Intern Reception

UNH President Anne Hart key notes Councilor Burton's State House Intern Reception-

Concord, NH. University of NH President Anne Hart spoke at the annual Student Intern Reception sponsored by Councilor Ray Burton on Jan 5th. She stated that there is no better way for students to learn how government, at all levels, works than an intern program such as the one that Councilor Burton has. He has had 119 college students earn academic credit -during the past 26 years in his State House office. College students from all NH colleges and many outside NH have participated in this program

Former Interns attending the reception include the first intern Scott Pollock from Plymouth State University, Bruce Berke, New England College, Lynn Brownell, PSU, Meghan McPherson, and Rory Sheehan of UNH. Other notables attending the reception included State Senate President Thomas Eaton of Keene, State Senator John Gallus of Berlin, State Representatives, Tom Buco, of Conway, James Pillord of Belmont, Scott Merrick of Lancaster, Martha McLeod, of Franconia and Larry Elliott of Hillsboro. State Capitol Trade Ass'n representatives and other government officials who attend included John Stephen, Nick Tompas, Steve Norton, Greg Moore, Charles Levesque, Barry Conway, Carol Murray, Jeff Brillhart, Peter Thomson, Joe Moncher, Rod Tenney, Lyman Cousins, Tom Clairmont, Gary Smith, Beth Campbell, Steve Taylor, Phil Bryce, Jason Stock, Doug Patch,Tim Decker, David Collins, Pam Morin, Lucy Hodder,and Henry Mock

Attending the Burton Intern Reception, left to right, is Councilor Ray Burton, former UNH Interns Meghan McPherson and Rory Sheehan, and UNH President Ann Hart.	left to right: Councilor Ray Burton; Scott Pollock, the first intern in Councilor Burton's State House office in 1977; and Conway State Representative Tom Buco
Attending the Burton Intern Reception are (left to right) former PSU Intern Lynn Brownell, Ray Burton, and Claire Monier, Class of 1962 PSU.	Attending the annual Burton Intern reception are (left to right) Claire Monier, NH Housing Director, Ray Burton, Lancaster State Representative Scott Merrick, Franconia State Representative Martha McLeod.

Represents all the towns and cities in the counties of Coos and Grafton, the unincorporated place of Hale's Location, the towns of Albany, Alton, Andover, Bartlett, Brookfield, Center Harbor, Chatham, Conway, Cornish, Croydon, Danbury, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Gilford, Grantham, Hart's Location, Hill, Jackson, Madison, Meredith, Middleton, Milton, Moultonborough, New Durham, New Hampton, New London, Newport, Ossipee, Plainfield, Sanbornton, Sandwich, Springfield, Sunapee, Tamworth, Tilton, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, Wilmot, and Wolfeboro, and the cities of Claremont and Laconia.

For additional information on the cities and towns in this district, go to www.nh.gov/municipal/.

Councilor Burton may be contacted at two locations: his State House Office at 603-271-3632, rburton@nh.gov;and at his home office at 603-747-3662, ray.burton@myfairpoint.net.