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
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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