Richard and Joan Fowler of Epsom recently celebrated their sixtieth
wedding anniversary with their children and grandchildren. They were
married December 6, 1952 in Framingham, MA.
13-15 Babe Ruth
Baseball
The EYAA is looking to expand its baseball program
for 2013! If you have a child ages 13-15 who wants to play Babe Ruth
baseball this Spring please contact Stephen Beaulieu ([email protected])
to express your interest.
Mayday! Local Firefighter Trains For Self-Rescue
The most chilling call a firefighter can hear or make is “Mayday!”
while fighting a fire. It means a firefighter is trapped, injured or
lost in a burning building. An Epsom firefighter, Nikolas Bassett is
receiving training at the New Hampshire Fire Academy that could
actually save his life.
The course, “Fire Ground Survival” designed by the International
Association of Firefighters (IAFF), has been developed from lessons
learned from fatality investigations conducted by the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Two three-day
sessions, held on December 11-13 and 19-21, will train 120
firefighters in survival skills.
Over the three day course firefighters will learn techniques applied
by an incident commander in response to threatening conditions. They
will learn how to be ready should their life be threatened, and
learn the necessary survival procedures and skills. Nearly sixteen
hours will be devoted to actual “live-fire” training. The
unpredictability and danger of fire, what draws many to fire
service, causes nearly 100 firefighter deaths each year. The
rigorous training offered could be the difference between the life
and death of the firefighter.
The training is being made available with support of the
International Association of Fire Fighters and the US Department of
Homeland Security through the Assistance to Firefighters Act. The
mission of the New Hampshire Fire Academy is to increase the
capability of New Hampshire’s fire and emergency services through
research and the application of the best methodologies, techniques,
education and practice of fire and emergency medical services.
Letter
Some Free Staters remind me of Nancy Pelosi. “Let’s pass Obamacare
and see how it works.” They passed a slew of laws without debate,
cutting off opposition and ignoring experience, while the rest of us
real Republicans screamed “unintended consequences.”
Now, they take pride in telling their constituents that they have
filed 17 bills correcting the unintended consequences of their own
goofball actions. There’s no shame admitting a mistake, but there
should be no pride in it. Somebody pass the memo to Mr. O’Brien and
his gang of Free Staters.
Tony F. Soltani
Epsom
Letter
To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield:
My remaining bills were all special requests by constituents and
friends. One resubmits the ban on sharing our DMV database with
Federal databases, in agreement with our policy of opposing REAL ID
and “enhanced” drivers’ licenses. Last year this bill passed the
House and Senate, but was vetoed by the Governor. Another repeals
the authority of the trustees of the judicial retirement plan to
request a cost of living increase, since this retirement plan is
underfunded and needs the entire trust fund simply to pay the
promised pensions.
Another bill creates a mandatory minimum sentence for burglary of a
home. If performed in the daytime, this is not considered that
serious a crime by our laws: but it’s one of the most personally
violating experiences one can suffer. A mandatory minimum sentence
seems appropriate. Another bill translates some of our licensing
statutes for the benefit of the courts: apparently when the
legislature says something simple, the courts feel free to think we
mean something else! We have to rewrite it in legalese, which
bothers me since I believe citizens (and legislators!) need to be
able to read and understand their laws.
Finally, I’ve put in a bill to ensure that citizens with problems in
family court have a place to be heard. The new House leadership is
expected to abolish the Committee for Petitions for Redress of
Grievances, which has heard these issues for the last two years. I
and the House Republican Alliance will be fighting this, but we
don’t expect to have the votes to prevent it. My bill will create a
separate venue for problems between the state and families.
Interested readers can email me for my newsletter, with more details
than fit here.
Representative Carol McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
Epsom Central School Staff And Faculty
Mrs. Joan Pozner, School Nurse
Joan is entering her 23rd year of taking care of the children at
ECS. Her philosophy is to treat every child as her own and make
every child contact a teaching moment. After graduating from
Melrose-Wakefield Hospital School of Nursing, she worked as an RN
for 16 years in Obstetrics at Southern NH Medical Center and Concord
Hospital before coming to ECS.
Joan has no “typical” day at ECS as her responsibilities vary
throughout the school year. She works with the Special Education
Staff and the Student Assistance Team as needed. If there is a
medical issue, then she will become involved and offer or recommend
treatment as needed. Joan offers vision and hearing screenings and
teaches health classes to the 5th and 6th grades. She also provides
emergency first aid as a first responder, arranges CPR and first aid
courses for the staff, and serves as the homeless liaison for the
district, offering referrals for resources if hardship is involved.
Joan is also the coordinator for the 8th grade class trip to
Washington, DC. She says that is a wonderful experience for the
kids, who learn about history, living together, cooperation, and
values. Joan loves the family atmosphere at ECS, and believes much
of that stems from administrative support which she describes as
“phenomenal.” Joan asks that parents stress good healthy habits to
their children such as frequent handwashing to help keep flu germs
at bay and eating a healthy diet, especially eating breakfast
everyday.
Joan and her husband live in Alton. Their two daughters are each
well educated. One is an RN and the other a PHD in Molecular and
Cellular Biology. Both are married with two children each. Her
sons-in-law are a pilot and middle school principal.
Joan always tries to have a positive outlook on life and to live
each day as though it were her last. She welcomes parental contact
at any time and believes that there is never a question that is not
worth answering.
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