Pequea Valley townlively.com
JULY 31, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 32
Celebratin’ bacon BY ANN MEAD ASH
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hen Dena Krebs, marketing coordinator with Stoltzfus Meats, was looking for a way to celebrate the business’s 70th anniversary, she visited a festival in a neighboring town devoted to a special Pennsylvania treat made with chocolate and cream. “It got me thinking about the community aspect of it, and I thought, ‘Why don’t we do something like that here, but base it on bacon?’” she stated. The result of that research is the first Baconfest, which will be held in Intercourse Community Park, 3730 Old Philadelphia Pike, Gordonville, on Saturday, Aug. 10, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A variety of activities are planned, including demonstrations, a bounce house, yard games, and food trucks offering bacon-themed food items for purchase. The event will kick off with the Bakin’ with Bacon entry drop-off from 9 to 10:30 a.m. “Jere Gish
from WGAL will be one of the judges,” said Krebs of the competition, which is open to any baker and any baked good as long as bacon is an ingredient. The contest winner will be announced at 2:45 p.m.
“We want to put the focus on the community.” At 10:15 a.m., an Intercourse Library representative will read “Don’t Forget the Bacon” to children and adults. “It’s a giant picture book,” noted Krebs. Live entertainment at the event will include the DKers juggling at 10:45 a.m. and the one-manband talents of Nick DiSanto at 11:30 a .m. WJTL will be g in a remote broadcast at 1 p.m. Big Boy Brass will perform at 4:30 p.m. Demonstrations will begin at
1 p.m. Myron Stoltzfus, an owner of Stoltzfus Meats, and his son, Zach, will bring a portable smoker to the venue. “(They) will explain the process of smoking bacon, taking it out, and carving it,” said Krebs, who added that samples will be available. Tony Page, who works in product development for Stoltzfus, will demonstrate cooking BaconWrapped Kielbasa Bombs from 2 to 2:30 p.m. “He’ll be giving away samples to those who come to watch,” shared Krebs. A griller eating competition will be held at 3 p.m. Krebs explained that a griller is a sausage, but shaped like a hot dog. “That will be a lot of fun,” said Krebs, who noted the contest was inspired by the company’s participating in scrapple-eating competitions held at the Ephrata Fair. “We are looking for contestants,” she noted, adding that a free T-shirt will be given to each entrant. Food trucks located at the event will sell items ranging from pizza,
HOPE International is golfing for purpose-filled dollars
Benefit cornhole tournament, outdoor movie planned BY FRANCINE FULTON
“Doug’s Fight Is Our Fight” is the theme of a fundraiser being planned for Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Gap VFW by the family of Doug Arment, a 1993 graduate of Pequea Valley High School, who has esophageal cancer. The event will include a cornhole tournament and an outdoor movie. Event organiz ers include Jennette Bahn, who is Doug’s sister-in-law. She said the fundraiser is being modeled after
BY JEFF FALK
The Arment family includes (from left) Sarah, Doug, Jodi, Megan,
The annual HOPE International Golf Outing isn’t a professional golf tournament. But the players will be playing for money - the kind that can change people’s lives. “Money can be used as a tool, as long as it can be used in the right way,” said Jeff Rutt, founder and chairman of HOPE International. “ The power of
See Cornhole tournament pg 6 Cassidy and Cassidy’s fiancé, AJ Toomey.
enter prise is learning to be responsible. It allows charities to be very healthy. There’s power in money being used in the right way.” The 24th edition of the HOPE International Golf Outing will be conducted on Friday, S ept . 13, at three courses: Iron Valley Golf Club, 201 Iron Valley Drive, Lebanon; Wyncote Golf Club, 50 Wyncote Drive, Oxford; and the Woodlands See HOPE International pg 2
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Cookin’ up the inaugural Baconfest in Intercourse are (from left) Elizabeth Schaffer-Yoder, Tricia Lacock, Dena Krebs, and Kelly Metzler.