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Epsom NH News

December 7, 2011

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The Epsom Public Library is having a "Polar Express" event on Friday, December 9th at 6 pm. Come decorate cookies, and then enjoy hot chocolate and popcorn while watching the movie. Wear your pajamas and bring a blanket/pillow! There is no fee for this event but registration is required. Call the library at 736-9920 or sign up at the circulation desk.

 


 

The Concord-Epsom Elks Club would like to thank Paul Metcalf for donating 22 beautiful pumpkins to the Lodge! Thank you!

 


 

Have a great meal out and contribute to a good cause. December 8th, Uno’s Restaurant of Concord will contribute 20% of your check to the Epsom Central School 8th Grade Fundraising effort. Just mention ECS or Epsom Central School and 20% of your check with be donated to the Epsom Central School 8th Grade class to raise funds for the annual trip to Washington DC. Have a relaxing lunch or dinner and mention ECS to your server.

 


 

Santa’s Workshop/Book Fair - Saturday, December 10th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Epsom Central School. For the admission of one non-perishable food item, kids can enjoy making crafts and Santa will be there for the kids to visit! Come see the ECS cafeteria decorated in a joy-filled holiday theme. Over one dozen baskets will be raffled. Basket themes are "Coffee Time", "Movie Night", "Chocolate Lovers", and "Cars and Trucks", just to name a few. Drawing at 1 p.m. You do not have to be present to win. There will be sugar cookie decorating. The American Legion Auxiliary will be sharing their creativity. Lunch items will be available. The ECS Scholastic Book Fair will be open on the stage during Santa’s Workshop.

 


 

Once again the Carparts of Epsom store will be collecting new toys for girls and boys from baby to teen. Please drop off toys, unwrapped, to the store during regular store hours. These toys stay within our community. We have been collecting as "Toys for Toddlers" so as not to be confused with the toys for tots program. This will be our 15th year collecting for our community families that are struggling with the economy. We will be collecting through Dec 16th. Thank you to all our supporters over the years.

 


 

There will be a Red Cross blood drive at the Epsom Fire Dept on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, from 1pm to 6pm.

 


 

Letter To The Editor

Salt Shed

 

As you probably know, the old salt shed had more than served its purpose and was falling apart, so I took it upon myself to build a new salt shed not even considering how much time, energy, and thought it would take.

 

There are several people I want to thank starting with my wife for putting up with months of talking, thinking and being gone to the salt shed. Bless her heart.

 

Some people let me use equipment, staging materials, tools and labor. Bill Gelinas, Art Fosher Jr., the Bickford families, John Klose, Dave Fiorentino, Tom Bosiak, Bill Bosiak, Zack Ellis, Don Cote, Steve MacRae, Don Harty, Dave Stevens, Fletcher Ellis, Eric Reeves, Sam Yeaton, Epsom Fire Department, Bucky Stiles, Tom Moroney, Conner Moroney, Zack Cogswell, Bob Blodgett, Adam Towne, Alan Michie and the second guessers who caused me to stop and re-evaluate.

 

The salt shed is almost done - come and see your salt shed. I think you’ll like it.

 

Thank you, all.

A Blessed Road Agent,

Gordon Ellis

Epsom

 


 

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Hoop Shoot Champions! Brandon West, 8-9 yrs; Lauren Lehoullier, 8-9 yrs; Jaggar Beauchesne, 10-11 yrs; Alexandra Bonacorsi, 10-11 yrs; Gabe Jaquith and Cameron Welch, 12-13 yrs; Sarah Swanson, 12-13 yrs.; Joe Bonacorsi, Dawn Tuttle, Coral Neider, Mallory Belanger, Brian Doughty, Mike Broderick, Tracey Broderick, Karen Dail, Dick Munn, Pat Dail. Thanks to everyone who helped.

 


 

Letter

 

Good public policy suffered a bad defeat in the House this week. It was on the issue of "Right to Work". Currently, if a majority of your co-workers want to join a union, then you will have to pay that union an "agency fee", nearly equal to dues, whether you approve of it and want its representation or not.

 

Over time, unions have faded from private industry because they really can’t add to the normal competitive processes which keep pay in line with productivity. Heavily unionized companies such as General Motors, US Steel and most recently, American Airlines, have been beaten in the marketplace by non-union competitors like Southwest Airlines.

 

The story is very different for public sector workers, such as those who work for the state. Governments have no competition and cannot go bankrupt. Working for the state means paying union dues or agency fees, regardless of the quality of service one receives from the union.

 

The Right to Work law would allow those employees who do not want union representation to opt out of paying agency fees. Like anyone whose income is guaranteed by law, unions have fought hard to keep those laws. Unfortunately, that fight included a lot of lies, half-truths and even threats. Among those was the concept that this was an out-of-state sponsored effort. If anything the union effort had a lot of out-of-state support, with the prominent Massachusetts Teamster truck parked at the State House on session days.

 

Also there was the claim that Right to Work would lower wages. Dan has been studying DOT looking for efficiencies. North Dakota, a state with Right to Work, has one of the best DOTs in the country. In both departments salary and benefits average $77,000 a year, but here it is skewed to much higher spending on benefits and less on salary.

 

Reps. Carol and Dan McGuire

carol or dan @mcguire4house.com

782-4918

 


Obituaries


 

Carolyn S. Patterson

 

Carolyn S. Patterson, 70, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, while at home in the presence of her family after a long, courageous battle for her health.

Carolyn was born on May 12, 1941, in Newburyport, MA to the late John and Eleanor (Smith) Shillaber. She moved to Hampton Falls at a very young age, where she spent time developing a great love for animals, especially horses. She loved to go horseback riding at every opportunity during her childhood years and beyond. She also gave homes to numerous horses, goats, dogs and cats over the years.

 

She was a member of the first graduating class of Winnacunnet High School in 1959. Carolyn began her working years at the Steele Hill Inn in Sanbornton, where she met the love of her life and her future husband, Maurice. Carolyn spent the majority of her working career as a secretary for the Pembroke School District, a position she dedicated herself to for over twenty-eight years.

 

She was active in her church as a member of the choir and served the congregation in a variety of different ways and capacities. She also enhanced her local community by participating in many benefit variety shows. In 2007 she and her husband were voted Citizens of the Year at Epsom Old Home Day, a small reflection of her warm personality and the depth of her relationships within her community.

 

Carolyn was one of the original founders and a lifetime member of the Fort Mountain Trailwinders snowmobile club. She was an avid snowmobiler who enjoyed many hours on Mudget Mountain and volunteering at the Swift Diamond Riders warming hut in Stewartstown.

 

Surviving family members include her husband of nearly fifty-one years, Maurice W. Patterson, their two children Diane L. Cheney and her husband Bruce of Paxton, MA, and Glen A. Patterson and his wife Sharon of Pittsfield. She has four grandchildren, Amber Patterson of Charleston, SC, Kristen and Brandon Patterson of Pittsfield, and Brennen Cheney of Paxton, MA. Carolyn was the youngest of four children. She is survived by her sister Betty Coleman of Palm Bay, FL, and two brothers, Russell Shillaber of Center Strafford, and Robert Shillaber of North Kingstown, RI.

 

In lieu of flowers, two of Carolyn’s favorite charities were Friends of Forgotten Children, c/o New Rye Congregational Church, Epsom, NH 03234 and Women for Women International, Global Support Center, PO Box 9224, Central Islip, NY 11722-9224.

 

Family and friends may sign an on-line guest book by visiting stilloaks.com.

 


 


 

 











 
 

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