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Fundraiser
Plant sale will benefit museum

BLOOMFIELD - The Kings County Historical and Archival Society is hosting a plant sale in Bloomfield this Saturday to help operate the Kings County Museum in Hampton. The sale will take place at the Christ Church Anglican Hall at 10 a.m.

People wishing to donate plants can take them to the hall on Friday between noon and 4 p.m., or on Saturday from 9-10 a.m. before the sale begins.

AIDS benefit

Swaziland visitors to be honoured

Two visitors from Swaziland will be the honoured guests during a June 12 fundraising dinner in Hampton. Nontokozo Diamini, a recent graduate of Fundukuwela High School in Piggs Peak, and John Lovett, a Canadian who lives in the tiny African community plagued by HIV/AIDs, arrived this month for a four-week stay in Hampton. Their trip is sponsored by the Hampton-Piggs Peak Partnership, a venture that began several years ago by residents in Hampton wanting to help alleviate the devastation of the disease in Swaziland. There, the incidence of HIV/AIDS is over 50 per cent in some segments of the population and life expectancy is about 33 years -- the lowest in the world. During their stay, the visitors will be presenting to a number of churches, schools and other organizations. But one of the highlights of their visit will be the dinner, where Hampton residents will have an opportunity to meet the two and watch a short video they have prepared. The dinner, catered by Holly's, will be held at the Hampton Seniors Resource Centre. Tickets are $40 with all proceeds going to projects to help alleviate the impact of HIV/AIDS in Piggs Peak. They can be purchased at Holly's, Hampton Pharmasave or by calling Ross and Mariya Henderson at 832-5163 or Mark and Lisa Bettle at 832-0003.

Development

Town looking at another banner year

HAMPTON - Hampton is on track to have another banner year in new construction. In April, the town issued nearly $674,000 worth of building permits, bringing the total for the first five months of the year at more than $1.6-million and surpassing last year's five-month total by over half a million dollars. And building inspector Richard King told council it doesn't show any signs of letting up for the month of May. "I expect we'll also be close to another $1-million by the end of the month," he told council . It's come a long way since 1973 when the total building permits issued for the entire year totaled $900,000, he said.