Reminder
Evergreen Lodge #53 and American Legion Post #112 are sponsoring a
Fishing Derby, (Rain or Shine) on Saturday, June 1st from 8:30-11:30
am. This event is free to youth ages 16 and under. Bring your
favorite fishing pole and bait. Some loaner poles and bait will be
available. Prizes will be given to the top 3 in each age group.
Refreshments will be available. Location is 251 Center Hill Road,
watch for signs. For more info call Gary Benner 736-4707.
Ivy Green Rebekah Lodge #36 is having a “Baby Shower” on Sunday,
June 9th at 2 pm at the Epsom Public Library. The shower is a
benefit for Concord Hospital Family Health Center’s Baby Layette
Project. Please join us for a fun afternoon of tea and refreshments.
Your donations will help low income and/or uninsured families in
Merrimack County give their newborns a good start in life!
Items needed include onesies, crib sheets, blankets, quilts, infant
toiletries, sleepers, socks, etc. Please RSVP to Jennifer Army,
736-8980 by June 3rd or for more info call Vickie Benner at
736-4707.
Epsom Roadside Clean Up 2013
Submitted By The Epsom Conservation Commission,
Alison Parodi, Sarah Barnum, Elsie Fife, Cal Preston
On behalf of your Epsom neighbors, the Epsom Conservation Commission
and all who appreciate clean roadsides, thank you. The rewards of
wanting our neighborhoods and town to be rustic and litter free
demands the help of many. Individuals, families, couples, friends,
scouts, children and your neighbors cleaned up many miles of
roadside trash this spring.
The record number of bags collected was 30 for a citizen who cleans
up a section of Goboro Road and some of the side roads. New
Orchard/Range Road neighbors collected over 25 bags of trash. New
Rye, Swamp Road, River Road, Cass Road, North Pembroke Road,
Howard’s Lane, North Road, Mountain Road, the town forest, and many
more areas were reported picked up. The Epsom Scouts earned their
World Conservation Award and a life lesson for their work in the
Center Hill area.
The total number of bags reported collected was 200. We know and
hear about many who faithfully pick up trash in their neighborhoods
all year long and have done so for years. We are grateful to those
who can get out there and help with this effort if only to hear the
words of one elderly resident of Epsom calling to ask who she “could
thank” because she could no longer pick up the trash and she “so
appreciated driving down a cleaned up road.”
The rewards are numerous: clean roadsides, recycled aluminum,
appreciative neighbors, fresh air, a caring heart, connection to the
natural beauty of NH... The travesty is that each year there is new
trash. Many reported that the week after they had collected many
bags of litter there was new litter. Most said it would not
discourage them from continuing to help, they found doing so was an
incentive for continuing to do it.
If you are interested in Conservation, please
consider volunteering in your neighborhood or joining the Epsom
Conservation Commission. We also invite you to volunteer June 29th
at 10 am when we do some trail maintenance in the Epsom Town Forest
on Tarleton Road. This beautiful parcel of land has many features:
foundations, mill pond, views to the north, including Mount
Washington, hiking trails, and wildlife. For more information
contact
[email protected].
Join Friends Of The Epsom Library On A Trip To
Saint-Gaudens
National Historical Park
The Friends of the Epsom Library are hosting a trip to Saint-Gaudens
National Historical Park on Saturday, June 8th. We will be leaving
the Epsom Library at 10 am and will be stopping for lunch near the
Cornish historic site.
Discover the home, studios and gardens of Augustus Saint-Gaudens,
one of America’s greatest sculptors. See over 100 of his artworks in
the galleries and on the grounds, from heroic public monuments to
expressive portrait reliefs, and the gold coins which changed the
look of American coinage. Augustus Saint-Gaudens was the first
sculptor to design an American coin. The $20 gold piece he designed
in 1907 at the request of Theodore Roosevelt, is considered this
country’s most beautiful coin and is called a “Saint-Gaudens” by
coin collectors.
We will have a park led tour of the site and time to
do some exploring on our own also. Please contact the Epsom Public
Library to sign up by June 1st or email Virginia Drew at
[email protected].
There is a fee for transportation and the guided tour. Lunch is not
included. For more information email Virginia Drew, President of the
Epsom Friends of the Library.
Local Student Named To Carson-Newman University’s Dean’s List
Connor Moroney of Epsom was among students honored recently with
inclusion on Carson-Newman University’s Dean’s List for the spring
2013 semester.
Students earning a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while taking
12 or more credit hours are awarded the distinction of Dean’s List
honors.
Carson-Newman University is a private, Christian
liberal arts university. Founded in 1851, Carson-Newman is located
in Jefferson City, Tennessee, among the foothills of the Great Smoky
Mountains. The University has approximately 2,000 students and
offers 48 academic programs and seven graduate degrees. The
institution’s website is
www.cn.edu.
Letter
To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield:
This week the House had a long session, with extensive debates on
very few bills. On SB126, the “auto dealers’ bill of rights,” the
opposition was primarily concerned with the heavy equipment dealers,
included in the same statutes as auto dealers for the first time.
The bill passed, 338-30, with Dan and I opposed. In my opinion, this
bill is an example of “crony capitalism”, jiggling the laws to
benefit the New Hampshire dealers rather than the out of state
manufacturers.
SB89, banning larger lead fishing sinkers and jigs, was also debated
for an hour. The proponents insisted that “loons are good” and “lead
is bad” without seeming to hear that the loons dying of lead
poisoning have ingested the smaller lead tackle that is currently
banned! New Hampshire has the most restrictive laws in the nation
already. However, loons are more appealing than fishermen, and the
bill passed, 225-142.
Finally, we debated SB152, the “one, high-end, highly regulated
casino” favored by the governor, for over two hours. Since the
committee had recommended killing the bill, we did not debate the
details of the many proposed amendments, but concentrated on the
concept. I opposed it because I fear the influence such a single
taxpayer will have on state government; regulations are not in
place, and this bill pushes to get a license issued in time to
include the license fee in this budget; the high license fee/low tax
model is a windfall for the casino operator; and of course, because
it creates an unconstitutional monopoly. Representative Mary
Frambach joined Dan and me in voting to kill the bill, 199-164.
Interested readers can email me for my newsletter, with more details
than can fit here.
Representative Carol McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
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