Congratulations!
PRESCHOOL
OPENINGS!
It’s time to be thinking about enrolling your child
for school in the fall! The Center School in Northwood is accepting
registrations for the 2012-2013 school year. The Center School
is a parent cooperative preschool located next to the town hall in
Northwood, which provides a developmental program for three, four,
and five year-olds of Northwood and surrounding towns. There
are openings in our two-day (T/Th) program and three-day (M/W/F)
morning programs. For information, please call the school at
942-7686 or email us at
[email protected]
to request an information packet.
Cabaret For A Cure
September 8 At The Scenic Theatre
Submitted By Meggin Dail
A few years ago Katelyn Parker came up with this wonderful idea:
sing your heart out for a cure for breast cancer. Katelyn works for
the American Cancer Society and her own mother has struggled with
the disease. This May I had the opportunity to see Katelyn in action
at her Cabaret for a Cure at Boynton’s Tap Room in Manchester and
decided I needed to talk to her about bringing her show to the
Scenic Theatre in Pittsfield.
As many of you know, my mother has also struggled with the disease
and once I started talking to Katelyn, I realized the two of us have
more in common than that. Both of us have Making Strides teams that
we raise money for each year culminating in the Making Strides walk
in Concord in October. Both of us have a deep love of theatre. We
both feel music is a great way to get a message across and we both
believe that humor as well as empathy, not sympathy, is the way to
work through whatever life throws your way… like cancer.
Cabaret for a Cure is an evening of music, inspiration and fun. The
evening will start with “mocktails” and refreshments at 7 pm while
the crowd finds the best seats in the house (because at the Scenic,
there’s never a bad seat). At 7:30 the lights will go down and the
first half of the show begins: “Let go of thinking you are anything
but beautiful, let go of thinking you can do this on your own,” from
Like Breathing from the musical, Edges.
The first act will focus on breast cancer awareness and raising
funds for research and uses both humor and personal stories that,
yes, will bring a tear to the eye and, yes, may surprise you.
Besides “Secret of Happiness” from Daddy Longlegs, “Bravest
Individual” from Sweet Charity and “The Money Song” from Avenue Q
the show will feature “Cancer Sucks” by Kathleen Hill and “What Am
I?” by her daughter, Jeanne Puglisi both of The Village Players and
inspiration from Bea Douglas from The Pittsfield Players and more.
The second act is all for the fun of it, with some audience
participation, because that’s something else Katelyn and I have in
common, working the audience and making them a part of the show.
With songs from Chicago, Wicked, Guys and Dolls and Jekyll and Hyde,
you’re sure to hear a favorite.
Tickets are $10/each (cash or check made out to The American Cancer
Society) and 80% goes to ACS’s Making Strides, 20% to The Pittsfield
Players Sprinkler Fund. So get your tickets now by calling Meggin
Dail at 736-8073 and leaving a message. Seating is not
reserved and is on a first come first served basis, so come early
and have a “Pretty In Pink” mocktail!
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor:
I have recently learned that Joey and Jimmy Darrah mowed Pittsfield
Youth Athletic Park this year free of charge. The whole community
owes them a debt of gratitude and I sincerely thank them. Also this
summer Tony Scopa and Mike Brewster spent hours completing the
storage shed which is built to perfection. Thank you guys.
I would also like to thank everyone who helped at the Park Saturday
morning: Jim Parker for his expertise and the donation of a granite
post for the parking lot (now called Provencal’s Pole!), Richard
Foss for providing his ideas and materials for the foul pole bases,
Joey Darrah for digging the base for the new donors’ monument, Mike
Brewster for his labor, and Jimmy Darrah for mowing and weed-wacking
the entire upper area around the concession stand. Sue and I would
also like to thank the gang that spent hours weeding the walkways
and mulch areas: Joey Darrah, Jessica Beaulieu, Sydney Booth, Tyler
Booth, and Tony Scopa.
Finally, we would like to thank Joey and Jimmy Darrah, Jacob
Whittier, and Darrell Wages for spending most of Sunday removing two
huge trees and many others along the right side of the park. It is
wonderful to see so many people volunteer their time to care for the
park.
Larry Berkson
Pittsfield Circle Of Home And Family Announces Raffle Winners
The Pittsfield Circle of Home and Family group would like to thank
everyone who purchased tickets for the annual Hot Air Balloon quilt
raffle. The winners were: Hot Air Balloon Quilt - Tracy
Demers; Knowles Collection “Peter” China Doll - Elaine Coffey; Hand
Woven Basket - Trudy Pride; Quilted Table Runner- Toni DeRuntz; Hand
Made Pillows-set of 2- Carolyn Davis; Hat and Tote Bag set- Lillian
Wheeler; Set of Anna Lee dolls - Terry Riel; Hand Painted Beach
Scene Slate - Lucas Fries; Hot Air Balloon T-shirt - Tracy Demers;
Herbal Relax Pack - Doug Towle.
The Pittsfield Circle of Home and Family group is a women’s group
that meets once per month on the 4th Thursday at 7 pm at the
Community Center. Our meetings typically consists of some kind of a
program - a guest speaker, making a craft, cooking demonstrations
and we always have refreshments! Many of the program topics are
geared towards women’s health, finances, and heritage arts.
New members are always welcome.
Please call Andi Riel at 435-6346 or email at
[email protected]
if you’d like more information.
In the Good Olde Summertime
Pittsfield Old Home Day, 2012
I don’t know about you, but I think Pittsfield’s Old Home Day held
on Saturday, July 21st was absolutely wonderful! The weather was
perfect, and people just seemed to be in a great mood. The theme of
the day was “In the Good Olde Summertime” and there were lots of
summertime activities to partake in. Many thanks are due to lots of
groups, organizations, businesses and individuals that make this
event possible.
Parks and Recreation sponsored the movie, “Gnomeo & Juliet” on
Friday night. Kids and adults enjoyed the show.
We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank the Pittsfield
Players Encore group for the many years of involvement in Old Home
Day. They were unable to participate at Old Home Day this year but
we truly appreciate their past performances.
The Park St. Baptist Church served a delicious breakfast on Saturday
morning to start the day. Thank you to all the cooks!
Many thanks to Tammy Colby who organized the craft fair. The free
craft table for kids was manned by Carol Grainger, Michele Karwocki,
Nicole Grainger, Kathy Bleckmann, Tara Ash, Lily Edmond, Katie
Steeves, Kellie Vien, Amber and Jocelyn Ash and Eileen Manteau; many
thanks to all of you! Simplicity The Clown provided balloon
“art” for the kids – free! Thanks to PYW for manning the jump tent
and carnival games and the Cubscouts for sponsoring a dunk tank.
A big thank you to Judy and Ray Webber for creating the fun
summertime backdrop for the photo op area, and a huge thank you to
Bob and Eileen Legg for taking the photos and posting them on the
town website. Thank you to the Lions Club for bringing back the
memories of the old penny counter!
Thank you to Stephanie, Phil and Marilyn Joyce for providing music
and singing at Dustin Park all morning. Thanks to the Historical
Society for opening their doors to show off the awesome Pittsfield
memorabilia and for having the time capsule available.
The annual cook-off was “Any Berry or Fruit Pie” this year. Thanks
to all the participants. The winners by popular vote were:
1st-Kianna Vincelette (#6), 2nd-Kathy Bleckmann (#2), and tied for
3rd-Heather Dunagan (#7) and Corine Miller (#8). A very
special thank you to the Victory Workers 4-H Club for organizing and
manning the booth.
Thanks to all the kids that participated in the Bike Parade. It was
great to see so many decorated bikes! Thanks to our judges Carol
Grainger, Ross Morse and Bekah Adams and to Appleview Orchard for
the ice cream certificates.
Pastor Dave Stasiak provided the invocation before
the parade; thank you for joining us on Old Home Day. A
special thank you to Ms. Stephanie Joyce for her beautiful rendition
of the Star Spangled Banner and a big thank you to Stan Bailey for
providing announcing duties for the parade. We’d also like to thank
Granite Image for providing all the flyers, posters and program
printing for the day. Thank you to the Suncook Valley Sun for
printing all of our articles, ads and the day’s schedule. Thanks,
also to our website committee for posting all the events and
information on our town website
www.pittsfield-nh.com and
to all the local businesses that posted flyers for us.
Congratulations to Ray Webber, III on being named Pittsfield’s
Citizen of the Year! Thank you so much for all you do and have done
for our community. Thanks to Sandy Adams for providing the
“ride” for our Citizen of the Year and to Heath’s Flower Shoppe for
providing the boutonniere.
Thank you to all who participated in the Parade. You are the
ones who make the parade what it is. A Huge thank you to NH Motor
Speedway for the use of their “People Movers” and to Jon Ward for
hauling it. They worked perfectly for the band in the parade.
Another huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped the Police
Dept. with traffic duty during the parade. It was very much
appreciated!
Parade Winners
The Judges Award went to the Pittsfield Players and Pittsfield
Rotary Club (pulled by the Appleview Orchard tractor).
In the Youth Division, first place went to the Victory Workers 4-H
Club, followed by Cub Scouts Pack 84 in second and the Pittsfield
Police Association in third.
The Open Division was won by the Family Float (Wolfe, St. George and
Johnson families), second place went to The Jones Family Farm and
third place was the Suncook Valley Area Lions Club.
The Glass Shop won a trophy for the Best Truck; Jordon Roode won a
trophy for the Best Car (’55 Chevy in memory of Carroll Hodgdon) and
Zack Thoroughgood won for Best Custom Car.
The afternoon festivities moved to the F.B. Argue Recreation Area. A
Duck Race (sponsored by the PMHS Boys Basketball team) was held and
was a great success with over 300 ducks tossed into the water.
Thanks to Jay Darrah for coordinating the duck race.
Congratulations to Eleanor Joyce for purchasing the winning duck!
Many thanks to Parks and Recreation (especially Minni Plante and
Nick Abell) for running all the olde time summer games. There was
also a pie eating contest (thanks to our own Louie Houle for
organizing this) and musical chairs for adults. Music was
provided in the afternoon by Bill Parker, the One Man Band. Thanks
to Stand Up Paddle Boards NH for allowing people to try a paddle
board. Thank you to the South Pittsfield Community Club for putting
on a delicious chicken barbecue – with all the fixings!
The day ended with a fabulous fireworks show. A huge thank you
to all the donors who made this show possible. Thanks to PMHS
for the use of Drake Field and the committee would especially like
to thank all the volunteers and Joe Darrah’s crew – Phil Carpenter,
Tyler Booth and Jimmy Darrah who came to Drake Field on Sunday
morning to help clean up the fireworks debris. We really appreciated
all that help!
The Old Home Day Committee would like to thank the Pittsfield
Police, Fire and Highway Departments; Parks and Recreation Committee
and the many extra volunteers who helped at any of the events. A lot
of planning and work goes into this day and it takes a lot of people
to make things happen… so, thank you!
We hope you enjoyed the day! Please feel free to call
Andi Riel at 435-6346, by email at
[email protected]
or Louie Houle at 435-6938, by
[email protected]
if you have any suggestions, comments or if you’d like to volunteer
next year.
F.B. Argue Recreation Area Closing
On Saturday, August 25, 2012, the FB Argue Recreation Area will
close for the 2012 season.
We will be opening on that day at 12:00. We will be doing some
activities from 1:00 to 3:00. The activities will include water
balloons, duck hunt, sack races, and beach ball fun. We will also be
choosing a Mr. and Miss Pool again this year. Please join us for
these fun activities.
Swimming will end at 4:00 to give the staff time to clean up for the
season.
We would like to thank the parents and patrons for their support
during this swimming season.
The Pittsfield Parks and Recreation Committee is presently working
on the permit for dredging so that the work can hopefully be
completed this fall and we will have our diving area back for next
year.
Thanks to the life guards, gatekeepers for another great season.
Obituaries
Laura Grattage
Laura Grattage, 85, of 67 Main Street, died August 17, 2012. Born in
Barnstead, she graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1945.
She was pre-deceased by her husband, Wanton Grattage.
She is survived by her son, Allen W. Grattage of Pittsfield; her
daughter, Cindy Bousquet and husband Richard of Pittsfield;
grandchildren, Jesse Bousquet of Barnstead; Joan Tabitby and Mike
Sammon of Pittsfield; Cassie and Brian West of Loudon; Adam Bousquet
and Karen of Pittsfield; Lori and Terry Lambert of Laconia; Denise
Grattage of Pittsfield; Joseph Camley of Manchester; and four great
grandchildren.
There will be no calling hours and services will be private.
Arrangements are by Perkins and Pollard Funeral Home.