OLOL/ST. JOSEPH
CHRISTMAS
BAZAAR
The OLOL/St. Joseph Women’s Club is holding their annual Christmas
Bazaar on Saturday, November 1, 2014 from 9 AM-2 PM in their Parish
Hall located on Route 4, Northwood, NH (next to the Northwood Town
Hall). There will be a white elephant table, baked table with our
famous cookie walk, knitted goods, books and puzzles. There will
also be raffles and a tasty lunch offered.
Epsom Public Library News
The Epsom Public Library will have their annual “Holiday Tea Party”
on Saturday, November 8th at 1:30 pm. Girls and their guest are
invited to a fun afternoon of activities and refreshments with a
“Frozen” theme. Wear your favorite party outfit and don’t forget
your doll. Tickets will be on sale for a chance to win the 2014
American Girl Doll, “Isabelle.” Reservations are required as space
is limited. Call the library at 736-9920 to sign up.
The library will show the Family Movie, “Planes: Fire and Rescue” on
Monday, November 10th at 2 pm. Popcorn and drinks will be provided!
(ECS is closed for parent conferences)
Epsom Food Pantry
Well, another busy week at the Pantry. Between stocking shelves and
getting ourselves set up for Thanksgiving boxes, we are definitely
busy bees.
Remember the turkey count is due by October 29th as we have to
notify the Manchester Food Bank of our needs. You must understand
that this is all new to us and we do our very best to have things
run smoothly, but sometimes with the best of our efforts, we have
glitches. So, be patient everybody.
Before I go on about Christmas, I want you to know we could also use
some baby food, as we now have a young family with needs. Be sure
and get the strained, as this is what the babies are on.
Also, we will be having a table at Voting Day, November 4th. As
usual, food and monetary donations are welcomed. Sarah Harkness has
been working on a scrapbook of the Pantry and she will have it there
for you to see when you vote.
Now when you come to the Pantry, be sure and sign up for Christmas
Baskets. Ask for it, if someone should forget to give it to you.
Also, if you are up and about look for our flyers that Betsy has put
up all around town that gives a list of the goodies we want to put
in our Thanksgiving Baskets.
Until next time, do not forget to vote. Someone near and dear to all
our citizens of the USA died defending that privilege.
Priscilla
Letter To The Editor
To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield,
I’m asking for your vote next week, for myself and for Dan. If
re-elected, we will do our best to represent you in Concord. You can
always call or email us on any issue, and we take your concerns very
seriously. Both of us have submitted multiple bills for constituents
and will continue to do so.
I will continue to inform you of what’s going on in Concord, how I
voted, and why, both the executive summary here in the Sun and full
details in my newsletter.
The governor’s race is the most important one for our state.
Governor Hassan has proven herself an inept manager, unaware of (or
unwilling to expose) actual spending, which is her responsibility to
control. She allowed agencies to bring in a budget almost 20% above
this one, at the same time she was calling for spending cuts! She is
highly partisan, criticizing the (Republican) Senate budget as
inadequate, then taking credit for a “bipartisan” budget that didn’t
spend any more. Above all, she has acted unilaterally, disdaining
the legislature.
Walt Havenstein, on the other hand, has extensive executive
experience, including managing corporate budgets much larger than
New Hampshire’s. He is committed to open government and the people
who worked for him are his strongest supporters.
Walt’s top goal is to make New Hampshire once again the business
magnet of New England. We need to simplify business regulations and
encourage businesses to start here and grow here, since that is how
we will get the good jobs that can keep our young people here. Lower
business taxes will help, of course, but adopting a
business-friendly attitude is the first step.
Interested readers can email me for my newsletter, with more details
than fit here.
Representative Carol McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
Letter To The Editor
As the November 4 election nears, we hear lots from the “major”
candidates for Congress and the office of governor. We hear little
about those running for the New Hampshire Legislature. There are
four candidates whom I support and ask the voters to consider.
Mary Frambach is currently a state representative who deserves our
vote. She is a lifetime Epsom resident, a former teacher and has
been involved in Epsom government. She has missed only two roll call
votes of the hundreds that have been called during her tenure.
Another worthy candidate is Dennis Beaudoin who is new to the
political scene. He has lived in Pittsfield all his life and is an
electrician. He will be an advocate for the New Hampshire middle
class and senior citizens. He has provided leadership working to
bring good jobs to New Hampshire people.
A third person seeking our support is Nancy Heath of Epsom running
in the three towns of Epsom, Pittsfield and Allenstown. She has
strong feelings about many issues and will support raising the
minimum wage, women’s issues, and health care for thousands thorough
the Affordable Care Act.
Finally I support Nancy Fraher for the State Senate. She was a very
popular teacher for many years and is now retired and anxious to
serve our state and the citizens of our district. Her background in
education will be a big asset in our legislature.
May these four people be successful in serving our state and have
the satisfaction that I had in serving twenty years in the New
Hampshire House of Representatives.
Charles B. Yeaton
Epsom
Letter To The Editor
Some claim raising our state’s minimum wage will cost jobs. I
believe raising minimum wage increases economic activity, demand,
thus creates more jobs.
A worker earning $7.25 hr, working 20 hours per week, grosses
$7,540. per year. Over a 3 year period, that same worker having had
wages increased to $10.10 per hour, is then earning $10,504. That’s
nearly $3,000. more per year, obviously $6,000. more per year for 40
hours per week. Raising minimum wage pushes other wages higher.
Minimum wage to living wage earners spend their money out of
necessity. Creating more demand. The more expansive the demand, the
better for small businesses. The more job growth.
“Trickle down” economics has been shoved down our throats for 34
years! 2012 the top 1% got nearly 25% of US income; the bottom 90%
got 50% of income. Those percentages have flipped in the last 3 to 4
decades, crushing the middle class. I believe our economy grows
best from the middle out.
If elected, I will work to increase NH State minimum wage. I will
work for the State of NH to accept its public education funding
responsibilities, reducing and capping property taxes. I will work
for working people.
(Nancy Heath is candidate for State Rep District 29
Allenstown/Epsom/Pittsfield)
Nancy Heath
Epsom
Thank You
A big thank you to the families and staff at Epsom HealthCare Center
for all your participation in our summer events. It started off in
May with an oink! Hawaiian luau with an authentic pig roast. In
June, we had a family movie night featuring the movie Frozen. July
was casino night coupled with happy hour. Finally, in August we
ended the summer with a fun filled carnival with games, face
painting, yummy carnival foods, and guest appearance by Queen Elsa.
Families and staff, we couldn’t do it without you!! Thank you all
from the Activities Department at Epsom HealthCare Center.
Letter to the Editor
With all the things going on and the appearance of other departments
needing more money I have decided to scale back on the things I
wanted to get done next summer and go with a flat line budget to
help tax payers next year.
This year we spent most of the summer working on Goboro Road and
River Roads and will finish Goboro Road next June or July. Next
summer we’re planning on paving the hill on Chestnut Pond along with
some ditching. We’ll be grading soon.
Your Epsom Road Agent
Gordon Ellis
Letter
Dear Epsom & Pittsfield voters,
Normally, I’d simply recommend in the general election that you vote
for all the Republican candidates and leave it at that. Even though
only some of my favorites made it through the primary, there is
still a stark difference between almost any Republican and any
Democrat on how we approach government.
Democrats always push for more government whether it is something
big like a takeover of health insurance or hostility to school
choice, or small stuff like the federal government telling our
transfer station how to store fluorescent lights.
Republicans instead side with Thomas Jefferson whose ideal was “a
wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring
one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own
pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the
mouth of labor the bread it has earned.”
Unfortunately this year I cannot endorse every Republican on the
ballot. We have a very awkward situation in the Epsom-Pittsfield
two-Rep district. The other Republican is Michael Brewster, and his
aggressive behavior simply isn’t suitable for the State House. He’s
been convicted in court of harassment of a state employee. I fear
that if elected his tantrums would disrupt the House. Note that
Carol is in a separate district which also includes Allenstown.
On the other hand, if you choose to vote for me and a Democrat, you
just increase the chances that both Democrats will win. Therefore,
please just vote for me alone, otherwise known as bullet voting.
It’s a vote to maintain the balance we have now.
Yours,
Rep. Dan McGuire
[email protected]
Letter To The Editor
Despite claims to the contrary, the proponents of raising the
minimum wage do not care at all about the working poor.
They are just using the plight of the poor to attempt to make
themselves look good in the eyes of others and /or feel good when
they look in mirror.
If the proponents of raising the minimum wage truly cared about the
working poor (which they do not), they would be demanding the
immediate removal of every man made legal obstacle preventing the
poor from improving their condition, beginning with:
Abolish all occupational licensing laws;
Abolish all zoning laws;
Repeal the Davis Bacon Act;
Enact right to work laws;
Criminally prosecute all union members who:
a) threaten non-union workers and/or
b) damage private property;
Abolish the minimum wage
Not ready to do all or even one of the above, then stop pretending
you care about the working poor! You don’t.
The proponents of raising the minimum wage can’t claim, “they care”
all the while leaving in place the very impediments that keep the
working poor in poverty.
Truth be known, the proponents of raising the minimum wage do not
want the working poor living next door to them, running businesses
next door to them, and/or threatening their jobs by working harder
than they do for less money.
The primary goal of the proponents of raising the minimum wage is to
misuse the law so as to legally hold other people – the working poor
– back, by, in effect, restricting where the working poor live,
work, what they do, who they do it for, and how much they get
paid.
Keeping the working poor in their place is the real, unwritten,
agenda of the proponents of the minimum wage.
Demands to raise the minimum wage are just so much window dressing.
Jack Kelleher
Epsom
Letter
To My Constituens in Epsm & Pittsfield:
I want to thank you for the support and trust that you gave me in
2012 and ask you to consider the following as you make your
decisions on November 4th. Maybe you agreed or disagreed with my
vote: know that I voted based on the contacts which I had and the
information that was presented to the Delegation. Issues and
concerns (both pro and con) were debated and voted on.
My voting record for 2013 was that I was present and voted 100% of
the 177 votes taken and in 2014, 99.6% of the 257 votes taken. My
committee assignment was Child and Family Law. As a retired teacher
of 35 years, I felt that I had expertise to share. We listened to
testimony, studied it in subcommittees, discussed it at length, and
voted based on the information presented to the committee. From
committee, it went to the entire Delegation with our recommendation
with supporting documentation. As a delegate of Merrimack, I served
on the executive committee and also as a liason to the Merrimack
County Sherriff and Dispatch. It has been a pleasure to serve in
Merrimack 21 and I would like to ask for your continued support on
November 4th. Thank You.
Mary Frambach
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