By CLINTON DUDLEY AND MARY MCCLURE
Opening day for the Kingston Farmers Market is May 4, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The weather forecasters tell us that it will be a glorious day, even if it sprinkles a bit of water from the sky.
Our spirits are high! Come on down! And bring your favorite puppy — we are glad to be pet-friendly and the Port of Kingston has made it convenient with the installation of three Puppy-Doo Mitt Dispensers throughout Marina Park; please use them!
The 2013 market will showcase and test run some new ideas we’ve been working on this winter:— 10 percent discounts: Look for participating vendors by easy-to-locate, colorful booth signs. — EBT/SNAP will be online in the first half of May.— First hour demos: During the first hour of the market, there will be a variety of demos and short events, every week, luck of the draw what it will be. Have an idea? Come share it at the market information booth!
As soon as the weather warms a bit, the Kingston Friends of the Library will continue its popular story time under the Friends of the Library canopy.
We are installing a doodle-dotted community comments box to gather your ideas, comments, questions, concerns. Drop us a line on market days.
As we’ve been planning over the winter, the market vendors have been preparing for opening day and the 2013 market season. Stroll the market with a cup of coffee and yummy snack. Check out our wonderful vendors for their fresh bread and cookies, early season fruits and veggies, eggs, cheese, meat, plant starts, imaginative arts and funky crafts. They are the heart of the Kingston Farmers Market!
May at the MarketMother’s Day is May 12. Tickets go on sale May 4 for a Mother’s Day raffle basket. Kingston Farmers Market raffle baskets have a reputation for being delicious and filled to the brim. Come to the market information booth for a $1 raffle ticket (or six tickets for $5). All proceeds benefit Kingston’s food banks.
Music for Opening Day: Kel Schmitz (North Dakota Lonesome).
May 11: Ranger & the Re-Arrangers (Hot Gypsy Jazz).
May 18: Chris Neal (Country Pop).
May 25: Blair & Kymythy (Classic Favorites).
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Keeping the Kingston in the Kingston Farmers Market: Community-friendly events at the market need community volunteers to make them sparkly fun. Have you got a few hours once in a while, or possibly a few hours every month? Come talk with us at the market information booth, or share your ideas for community flavor through the new comments box.
For our kids in Kingston: we’re working with Wolfle and Gordon Elementary teachers to sponsor Kingston KidsArt Postcards again this year. Watch for the amazing results.
For more information, go to the market website, www.KingstonFarmersMarket.org; or call Clint Dudley, market manager, (360) 297-7683. See you at the market!
— Contact Clint Dudley at KingstonFarm@earthlink.net, and Mary McClure at mary@contrarymac.com.
