Apple Butter

Steam and gas show Antique steam engines and other old farm equipment. Featuring John Deere tractors. Truck pulls, entertainment, flea market and crafts, homemade food. Entertainment includes bluegrass group New Country, 7 p.m. today, and gospel music, 9 a.m. Sunday. Two Top Ruritan, five miles south of Mercersburg, Pa., on Pa. 75. For information, call Joe Gehr, 1-717-328-9280, or Richard Martin at 1-717-328-5655. YMCA Teen Night Area teens can listen to music, play basketball, play Ping-Pong, swim and hang out with friends.

waynesboro@herald-mail.com Barbara Zimmerman was walking to the next tent Friday morning, the first day of the three-day Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival. She was toting a bag, proof that she had already made a few purchases. "I've been coming here for 30 years," Zimmerman said. "I've seen it grow. I remember carrying my daughter in my arms. " Like many repeat patrons, Zimmerman said she has favorite crafters she sees every year. "They know me," she said.

Schedule of events Saturday, Oct. 12 9 a.m. - Parade begins at Berkeley Springs High School, continues north through town square to the old train station on Williams Street. 10:30 a.m. - Festival begins with apple butter making displays, exhibits, gallery show and sale at the Ice House and children's carnival. 11 a.m. - Turtle race at courthouse 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. - Dixieland jazz by The Professors at the bandstand 2 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. - Critton Hollow String Band performs at the bandstand 2:50 p.m. - Beard and Mustache Contest at the bandstand 5 p.m. - Festival closes Sunday, Oct. 13 Noon - Festival opens 12:15 p.m. - Morgan Community Concert Band 1:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. - Egg toss.

katec@herald-mail.com "The Apple Butter Festival was really the core to tourism," says Jeanne Mozier, the "voice" of the 29-year-old Berkeley Springs, W.Va., event. That voice, which almost always is accompanied by Mozier's hearty laugh, will be audible this weekend from the bandstand in Berkeley Springs State Park in the center of town. She keeps things moving at the Saturday and Sunday festival - a variety of things, including musical performances, beard-and-mustache and hog-calling contests, a turtle race and egg toss.

Leftovers Recipes Monty's Holiday Sandwich 14 oz. bisquit mix 2 cups sweet potatoes sliced turkey apple butter Mix biscuit mix and sweet potatoes thoroughly. Cut into biscuits and bake in 350 degree oven until brown, approximately 10 minutes. Slice in half, then add turkey and spread apple butter. Turkey Soup with Sweet Potatoes, Wild Rice, White Beans and Cranberries 1 cup uncooked wild rice 2 cups peeled, diced sweet potato (canned or fresh)

Documentary suggests ways to save orchards A Philadelphia filmmaker's decision to do a documentary on the problems of fruit growers in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia highlights their dilemma, but also suggests a couple of possible solutions. We recommend that anyone concerned about sprawl and the loss of open space watch for it when it airs in April. Fran McElroy, who owns Shirley Road Productions in Philadelphia, said she chose the Panhandle because she wanted a rural community to profile for her film, "Our Food, Our Future.

At this fest, apple butter is king By DAN KULIN / Staff Writer BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. - The star of the annual Apple Butter Festival here takes at least six hours to prepare. Time is a main ingredient in the sweet-tasting treat that lends the festival its name. The slow-cooking apple butter spread requires between six hours and 10 hours of constant stirring over an open fire. Apparently it's worth it. "It's good. Tastes like apple, and juicy and spicy," said Lauren Cooper, 8, of Bunker Hill, W.Va.

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. ? Andrew Pecora routinely takes his family's Ford Escape to the Baltimore-area car dealership where Tom Reynolds manages the service department. But it wasn't until Saturday at the 33rd annual Apple Butter Festival in Berkeley Springs ? about 100 miles from home ? that their respective, blue ribbon-winning beards finally brought them together. "My wife (Amy) recognized him right off the bat," Pecora said of Reynolds and his bushy white beard after they were recognized by judges assembled for the festival's beard and mustache contest.

By TERRY TALBERT Staff Writer SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - What do you get when you mix 175 bushels of apples, sugar, oil of cinnamon and cloves? Around 350 gallons of apple butter - and cold cash. On Saturday, members of the Shepherdstown Volunteer Fire Co. and community volunteers hosted the company's eighth annual Apple Butter Festival at the fire hall on a damp and chilly day. But the weather did little to deter the crowds, said fire company treasurer Denny Barron.