Movie Matinee at the
Epsom Library on Wednesday, January 18 at 1:30 will be “Still Life.”
Many readers will be familiar with the series by Louise Penny
featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.
Set in the small Canadian
town of Three Pines, a beloved school teacher is found dead. Chief
Inspector Gamache is asked to investigate the strange death. Will he
be successful and bring peace to the little town?
If the weather is bad,
please call the library at 7369920 to make sure we are open.
On January 13 at 2:00
p.m., the Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association will present
author Marjorie Burke who will discuss her and her husband’s book,
Melting Ice, Shifting Sand, a deeply honest and moving account of
their struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. The one-hour presentation
will include a question and answer session. Refreshments will be
served.
Epsom Food Pantry
Well good morning one and
all. This will be a long one as I have many many folks to thank for
their wonderful donations, both food and money. Let us begin with
food. To Mr. and Mrs. Cass who remember us all the time and bring
food directly to the Pantry, to the Suncook Vet clinic and Dr. Reese
and her staff, a hearty thank you, to the unnamed Epsom
couple who I call Mr. and Mrs. Egg and Milk donors, and they do it
every single week, and to all those wonderful library patrons who
fill our box weekly.
Now to the monetary
Donors, WOW. This holiday season has been fantastic. Hats off to Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Stevens, to Fred and Nancy Clark; 8 from Bow, to Nancy
and Phil Yeaton of Epsom who, by the way, are steady donors, to the
Sugar River Bank on Concord Heights, to the New Rye Congregational
Church who gave us their Christmas Offering (brought tears to my
eyes), to the Pittsfield Congregational Church and to Davis Fuels of
Epsom, a generous donation. Also, to JR (a steadfast volunteer) and
BAE where he works, and to Terry Riel, another volunteer. A special
hats off to Mr. Larry Wiley, owner of Circle Market, Wendy’s, and
the Storage Units, it’s men like you who, even with busy schedules,
find time to support us. I still have more and they will come next
time. My biggest worry is that I will fail to mention someone, so if
you see that I have, call and let me know.
To all the volunteers,
Ken, Liz, Armand, Cheryl, and the teams who man the Pantry, my
deepest thanks for all you do for the people of Epsom.
Until next time,
Priscilla
Concord-Epsom Elks Lodge #1210
Every Wednesday is Free
Trivia Night. 21 + Games start at 7pm , drink specials and prizes
sponsored by Amoskeag Beverages.
1/16/17 at 7:30 pm.
Calling all Elks members, we have our first members meeting of the
year. Since we are a membership-based organization, as members we
have a voice and the place to use it is at the meeting.
1/20/17 Doors open at 6pm
for Vendor Cardingo! Must be 18+ to participate. Each vendor
provides a prize in the value of $25. We typically have between
10-15 Vendors that participate. Your cost is $10 to play and you
receive 4 sets of Cardingo cards to play in the attempt to win the
prizes from the vendors. To get extra tickets you can bring
donations of winter items, gently used coats, mittens, hats, socks
ect. Cash bar and food menu to order from. Hope to see you there.
Letter To The Editor
To my constituents in
Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield,
This week, the House met
to certify the election of the Governor and council, a purely
ceremonial effort. 2017 bills were introduced and sent to
committees, starting the legislative process. We also adopted rules
for the coming session – actually, changes to last year’s rules.
Surprisingly, some of the
changes were debated. The first change, requiring proper business
dress in the chamber, was debated as unnecessary, intrusive,
potentially discriminatory, and unenforceable. It was voted down,
151-213. A change to eliminate the committee on Children & Family
Law, which seems to be a place for people to vent about their issues
with family court, was debated at length. It also failed, 172-196; I
voted for it largely because that’s a committee I’ve always avoided.
Other changes were
adopted unanimously, until we came to one requiring all floor
amendments to be presented to the clerk by close of business the day
before. This was also debated at length, with one side claiming it
was needed to be fair to all members – and I must agree that getting
a hefty packet of amendments to read while the debate is going on is
not the best way to analyze them! Opponents were concerned that we
would not be able to fix obvious errors, but also that the common
tactic of madly amending a bill one objected to would not be
available. This change passed, 240-128; I supported it as being a
better process – and seeing the stack of amendments in advance might
make the piling-on tactic more effective!
A floor amendment to
require committee chairs to recognize citizens before lobbyists at
hearings was very briefly debated and failed, 121-242; I voted
against it because chairs normally do recognize citizens as early as
possible.
Representative Carol
McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
The United Martial Arts Academy (Philip Tomarchio) operated a
successful recess toy donation drive for the Epsom Central School
with two Epsom students, Lucy and Jude Gibney.
Epsom Resident Named To Dean’s List At Dean College For The Fall
2016 Semester
Dean College is pleased
to announce that Erin Burns of Epsom has earned a place on the
Dean’s List for the Fall 2016 semester.
Founded in 1865, Dean
College is a private, residential college located in Franklin
Massachusetts, 45 minutes from Boston, Massachusetts, and
Providence, Rhode Island. Dean College offers baccalaureate degrees,
associate degree programs, as well as a robust schedule of part-time
continuing and professional education credit and certificate
programs throughout the calendar year.
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