Amazing Maize Maze Celebrates
America’s Centennial Of Flight
PARADISE (Lancaster Co.)
First Flight Centennial cele
brations are planned across the
U.S. The absolute corniest is in
Lancaster County at Cherry-
Crest Farm, where the Eighth
Annual Amazing Maize Maze
will salute “100 EARS of Flight.”
The gigantic recreation of the
The Wright Flyer carved in a
5-acre field of com will have
2.5 miles of paths that wind in,
through, and around the famous
biplane, sun, and clouds. The
goal.is to find Orville Wright,
who is portrayed waving to his
brother Wilbur as he takes the air
for the very first time.
Open July 5 through Nov. 1,
Cherry-Crest Farm offers a full
roster of family activities in three
venues the Barnyard, the
Courtyard, and the 100 EARS of
Flight maze. In the maze there
are “easy” and ’’difficult” op
tions. There’s music and a script,
scenic bridges, hidden clues and
Kernels of Knowledge, and a
puzzle map that helps find the
quickest way out. There are two
flight Controllers to answer ques
tions and keep visitors on track.
Diversions along the way include
the new Wingwalk, Cargo Chute,
Wright Wind Tunnel and Bam
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Door Shuttle, the Space Misting
Station (a fun place to cool off),
Inflight Cafe, and lots more.
Other activities include the
Courtyard which features the
Furry Friends petting farm star
ring a new Goat Mountain. In
addition there is the Hands-On
Farm-Ed Center with interactive
displays like a milking cow, live
baby chicks hatchery, and obser
vation bee hive, an enlarged
Kid’s Corral for outdoor play,
and the Rain Room. A farm tour
wagon ride includes guided tours
of the 175-acre working cattle
and poultry operations.
On the adjoining hillside is the
Barnyard with its Hay Jump
Tent, Hay Tunnel, Com Crib,
Pumpkin Slinger and Giant Hay
Chute Slide, a new Hay Fort, and
a scenic farm-view walk that me
anders through the Wonders of
Flight floral artwork (mural of a
single engine plane in flight cre
ated out of 17,000 red, white, and
blue petunias). In between there
are three Logic Mazes (fun for
the little ones), Rubber Ducky
Water Race, plus food and picnic
areas.
Special events are also sched
uled, from a Kids Pedal Tractor
Pull to Dairy, Com and Conser-
vation Exhibitions, Saturday
Harvest Roundup Festivals,
Maze Madness Mania on Labor
Day and Columbus Day week
ends (includes Saturday moon
light and holiday daytime
mazes), plus a “Pick-Your-Own-
To-Take-Home” Fall Farmers
Market.
Maze summer hours (July
5-Aug. 31) are; Tuesday-Thurs
day 10 a.m.-S p.m., Friday-Satur
day 10 a.m. until dusk. Fall hours
(Sept. 5-Nov. 1, including all hol
iday Mondays) are: Friday-Satur
day 10 a.m. until dusk. Last en
trance to the maze is 90 minutes
prior to closing. Cherry-Crest
Farm is closed Sundays and
Mondays.
Admission to the farm which
includes the maze, all activities in
the barnyard and courtyard, and
parking, is $10.75 for adults (age
12 and over), $8.75 for kids age 5
to 11, and $6.75 for kids age 3-4.
Children age 2 and under are ad
mitted free of charge. A
Railroad/Farm Combo Pass for a
ride on the Strasburg Railroad
steam train and admission to
Cherry-Crest Farm is available
on-line and on-site.
For more information and a
free brochure contact: Cherry-
| Crest Farm, 150 Cherry Hill
Road, Ronks, PA 17572. Tel
ephone: (717) 687-6843. Fax:
(717) 687-8143. Or check
the web at www.cherry
crestfarm.com.
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Summer is the time to start to
harvest things from our gardens.
There are brans to pick and red
beets to pull. The peas lasted into
July. When I pick them in the
hot sun, I look forward to sitting
on the back porch and hulling
them. Gradually I’m filling my
freezers again as they were quite
empty. However, we do have
quite a bit of fruit from last year
mostly black raspberries and
applesauce.
Our daughter and grandchil
dren visited us for a few days.
They drove from Atlanta in one
day. While they were here, we
picked sour cherries and canned
peaches that they brought from
South Carolina. Judy also made
peach jam which she gave away.
The youngest girl was a tree
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LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
The 47th Annual Lebanon Area
Fair, a celebration of agriculture
benefiting local 4-H and FFA
youth programs in Lebanon
County is fast approaching.
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climber and picked cherries that
the others could not reach.
We also found time to visit
some relatives. One lives in a re
tirement community and has a
garden too. He told us that a
groundhog ate their heads of
cabbage. My cabbage does not
even have heads although we’ve
been eating broccoli.
As one of our cars has a split
front seat, our daughters man
aged to get Allen into the car so
that he need not lay in the back
seat. One son thought he was
funny when he told me that I
should take out the windshield,
and then he could put his leg
straight through it. If you cannot
laugh about a situation, you
might cry about it.
day, August 2, the Lebanon Area
Fairgrounds will be the site of ac
tivities, entertainment, food, and
fun for the entire family. More
information can be found on the
Website: www.lebanonarea
fair.com.
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