Wildwoods folk trio from Nebraska to perform at EPAC tonight
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Equality & NIxburg News
Jennifer Williamson
Tomorrow, April 1, is “First Saturday” for downtown Equality. The EVFD is hosting a fundraiser with a bake sale, rummage sale and hamburger or hot dog lunch plates. Please make plans to come downtown and support the community and fire department. The bake sale table is set up at 7 a.m., breakfast starts at 8 a.m., and lunch plates available 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Jenny’s General Store on Alabama Highway 9 now has Whistle Stop Products out of Birmingham on their shelves. If you want to get a taste of Whistle Stop specialties at your home, make it a point to stop by and pick up a few of their products.
At this time, “Jenny’s” is still waiting on the first order to arrive from Birmingham-based WE Made, including mixes, sprays and fire starters. “Jenny’s” is currently researching and planning to add additional products to better serve you, our community neighbors, and visitors. If you have a suggestion for any items that they should have available, please contact them at 334-541-4445 and leave a message.
Right next door to Jenny’s General Store on Highway 9 is the Equality Performing Arts Center. Tonight, March 31, the “Fifth Friday” of this month, the EPAC will host a very special guest appearance by The Wildwoods, a very, Very, VERY talented folk trio out of Lincoln, Nebraska, as stop number 21 of their 35 performances scheduled across most of the U.S.A. this spring. The Wildwoods are an amazing group and can be found on YouTube, Facebook and on their homepage at www.thewildwoodsband.com.
This is a family-friendly event, and all ages are welcome. This event is FREE to the public, with no admission fees. A donation jar will be out, but a donation is not mandatory, and 100% of donations in the jar will go to the performer.
Attendees are invited to bring a dish for a casual “pot luck,” but like admission, this is not a requirement. The EPAC is provided as a community service to the residents of the area, and as always, will provide free coffee, tea, water, and popcorn. Responsible adults may BYOB. A designated driver is encouraged. Irresponsible adults will be asked to leave.
As we all experienced this past weekend, it was quite a severe weather event for our area. Storms that brought hail and torrential downpours, caused flooding and erosion, leaving most all of us quite a mess to cleanup. This made me reflect upon our homeowner’s insurance and the troubles I have been having trying to keep affordable coverage. I had shopped around and made a switch, only to be frustrated to have the new company escalate their rates based upon things that I have never filed a claim for, causing our homeowners insurance costs to double since last year.
On the one hand, I am told it is because of the growth of large luxury homes in the Lake Martin area, coupled with the recent tornado that damaged 55 homes here in Coosa County. On the other hand, I am often reminded by my husband that it isn’t that prices are going up because any commodity is worth more because of supply and demand, but more so because of poor decisions made by our federal government when they began to dump fiat currency into the economy via bailouts, quantitative easing and stimulus checks.
While my husband is probably correct, it doesn’t offer an immediate solution regarding our insurance needs. I feel that the insurance “model” seriously overestimates the replacement value of our home and personal belongings, with several companies calculating the value at close to one million dollars. This house has stood for 110 years, and for the grace of God, it will not be going anywhere soon. But, “if” God should will that it has stood long enough, we have no intention to rebuild it stick-for-stick, as it was originally, back when the price of wood was far less expensive.
Should our house ever be destroyed, we would very probably rebuild something far more modest that is far more economical to heat and cool and will be easy to maintain in our retirement years.
With that, I am still working on finding the right contractor for our house renovation. After many phone calls and emails we have had one company come out to look. I am still waiting on another who said they would when they return from spring break vacation. I am not sure if either will want to help us, as I hear the second, who comes highly recommended, has a full schedule already with a backlog of clients waiting their turn. Until then, we shall continue to try and get things that we can do by ourselves, when we have the time to make it happen.
I depend upon you, the reader, to share with me what is happening within your organizations, churches, neighborhoods, groups, or family to share in next week’s column. Please contact me; call or text 256-531-6460 or email at coosacafe@gmail.com.
