The 45th Annual Lake Fork
Community Center Sale to be held this Saturday, March 31st
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[March 28, 2018]
The Lake Fork Community Center, located
four miles southwest of Mount Pulaski on State Route 54 in Lake
Fork, is gearing up for the 45th Annual Community Sale and Pancake
and Sausage and Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast this weekend.
The breakfast will begin at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday and food will be
served all day until 4:00 p.m. Sausage sandwiches, pronto pups and
chips are also available out the back window of the community center
during the sale.
The sale will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday and will feature
everything from machinery and antiques to trucks, furniture and
personal property. Consignments are being taken all week.
The meat sale is going on right now in the upstairs
of the Lake Fork Community Center. Sausage and pork chops are
popular items for sale.
Whole slabs of Pork Spare Ribs and Pork Fresh Side
(uncured bacon) are also popular cuts of pork available for purchase
in Lake Fork this week and the day of the sale.
Also available all week will be items from the Pork Sale and Cheese
Sale. Customers can stop in and visit the upstairs of the old school
house to purchase these delicious goods.
On Saturday morning, a bake sale will also be taking place inside
the building. The breakfast will be served in the basement of the
building.
A 50/50 drawing is also a popular fundraising effort held the day of
the sale. The proceeds from the sale are always used in the upkeep
of the community center, which is also rented out throughout the
year for various activities and family reunions.
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Several generations have been involved in the sale for decades and
the Stewart name is just one of many familiar names involved in the
success of the sale. Richard Stewart of Lake Fork is the current
president of the Lake Fork Community Center and he was in charge of
the sale for over 25 years. His brother, Delmar, is now very active
in the annual sale.
The men of the Lake Fork Community Sale ~ from left
to right: John Hein, Glen Bryson, Kenny Stewart, Leroy Ramthun,
Delmar Stewart and Richard Stewart.
Delmar Stewart, who has been "just a man in charge of the sale since
2012", says, "If the Good Lord and Mother Nature work together, we
will be alright. We are just hoping this is a good sale this year.
We are looking at the weather but it's been this way every year.
People say if you don't have any mud, it's not the Lake Fork sale.
It looks like the weather will be in the 50s so we'll take that."
According to Delmar Stewart, the first Lake Fork sale took place in
1974 and was "across the road in Oglesby's pasture." The sale was
then moved to its current location on the old Lake Fork school
property.
"A few years ago we bought more property. I think it was 1.3 acres
and we thought that would be enough. But it wasn't enough. We're
probably sitting on five acres now and we still haven't got enough
room," he laughed.
So get your boots out and bring your wallet and your appetite to
Lake Fork on Saturday. Get there early to get a good parking spot.
"We are looking to have anywhere from 2,000 to 3,000 people," said
Stewart.
A little mud never stops those in search of treasures.
[Teena Lowery] |