Reminder
The Inn at Deerfield, a nonprofit home specializing in dementia
care, will host a Community Health Fair on Monday, October 22 from 4
to 6 pm.
Please contact Kelly at 463-7002 or
[email protected]
with questions or to make an appointment.
The Epsom-Chichester Lions Club and The Epsom Fire Dept Auxiliary
will be hosting another Fabulous All You Can Eat benefit breakfast
on Sat, Oct. 20th at the Epsom Fire Station from 8:00 am - 10:30 am;
cash donations. Many of you have had the pleasure of enjoying one of
these breakfasts before. We promise you won’t be disappointed. So,
mark your calendars October 20th at the Epsom Fire Station.
Please note that Tuesday Story Time at the Epsom Public Library has
changed from 2 pm to 1:30 pm. Thursday Story Time and Lego Club
continue at 3:30 pm. For more info call the library at 736-9920.
Letter To The Editor
I am writing in strong support of Rep. Carol McGuire of Epsom for
another term in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
Her work ethic in the House has been a shining example to her
colleagues. She is thoughtful, conservative and a strong leader.
Rep. McGuire is the chair of the Executive Departments and
Administration Committee where all legislation related to building
codes and trade licensing are heard. As a home builder, my personal
experience with Rep. McGuire and the manner in which she runs this
committee has been superlative. She is a seeker of solutions
and she is not influenced by special interest groups. Her
common sense approach is balanced between consumer protection,
controlling state spending and meeting the needs of small business
owners.
This month, the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of NH
awarded Rep. McGuire their Legislator of the Year award. On
election day, I urge everyone who believes in high morals and good
government to vote for Carol McGuire.
Paul Morin
Tarkka Homes, Inc.
Weare, NH
Valley Artisans
Artist For The Month Of October
Joyce Lemay is our artisan for the month of October. She has been a
member since 1981 and resides in Chichester, NH with her family. She
is an accomplished quilter and our shop is decorated with many of
her wall hangings and table runners. She also makes felt ornaments
for the holidays and festively decorated gift bags. We also have a
Free Raffle every month and Joyce has donated a kitchen tea towel
that has been stitched and appliquéed. It will make a perfect gift
for you or a loved one.
Our shop is filling up with the most wonderfully crafted items. We
just had a Fall Open House this weekend and will be participating in
the NH Open Doors Weekend on November 3rd and 4th. As the cooler
weather arrives, we have started to heat our rustic building with
our very large wood stove and there is probably some of the warm
mulled cider left from the past weekend. So come on in, it will warm
your heart and soul.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday through
Sunday, at 10 Goboro Rd. Epsom, N.H. We’re 1/4 mile east on Route
4/202. From the Epsom traffic circle, take a left at the first
traffic light. Going west, take the first right at the second
traffic light after the Epsom Fire Station. You can also find us on
Facebook, and at
www.valleyartisansnh.org.
Letter
Recently my family decided that we really wanted to put up lawn
signs for some candidates we had read about, talked to friends
about, and liked a lot. We got a sign for Nancy Fraher, who is
running for State Senate, and a sign for Annie Kuster, who is
running for Congress, and we put them out at the end of our
driveway. It’s our way of saying that we are voters, we care about
our community and our state, and we do our homework before we
choose.
The Annie Kuster sign disappeared overnight. We got another
one, and put that up, and it disappeared! We got a third one.
Nancy Fraher’s sign is still there. What’s going on?
Can’t we hold an election, the thing that makes democracy so
special, without being uncivil and unneighborly? If you don’t
like our candidates, put up signs for your preferred ones.
Don’t steal our signs.
It’s against the law, by the way. RSA 664:17 Placement and
Removal of Political Advertising. “No person shall remove, deface,
or knowingly destroy any political advertising which is placed on or
affixed to public property or any private property except the owner
of the property, persons authorized by the owner of the property, or
a law enforcement officer removing improper advertising.”
Sincerely,
Paul and Sandra Pfaff
Epsom
Epsom Central School Staff And Faculty
Mrs. Sandra Pfaff,
“Utility Infielder”
Sandy Pfaff is one of the friendly faces first seen by visitors to
ECS. She has been serving as a substitute at ECS for ten years.
Sandy’s flexibility and cheerful attitude have enabled her to serve
as a paraprofessional, substitute teacher, and a long-term
substitute for a staff member on leave. She loves being around and
working with the staff and children at ECS. She also loves the idea
of facing different challenges each day, of doing “a little bit of
everything” she can, to help the school community.
Sandy believes that ECS is one of the best schools in the area, and
is pleased her son went to school here; he is currently studying
forensics at UNH. In her spare time, Sandy enjoys quilting and
sailing with her husband.
Letter
Debating Points
I appreciate Roger Bennett and Bradley Keyes joining the “free
stater” debate, Suncook Valley Sun, October 3, 2012. Motivation of
“free staters” is a top concern of mine. My opponent, Carol McGuire,
is a “free stater.” The majority of New Hampshirites may agree or
disagree with your utopian concepts. I disagree.
“Free Staters” want to throw away speed limit signs. I do not want
people screeching thru narrow, winding roads of my neighborhood like
it was a Grand Prix track. I would feel unsafe walking my dog.
They want to eliminate public education leaving only two options:
private school or home schooling. Sounds kinda’ like a 19th century
kingdom or 21st century Afghanistan to me. Meanwhile, your founder
Jason Sorens, continues his professorship at a New York State public
university collecting a paycheck spearheaded by taxes.
“Free Staters” came to NH because we are a civil state with low
crime rate. “Free Stater” libertarian thinking enacted “Stand Your
Ground Law.” Now, if there are no witnesses, one can shoot to
“murder,” claim they “felt threatened;” stood their ground! Makes me
feel less safe in public spaces.
‘I vilify TWA or big business?’ Never! I vilify Carl Icahn and other
vulture capitalists including Mitt Romney. Vilify Republicans? I do
not believe “free stater libertarians” are “Republican” nor
conservative.
Nancy Heath
Epsom
Letter
To our constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield:
The second constitutional question on the ballot this November 6 is:
“Are you in favor of amending article 73-a of the second part of the
constitution to read as follows: The chief justice of the supreme
court shall be the administrative head of all the courts. The chief
justice shall, with the concurrence of a majority of the supreme
court justices, make rules governing the administration of all
courts in the state and the practice and procedure to be followed in
all such courts. The rules so promulgated shall have the force and
effect of law. The legislature shall have a concurrent power to
regulate the same matters by statute. In the event of a conflict
between a statute and a court rule, the statute, if not otherwise
contrary to this constitution, shall prevail over the rule.”
This restores legislative oversight of the operation of the court
system, which was inadvertently removed when the constitution was
amended in 1978 to allow the supreme court to write uniform rules
for the courts. It is important because the court claims that its
rules trump the laws of the state! The chief justice should not have
law-making power, and this situation removes some of the vital
checks and balances necessary for the three branches of government
to work together.
The specific wording of this amendment was presented to the
legislature by several justices of the supreme court, and approved
by 2/3 of both the House and the Senate.
Vouchers to obtain a voter ID are now available at town offices. If
any constituent needs to get one, but has problems getting to the
license office, call us and we’ll make sure you get a ride.
Interested readers can email Carol for her newsletter, with more
details than we can fit here.
Representatives Carol and Dan McGuire
[email protected]
[email protected]
782-4918
New Studio To Open In Epsom
Opening October 20, Kalily Studio, located at 22 Huckins Road, Epsom
is a new destination for family activities.
Drop in between 9 am and 6 pm Saturdays, or between noon and 6 pm
Sundays to create a “make and take” project at family friendly
prices.
Opening Special $5 per Halloween project. Choose between creating a
bouncing monster, a felt zombie or a pumpkin jar among other
offerings. There is something for all ages.
Leave the prep work and the clean up to us!
Also available are the following workshops for teens and adults:
• October 24 or 26 at 7 pm - Halloween Goodie Bags for your Favorite
Ghouls, $15 per person, supplies, but not candy, included
• October 28 at 2 pm - Beginners Crochet - Fall Scarf Project
• November 10 at 10 am - Holiday Table Runner - Beginner Sewers
Welcome, $25 per person
For more information please check us out on Facebook or at
KalilyStudio.com
Hope to see you at the Studio soon!
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