Reminder:
In an effort to help manage the cost of clothing for our local
families, Epsom Bible Church will be holding a free clothing swap on
Saturday, October 6th from 9-12 noon. You may bring donated clothing
beginning at 8:30 am. All clothes need to be clean and in good
repair (no rips or stains), and separated by size and gender. There
is no cost and you do not have to make a clothing donation in
order to take items. Call for more information or if you are
interested in volunteering at 344-8843.
Evergreen Lodge #53 and Ivy Green Rebekah Lodge #36 are sponsoring
another great Dinner/Cabaret Show on Friday, October 12 and
Saturday, October 13 at the American Legion Hall. The dinner/show
begins at 6 pm and includes appetizers, turkey, roast beef, salad,
vegetables, beverages and dessert. The cost is $25.00 per person or
a table of 6 for $125.00.
The show is directed by Elizabeth Lent and features all local
talent. Reservations are required and can be made by calling Vickie
at 736-4707. Plan to join us for a fun night of great food and
entertainment. Proceeds will be used to help bring the historic Odd
Fellows Hall into code compliance!
Epsom Library News
The Epsom Public Library will be having a community “Touch A Truck”
event on Saturday, September 15th from 10 am to 1 pm. Get on board
with vehicles of all kinds. Join us for a hands on opportunity to
explore different community vehicles including a fire truck, police
car, and construction vehicles from local businesses. Raffle tickets
will be on sale for a chance to win two lego construction sets, and
a gift certificate to the Toy Box toy store in Pittsfield.
Refreshments will be provided.
Truck drivers are invited to a complimentary breakfast beginning at
9 am. Rick Belanger is helping coordinate this event. If you have a
vehicle you would like to bring please contact Rick or call Vickie
at the library for more information at 736-9920. Everyone is welcome
to this fun family event!
The Library will have a Family Movie Night on Friday, September 7th
at 6:30 pm featuring “The Hunger Games” rated PG 13. The movie is
based on the best selling novel by Suzanne Collins.
Popcorn and drinks will be provided. Call the library for more info.
Epsom Central School Staff And Faculty
Mrs. Linda Elliott-Malo, Science Teacher,
Grade 6th And 7th
Linda, a widow, was married again this summer and changed her name
from Elliott to Elliott-Malo. She is entering her 26th year in
education. Over the past five years, she has taught science to
middle school students at ECS. Linda holds a BS in Elementary
Education and a Master of Education in Environmental Services. She
also has 12 continuing education certificate credits in subjects
such as Ocean Studies, Climate Change, and Fresh Water Ecology.
Linda enjoys these learning experiences and takes many ideas from
them to share in her classroom. She would still like to get her
doctorate in education.
Linda worked with her classes to write and receive a grant to
establish the Hillside Garden at ECS, as an exercise in ecology,
gardening, and pride in our school. The garden was planned as a bee
pollinator habitat, is flourishing, and includes bee balm, chives,
and Egyptian onions. Linda would like parents to realize that their
children are already scientists and to encourage them to enjoy
science.
Linda has two married sons and likes to say that she has “two boys
and two girls,” as she loves her daughters-in-law as much as her
sons. She is happy that they all live locally. In her spare time,
Linda enjoys rug braiding and gardening.
Epsom Bible Church Awana Clubs
Awana Clubs at Epsom Bible Church will begin our 2012-2013 season on
Thursday night September 13th. This will be our 26th year of having
Awana Clubs and we are thankful for the things God has accomplished
through this program in previous years.
For those of you who may not be familiar, Epsom Bible Awana Clubs
are a branch of Awana International, which started in the early
1950s in a Chicago church and has grown into a worldwide program
teaching boys and girls the Word of God in unique ways. Awana Clubs
offered at Epsom Bible include Cubbies for girls and boys ages 3 and
4, Sparks for girls and boys in school grades K-2, as well as Truth
and Training for girls and boys in grades 3 through 6.
Each Awana night consists of a game time, handbook time, and council
time. Once or twice a month we plan a special theme night. We try to
make our clubs as fun and exciting as possible. During Council time
one of our leaders or a special guest speaker presents a message
from the Bible, and awards are presented to those clubbers who have
earned them for completing handbook work. If your children, or you,
attended Awana in the past, you will find that most all of the
handbooks have been recently updated.
Our Clubs are open to all children in the Epsom area, and we would
love to have your children attend. You do not need to be a member
of, or attend, Epsom Bible Church, for your children to attend. Come
to Club on the 13th or any Thursday evening thereafter between 6:15
and 6:30 pm. Club starts at 6:30 pm and we end the evening at 8:00
pm.
Epsom Bible Church is at 398 Black Hall Road,
approximately ¾ mile past the Epsom Central School on the same side
of the road (look for the big sign out front). If you have any
questions or would like more information call Kim or Paul Sanborn at
798-5050 or email at:
[email protected].
Letter
To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, and Pittsfield:
This election season, lots of different organizations are pushing
their scorecards of legislators, each with different criteria and a
different set of bills counted. The oldest scorecards are two that
I’m very familiar with, those from the House Republican Alliance
(since 1998) and the NH Liberty Alliance (since 2004).
The HRA now issues voting recommendations for every bill before the
Legislature, based on the Constitution and the Republican Platform,
and counts every roll call. I’ve been active in reading the bills,
writing and debating their recommendations since I was first
elected. Naturally, my score has been very good: 93% and 98% for the
last two session, both with excellent attendance.
The NH Liberty Alliance scores legislators on the votes they see as
having a clear liberty position. I’ve worked with them on reading
bills and making recommendations since 2006, and was honored as
Legislator of the Year in 2010.
The Republican Liberty Caucus is a newer group, consisting of grass
roots activists who not only recommend for or against certain bills,
but also lobby the Legislature. They’ve endorsed me with a rating of
90% agreement with their principles of limited government,
individual liberty, personal responsibility, free enterprise and
adherence to the N.H. and U.S. Constitutions.
Cornerstone Action is a conservative group, which issued a scorecard
this year after a period of not doing one. They’ve rated me at 95%.
Granite State Taxpayers is New Hampshire’s oldest statewide taxpayer
association. This year, for the first time, they surveyed all
candidates for their positions on a list of issues related to taxes,
government efficiency and business friendliness, and scored me as
agreeing with their positions 100%.
Representative Carol McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
Letter
Vulture Capitalism - Part II
1986: I was earning about $35,000 per year as a TWA flight
attendant. My paychecks were cut in New York City, auto-deposited in
Suncook Bank at Epsom Traffic Circle. My plans were to fly for at
least another 15 years. This meant I would have been spending at
least an additional $20,000 per year at Concord area craft shops,
hardware stores, restaurants, car dealerships, movie theaters,
furniture stores etc.
When “vulture capitalist” Carl Icahn cut my total compensation in
half, I was thrilled to strike “his” TWA. He replaced us with “B
scale” (low wage) workers. Eventually, all TWA workers were “B
scale”. What had been 25,000 well paid TWA employees became 25,000
people struggling paycheck to paycheck. Vulture capitalism “trickled
down” to another 100,000 employees of vendors, service providers,
consultants, professionals contracted by TWA. Multiply TWA by “greed
is good” mentality popularized in the 1980s; from Adelphi to Enron,
Tyco to Worldcom and dozens more. This is not to mention the costs
of individual bankruptcies, divorce, even suicide.
In my opinion, “vulture capitalists” are no better than “robber
barons” of the 19th century. Give me an old fashioned business “man”
any day. One who works hard, thinks long term, contributes to
community, produces something. Vultures like Carl Icahn (and Mitt
Romney) just pick at carcasses. Eventually, all they do is make
money off money.
Fortunately, America still has great business men and women: Gary
Hirshberg, Howard Schultz, Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey, just to
name a few. If elected State Representative, I trust voters know who
I will stand with and who I will stand against.
Nancy Heath
Epsom
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