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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