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PEEPS

Easter will be here this weekend and I couldn’t think of a better time to “get down with the Peeps” that are made right here in Lehigh Valley, Pa. I have written a previous post about all the crazy people out there that are obsessed with this treat, but in keeping with the holiday spirit I simply couldn’t resist writing more. Plus, I just happened to catch a clip of David Letterman’s “Top Ten List” that was done this past Tuesday night. I mean, it’s not every day that Lehigh Valley’s city of Bethlehem gets featured on national television with the “Top Ten Questions Received by the Marshmallow Peeps Hotline.”  That’s when I really felt compelled to do some more research and publish some of the new things I found on this famous candy. Here’s what I found:

I’ve found that people appear to love the Peep or are just so obsessed that they create competitions, events and movies around them:

Mack

Our Annual meeting was yesterday at the Mack Truck Customer Center. FYI, yes there are still things made in the USA and some of those things are made right here in Lehigh Valley.

The Mack Truck Customer Center has it’s own showroom, where you can see Megatron from Transformers 3 and tour a great museum with the history of Mack Trucks right there. The Museum is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m..

Larry holmes

The last of our Lehigh Valley celebrity discoveries in honor of our Discover Lehigh Valley contest (share your Lehigh Valley discovery and you could win a $200 Visa gift card) is …

Keith dorney

The next Lehigh Valley celebrity discovery in honor of our Discover Lehigh Valley contest (share your Lehigh Valley discovery and you could win a $200 Visa gift card) is …

Macungie native, star student-athlete at Emmaus High School, College Football Hall of Fame inductee and former player for the Detroit Lions, Keith Dorney.

Lara Jill Miller

Congratulations to Jeanne O. of Hatfield! She’s our second randomly selected winner of the Discover Lehigh Valley Contest. The final winner (of a $200 Visa gift card) will be selected Tuesday, June 1.

Matt_Millen

The next Lehigh Valley celebrity discovery in honor of our Discover Lehigh Valley contest is …

Born in Hokendauqua, standout student athlete at Whitehall High School, All-American defensive tackle at Penn State, former linebacker for the Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins, and ex-President/CEO of the Detroit Lions, Matt Millen.

Pat kelly

The next Lehigh Valley celebrity discovery in honor of our Discover Lehigh Valley contest (share your Lehigh Valley discovery and you could win a $200 Visa gift card) is …

Graduate of Catasauqua High School, former Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals and Toronto Blue Jays, and current general manager for the South Australia ABL team, Pat Kelly.

Michaela-Conlin

The next Lehigh Valley celebrity discovery in honor of our Discover Lehigh Valley contest (share your Lehigh Valley discovery and you could win a $200 Visa gift card) is …

Allentown native, Parkland graduate and current star on the hit Fox show “Bones,” Michaela Conlin.

Carson kressley

First of all, congratulations to Bruce S. of Brooklyn, NY! He’s the first randomly selected winner of the Discover Lehigh Valley Contest. The next winner (of a $200 Visa gift card) will be selected Monday, May 24.

Now that that’s taken care of, the next Lehigh Valley celebrity discovery that we’d like to share is …

John stoffa

Before we get to the final Lehigh Valley discovery for the week, just a reminder that the first randomly selected winner of a $200 Visa gift card will be selected from all the entries received in our Discover Lehigh Valley Contest on Monday, May 17. If you’ve missed any of our celebrity discoveries so far, you can see them all right here.

And now, our next Lehigh Valley discovery is from …