Evergreen Lodge #53 is sponsoring a special Dinner/Music Cabaret on
Friday, May 7th at 6 p.m. and Saturday, May 8th at 6 p.m. at the
historic Odd Fellows Hall on Short Falls Road in Epsom. This is a
benefit and all proceeds will help with restorations to the Hall
exterior. Reservations are required. For tickets please call
736-4707 or 736-4716.
Ivy
Green Rebekah Lodge #36 is hosting a special dance on May 15th from
8 p.m.-midnight at the historic Odd Fellows Hall in Epsom with
Nazzy’s Entertainment’s DJ to raise money for The Pease Greeters
organization. Prize drawings will be held during the dance. Please
plan to join us for a fun evening and help support this great
organization! For info and tickets call 736-8681, 736-4707 or
496-1877.
The
Epsom Public Library will be having a special “Fancy Nancy Tea
Party” on Saturday, May 15th at 1:30 p.m. for girls and their guest.
Plan to join us for an afternoon of dressing-up, fun activities, tea
and refreshments. Seating is limited and reservations are required
and can be made by calling the library at 736-9920. Preference will
be given to Epsom residents.
How
would you like to be a part of history? The Epsom Brass Band was
formed in 1891 and is still functioning today! If you are a musician
and are interested in being a part of an old-fashioned town band, we
are looking for players. We routinely play a Memorial Day program
followed by a parade, Old Home Days, and four concerts at Webster
Park in Epsom. We also play the occasional extra concert if we get
asked and are able. We are looking for all levels of ability on
trumpet, trombone, alto horn, baritone horn and bass horn - either
sousaphone or concert tuba. Also needed are wind and woodwind
instruments - all saxes, clarinets and flutes. If you played in high
school and want to get back into playing music, join us for practice
on Friday nights at the Epsom Library. Rehearsals are from 7:30-9:00
PM on Friday evenings.
If
you or someone you know would benefit from such an activity, come
join us at our Friday rehearsals.
For
more information, please contact Penny Graham at 736-9044. We’ll see
you there!
“Dana and Friends”, a well known ventriloquist and magic show, will
be performing at Epsom HealthCare Center at 901 Suncook Valley
Highway on May 10th, 2010 from 2:30 p.m. until about 3:30 p.m. In
addition to his puppet friends, Dana will present juggling, surprise
paper cutting and mind boggling magic tricks.
Admission is FREE. Please come and enjoy yourselves with our
Residents!
For
further information, please call us at 736-4772.
Valley Artisans Craft Gallery
This year we will be opening on May 1st. It will be our 30th season.
We are very excited to be opening with over 40 juried craftsmen in
our shop.
Valley Artisans is a co-op and is extending an invitation to other
Artisans to come and be a member or a consignor. There are many
advantages in becoming a member, and our historic building is a
charming place to sell your artistic creations.
We
are open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.
We
are located at 10 Goboro Rd., Epsom, NH, 1/4 mile east of the
Epsom traffic Circle, Routes 4 and 202. Take a left at the first
traffic light.
Phone, 603-736-8200 or
www.valleyartisansnh.com
Letter
To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, & Pittsfield: This
Tuesday I had the pleasure of meeting a group of Epsom fourth
graders on their visit to the State House. I couldn’t stay with
them, because of conflicting committee meetings, but it was the
highlight of my day.
Wednesday was a productive session. SB486,
suspending the school building aid program for a year, passed
299-48. This was symbolic, since previously approved projects –
including any voted in 2010 – would continue to be funded; but
explosive growth in this program and the governor’s decision to bond
makes a reassessment necessary. SB361, expanding benefits for part
time judges, was killed. SB501, authorizing worksharing grants from
the unemployment fund, passed without discussion, as did SB181,
restoring liquor enforcement to the commission.
SB489, expanding
gambling, was debated for almost 2 hours. It was killed 212-158; all
four representatives from this district voted to kill it. SB490,
allowing historical racing, was killed 236-113. Historical racing is
a pari-mutuel betting machine that allows bets on one of 500,000
previous races; just how much it resembles a slot machine was the
focus of the debate.
I was unsure of SB492, extending the
property tax exemption for telephone poles, since there were good
arguments on both sides. This “pole tax” has a long and complex
history: currently telephone poles are exempt from local property
taxes, while electric poles are not; on the other hand, the
“communication services tax” only applies to landline phones. I
finally decided to vote for it, reasoning that if I can’t make up my
mind, it’s better not to make changes; the bill was killed 222-129.
Anyone interested in what’s going on at the State House is invited
to email or call me; those who’d like a more detailed report than I
can fit in The Sun should email me for my newsletter.
Representative Carol McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
Katie
and Erin Martel with a pile of trash they helped clean up along
nearly a mile of River Road in Epsom for Earth Day with grandparents
Jan and Eric Orff. Three big bags of trash, piles of bottles and
cans, plus two tires were this year’s tally. The big difference in
debris this year compared to previous ones were the numerous Dunkin
Donut coffee cups and the tires.
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