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APRIL 5, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIV • NO 5
Lititz train station has always been welcoming BY JEFF FALK
Meredith (left) and Leo Kereshi of Lancaster are looking forward to the PA Family Travel Fair.
All things Pennsylvania ommunity members are invited to discover or rediscover many of the events, museums, attractions and getaways that Pennsylvania has to offer at the fifth annual PA Family Travel Fair, to be held on Saturday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Calvary Church in Lancaster. The event, hosted by Where & When Pennsylvania, will also feature children’s activities, entertainment and food. Those who visit the travel fair will also have opportunities to win prizes, including vacation packages. “The first 500 (attendees) will get a goodie bag to collect all of their swag from all of the vendors,” said Rachel Stebbins, marketing director at Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc., one of the
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PA Family Travel Fair set for April 15 event organizers. “There is a lot of Entertainment will include a opportunity throughout the event to magic show at noon by Papa Tater register for prizes. Almost all of the Magical Family Entertainment and vendors are bringing prizes to give a live show at 2 p.m. by Clyde away.” The grand prize will be a family Peeling’s Reptiland. Echo the Bat getaway provided by the Endless from Lincoln Caverns and Chipper Mountains Visitors Bureau. from Herr Foods Inc. will greet visiThe event focuses on providing tors, and the Kids Cookie Break information about family-friendly radio show will be on-site doing live activities that are available through- interviews. Visitors will also be able out the entire state, including locally to meet friendly service dogs from in Lancaster County and as far away Keystone Pet Enhanced Therapy as the northern tier of Pennsylvania. Services (KPETS). “When you are talking to vendors, Food trucks will be available they are not trying to sell you things. offering breakfast and lunch, as They are just providing informa- well as snacks and ice cream. New tion,” Stebbins emphasized. “The vis- this year will be Joe on the GO itor’s bureaus will represent a lot of Coffee Co., which will offer coffee, the (sites) in their areas, but we also tea and breakfast selections. have (representatives of) specific Stebbins hopes that people will attractions that are coming to talk attend the event to learn about specifically about their places.” local attractions they may not even
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be aware of. “It’s nice to have options with what you can do without having to travel really far,” she stated. “You can have a nice, long weekend or you can go out and do some of these activities and be home at night because it’s just that close. People often don’t realize what is right around them.” Calvary Church is located at 1051 Landis Valley Road, Lancaster. Admission to and parking at the PA Family Travel Fair are free. The event will be held rain or shine. For more information, including a complete list of exhibitors, food trucks, activities and giveaways, visit www.pafamilytravel.com. More information is also available at www.facebook.com/PAFamily TravelFair and www.instagram.com /pafamilytravelfair.
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Children will be able to have their photos taken with mascots, including Echo the Bat from Lincoln Caverns.
It is somehow appropriate that a train station is Lititz’s welcome center. Centrally located and historically accurate, the welcome center is often the first thing visitors to Lititz encounter, not unlike they did at the train station 140 years ago. Boy, talk about making a good first impression and putting your best foot forward. Located at 28 N. Broad St. at the mouth of Lititz Springs Park and in the heart of the downtown business district, the welcome center is housed in a seven-eighths replica of the original 1884 Lititz Passenger Depot and Express Station. Not only does it mirror the borough’s unique history, but the train station also accentuates the importance that the railroad played in Lititz’s social and commercial development. “I think it’s very appropriate, with Lititz having so much pride in its history,” said Ann Bowden, the Lititz Welcome Center’s coordinator. “A lot of people think it’s an original station, and there are still some original artifacts there. I wish the original station was still there. But it’s the next-best thing.” The current train station was dedicated in May 1999 at the same spot that the original red brick passenger depot was first opened in December of 1884,