Another Great
Benefit Supper - Meat Loaf Dinner - sponsored by the American Legion Post
112, Short Falls Road, Epsom, will be held Saturday, February 21, 2009, 4:30
to 7:00 p.m. (Snow Date, February 22nd, 2009).
Donation is: Adults, $7.00; Children, 6-12, $3.00; Under 6, FREE.
Bring your appetite!
The Menu will consist of Meat Loaf, Potatoes, Vegetables, Salad, Beverage &
Homemade Desserts.
Door Prizes & 50/50 Raffle.
Proceeds To Benefit Post 112 Community Activities.
Join us for a great meal and bring a friend along!
We have a table just for you!
Wouldn’t it be
great if we could pack 1,000 or more Epsom voters into the ECS gym on the
1st Saturday of February every year? Now a dose of reality: The record shows
dismal attendance with or without SB2, perhaps due to work, family, and
health issues preventing attendance. In steps efficiency: How could a
consistently larger populous desiring to have a say be able to vote during
an 11 hour period? The answer was to get Epsom to adopt the secret ballot
vote, SB2, and so the voters did in 1997.
Since that time, budgets have passed and failed. Voters do not vote as a
slam against anyone or anything; they vote on what they feel they can afford
at the time and place they are at. They did not vote misinformed then, just
as they do not vote misinformed now.
Not everyone is in the same financial situation. Some families have two wage
earners without children, others are families with one wage earner and
children, while still others are seniors on fixed incomes. I believe that
there have been default budgets 4 years going due to the re-evaluation and
substantial tax increases that many homeowners experienced in 2005 and just
this past December, which, with the rising cost of living and downturn in
the economy, has led to financial uncertainty.
I do not believe that keeping SB2 will cause a rise of crime in Epsom; I
know our town will remain a great place to live. Voting NO on Article 7 on
Tuesday, March 10, will ensure that all voters will have an equal
opportunity to make their voices heard in this and in future elections.
Epsom voters have spoken in defeating three previous attempts to rescind
SB2, thus proving that SB2 is worth supporting and keeping.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom Langlais, Epsom
Bentley
University Names Local Students To Dean’s List For Fall 2008 Semester
Bentley University, Waltham, Mass., Dean of Business, Michael J. Page, and
Dean of Arts and Science, Catherine Davy, recently announced the names of
local residents who were named to the Dean’s List for outstanding academic
achievement in the fall 2008 semester.
Megan Margaret Callahan of Deerfield, as a junior, majoring in undecided
business.
Andrew Lakin Fitzgerald of Pembroke, as a senior, majoring in management.
Shannon Leigh Keeler of Pembroke, as a freshman, majoring in undecided
business.
To be named to the Dean’s List, a full-time student must have a grade point
average of 3.3 or higher with no course grade below 2.0 during the term.
NRRA’S Annual
Earth Day Compost Bin Sale 2009
In celebration of Earth Day, April 22, 2009, the Northeast Resource Recovery
Association (NRRA) will once again sponsor the ever popular Annual Compost
Bin Sale to support nature’s way of recycling!
As the first non-profit recycling cooperative in the United States, the NRRA
has been helping member municipalities and businesses advance their
recycling efforts for over 27 years with the ultimate goal of reducing waste
and increasing recycling regionally. The Compost Bin Sale is an annual
fundraiser and is one of many programs offered by the cooperative to help
reduce waste in greater New England. It is estimated that 25% of an average
household’s waste contains kitchen scraps and yard trimmings. This material
can readily be composted instead of thrown into overburdened landfills or
burned at an incineration facility. NEW this year we will also be selling
Systern Rain Barrels.
Utilizing the principal of cooperative purchasing, the NRRA is able to offer
participating groups high quality Earth Machine (www.earthmachine.com)
compost bins for less than half the retail price! These 80 gallon bins,
which are made of 100%, recycled plastic, enable residents to convert
leaves, grass and table scraps into an abundant supply of rich garden soil.
Last year over 63 towns, businesses and groups participated with 1,800
compost bins being sold. Each bin diverts approximately 500 pounds of waste
from the waste stream. The 2008 sale helped divert a total of 900,000 pounds
of waste from Northeastern landfills and incinerators. That is the
equivalent of 38 garbage trucks full of waste!
If you missed your chance to purchase a bin or participate last year, please
contact Jan Carter at 603-736-4401 or go to
www.nrra.net.
In addition, please consider helping your community reduce waste by
coordinating the sale for your town.
Happy Earth Day!
