To the Editor:

Au revoir Mary and Ralph Seavey ­ the community will miss them. The only noise they made was with their equipment.

Also, au revoir Benji and Toto. Benji was a small Mexican Chihuahua found at the Polish cemetery. Benji met President Bush and First Lady Barbara, who patted her and said what a nice little dog.

Everyone had their picture taken with the president and Benji. President Bush was so kind to give his time to the people and a small dog.

From a small dog found in a Polish cemetery to meeting the president and first lady, never doubt a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.

Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Barbara Zapora
Hooksett

To the Editor:

After hearing many criticisms that my (letter) in The Hooksett Banner, dated July 6, was totally ambiguous, I must let it be known that the title, “Wake up and express your fury at Gitmo torture,” was inserted by the newspaper.

Jim Breagy
Epsom

Editor’s note: We pull titles from the content of letters when none is suggested by the writer.

To the Editor:

Unfortunately, this letter must be submitted before last night’s council meeting, so I’ll keep it short and hope for generosity in the word-count allowance next week.

My duty and promise is to be the man and representative you readers have come to know; an unabashedly open and fearless fan of our Constitution, willing to exercise all the rights protected by it, and protecting it from misinterpretation. The fact is, it needs no interpretation to people who can speak and read eighth-grade English, just as the Bible doesn’t require more. Of course, you will need to read them more than once and then ponder and pray about the messages indelibly contained therein, as there is more than one meaning and purpose for the words, themselves. Context cannot be ignored; where you see “therefore,” it is there for what comes before.

The only way that our “One Nation, Under God” and government “of, by and for the people” will survive and work is for you, the people, to pay attention and become involved when and wherever you can. Just being a fair witness, and quietly observing, then sharing openly, will provide the protections required. As for closed-sessions, well, I’m having a difficult time finding the laws that offer indefinite protection to public officials’ comments and actions from being publicized. I’ll let you know what was said last night, next week.

Then again, I have been a volunteer engineer on a new local political talk-show, hosted by Ron Dupuis, called “In My Humble Opinion,” which airs on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon on WLMW, 90.7 FM. Perhaps there may be opportunities for me to share more than 350 words at a time. Tune in and see!

David Ross
Hooksett

To the Editor:

We have an opportunity to make an investment which will produce financial savings and dividends for taxpayers for years.

Cumberland Farms Inc. has offered to give to the town at no cost the building formerly occupied by the Epsom Bible Church. In addition, the company will contribute $10,000 toward the cost of moving the building to a site of our choice. We would use the building for town offices and save $22,000 in rent we currently pay for the offices on Black Hall Road.

Support for using the building for town offices is strong and a number of interested citizens and local businesses to date have pledged $44,000 in donations and in-kind services toward the project. An anonymous donor has established a trust fund of $50,000 for the maintenance and upkeep of the building once it is located to town-owned property near the new Epsom library.

With your support, we can have a town office for a minimal investment and save ourselves the cost of tax dollars spent unwisely on never-ending rent. This is a deal taxpayers seldom have the opportunity to receive.

Let’s be smart investors and take advantage of an offer which will consistently pay in savings and dividends for years to come.

Harvey F. Harkness
Epsom