Another Great Benefit Italian Dinner
sponsored by the American Legion Post 112, Short Falls Road, Epsom, NH, will
be held Saturday, April 18, 2009,
4:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Donation: Adults, $7.00; Children, 6-12, $3.00; Under 6, Free.
Bring your appetite. The menu will consist of spaghetti, lasagna, salad,
bread, beverage, and dessert.
Door prizes and 50/50 raffle will be held.
Proceeds will benefit Post 112 Community Activities.
SALTY DOG POTTERY will offer a set of pottery workshops for students
during
April
School
Vacation, April 20 – 24th.
For information and registration, please contact:
Teresa
Taylor
Salty Dog Pottery
Barnstead,
NH
435-6014
[email protected]
Epsom Public Library News
The library is offering a six-week arts and crafts class designed for
children ages 7-12, beginning Monday, April 20th from 4-5:30 p.m. The
children need to be accompanied by an adult who also enjoy participating in
the activities. A $15.00 materials fee will be charged per person.
Mary
Frambach
of the Gingerbread Cat art studio is the instructor. Anyone interested is
urged to sign up right away as there are only 24 openings.
April 12-18 is National Library Week. If you’ve yet to visit our new
Library, this is a great time to do so. We will gladly give you a tour of
the facility. Light refreshments will served throughout the week.
During
April
School
Vacation the library will show the movie,
Beethoven’s
Big Break, (Rated PG) on Monday, April 20th at 1 p.m. Popcorn and drinks
will be provided.
On April 22 at 6:30 p.m.
William
Schultz
of Epsom will present a concert of Irish, American, and English traditional
music on the fiddle and concertina.
Bill
first became interested in Irish traditional music as a student at
Rutgers
College
in New Jersey
where he learned to play the fiddle and concertina and attended coffeehouse
performances and festivals. These experiences led him to wide varieties of
traditional music and dance. He is well known among the Morris dance and
traditional dance crowd as a singer of ballads, and he appears weekly at the
Barley House in Concord.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the program is for all ages and
refreshments will be served.
To encourage and support the celebration of Earth Day on April 22, the
Library will have trash bags available from April 15-29.
Master
Gardener
Workshops
Planned: On April 28 at 7 p.m. the Library will sponsor “Perennials,” the
first in a series of workshops presented by the
University
of New
Hampshire Master Gardeners Speakers’
Bureau. The following topics will be covered: : What is a perennial?,
Temperature zones, selecting plants, how to plant, maintenance, multiplying
by dividing, and integrated pest management. Future topics include Gardening
Basics (vegetables), on May 12 and Container Gardening on May 26.
Master
Gardeners
are trained volunteers who share their enthusiasm with the general public.
Initiated in 1993, more than 600
Master
Gardener
volunteers have been selected as volunteer educators.
Ivy
Green
Rebekah Lodge Epsom
Ivy Green Rebekah Lodge # 36 of Epsom is hosting a “Swinging Sixties Dance”
on Sat. April 18th at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Odd Fellows Hall on Short
Falls Road. Dress in your favorite sixties outfit if you want and join the
fun! A $5.00 donation per person is requested. There will be raffle prizes
and snacks available. The dance is BYOB and donations for the snack table
are always welcome. For information call
Vickie
Benner
at 736-4707.
Come celebrate spring with us!
Epsom’s next Scrap Booking Bonanza hosted by
Ivy Green Rebekah Lodge #36 will be held on Sunday, April 26th from 12
p.m.-6 p.m. at the Epsom Public Library. Bring donation of toiletries etc.
for our soldiers serving in Iraq.
Every item you bring will help you win the door prizes. Gifts will be given
to all who reserve a seat. Call
Jennifer
736-8681 or Jill
736-9091
to reserve your spot! This is an event you don’t want to miss so bring your
supplies and enjoy an afternoon of scrap booking and meeting new friends.
Food and beverages will be included in the $7.00 fee.
Beethoven’s
Big Break At The Epsom Public Library
The Epsom Public Library will show the movie
“ Beethoven’s
Big Break”, on Monday, April 20th at 1 p.m. in the library’s large meeting
room. The movie is free, great for families and is rated PG. Plan to come
and join the fun. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. For more info call
the library.
Story
Time
continues on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. and Thursdays at 3:30 p..m. The children
listen to stories, sing songs and enjoy simple crafts.
April
themes will include spring, flowers and bunnies! Toddler time is on
Wednesdays at 10:30 am.
Library hours are Monday-Thursday, 10-7 and Saturday, 9-1. Plan to stop in
and check out our great selection of books, audio books, and DVD’s.
Epsom Police Notes
The following is a summary of calls made by the Epsom Police Department for
March 23-April 5, 2009. It is compiled from information provided by the
Department.
Assists Included: Agency With Service of Paperwork, 4; Agency With
Investigation, 1; Rescue Squad, 2; Fire Dept., 1; Disabled Motorist, 1;
Other PD, 1.
Complaints Included: Criminal Mischief, 1; Motor Vehicle, 8; Civil, 4;
Suspicious Activity, 6; Animal, 1; Juvenile, 1; Noise, 1.
Reports Included: Assault, 1; Theft of Gas, 1.
Checks Included: Abandoned 911 Calls, 4; Suspicious Vehicles, 3; Suspicious
Activities, 2; Suspicious Subjects, 1; Abandoned Vehicles, 2.
There was one Bad Check Received and two Arrests.
April 22 Volunteer To Help With Roadside Clean-up
Now that this winter’s snow banks have receded, the trash has emerged. Won’t
you do your part and help Clean-up Epsom? The Epsom Conservation Commission
and the Litter Free New Hampshire Program appeals to you to adopt a section
of road, trail or waterway. Perhaps you are part of a group or organization
or a resident that is willing to help with this effort. Since 1990 the
Commission has encouraged folks to volunteer their time to clean up some
area or section of road or trail that is meaningful to them.
Trash Bags will be made available at the
Epsom
Central
School,
the Library and the Town Office April 15th-29th.
We encourage folks to get out there the week of Earth Day which is April
22nd. Our recycling center will be accepting roadside trash during that
week.
We have many miles of road. The commission thanks all those who get out
there every year and do their part. So won’t you help? Adopt a section of
road or area that is meaningful to you. Do it in honor of Spring, the
natural beauty of Epsom, Earth Day and the joy of seeing clean roadsides,
trails and public areas. Pick a time that works for you, your family or
friends.
Participants will receive Daffodil Bulbs for their participation if you
E-mail or mail in how you participated. Distribution of daffodils will be
the first week of October.
[email protected] or to
the Town of Epsom Conservation Commission PO Box 10 Epsom, 03234.
Also contact us if interested in adopting a section of state road.
Thank you for your Participation.
The Epsom Conservation Commission and sponsors Litter
Free
NH
Obituaries
Barbara
A.
Hanus
Epsom -
Barbara
A.
Hanus,
born
Oct. 22, 1915,
in Concord,
daughter of
Albert and
Grace
(Prince) Hanus, died Sunday,
April 5, 2009,
at
Epsom
Healthcare
Center
in Epsom.
Ms.
Hanus
attended Concord Schools and was a graduate of the
University
of New
Hampshire
with a Bachelor of Science Degree. She also attended the Eliot Pearson
School of Child Development of Tufts University and earned a Master of
Social Service from
Smith
College
School
for Social Work.
She worked for several years as a nursery
school teacher in the Boston
area, transferring to become involved in protective services care, adoption,
and children in foster care in the Department of Child Welfare Services in
1977. A member of the National Association of Social Workers, she was a
certified social worker, and she was instrumental in establishing the New
Hampshire Task Force on Child Abuse.
Ms.
Hanus
served on a number of committees and commissions that affected children and
their families as well as the laws that related to them.
Involved in community activities,
Ms.
Hanus
was active in Zonta International, the Federated Business and Professional
Women's Clubs, as well as the local mental health centers, Salvation Army
advisory committee and the Philbrook Children's Foundation. After her
retirement, she served in the New Hampshire Legislature from 1981 to 1993.
Ms.
Hanus
moved to
Englewood,
Fla.,
in 1987, where she joined the Edgewater Club. She was a communicant of
St.
Raphael's
Church.
Graveside services were held Saturday, April 11, 2009,
at Blossom
Hill
Cemetery
in
Concord.
Memorial donations may be sent to the Carmelite Monastery, 297 Pleasant St.,
Concord 03301; or to DASH, P.O. Box 1484, Englewood, Fla. 34295.
Bennett Funeral Home of Concord was in charge of arrangements.
Helen
Giarratana
Epsom -
Helen
(Raimo) Giarratana, 70, of Lord’s Mill Road, died Thursday, April 2,
2009, at the Concord
Regional Visiting Nurse Association Hospice House.
She was born
December 24, 1930,
in
Boston.
Helen
was raised and educated in
Everett,
Mass.
She was married in, lived in and raised her three children in Everett.
Helen
later remarried
Charles
Giarratana.
They lived in
Malden,
Mass.,
where Helen
worked in the Head Start Program. She attended
Harvard
University
and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1973.
In 1990,
Helen
and Charlie
moved to Epsom. While in New Hampshire,
Helen
worked at
H&R
Block.
She was also a member of the Epsom/Chichester Lions Club.
Helen’s
favorite pastime was going to Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.
She is survived by her spouse, Charles Giarratana; three children, Joanne
Staples of Northwood, Robert DiStefano of Massachusetts, and Joseph and
wife, Rita DiStefano, of Concord; and step-children, Arthur and Linda
Giarratana of Florida, and Charles and Diane Giarratana of Massachusetts;
two grandchildren, Ami Staples of Northwood and Anne Staples of Somersworth;
step-grandchildren, Charles III, Christopher, Talia and Andrew Giarratana;
two great-grandchildren, Kylie and Jacob Osborne; five
step-great-grandchildren, Michael, Charlie IV, Dustin, Haley, and Brittany
Giarratana; her brother, Joseph F. and Tomasa Raimo of Arizona.
Calling Hours will not be held.
Memorial Services will beheld April 18, 2009,
at 11 a.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, 180 Loudon Road, Concord.
Memorial donations may be made to the Concord Regional Visiting Nurse
Association Hospice House, P.O. Box 1797, Concord 03302.
