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Anna Haldeman, state fair queen, after winning a celebrity dairy showmanship contest
When asked to pick some of her favorite memories of the past year, Haldeman said it’s hard to choose just a few. “To say the whole year has been great would be very vague, but that is why fairs are so special,” she stated. “Each fair has a piece that makes them unique and special, but there is a sense of familiarity when walking around the grounds because of the community that has been created.”
Still, she acknowledges that while the familiarity came at each fair, going to new places forced her a bit out of her comfort zone. “The most challenging part of being state fair queen is not always knowing what you are walking into,” she commented. “Most fairs were brand new to me, so there were a lot of unknowns.” Some of her duties as queen included participating in a celebrity dairy showmanship contest at the Oley Valley Community Fair which she won - and presenting ribbons to winners of the 2023 Pennsylvania Farm Show apple pie contest.
Haldeman said the past year opened her eyes to everything that goes into staging a successful fair, noting, “I have a renewed appreciation for the hard-working individuals at fairs because I have seen so much of the behind-the-scenes action that is put into the fair weeks.”
Although being state fair queen was a full-time job, Haldeman also worked part time this past year for PR Builders in Lititz. After she relinquishes her title, she plans to continue her education at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, where she is studying business administration.
She will crown the 2023 Pennsylvania fair queen on Sunday, Jan. 22, in Hershey, and although she will no longer hold the title, she wants to keep promoting agriculture any way she can. “Agriculture is important to Pennsylvania because it is our No. 1 industry,” she said. “It continues to provide hundreds of thousands of jobs for the state and bring in billions of dollars in revenue. It is important to care about agriculture because it affects every single person. We would not be fed or clothed if it were not for the hard-working farmers in Pennsylvania.”
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The Manheim Community Library Paint and Sip fundraising event night will be held on Monday, Feb. 13, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Glasshouse Wineworks, 8 S. Charlotte St., Manheim. Instructions will be given by local artist Jes Wagner.
The event is open to individuals age 21 and older. Space is limited to 20 people. Tickets per person include a beverage, snacks, and all materials needed to make a wall-worthy painting. Additional drinks may also be purchased.
For more details and to register, visit www.manheim library.org/paintandsip. Proceeds will benefit the library. For more details, contact Wagner at 717-665-6700 or jpwagner@manheimlibrary.org.
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DoPasO Square Dance Club will hold Blast Into Square Dance on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 1 to 4 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 222 N. George St., Millersville. Attendees will learn the basics of modern western square dancing. Square dancing is done to a wide variety of music styles and is a multigenerational activity. Participants should be age 10 or older.
There is a fee. For more information, call Kevin or Susan Walsh at 717-382-2288.
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