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May 23, 2012

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Interfaith Community Kitchen

 

For those in need of a free cooked meal or an evening of fellowship, the Interfaith Community Kitchen, located at St. Joseph’s Church, on Route 4 in Northwood, will open its doors each Monday evening from 5:30-7:00 pm. Join us for food and friendship. No reservations required. For more information contact Our Lady of Lourdes/St. Joseph’s Parish at 435-6242.

 


 

Evergreen Lodge #53 and American Legion Post #112 are sponsoring a Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 2nd from 8:30-11:30 am. This event is free to youth ages 16 and under. Bring your favorite fishing pole and bait. Some loaner poles and bait will be available. Prizes will be given to the top 3 in each age group. Refreshments will be available. Location is Center Hill Road, watch for signs. For more info call Gary Benner 736-4707.

 


 

PA Class of 2012 Fundraiser Extended!

 

Win $10,000 credit towards any Grappone vehicle or a second place IPAD. 400 tickets will be sold, $50 each, ends May 29. Call PA at 485-7881 for details and tickets.

 


 

Granite State Taxpayers Urge Legislature To Support SB 401

 

The Granite State Taxpayers, a statewide organization supporting legislation that reduces the financial impact of government on the taxpayer, urge the New Hampshire Legislature to support SB 401.

 

State administered "adequate education grants" are annually distributed to communities based on actual student attendance. Those attendance or student population numbers are currently based on three year old data. SB 401 reduces the time-lag in providing attendance numbers to one year.

 

In a digital age, where communications and data availability are near instantaneous, there is no excuse for a three year lag between recording daily attendance numbers and using them. Providing the data in a more realistic one year period, as SB 401 requires, will ensure that adequacy grants are quickly directed to districts with growing student populations, thus provide more immediate relief for local taxpayers.

 

Granite State Taxpayers is New Hampshire’s oldest statewide taxpayer organization. Founded in 1990 by former Governor Mel Thomson and former State Senator George Lovejoy, our mission is to inform, educate and motivate New Hampshire taxpayers and to lobby the legislature on their behalf. Visit us on the web at:

www.granitestatetaxpayers.org.

 


 

Letter

 

To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield:

This week the House met on the remaining Senate bills. SB229, on a defined contribution pension plan, will put all new state employees into a 401(k) type plan as of November 1 2013. It also set up a committee to investigate the still unanswered questions as to costs and impact to the current defined benefit plan, with a deadline of this November. This approach passed, 222-94, and is probably the most significant bill we passed this year. A defined contribution plan is much simpler to understand, more difficult to game, and more comparable to private sector pension plans, not to mention more in alignment with the constitutional clause that "pensions ought to be granted with great caution, by the legislature, and never for more than one year at a time."

 

SB372, establishing an education tax credit, creates a scholarship fund that low income parents can use to pay tuition for private schools, other public schools, or supplies if they decide to home school. The House amended it to prevent any school district from losing more than 0.25% of its budget, no matter how many children leave that district for other options. That amendment passed, 235-99, and the bill passed 236-97.

 

SB289, requiring voters to present photo ID, was amended to go into effect this November, 223-118, and passed 226-115.

 

SB311, on weights and measures, was amended to remove some of the special police powers of the inspectors, allow the department to collect fees for licenses, and separate the data required on fuel delivery tickets from invoices. The oil tickets change sparked some debate, but the amendment passed 195-111, and the bill passed 204-106.

 

Interested readers can email me for my newsletter, with more details than I can fit in a letter.

 

Representative Carol McGuire

[email protected]

782-4918

 


 

Granite State Lady Spartans Win

NEAAU’s 2012 New Hampshire State Tournament

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The team members are 7th and 8th graders from Alton, Bow, Deerfield, Hooksett, Laconia, and Pembroke: (front row l - r) Arabella Glazier, Kolby McKenzie, Ashley Hill, Kacie Coppinger, and Amanda Murray; (back row l - r) Kailey Nute, Andrea Fortin, Maria Draper, Peyton Osgood, Kelsey Coffey, and Coach Kent Coffey.

 

The Granite State Lady Spartans 8th grade girls basketball team came out on top (5-0) in this year’s Division I NH State Tournament, held May 12 and 13. This is the team’s second New Hampshire Division I state title. The Lady Spartans will be competing in the New England Regional Tournament in Cumberland, RI on June 2-3rd, 2012. This tournament consists of top teams through the New England Region. Currently the Lady Spartans are ranked # 1 in their Division.

 


 

New Rye Church And American Legion To Celebrate Memorial Day At The Old Allenstown Meeting House

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On Sunday May 27th, New Rye Union Congregational Church and the Elwood O. Wells American Legion Post #112 will celebrate Memorial Day by worshipping together at the historic Old Allenstown Meeting House in Bear Brook State Park. The venerable Meeting House is a fitting site to celebrate Memorial Day since the building itself is nearly 200 years old. It was built in 1815 and survived many of the conflicts whose veterans we hold in memory and whose sacrifice we hold in highest honor, especially during this week of remembrance.

 

New Rye Church is located close to the Meeting House and it eventually absorbed the members of the "Christian Church" who worshipped at the Meeting House in the 1800s. There is also an historic connection between the Elwood O. Wells Post of the American Legion and the Meeting House since records indicate that one of the original pews in the Meeting House was purchased by Samuel and Hanover Wells, ancestors of Elwood Wells. Fortuitously, the Wells pew is one of those that survived a terrible fire in the 1980s. Elwood’s mother, Sophronia Yeaton Wells, was also the organist at New Rye Church for a number of years.

 

The Meeting House is located on Deerfield Road in Bear Brook State Park about a mile off Rte. 28. The public is invited to join in this Memorial Day Celebration, which happens to fall on Pentecost Sunday this year. The worship service will begin at 10 am and handicapped-accessible toilet facilities will be available. Please call Rev. Jim Young at 736-9279 for more information or directions.

 


 


 

 











 
 

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