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Chichester NH News

May 9, 2012

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Congratulations to Travis McJuary, who was recently graduated from Vermont Technical College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Architectural Engineering Technology.

 


 

Chichester Youth Association held their 2nd annual Baseball/Softball opening ceremonies on April 27th at Carpenter Park. Each team stood on the field while all the players were introduced. The CYA was pleased to have three guests participate in the ceremonies. The CYA would like to thank the Chichester Boy Scouts pack #85 who held the flags while Sean Menard played the National Anthem on the electric guitar and Sarah Harkness sang Sweet Caroline. This year there are 110 Chichester children participating making up 10 great teams. The CYA would like to wish all the teams best of luck throughout their season!

 


 

The National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive will be held on Saturday, May 12th. Place your bags filled with nonperishable food items next to your mailbox and your carrier will pick them up. A portion of your donation will benefit your local food pantry. Thank you.

 


 

Happy Birthday on May 13 to Carter Pillsbury and Todd Hammond.

 


 

The Chichester Food Pantry would like to thank Joe Montambeault and "company" along with St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church for their monetary donation received in April.

 


 

Chichester Grange will meet on Wednesday, May 16th upstairs in the Grange Hall. The meeting begins at 7 pm. Following the business meeting the Chichester Heritage Commission will present a program.

 


 

On Wednesday, May 16 the School Board will hold a very important public hearing at 6:00 pm at the school to hear feedback on the proposal to allow tuition-paid students to enroll in classrooms that are significantly below the maximum class size. Please come to share your views!

 


 

The Chichester Historical Society will present "Clothing, Accessories, and Other Textiles from Our Museum Collection" on Monday, May 14th at 7 pm in the Museum, 49 Main Street. Plan to attend and enjoy both the exhibit and a fashion show. Refreshments will be served.

 


 

Keep your eye on Carpenter Park: The logging trucks have departed and presumably the permitting process is under way. The project still needs many donations of money and/or labor and machinery. Visit the website at http://www.webharrison.net/carpenter-park.

 


 

On Thursday, May 17, Steve Taylor, former NH Commissioner of Agriculture, will give a talk entitled "The Great Sheep Boom and Its Enduring Legacy on the New Hampshire Landscape." Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the NH Humanities Council. It will be held at the Town/Grange Hall at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

 


 

The Chichester Fire Department will be serving breakfast on Mother’s Day , May 13, at the Fire Station from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Proceeds will benefit the Chichester Firefighters Association.

 


 

Out Of Your Attic Thrift Shop News

Submitted By Carol Hendee

 

Come see our "weeded" book area! Many thanks to Debbie, who spent hours weeding out old books (which were recycled) and stocking with new ones. Amazing. The paperbacks are still 25¢ and some newer hardcover are 50¢. We also might have some "specials/collectibles" for a slightly higher price.

 

We received a special collection of older magazines on Haflinger horses, Rural Living, Equine And Small Farms and Reminisce. It’s very interesting to look at the pictures of how things were done.

 

We have a request from a local celebrity. We need an adult baseball glove. If you bring one in, make sure it is marked for "The Wolfman."

 

We are open Mon. 8-12, Tues. and Thurs. 8-4, Wed. 11-4 and Sat. 10-4 on Route 28, 5 miles north of the Epsom circle. Our phone is 247-7191.

 


 

Pembroke Academy Spartan Singers Perform In Washington DC

 

The Pembroke Academy Spartan Singers chorus of 41 talented students/vocalists and their chorus director, Cheryl Lafond, recently performed at the 2012 National Festival of the States concert series in Washington, DC as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial in April of 2012! This trip and the costumes the students wore to perform were made possible from generous donations from local businesses.

 

The Spartan Singers would like to take this opportunity to thank the following businesses for their huge donations: Northeast Delta Dental, Associated Grocers of New England, Banks Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC of Concord, Crossroads Chiropractics, Concord Orthopaedics, Lavalle Oil, Inc., Hampshire Fire Protection, Green Valley School, Kyle Landt, Donaghey Tree Farm, and Davis Fuels of Epsom.

 

In addition, we would like to thank the local community for coming out to support our Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser we held in March and the following businesses who provided supplies or other supports: Shaw’s Supermarket, Hannaford’s, Epsom Circle Market, Suncook Valley Sun Newspaper, and the First Congregational Church of Pembroke for use of your hall. Thank you all for making this trip to Washington, DC to perform a cherished memory for all of us!

 


 

Planting Maple Trees For Canterbury Road Project

 

The Chichester Heritage Commission has been at work on its Canterbury Road Tree Project initiative. Five new young maple trees have been planted recently along Canterbury Road to replace nine old sugar maples removed by the town Highway Department due to safety concerns for those traveling the roadway.

 

Commission member Bob McAnney has assessed the old maples, researched replacement trees with various nurseries and landscape companies to choose best options. With the help of Fayth Noyes of Pittsfield, these signature first planting trees were transported to prepared holes on site. After planting, the whips were staked, wire collared and mulched for protection. Due to a very dry spell immediately following planting, watering was required.

 

Four of the new trees are 8 foot bare-root Fall Fiesta sugar maples, a salt resistant tree with brilliant fall leaf color. The fifth is a Green Mountain Maple about nine feet tall with balled root. The Green Mountain is noted for its orange-scarlet fall color. L.A. Brochu, Commercial Street, Concord, NH provided the trees at a reasonable cost.

 

In addition, 24 sugar maple seedlings grown by the NH State Forest Nursery at Boscawen were planted by Commission member Faye McAnney at a plot on her Pumpkin Hill Farm in north Chichester. After some growth they can be used for future back-up of trees needed to continue reforestation in coming years.

 

The cost of all of these trees and seedlings were funded by private donations to the Canterbury Road Tree Fund and no public town money has been used. The planting of maple trees reflects the Commission’s commitment to sustaining our natural landscape heritage.

 


 

Letter

What do you think?

 

On Wednesday, May 16th at 6:00 pm at Chichester Central School, the Chichester School Board is having a public hearing. The purpose is to share information with Chichester residents on a new program we are considering and to receive your feedback.

 

We are exploring the option of allowing tuition-paid students to enroll in class rooms that are significantly below the maximum class size. This idea was voiced by a resident who attended one of our regular monthly meetings with the thought of maximizing our wonderful services while generating additional revenue for the school budget.

 

We are asking for the community’s help in exploring all aspects of this topic. Please mark your calendars to share your thoughts with us on next Wednesday, May 16th.

Any questions, please contact any of your school board members.

 

Respectfully yours,

Ben Brown,

Sally Kelly &

Harold Losey

 


 

Chichester Library News

 

May artist at the Chichester Town Library is Serra Shepard, a teen and student from Alton. Serra creates her art work as a relaxing step back from daily life. Her subjects include fanciful imagined scenes, realistic activities and pet portraits; some in grayscale with pencil or charcoal and others in pen with brilliant, sharply, contrasted colors and intricate detail. She intends to pursue a degree in Art Education in the fall and looks forward to sharing her artistic passions with others. Please drop in and enjoy this wonderful show.

 

We are starting our Garden Club. The first meeting will be Wednesday, May 9th at 7:00 pm.

 

Bill Zarakotas, himself a veteran and now a volunteer at Liberty House, a shelter for homeless vets in Manchester, will be offering a program on World War II on Thursday, May 10th, at 6:30 pm. If you’ve ever wondered if WWII was a just war, come, listen to the facts and decide.

 

Our own library patron and friend, Tom Downey, will be offering a workshop on Computer Skills For Beginners. Like Tom said, "To err is human, to really mess things up, you need a computer." Remember, there are no stupid questions, you can ask all about mice, cookies and zippers. Come on Monday, May 14th at 7:00 pm.

 

Please call 798-5613 if you are planning on attending these programs.

 

We are having a RADA Cutlery Sale and Baking Contest on Friday, May 18th at 6:30 pm.

 

RADA sells knives and useful kitchen tools and the library will be selling them as a fund raiser. At the party you will see lots of examples and if you wish you may place an order.

 

The Baking Contest will be part of the fun. Anyone may submit a desert, all attending the party will vote on their favorite. Cookbooks will be given to every contestant and the winner will receive a prize.

 


 

Letter

 

As the Suncook River watershed is developed, the peak runoff increases during storms and the river flow decreases during the summer due to less available groundwater baseflow. During droughts the river is less able to assimilate upstream wastewater discharges and uses for swimming and fishing are threatened. If the increasing number of larger precipitation events and prolonged dry periods continues the problems will increase.

 

A recent letter in this paper claimed in error that the river nomination into the Rivers Management and Protection Program would lead to more restrictions under the Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act (SWQPA). This isn’t true since the entire river is already covered by the SWQPA. The only new land use restrictions within the proposed one quarter mile buffer would be the prohibition on the land application of biosolids (sewage sludge) and the construction of new dams. With the planned change for Chichester’s river segment from "rural" to "rural community" there will no longer be any restrictions on residential, commercial and industrial land uses, concerns expressed by river land owners. Further, since Chichester’s zoning already requires wetlands buffers and allows cluster development there is no need to make recommendations for significant changes that may be needed in other towns. The only exception would be encouraging the use of development practices that direct stormwater into the groundwater where it goes naturally.

 

Chichester has been given an opportunity to join a river basin wide effort to study the river and make recommendations for its protection (See www.suncookriver.org). A successful nomination of the River into the Rivers Management and Protection Program and the formation of the Local River Advisory Committee will go a long way toward preserving the uses we all enjoy and minimizing impacts on riverfront properties. Please join me in asking our Board of Selectmen to support the nomination.

 

Jeff Andrews

 


 

Mother’s Day Breakfast

 

The 13th annual Mother’s Day Breakfast will be served on Sunday, May 13th, from 7:30 to 10:30 am at the Chichester Fire Department, 22 Main Street.

 

There is no better way to start Mother’s Day than with a home cooked breakfast buffet prepared and served by your friends and neighbors; the volunteers of the Chichester Fire Department. Please come and join us for a delicious buffet breakfast of pancakes, eggs, home fries, bacon, sausage, English muffin, coffee, tea, juice, or milk. The cost of the breakfast is $7.00 for adults and $4.00 for children under 10. All proceeds/ donations will benefit the Chichester Firefighters Association.

 

Thank-you to all for the continuing support and we hope to see you on Sunday, May 13th.

 


 


 

 











 
 

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