At 7 years old, Casey Schraeder of Murrysville was already showing a keen eye for economics. “He was part of the baking contest at the Delmont Apple ’n Arts Festival, and he wanted to know why the adults got more money for winning than the kids,” said Schraeder’s grandmother Angela
It’s tough to maintain the 114-year-old hydraulic press that squeezes out thousands of gallons of cherished apple cider each year. Add in more than a year of pandemic-related closures, including the cancellation of last year’s Apple’n Arts Festival in Delmont, and the problems compound. “The press hadn’t been in use
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Volunteer workers Dakoma Thomas (left) and Kaylie Ankney, both of Irwin, organize gallon jugs of apple cider for customers on Oct. 5, 2019, at Shields Farm during the Delmont Apples ‘n Arts Festival.
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Apple’n Arts Festival organizers will present a scaled-down version of the annual fall event after being asked by Delmont council members to offer a proposal for 2021.
“We haven’t yet sent out applications for vendors,” organizing committee member Brandy Walters said. “What we’re hearing is that a lot of craft vendors have closed up shop because of covid, so we don’t know how many are really available.”