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Chicken Barbecue Will Support West Lampeter Fair By Dayna M. Reidenouer
West Lampeter Fair directors hope to tear down the food pavilion and build a new structure for the milkshake, burger, pork barbecue, and soup stands in time for the three-day event in September. A chicken barbecue sale on June 13 will help to raise money for the project.
Life looks a lot different for many people right now, but one thing has not changed: The smell of chicken barbecue has been filling the air on Saturday mornings in several municipalities. That pattern will continue in Lampeter on Saturday, June 13. “We thought with the way everything’s going, everyone would want a break from cooking,” West Lampeter Fair board chair Don Welk said when announcing the fair’s annual chicken barbecue will be held as planned on June 13 at the fairgrounds, 851 Village Road, Lampeter. “Buy some extra halves so you don’t have to cook later on,” he suggested. The barbecue sale always takes place on the second Saturday in June, and Welk estimated that it has been held for
Sweet Pea Plants Virtual Garden More than 10 years ago, Stephanie Paige Cole, founder of Sweet Pea Project, an organization that offers comfort and support to families that have experienced the death of a baby, and her board members began holding a Sisters and Brothers Picnic for children who had a sibling who was lost
during pregnancy or infancy. This year’s event was to be held on Saturday, June 6, at Dutch Wonderland. When the picnic was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions, Cole wanted to re-create a part of the picnic in time for Mother’s Day, which was held on May 10. A special part of the picnic is a chance to visit an area inside Dutch Wonderland that has been See Sweet Pea Project pg 2
Sweet Pea Project, an organization that offers comfort and support to families that have experienced the death of a baby, has created a virtual flower garden that mothers and other family members may use to honor the child they lost. Although the virtual garden was created for Mother’s Day, it will be available into the future for those who would like to dedicate a flower to their child.
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the same footprint this summer. The pavilion is the site of the burger, milkshake, pork barbecue, and soup stands during the fair. The chicken barbecue sale takes place on the fairgrounds and has always been operated as a drive-through because there are no facilities to eat on-site during the summer, Welk said. That makes this event ideal for a fundraiser during social distancing. The only significant difference this year is that tickets will not be available for presale. Instead, the food will be sold on a first-come, firstserved basis. Only cash will be accepted as payment. All of the volunteers will wear gloves and masks. For the sale, traffic will enter the fairgrounds from the firehouse entrance on Village Road, then proceed through the fairgrounds, exiting onto Lampeter Road. Welk noted that if the See Chicken Barbecue pg 2
Lancaster Chef Garners Gold With Regional Team By Ann Mead Ash
Susan Notter of Lancaster, a pastry chef, is one of eight professionals, all from the East Coast of the United States, who participated as a regional team in the Culinary Olympics held in Stuttgart, Germany, from Feb. 14 to 19. The event is an international culinary competition held every four years. The Olympics drew 1,800 chefs from nearly 70 countries. The group with which Notter participated won a gold medal for its display program and placed third overall in the regional team category, taking home a bronze medal. Notter, who has made her home in Lancaster for a decade, has been participating in culinary competitions since 1979. Along the way, she has placed first in prestigious competitions such as the Southern Pastry Classic in Atlanta in 2003. More recently, she earned gold as a member of a U.S. team that competed in the Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany, in 2016. See Chef pg 5
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at least 50 years. “They used to have it there at the fairgrounds when I was a kid,” he added. Fair director Mark Myer has run the sale countless times, but he stepped back this year. Welk, who had been in charge of the event about 25 years ago, is the interim chair. Myer is helping behind the scenes and sharing his expertise. The proceeds from the chicken barbecues help to maintain the facilities on the fairgrounds and to run the fair in September. It is the only fundraiser for the fair, although the organization garners funds from selling advertisements in the premium books and from food sales during the fair. This year, the earnings will also help to cover the costs of replacing the food pavilion, which the board of directors had planned to tear down and rebuild on
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