This area is rich in picnics and festivals. Yesterday we attended a joint Lehighton-Palmerton Democratic Club picnic in Ashfield. It featured great food, a swimming pool, and a live donkey. In the evening we stopped in at a church festival Summit Hill, where Carbon County Democratic Chair Billy O’Gurek showed us how “blooming onions” are made. We had one (one feeds at least two people), and it tasted great.
Firehouse festivals, Grange potlucks, family reunions (which you can crash--nobody checks), Rod and Gun Club picnics, political fundraisers, fairs, church socials, heritage festivals--all of them are fun, all of them are relatively inexpensive, and they are truly for all ages. A line of people on wheel chairs from St. Luke’s attended the Summit Hill festival, but we also saw large groups of teens enjoying the event. I especially like the ones in the northern part of the county--they usually feature bleenies, halushka, halupki, and pierogies.
The Plainfield Fair in Monroe County starts tomorrow, the Palmerton Rod and Gun Club picnic is slated for this Saturday, and the Carbon County Fair opens in early August. There are many others coming up, including a Carbon County Labor Chapter picnic in September. Incidentally, I’ll be staffing the “Carbon Democrats for Change” booth at the Redneck Festival in Weissport this year--stop by and say hello.
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