Another Great Benefit Italian Dinner sponsored by the American Legion Post
112, Short Falls Road, Epsom, NH, will be held Saturday, June 20, 2009, from
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.
All Proceeds to benefit Post 112 Community Activities.
Epsom residents can renew their vehicles on-line 24/7 at the Town’s
website,
http://www.epsomnh.org . Citizens can renew in the month of
their birthday, and commercial vehicles can be renewed in their
renewal month. Your registration and decals will be sent to you in
the mail. Your new registration is not valid until you receive it.
Please allow 5 business days for processing. There is an additional
fee of $2.35 to cover the cost of this service.
See The Shifting Sands Of The Suncook River By Kayak
See the shifting
sands of the Suncook River for yourself. Kayak or canoe the Suncook River in
Epsom with Friends of the Suncook River. See first hand the dramatic shift
in the river’s bed due to the river avulsion caused by the flooding rains in
2006. Naturalist and Epsom Resident Eric Orff will narrate the paddle. Eric
Orff has been following the changes in the river since the Great Mother’s
Day Flood of 2006.
This event will take place on Father’s Day, June 21st.
Participants will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Webster Park launch site
(formerly the swimming hole) on Short Falls Road off of Route 28 south in
Epsom. The trip will be along quiet waters and run about 2-3 hours. Take out
will be just before the Buck Street Dam approximately four miles south by
river on Rt. 28. FOSR is asking that all interested parties register with us
for the kayak/canoe trip. Please contact Mary Fougere at 269-4264, or email
FOSR at [email protected] for
further information or to register.
Town of Epsom Swimming Lessons
The Town of Epsom sponsors American Red
Cross Swimming Lessons to all Epsom Children ages 5 and older. Please join
us weekdays at Northwood Beach July 20th through July 31th daily.
Registration will be from 8-9 a.m. on July 20th followed by swim testing
which will allow children to be placed in classes according to their skill
level. July 20th plan on being there from registration until 11:30am. On
succeeding days children will be enrolled in ½ hour lessons, scheduled
between 9:00 and 11:00. Children should come prepared to swim. Hair pulled
back from faces, plenty of sunscreen and appropriate clothing for the
weather. There is a $2.00 Red Cross registration fee for each child.
Children will learn swimming and safety skills.
Epsom has had a
successful swimming program for many years thanks to the dedicated teachers,
aides and families who know how important it is to teach children how to
swim and water safety. We hope to see you at the beach. For more information
please contact Sonia Noyes at 736-4520.
Letter
Questions And Answers
On June 10, 2009, I attended (along with
30-40 other very concerned Epsomites) a Q & A session at the Epsom Town
Hall. The doors at the building opened around 6:30pm. Regular matters were
brought before the board; news via mail was shared with all. Somewhere
around 8:00 the “New Housing Development” idea for Goboro and Depot Roads
commenced. At first the development people displayed some colorful (mostly
black and white) maps, charts, etc. Discussions, for the most part, were
between those representing the project and board members. I have no idea why
the project people found it necessary to bring along an attorney. All of a
sudden the Epsomites began standing up to be heard. All with a sincere
interest in obtaining answers about many phases of this project. One of the
project representatives appeared (displaying a red face and increase in
speaking volume) to resent some of the questions. Wait until the question
“where did all the ground water go to?” comes up. Epsom had better obtain a
hold harmless agreement from each and every one of the involved parties. I
believe this project will be a total failure. This is not a good time for
anyone to be thinking of building or buying a house.
Jim Breagy
Epsom,NH
Local Students Earn Degrees From The University Of Vermont
Some 2,240
students were awarded a variety of bachelor’s degrees during the University
of Vermont’s 205th Commencement ceremonies on May 17. There were some 410
advanced degrees awarded by the UVM Graduate College and approximately 100
women and men took the oath of Hippocrates following the awarding of their
M.D. degrees at ceremonies of the UVM College of Medicine. A list of local
students and the degree earned by each follows:
Amanda Cota of Epsom,
received a Bachelor of Science in Recreation Management.
Nicole Beaudoin
of Pittsfield, received a Master of Education in Higher Education and
Student Affairs Administration.
Chartered in 1791, UVM was the first
college or university in the United States that did not give preference to a
religious sect in its charter and the first to allow women to join Phi Beta
Kappa. A small, comprehensive university, it blends the academic heritage of
a private university with service missions in the land grant tradition.
Obituaries
Margaret M. Pearce
Margaret M. (Shaw) Pearce, 86, formerly of Northwood,
died June 12th at the Epsom Manor Health Center following a long illness.
She was born in St. John N.B. Canada, the daughter of Clarence F and Frances
Shaw. She lived in Randolph, MA., for many years working as a chef at St.
Mary’s Convent. She moved to Northwood in 1984 and has lived at Epsom Manor
since 2006 . She was the widow of Gordon D Pearce, who died in 1995
and members of her family include, a daughter, Frances Walton of Northwood
and a son David Pearce of Dunbarton. 8 Grandchildren and 8 Great
Grandchildren. She was predeceased by a daughter Karen Thatcher.
Visiting Hours will be held on Thursday from 6 -8 PM at the Perkins &
Pollard Memorial Home, Pittsfield. A funeral service will be held on Friday
at 11:00AM at the Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Pinegrove
Cemetery, Northwood.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the
Alzheimer’s Association, Vermont & NH Chapter, 10 Ferry St. Suite 427 B,
Concord, NH 03301-5004.
