The Epsom Public Library is offering an
Infant Program on Tuesday, February 9th at 1:30 pm and Tuesday,
February 23rd at 1:30 pm. Infants and their caregivers are invited
to join this program which features age appropriate toys, songs, and
music. Nancy Zink-Mailloux will lead the group. For information call
the library at 736-9920.
Epsom Food
Pantry
Hi Everybody. Well, another busy week at the food Pantry.
As I have said before, meat is not easy to come by. Shaws had
a sale on hamburg this week, so I bought 60 pounds and Ken will take
it to a butcher in Pittsfield who divides it up in one pound
packages. So if you see a sale anywhere, call me at 219-3025 and I
will get on it, pronto.
At this time I want to again thank our absolutely terrific
volunteers who are the backbone of the Pantry itself. Always there,
and never let us down. So, with trumpets and fireworks, let us thank
June, Eva, Alice, JR, Dianna, Janet, Joyce and Armand. And I
thank the great gentleman at The Suncook Sun who puts up with me.
Until next time,
Priscilla
Letter To The
Editor
I just want to share with you all why I am
a firm believer of shopping locally. Ten years ago I needed to buy a
pickup truck with a plow. I went to a local car and truck dealer,
Tim’s Truck Capital. After looking at a few, I settled on one. This
truck lasted through 10 years of hard New Hampshire winters. I
really got my money’s worth!
Last year during the storms from Hell, the
truck died. Again I went back to Tim’s after the no pressure
experience from last time. Although they didn’t have anything on
hand that fulfilled my immediate need, the salesperson and the staff
did everything to get me into a good workable plow truck in a
reasonable amount of time. They did that and then some! I now have a
truck I never thought I could own. They had a plow installed and
made sure everything was working to my satisfaction. They went above
and beyond what you would get in a large national dealership!
They now have a brand new service area. I
recently brought my truck in to be serviced. Dealing with Ben, the
service manager, I could not have been treated better anywhere! I
was really impressed with the quality of workmanship.
Timmy has put together a great
people-oriented staff from sales, service, and office help.
Shopping locally, you’re dealing with your
neighbors and you have that personal feeling you don’t find anywhere
else! It is for these reasons that I’ll continue to be a loyal
customer and continue to shop locally every chance I can!
Ron Fleury,
Loyal Satisfied Customer
Philip and Stacie Revitsky of Epsom are pleased to announce the
engagement of their daughter, Rachel Revitsky, to Dimitri Coronis,
son of Nick and the late Laurel Coronis of Plainfield, NH. Rachel
is currently pursuing a nursing career through New Hampshire
Technical Institute. Dimitri will be graduated from New England
College with a degree in Criminal Justice and Outdoor Leadership and
pursuing a career in the Fish and Game. A June, 2016 wedding is
planned.
Letter
Thank you to all who participated in the
Town of Epsom Holiday Gift Program. With the support and generosity
of so many individuals and organizations, we were able to help many
children with holiday gifts as well as needed winter clothing. It is
a pleasure to be part of such a caring community. Happy New Year!
Celeste Decker,
Welfare Administrator
Letter
To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom,
and Pittsfield, This week, the House approved three fast-tracked
bills dealing with the opioid crisis. SB447, creating a commission
to study the use of Narcan, was debated over whether a study was
needed, or it would inhibit Narcan’s use. Most of the information
they want to study should be available already, so I voted against
it; but the bill passed 275-71.
I spoke against SB576, which is a grab bag
of measures against opioids. First, I tried to divide the question,
splitting out the good parts (increasing the criminal penalties for
fentanyl abuse, adding two specialists to the board of medicine to
provide expertise in proper opioid use) from the questionable
(adding a new insurance mandate for drug treatment, requiring more
training for prescribers, and authorizing spending tax money on the
prescription database.) This motion failed, 106-239, as leadership
insisted that the task force had vetted the entire bill and we
shouldn’t worry about it. The house continued on to approve the
entire omnibus, 276-69.
SB369, requiring schools to include drug
and alcohol instructions in their health curriculum, was vigorously
debated over whether the department of education “shall” require
this, as the Senate preferred, or “should” do so, as the House
education committee recommended. The house committee amendment
passed, 196-150, and then the bill was approved on a voice vote. I
preferred the House version, as it eliminates any concern of
unfunded mandates on local school systems.
We also voted on all the remaining 2015
bills, including Dan’s HB630, which would allow restaurants to have
up to 6 “video lottery” terminals (essentially, slot machines.).
After a lengthy debate, it was killed, 200-129.
Interested readers can email me for my
newsletter, with more details than fit here.
Representative Carol McGuire
[email protected]
Obituaries
David Bishop,
Sr.
Epsom – Mr. David A. Bishop, Sr., 71, died,
surrounded by loving family, on Saturday, January 16, 2016, at his
home in Epsom Born in Exeter on February 29, 1944, David was the son
of Chester and Dorothy (Blaisdell) Bishop. Before his
retirement he had been employed by the City of Manchester.
He loved the outdoor sports of fishing, hunting and camping; enjoyed
drawing and painting; and was especially fond of watching Scooby-Do
with his granddaughters. He was also a big supporter of a
local Manchester band, the “Out on Bail Band” and his favorite duo,
Jennifer Mitchell of Allenstown and Charmaine Last of Hooksett.
Mr. Bishop is survived by his wife,
Jeannette (Grandmaison) Bishop of Epsom; children, Michele Levesque
and her partner Anne-Marie Saunders of Epsom, Linda Bishop of
Manchester, David Bishop Jr. of Epsom, and Michael Bishop-Chapman
and his wife Noelle Webb of Manchester; his two granddaughters,
Isabelle & Audrey Bishop; two brothers, Frank Bishop of Raymond and
Lloyd Bishop of Fremont; a sister, Debbie Barr of Lynn, MA; nieces
and nephews; and his long-time best friend, Don Allard of
Manchester.
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