Congratulations to Justin Muniz of Epsom, who received a Bachelor of
Science in Computer Information Systems at New England College in
Henniker, NH, on Saturday, May 17, 2014.
Presentation On Alzheimer’s
The Inn at Deerfield, a non-profit organization which specializes in
caring for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia,
presents Communicating with Older Adults Who are Struggling with
Dementia by Peggy Dorson on June 24, 2014 at 6:00pm. The
presentation is sponsored by Nancy Brown and Herb McKinney, and will
be held at the Deerfield Community Church, 15 Church Street,
Deerfield, NH. Light refreshments will be served. There is no
charge to attend, but donations would be appreciated.
The objectives of this presentation are to learn alternative ways of
communicating without arguing in order to meet the needs of those
with dementia, to recognize various ways the person with dementia
struggles to communicate when the words won’t come, and to develop
empathy for those with dementia by learning how it feels.
Peggy is a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner with special training
in Mental Health. She has worked with older adults for the majority
of her 27 year career. She has worked on Senior Mental Health units
in acute care as well as in long term care settings. Peggy is
currently the owner of Moving Forward Healthcare for Older Adults,
LLC, which provides support, in home care, and education for those
with dementia and their care givers.
For more information, please contact The Inn at
Deerfield at 603-463-7002 or
[email protected] . RSVP
encouraged but not required. The Inn is an equal opportunity
employer and provider.
Epsom Public Library Children’s Summer Reading Program
The Epsom Public Library invites children of all ages to register
for our annual Summer Reading Program. This exciting program begins
July 7th and continues through August 8th. Children in Kindergarten
thru 5th grade can sign up for the “Fizz, Boom, Read” program. There
will be a variety of activities including arts and crafts, movies,
special programs and raffle prizes. Each participant will receive a
reading log with a schedule of events, stickers and a bookmark.
Young children and their families can sign up for the “Mom/Dad and
Me Read” program. This year we are offering a Teen Program called
“Spark a Reaction.” Teens are invited to sign up and record their
reading during the summer. The library will offer movies, and raffle
prizes especially for teens! Sign up begins June 23rd and continues
thru July 2nd.
The summer reading program is sponsored annually by the Children’s
Librarians of NH and it encourages youth of all ages to read for
pleasure during the summer. For more info call the library at
736-9920.
The Library is offering a Mother/Teen Daughter(s)[Grades 8-12], Book
Discussion Group on Thursday, July 10th at 6 PM. The Book being
discussed is “The Book Thief” and copies of the book are available
at the circulation desk. The discussion will be led by Dale Gregory.
Plan to join us for the fun. Refreshments will be provided.
Letter
To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield,
Last week, after all bills for 2014 had been voted on, a
representative moved to suspend the rules. He wanted to bring forth
a resolution asking our congressional delegation to request the
State Department intervene in the case of Meriam Wani. She is the
Sudanese wife of a Manchester man, in jail with her small children
on the capital charges of being a Christian. Since her continued
residence in Sudan, not New Hampshire, is largely due to US
immigration laws, this seemed a very reasonable request; however,
the majority leader actually argued against it - on the grounds that
Congress had already passed a similar resolution, and this polite
request from the House to our congresswomen and senators would upset
the negotiations with Sudan! Since it was so late in the season, the
rules needed to be suspended, by a 2/3 vote, to act on this
resolution. The motion to suspend the rules failed, 171-153, on a
largely party line vote.
I was shocked that most House Democrats voted against this
resolution, but pleased that 51 had joined nearly all Republicans in
voting to suspend the rules. This sort of resolution is ceremonial,
mostly; we pass them and send copies to congress, where they are
filed, often (apparently) unread. Our congressional delegation can
act on them or not, so it’s not really very much pressure on them.
In this case, they could have just added it to their own request to
the State Department. It was particularly upsetting that the
opposition to this resolution argued against the easier to block
rules suspension, not the intent or content of the resolution
itself.
Interested readers can email me for my newsletter, with more details
than fit here.
Representative Carol McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
Epsom Food Pantry
Well another great week at the Food Pantry. We now have our air
conditioner up and running and are able to keep the food nice and
cool. At different times as you know I ask for things. Well my air
conditioner want was taken care of and one of my folks who offered
another one instead is going to give us a new vacuum cleaner which
we are in desperate need of as we must keep our facility neat and
tidy. Now we have had an offer from one of volunteers of garden
space for anyone who would like a garden as long as there is one row
planted for the Pantry. Now on top of that I had a generous donation
of seeds which we have at the Pantry for a garden. Give Ken or me a
call or leave a message on the Pantry phone (736-4024) and we will
head you in the right direction. Let us know about the 5:00 to
7:00PM hours if you like them.
Until next time,
Priscilla
Letter To The Editor
BOOGA died on Monday June 9 2014.
He gave us great pleasure and love and excitement for 18 years. We
miss him so much. He’s is now in kitty heaven with his brothers,
Charger, Herbie and Tuesday.
Herb & Lee
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor,
Last week I attended a lecture hosted by The Friends of the Suncook
River at the Epsom Library. Epsom wildlife biologist Eric Orff
talked about the wonderful wildlife we have in the valley. It was
heartwarming to learn about the abundance and diversity of wildlife
that is here.
However, he did speak about the plight of our poor moose in his Mice
to Moose talk. You see our moose numbers are down some 40 percent
because of our warming winters. Climate change is causing a huge
spike in moose tick numbers. In fact, just this past winter 14 of 22
moose calves radio collared in January by the Fish and Game folks
died by the end of winter. That is a 64 percent loss of calves, one
that will continue to cause a moose decline.
Fortunately just last week the EPA called for a 30 percent reduction
in carbon pollution from this nation’s power plants. This is exactly
the type of action that is needed to save our moose. We all must do
more to help save our moose.
Turn off that light when you leave a room and please support efforts
to curb carbon pollution from power plants.
Sandy Blanchard
Loudon
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