The First Congregational Church of Pembroke will be
holding its Spring-A-Fair craft fair on Saturday, May 3 from 9:00 am
to 2:00 pm. Quality handmade wares, plants and flowers, and baked
goods and candies will be for sale, as well as yard sale items such
as baseball cards. There will be a gift baskets raffle, a balloon
artist and face painting for kids, and the cafe will be open for
lunch and snacks. The church is located at 301 Pembroke Street in
Pembroke, NH. Visit us online at
www.pembrokechurch.org.
REMINDER
Spring Clothing Swap At Epsom Bible Church
In an effort to help manage the cost of clothing for our community
families, the Epsom Bible Church will be holding a free clothing
swap on Saturday, May 10th, from 9-12 noon at 398 Black Hall Road in
Epsom.
The grill will be on for hot dogs and we will be
serving refreshments, come on down. Call Joanne Randall at 344-8843
if you are interested in volunteering. Visit
www.ebcnh.com or call
603-736-9354 for more information.
Ivy Green Rebekah Lodge #36 is hosting a Scrap Book Event on
Saturday, May 17th from 1-8 pm at the Epsom Public Library. The fee
includes snacks, drinks and dinner. Please bring food items for the
Epsom Food Pantry or ECS Weekend Backpack program to receive tickets
for our raffles. To register or for more information call Vickie at
736-4707.
The Board of Selectmen is accepting names from
individuals interested in serving on a committee to study the
feasibility for potential new town office space. Please remit via
email to
[email protected] US Mail or
hand-deliver during normal business hours. Thank you.
Quilts, Baskets, Wall Hangings and Penny Rugs!
Many local residents are fortunate enough to own a quilt, wall
hanging or basket by Carolyn Davis or Sonia Noyes. The Epsom Public
Library is pleased to present a collaborative exhibit of the work of
these well-known Epsom artisans. Featured is a collection of
baskets of all shapes, sizes and uses, and a multitude of
vibrantly-colored quilts, hangings and penny rugs worked in a wide
variety of techniques. This delightful exhibit runs through June 7
and may be viewed during regular library hours:
Monday – Thursday, 10 am to 7 pm, and Saturday, 9 am
to 1 pm. For more information call 736-9920 or visit
www.epsomlibrary.com
Get Fit NH Gets Kids Moving For CHaD
Family connection inspires a morning of
fun and exercise for kids
and parents
On Saturday morning April 12, Get Fit NH in Concord hosted a
fundraiser for the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD). This
fundraiser was unlike any they had held before as it gave kids the
chance to help other kids with medical challenges. Over forty
people, some as young as four years old, participated in this event.
The ‘Kids for Kids’ training fundraiser was specially designed with
kids in mind. There were no weights and rep counts. This training
was disguised as play for the kids. After a team warm up, the
children and their parents enjoyed relay races that focused not on
winning but on team work. Everyone was having so much fun they
didn’t realize they were firing up their joints, muscles, reactive
ability, and central nervous system. The Get Fit NH coaches each had
a station with games such as medicine ball hot potato, ladders, get
up to balance, mirror mirror and rhythm machine and the teams
rotated to each.
Get Fit NH Coach Dean Carlson’s sister Deb Peets knows first hand
the excellent care provided to kids at New Hampshire’s only
comprehensive, full-service children’s hospital. Deb’s children have
been through over 25 surgeries at CHaD for a condition known as van
der Woude Syndrome. Because of the close family connection between
the Carlsons and the Peets, the hospital is near and dear to the
hearts of the owners of Get Fit NH. It was fitting that this
training fundraiser brought members of their extended Get Fit NH
family - parents as well as kids - together to exercise and have fun
in support of other families whose children have health challenges.
Get Fit NH (http://GetFitNH.com) is a 5-Time “Best Gym” and specializes in Group Personal
Training at their locations in Epsom and Concord. If you want to
learn how to get involved with Get Fit NH’s “Workout for a Cause”,
please email nancy@getfitnh or give us a call at (603) 344-2651
Epsom Food Pantry
Another busy week for the Epsom Food Pantry. Connie from the
Manchester Food Bank came to give her approval of our pantry, and
she was pleased with what she saw. She also shared with us the
workings of the Manchester Food Pantry and gave directions to our
shoppers as to how they conduct themselves in picking up orders and
how they shop in the their pantry, as this is where we will be
buying our food at a discount price.
Of course we will still depend on the generosity of the Epsom people
who have donated food and money. Another item we definitely need is
a small air conditioner. This will help keep our pantry cool in the
hot summer and is really a must.
We look forward to the day when the families now going to Loudon and
Suncook will come to their home town food bank and enjoy the
offerings we have.
Remember, as I have said before, the hours our Pantry is open is not
set in stone.
We will take appointments to accommodate your needs and remember you
can come to us twice a month.
Until next time,
Priscilla
Letter
To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield,
This week, the House passed SB367, a 4.2 cent/gallon increase in the
gas tax. Since it has already passed the Senate, we all should see
the new taxes in effect on July 1. Considering the state of many of
our roads and bridges, and that the gas tax hasn’t been raised for
over 20 years, I would have thought harder about supporting this
bill if there wasn’t so much else involved. First, this bill spends
nearly half the increase on the I93 widening – a top priority, sure,
but worth pushing everything else aside? Local revenue sharing
doesn’t really start until 2016, at only $4 million statewide. Then
the bill eliminates the tolls at exit 12 in Merrimack, a special
favor to get the votes of Merrimack’s senator and representatives.
Finally, this bill does nothing to end the diversion of highway
funds away from road maintenance: there’s a statutory limit of 27%
for the state police, courts, and other agencies that “supervise
traffic”, but that has been overridden repeatedly. After an extended
debate, and rejection of several amendments, SB367 passed,
essentially on party lines, so Dan and I were the only local
Representatives to vote against it.
The House also passed SB207, an update of the long-standing ban on
gender based wage discrimination. I opposed it, not because I’m in
favor of discrimination, but because this bill gives the Labor
Commissioner unprecedented authority to enforce it “through
appropriate actions in response to complaints” - very loose language
that invites discriminatory enforcement. This bill also add more
regulations on business by forcing them to allow employees to reveal
and discuss their wages and benefits.
Interested readers can email me for my newsletter, with more details
than fit here.
Representative Carol McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
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