Celebrating Birthdays are: June 23, June
Teloian, Peter Yelle, Walter Bond, Jr.;
June 26, Jamie Munn, June 27, Glenn
McLaughlin, Mark Portigue, Sydney Snell;
June 28, Elaine Wallace, Theresa Gadoury,
Jenamarie Boston; June 29, Chris Young.
A Very Happy Birthday to one and
all.
Celebrating Anniversaries are: June
23, Rob and Debra Richardson; June 27,
Dave and Betty Sweet.
Best Wishes.
Reminder
It’s time to pick Pittsfield’s
Citizen Of The Year. Please send the
name of your nominee and reasons he/she
should be Citizen of the Year to:
Citizen Of The Year, P.O. Box 173,
Pittsfield, NH 03263.
All nominations must be in by June
25.
The Class of 1966 will be gathering at
Pittsfield Elementary School on Old Home
Day July 17th at 5 p.m. Please contact
Donna Chagnon at
[email protected] or Linda Schmidt
at 293-4094 if you have not already been
contacted for this social event. Bring
your lawn chairs. Hope to see you there.
Best Wishes to Victor and Flo Huse
who will celebrate their 50th Wedding
Anniversary on June 25th!
The Suncook Valley Soccer Club will
be hosting adult soccer every Sunday
night (except 7/4) at 5 PM at Drakes
Field. Please come prepared to have fun
and learn. No experience is required.
This will be followed by the Summer
Soccer Series from 6-8 for all kids. Any
questions please e-mail James at
[email protected].
Every year since Lyman Park opened Jeffrey Huntington of
Pleasant View Gardens has supplied the
beautiful flowers that make the site one
of the prettiest in town. Again the
Pittsfield Historical Society, and
indeed, the entire town is in his debt.
Thank you Jeff.
Pittsfield Town Hanging Flower
Baskets
Our thanks to those who responded to
my earlier letter seeking funds for the
hanging flower baskets in Pittsfield.
Your generous contributions are much
appreciated.
Now we have to come back with a
second request as we came up short and
didn’t get enough to cover some of our
personal expenditures.
Please make checks payable to the
Pittsfield Flower Fund, c/o John
Lenaerts, 520 Clough Road, Pittsfield.
Thank you,
John Lenaerts
Pittsfield Elementary School is
proud to announce the recipients of the
Presidential Awards for the 2009-2010
school year. Pictured left to right:
Academic Excellence, Chase Gaudette,
Colby Boudreau, Outstanding Academic
Achievement, Jordan Paggi, Johnathon
Emerson.
Dean’s List Announcement
The following area students were
named to the Dean’s list at New England
College in Henniker, NH, for the Spring
2010 semester:
Cassandra Escabi, of Allenstown, who
is a senior at NEC.
Justin Muniz, of Epsom, who is a
freshman at NEC.
Erin Webber, of Pittsfield, who is a
senior at NEC.
Letter
To All Pittsfield Residents,
I am
writing in response to a letter that
appeared in The Suncook Sun last week
written by Linda Small.
The decision by the current Board of
Selectmen to “reverse” the decision of
the former board and keep the elections
at the Town Hall was NOT done after
“only a few moments discussion” as
stated by Ms. Small. It was done after
more than three (3) weeks of
research, and talking with ALL parties
involved. This included the Fire Chief
who stated at a recent selectmen’s
meeting that there were NO safety or
building capacity concerns with the
elections being held at the Town Hall.
He went on to say that moving them to
the High School would create many safety
concerns that do not currently exist at
the town hall.
As a resident of Pittsfield, I find
it very curious that the former board,
which Ms. Small was the chair of, did
not hold a public hearing to get the
public input on such a move. I find it
even more troubling that not ONE person
who is involved in the election process
was ever approached and asked about
their thoughts and concerns about moving
the location of the polls. People like
the Town Clerk, Town Moderator,
Supervisors of the Checklist, NO ONE.
The bottom line is simple. The
current board DID what the former board
SHOULD have done and left the location
of the polls where they belong.
And just for the record, as of
2009/2010 the towns of Barnstead,
Chichester, Northwood, Loudon, Epsom and
thanks to the current board, Pittsfield,
all hold their elections at their town
hall, NOT their schools.
Don Chase
F.B Argue Recreation Area
Opening
On Friday, June 16, 2010 the F.B.
Argue Recreation Area opened for the
2010 summer season at 1:00. This year we
will again be open Monday-Saturday from
12:00-5:00 PM and Sunday from 1:00-
5:00. Tuesday and Thursday night we will
stay open until 7:00 PM for families.
Children 11 years old or older must be
accompanied by an adult during this
time. All children under age 8 must be
accompanied by an adult. We will be
offering Red Cross swimming lessons
again this summer. Registration
for swimming lessons will be held at
the recreation area from 12-5 the week
of June 22. We will run three 2 week
sessions (pending adequate enrollment).
The dates for the sessions are as
follows:
June 28th - July 9th (10:00 AM-Noon)
July 26th - August 6th (10:00 AM-
Noon)
July 12th - July 23 rd
(5:30-7:00 PM)
The cost for the swimming lessons
for residents is $20 per child, not to
exceed $60 per family. Children under 5
years old will be admitted free with a
paid adult. The cost for
non-residents is $25 per child not to
exceed $75.
The daily admission for residents is
$0.75 per person or a family season pass
can be bought for $40. Daily admission
for non-residents is $1.00 per person.
All persons entering the area will be
expected to pay.
There will be activities during the
summer which will be advertised at the
recreation area.
The Parks and Recreation Committee
is still looking for new members to help
with our many activities. If you have a
little extra time to volunteer, please
contact us for more information.
Contact the Parks and Recreation
Committee at 435-7540 or Forest B Argue
Recreation Area at 435-7457 with
questions.