On Thursday, June 18, at 7 p.m. in the Chichester Town/Grange Hall,
the Chichester Heritage Commission will present “On This Spot Once
Stood . . .,” a program given by Maggie Stier of the NH Preservation
Society. This program, sponsored by a grant from the NH Humanities
Council, will showcase some of the celebrated buildings that New
Hampshire has lost and explore ways in which historic places can be
“remembered” through signs or displays. The program is free and open
to the public. There is plenty of parking next to the hall at 54
Main Street. Refreshments will be served.
Happy Birthday to Terri Lane on June 20, Marlene Hammond on June 21,
Emma Stone on June 22, and Tara Gelinas on June 23.
Happy Anniversary to Jim and Rebecca Pillsbury on June 21 and Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Millette on June 22.
Out Of Your Attic Thrift Shop News
Submitted By Carol Hendee
Thanks to the many wonderful donations after the town-wide yard
sales, we have many toys for children to enjoy this summer -- books,
puzzles, games, and little cars, trucks, dolls, etc. Half price
this Wed. thru Sat.
Also this week, a Market Basket paper bag of books is $1.00! Lots of
reading material for the lake or beach vacation (or just the
backyard!). We have greeting cards two for 25¢! No store can match
that!
Located at 345 Suncook Valley Highway, Chichester, near the
Pittsfield line (long grey building with several other stores.)
Tues. & Thurs. 8-4; Wed. 11-4; Sat. 10-4. 247-7191.
Chichester Town Library News
Tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. will be stories, music and crafts for
preschoolers. Next week, on June 25th, there will be a parent-led
story hour for young children and table games for their older
siblings in the same 10:30 a.m. time slot and may also include
music, crafts and a snack..
Sign-ups for the Summer Reading Program, “Every Hero Has a Story,”
should be done asap, preferably by Friday the 19th, since the first
program begins on Monday, the 22nd. (Please see separate article.)
Saturday, June 20th from 8 a.m.-1 p.m., will be June’s “Down Cellar
Used Book Sale.” Of course, there are always more items for sale,
e.g., puzzles, DVDs and CDs. The theme will be “Summer Fun” and
books on travel, vacation, barbeque, golf, crafts, camping and
children’s summer reading will be highlighted.
Chichester artists are encouraged to submit two or three of their
own pieces of work for exhibit at the Library in July and August.
Artists’ works are not limited to paint, but can include various
media. Please contact Lisa, the Librarian, at 798-5613 for more
information.
The summer raffle item of a Kewpie doll and accessories by the
Library and the Historical Society will be on display for interested
bidders. Tickets are three for a dollar and the winner will be
selected at the beginning of September.
Letter To The Editor
I went to the selectmen’s meeting last Tuesday night. I was four
minutes late and missed over a third of the meeting. The meeting was
9 minutes long.
I’m beginning to understand why issues take so long to get resolved,
and it is frustrating to watch and listen. Must be infuriating to be
part of it. The issue was trucking on King Road. Now no-trucking
signs are up, and needs to be enforced. The issue is communication
and follow up. The couple that was the meeting contacted the road
agent. (sic) The road agent did not address the issue, but passed
them on to the selectman. According to the selectman, the road agent
did not contact them, so they knew nothing of the complaint. The
road agent did not attend the meeting, the selectman would not
address them without talking with the road agent, so the couple will
have to come back yet again.
How many times do you have to come back to the board to address the
same issues? At this rate, no wonder it takes so long to get
answers. Let’s stop passing the issue, if you do pass the issue,
follow through and communicate.
Craig McIntosh
TDS® Increases Availability Of Flagship Voip Service
TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®) Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) phone service, managedIP is reliable, flexible, mobile, and
as of today, more available than ever before.
Speaking from the company’s headquarters in Madison, Wis. vice
president of Sales, Matt Loch says, “Over the last few years our
employees have been hard at work improving TDS’ state-of-the-art
business VoIP solution by finding new and creative ways to deliver
managedIP service to customers when they want it, where they want
it, and for a competitive price.”
Today, that work is paying off with the launch of TDS’ expanded
multi-location service, which allows the company to offer businesses
with offices inside and outside of TDS’ territory managedIP Hosted
and trunking services. One office does need to be in TDS’ footprint.
Loch says, “Let’s say there’s a business that has three locations.
One of them is in a market of ours, the other two are not. In the
past we would only be able to serve the office in our territory.
Now, expanded multi-location will allow us to serve them all.”
He goes on to say, “This is a big step for TDS, but this doesn’t
mean we’re done looking for ways to improve managedIP. Our team will
continue to push boundaries and look for ways to enhance the
customer experience.”
If you’re interested in learning more about managedIP
Hosted or trunking services, visit
www.tdsvoip.com or call 1-866-448-0071.
Speaker Concludes “Backyard Farming” Spring Lecture Series
The Chichester Garden Club (CGC) and Chichester Agricultural
Commission (AgCom) will present the last of this spring’s “Backyard
Farming” lectures on Wednesday, June 24, 2014, 7pm, Town Library,
161 Main Street, Chichester.
UNH Cooperative Extension Master Gardener, Ruth Axelrod, will talk
about Composting - the benefits and basics of composting, composting
bins, building the pile and maintaining your compost. This event is
free and open to the public.
As a volunteer UNH Cooperative Extension Master Gardener, Ruth
educates people about eco-friendly landscaping and gardening,
primarily through seminars and workshops offered through a variety
of organizations. When not gardening, Ruth teaches management and
leadership to college students and consults about organizational
development, primarily for nonprofit organizations.
Ruth grew up in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains where she
learned to love nature in all its forms. Her mother was a
passionate gardener who raised dahlias on the edge of the cliff in
front of their house and gladiolas in green-painted World War II
surplus gasoline canisters. Their living room window was framed by
strings of marigolds and morning glories. In the temperate winters
of the north India plains, Ruth played with their Indian gardener,
helping (or not!) to plant and harvest vegetables, tend flower beds,
trim hedges and graft limbs onto fruit trees. She has been
gardening ever since--both indoors and outdoors--for beauty, food,
habitat and the deep spiritual pleasure of mucking around in the
dirt.
Axelrod has an impressive background in gardening and sustainable
systems. Prior to moving to NH, she spoke to audiences in Maryland
about gardening and the environment and taught Sustainable Sites
Initiative, an interdisciplinary effort to create voluntary national
guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design,
construction and maintenance practices. Ruth was instrumental in
the new Bay-Wise program of the Maryland Cooperative Extension
Service in which Master Gardener volunteers educated communities
about good gardening practices and advanced training in landscaping
for the health of the Chesapeake Bay area.
Axelrod has educated gardeners on how to garden safely, effectively
and sustainably…less about gardening and more about good gardening
practices. “It’s no longer recommended when you create a garden,
you dig down and turn the soil over,” Axelrod said. “By doing that,
you are making the soil more compacted…rototilling the garden should
not be a regular practice.”
Both the Chichester Garden Club and AgCom promote
gardening and farming through education and partnered to create this
Backyard Farming lecture series. To join the Garden Club, please
contact
[email protected] or Ann Davis
603-903-3891; meetings are held at 7pm, Town Library, the fourth
Wednesday of the month. The AgCom meets the third Wednesday of the
month, 7pm, Town Library; all are welcome.
Every Hero Has a Story
Chichester Library’s Summer Reading Program
As usual, Librarian Lisa Prizio has done a great job in planning for
this year’s summer reading program in Chichester. Participants will
have a great time with the “hero” theme, including thinking about
the heroes they already know! And, if they read two
books during the summer and attend two programs, they will receive a
ticket to Chucksters and to Frekey’s. Every week, a participant can
take an item from the prize box if they have read a book or have
read for at least three hours during that time. Now there are some
incentives for joining in the fun! The program will end on August
29th.
Sign-up is scheduled for the week of June 15th-19th, with the first
activity scheduled for Monday, June 22nd at 6:30 p.m., when the kids
will learn to make a pop-up book and other interesting things to
help in creating their own “hero” book. In addition, they will be
given a blank book to fill with stories and pictures of their
heroes.
Wednesday, July 8th at 7 p.m., brings Laury Nichols to show some
neat “Tips and Tricks for Creating Comic Characters.” These comic
characters can also be used in the hero books.
Wednesday, July 22nd at 7 p.m., brings Ranger Doug Miner, a hero in
his own right, who will talk on the work and dangers of being a
forest ranger.
The following week, on July 29th, the group will meet at the police
station, where participants will hear from a police officer(s) about
their work and the dangers involved, and view some of the equipment
used by police in their public safety role.
Monday, August 3rd at 7 p.m. will be the Second Annual Lego Car
Derby. Racers are limited to 18 participants, so early sign-up is
encouraged.
Wednesday, August 12th at 7 p.m. is a special program to be held at
the Grange, when Big Joe, the storyteller, will join us with stories
from around the world about “small and unlikely heroes who overcome
great obstacles.” Joe is well known in the Boston area, and around
New England, for being a warm and funny storyteller for all ages, so
we’re very excited that he will be joining us. This program will be
open to people of all ages.
Pembroke Academy Senior Sarah Hubbard Earns Fisher Cats Foundation
Scholarship
Chichester resident among thirteen scholar-athletes to earn $2,500
scholarship
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats and the Fisher Cats Foundation have
announced that Pembroke Academy senior Sarah Hubbard has earned a
2015 Fisher Cats Foundation Scholar-Athlete Scholarship. The senior
is one of 13 scholarship winners who will be recognized during an
on-field ceremony before the Fisher Cats game on Thursday, July 9.
Eleven graduates from New Hampshire high schools and two from
northern Massachusetts were named Fisher Cats Foundation
Scholar-Athletes, earning a $2,500 scholarship. The scholarship
recipients were selected based upon criteria of academic excellence,
athletic achievement, and active citizenship in the community. Money
for the scholarships was raised through several Foundation
endeavors, most notably the Granite State Baseball Dinner held
annually in November.
Hubbard, a native of Chichester, received the Most Improved Award as
a member of the varsity alpine ski racing team. She has been a
member of several important clubs throughout high school and has had
several academic achievements. Hubbard was a member of the Key Club,
Yearbook Committee, and on the Math Team. She also was a National
Honor Society member.
Sarah plans to attend Champlain College.
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats established the Fisher Cats Foundation
to be a catalyst for the betterment of communities statewide by
supporting youth programs that encourage education and promote
healthy living. Through the generous support of players, employees,
sponsors, and fans, the Fisher Cats Foundation continuously works to
make a positive impact throughout New Hampshire and north central
Massachusetts. As the primary funding source for the team’s
philanthropy, the Fisher Cats Foundation supports a wide variety of
non-profit organizations and coordinates several fundraising
programs and events. Since its inception in 2006, the Foundation and
the Fisher Cats have provided nearly $4 million in monetary and
in-kind donations to over 3,500 non-profit organizations.
The Fisher Cats return to Northeast Delta Dental
Stadium on Friday, June 19, with five Atlas Fireworks shows, Star
Wars Night, and the first series with the Future Red Sox, the
Portland Sea Dogs. To view the full promotional schedule and to
purchase tickets, visit
www.nhfishercats.com.
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