On the Road

Ruth and I are fans of rodeo. To attend one usually means a good drive, often out to a remote rural outpost. This was the case when we went to the Benton Rodeo earlier this in July. The rural community of Benton, PA, puts on a near weeklong rodeo themed event.

We’d been trying to get out to this rodeo for a few years and were worried that the heavy rains of earlier that week were going to cause the one night we could go to be rained out. It was a close thing, but we did get to see our rodeo, even if we did get a little wet. A thunderstorm missed the rodeo site by just a few miles.

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From LAKE NEWS August 2003

Editor Mary Farnschlader wrote about 2003’s Pennsylvania 500, held July 27 of that year. Because the ARCA race that was scheduled June 7 was rained out, ARCA scheduled a double this weekend, on Friday night and then on Saturday afternoon. All went well Friday and Saturday for ARCA and NASCAR.

Thanks to Frank Mackiewicz of 940 Auto, Mary was able to get onto pit road to take some great race pit-area photos including one showing a packed grandstand.

Broadcaster for 2003’s Red Barons baseball games was WWDI 104.9 FM.

by Seth Isenberg

Our drive to the Benton Rodeo was door-to-door under an hour and a half, including the slow going at the rodeo entrance into the parking lot…It was an easy road trip.

And the rodeo? Good barrel racing, steer roping, even some saddle bronc riding. The clown was funny, the trick riding act was great…and the bulls had a good night of cowboy throwing 12 to the bulls, and just 1 ride by a cowboy.

In looking over the listed entertainments at the end of this month’s LAKE NEWS Entertainment List, there are free shows at Knoebels and

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Musikfest in Bethlehem, and low cost fun at the Carbon County Fair all worth the short ride. Knoebels is about an hour and a half, Bethlehem a little shorter, and the Carbon County Fair is well under an hour from Lake Harmony.

All of these entertainments Ruth and I are planning to attend likely the Mahoning Bros. maybe twice at Knoebels, twice to Musikfest, and Saturday at the CC Fair. The coming shows at Penn’s Peak are appealing, so perhaps along with the outside fun will be indoors for music in a comfy seat, in an air conditioned hall.

Lake Harmony is a really great location to stay at, or for a platform to launch from for extra fun. Summer is a time to get and enjoy…here at The Lake, and round about.

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