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The dust has settled, the people have packed up and headed home. Another Lycoming County Fair has drawn to a close.
It was, once again this year, our pleasure to showcase the wide variety of events the Lycoming County Fair offered, from the tractor pulls featured in Monday's edition to the rodeo featured in the July 15 edition.
And of course, in between in our July 18 edition, the hard work of our young neighbors and family members in 4-H.
As we have editorialized before, 4-H is a vital program, teaching youngsters in our communities the value of hard work and sacrifice. Moreover, 4-H teaches young people to value something else we value and believe we all should value: a sense of community.
We find, as we often have, the Lycoming County Fair and the volunteers who make it happen to be a source of inspiration. The fair is a reminder of why we strive to emphasize the news and events happening right here in Lycoming County -- from the fairgrounds to our courthouse, from our high school auditoriums to our boroughs' and townships' municipal offices.
Of course national and international news has a role -- and our goal is to be as comprehensive as we can.
But we also want to reflect what is important in the lives of our family members, friends and neighbors. We want to recognize that what happens on your street, in your town and what the people, of all ages and backgrounds, are doing in your communities is of greater importance than what happens hundreds of miles or even thousands of miles away.
And the 4-H program and Lycoming County Fair, we believe, is rooted in that same understanding of community and of our communities' values.