Evergreen Lodge #53 Activities
Evergreen Lodge #53, Ivy Green Lodge #36 and friends are offering
digital photos with Santa on Saturday, December 6th at the historic
Odd Fellows Hall on Short Falls Road in Epsom from 10:30 am to 1 pm.
There will be crafts for the children, refreshments and a Christmas
tree raffle. Also, a movie with Santa at 1p.m. Plan to join the fun
and help with local holiday outreach!
For info, Please call the Benners at 736-4707.
Ivy Green Rebekah Lodge #36 would like to thank everyone who
attended our scrapbook event.
Twenty-eight people attended and the lodge was able to donate many
items to the Epsom Food Pantry and a monetary donation to the local
“Teddy Bear Fund”. Thanks to everyone who helped with the event
which was organized by members Jillian Cote and Jennifer Prusia. The
lodge is planning future scrapbook events during the winter months.
Watch for details in the coming weeks!
Epsom
Public Library News
The Epsom Public library is having a “Food for Fines” collection.
Patrons with fines for late library materials may donate
non-perishable items for the Epsom food pantry and have their fines
reduced or eliminated. Everyone is welcome to donate! Bring items to
the library during our regular hours Mondays 10-7 and Saturdays 9-1.
For info call 736-9920
Letter
A friend of mine in Florida sent this article to me which makes a
lot of sense in view of the numerous anti God articles,
demonstrations, and violence by atheists.
In Florida, an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter
and Passover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a
discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances of
their holy days The argument was it was unfair that atheists had no
such recognized day.
The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the
passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel
declaring, “Case dismissed.”
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, “Your
honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have
Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and
Hanukkah. Yet my client and all other atheists have no such
holidays.”
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, “But you do, counsel,
your client is woefully ignorant.”
The lawyer said, “Your Honor, we are unaware of any special
observance or holiday for atheists.”
The judge said, “The calendar says April 1st is “April Fools Day.”
Psalm14:1 states “The fool says in his heart, there is no God.”
Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says
there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day.
Court is adjourned.”
Glory Be To God Someone With Some Intelligence.........
Jim Breagy
Epsom, NH
Flag
Burning Ceremony Well Attended
The Epsom American Legion Post #112 and the Concord /Epsom Elks
Lodge 1210 held a joint Flag Burning Ceremony on Sunday November 9,
2008. With the assistance of the Rangers of Epsom Bible School, the
56th NH Ranger Color Guard, 7-12 LUS NH Ranger Color Guard, the
Epsom Boy Scouts of Troop 80, the Cub Scouts of Pack 80 and the
members of the Nam Knights Motorcycle club. The Ceremony was well
attended by local residents and veterans. Over 1000 torn and
tattered flags were given the honor and respect they deserved after
flying over Veterans Graves, Public Buildings and Battlefields. The
oldest flag burned dated back to July 3rd 1890 when the state of
Idaho was admitted to the Union as the 43rd state. The American
Legion and the Elks Lodge are planning to make this an annual event.
Letter
to the Voters of Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield
Thank you so much for your support and your votes in the State
Representative election. We enjoyed meeting many of you on the
campaign trail, and Carol looks forward to representing you in
Concord. You can reach us by telephone at 782-4918, or email at
[email protected].
Special thanks are due to Tom Langlais and Gerard LeDuc, who
encouraged us to run, advised our campaign, introduced us to their
friends and neighbors, and displayed our signs at their homes and at
the polls. We couldn’t have done so well in this very competitive
race without them! And very special thanks to Ben Fontaine who
stepped up to the plate and ran for office when no one else was
willing.
Sincerely,
Carol & Dan McGuire
Letter
I wanted to tell the residents of Epsom that there is a petitioned
warrant article circulating to rescind SB2 and signatures are being
collected. I will be submitting this warrant article as a resident,
not as a Selectman. I feel, as many people do, that SB2 has put
Epsom in the financial trouble we are currently facing, as it
discourages people from understanding exactly what they are voting
for. SB2 has caused us to pass over town employees for normal, cost
of living raises for four years straight. We have had to cut
services, including emergency services, since we have lost two
full-time police officers due to this, and are facing the
probability of even more town employees leaving if the budget does
not pass again this year.
I would call our situation desperate. We need to get signatures and
to pass the Warrant Article in March to rescind SB2. This Warrant
Article will need a “super majority” vote to pass, which means it
will need 3/5ths of the votes of those who come on Election Day. It
is important that people know the difference between Town Meeting
and SB2, in theory, but also in practice. I am happy to go through
the differences and what they mean to anyone who doesn’t understand
and wants to know.
If you are interested in signing the petition or if you need more
information about SB2 vs. Town Meeting, please let me know.
Thank you for your time.
May you all have a wonderful holiday season with your families!
Joanne Randall
Epsom, NH 03234
Ruth
Kimball Celebrates 90th Birthday
Ruth with daughters Carolyn Davis, Elaine Cannon,
Corine Miller
Ruth Kimball turned 90 on October 8, 2008. A celebration was held at
the Epsom Fire Station hall hosted by her children Corine Miller,
Butch Kimball, Carolyn Davis, Elaine Cannon, Wayne Kimball and
families.
Guests were from Rhode Island, Virginia, New York, Florida, Maine
and New Hampshire. Her son, George Kimball, and his daughter, Devon
who live in Kentucky, visited earlier that week.
The celebration started with an assist from the Epsom Fire
Department to get her to the party.
Family members and a few friends totaling over 125 greeted Ruth.
Music was provided by Jim Pero on the fiddle and a friend playing
the guitar. The hall was decorated in fall colors with gourds,
canning jars filled with flowers reminding us of all the canning
Ruth had done over the years, balloons and banners. The bountiful
ham dinner was served by the South Pittsfield Community Club and the
beautiful cake was made and served by niece, Edith St. George. A
surprise visit was made by the Windwinders Barbershop Quartet who
sang to Ruth and the guests. Maxine Kimball Brown gave a tribute of
memories. Elaine Kimball Cannon gave a presentation of many family
photographs taken over the years. Ruth received an American Doll
Girl named Ruthie and several other nice gifts.
Photographs were taken for a memory book for Ruth. She received
nearly 150 cards.
Ruth wants to thank everyone for their thoughtfulness and birthday
wishes. She greatly appreciated the gathering of family and friends,
gifts, many cards, visits and telephone calls. She says, “It was a
big goal to make it to 90 years old and a day I’ll always remember!”
Letter
To The Editor
I have
received several phone calls asking about the planting at the
Officers Charron and Briggs Traffic Circle in Epsom. The project of
planting the circle to make a fitting memorial has truly been a
community effort. The following companies contributed greatly to the
project: Pellettieri Associates of Warner, K & L Landscape (Greg
Foss), Northeast Garden Center (Michael Sargent), and Allenstown
Aggregate.
In addition, the following donated materials, services or time:
Advanced Construction, Chris Allen, Bartlett Excavating, Care
Pharmacy, Clark’s Grain, Hutter Construction, Jungle Drop Garden
Center, Bob McKechnie, Pembroke Sand and Gravel, Pembroke Academy
Future Farmers of America, Subway of Epsom, Tasker Landscaping,
Yeaton Farm.
I would also like to thank Pam Mitchell and Guy Giunta of the NH
DOT, the Epsom Board of Selectmen, and the Epsom Police Department
for their assistance in making this memorial a reality.
We have heard from both the Briggs and Charron families and they
have expressed their thanks to all. However, I know that I speak for
all of the companies and volunteers who offered their time and
services that it was our privilege to participate in the project in
gratitude and acknowledgement for the sacrifice made by Jeremy
Charron and Michael Briggs and their families.
Sincerely,
Julia M. Cotter
Millican Nurseries, Inc.
Volunteers, Crafters And Donations Needed For Epsom PTO Santa’s
Workshop - Dec. 6, 2008
The Epsom Central PTO will be hosting a Santa’s Workshop on
Saturday, December 6, 2008 from 10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. in the café at
282 Black Hall Road (Epsom Central School), Epsom, NH. Make your
quality Holiday Gifts and wrap them up! There will be crafters AND
there will also be tables for children to create their own gifts,
make a card and wrap it up all in the same day with a Very
Holiday-Based Theme. The ECS PTO is hoping to gather potential
Crafters, Volunteers and Donations to this very worthy event. This
is the fourth year and the kids look forward to it with an eagerness
that is very refreshing. Volunteers are needed to run/help various
craft tables on 12/6, decorate (Christmassy) the night before –
6:00-9:00 p.m., 12/5/08, creative people looking to help us out with
planning etc., clean-up duty 2:00-4:00 p.m. on 12/6 and possibly a
Santa’s Helper to greet the children. Students wishing to help out
with this event will earn community service hours. Potential
Crafters are encouraged to contact us to set up a table and sell
your crafts for a nominal fee of $10 per table and a donated item
toward our raffle table. A form for potential Crafters can be
downloaded by going to:
http://www.teacherweb.com/nh/epsomcentralschool/ecspto/photo4.stm.
We are also hoping to collect Donations of big sugar cookies for the
children to decorate, candy canes or other ideas for items for
Santa’s helper to hand out, the use (borrow) of large Christmassy
decorations, such as blow-up yard decorations etc., hand-made or
quality items for raffle table and decorations, frostings for sugar
cookie decorating etc. We shall naturally accept any Christmassy
items you wish to donate toward this event. For more information,
please contact Margie White at 435-9318 or
[email protected]. It’s all for the kids!
Epsom
Boot Camp Teams Up With Clients To Feed Needy Families
The Epsom-based Get Fit NH Boot Camps, a general fitness boot camp
for men and women, is teaming up with their clients to provide
relief to needy families this holiday season. In return for canned
goods brought in by each camper, Get Fit NH Boot Camps will provide
a free pass to an upcoming “Supermarket Slimdown” tour. All canned
goods will be donated to needy families as determined by local
non-profit organizations.
Get Fit NH Boot Camps Co-Founder and Trainer Nancy Carlson, CPFT,
YFS, is a firm believer in giving back to the Epsom and greater
Concord area community. Carlson claims “With the current plight of
the economy, it’s clear that we all really need to stick together
and help each other out when we can. We have a really tight-knit
group of campers and they always go above and beyond in helping
others.” Carlson goes on further stating “Our community has been so
overwhelmingly receptive to our program, so it is an absolute honor
to have the resources to be able to give back to such a great
cause.”
Get Fit NH Boot Camps Program Director Dean Carlson, CPFT, YFS
believes that no family should go hungry at Thanksgiving or any
other time. “In a country that has so much, we need to help those
who are hurting. Humbly, we will do our small part in ensuring those
around us in need get some help.” The Epsom boot camp will work with
local non-profit organizations to distribute the goods received and
help restock local food banks.
To make the turkey even tastier for needy families this
Thanksgiving, Get Fit NH Boot Camps will also be providing passes to
local organizations for a free “Supermarket Slimdown” tour, which
teaches clients how to make healthy choices without breaking the
bank. “The common perception is that healthy food is always more
expensive” Nancy says “we show people why many foods advertised as
healthy are far from it, and how going back to basics can save you
money as well.”
Get Fit NH Boot Camps currently offers 4 class times at their Epsom
location, and will begin offering a weekly pre/post natal class
starting in December. Get Fit NH Boot Camps offers a free 1-week
trial to all newcomers. For more information visit
www.GetFitNHbootcamp.com.
Six
Historic Conservation Projects Receive
Moose Plate Grants
The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources recently
announced that six projects focused on conserving historic buildings
will receive funding through its Conservation License Plate Grant
program.
Through this program - which is also known as the “Moose Plate”
grant program - the Division of Historical Resources awards funds to
projects that work on the conservation and preservation of
significant publicly owned historic resources or artifacts that
contribute to New Hampshire’s history and cultural heritage.
“New Hampshire’s unique historical resources bring our past to life
and help to define our state’s culture today,” said Elizabeth Muzzey,
director of the Division of Historical Resources. “Conserving these
resources ensures that what it means to be from New Hampshire will
be accessible to future generations.”
The 2008 projects receiving Conservation License Plate Grants from
the Division of Historical Resources are:
• The Old Allenstown Meeting House Rehabilitation Project, Phase
I-III (Allenstown)—to continue the long-term preservation of the
building by repairing existing clapboards.
• Cheshire Railroad Depot Restoration Project (Troy)—to refinish the
floor in the waiting room and the stationmaster’s office.
• The Frost Place: 2008 Moisture Rehabilitation Project (Franconia)
- to apply borate treatment for the first floor and cellar framing,
install suitable gutters and downspouts, and re-grade the west side
of the house.
• Lisbon Historic Railroad Station Restoration (Lisbon) - to finish
the restoration of the building by painting the exterior, installing
floor tile and repairing window frames.
• Head School (Hooksett) - to enable interior repairs to the tin
ceiling, refinish the floor and repair damaged plaster.
• Epsom Historic Meetinghouse (Epsom) - to repair broken historic
stained glass windows.
The Conservation License Plate Program’s grants are funded from the
sale of “Moose Plate” license plates. A portion of the funds raised
each year through the program is allocated to the Department of
Cultural Resources which, in turn, makes funds available to the
Division of Historical Resources.
“Purchasing a Moose Plate is a great way to show that you care about
New Hampshire’s culture,” said Department of Cultural Resources
Commissioner Van McLeod. “The $35 cost the first year you register
your plate—and the $30 each year thereafter—goes right back to New
Hampshire’s communities to support a variety of cultural projects.”
New Hampshire’s Division of Historical Resources, the “State
Historic Preservation Office,” was established in 1974. The
historical, archaeological, architectural and cultural resources of
New Hampshire are among its most important environmental assets.
Historic preservation promotes the use, understanding and
conservation of such resources for the education, inspiration,
pleasure and enrichment of New Hampshire’s citizens. For more
information, visit
www.nh.gov/nhdhr or call 603-271-3483.
New Hampshire’s Department of Cultural Resources includes the State
Council on the Arts, the Film and Television Office, the Division of
Historical Resources, the State Library and the American Canadian
French Cultural Exchange Commission. The Department strives to
nurture the cultural well-being of our state. From the covered
bridges and traditional music of our past to the avant-garde
performances and technological resources of today and tomorrow, New
Hampshire’s culture is as varied as its geography and its people.
This strong cultural base - which truly has something for everyone -
attracts businesses looking for engaged workforces, provides
outstanding educational opportunities and creates communities worth
living in. Learn more at
www.nh.gov/nhculture/.
ECS 6th
and 7th Grade Raffle Winner
Epsom Central School 6th and 7th Graders have spent the last two
months selling raffle tickets for two tickets to the November 30th
Patriots Game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The students are
raising money to pay for a Spring trip to Environmental Camp at Camp
Mi-Te-Na. There are about 100 kids attending camp and the students
are trying to raise $18,500. This raffle raised $4200 towards our
goal. We would like to thank PIP Printing in Concord for donating
their services and Sam’s Club in Concord for allowing our students
to sell tickets on Saturday, November 8th. The drawing was held on
Wednesday, November 12th and the winning ticket was purchased by Jim
Parolin from Amherst, NH.
Epsom
Youth Athletic Association Update
I would like to thank Lori Brown (our 2008 Soccer Commissioner), the
Michaels Family, Mark and Michelle Minasalli and Jack and Owen
Thomas for their participation in field cleanup day. You all did a
tremendous job and made it into a truly enjoyable day. Also, a very
special thanks to: Tim Riel & Sons for all of the hard work you have
done on the athletic fields this year; all of the coaches,
assistants and parents who volunteered their time this soccer
season; all of the fans who cheered on our Epsom youth at practices
and games; Beth Sirrine and Pam Smith for their guidance and many
years of service to EYAA; and Irene and Nick Angelone for assistance
in maintaining the fields this year and continued enthusiastic
service to EYAA.
Our next monthly meeting has been rescheduled and will be held in
the large conference room at the new Epsom Public Library. The
meeting will commence Wednesday December 3rd at 7:00pm. At this
meeting, nominations must be completed for the following EYAA
elected positions: President, Secretary, General Commissioner,
Soccer Commissioner (K-U8), Soccer Commissioner (U10/U12), Softball
Commissioner and Tee Ball / Farm Ball Commissioner. Please visit our
new website (www.leaguelineup.com/EYAA)
for winter sports information and other news.
As we head into basketball season, I urge you to contact your
Child’s coach and Jim Sherman, Basketball Commissioner. Ask them
what you can contribute to the team and Association this season.
Your continued support and effort is vital to EYAA’s success in
providing quality athletic programs to our community youth.
Sincerely,
Layne Thomas
EYAA President
Epsom
Police Notes
The following is a summary of calls made by the Epsom Police
Department for November 3-9, 2008. It is compiled from information
provided by the Department.
Complaints included: Suspicious Activity, 5; Animal, 3; Civil, 4;
Motor Vehicle, 2; Juvenile, 1; Phone Harassment, 1.
Checks Included: Suspicious Activity, 4; Suspicious Subjects, 2;
Road Hazard, 1; Abandoned 911 Calls, 2.
Assists Included: Disabled Motorist, 1; Other PDs, 2; Agency With
Service of Paperwork, 4; Agency With Investigations, 3; Subject With
Well Being Checks, 2; Disabled Motorist, 1; Rescue Squad, 3.
Reports Included: Criminal Mischief, 1.
Responses Included: Unwanted Person, 1; Accidents With Deer, 2;
Accidents, 2; Domestic, 1.
There was one arrest.