruit. “It’s the sandy soil,” he said. “These tomatoes are sweet and juicy. They’re a more juicy, more meaty tomato, and they’re great for sandwiches.” Tomatoes are coming in late this year, he said, but the festival will definitely have them.
Members of the Blue Rock Fire Rescue Support Group invite people to the Washington Boro Tomato Festival. Photo by Cathy Molitoris
“We use about 400 pounds of tomatoes,” Schock said. Additional food for sale will include hamburgers, hot dogs with or without sauerkraut, sausage sandwiches and homemade
chicken corn soup. Funk’s Riverview Greenhouse will sell pies and fresh fruit, and both milkshakes and french fries will be for sale by vendors. “This year, we’re also going to
have green tomato pie,” Schock said. “A local guy is making it, and this is the first time he’ll be here.” A variety of carnival-style games will be available, with a wide range of prizes.
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At Stevens & Smith Center, History Teaches Important Lessons
Wednesday, July 15 10am - 5pm Monday, July 20 10am - 5pm
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In the area of equal rights, our country has made great strides. But the process continues; there is still much work to be done. The brand-new Stevens & Smith Center sheds a wider, more colorful light on the issues of equality. “The center explores the ongoing struggle to expand freedom, equality and democracy in America,” said Jason Traverse, the director of marketing and communications for the Stevens & Smith Center. “Through the stories of Stevens, Smith and countless others, visitors are invited to
consider how ordinary and extraordinary people alike have worked to advance these ideals, and how that work continues in America today. “What makes the center special is that it doesn’t simply present history as something that happened long ago,” continued Traverse. “It asks visitors to consider how the questions that defined Stevens’ and Smith’s lives - questions about citizenship, equality, justice and democracy - continue to shape our lives today.” Recently, the Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center for History and Democracy opened Visitors take in an exhibit at the its doors at 13-15 E. Vine St., Lancaster, to visitors. Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton
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