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Epsom NH News

November 9, 2011

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Congratulations to Jim Goodnow on the sale of his home in Epsom. The transaction was handled by Terry Riel of Century 21 Thompson and Peter Arvanitis of Century 21 Thompson.

 


 

Pembroke Academy’s musical, Jekyll and Hyde, has been rescheduled for next week. We greatly apologize for the inconvenience. The new schedule will continue as follows:

 

• November 10-12 at 7:00 p.m.

• Saturday afternoon matinee at 2:00 p.m.

 


 

HAM & BEAN SUPPER

 

The Suncook Valley Sno-Riders will be holding their 11th Annual Ham & Bean Supper, Saturday, November 12, 2011. It will take place at the Barnstead Parade Fire Station from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.

 

The meal will consist of ham, beans, coleslaw, roll, drink and dessert. The cost is $7.00 for adults, $3.50 for children ages 6 to 12, children 5 and under are free. Stop by and enjoy a home cooked meal. If you can not stay, we will have take-out containers available.

 


 

Letter

 

The Epsom Central School will be sponsoring a screening for children living within SAU #53, on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at the Epsom Central School and would appreciate your assistance in informing parents of children, birth to six years of age, of this free Preschool Child Check.

 

The Preschool Child Check is designed to locate children, birth to six years of age, who have special needs that may require special attention. A screening procedure will be conducted to identify children who may have physical, emotional, intellectual, or developmental delays which may affect a child’s learning ability.

 

Preschool educators, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and a nurse will be involved in administering the screening. We are encouraging all parents who suspect that their child may have a hearing, vision, language, or other problem to take advantage of this assessment. All information received will be kept confidential. Parents will be notified of the results along with any recommendations from the school district.

 

Parents wishing to make an appointment for a screening are to call Melinda McElaney, at the Epsom Central School at 736-9331.

 

Sincerely,

Karen Guercia

Special Education

Administrator

SAU #53

 


 

Letter

 

To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield:

This week, my committee met to recommend its retained bills to the House. The most controversial was HB446, which repeals the licensing requirements for a number of professions, notably barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics; landscape architecture; athletic training; recreational therapy; massage therapists; and Asian bodywork therapists. The subcommittee developed an amendment to make licensing optional rather than mandatory. Non-licensed individuals would be required to prominently disclose that they are not licensed to their customers.

 

This has been vehemently opposed by the cosmetologists’ organization, which is convinced that by eliminating the license we are disrespecting their profession and insulting their training, as well as exposing the public to dangerous chemicals in untrained hands.

 

Recreation therapists, athletic trainers, and recently massage therapists have also been opposing the idea. The data from other states does not confirm their fears, in that increasing the number of professions licensed or the requirements to get a license actually can decrease public safety.

 

In any case, over a hundred cosmetology students showed up! We relocated to Representatives’ Hall, and everyone made a speech explaining his position to the crowd. Since we’ve been working on it since February, nobody was really listening to anyone else. The vote was a foregone conclusion: 9-8 in favor. This will have a lively debate in the House, and in the Senate, if it gets there.

 

HB137, separating the state fire code from the building code and clarifying the fire marshal’s ability to adopt fire codes, was the other controversial bill. One member is a fireman, and was concerned that it would impair fire safety. Since the fire marshal has been working with the committee on this bill, I think it’s a misunderstanding: the members opposed had not participated in any of the work sessions. The vote was 11-5 in favor of the bill.

 

Representative Carol McGuire

[email protected]

782-4918

 


 

Letter

 

It must have been a slow day for letters two weeks ago when the Sun printed a very nasty rant aimed at Carol and myself. I had thought that my first year in the legislature wasn’t productive enough to earn that level of personal criticism. Of the six bills I introduced, two didn’t pass, three are still being batted around, and one was vetoed by the governor.

 

I also worked on the budget as a member of the House Finance Committee. There we mostly made just enough cuts to bring it into balance. The only significant tax reduction was allowing the $30 registration surcharge to expire on schedule. Our main accomplishments were not raising taxes further, and not cutting payments to towns and schools. Overall, the ball moved in the right direction, but not very far.

 

I’m very concerned about the envy on display in that letter and in those Occupy Wherever protests. The phrase "99%" is used to separate ordinary hard-working people from those greedy, wealthy bastards in the "1%" group.

 

Please consider the case of Steve Jobs. He passed away recently with a fortune reportedly worth $8 billion. There’s no doubt that Mr. Jobs was fabulously wealthy, way up in the tippy-top of the 1%. Is it a good thing he’s dead? So he can no longer satisfy his incredible greed by taking from the rest of us?

 

Of course not! Steve Jobs’ wealth was not created by greed, it was the result of his amazing productivity. From the Apple II to the Macintosh to Toy Story to the iPod and iPad, he was instrumental in the creation of products that delighted us. Every dollar he owned was voluntarily given by willing customers and investors. The loss of his talents to cancer was a tremendous loss to the world.

 

Rep. Dan McGuire

[email protected]

782-4918

 


 

Letter

 

"We didn’t know you were here"

This is what we have been hearing on a regular basis lately. What comes next is usually "This place is awesome." And "Your prices are really good too."

 

Who are we? We are Big Fish Little Fish Aquatics and Exotics. Right in your back yard you have a full fledge pet store. We have furry to feathery, slithering to swimming. We also carry foods and supplies for these soon to be pets. Steve and Stacy hand pick most of the soon to be pets for you. We have even been known to take special orders from our customers.

 

Big Fish Little Fish Aquatics and Exotics is located right on Route 28 in Chichester, between the Army Navy store and Tattoo parlor. Also located here in the plaza is a thrift store and Parkers Restaurant.

 

So come on in and mention this letter to the editor and get a chance at 40% off your same day purchase. By the way, we are open 7 days a week and until 8 pm, 3 nights a week. Christmas is right around the corner! We have some great gift ideas.

 


 

Local Students Inducted Into Honor Society At Ithaca College

 

The following local students were inducted into Ithaca College’s Oracle Honor Society in November:

 

Steven Brasley is a journalism major in the college’s Roy H. Park, Park School of Communication.

 

Ryan Wessels is a health science major in the college’s School of Health Sciences and Human performance.

 

First-year students who maintain a GPA that puts them in the top 10% of all students in their school throughout their first full academic year are invited into the society.

 


Obituaries


 

John P Arvanitis

 

John P. Arvanitis, age 83, of Epsom and Wilmington, MA passed away suddenly on October 31, 2011.

 

John was the beloved husband of Dwyna A. (Mattinson) Arvanitis, devoted father of John B. Arvanitis and his wife Tracy of Wilmington, MA; Carrie A. Whalley and her husband David of Southwick, MA; and Peter D. Arvanitis and his wife Cherylann of Epsom. A loving grandfather of David Whalley, Rachel Garvey, Daniel Whalley, John Arvanitis, Emily Arvanitis, Katherine Arvanitis, Christopher Arvanitis, and great-grandson Ian Garvey. A dear son of the late Peter and Anthe (Drugas) Arvanitis, brother of the late James Arvanitis and Debbie Serfes. John is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and friends.

 

John and Dwyna have owned and operated the Epsom Valley Campground for well over 30 years. They always consider their campers as family. John was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in the U.S. Army.

 

Funeral services were held in Wilmington, MA. It is the family’s request that donations in John’s memory be made to the Wilmington United Methodist Church, 87 Church Street, Wilmington, MA 01887.

 


 


 

 











 
 

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