20220626-CARROLLLIVING - Flipbook - Page 10
22
THINGS TO DO
IN 2022
T
A guide to a fun summer
and fall in Carroll County
he coronavirus pandemic won’t let up. We have gone long stretches without
being able to do the things we’d become accustomed to doing. In many cases,
we have been isolated, quarantined and able to see others only through Plexiglas.
During this time, many of us formulated a checklist of what we wanted to do, postpandemic, once it was safe to venture out — or go all in — in a post-pandemic world.
Here’s a list of 22 things to do in summer and fall 2022 (or anytime) in Carroll County.
Some are free, some will set you a back a few bucks and some will cost a pretty penny.
Don’t-miss events
Watch fireworks. Fourth of July
fireworks are scheduled to return to
the Carroll County Farm Museum,
500 S. Center St., Westminster. It’s the
continuation of a tradition that goes back
generations, dating at least to the 1970s at
the Farm Museum, and typically draws
some 5,000 people to the grounds to
experience the oohs and ahs associated with
the patriotic display. Gates are scheduled to
open at 4 p.m. with the booms beginning
just after dark, around 9:30 p.m. There’s
a $5 charge per car. Park Avenue will be
providing live entertainment. Organizers
remind attendees: no pets, fireworks,
sparklers, alcohol, grills, glass containers,
or tents. Rain date July 5 — fireworks only.
10 | CARROLL LIVING 2022
Enjoy the fair. The Carroll County
4-H and FFA Fair went on last summer
as it has for more than a century, but
attendance was limited and the big events
known for drawing many thousands to
Carroll County were canceled due to
COVID-19. This year, the fair should
return in all its glory, July 30 to Aug. 5, at
the Carroll County Agriculture Center, 700
Agriculture Center Drive, Westminster. A
showcase of Carroll County 4-H and FFA
members exhibiting project areas ranging
from livestock, crafts and gardening to
technology and fine arts, the event began
in 1897 and has been held at the Ag Center
since 1954. This year’s entertainment
schedule includes a tractor pull, vintage
farm stock racing, dirt drags, local bands
Twins Zoe, left, and Braxton
Lasley, of Carrollton 4-H Club
get ready to show brown
Swiss cows Rainey and
Floppy, in the First Year Dairy
Cattle Fitting and Showing
Competition at the Carroll
County 4-H & FFA Fair in
Westminster Aug. 2. PHOTOS
BY DYLAN SLAGLE
Fireworks explode
over the Carroll County
Farm Museum pond in
Westminster.