Celebrating Birthdays are: April 28, Hank Wallace, Dawn Bartrum;
April 29, Rose Kimball; April 30, Rachael Evans, Rodney
Anderson, Hunter Ward; May 1, Wendy Labreque; May 2, Matthew
Wolfe, Kay Owens; May 3, Robbie Clark, Roberta Elkins; May 4,
Bea Pszonowsky, Elizabeth Boyd.
A Very Happy Birthday to one and all.
Best Wishes to Linda and Daniel St. Laurent, Sr.,
who will celebrate their Wedding Anniversary on May 2nd.
The Pittsfield Historical Society will be holding
their spring clean up of Lyman Park on Saturday, May 1st
at 8:00 a.m.
Any and all help would be appreciated. See you there.
American Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75
Activities
The American Legion Peterson-Cram Post May activities are as
follows:
May 1, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. will be Post clean up inside and
outside for the Installation on May 3.
May 3rd at 7:30 p.m., we will be installing our new officers
for the year 2010-2011. Installing officer will be Ernie Jones,
American Legion, Department of New Hampshire, District 5
Commander. It is requested that all Post Officers be present by
7:15 p.m.
Pittsfield Area Senior Center Activities
April 29-May 5, 2010
Cinco DeMayo Luncheon
Watch for details!
All Pittsfield Senior Center Weekly Activities begin at 10
a.m. and end at 11:30 a.m. unless noted.
Monday, Bingo; Tuesday; Games with Dan McGuire; Wednesday,
Crafts; Thursday, Bingo; Friday, 9:30-10:30, Chair Exercise and
Chair Dancing, 10:30-11:15, Senior Seated Yoga.
School Lunch Menus
May 3-7, 2010
PMHS
Monday - Pizza, corn, fruit, milk.
Tuesday - Nachos and
cheese, meatsauce, lettuce, tomatoes, fruit, milk.
Wednesday
- Pasta, meatsauce, salad, fruit, milk.
Thursday - Baked
chicken, veggies, fruit, milk.
Friday - Grilled cheese,
tomato soup, veggies, fruit, milk.
CHICHESTER
Monday - Macaroni and cheese, peas, applesauce, milk.
Tuesday
- Chicken patty sandwich, baked fries, carrots, sliced peaches.
Wednesday - Turkey and cheese wrap, garden salad, fresh fruit,
milk.
Thursday - Rotini with meatsauce, green beans,
chocolate cake, milk.
Friday - Hamburger with roll, pickles,
tater tots, veggie, fresh fruit, milk.
Series Of Community Forums Planned
Two upcoming community forums will explore youth perceptions
of alcohol use, depression, sexual behavior and drug abuse
within Pittsfield. Residents will go over the results of the
2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey and have the opportunity to
discuss how our community can better support local youth. The
forums are scheduled May 17th and May 24th, food will be served
at 5:30 p.m. The event will run from 6-8 p.m. and feature
representatives from the school, youth, Police Department,
healthcare, youth services and prevention professionals. Bring
your questions and get informed about what is going on in the
community.
Previous community forums have resulted in implementing the
Project Alert curriculum for 7th and 8th graders at Pittsfield
Middle High School, the creation of the Safe Homes Pledge
Network and attracted funding for a part-time staff person to
organize community prevention efforts. Also, thanks to an
anonymous donor, Anne Cote’s health classes now have new
materials, the police have bolstered their prevention efforts
with Fatal Vision goggles and new prevention projects and
speakers have been secured for the prom/graduation season.
Letter
On April 20, 2010, the Pittsfield Board of Selectmen began
hearing an application for a junkyard license. Selectman Don
Chase admitted, “I know [the applicant]. I’ve had business
dealings with him in the past and probably will have business
dealings with him in the future.” But Don chose to sit for the
application. He reasoned that “I don’t feel that there are any
personal or pecuniary interests involved.” Don should check a
dictionary; business dealings are pecuniary interests. In short,
Don will participate in deciding whether to grant a junkyard
license to a person with whom Don has an active business
relationship. There is a word for public officials who decide
whether to grant licenses to their business associates, and
everyone knows what that word is.
This junkyard is not in my back yard; I live across town.
But I care because, when the town government violates one
person’s rights, it threatens everyone’s rights.
Many Pittsfield residents complain that their taxes are too
high. Granting this junkyard will devalue the surrounding
properties; consequently, those property owners will get a tax
break. Who pays for that tax break? The rest of us do. Many of
us may not care about the abutters in this particular case, and
many of us may be willing to pay the small tax increase that
this one case will cause. But think about this: Multiply the
Town’s conduct in this case by similar conduct over the past 40
years. It adds up to a pretty hefty tax bill.
Jim Pritchard
Pittsfield
[email protected]
Suspicious Aloysius
The Pittsfield Players
Present
DOUBT
A Parable
May 7, 8, 9, 14 & 15
Marie Klinedinst plays Sister Aloysius in The Pittsfield Players
Production of Doubt, A Parable. Visit
www.pittsfieldplayers.com for tickets and info.
Sister Aloysius has not been a nun all her life. After she
lost her husband she turned to the Sisters of Charity for
comfort. Since then she has become an icon at her school. No one
could say she is not devout or does not follow the rules to a
tee. She is the epitome of strict. Once she has an idea, nothing
you do or say can change her mind, unfortunately. So when Father
Flynn comes along with his new fangled ideas, his basketball and
ballpoint pen, Sister A is unflustered but suspicious. Why fix
what isn’t broken? Then Mrs. Muller shows up at her office door
armed to the teeth with doubts for the Sister. In all of her
twenty years at the school Aloysius has not encountered a parent
like Mrs. Muller, someone who makes her doubt herself.
Father
Flynn is a jovial man. He is all about getting in touch with his
students, finding out how to talk to them on their own level,
reaching out to their parents in the same way. And this is what
gets him into trouble. Changing the Christmas pageant is not
enough to have him thrown out of his classroom, so Sister
Aloysius must find other allegations to remove him. What Father
Flynn doesn’t expect is the doubt in the minds of those he
thought trusted him.
To find out the rest of this story,
attend “Doubt, A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley produced by
The Pittsfield Players, directed by Mal Cameron. At the Scenic
Theatre, 6 Depot Street, Pittsfield, NH, May 7, 8, 14 and 15 at
8 PM and May 9 at 2 PM. Tickets, $12, are available at
www.pittsfieldplayers.com or by calling (603)435-8852 to
reserve.
Letter To The Editor
To The Good Citizens Of Pittsfield:
I
was elected to the Planning Board in March 2009. Consider this
my one year report.
Although we have met only twice as a
board since the elections, it is clear that this new board with
the help of Matt Monaham from the Regional Planning Commission
will have a zoning amendment proposal that takes into account
the realities of today, come March 2011.
I have been involved
with 2 zoning rewrites and proposals in the past. Both were shot
down by the voters.
During this past year the Planning Board
upped the stakes by contracting with the Regional Planning
Commission for $17,500.
This by coincidence is what I believe
the Town Hall cost to build when the town built it as a school
in 1890. No small sum then and certainly no small some now.
Now hear this. If you are going to vote against this proposal
and waste the taxpayers’ money, the waste will be on your hands.
Or you could do your part as a citizen of Pittsfield as the
proposal is developed on the third Thursday of each month at
7:00 p.m. at the Town Hall, and stop by and tell us what you can
support and what you can’t. I can tell you this Board will not
waste taxpayer money and will do everything within its
capabilities to have a worthwhile zoning proposal in
March.
I challenge this town not to waste this money.
Respectfully,
Dan Schroth Piermarochhi
Note: My full name.
It’s time I started honoring my mother’s maiden name. I think it
means 1st rock.
Stamping Out Hunger
Annual Food Drive Set For May 8
The
nation’s largest annual food drive to “Stamp Out Hunger” will be
conducted Saturday, May 8. On that day, letter carriers will
collect non-perishable donations from homes as they deliver mail
along their routes.
The annual National Association of Letter
Carriers (NALC) Food Drive - held in conjunction with the
Postal Service - is the largest one-day food drive in the
nation. The effort will help feed families in all 50 states.
“With the commitment and dedication of thousands of letter
carriers, rural letter carriers, and postal and community
volunteers, plus the involvement of our corporate partners, we
will make a difference in helping to feed America’s hungry and
surpass the 2009 record of 73.4 million pounds of food
collected,” said PMG Jack Potter. “The generosity of our
customers and the determination of our employees have never been
stronger.”
Donations from this year’s event are expected to
push the overall total since the annual drive began 18 years ago
to more than 1 billion pounds. The total currently is 982.7
million pounds.
NALC President Fredric Rolando said that as
successful as the food drive has been in the past, it must be
better this year due to the struggling economy.
“Millions and
millions of families are suffering - struggling to make ends
meet and put food on the table,” said Rolando. “Food banks,
pantries and shelters need our help more than ever this year. As
families count on them for support, they’re counting on us and
we will not back off on our commitment.”
More than 125
million postcards - designed for the first time by the Postal
Service and co-sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company - will be
mailed to customers to remind them of the drive.
Obituaries
Arthur W. Frost, Jr.
Pittsfield – Mr. Arthur W. Frost,
“Frosty”, 82, a lifelong resident of Pittsfield and Deerfield,
died Monday, April 19, 2010, at the Harris Hill Health Care
Center in Concord.
Born in Rochester on August 31, 1927, he
was the son of the late Arthur and Pearl (Edmunds) Frost.
He
was an Army veteran of World War II and had retired as a
supervisor from the State of NH Highway Department after more
than 25 years there. Frosty loved to play cribbage and was known
for his gentle ways and bringing wild flowers to the ladies.
He was the widower of Belle (Emerson) Frost and is survived by 2
sons, Wesley Frost of Florida and Albert Frost and his wife
Anita of Barnstead; a daughter Pearl Higgins of Deerfield; 7
grandchildren; several great grandchildren; 3 sisters, Frances
Hallstrom of Manchester, Edith Gagnon of Brooksville, FL, and
Jean and her husband John Emerson of Deerfield; and nieces and
nephews. Frosty was predeceased by 2 daughters, Thelma Cable and
Ruth Frost, and a sister Marie Silman.
Calling hours are
Wednesday from 4-7 PM at the Still Oaks Funeral & Memorial Home,
1217 Suncook Valley Hwy., Epsom. Pastor Chris Tidwell will
officiate at services on Thursday at 10 AM at the funeral home.
Burial will take place at a later date in the Old Centre
Cemetery in Deerfield.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations
may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box
11454, Alexandria, VA 22312.
Family and friends may sign an
on-line guestbook by visiting
stilloaks.com.
