The
Class of 1966 will be gathering at Pittsfield High School on Old
Home Day July 17th at 5pm. Please contact Donna Chagnon at
[email protected] or Linda
Schmidt at 293-4094 if you have not already been contacted for this
social event. Bring your lawn chairs. Hope to see you there.
Northeastern University is pleased to recognize those students who
distinguish themselves academically during the course of the school
year. Allenstown resident, Christopher St. Onge, a Northeastern
University student majoring in Electrical and Computer Engr, was
recently named to the University’s Dean’s List for the spring
semester 2010, which ended in May 2010.
Epsom-Chichester Lions Raffle
Pictured L to R: Judi Gibson; James
Falzone, President; Peter Sanborn,
winner of the JD tractor; Henry Stoneham.
Dick Gibson is pictured in the back.
The
Epsom-Chichester Lions Club has concluded another successful year
with the raffle of a John Deere lawn tractor with a lot of volunteer
time from the Lions members. We cleared a good amount of funds
that will be used for eyeglasses, hearing aids, youth programs,
sight programs, guide dogs, food pantries and scholarships to area
graduating students. Lions are frequently called upon to fulfill a
need in the area communities. Therefore sufficient funds are
necessary.
The
winners of the raffle are as follows:
Peter Sanborn - John Deere
lawn tractor; Jeff Brown - John Deere Gator; Kevin McCartney -
Poulan Chain Saw; Cimikowski Family - Longaberger Basket; Lillian
Belisle - Floor Jack.
The
Lions Club would like to thank all sponsors and all ticket
purchasers for their participation in this annual event.
As
always, we would love to know if you are interested in Lionism. Call
736-9942 or log on to
www.nhlions.org
for more information. Click on the Epsom-Chichester Website.
Local
Student Makes Appalachian Bible College Dean’s List
Melissa
Dennison of Epsom and a graduate of Pembroke Academy, has been named
to the Dean’s List for the 2010 spring semester at Appalachian
Bible College, Bradley, West Virginia. She is a senior majoring in
Bible /Theology and specializing in Family Counseling.
Students
must be enrolled full time, and have a grade point average of
3.25-3.59 (on a scale of 4.0) to qualify for the Honor’s List. A
grade point average of 3.60-3.99 is required to qualify for the
Dean’s List, and 4.0 is required to qualify for the President’s
List.
Epsom
Library News
The Epsom Public Library will initiate an adult
summer reading program from July 12 through August 27.
Although the overall theme is Water Your Mind, the program will
feature three variations: Water Your Mind, July 12-July 23; Water
Your Garden, July 26 - August 6; and Water Your Soul, August
9-August 20. Each segment will feature a speaker and presentation
with related door prize. In addition, there will be weekly drawings
based on books read. A grand finale is also in the planning stages
and will include a Grand Prize.
The Library will hold a book sale
from June 19-26. Donations of clean books, audio books, and videos
in good condition may be dropped off starting June 14 during regular
library hours. Please do not leave donations outdoors. The library
does not accept donations of encyclopedias, textbooks or Readers
Digest condensed books.
The library offers passes to the Currier
Museum of Art, the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, the SEE Science
Center, the Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum and Canterbury Shaker
Village. The passes are provided to the community by the Friends of
the Library.
Sign up for this year’s Summer Reading Program
starting on Monday, June 21st.
Letter
To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, And Pittsfield:
The
special session this week passed a budget fix, SSHB1, which included
a disquieting mix of borrowing, minor tax increases, a few budget
cuts and a lot of accounting maneuvers. We took over $12M from the
“dedicated” funds for public boat access, election recounts, sludge
analysis, motorcycle rider safety, navigation safety, greenhouse gas
emissions, and so forth. The liquor commission sold the Hooksett I93
liquor stores to the turnpike, which will pay for it from tolls. A
commission will identify state assets that could be sold, counting
on at least $60M by July, 2011. The tax increases were less than
$3M, almost all from the increase in non-cigarette tobacco taxes.
During the debate on SSHB1, 14 amendments were brought up and
discussed. The finance committee had an amendment to clarify
wording, which passed 248-103; amendments to ratify town actions in
Nashua, New Ipswich, and Hudson passed easily. An amendment to
delete one section, which granted one state employee a pension
bonus, passed 201-159, despite votes from Representatives Brown,
Porter and Yeaton to kill it. The remaining nine amendments,
deleting various sections of the bill, all failed. The closest was
163-187 for deleting the asset sale commission and the alleged
funding from these sales.
The LLC tax repeal was included in
SSHB1, as well as in a stand alone bill, SSHB2. That bill was tabled
as a parliamentary maneuver, in case the Senate refused to pass
SSHB1. SSSB1 was a gambling bill passed by the Senate that was
killed in the House, 141-191. I voted against this specific bill
because it created an unconstitutional monopoly.
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
Thanks
For Participating In Epsom Roadside Clean-up
A big thank you
to the many citizens who helped with roadside cleanup this Spring.
You will be receiving your Daffodils in the fall for planting. For
those of you who helped and haven’t sent in your tally and the
roadside you cleaned, it is not too late to send your info and be
eligible to receive bulbs. Contact
[email protected] or to the Town of Epsom Conservation Commission, PO Box 10,
Epsom, 03234. The deadline is July 1st, 2010.
There are many to
thank for their work. Sue Bosiak cleaned up over 10.5 miles of road
in her neighborhood. In addition she found tires and if you can
believe this a hot tub!!Thankfully the road agent assisted with the
removal of these items. Those on Lord’s Mill and Hoit Road
Area can thank Bob Stefano and Christina Talbot for their good work.
Throughout the year the Schultz Family including Chrissy, Cecily(6),
and Sarah May, (9) do a section of Black Hall Road and River Road
and the children are proud of their contribution. You probably
thought that folks weren’t littering as much. Truth is Epsom has
asked citizens to help with roadside clean-up in their areas for 20
years...where would all that trash be if we didn’t pick it up. The
Bealieu family reported that the daffodil bulbs that they received
last year were blooming beautifully when time came to clean-up a
section of Range Road this Spring.
Students at Epsom Central
participate in clean up of the school area and learn the value of
recycling. And Gina and family regularly clean-up Center Hill Road
which seems to be a popular litter spot. Eric Orff who writes a
great column, NH Nature Stories on the Epsom Town Website under
Conservation News www.epsomnh.org
did his part. The doting grandfather taught his granddaughters the
value of community service on River Road.
Webster Park is a big
job every year. There are others who help with other areas on this
never ending task. So thank you for your part and thank the
neighbors you see helping out and doing their part.
The Epsom
Conservation Commission coordinates the program and the bulbs are
donated by Litter Free NH.
So won’t you help? Do it in honor of
your neighborhood and the natural beauty of Epsom. Send in what you
did. Again Thank you, The Epsom Conservation Commission.
Obituaries
Donald
A. Parkinson
Epsom - Donald A. Parkinson, 76, died Tuesday, June
1, 2010, at Catholic Medical Center after a sudden illness.
He
was born June 4, 1933, in Scarborough, Maine, the son of Harry and
Ruth (Allen) Parkinson.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean
War. He was employed by New England Lifecare as a pharmacy
technician.
Mr. Parkinson was a Mason and also a member of the
Bektash Temple Shiners.
Surviving family members include his
wife, Janet (Tremblay) Parkinson, of Epsom; five sons, Donald
Parkinson Jr. of Manchester, Daniel Parkinson of Concord, David
Parkinson of New York, Douglas Parkinson of Goffstown and Kevin
Parkinson of Connecticut; a daughter, Lynn Faulkner of Maine; four
grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a brother, Robert Parkinson of
New York; and a sister, Joan Martin of Maryland.
The family
extends a thank-you to the intensive care unit of Catholic Medical
Center.
Services will not be held.
Urn encryptment will be
held at a later date at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in
Boscawen.
McHugh Funeral Home of Manchester has been entrusted
with arrangements.
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