Letter
What If?
What if it were actually possible for a DC politician to
consistently show his self strong in character, integrity and
honesty? Surely a 30+ year record could easily prove this assessment
true or false.
What if that same candidate of character had a front row seat for
decades and saw first-hand the politics, tactics, manipulation, and
resulting harm inflicted upon Americans through multiple
administrations from both parties?
What if that candidate was shown to be immune to lobbying interests
and capable of not compromising his principles to forces even within
his own party? Surely that’d be reason enough to get excited, get
behind him and want to tell others. I can tell you that I, after
decades of political apathy and laziness and being in my 82nd year
of life, am passionate about preserving our American individual
liberties.
I speak to everyone I can about Ron Paul because our country’s
future is so bleak right now. Until this year I have never remotely
considered that the current two party system is intentionally
managed to offer up two parallel roads (Welfare and Warfare) to the
same ugly destination. I spend a lot of time attempting to show
others the rare opportunity we have to elect a Statesman to the
highest office. If this truthful message still sounds like an active
agent speaking to you then I simply don’t know how else to reach
you. Determine what you are for (not simply against) and then align
with such a candidate
Les Cash
Epsom
Members and their spouses/partners of American Legion Post 112 are
shown at a holiday dinner held December 12th at the Post Function
Hall, located on Short Falls Road, Epsom. Donations of food clothing
and personal items were collected for distribution to Liberty House
For Homeless Veterans in Manchester and The New Hampshire Veterans’
Home in Tilton. For more information about Liberty House, call Bill
Zarakotas at 736-3123 and for the Veterans’ Home, call Alice Brown
at 527-4400. If you are interested in joining or helping Post 112
with its work for Veterans, call Gerard LeDuc, Commander at
435-8770.
Fort Mountain Trail Winders News
Submitted By Matt Brown, President
New Trail To Northwood/Pittsfield
Yes, the Fort Mountain Trail Winders are working very hard for
your trail system. We have been working all summer on
improvements and re-routes on the existing trail system along with a
new trail to Pittsfield and Northwood, so not to have to go over the
lake (that is not frozen yet).
This new trail, spear headed by Derek, Scott and Mark, is going to
be great (thanks guys). The trail will start behind Bickford’s at
"out of gas corner" will cross New Orchard Road and go down Range
Road to cross North Road. There will be several fields to cross but
please stay on the trail or we will lose this trail. We will meet up
with the Pittsfield Club in the last field (left) or you can
continue straight to the power lines and Northwood (right) on one
more of our old trails. This will be a first year trail, although
due to the fields we cross we can use the larger groomer.
This club works very hard so we can all have fun locally with
our sleds. Please help support us in any way you can by donations,
labor, fuel, equipment, club house, land, etc. We run this club on a
shoe string and have not been very successful in fund raising
efforts in the past. Maybe you are good at raising money and can
help us learn how or maybe you are good at planning a fun event that
will bring money into the club.
We have brought the trail system up to par and added several miles
of trails in the last 4 years. We would like to get to the next
level but can’t do it alone. I have kept you all informed this year
via website and ask for you to reach out to us and help however you
can so we can continue to improve the trail system, promote safe
snowmobiling and have fun in our own community.
Epsom Public Library News
Submitted by Maggie Faneuf
A seven-week Beginners Hatha Yoga Class will be offered starting on
Monday, January 9, at 6:30 pm at the library. Fran Nash will be the
instructor and the fee for the class will be $40.00. The class will
be limited to twenty participants. If you are interested, you may
sign up at the front desk of the library. Payment is due at the time
of registration.
The book club will meet on Wednesday, January 18, at 8:00 pm to
discuss Simon Winchester’s Krakatoa: The Day The World Exploded:
August 27, 1882. Copies of the book are available at the
library.
Library Staff Recommendations:
There seems to be a new genre in fiction becoming very popular – the
warm and amusing hometown stories with wonderfully-drawn characters.
I remember the first time I ever heard of Jan Karon and her books.
Several years ago, some friends were trying to put into words what
made her books so enjoyable and readable. I remember their saying
that if I simply heard them say that the main character was an
Episcopal priest, Timothy Cavanaugh, and that the books dealt with
him and an assortment of town characters, I wouldn’t be especially
inspired or eager to read them. They were right, but, thankfully, I
trusted them and tried the first one, At Home In Mitford. I
was hooked, and ever since I have greedily awaited each subsequent
book.
Jan Karon continues to be very popular with many readers today.
However, another delightful author of the same genre is Philip
Gulley, and if you like Jan Karon, you are certain to like Gulley.
Like Gulley himself, Sam Gardner, the main character, is a Quaker
minister. He lives with his wife and children in the small town of
Harmony where readers soon come to know and become involved in the
lives of such characters as Dale Hinshaw, the feisty elder of the
church; Uly (Ulysses S. Grant V) and Fern Hamilton. The characters
are fully-drawn and believable, and the books are just plain fun.
This is another case where the reader is better off to start with
the first book of the series, Home To Harmony, as Gulley
introduces us to the many townsfolk we will meet in his future
books. He is a great story teller and one of the things I enjoy the
most about him is to be reading along and then, Bang, without
warning, a wonderful laugh-out-loud moment.
Again, if you like the Karon series, put Harmony on your list of
must-visit places. You won’t be disappointed.
Obituaries
Marie Elizabeth Johnson
Marie Elizabeth Johnson, 93, of Yeaton Lane, died December 23rd at
home, following a long illness.
She was born in Byram, CT. the daughter of Kalman and Elizabeth
Firla. She has lived in this area since 1969. She was employed for
several years at the Farmington National Bank. She was an avid
golfer and participated in the Women’s Golf League at the Nippo Lake
Golf Club. She was an attendant at Our Lady Of Lourdes Church in
Pittsfield.
She was predeceased in death by her husband Eric G. Johnson to whom
she was married for 55 years, and members of her family include
three daughters, Patricia Johnson of Barnstead, Peg and husband
Donald Jones of Epsom and Beth Taylor of Selma, AL.; three
grandchildren, Candace (Levi) Nogues of Charleston, SC, Megan Jones
of Epsom and Heather Jones of Manchester; several nieces and
nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to CRVNA,
Hospice Program, 30 Pillsbury St., Concord, NH 03301.
To sign an online guest book and leave messages of condolence, log
on to
www.perkinsandpollard.com
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