Lampeter-Strasburg townlively.com
OCTOBER 9, 2024
SENIOR
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 23
One century of good, old-fashioned fun BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
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he West Lampeter Comm u n i t y Fa i r re t u r n e d to the fairgrounds from Sept. 22 to 27 with a roster of special events to celebrate its 100th anniversary. In addition to enjoying the fair’s traditional festivities and tasty treats, community members made new memories as they looked back on a century of good, old-fashioned fun. The fair kicked off at 4 p.m. on Sept. 22 with an opening ceremony that included remarks from fair board president Don Welk and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s deputy secretary for animal health and food safety, Lisa Graybeal. Graybeal presented 2023 West Lampeter Fair queen Sarah Blount with a certificate recognizing the event’s centennial. Welk and the previous
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two fair board presidents held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially launch the first day of fair fun. The opening ceremony was followed by a kids’ candy drop and a concert from Summit Hill Bluegrass, which performed an arrangement of classic folk tunes and banjo ballads while fairgoers lined up for funnel cakes and sausage sandwiches. After the show, attendees filled every seat in the bleachers for a community hymn sing. As the sun set over the green and yellow striped tents, the fair queen candidates processed into the area for the annual contest. The competition was attended by several former West Lampeter Community Fair queens; each past fair queen shared a memory from the year she won the contest and took a seat in front of the stage as candidates vied for the 2024 title.
An empire of antiques, 25 years in the making BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Twenty-five years ago, Esther Glick of Manheim Township left her career in real estate and dove into the world of antiquing. Esther had always enjoyed scouring local auctions for unique treasures and vintage items, but she had never tried to make it a career. Undaunted, Esther embarked on this new chapter of her life, laying the foundation of what would become an empire of antiques.
Antique Village of Strasburg is one of the longest-running antique
Lancaster artist featured in statewide art competition BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
If you look closely enough, you can find consistent patterns that tie together anything from a constellation to the petals of a flower. Although mathematical sequences, humans’ thumbprints and the inside of a tree trunk may seem to have nothing in common at first glance, their unique shapes share eerily similar designs. These patterns are the primary inspiration for the work of Lancaster-based artist JJ Roach, who was a finalist in a
statewide art competition held in September. For the third consecutive year, JJ was selected as a finalist in the State Museum of Pennsylvania’s annual Art of the State juried competition. JJ and 95 other artists from across Pennsylvania were chosen out of more than 600 artists and 2,000 entries. The finalists’ artworks, which include paintings, digital media, photographs and sculptures, are featured in an exhibit at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. The exhibit opened on
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See Artists pg 12
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See Fair pg 8 2023 West Lampeter Fair queen Sarah Blount crowned Ava Immel as the winner of this year’s contest.
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