Published July 19. 2023 12:09PM
by LOU WHEELAND Special to The Press
The Schnecksville Fair opened this year with a full venue of fair delights.
The official opening ceremony on the fair stage was hosted by Emory Minnich, president of the Schnecksville Fair Board of Directors.
A first for this year was a canine agility course where a variety of dogs ran, jumped, squiggled and tunneled their way through an obstacle course.
Many of the dogs were rescued by their current owners and were delighted to show off for those gathered to enjoy the event.
Rides, fair food and fun and, even some rain, were all part of the 2023 Schnecksville Fair.
“Onyx” a 6-year-old German Shepherd dog, shows his flexibility in the figure eights while his human, Stacey Bedics, of South Whitehall, guides him along at the Schnecksville Fair.
Ellie, a 3-year-old rescue Lab mix runs across a teeter board as her human Nicole Stocker, of Nazareth, monitors her movement at the Schnecksville Fair.
“Hennessey” a 3-year-old rescue husky cattle dog mix goes through the tunnel at the Schnecksville Fair.
Marthe Ebersole, president of the State Fair Association, Chloe Bomgardner, Pennsylvania State Fair Queen 2023, Lehigh County Executive Phillips Armstrong and Beverly Gruber of the Lehigh County Agriculture Society, are on hand for the opening of the Schnecksville Fair.
Chloe Bomgardner, Pennsylvania State Fair Queen 2023 and Allison Emanuel, Allentown Fair Queen 2022, meet at the Schnecksville Fair.
Lehigh County Executive Phillips Armstrong presents Schnecksville Fair President Emory Minnich with a proclamation identifying the Schnecksville Fair as an asset to Lehigh County at the official opening of the Schnecksville Fair on June 20.
PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELAND Pennsylvania Fair Fund Administrator Tracy Barone presents Carl Haas with a Friend of the Fair certificate at the Schnecksville Fair.
Schnecksville Fair President Emory Minnich presents Peighton Wenrich, 3, from Kunkletown her award for winning the 2–3-year-old category in the Schnecksville Fair Coloring contest.
Schnecksville Fair President Emory Minnich presents Katie Wade, 7, Coplay, her award for winning in the 6–8-year-old category in the Schnecksville Fair Coloring contest.
Schnecksville Fair President Emory Minnich presents Jason Schroeger, South Whitehall, his award for winning in his age category in the Schnecksville Fair Coloring contest on June 20.
