Bettertonians you did it again with an amazing Fig Fest, thanks to organizers Wendy Coslett and Barbara Palma. While the US Congress may not know how to work together, B-Towner's and their friends sure do. This year's Fest was larger than ever and the food unbelievable as you'll see from pictures above. Its acclaim has even garnered a story in the "Chestertown Spy", check it out at
http://www.chestertownspy.com/missing-the-fig-festival/ .While the two previous Fests have had judging and prizes, this was the first year for "junior judging" where the future adults of our community brought their own creations and Doyle DiStefano got first place. Don't be surprised if in another 15 years Doyle doesn't open a great dining establishment right here in Betterton. Oh, how could I forget the great Judy Kohl article in this week's Kent County News, next year could bring pieces in Travel and Leisure, New York Times, Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun. By the by did you know that Paul McCarty's yacht dropped anchor in Betterton Harbor outside the Coslett compound? Wendy said she tried to swim out to invite them to come ashore, but getting the food out for neighbors did take precedent.
A few weeks prior to Fig Fest, B-towners hosted another big event and that was the Chestertown Havurah's Friday night service at the Zwanger/Kram house. This was the second year for the Havurah to celebrate the beginning of the Jewish Sabbath with prayer and an Oneg. The Oneg is all about food and friends. This year's gathering brought not only tons of appetizers and desserts but also a crowd of about 25 members from Chestertown, Galena, and Middletown. The prayer service was led by Cantor Gary Schiff, history professor at Washington College. Many of the newcomers commented how beautiful Betterton is and how welcoming the neighbors are.
As for upcoming events, the Betterton Volunteer Fire Department has a Sportsman's event planned for early October. Any readers with more information should list it as a "Post" below.
Joan Zellers wanted to publicly thank all those Bettertonians who wrote comments to "Just Say No" to a Kent County Dumpsite. Let's hope that as the Susquehana dam gates are opened to deal with the flooding to our North and West, that storm rampage will not turn our beautiful bay into a garbage dump.
Hope you enjoyed the pics!
