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Kids race in Believe in Books Literacy Foundation’s Kids’ Fun Run 2017. ~ Photo courtesy of believeinbooks.org

GLEN, NH –On Labor Day, Monday, September 3^rd, kids will get to race through Story Land in Glen, NH for Believe in Books Literacy Foundation’s Kids Fun Run presented by Memorial Hospital and Story Land.

The Kids’ Fun Run will begin promptly at 9:00 am with registration opening up in the back parking lot at 8:15 am.  Last year, over 400 kids participated in this event and Believe in Books Literacy Foundation is hoping for even more this year!  Bonuses of participating as a racer include a t-shirt, a medal, and a free admission into Story Land for the entire day!  Local children in school districts SAU 9, 13, 20, 3 & MSAD 72 have their registration fee covered by Memorial Hospital, so they can race for free! All other participants only pay a $10 donation to register!  All net proceeds from this event will go towards BIBLF’s Books from Birth program. 

Books from Birth started in 2008 and since then, BIBLF has been able to provide new books to over 3,000 families through this outreach program. Children in this program are mailed new, age-appropriate books at important developmental stages at no cost to the family when they return a postcard provided at a participating hospital! Looking to expand this program to more hospitals in more towns, BIBLF hopes to raise funds and awareness of the importance of an early introduction to literacy. Statistics show early introductions to literacy provide an increase in educational outcomes and continuous reading habits into adulthood.

Visit www.believeinbooks.org to register for the event or to sign up and help volunteer at the event.  Volunteers will also receive an event t-shirt and a free pass into Story Land that day! BIBLF is hoping this will be the biggest Fun Run to date.

This fundraiser is one that the Believe In Books Literacy Foundation has created to help support its literacy initiatives.  The Believe In Books Literacy Foundation is a Charitable 501 (c) (3) Non-Profit guided by the needs and involvement of the communities of which it serves, with a mission to advance healthy development of young minds through literacy programs that encourage early reading, imagination, and physical activity. Visit believeinbooks.org for more information about their fundraisers and literacy programs.

The North Country Mud Crocs celebrate their Mud Bowl victory in 2017. ~ Photo courtesy of Tom Eastman/Conway Daily Sun

NORTH CONWAY, NH — This years Mud Bowl theme has been announced. The 36th Tournament of Mud Parade, sponsored by Amoskeag Beverages LLC of Bow, will be held Saturday September 8th at 10 a.m. in North Conway Village featuring a theme of  “Mud Bowl Goes Under the Sea.”

Serving as grand marshal will be Patty Tilton of the Conway Daily Sun, longtime Mud Bowl souvenir program graphics coordinator and her mother-in-law, lay minister Gerry Tilton of the First Church of Christ Congregational in North Conway. Gerry has been a dedicated volunteer at Mud Bowl, where she serves as a notary registration official.

Prizes are offered for first ($250), second ($150) and runner-up ($100) in both the team and open class.

Parade registration deadline is Sept. 5 for community nonprofits and individuals interested in being part of the fun. Groups interested in being in the parade are asked to email Parade Chair Josh Snell JSnell@SVMSnellBros.com.

For forty-two years, Mud Bowl, the Championships of Mud Football, has pitted twelve teams against each other during the three-day weekend after Labor Day at Steve Eastman Memorial Field in Hog Coliseum, behind the North Conway Community Center.

This year the Mud Bowl will take place on September 7th-9th.

Among the teams competing are three local teams: the defending two-time champion North Country Crocs, the 11-time champion Mount Washington Valley Hogs who first brought Mud Bowl to North Conway in 1976; and a new team back for their second year, the North Conway Mud Things.

Advance three-day tickets are $15 (entitles the bearer to two $500 prize drawings — need not be present to win) and are available at the North Conway Community Center and Vaughan Learning Center. Daily tickets are $6 for ages 14 and older; and $4 for ages 6 through 13. Family passes are $15 per day (two adults, two children).

The money raised during this event is donated to multiple non-profits in the Mount Washington Valley including the North Conway Community Center, Vaughan Learning Center and Carroll County Retired Senior Volunteer Program. To date, more than $900,000 has been raised since the games were first held in North Conway in 1976.

Find more information on Facebook at Mud-Bowl.org or northconwaycommunitycenter.org or call the center at (603) 356-2096.

NORTH CONWAY, NH – First Congressional District Republicans will be battling it out this morning. The Mount Washington Valley Economic Council will be hosting the second in a pair of debates at the North Conway Grand Hotel. The debate will be moderated by Echo Group chairman George Epstein.

Registration begins at 8:30 am with the debate beginning at 9am.

The debate will be between former South Hampton Police Chief Eddie Edwards of Dover and state Sen. Andy Sanborn of Bedford.

Five people in total are seeking the GOP nomination including contractor Michael Callis of Conway, contractor Jeffory Denaro of Auburn, and Andy Martin of Manchester.

Sanborn and Edwards were set to debate earlier this month in Concord, however after Edwards declined to take the pledge to support whomever won, the debate turned into town hall for Sanborn.

The primary election is on Sept. 11^th, and the general election will be on November 6th.

Crews clean up the Honeymoon Bridge following a cement truck failing to clear the cross bracing this past July. ~ Photo courtesy of the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce

JACKSON, NH – A 142-year-old New Hampshire covered bridge is getting some repairs. New Hampshire Department of Transportation Officials said work on the Honeymoon Covered Bridge in Jackson was scheduled to start on today (8/27/18). It will take three weeks to complete.

The Department of Transportation says during the repairs, the bridge will be closed to all traffic daily from 7 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. Signs at each end will alert drivers to the closure. The bridge over the Ellis River will be open to traffic on weekends during the repair time period.

The bridge was damaged by vehicles twice within a few weeks. A Conway teen crashed a minivan into a bridge support and truss on June 30, and then an Alvin J. Coleman & Son cement truck damaged the bridge’s roof on July 23.

  

CONWAY, NH – Magic 104 FM and Hill’s RVs are camping for a cause Wednesday. Mount Washington’s favorite top 40 station and home to New Hampshire’s best morning show will be camping out at Hill’s RVs on Eastman Road in Center Conway from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. Wednesday August 22^nd, to collect donations for End 68 Hours of Hunger and the North Conway Community Center’s State Line Football Program. The day will be filled with food, fun games, and raffle prizes all in order to collect as many food and monetary donations as they can to help out hungry kids in the Mount Washington Valley.

During the event Magic 104 personalities will be on site collecting donations playing some of Gino’s classic “Stupid and Silly Games” and broadcasting live. Donors will be given a raffle ticket for each item donated that they then can use to put themselves in the running for numerous prizes courtesy of Monkey Trunks, Kahuna Laguna Water Park, Wildcat Mountain, Story Land, Black Cap Grille, Ski and Snowboard Liquidation Center, and more! Donors do not have to be present to win. During the afternoon they will be firing up the grill cooking some delicious treats for all to enjoy during the event.

Hill’s RVs will also be donating a portion of all sales made the day of the event to End 68 Hours of Hunger and the North Conway Community Center’s State Line Football Program.

End 68 Hours of Hunger is a private, not-for-profit, effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive at school on Friday afternoon and the free breakfast they receive at school on Monday morning.

This program puts nourishing food in the hands of school children to carry them through the weekend. Each bag of food costs $10 each week and provides two breakfasts, two lunches, and three dinners for a child, with some left over to share. 100% of the donations go to End 68 Hours of Hunger and stays in the Mount Washington Valley.

Every week they pack and deliver bags to local schools, including John Fuller, Conway Elementary, Pine Tree, Madison, Tamworth, Bartlett, and Conway Area Head Start. Volunteers also use the proceeds to stock the “closets” with food at Kennett Middle School and Kennett High.

Hunger doesn’t stop for bad weather and neither will we, this is a rain or shine event, and we hope to see you there.

For more information about  End 68 Hours of Hunger, go to end68hoursofhunger.org