Country Fair Arts & Crafts to be displayed at LP Elementary

Special to the News-Sun

LAKE PLACID - Local artists and crafters will display their outstanding handiwork at Lake Placid Elementary School as an important part of the Country Fair. Entries in Amateur and Professional Adult and Student Divisions are judged tonight and all will be on display at the school - Students in the Media Center, Adults in the cafeteria plus poetry in the copy room to the left (north) of the entrance to the cafeteria.

Winners of Best in Class and Best of Show will be presented cash awards at the DeVane Park Gazebo at 3 p.m. Saturday for Adult winners and 2 p.m. Sunday for Students and People's Choice Awards.

The Dr. William Shuck Craftsman Award in Woodworking, a wooden plaque, is presented at 3 p.m. Saturday to the best overall entry in Woodworking in memory of Dr. Shuck by Hoz Compton. Additional Memorial Awards are given in memory of Mary Lou Krog in China Painting, Edna Kubic in Foods, Thelma Chase in Crafts, Harry McConnell in Woodcarving and Eileen Kruger in Poetry.

Competition is keen and the work is beautiful, so don't miss these wonderful exhibits.

Vans are available for transportation from Town Hall at DeVane Park to the exhibits at the school and to the high school parking lot.

Former prize winners of the Lake Placid Arts and Crafts Country Fair will be on hand this weekend as well, to provide demonstrations of their various craft and art techniques.

The demonstrations will take place in the outside corridor leading to the Lake Placid Elementary School cafeteria, weather permitting, both Saturday and Sunday.