There are openings on the Pittsfield Budget
Committee. Anyone interested in serving on the
Committee, please contact the Town Moderator,
Cedric Dustin at either 6 Blake Street,
Pittsfield, NH 03263 or
[email protected]
Celebrating birthdays are: April 7, Donna
Snedeker, Alison Wolfe; April 8, Ben Abbott, Bob
Zahn, Debbie Riel; April 9, Mary E. Locke,
Carolyn Bond, Milton D. Locke, Jr.; April 10,
Rebecca Walton, Michael St. Laurent, Diane
Lammott; April 11, Carl Hubbard; April 12, Julie
Snell, Helen Charron, Amber Valentyn; April 13,
Curt Luksza, Jean Jelley.
A Very Happy
Birthday To One And All.
Best
Wishes to Arthur and Linda Harnden, who will
celebrate their Wedding Anniversary on April 11.
Baseball and Softball Clinic
Sponsored by Pittsfield Baseball Program
April 10th at Drake field Registration is at
9:30 a.m. Cost is $25 (9:30 a.m. to 2
p.m.) Boys and girls
School Lunch Menu April 12-16, 2010
PES Monday
- Beef
stew, bread stick, fruit, milk. Tuesday - Spaghetti with
tomato sauce, mozzarella sticks, milk. Wednesday - Early
Release - Ham sandwich, veggie, fruit, milk. Thursday -
Chicken nuggets, veggie, fruit, milk. Friday - Pizza,
veggie, fruit, milk.
PMHS Monday
- Pizza, corn, fresh
fruit, milk. Tuesday - Chicken nuggets, fries, veggies,
fruit, milk. Wednesday - Early Release - Cold Sandwich,
soup, chips, fruit, milk. Thursday - Sliced turkey, potato,
gravy, peas, cranberry, bread, fruit, milk. Friday - Hot
dogs and roll, pears, cole slaw, fruit, milk.
CHICHESTER
Monday - Chicken nuggets, tater tots, green beans, peaches,
milk. Tuesday - Cheese Quesadilla, salsa, veggie beans,
pineapple, milk. Wednesday - Spaghetti with meatsauce,
garlic bread, veggie, sliced pears, milk. Thursday - Turkey
and cheese wrap, Caesar salad, pickles, fresh fruit, milk.
Friday - Cheeseburger with roll, potato wedges, carrot with
Ranch dressing, fruit, milk.
Pittsfield Senior Center Weekly Activities April 8th-14th
All 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.
Movie Day, Pop Corn Social and Movie, Friday, April 9th, 12
p.m.-2 p.m.
Our first Movie day was lots of fun. Folks really
enjoyed watching a movie with others. Not only was there a good
movie to watch, but good snacks, some good laughs, and great
companionship. Our first time moviegoers hope more people will
join them in April. The movie probably won’t be a mystery, but a
title has not been chosen as of this printing.
Join us for
lunch first. Lunch is a $2.00 donation.
Baked Fish, sweet
potatoes, vegetable and dessert.
Your attendance will be
greatly appreciated!
Come one, come all and enjoy yourself
Medicare isn’t free, but there is help IF….. People with
Medicare must pay premiums, deductibles and co-pays from their
Social Security income. Two helpful programs are available for
those who meet income and resource limits. To get help with
costs associated with doctor’s visits and hospital stays, people
can apply for state help called Medicare Savings Programs, or
“Quimby” and “Slimby.” This program pays the Part B
premium that is normally deducted from your Social Security
check and may help with other expenses, as well.
For
help with costs associated with prescription coverage, apply for
the federal extra help program from Social Security or LIS (Low
Income Subsidy). You may get all or some of the premium paid as
well as seeing other costs reduced.
ServiceLink is
here to help you understand whether you are eligible to take
advantage of these programs. To hear more, join us on April 14th
at 11:30 for a short presentation, when ServiceLink staff will
offer a 30-minute presentation on the program. If needed, a
private appointment can be scheduled for you at a later time.
Letter
In March, 2005, the Pittsfield town meeting approved
an illegal petition to expand the Board of Selectmen from three
to five members. Don Chase, who sought membership on that board,
fought to ratify the expansion. At Candidates’ Night-2010,
Selectman candidate Chase said that he was proud to have fought
for the will of the people.
The will of the people, it turns
out, appears irrelevant in Don’s calculations. On March 9, 2010,
the town meeting overwhelmingly approved my resolution for a
5-member elected Planning Board, but selectman Chase
says—mistakenly—that the resolution is illegal and that the
Selectmen should ignore the resolution or, if that is
impossible, go to court to vacate the resolution. Don claims
that a town meeting cannot change the Planning Board size, but
he did not object last summer when the special town meeting
added two seats. Now, Don says that the town meeting cannot
subtract those same seats. Don supported the will of the people
in 2005 when it was what he wanted. Now, he opposes the will of
the people when it is not what he wants.
Think about this:
The Selectmen are seriously thinking about ignoring an election.
Why? Because they think that they can get away with it. And they
may when, as happened on March 9, 81% of registered voters stay
home. When voters stay home, officials become bold, individual
rights suffer, and government management suffers. Individual
rights should matter to everyone because someone else’s problem
can, without warning, suddenly become your problem. But if
individual rights do not matter, then poor management should
matter because poor management causes high taxes, such as for
calling the town attorney every five minutes, and high taxes are
everyone’s problem.
Jim Pritchard Pittsfield
Pittsfield Middle High School Student Wins State Skills
Competition Submitted By Sharon Patterson
Brandon Patterson, a junior at Pittsfield Middle High School,
won the gold medal in the NH SkillsUSA competition in the
category of computer maintenance technology. Through an
agreement between schools Brandon attends Concord Regional
Technical Center located at Concord High School for part of his
school day. Information Technology instructor, Mr. Gary
Hendley, chose Brandon and two other classmates from the center
to represent CRTC at the state competition.
The NH
SkillsUSA competitions are held at various locations across the
state. There are thirty-three categories that high school
students can compete in ranging from Automotive Service
Technology, cosmetology, culinary arts all the way to TV/video
production, welding and web design.
In the computer
maintenance category, Brandon competed against thirteen other
students representing other high school technical centers across
New Hampshire. He was tested on PC trouble shooting,
building a computer and given a written exam.
The Computer
Maintenance competition took place at Great Bay Community
College in Portsmouth on Friday, March 26, 2010. A joint
awards ceremony was hosted by Dover Regional Career Technical
Center on Sunday, March 28, 2010. At that ceremony bronze,
silver, and gold medals are awarded to the top three competitors
in each category. Brandon earned the gold medal in computer
maintenance; a classmate from CRTC also took home the silver
medal in the same category. Brandon will now go on to represent
New Hampshire at the national competition in Kansas City, MO.
Letter
To All Pittsfield Residents; I am a Pittsfield
Resident and Taxpayer and I am writing this letter as such. I am
responding to a couple of letters written by Rachael Wood over
the past few weeks.
FACT #1. 522 people went to the polls on
3/9/2010. Of that 522, 258 either voted for only one selectman
or in most cases, voted for NO selectman at all. As a result of
this anomaly, the vote spread among the top three candidates was
only 12 votes.
FACT #2. RSA 91-A (the right to know law) DOES
NOT state that minutes must be “posted” within 5 days. It says
they must be “made available for public inspection within 5
days.”
FACT #3. As for Article 2, the “said selectman” was
correct according to the Sec. of State’s Office which oversees
all elections within the State. Article 2 never should have
appeared on the ballot as written. As for the outcome, I am sure
that the proper decision will be made soon on this matter.
FACT #4. There are absolutely NO provisions under state law to
either decrease or increase the size of an elected planning
board, PERIOD.
FACT #5. Asking the people of a town that
already has an elected planning board, if they are “in favor of
having an elected Planning Board” is a redundant question and
when the sole intent of that question is to reduce the size of
the board, it becomes confusing and potentially illegal because
there are NO provisions under law to do so.
FACT #6.
According to NH Election Law, April 15th is the deadline for
challenging a ballot vote.
Mrs. Wood stated that “I’ll watch
and I’ll report.” I hope she does so with the FACTS next time.
More Next Week!!
Don Chase, Concerned Pittsfield Citizen
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