TOPS 38,
Pittsfield
As spring approaches, and the weather improves, you might want
to shed a couple of pounds. What better way to do so than with a
group support meeting, and we hold them weekly, right in
Pittsfield.
I hope that you have a chance to attend one of our
meetings, that we hold on Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. at
St.
Stephen’s Church,
Main Street,
Pittsfield. Remember it
is a non-profit organization and all are welcome.
For further information, please call
Sandy at
798-5658.
Celebrating Birthdays are: March 26, Don Raney; March 27,
Margaret Dunne, Nancy Perkins; March 28, Lisa Maxfield, Robert
Chagnon; March 29, Terry Perkins, Michelle Hill; March 30, Carlton
Potter, Sr.
A Very Happy Birthday to one and all.
The Plourd Family Singers will be at Park St. Baptist Church in
Pittsfield on Sunday,
Mar. 29th at 6:00 p.m. The Plourd Family is known for their
instrumentals, original compositions, gospel bluegrass, a cappella
hymns, Irish ballads, and meditative contemporary keyboard
arrangements. All are welcome. Please join us! Call
435-8036
for more info.
School Lunch Menus
March 30-April 3, 2009
PES
Monday - Tuna
rolls, veggie, fruit, milk.
Tuesday - Chicken nuggets, fries,
fruit, milk.
EPSOM
Monday -
Chicken nuggets, potato wedges, veg., fruit, milk or yogurt tray,
cheese salad.
Tuesday - Tacos, tacos, tacos! with lettuce,
tomatoes, salsa and cheese. Fruit, milk or yogurt tray. NO salad.
CHICHESTER
Monday - Ravioli/meatsauce, green beans, pears, milk.
Tuesday -
Hot dog with roll, baked beans or veggie, pineapple, milk.
Wednesday - Spaghetti with meatsauce, garlic bread, waxed beans,
animal crackers, milk.
Thursday - Chicken noodle soup, toasted
cheese sandwich, carrots, mixed fruit, milk.
Friday - Nachos and
cheese, salsa, French fries, peas, orange wedge, milk.
PMHS
Monday -
Pizza, corn, fruit, milk.
Tuesday - Hot dogs, rolls, mac &
cheese, fruit, milk.
Wednesday - Pasta, salad, bread, fruit,
milk.
Thursday - Chicken nuggets, fries, veggies, fruit, milk.
Friday - Meatball subs, veggies, fruit, milk.
Maple Weekend
March 28 & 29
New Hampshire’s maple season has begun, and as this early
harvest progresses, producers are rushing to boil down the
sweet sap into golden maple syrup, candy, sugar, spreads and
more. These sugar makers take great pride in producing high
quality maple products, and welcome the public into their
sugar houses, creating a vital link between food producers
and consumers.
By proclamation,
Governor
John
Lynch has
designated March 28 & 29 as New Hampshire Maple Weekend, and
urges citizens to recognize the economic and cultural
importance of maple producers in
New Hampshire.
Over 65 sugar houses
around the state will be open to visitors during Maple
Weekend, offering free samples and tours. Some will be
serving up pancake breakfasts and other maple treats. Others
will hold special activities such as sap collecting,
horse-drawn rides, petting farms and musical entertainment.
A lost of participating sugar houses is posted on the NH
Maple Producers Association website: nhmapleproducers.com.
Anyone who doesn’t have access to the internet, may call the
maple hotline at 603-225-3757.
Area Sugar Houses
Participating in New Hampshire Maple Weekend include:
Journey’s End Maple Farm,
Anne and Marty
Boisvert,
295 Loudon Road,
Pittsfield,
NH,
03263.
603-435-5127. Hours: Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sun., 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Sugarhouse tours, syrup samples, maple baked
goods.
Mudgett Hill Mumbling Maplers, Kim Bean and
Mike LaBonte, 225 Mudgett Hill Road, Loudon, NH, 03307.
603-231-5396 or 234-9157. Hours: Sat. and Sun., 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. We have a raffle for Make-A-Wish. All proceeds are
donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. We well pints, ˝
gallons and gallons of sweet maple syrup. Maple candy for
sale. Tour our sugar house while we are boiling.
Pearl & Sons Farm,
Howard
Pearl,
409 Loudon Ridge Road,
Loudon,
NH,
03307.
603-435-6587. Hours: Sat. and Sun., 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free samples, maple sugar on snow if possible.
Red
Roof Maples,
Russell
Lampron, 7064
Pleasant Street, Ext.,
Loudon,
NH,
03307.
603-724-5768. Hours: Sat. and Sun., 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Maple
Sugar on snow if possible and other treats as well.
Sunnyside Maples,
Richard and
Mike
Moore, 1089
Route 106 North,
Loudon,
NH,
03307.
603-783-9961. Hours: Sat. and Sun., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sample
our maple products and visit our gift shop. See our sugaring
operation.
Windswept Maples,
Larry and
Melissa
Moore and sons,
845 Loudon Ridge Road,
Loudon,
NH,
03307. 603-267-8492. Hours: Sat. and
Sun., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sugarhouse tours. Working livestock
farm, visit our baby lambs and calves.
Spring Harvest
Maple Farm,
Joshua
Bouchard, 220
Route 9,
Barrington,
NH,
03825.
603-664-2401. Hours: Sat. and Sun., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sugar
House tours. Serving sugar on snow.
Letter
The Selectboard is proud to announce
Officer
Richard
Wiltshire as January’s
Employee of the Month. Officer Wiltshire has been with the
Pittsfield Police Department for about six years. Officer Wiltshire
volunteers many hours of time for a variety of town events. National
Night Out successfully continues each year due to individuals like
Officer who is dedicated to providing information, listen to
citizens and reaching out to those who are in need.
Officer Wiltshire is friendly, courteous and respectful of
others. Officer Wiltshire works effectively with his peers and
supervisors to accomplish work projects and departmental goals.
Officer Wiltshire is industrious, punctual and task orientated. He
is quick to grasp instructions to meet changing conditions or
problem solving situations, and is enthusiastic towards his job and
shows a great interest in furthering his training and education to
better serve our town and citizens.
His dedication and community involvement has not gone unnoticed
and reflects credit on him and the Police Department.
Respectfully Submitted,
Denise
Morin
Letter
Dear
Pittsfield Residents:
Please consider applying to the Planning Board for appointment as
alternate. The Planning Board needs two alternates, and one of its
members is on extended absence. Furthermore, the Planning Board has
a lot of work to do in this upcoming year, and to do that work well,
the Planning Board needs public participation.
If you have felt ignored at a Town-board meeting, or if you
thought that a board made a wrong decision, then now is your chance
to be heard. If you have never sat on a board or served in
government before, do not let this deter you; no experience or
expertise is needed. If you can spare a few hours per month, then
please speak to either the Town Administrator, Mr. Paul Skowron; the
Building Inspector, Mr. Kyle Parker; the Planning Board Acting
Chair, Mr. Gerard LeDuc; or me, Jim Pritchard.
Thank you,
Jim
Pritchard
Pittsfield
The American Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75
The American Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75 will hold their
annual election at our next meeting on
April 6, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. at the Post Home,
3 Loudon Rd,
Pittsfield.
Positions to be filled are Commander, Vice Commander, Adjutant,
Finance Officer, Service Offers, Sergeant-at-Arms and Judge
Advocate. If you are interested in becoming a Post Officer,
attend this meeting.
Other items of interest to be
discussed will be our installation of officers on
May
4, 2009, with District 5 Commander,
Bob
Chagnon as the
Installation Officer. We will also be working on plans for the
upcoming Memorial Day observance and other items of interest to
the Post.
Veterans who are not members are most welcome
to attend this meeting and here would be a chance to find out
what the Legion is all about. If you need a ride to the
meeting, call the number below and a ride can be arraigned.
Anyone with questions about this meeting can contact me at
home
(435-5207) or my
cell phone
(834-3166).
Merrill
A.
Vaughan, Commander
American Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75
Spring Greetings
Spring is here, birds
are singing, the snow is melting, and bulbs are beginning to pop
their green shoots up through the ground!
With all of that in mind, it only seemed
fitting for The Friends of the Josiah Carpenter Library to raffle
off a bright red wheelbarrow full of gardening items at their recent
Election Day Raffle.
This year’s proud winner is
Shirley
Gray, Congratulations
Shirley!
The Friends would like to thank Northeast
Landscaping and
Clark’s Grain Store for their generous
contributions to our raffle. We appreciate their continued support
of our organization!
Thank you also to all of you voters who
purchased raffle tickets. As always, the funds received will
go to the betterment of the Josiah Carpenter Library.
We will be hosting an Artist Reception on
March 26th, 5-7 p.m., for the PMHS students, whose artwork has been
on display at the library. Be sure to stop in to meet these
talented young people.
Have a Happy & Healthy Spring!
You Want Me To Wear What?
Pittsfield Players,
Nate
Strong and
Ernie
Bass (as
Jon and
Leslie) argue about who
wears the dress in the comedy “Love, Sex, and the I.R.S.” The play
opens this Friday, March 27, at 8 p.m. with other shows
March 28, 29 and April 3, 4 at the Scenic
Theatre, 6 Depot St.,
Pittsfield. Tickets are
available through TicketLeap at
www.pittsfieldplayers.com or by calling the theatre at
435-8852
to reserve.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Fall
2008 Dean’s List
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has announced that
Jennifer
Sansom, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs.
David
W.
Sansom of
Pittsfield,
NH, a junior majoring in Biomedical
Engineering , was named to the university’s Dean’s List for academic
excellence for the fall 2008 semester.
A total of 823 undergraduate students (about a quarter of
the undergraduate population) achieved the criteria required for
WPI’s fall 2008 Dean’s List. The criteria for the WPI Dean’s
List differ from most other universities as WPI does not compute
a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI defines the Dean’s
List by the amount of work completed at the A level in courses
and projects.
Meet
Officer
Tanya
Emerson
of the Pittsfield Police Department
Officer
Tanya
Emerson joined the
Pittsfield Police Department six years ago in order to make a
positive influence in the community she grew up in.
When asked
what message she would like to send to the
Pittsfield residents, she responded, “That our
goal isn’t to arrest everyone and write as many tickets as possible
but to assist in making this a safe community for everyone.”
The
Pittsfield Police Department is proud to have
Officer
Emerson as a member of
the team that is helping to make the Pittsfield Police a stronger
department.
Fund Created To Benefit Family Of
Kenneth
Piaseczny,
Sr.
Over 700 individuals attended the calling hours and funeral services
for
Kenneth
Piaseczny last week- a
tribute to the impact
Ken made on many lives.
To help address the financial hardships created by
Ken’s untimely passing, an account has been created at
Citizen’s Bank in
Pittsfield by some of
his former PHS classmates, to benefit
Ken’s wife,
Tina
Piaseczny, and her children,
Kenny
Jr. and
Katelyn.
All those in the community who knew
Ken and would like to help
out are encouraged to please mail checks to: Citizen’s Bank, c/o Ken
Piaseczny- PHS Class of 82 - Memorial Account,
54 Main Street,
Pittsfield,
NH
03263.
All envelopes and personal notes sent in with your checks will be
collected by Citizen’s Bank to give to the family.
Your
generosity is greatly appreciated in this time of need for
Ken’s family.
Ken was a wonderful man
whom we all loved; he was a happy, positive presence to all those he
touched.
Ken was “a friend to all” and would give the shirt off
his back to help anyone in need. It is our hope that we are
able to help his family by creating a sizable account which they can
use to address the challenges that lie ahead.
Recipes We Gathered
for a Cause that Matters
Hope Starts In The
Kitchen
The Globe Striders of Globe Manufacturing Company in
Pittsfield New Hampshire, who feel strongly about breast cancer
issues, have collected the best recipes from co-workers, family, and
friends and compiled them into an attractive keepsake Cookbook.
Cookbooks are available for order immediately at $15.00. They may be
ordered in advance from any member or representative of the Cookbook
Committee. All net proceeds will go to The American Cancer
Society, via The Globe Striders at Making Strides Against Breast
Cancer in October 2009.
The Cookbook contains approximately 600
well-loved recipes including appetizers, main dishes, desserts and
many others. Recipes include the contributor’s name, enabling
you to easily find the recipes of family and friends. For more
information, and to order your Cookbook, contact
Lisa
Wickman at
603-798-3538.
Cookbooks will be delivered in July 2009.
PITTSFIELD YOUTH
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION RECEIVES MATCHING
GRANT
The Pittsfield Youth Baseball Association is pleased to announce the
donation of a matching grant of $5,000 to help raise funds for its
renovation of
Pittsfield
Youth
Athletic
Park on
Tilton Hill Road.
Mr. and
Mrs.
Max
Carbon have agreed to
match all contributions up to $250 by townspeople. They stated, “It
is our hope that this will challenge parents and students alike in
Pittsfield to make small
contributions even in these difficult times. Small donations add up
to large ones.” PYBA extends its deepest appreciation to the
Carbon’s for such wonderful support.
Donations may be sent to
Larry
Berkson,
34 Connemara Drive,
Chichester,
N.
H. 03258. All contributions are tax
deductible.
Women Of Rotary
Eleven members met at the home
of Maddy Pollard for our March meeting.
Fred
Okrunt conducted the
meeting.
Ann
Carpenter introduced our speaker for the
evening who was
Louie
Houle. He gave us a
history of
Pittsfield’s Old Home
Day. The first one being in 1981. There were a lot more
businesses in the town at that time and many active organizations,
making Old Home Day celebration, three day affair. Thank you,
Louie.
After our
business meeting, refreshments were served by Maddy,
Fred and
Sue
Bleckmann.
Letter
Many thanks to the voters of Pittsfield for their
confidence in re-electing me to the office of Town Clerk/Tax
Collector for another 3 year term. We will be insituting some new
programs sometime this year.
Thank you very much.
Elizabeth
A. Hast
Letter
Thank you for allowing me to serve our community for a 3
year term as a member of the Board Of Selectmen. This year looks to
bring many positives to our town.
Thank you.
Fred
T. Hast
Obituaries
Shirley
I. (Small)
Noyes
Shirley
I. (Small) Noyes of Concord died Tuesday,
March 17, 2009.
Shirley was born in
Northwood,
NH, the daughter of
John and
Florence (Arlin) Small.
She grew up in
Pittsfield and raised
her family there.
Shirley worked for Adams
Brother’s Shoe Co., Globe Manufacturing, Odd Fellows Home and the
Centennial Home in
Concord.
After
retiring, children were the highlight of her life.
Shirley loved children, baking, gardening, knitting,
and home-made fudge. She loved teaching the children she took
care of through the years many of those things. She was known
as “Nana” not only by her family, but also by almost all who knew
her.
Survivors include her children, Richard Noyes and
Paul Noyes of Concord, NH; grandchildren, Christopher Noyes of
Alexandria, VA, Curtis Noyes of Henniker, NH, Robert Noyes, Heather
Noyes both of Concord, NH, Cheryl Noyes of Ludlow, MA,; and 7
great grandchildren; one brother, Elliott Small of Greenacres,
Florida; and four sisters, Marjorie Fulton of Raleigh, NC, Christine
Avery of Woodstock, NH, Rachael Wade of Ocala, FL, and Nancy
Anderson of Dover, NH.
Shirley was predeceased by
her husband
Homer; three bothers; and
four sisters.
Services were held on Saturday,
March 21, 2009, at
Perkins and Pollard Memorial Home,
Pittsfield,
NH.
Donations may be
made to TLC Medical Daycare for Adults,
211 Loudon Road,
Concord,
NH
03301.
Pamela “Penny”
Cheney
Moultonboro - Pamela “Penny” Cheney, 62, of
Grassey Pond Road, died March 16th at the
Lakes
Region General
Hospital
following a brief illness.
She was born in
Pittsfield, the daughter
of
Alfred and
Margaret
Jenisch.
She was a
graduate of
Pittsfield
Middle
High School, class of 1964
and attended
Plymouth
State
University. She
lived in
Merrimack for several
years and had lived in Moultonboro for the past 13 years.
She was
employed by Avid Thermolly Co. in
Laconia.
She is
survived by her mother,
Margaret “Babe” Jenisch of
Pittsfield; her husband,
Ronald
Cheney of Moultonboro; a son,
Steven
Cheney of Weare; a daughter,
Jennifer
Johnson of Allenstown; and 6
grandchildren, Jada,
Hayden and
Livia
Cheney and
Madison,
Luke and
Ryan
Johnson.
A Memorial
Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Saturday,
March 21, 2009,
in Our Lady of Lourdes Church,
Pittsfield. The
Rev.
John
Loughnane, Pastor
was the Celebrant.
Donations in her memory may be made to the NH
Humane Society ,
PO Box 572,
Laconia,
NH
03246.
The Perkins & Pollard Memorial Home,
Pittsfield,
assisted with arrangements.
To sign an on line guest book, please
go to www.perkinsandpollard.com
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