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Jeff Dykes stirs the apple butter kettle on Saturday morning. Photo by Jeffrey Simmons

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Fall is for festivals

Apple butter anyone? What about a jar of jelly or even an old scale to keep track of those extra pounds?
You could find all those things Saturday morning at the Round Bottom United Methodist Church’s annual fall festival.
For more than a decade now, the little country church along Virginia 61 has been offering baked goods and good fellowship to raise money for church projects.
According to member Cloyd Blankenship, the church has a string of loyal customers that comes by every year to sort through the flea market or take home a jar of green beans.
This year, congregation members and volunteers were also offering ham and turkey lunches and baked goods.
—Jeffrey Simmons