B24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 18,1983 Es Lieblischt Maedel to be crowned at Kempton KEMPTON It couldn’t happen just anywhere the Kempton Country Fair, that is. It’s a mix ture of neighbors and neigh borlmess...a wallop of great country western talent plus all of the things that go to make a fair. It’s tractor pulls, a baking contest, beauty contestants and a beauty beauty, firemen’s hose antics, jeep rodeos, a midway and rides, flea market and more than 100 Do you cook terrific vegetables dishes? HARRISBURG - If you have been successful in experimenting with fresh Pennsylvania produce, plan to share your results. Enter your favorite recipe in the fourth annual Pennsylvania Vegetable Recipe Contest. Entries are due by July 22 and final judging will be held August 24 during Penn State’s Progress Days at Rock Springs, just west of State College. The first prize winner will receive $lOO, the runner-up will receive $5O, and the third and fourth prize place contestants will each receive $25. All entries will be chooses alumni winner FLEMINGTON - Hunterdon County’s New Jersey 4-H Alumni Award winner is Louisa Cole of Neshanic Station. She will receive her title at an awards banquet, scheduled for Monday, June 27 at Cook College. The awards ceremony is part of the first annual New Jersey 4-H Expo, scheduled for June 26 through 29. Mrs. Cole was selected by the 4- H office for her outstanding con tribution to the 4-H program. She has been active in 4-H since becoming a member of the Hun terdon Co. 4-H Sheep Club at age nine. Upon graduating from the program, Louisa immediately exhibitors demonstrating wares. It’s located midst some of the most beautiful landscape in Pennsylvania and it’s a real country fair brought together for one short weekend this weekend through Sunday. Today promises a full day of activities. Tractor pulls featuring the farm tractor class for Berks screened by a panel of judges and the top 12 entries will be chosen to take their completed dish, prepared as on the entry, to Ag Progress Days on August 24. Facilities for reheating vegetable dishes will be available. Finalists are responsible for their own ex penses. The vegetable dishes will be judged on the following basis; taste and nutrition, 40 points; ease of preparation and practicality, 20 points; originality, 20 points; and appearance, 20 points. The recipes Hunterdon , N.J. volunteered to work as an assistant leader for the club. She has served as an adult leader for the County’s Junior Leaders Assn, for 18 years and her own community club for seven years. She also has worked in the Hunterdon Co. 4-H Assn, and is currently serving as its president. Edward Bloustein, president of Rutgers University, will make the award presentation. “The 20 county winners are part of a large group of 4-H alumnus over 40 million people have been involved in 4-H,” says Bloustein. A designed 4-H alumni plaque will be presented to each winner. their and Lehigh County only are scheduled from 1 until 4 p.m. The pulls continue with the Farm Sanctioned Class B group from 6:30 until midnight. The jeep rodeo brings more excitement to the track when it fills the spot between the pulls. The baking contest, a favorite Saturday afternoon event for the past 19 years, will be judged at 1 should be specific as to ingredients and instructions, but brand names may not be used. The number of servings and the baking time and temperature, if any, should be clearly stated. The contest is sponsored by the Penn State College of Agriculture, the Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Each contestant should submit three typed copies of one recipe to; Vegetable Recipe Contest, 401 Agricultural Administration Building, University Park, PA 16802. Entry deadline is July 22. p.m. with all of the goodies available for purchase either whole or by the piece. Country music...country dan cing...is an all day Saturday event at this year’s fair. The Heckka Breckers will stomp on the stage in two square dance performances at 3 and 5 p.m., and a group of five, the Country Evolution, sings out with real country music at 8:15 and 11 p.m. Pennsylvania Dutch Queen contestants, too, will perform in a special production number. Highlighting Saturday evening performances, however, is Big A 1 Downing whose new release, “It Takes Love,” already is on the charts as a tops in country music. Show times are scheduled for 7 and 9:30 p.m. Sunday's events include the sixth annual Fireman’s Water Hose competition with more than a dozen fire companies participating in the noon-time event. A jeep rodeo follows at 3:30 p.m. The big name in the on-stage entertainment Sunday is Billy Walker and the Swingmasters, a seventh tune repeat at the fair. A Grand Ole Opry star, the Tall Texan, as he is called, has been featured on television and his recordings have been noted by Billboard as “among the top twenty most-played” for many years. He performs at 3, 5 and 8 p.m. Culminating the weekend events will be the selection of Es Lieblischt Maedel the fairest one from the group of con testants vying for the title of the Pennsylvania Dutch Queen. She will be crowned following an on stage interview and balloting by the judges. There will be plenty of homemade food - soup, chili, hot dogs, funnel cakes, pretzels - plus the traditional midway with its rides and side shows. More than 100 exhibitors will demonstrate their crafts and wares from local meats and baked goods to jewelry, leather craft, novelties and farm equipment. There also will be a flea market with hidden treasures for fair-goers to discover. The Kempton Country Fair can be reached from Route 22 by travelling five miles north on either Rt. 143 (Lenhartsville in terchange) or Rt. 737 (Kutztown Interchange). It is ten miles north of Kutztown on Rt. 737.
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