The Community Players of Concord will be presenting
Aristocats Kids and 101 Dalmatians Kids at the City Auditorium.
Maddie Davis of Epsom will be playing the part of
Nanny in "101 Dalmatians" and a Jazz Cat in "The Aristocats."
Lizzy Sacco of Epsom will be playing the part of
Amelia in "The Aristocats" and a puppy in "101 Dalmatians". Both
shows are part of the Children’s Theatre Project’s fall production.
The performances will be on Friday, October 21st at
7 pm and Saturday, October 22nd at 2 pm. Admission if $8.00 and it
is general seating. For more information call Candy Brehm at
798-5925.
Evergreen Lodge #53 and Ivy Green Rebekah Lodge #36
are sponsoring another great Dinner/Cabaret Show on Friday, Oct. 14
and Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Epsom American Legion Hall. The
dinner/show, featuring many of your Halloween Favorites, begins at 6
pm and includes appetizers, turkey, roast beef, salad, vegetables,
beverages and dessert. Reservations are required and can be made by
calling 736-4707 or 736-8885. Plan to join us for a fun night of
great food and entertainment. Costumes are optional but prizes will
be given for the best costumed tables. Proceeds will be used to help
bring the historic Odd Fellows Hall into code compliance!
The Annual 4-H Cookie and Candy Bar Sale is held
during the month of October. Several varieties are Now available for
only $3.50 per package. Candy Bars are $1.00 each. Your support to
the 4-H youth in your community is greatly appreciated. If a 4-H
member has not contacted you, please call 4-H leaders Pamela
Clattenburg 269-3200, Pauline Wheeler 435-8752, Mark Riel 435-6346
or Corine Miller 435-8497.
Letter
To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, and
Pittsfield:
After the census last year, the New Hampshire House
is defining new districts for Congress, executive council, and the
House itself. (Senate districts are more complicated, but the Senate
does them!) After the 2006 Constitutional amendment, each town over
3,291 people will have its own Representative, plus it may be in a "floterial"
district that covers two or more towns. Allenstown, Epsom, and
Pittsfield are all more than large enough for one Representative
from each town, so each will have one plus being in a floterial
district. Actually, since Chichester is not over 3,291 people, most
likely either Epsom or Pittsfield will be combined with Chichester
in a two-Representative district. If it’s Pittsfield, no floterial
is needed; Epsom would have a floterial. And of course, deciding
which towns go together in a floterial is the hard problem!
The House Redistricting Committee is having public
hearings throughout the state, to gather data from citizens and
educate them on the redistricting process. Merrimack County has a
hearing at 7 pm on October 27, in Concord, and everyone is invited.
This week I’ve been working on HB624, Representative
Giuda’s bill to prohibit setting fees in rules. It’s a good idea,
but the more we looked at it the more obvious it became that nobody
really knows how many fees are set in rules, or which laws authorize
them. It would be a major research project to find out. So when a
Dartmouth professor asked if I had any research projects for his
public policy students, this was perfect. A quick look found almost
400 places in our laws that authorize setting fees in rules, and an
unknown number of rules. So I and the subcommittee on HB624 are
working on a plan to have the students do the research, and we use
their work to clean up our laws as well as our rules.
Carol McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
Library Service For Housebound
Because of the influence of her grandmother, an
Epsom woman is making a difference in the lives of senior citizens.
Yvonne Rose Gauthier was a woman who loved to read.
Her granddaughter, Jessica Towne, said it was something her
grandmother did daily for hours and it brought a smile to her face.
Her grandmother lived in Manchester most of her life, and when
Jessica moved to Epsom from Stark in the 1980s she began to help her
grandparents. After her grandfather died 14 years ago, Jessica
continued to visit and help Yvonne two or three times a week. She
did her grocery shopping, cleaned the house, drove her to
appointments, and did anything she could to take care of her. "She
was a woman of great faith and always believed in making a
difference," Jessica said.
In June 2007, Yvonne died and since then Jessica has
helped other seniors in her grandmother’s memory. "With her passing,
I had a very big void in my life," she said, "and I thought it was
important to donate my time in her memory to make a difference."
Because her grandmother so enjoyed reading, Jessica
said, she wants all seniors "to have the opportunity to read about
things they enjoy, places that intrigue them and, most important, to
have something to look forward to."
With the help of the Epsom Library, Jessica has
started a home delivery reading program for Epsom senior citizens
who have no transportation. Jessica will gladly visit the library
and then bring books to those who want them. She is willing to
provide this service seven days a week. Anyone interested in the
program can call Jessica at 736-8638 or 736-9100.
Because of Jessica, Yvonne is still making a
difference.
Epsom Public Library News
Book Club
The Book Club will meet on Wednesday, October 19th,
at 7:00 pm to discuss Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s The
Warmth Of Other Suns, the Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.
"From World War I to the 1970s, some six million
black Americans fled the American South for an uncertain existence
in the urban North and West. They left all they knew and took a leap
of faith that they might find freedom under the ‘warmth of other
suns.’ Their leaving became known as the Great Migration. It brought
us James Baldwin, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Richard Wright and the
forebears of Michelle Obama, Toni Morrison and of most
African-Americans in the North and West. It set in motion the civil
rights movement and created our cities and art forms. This is the
story of three who made the journey, of the forces that compelled
them to leave and of the many others—famous and not so famous—who
went as far as they could to realize the American Dream." (Source:
Isabel Wilkerson’s web site.)
Ms. Wilkerson is the first black woman to win the
Pulitzer Prize in the history of American journalism. She spent 15
years researching this book, and interviewing over 1200 people.
Anyone who would like to join in the discussion is
invited to stop by the library to obtain a copy of the book.
Adult Programming
On Friday, October 21st, at 7:00 pm, the library
will host a concert by the students of Jennifer Yeaton-Parris’ flute
studio. Additional guest artists will also perform, playing a
variety of pieces in the classical, folk, and pop genres.
Cupcakes For A Cure
Curves of Epsom will be holding a fundraising event
to benefit the "Walkers for Healthy Knockers" team participating in
the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event in Concord on Sunday,
October 16th.
We will have an assortment of cupcakes available to
mix and match, each half dozen will be $5.00 with 100% of the
proceeds going towards the team’s fundraising effort. Our goal this
year is to raise $15,000 and we need your help to do it! Every
dollar counts!
Cupcakes will be available for purchase from 8 am -
11 am and again from 2 - 6 pm. We are also raffling off a half
gallon of NH made pure maple syrup generously donated by Red Roof
Maples of Loudon, NH. Ticket prices for the raffle are $2.00 each or
3 for $5.00. Of course, donations are always appreciated.
Curves is located in the Epsom Shoppes Plaza at the
circle. If you love to bake and would like to donate cupcakes for
this very worthy cause, please call Curves at 736-9903 for more
information.
Thank you,
Samantha St. Laurent
Curves Owner and
Team Captain of Walkers for Healthy Knockers
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