Letter
Nancy Heath running as a candidate for State Representative for
District 8 concerns me. My concern is based on her letters to the
local newspapers. Nancy Heath has an ax to grind. Nancy appears
bitter and angry over many things. In one letter, she calls
investors, “vultures,” indicating bitterness over the demise of her
former employer.
She expressed outrage at Rush Limbaugh’s comment, yet applauds
others who say far more outrageous and unacceptable things.
Another letter indicates her distaste for Ted Nugent and others who
respect the guaranteed constitutional right to keep and bear
firearms. A recent letter from Nancy Heath warns me of her intention
to be hard-nosed and stubborn with anyone who has a view that
differs from hers. Nancy boasted about her venom and anger toward
someone who sent her a particular survey. She expressed delight in
burning a document that she disagreed with.
As one who ran for public office, I received many surveys and
questionnaires. Unlike Nancy, I did not burn them up while rubbing
my hands together in glee and pride; I answered each survey with
honesty, and was not offended by those who sent them to me. What
will you do if you ever get to Concord? The venom and hostility
living in Nancy Heath is not what we need in Concord!
However, if I did live in her district, here is what would happen.
Nancy, you would sit on one side of the table and you would say
nothing. I would ask the questions and you would answer them. If I
didn’t approve of your Liberal/Progressive agenda, I would send you
back home until you learned to play nice with others.
Rick Lucas
Gilmanton, NH
Letter
Most of us are concerned about the trillions of dollars of debt that
we face as a nation. But do we really have a handle on the reality
of a trillion dollars?
To satisfy my curiosity, I searched for a graphic that would help me
grasp a trillion dollars. What I found floored me. The graphic
showed $10,000 in $100 dollar bills (100 bills) about 1/2” thick.
You can put it in your pocket. One hundred of those 1/2” packets
equals one million dollars, and would easily fit in a brief case.
One hundred million dollars sits on a four foot square pallet 4 feet
high. The next step is one billion, which is ten of those pallets.
All of the graphics up to this point are fairly easy to grasp. But
now to go from one billion to one trillion, which is one thousand
times one billion. One thousand times ten pallets is 10,000 pallets.
Stacked three high that many pallets would cover an entire football
field. That is one trillion.
As of this writing, the national debt would cover well over 16
football fields. That is four times the amount of currency that
exists in the entire world today.
We need to grasp the seriousness of this level of debt. It has taken
decades to address the pollution problem of our country, and while
we’ve made good progress, there’s still more to be done. Now it’s
time to address the debt pollution. It will be painful and it will
take time. But when we realize the critical level of our debt, it
should cause us to think very carefully about anyone running for
office who wants to add to that debt or who is not committed to
reducing that debt.
Steve Holmes
Candidate for District 5
Letter
Corruption At The
Highest Level
When government funding cuts are certain to cause job layoffs or
plant closures, federal law (The Warn Act) requires businesses to
issue mandatory notices of impending layoffs. This primarily
affects the defense industry and is front and center with the
mandatory defense cuts that are now looming January 1st as a result
of this administration’s failure to target spending cuts in the
federal government.
The Obama administration desperately wants to avoid layoff notices
going out just before the November 6th general election. So,
it is attempting to bribe certain defense contractors (BAE Systems,
EADS North America, etc.) into purposely ignoring the law with the
promise that the government will cover any fines or legal fees that
they may incur. With Whose Money? Ours, our tax dollars that should
go to roads, schools etc.
When an administration, of either party, is willing to ignore the
law and attempt to use taxpayer dollars to bribe a company to
influence an upcoming election, it should be abhorrent to every
citizen in our country, regardless of political affiliation. This is
corruption at the highest level. If we were one or two years into a
presidential administration, I would have mentioned the word
impeachment in this letter. We have a much more expedient solution.
Election. Vote this corruption out November 6th. Our nation’s future
depends on it.
David Strang
Gilmanton
Letter To The Editor
Truth In Advertising
Just as manufacturers and producers of other products must deliver
truth in advertising, so should political candidates.
The fundamental lack of truth in the NH State Democratic Committee’s
advertisement on WMUR on behalf of Maggie Hassan is just one
example.
What does this ad say? First, that Hassan balanced the budget.
Duh. Unlike the Federal Government, the NH Constitution requires a
balanced budget. It’s the law. Saying that then Senator Hassan
balanced the budget is not much different from saying that she got
out of bed that morning. It is simply something that had to be done.
The ad goes on to say that she made “tough decisions.” How was that
budget balanced? Senator Hassan and others in the legislature voted
to (1) take $700 million from the state’s “rainy day fund”,
effectively bankrupting the state’s savings account (2) take one
time federal funds to fund ongoing programs (3) attempt to steal
$100 million from the doctor’s insurance fund; money that did not
and does not belong to the state, (4) take certain items out
of the budget, reducing the budget, yes, but forcing those
programs and departments to be paid for by “some other” source and
(5) grossly over-estimating revenue projections to close the gap
between excessive spending and dwindling revenue. This last is no
different than a $10 an hour worker declaring income at $35 an hour
in order to buy that dream house.
This ad, while not exactly a lie, is a gross distortion of the
facts, proving once again that some people and some parties will say
anything at all, to win an election.
It’s a shame there is no truth in political advertising.
Jim Barnes
Gilmanton Iron Works
First Congregational Society October Harvest Church Service
The October Harvest Church Service of the First Congregational
Society in Gilmanton will be held on Sunday, October 21, 2012, at
4:00 p.m. at the Smith Meeting House. The Reverend Sidney
Lovett of Holderness, NH, will officiate.
Organist Harriet Coupal will play a prelude and a postlude.
She has frequently added to our services by bringing musicians and
vocalists for our enjoyment. This month, special music will be
provided by an octet singing group. They will perform “Lord of
the Dance”, a Shaker tune arranged by John Rutter. Violinist
Pat Beaudet and auto harpist Audrey Danielson will accompany the
group.
After the service, a pot luck dinner will be held in the meeting
room downstairs. There will be ham and beverages provided and
you are welcome to bring a dish. Please come and bring your friends
and family to this non-denominational service.
The First Congregational Society was formed in 1774. The name
Smith Meeting House is used to honor the first minister to serve
there, the Reverend Isaac Smith. The meeting house is located
on Meeting House Road off NH Route 140 and off NH Route 107.
For questions please call 603-267-8151.
GCC Food Pantry And
Thrift Shop News
The GCC Thrift Shop will be starting a new sale on Monday, October
15th and it will run through to Saturday, November 10th. All
infants’ and children’s clothing and accessories will be 50% Off
during this time. The sale will include shoes and boots for children
at 50% Off as well. We have a wonderful collection of clothing for
both boys and girls from newborn to 18. And don’t forget to come in
and check out our selection of Halloween costumes for children too.
Costumes are not included in the sale but we have them priced to
move.
So come on down to the GCC Thrift shop and see what we have to
offer.
The GCC Food Pantry is selling raffle tickets for a very beautiful
quilt. The quilt was made and donated by Victoria Parkhill of
Gilmanton Iron Works. It is machine pieced and made with
beautiful fabrics in lovely earth tones. It measures 62” x 72” and
is a “Sleepy Garden Walk” pattern. The tickets are available at the
Thrift Shop or from one of our committee members: Jane Sisti,
Bethany Lavin, Phyllis Danby, Karen Meader, or Sharon Barton.
Tickets will also be available at several upcoming community and
church events. The drawing for the winner of the quilt will be on
December 15th. The tickets are $3.00 each or 3 tickets for
$5.00. All monies raised from the sale of tickets goes
directly to support the food pantry and its many programs.
The GCC Food Pantry has begun to collect non-perishable food items
for our holiday food baskets. Some suggested items for
donation are: bottled juice, canned peas/green beans/corn,
cranberry sauce, stuffing mix, canned fruit, cereal, canned turkey
gravy, breakfast muffin mix, coffee, cocoa, pickles and olives. If
you would like to donate money to purchase perishable items for the
baskets, please mail your check to GCC Food Pantry, PO Box 6,
Gilmanton IW, NH 03837.
If you have donations of food for the pantry it can be brought into
the Food Pantry during business hours or left in one of our
collection boxes. Boxes are located at the Gilmanton School,
Academy Building and at the Year Round Library.
We have also started to collect winter outerwear for children from
infants to teenagers. We are looking for new or very gently used and
clean winter jackets, snowpants and boots for girls and boys in
sizes from infant to adult (for teenagers). If you have
donations for our winter clothing program we ask that you drop them
off at the Thrift Shop during our business hours only. If you
are unable to get to the Thrift Shop when if is open you may contact
Jane Sisti at 364-7437.
We are located on Route 140 in Gilmanton Iron Works, across from the
Iron Works Market. We are open on Monday 1 pm – 5 pm,
Wednesday 3 pm – 7 pm, and Saturday 10 am – 2 pm. Parking is located
in the Gilmanton Community Church parking lot just west of the shop.
We thank you for your continued support of the Food Pantry and all
of its programs. Remember that sales from the Thrift Shop go to
support the Pantry.
MetroCast Foundation Golf Tournament Raises $34,000 In Support Of
Local Community Organizations
The annual MetroCast Foundation Golf Tournament held here on
September 24 raised more than $34,000 in support of youth-serving
organizations in the region.
The annual event, now in its 14th year, began as an effort to honor
the memory of Robbie Mills, a 14 year-old Laconia boy who was killed
in 2008 for his trail bike by two older teens (Mills’ mother is a
MetroCast employee). The MetroCast event was launched a year later
to support the Robbie Mills Memorial Fund, which remains a primary
beneficiary of the Tournament.
As the Tournament subsequently grew in popularity, the number of
organizations supported by the fundraiser also expanded to include
the Boys and Girls Club of the Lakes Region, Greater Lakes Advocacy
Center (Belknap-Merrimack Community Action Program), Spaulding Youth
Center Foundation, WLNH Children’s Auction, and more.
In response to the growing need, Jim Bruder, Chairman and CEO of
Harron Communications, MetroCast’s parent company, founded the
MetroCast Foundation in 2007 to facilitate donations for the
Tournament from video programmers and vendor partners. In addition
to 2012’s key sponsors Brocade Sidera and IBBS, more than 40
corporate organizations contributed to this year’s event.
“We are grateful for our sponsors and contributors, as well as all
those who came out on a beautiful day for golf, food and fun,” said
MetroCast Regional Manager, Moira Campbell. “This valued
support enabled MetroCast to continue to honor the memory of the
beloved Robbie Mills and to serve worthy organizations that better
our young people and the great community we call home.”
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