LedgerA $184 million night for Hempfield, and the woman who built an egg roll empire one yard sale at a time
The Digest
Hempfield signed off on $184 million in one night
The Hempfield school board unanimously approved construction contracts totaling $184.3 million on Sept. 8 for the high school renovation. Dillsburg-based Lobar Inc. takes the general contract at $104.4 million, Telford's Myco Mechanical gets $28.9 million for mechanical, and Philips Brothers Electrical of Glenmoore gets $21.4 million. Lancaster's own Jay R. Reynolds Inc. picked up $10.4 million in plumbing. Another $5.8 million goes to eciConstruction for the work south of Kauffman Road in Landisville, including the parking lot, dugouts for the new baseball and softball fields, and lighting around the tennis court.
Total projected cost of the renovation is now $185.3 million. One electrical bid got tabled while the board decides whether a fieldhouse renovation joins the project, and that could come back up in October.
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The Eggroll Lady started by knocking on doors
Twenty years ago Nguyet Duong walked up to strangers running yard sales in Lancaster County and asked if she could set up a table and sell egg rolls. Plenty said no. Who eats an egg roll in the morning? Enough said yes. Today she sells thousands in a few hours, the nickname became the business name, and the line at the tent is often the longest one at the sale. The recipe is her family's from Vietnam: ground pork, cabbage, carrots and a special blend of seasonings.
Her younger brother Thong Vo, a part-time pharmacist who didn't know how to roll an egg roll, now runs most of it with his wife Angie. "There's nothing you can't learn if you want to," he said.
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What's happening
Friday
WeeUsables Consignment Event | One of the region's biggest kids' consignment sales, stocked by 850+ local families | 9 AM to 8 PM | Spooky Nook Sports, Fieldhouse Court, 75 Champ Blvd, Manheim | Free
Green Dragon Farmers Market | The Friday-only Ephrata institution, produce to flea market to livestock auction | 8 AM to 8 PM | Green Dragon Farmers Market, 955 North State Street, Ephrata | Free
Bird-in-Hand 5K and Kids' Fun Run | An evening run through Amish farm country, walk-up registration available | Kids' Fun Run 6:10 PM, 5K 6:30 PM | Bird-in-Hand Events Field, 338 N. Ronks Rd, Bird-in-Hand | See site for entry
Wendell Berry's Vision of Membership with Stefanie Peters | Library of America editor Stefanie Peters on what it means to be a neighbor | 7 to 8:30 PM | The Trust Performing Arts Center, 37 N. Market Street, Lancaster | $0 to $20
Saturday
Whoopie Pie Festival | More than 400 whoopie pie flavors under one tent, plus vendors and kid activities | 9 AM to 2 PM, tent opens to general admission at 10 AM | Hershey Farm Resort, Ronks, park at Journey Church, 202 Hartman Bridge Rd | See site
Bird-in-Hand Half Marathon and Community Picnic | Thirteen miles through farmland with horse-and-buggy water stops | Race 7:30 AM, picnic 10 AM to noon | Bird-in-Hand Events Field, 338 N. Ronks Rd, Bird-in-Hand | Sold out
Covenanter Scottish Festival and Highland Games | Highland Games, solo piping, sheep herding demos and clan tents | 9 AM to 5 PM | Covenanter Presbyterian Church, 1199 Valley Road, Quarryville | $22 adults at the door
WeeUsables Consignment Event Discount Day and Stuff-a-Bag Sale | Markdown day at the consignment sale, then $15 cash stuffs a bag | 8 AM to noon, Stuff-a-Bag 6:30 to 7:30 PM | Spooky Nook Sports, Fieldhouse Court, 75 Champ Blvd, Manheim | Free
Fairmount's 37th Annual Benefit Auction and BBQ | Quilts, furniture and theme baskets on the block all day for the Sharing Fund | Flea market and breakfast 6:30 AM, auctions from 9 AM | New Covenant Mennonite Fellowship, 529 E. Farmersville Road, New Holland | Free to attend
LancasterHistory Research Center Annual Book Sale | Once-a-year clear-out of books across every genre at the Research Center | 10 AM to 3 PM | LancasterHistory Museum & Research Center, 230 N. President Ave., Lancaster | Free
Gardens, Grounds, and a Gentleman's Farm Walking Tour | An outdoor look at how James Buchanan's 22.5 acres actually worked as a farm | 10 AM and 1 PM | Wheatland at LancasterHistory, 230 N. President Ave., Lancaster | $20 adults
Urban Trees in a Changing Climate | City foresters on storm damage, extreme heat and keeping street trees alive | 11 AM to 12:30 PM | Buchanan Park Picnic Pavilion, 901 Buchanan Ave, Lancaster | Free
Sunday
Schreiber's 38th Annual Rubber Duckie Race & Festival | A one-mile duck race, pony rides and carnival games for the kids | 2 to 5 PM | Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development, 625 Community Way, Lancaster | Free to attend
Lancaster Chapter AGO Annual Hymn Sing | The organists' guild opens its annual hymn sing to anyone who wants to sing | 7 PM | Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 167 E. Main St., Ephrata | Free
Now Playing
Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire: Wizarding Weekend | Costume exhibition, the Magic Mayhem Hunt and a wizard tournament on top of the usual joust | Sat 11 AM to 8 PM · Sun 11 AM to 8 PM | Mount Hope Estate & Winery, 2775 Lebanon Rd, Manheim | See site
Anne of Green Gables | Servant Stage's Avonlea adaptation, running through September 27 | Fri 7 PM · Sat 11 AM & 3 PM · Sun 3 PM | Lancaster Mennonite School, 2176 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster | Pay what you will
The Thanksgiving Play | Larissa FastHorse's comedy about four people building the perfect school pageant, closing Sunday | Fri 8 PM · Sat 2 PM & 8 PM · Sun 2 PM | Ephrata Performing Arts Center, 320 Cocalico Street, Ephrata | See site
Live music
Friday
Get The Led Out | Led Zeppelin tribute | 8 PM | American Music Theatre, 2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster | $34 to $64
Ben Musser Album Release Show | Americana and singer-songwriter | 8 PM | Tellus360, 24 E. King St., Lancaster | Free, 21+
Jac Conner with Zoey Noble and Ana Santiago | Singer-songwriter and live looping | 7:30 PM | The Sanctuary at West Art, 816 Buchanan Ave, Lancaster | $15 advance, $20 door
A Farewell To Kings (Rush Tribute) | Rush tribute playing 2112 in full | 8 PM | Phantom Power, 121 W. Frederick St., Millersville | $20 advance, $25 day of show
Bad Slice | Rock and covers | 8:30 PM | Stoner Grille, 605 Granite Run Drive, Lancaster | No cover listed
Saturday
Celtic Thunder | Irish vocal group | 7:30 PM | American Music Theatre, 2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster | $64 to $84
Lancaster MusicFest (Young Musician Academy, Heath James Hardin, Jon Smith's Voyages, Wise Giants, Street Beans) | An all-day outdoor festival, Heath James Hardin and Wise Giants among them | From noon | Buchanan Park, 901 Buchanan Ave, Lancaster | $25 advance, $40 day of show; students $10 advance; 18 and under free
Shine On (Pink Floyd Tribute) | Pink Floyd tribute | 8 PM | Lititz Shirt Factory, 5 Juniper Lane, Lititz | $30
Winslow: An Evening of The Eagles | Eagles tribute | 8 PM | Mickey's Black Box, 101 Rock Lititz Blvd, Lititz | $32.65 to $43.25 plus fees
HDMR | Alternative rock | 6 PM | Bespoke Brewing, 226 Gap Road Suite 4, Ronks | Free
MOE Blues | Blues | 8:30 PM | Stoner Grille, 605 Granite Run Drive, Lancaster | No cover listed
Sunday
The Australian Pink Floyd Show | Pink Floyd tribute | 7 PM | American Music Theatre, 2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster | $59 to $79
Jess Zimmerman Band (Taps & Tunes) | Americana and rock, part of Taps & Tunes | 12:30 PM | Kissel Valley Farm, 645 E. Oregon Road, Lititz | $10 at the door
Barkley Cove | Folk | 2 PM | Eicher Arts Center, 409 Cocalico Street, Ephrata | No admission price listed
Jam Session with Matt Wenger | Acoustic jam | 2 PM | Tellus360, 24 E. King St., Lancaster | Free, 21+