ling, Saturday, January 16, 1993
810-Lancaster Farml
Kids Find New Things To Do At Farm Show
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The new building at the Farm
Show was packed with kids having
fun. Of course, kids usually have
fun at the Farm Show, but this was
different because it was a whole
new building with a whole new set
of activities.
On the second floor of the new
Northeast Building is an area
called the Family Comer. There is
a walk-through exhibit of small
farm animals, which gives children
a chance to leam about animals and
how to care for them. The Shaver’s
Creek Environmental Center, was
a hands-on museum geared toward
children. Snakes, owls, and other
birds fascinated children and
adults.
Kids could learn how to build a
tree branch, how to balance items
on a scale, and how items look
when placed under a magnifying
glass.
If you love ice cream, you would
have liked lhe_ Scooperbowl that
was held on January 9. For a $3
contribution to the Four Diamonds
Fund at the Hershey Medical Cen
ter, you could cat as much ice
cream as you liked from several
different vendors.
There were 35 presentations
scheduled from Sunday through
Thursday, with subjects ranging
from fish farming and emu farming
to landscape design and wetland
identification.
There was even a book nook
where delightful books for chil
dren could be purchased.
Here are pictures of some of the
people who enjoyed the Farm
Show.
Kyle and Cordell, 15-month-old twins of Lamar and Tam
my Eby of Turbotsvllle, find this spot just the right place to
take a break.
John Myers, 11. of Enola tries to balance out the scales.
He is the son of Robert and Dorothy Myers.
A magnifying glass makes Items appear entirely
different.
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Kimberly Smick, 8, of
Schuylkill County admires
the pigs. She learned that
Pennsylvania has 920,000
pigs.
lister, 5; and Talia McAlister, 8, of Cumberland County.
All-you-can-eat Ice cream Is enjoyed by this gang. From left, Cathy Stroud, 12; Carol
Stroud. Bryan Adams, 13; Jenny Adams, 12; Julie Stroud, 9; and Kristy Stroud, 5. The
Strouds from Chambersburg encouraged the Adams family from Armstrong County
to visit the Farm Show for the first time.
Christiana Kasian, 4, and Mark Joseph Kaslan, 2, children
of Joseph and Christine Mumma-Kaslan, tried out these
steps displayed by an advertiser.