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Two Harford Fair Features Return
DA Legg Backs Law Banning Bath Salts

Two Harford Fair Features Return

Last year’s fair had two new features which were very popular and as a result, will not only return in 2011, but will also be expanded. The Founders Museum, which received rave reviews from fair goers, will have additional space to display items. The Farmer’s Market, which gave local producers an opportunity to sell their products, will be under cover across from Farmer for a Day. There will be three vendor spots there every day.

Items for the museum are donated or displayed by community members. The fair is already starting to collect items and would like to secure additional items to display. They can be kitchen items, milk bottles, feed bags, hand tools, medical instruments, medicine bottles, brochures, small farm machinery, and children’s toys. Printed materials such as old farm auction notices will be displayed. The items should be manufactured or used here in Susquehanna County.

The items can be given as a gift to the fair or loaned for display purposes. Items given as gifts become the property of the fair. So look in your cellars and attics, go through your garage, ask great Aunt Susie, and talk with your neighbors in an attempt to secure items for the museum.

Items will be selected for the museum based on uniqueness, age, and where they were made. If you have an item or items you would like to give as a gift or loan for display, please call the fair office (570-434-4300) and leave your name, a number where you can be reached, and what the item is. Someone from the committee will then contact you about your item.

Some of the items for sale last year in the Farmer’s Market included fresh vegetables, beef stick, and honey. The market will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Guidelines, applications, and all other details can be found on the website www.harfordfair.com or call the fair office at 434-4300.

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DA Legg Backs Law Banning Bath Salts

HARRISBURG - Susquehanna County District Attorney Jason Legg praised the General Assembly and Governor Tom Corbett for enacting a new law to ban the possession, use and sale of so-called bath salts, synthetic marijuana, 2C-E and salvia divinorum. The bill was signed by Governor Corbett on Thursday, June 23.

The bill quickly moved through the General Assembly and to the governor’s desk after prosecutors and law enforcement reported an alarming number of bizarre and dangerous incidents involving new, dangerous drugs that fell outside of the law related to controlled substances.

"Susquehanna County saw firsthand the devastating impact these unregulated, dangerous and deadly drugs," said Legg. “This bill will quite literally save lives, and I am grateful that our state’s leadership worked with us to respond quickly and decisively to the emerging threat of synthetic drugs.”

The new law goes into effect in 60 days however, District Attorney Legg called upon the stores that currently sell synthetic drugs to voluntarily take the substances off their shelves immediately, especially with schools on summer break.

“Store owners may have 60 days until the law goes into effect, but I would like to see them do the right thing, for the right reasons and take these drugs off their shelves before anyone else gets hurt.”

District Attorney Legg noted several local incidents involving synthetic drugs that put individuals, law enforcement and the community at risk including a recent traffic incident where a person under the influence of bath salts nearly struck a state trooper as he suddenly accelerated away from the trooper during a routine traffic stop.

The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association identified synthetic drugs as one of its top legislative priorities in March after law enforcement around the state reported dangerous and bizarre behaviors by people high on the legal, but highly potent substances.

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