Belated Best Wishes to Adam Ward who celebrated his Birthday on
May 10th!
Celebrating Birthdays are: May 20, Gary Gadoury,
Elizabeth Hast, Nicole Grainger, Maddy Rogers; May 22,
Bob Bolduc, Jon Ward; May 25, Tina Metcalf, Martha
Bryant, Lynn McLAughlin, Stephanie Tuttle.
A Very
Happy Birthday To One And All.
Best Wishes to Rich and Sarah Hillsgrove who will
celebrate their Wedding Anniversary on May 20th.
Come join The Greater Pittsfield Chamber of Commerce
as we enjoy our monthly Business After Hours. The event
will be held at Key Data IT Solutions on Tuesday, May
18th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. This event is located
at 14 Leavitt Road in Pittsfield. The office is located
at the back of the building and parking is available in
that area. There will be light refreshments served and a
brief explanation of what services are provided at Key
Data and IT Solutions. There will also be a tour of the
neighboring facilities: Professional Physical Therapy
Services, as well as The Innate In You, LLC. This is a
networking opportunity for your business, so remember to
bring your business cards. Everyone is welcome to come.
If you are not a member and are interested in becoming
one, this is a great opportunity to learn what The
Greater Pittsfield Chamber of Commerce is involved in
and how it could benefit your business. See our website
at
www.pittsfieldchamber.org.
Winners in the Peterson Cram Post American Legion
monthly drawing for April and May were:
April: #103,
Henry Stapleton, $50; #110, Henry Stapleton, $25; #97,
Apollo McHaas, $10; #121, Edmund Stapleton, $10; #138,
Mike Pratt, $10.
May: #203, Harold McClary, $50; #11,
Temaria McKamy; #133, Alvah Robinson, $10; #152, Mike
Pratt, $10; #37, Diane Vaughan, $10.
School Lunch Menus May 24-28, 2010
PMHS
Monday
- Pizza,
veggies, fruit, milk.
Tuesday - BBQ pork, roll, applesauce,
milk.
Wednesday - Mac and cheese, chopped ham, peas, bread,
fruit.
Thursday - Chicken nuggets, fries, veggies, fruit,
milk.
Friday - Hot dog, roll, cold salad, chips, fruit,
milk.
CHICHESTER
Monday
- Macaroni and cheese with ham,
green beans, apple, milk.
Tuesday - Diced chicken with gravy
and noodles, peas, fruit, milk.
Wednesday - Meatball sub,
green beans, mixed fruit, milk.
Thursday - Hot dog and roll,
French fries, veggies, chocolate chip cookie bar, milk.
Friday - Chicken nuggets, buttered noodles, veggie, fruit,
milk.
Community Forum on Youth Risk Behavior
Did you know that
more local youth smoke marijuana than cigarettes? A community
forum will be held May 24th to go over the results of the 2009
Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Food will be served at 5:30
p.m. and the forum will run from 6-8 p.m. the forum will
focus on sexual behavior and drug abuse. Show your support for
young people by attending and getting involved.
How do we
know these numbers are real? Often parents and youth have
concerns about the YRBS survey; some worry youth give random
answers or over-report risky behaviors as a joke. The survey is
designed by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and
administered nation-wide. Completed surveys are subjected to an
intense series of quality-controls. If, for example, a youth
randomly answered that they have never used alcohol and then
reported five drinks a week later in the survey, the data is not
counted. As for individuals exaggerating use, surveys that
report very heavy use are carefully checked to see if there is a
pattern of exaggeration and if so, the survey is thrown out.
Trends both nationally and on a state level show very
consistent, steady patterns that tend to mirror adult
community-wide data (Emergency Room admissions, Police Logs,
etc.). While no survey is perfect, the YRBS is designed to give
us an idea about what is happening and a way to start a
conversation with young people.
Officials Still Seeking Those Impacted By Stop Loss
Daniel
P. Elkins , Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs Office
Submitted By Merrill A. Vaughan, Vice Commander American Legion
Peterson-Cram Post 75
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (AFRNS)
- More than 2,600 current and former Airmen have been approved
for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay since Air Force Personnel
Center officials here began accepting claims in September.
Officials continue to seek Airmen who were involuntarily held on
active duty between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2009, to
determine if they may be eligible for the special pay
compensation of $500 for each month they were affected.
Eligibility includes active, retired and former servicemembers
as well as members of the Reserve component who served on active
duty while their enlistment or period of obligated service was
involuntarily extended, or whose eligibility for separation or
retirement was suspended as a result of stop loss.
Eligible
individuals have until Oct. 21, 2010, to file their claim with
AFPC. Claims are being evaluated based upon historical records
as well as all supporting documentation the applicant may
submit. Officials here have received more than 3,200 claims to
date with just about 100 still pending review or approval
determination.
Of the fewer than 500 claims disapproved,
Colonel Menendez cites two chief reasons those claims have been
found to be ineligible. First, while a person’s Air Force
specialty code was affected by stop loss, the individual’s
desired date of separation or retirement date was not impacted
involuntarily. Second, the member accepted a selective
re-enlistment bonus subsequent to being affected by stop loss,
which by law disqualifies the person for the stop loss special
pay.
For more information on program eligibility and claims
instructions, visit the Air Force Personnel Center public Web
site or call the Total Force Service Center at (800) 525-0102.
Where Are They Now.....
Foss Scholar Kelsey Metcalf is a
sophomore in the Whttemore School of Business and Economics at
the University of New Hampshire. She is majoring in Business
Administration with an option of International Business and
Economics. Some of the clubs and activities She is
involved in on campus are, UNH’s Therapeutic Horse Riding
Program, the Marketing and Advertising Club, PAWs Leadership
Program and intramural sports. She states, “I have had an
awesome sophomore year, and next year I plan on studying abroad
in Budapest, Hungary, where I will be attending Cornivus
University for the fall semester."
Letter To The Editor
To The Editor:
I want to make it
clear to the people of Pittsfield that in his May 5 letter to
the Sun, Jim Pritchard wrote something that is just plain
wrong.
Pritchard stated that he has attended Planning Board
meetings for seven years, “but the board has never, ever,
listened” to him.
Well, I have been on the Planning Board
since 2003, and it is my recollection that we have listened to
Pritchard. And at great length.
What Pritchard fails to
understand is that listening to him and agreeing with
him are not the same thing.
He is slamming the Planning Board
because he hasn’t been able to get it to adopt his ideas on land
use.
This town could function a whole lot better if he were
to take his pungent behavior somewhere else.
Best Regards,
Bill Miskoe
Pittsfield, NH
At it again is my “good friend” Daniel Schroth. Having spent nearly
all winter on the new stone wall at Pittsfield Youth Athletic
Park he voluntarily spent a day last week installing new steps
at the back of Rite Aid Park. Thanks Dan and also thank you Fuzz
Freese for providing the stone.
Memorial Day In Pittsfield
Soon Memorial Day will be upon us
and the American Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75 is looking for
volunteers from our community to assist Post members on May 27,
2010, (rain day, May 28) on placing flags on our departed
comrades in Floral Park Cemetery starting at 9:00 am. Memorial
Day, or Decoration Day, as it has been called in the past, is a
time to decorate the graves of our fallen heroes.
On May 30,
2010, we will hold our annual Memorial Day observance beginning
with a worship service at 10:30 a.m. at the First Congregational
Church, in Pittsfield, followed by our observance at the
Veterans’ Monument in Dustin Park beginning at 1:00 p.m. The
theme of this year’s observation is, quite simply, ”Remember”, a
chance to think of those who paid the ultimate price, not for
our own freedoms but for freedom around the world.
For more
information, contact Merrill Vaughan, Vice Commander,
Peterson-Cram Post 75 at 435-5207 or on his cell phone at
344-0264.
Merrill A. Vaughan
Vice Commander
American
Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75
Pittsfield NOT Open For Business
After ten years of dreaming
and hard work, I have finally found time and money to open my
own business. I was looking for a place to open a state
certified commercial kitchen. I found an empty store front on
Main St. (among the many available because of the economy),
contacted the owner and all went well. Before signing the lease,
he suggested I make sure with the town that a commercial kitchen
is within the zoning laws (building inspector). Basic yes or no
answer, right? Considering three doors down is a restaurant,
this should be quick, right? Not in Pittsfield. After waiting
over 3 weeks for this yes or no answer, I was now told to write
it in a letter. Why was I not told this right at the beginning?
Needless to say, I hope you all stop by my new kitchen opening
this summer in business friendly Northwood!!
Chris Thayer
Epsom, NH
Pittsfield Middle High School To Host Screening Of The film
Including Samuel
Including Samuel, the award-winning
documentary by photojournalist Dan Habib, will be shown at
Pittsfield Middle High School in Pittsfield, NH, on Tuesday,
June 1 in the Lecture Hall. A free dinner will be served at 6:00
p.m. followed by the movie at 6:45 p.m. The screening is free of
charge. This screening is sponsored by the Pittsfield Middle
High School Student Leadership Team and Community Bridges of NH.
There will also be free raffle prizes.
Since the film
debuted in November 2007, Including Samuel has been screened at
universities, national conferences and independent theatres
across the country. The film has also been featured on NPR’s All
Things Considered and Good Morning American NOW, as well as in
the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. Exceptional Parent
Magazine called it a “must see” film.
Before his son Samuel
was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, photojournalist Dan Habib
rarely thought about the educational inclusion of people with
disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. Shot and
produced over four years, Habib’s award-winning documentary
film, Including Samuel, honestly chronicles the Habib family’s
efforts to include Samuel in every facet of their lives. The
film also features four other families with varied inclusion
experiences, plus interviews with dozens of teachers, young
people, parents and disability rights experts. Including Samuel
is a highly personal, passionately photographed film that
captures the cultural and systemic barriers to inclusion in
schools.
Dan Habib, the director, producer, and
cinematographer of Including Samuel, is the Filmmaker in
Residence at the Institute on Disability / UCED at the
University of New Hampshire. Until joining UNH in April of 2008,
Habib was the photography editor of the Concord (NH) Monitor. In
2006 and 2008, he was named the national Photography Editor of
the Year for papers with a circulation under 100,000. He oversaw
the photo essay by Monitor staff photographer Preston Gannaway
called “Remember Me,” which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for
Feature Photography. He has been a judge of the Pulitzer Prizes,
Pictures of the Year, Best of Photojournalism and White House
News Photographer’s Association.
For more information on
Including Samuel, including the film trailer, screening dates,
DVD sales, and more, please visit
www.includingsamuel.com.
For more information about Community Bridges, please visit
www.communitybridgesnh.org.
If you have questions, please
feel free to contact Leslie Bergevin or Carolyn McGuire at
Pittsfield Middle High School, 603 435 6701.
Cody Lank bagged a 22 lb. turkey on Youth Weekend with a 20 gage
double.
Although this was not his first, it was the biggest so
far.
Fillmore Industries has joined the long list of local companies
that have made substantial contributions to the renovations at
Pittsfield Youth Athletic Park. It provided free delivery of
numerous loads of stone used in the drainage system for the new
upper field. Thank you Mr. Fillmore and your colleagues for all
of your support.
Obituaries
Mary E. Davis
Penacook - Mary Etta (Meacham) Davis, 88, a
resident and board member at Whitaker Place, died Thursday, May
6, 2010, at the Concord Hospital following a brief illness.
She was born June 9, 1921, in Guildhall, VT, the daughter of
Byron and Lenora Meacham. She was a volunteer and nurses aid
during World War II. She worked as a secretary for the Hartford
Insurance Co. in Hartford, Conn., for several years and later
was employed for 39 years until her retirement at the Paige
Agency in Pittsfield. She lived in Pittsfield for many years,
where she was a member and Sunday School teacher at the Park
Street Baptist Church. She was a second “Mom” to the Pittsfield
“Lugnuts” Auto Club during the 1950s.
She moved to Loudon in
1992. She was a senior companion volunteer for 11 years for the
Community Action Program of Belknap and Merrimack Counties. She
loved reading, gardening, camping, bird-watching, animals, and
especially people. She was devoted to her family and will be
missed by all who knew her.
She was predeceased by her
husband, Clifton E. Davis, who died in 1995.
She is survived
by members of her family, including a son, Robert E. Davis and
his wife, Linda, of Loudon; a granddaughter, Heather A. Fredyma
and her children, Ethan and Stellah, of Epsom; a
step-granddaughter, Heather Peterson and her daughter, Danielle,
of Henniker; and three nieces.
Funeral services will be at
the convenience of the family.
Memorial donations may be made
to the Community Action Program of Belknap and Merrimack
Counties, Inc., P.O. Box 1016, 2 Industrial Park Drive, Concord,
NH 03302.
Perkins and Pollard Memorial Home is assisting with
arrangements.
For more information, log on to
perkinsandpollard.com.
