Adah
Murray of Epsom has been named to the Dean’s List at the College of
William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, for the Fall 2009 semester.
Alanna Davis of Epsom has been named to the Honors List at Saint
Joseph’s College of Main for the Spring Semester.
To
be eligible for the Honors List, a student must attain an average of
3.0-3.49.
The
next meeting of the Pittsfield Area Chamber of Commerce Satellite
Networking Group in Epsom is Thursday, February 4th from 8:30-10:00
a.m. at the Epsom Library on Route 4. The FREE coffee is donated by
Cumberland Farms of Epsom.
You
do not need to be a member of the Greater Pittsfield Chamber of
Commerce to attend. Bring business cards and a friend.
Chance to win a Valentine’s Candy Bouquet from Epsom’s own Sweet
Bouquets ‘n More (www.sweetbouquetsnmore.com)
at the 2/4 event! The Epsom Satellite group meets the 1st and 3rd
Thursdays of each month weather permitting. Refuse to participate in
the recession and get out there!
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, announces the names
of students who have earned Dean’s List recognition for the Fall
2009 semester.
Included in this list were the following area students:
Mark Blomstrom of Epsom and Forrest Ellis of Pembroke.
Letter
When the Town of Epsom has budgeted funds not expended, those funds
go into something called an unreserved fund balance, which can be
used by the Board of Selectmen at the tax rate setting meeting
(usually in October) to reduce the amount of tax increases, often
referred to as “paying down the tax rate.”
When the Library has unexpended funds, those also go into the fund
balance. When the school has unexpended funds, those also go into
the fund balance. In other words, all three entities are required to
put any unexpended funds into the fund balance. If these three
entities are budgeting correctly with little to no “padding”, there
should really be very little going into the unreserved fund balance.
The
Epsom Central School wants you, the voter, to allow them put up to
$80,000 of their unexpended monies into funds other than the
unreserved fund balance, up to $40,000 each into a Building and
Maintenance Repair Fund and Special Education Trust Fund. Funding
for these types of funds should not be coming from monies initially
designed to pay down future taxes. Asking the voters to take what is
“left over” and banking it does not allow the Board of Selectmen to
use those funds to pay down your tax rate. Please consider these
Warrant Articles carefully. Please be in attendance at the School
Deliberative Session on February 2nd, 7 p.m., at Epsom Central
School.
Joanne Randall
Letter
To
my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, & Pittsfield: This week, my
committee heard two bills that, if they pass, will be very different
from the initial version. The first, HB1139, was intended as a minor
update to the statutes on podiatrists, but the hearing brought out
that the Board intends to double its fees simply because they
haven’t in 20+ years and nearby states have higher fees! Since the
podiatry statute also has other problems, this bill will be
extensively reworked by the committee. The second bill, HB1313, on
personal trainers, was meant to be a complete licensing regime, but
only instituted mandatory disclaimers about the trainer’s experience
and background. I expect the personal trainers to come back next
year asking for more control, if not complete licensure.
Wednesday’s session was quite short. HB571, allowing limited driving
privileges for people with suspended licenses, was killed, as was
HB579, instituting learner’s permits with the associated fees and
bureaucracy. After heated debate, the motion to pass failed on a
roll call, 164-192. Representatives Brown and Porter voted for,
while Representative Yeaton and I voted against the bill.
SB193, restricting interest rates and fees on small loans, was
amended to allow the same sorts of annual fees that credit cards use
and then passed. We named three bridges after fallen heroes, and
Route 43 in Northwood in honor of Robert Johnson, long time
legislator and moderator from Northwood. The House also voted for
HB1687, allowing the county convention to fill vacant elected
offices - such as sheriff - by secret ballot.
Anyone interested in what’s going on at the State House is invited
to email or call me; those who’d like a more detailed report than I
can fit in The Sun should email me for my newsletter.
Representative Carol McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
Letter Unspent ( Tax ) Monies
First of all I don’t believe the majority of Epsom property tax
payers have any idea the allocated tax monies are not being used for
the purpose for which they were intended. I also can’t believe these
tax payers (as individuals) have no unexpended funds with which they
can allow others (similar the Feds games) to play with.
If
dept. heads are allowed to transfer their unexpended funds into
funds other than unreserved fund balance eventually no one will be
able to follow (as they say in the banking business) a paper trail.
Exactly like the untouchable (HA!) Social Security monies some of
which have gone to things like construction of bridges to help
turtles get across a road. Excellent article Joanne Randall of
Epsom. Our state could use someone like you with such dedication,
alertness and guts.
Jim
Breagy Epsom, NH
Area Students Named To Dean’s List At Saint Anselm College
Rev. Augustine Kelly, O.S.B., dean of the college, announced that
the following area students were named to the Dean’s List for the
first semester at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH.
Erica L. Costanzo of Center Barnstead who is a Financial Economics
major and a member of the class of 2010.
Benjamin W. Carozza of Deerfield, of Deerfield, Psychology major and
a member of the class of 2010.
Kyle T. Faucher of Northwood, Business major and member of class of
2011.
Samantha L. Bagley of Pembroke, History major and a member of the
class of 2012.
William J. Jr. Nunnally of Pembroke, Politics major and member of
the class of 2011.
To
be eligible for this honor, a student must compile a grade point
average of 3.0 or better.
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