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Epsom NH News

December 19, 2012

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Richard and Joan Fowler of Epsom recently celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary with their children and grandchildren. They were married December 6, 1952 in Framingham, MA.

 


 

13-15 Babe Ruth Baseball

 

The EYAA is looking to expand its baseball program for 2013! If you have a child ages 13-15 who wants to play Babe Ruth baseball this Spring please contact Stephen Beaulieu ([email protected]) to express your interest.

 


 

Mayday! Local Firefighter Trains For Self-Rescue

 

The most chilling call a firefighter can hear or make is “Mayday!” while fighting a fire. It means a firefighter is trapped, injured or lost in a burning building. An Epsom firefighter, Nikolas Bassett is receiving training at the New Hampshire Fire Academy that could actually save his life.

 

The course, “Fire Ground Survival” designed by the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), has been developed from lessons learned from fatality investigations conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Two three-day sessions, held on December 11-13 and 19-21, will train 120 firefighters in survival skills.

 

Over the three day course firefighters will learn techniques applied by an incident commander in response to threatening conditions. They will learn how to be ready should their life be threatened, and learn the necessary survival procedures and skills. Nearly sixteen hours will be devoted to actual “live-fire” training. The unpredictability and danger of fire, what draws many to fire service, causes nearly 100 firefighter deaths each year. The rigorous training offered could be the difference between the life and death of the firefighter.

 

The training is being made available with support of the International Association of Fire Fighters and the US Department of Homeland Security through the Assistance to Firefighters Act. The mission of the New Hampshire Fire Academy is to increase the capability of New Hampshire’s fire and emergency services through research and the application of the best methodologies, techniques, education and practice of fire and emergency medical services.

 


 

Letter

 

Some Free Staters remind me of Nancy Pelosi. “Let’s pass Obamacare and see how it works.” They passed a slew of laws without debate, cutting off opposition and ignoring experience, while the rest of us real Republicans screamed “unintended consequences.” 

 

Now, they take pride in telling their constituents that they have filed 17 bills correcting the unintended consequences of their own goofball actions. There’s no shame admitting a mistake, but there should be no pride in it. Somebody pass the memo to Mr. O’Brien and his gang of Free Staters.

 

Tony F. Soltani 

Epsom

 


 

Letter

 

To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield:

My remaining bills were all special requests by constituents and friends. One resubmits the ban on sharing our DMV database with Federal databases, in agreement with our policy of opposing REAL ID and “enhanced” drivers’ licenses. Last year this bill passed the House and Senate, but was vetoed by the Governor. Another repeals the authority of the trustees of the judicial retirement plan to request a cost of living increase, since this retirement plan is underfunded and needs the entire trust fund simply to pay the promised pensions.

 

Another bill creates a mandatory minimum sentence for burglary of a home. If performed in the daytime, this is not considered that serious a crime by our laws: but it’s one of the most personally violating experiences one can suffer. A mandatory minimum sentence seems appropriate. Another bill translates some of our licensing statutes for the benefit of the courts: apparently when the legislature says something simple, the courts feel free to think we mean something else! We have to rewrite it in legalese, which bothers me since I believe citizens (and legislators!) need to be able to read and understand their laws.

 

Finally, I’ve put in a bill to ensure that citizens with problems in family court have a place to be heard. The new House leadership is expected to abolish the Committee for Petitions for Redress of Grievances, which has heard these issues for the last two years. I and the House Republican Alliance will be fighting this, but we don’t expect to have the votes to prevent it. My bill will create a separate venue for problems between the state and families.

 

Interested readers can email me for my newsletter, with more details than fit here.

 

Representative Carol McGuire

[email protected]

782-4918

 


 

Epsom Central School Staff And Faculty

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Mrs. Joan Pozner, School Nurse

 

Joan is entering her 23rd year of taking care of the children at ECS. Her philosophy is to treat every child as her own and make every child contact a teaching moment. After graduating from Melrose-Wakefield Hospital School of Nursing, she worked as an RN for 16 years in Obstetrics at Southern NH Medical Center and Concord Hospital before coming to ECS.

 

Joan has no “typical” day at ECS as her responsibilities vary throughout the school year. She works with the Special Education Staff and the Student Assistance Team as needed. If there is a medical issue, then she will become involved and offer or recommend treatment as needed. Joan offers vision and hearing screenings and teaches health classes to the 5th and 6th grades. She also provides emergency first aid as a first responder, arranges CPR and first aid courses for the staff, and serves as the homeless liaison for the district, offering referrals for resources if hardship is involved.

 

Joan is also the coordinator for the 8th grade class trip to Washington, DC. She says that is a wonderful experience for the kids, who learn about history, living together, cooperation, and values. Joan loves the family atmosphere at ECS, and believes much of that stems from administrative support which she describes as “phenomenal.” Joan asks that parents stress good healthy habits to their children such as frequent handwashing to help keep flu germs at bay and eating a healthy diet, especially eating breakfast everyday. 

 

Joan and her husband live in Alton. Their two daughters are each well educated. One is an RN and the other a PHD in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Both are married with two children each. Her sons-in-law are a pilot and middle school principal.

 

Joan always tries to have a positive outlook on life and to live each day as though it were her last. She welcomes parental contact at any time and believes that there is never a question that is not worth answering.

 


 


 

 











 
 

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