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GMI to host Arts at the Great Marsh education, will be held at the Great Marsh Institute (GMI) in The third annual Arts at the Elverson on Saturday, Oct. 14, Great Marsh, which will combine from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Founded by GMI administrative performing arts with environmental assistant and dance artist, Mijkalena Smith, this year’s event will be free to the public for the first time. “In the past, it has been marketed as a fundraising event. We decided to have it be an arts event for the community,” said Smith. “We (wanted) it be more accessible to a wider audience.” Live demonstrations during the day will include performances by the local dance studio ReMix Dance Collective; a beginner Pilates class with Movement Designed to Feel Good; and a beginner swing dancing lesson with Event organizers include GMI administrative dancers and live music assistant and dance artist Mijkalena Smith accompaniment. (left) and Lori Moore, program director and BY FRANCINE FULTON
Kylee Wheatley, a Twin Valley High School graduate, Leonard and Susan McMullen of Morgantown will operated the Apple Barrel Express at last year’s oversee the making of Mabel’s Iron-Kettle Soups, Hay Creek Apple Festival. cooked over an open fire.
Apples and more Joanna Furnace site of annual festival BY FRANCINE FULTON
hile apple dishes like pies, dumplings and fritters will be the stars of the annual Hay Creek Apple Festival, the event will also feature other attractions, including a craft and flea market, children’s activities and tours of the site’s historic buildings. The Hay Creek Valley Historical Association (HCVHA) will present the Apple Festival on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 8, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Historic Joanna Furnace, 1250 Furnace Road, Geigertown. According to Mark Zerr, HCVHA executive director, the Apple Festival has been a fall tradition in Berks County for 45 years. “Our Apple Festival is an all-time classic. It’s a great, family-fun event,” he said. “Families can come and enjoy the nice fall weather; take in some of
oversee the soup-making in honor of Susan’s mother, Mabel, who started making the soup 45 years ago. Other Apple Festival foods will include chicken potpie, pulled pork sandwiches, baked peppers filled with hamburger and rice, macaroni and cheese, hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries and sausage sandwiches. A limited number of corn pies will be sold on-site. “(To make the corn pie), we cut the corn off the cob and (mix it) with potatoes, bacon, seasonings, a little milk and hardboiled egg, and it’s made in a crust,” Zerr explained. “We bake it and serve it hot.” After a three-year absence, the apple dessert contest will return on Oct. 7. Participants should bring their entries, including pies, cakes, breads and muffins and desserts, to the Festival Food Court area between 8 and 9 a.m. Judging will take place at 10 a.m. Winners in
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Car show to benefit Kacie’s Cause BY FRANCINE FULTON
The 10th annual Cars for Kacie car show will take place on Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Classic Auto Mall, 6180 Morgantown Road, Morgantown. In addition to the displays of vehicles and motorcycles, the event will include food, a silent auction, children’s activities and demonstrations by local police and first responders. Cars for Kacie benefits Kacie’s Cause, a nonprofit organization that provides support to parents, family members and friends of
those battling addiction. The local chapter of Kacie’s Cause offers a support group that meets on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Parkesburg Baptist Church, 103 West St., Parkesburg. Kacie’s Cause also awards recovery scholarships. Cars for Kacie was started 10 years ago by Andy Rumford, who lost his daughter Kacie Erin Rumford at the age of 23 from a drug overdose on March 12, 2013. The show is also designed to be a source for recovery information as many recovery groups will be on hand. Kacie’s Cause will provide naloxone training.
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our family-friendly activities, like hayrides, pumpkin painting and scarecrow making; enjoy our apple foods; and shop in our flea market.” He added that children will also be able to enjoy rides on the Apple Barrel Express. Each day will begin with an apple pancake breakfast, which will be served from 7 to 11 a.m. in the historic Joanna Furnace Mule Stable. Also available throughout the weekend will be apple crisp, homemade caramel apples with various toppings, hot mulled cider and freshly pressed cider. “People love watching our cider being pressed,” said Zerr. “October is a much better time to purchase apple cider because the apples are sweeter.” Also featured will be Mabel’s Iron-Kettle Soups, cooked over actual open fires. Susan and Leonard McMullen of Morgantown will
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