Wine

The Cumberland Valley School of Music presents the fifth annual Neighborhood Chefs' Walk from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 1. The event takes place along Alexander Avenue between Carlton and Pennsylvania Avenues. Six chefs from Chambersburg will combine their talents with a variety of culinary creations with five stages of continuous live music, strolling musicians, cooking demonstrations and a silent auction featuring packages donated by each chef. Local chefs Roger Tappen, Dave Munson, Grayson Bowman, and Bryan Lucas (Chestnut Landing at Menno Haven)

Editor's note: This is part of an occasional series of profiles of local restaurant chefs. Six years ago, Pam Smith faced the future and made a decision. The Martinsburg-area mother of three realized her kids would soon be out of high school and getting on with their lives. She decided she should get on with her life, too, and tackle something new. "I've always been a vegetarian, interested in health food. My husband is an old hippie. So it kind of fell into place that way," Smith said "It" was opening Good Natured Market & Vegetarian Cafe near downtown Martinsburg.

Josephine "Josie" Wine Spitz, 64, of Surfside Beach, S.C., died Monday, March 14, 2011, at her home of ovarian cancer. The family will receive friends Saturday, March 26 from 1 to 2 p.m. at  Trinity Presbyterian Church, Surfside Beach. A celebration of her life will be Saturday, March 26 at 2 p.m. at the church, followed by a reception with family and friends. A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 30 at 1 p.m. at Greencastle Presbyterian Church. Arrangements are by Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel, Surfside Beach.

If you go: West Virginia's Wine and Arts Festival Saturday, May 25, Sunday, May 26; gates open at noon On the Lawn of Boydville 601 South Queen St. Martinsburg, W.Va. Directions: Interstate 81 south to exit 13, King Street. Stay on King Street to town center. Take right on Queen Street. Boydville is on the right. Admission: $10 includes wine-tasting, glass, access to all entertainment and artisans $5 for ages 12 to 20 and for those who do not intend to sample Free for children younger than 12 Proceeds benefit The Arts Centre, formerly the Boarman Arts Center.

Pickin' in the Panhandle will be staged at a new venue in 2013, but the seventh year of the West Virginia State BBQ and Bluegrass Festival in Berkeley County is staying close to its roots. After six years at Lazy A Campground in Back Creek Valley, the music festival and its Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned competition scheduled for Sept. 6 to 8 will move to Shiley Acres, an outdoor concert venue near Inwood, W.Va. Last year, an estimated 4,000 people attended over the course of the three-day festival, which has attracted dozens of barbecuers, said Laura Gassler, acting executive director of the convention and visitors bureau.

Dear Lynne: An Italian restaurant in New York had these vegetables waiting on a side table, not refrigerated. They were served before the meal and with bread to soak up their juices. Our kids treat vegetables like poison, but these they liked. Tastes were like halfway between pickled and marinated, especially the carrots (which I never think of as an Italian vegetable) and the zucchini. Was this a New York specialty, or was it authentic Italian? Do you have recipes? -- Thanks, Lucy from Winona, Minn.

JULY 10, 1940-NOV. 25, 2008 HALLTOWN, W.Va. - John Manns Wines, 68, of Rion Hall, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, at his home. Born July 10, 1940, in Braxton County, W.Va., he was the son of the late Mr. Wines and Lilly Jane Conard. He was a dairy farmer at the Driswood Farm. He was a Methodist. He is survived by two daughters, Sue Wines of Harpers Ferry, W.Va. and Patricia A. Wines of Shenandoah Junction, W.Va.; one son, John L. Wines of Bailey Island, Maine; one brother, Eakel Wine of Napier, W.Va.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Martinsburg junior Jake Wines admitted he felt nervous when he made his first start of the season Tuesday night against Hedgesville. The nervousness led to a shaky first inning when Wines loaded the bases, but the jitters would soon disappear, followed by the Hedgesville bats. Wines scattered four hits and struck out six in a complete-game shutout and the Bulldogs did just enough at the plate to notch a 2-0 home victory under a steady drizzle. "I think I threw pretty good tonight and located the ball well," Wines said.

Lynn Cooper and Ronnie Rojas make a toast at a wine-tasting fundraiser held Sunday at Always Ron's in Hagerstown. About 60 people attended the event organized by the North Hagerstown Lions Club, according to member Kim Martin. The money raised will go toward youth scholarships and activities.

tammyb@herald-mail.com ANNAPOLIS - A Senate committee this week dampened efforts by Sen. Donald F. Munson, R-Washington, to promote Maryland wine making in agricultural areas, saying money being sought for promotions is needed elsewhere. Munson has sponsored two bills, one of which would renew an advisory commission on wine and grape growing. The other would establish a promotion council for Maryland wineries, funded with money collected from taxes on wine. Del. Virginia Clagett, D-Anne Arundel, has filed companion bills in the House.