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. The dance is BYOB and snacks will be available. 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.
This event is sponsored by Ivy Green Lodge #36, Evergreen Lodge #53,
Care Pharmacy, Jungle Drop Garden Center and Epsom House of Pizza!
Friends Of Webster Park
The
Friends of Webster Park will be hosting the Epsom Old Home Day on
August 14, 2010. We will be having a planning meeting at 7 PM on
Monday May 10, 2010, at the Epsom Town Library. If you are
interested in helping with this year’s festivities you are welcome
to attend this planning session.
We
are currently seeking sponsors and contributions for this year’s Old
Home Day. Your support is what will make the Epsom Old Home
Day a continuing success.
All
sponsors will be recognized during their sponsored event, and in the
Old Home Day Program. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated.
Without your contributions the Old Home Day event would not be
possible.
This is the second year that the Friends of Webster Park is hosting
this event and we are again starting with very minimal funds from
our account. The Friends of Webster Park is a 501-C-3 Non-Profit
Organization registered with the State of New Hampshire, Secretary
of State. Our purpose is to support the betterment of our Town Park
for the enjoyment of all generations. All your contributions are tax
deductible.
Please make Tax Deductible Contributions payable to: Friends of
Webster Park, 190 North Road, Epsom, NH 03234.
If
you have any questions, please call 496-7485. Thank you for your
support!
Joann Snow Duncanson Brings A Smile To Epsom
Submitted By Virginia Drew, Vice President Friends Of The Epsom
Library
A
lighthearted look at life’s good, the bad, and all the stuff in
between will be held at the Epsom Library Friday, June 4, at 7 p.m.
Using stories and poetry, Joann will help us to reflect on our lives
- warts and all - and still smile. She entertained us at the Epsom
Library last year and we are looking forward to another evening of
laughter with her unique perspective on life.
Joann, a former Peterborough resident, has been writing newspaper
columns in Peterborough for over twenty years, first for the
Peterborough Transcript and now for the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript.
She is a past winner of the Columnist of the Year award, given by
the NH Press Association and is the author of Who Gets the Yellow
Bananas? and co-author of Breakfast in the Bathtub - A Book of
Smiles. She is a published poet and a board member of the Poetry
Society of NH. Her public speaking topics include Emily Dickinson,
Celia Thaxter, women’s issues, and the foibles of everyday life. She
now lives in Greenland , NH.
There will be refreshments and laughter at the Epsom Public Library!
Join us! For more information, call the Epsom Library at 736-9920 or
email [email protected]
Letter
To
My Constituents In Allenstown, Epsom, And Pittsfield:
On SB334,
authorizing a $5,000,000 solar project in Manchester, a request to
postpone debate because the representatives lobbying for it weren’t
in attendance, failed 78-261 when it was pointed out that they had
also missed the 8 hour public hearing on the bill and most of the
committee work sessions. The bill was killed, 300-46; I opposed it
as creating an earmark for a project that had been rejected by the
Public Utilities Commission.
SB383, net operating loss carryovers, was a business friendly bill
to allow up to $10 million in losses be written off against future
profits, as opposed to the current limit of $1 million. Obviously,
this only affects larger businesses that have enough accumulated to
survive after that big a loss. The committee had proposed an
amendment deleting the loss carryover increase, arguing that the
state couldn’t afford it, even as they admitted $1 million was
obsolete. I was the only Representative from this district to vote
against this amendment, which was adopted, 174-167. The bill as
amended passed, 245-101. A later motion to reconsider the vote
failed, 133-200.
SB465, on state education aid, was debated on whether to implement
the agreed-on formula as planned, or to extend the transition
“collar” on funding changes. Two amendments to extend the transition
period failed, 195-144 and 131-258. I voted for the first as it
would decrease the state’s spending on education aid by $70 million,
but against the second as it would spend the same amount,
distributed differently. The bill itself, now in a study committee
on education funding, passed 199-141.
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
Obituaries
Florence Fisher Davis
Florence Elizabeth Fisher Davis, age 87, of River Road, Epsom, NH,
died May 2, 2010, at Concord Hospital, Concord, NH after a brief
illness.
She
was born on January 15, 1923, in Henniker, NH, the daughter of the
late William and Florence (Russell) Fisher.
She
attended Concord High School and married John D. Davis in
Chichester, NH, on October 6, 1940.
She
worked and retired from Beede Electrical Instrument Co. in Penacook,
NH.
Florence especially enjoyed knitting personalized Christmas
stockings that her whole family and many others treasure! She was a
charter member of the Epsom Fire Dept. Auxiliary and was active with
crafts for the Christmas Fair for many years. She volunteered at the
Epsom Central School and knitted hats/mittens for the school and the
hospital. She was a past member of the McClary Grange. Her family
has fond memories of Thanksgiving gatherings.
Florence was predeceased by her husband of 49 years, John D. Davis
in 1989. She was also predeceased by a son, Edward Richard Davis in
1967, as well as three brothers, George, Louis and Lawrence Fisher.
She
is survived by two sons, Paul and his wife Carolyn of Epsom, Roger
and his wife Gail of Candia; a daughter, Margery Varjabedian of
Concord; daughter-in-law, Linda Davis Bowden of Dunbarton; and a
brother, Raymond Marden of Candia.
She
loved having ten grandsons, Thomas and Steven Davis, Benjamin,
Richard, Joseph and Andrew Davis, Samuel and David Varjabedian and
Duane and Douglas Davis. In addition, Florence has 19 great-
grandchildren.
In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Epsom Rescue Squad, 1714
Dover Road, Epsom, NH 03234.
There will be no calling hours. A private family celebration of
Florence’s life will be held in lieu of services.
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