A Holistic Fair hosted by Northeast Professional Psychics, Mediums and Healers Guild to be held March 3rd from 10AM -4PM at the Knights of Columbus Hall on 150 East Ave, Lewiston has lost its venue for future fairs. This event next weekend will be the last one to be held at this location because in a closed door meeting on Thursday February 22nd, the local Knights of Columbus chapter decided to withdraw from a verbal agreement to rent the hall to the Healers Guild from February to December. They cited religious differences as their reason for withdrawing from the agreement, though the Guild is not religiously affiliated or oriented, and it's members come from many faiths from Catholic to Buddhist.

The Knights gave the Guild the choice of either receiving their money back for the March 3rd date or continuing as planned and paid for with an understanding that, in all probability, there would be protestors against the fair present. The Guild has responded by choosing to go forward with the event as planned as money had already been spent for advertising the event at that location. The Guild is also exploring an alternative location at the Universalist/Unitarian Church in Auburn for future Holistic Fairs.

Please understand that the Guild itself is not comprised entirely of Pagans. There are a wide variety of religious preferences that take part in and benefit from this community alternative-healing event. We ask that you, pagan and non-pagan alike, come out to the Holistic Fair on Saturday March 3rd, to support the Guild in their decision to continue offering alternative healing methods regardless of venue. The Holistic Fair will have a new home in the Lewiston/Auburn area for the April 21st date, but we do not want to be intimidated by these discriminatory acts.

We are not looking for this to be a "rallying cry to arms" but for this to be a positive act of community healing, bringing together all religious affiliations and spiritualities, as the Guild intended. Please come out and show your community spirit!