Those Celebrating Birthdays are: February 8, Ross Morse; February 9,
James Bond, Jr.; February 11, Joshua Rogers, Dale Derosier, Jennifer
Blais; February 12, Daniel St. Laurent, Richard Frost, Dwight Morse;
February 13, Lorrie Corwell, Jesse Giordano; February 14, Russ
Courtemanche.
A Very Happy Birthday To One and All!
School Lunch Menus
February 13 - 17, 2012
PES
Monday
All American Luncheon
Shepherd’s Pie, wheat dinner roll, green beans, red white and blue
fruit cup
Tuesday
Valentine’s Lunch
Love Me Tender chicken, dipping sauce, romantic rice, wheat roll,
cupid’s sweet peas, sweetheart fruit Jell-o
Wednesday
Cheesy Macaroni!
Homemade macaroni and cheese, wheat garlic roll, green beans, fresh
orange wedges
Thursday
The Gobbler
Roast turkey with gravy, stuffing, roasted sweet potatoes, sweet
peas, wheat roll, cranberry sauce
Friday
Fresh Picks Pizza
Cheese pizza, or chef’s topping, garden salad, pears
PMHS
Monday
Iron City Flats
Hot steak sub bar with all your favorite toppings, oven fries,
garden salad, peaches ‘n cream
Tuesday
Valentine’s Lunch
Love Me Tender chicken, dipping sauce, romantic rice, cupid’s sweet
peas, sweetheart fruity Jell-o
Wednesday
Cheesy Macaroni!
Homemade macaroni and cheese, wheat garlic roll, green beans, fresh
orange wedges
Thursday
Tijuana Thursday
Chicken and cheese fajitas, spanish rice, green salad, fruit
pandowdy
Friday
Saturday Supper
BBQ pork rib patty on a wheat bun, steak fries, coleslaw, creamy
chocolate pudding
Letter To The Editor
The stonewall on Route 4, Northwood, in front of David Docko’s rock
pit is over one third of the 186 feet built. I have about 30 days
with 10 days of help, since September.
David tells me this hill was once called mile marker hill, due to
there used to be a granite highway mile marker somewhere near the
top.
I have never worked near so many cars and trucks. Sometimes I feel
like I’m in a zoo with the wall as my cage and the traffic a
constant supply of spectators. So I try to keep working to show
people what a stone man can do.
Sometimes in the afternoon, I get a little light-headed. I don’t
know if it’s the exhaust fumes or my pipe.
Anyway, thanks to all the people going by who give me a thumbs up or
a beep of their horn, or a coffee from the Northwood Country Market
or Dunkin’ Donuts.
Thanks to Joe from Northwood who put my family name on an oak plaque
with a message of love and hope and gave it to me. Even though I
know we come from rocks, I thank God everyday for my family,
friends, past customers, David, and another day.
Dan Schroth Piermarocchi
Letter
On October 22, 2011, the officers and members of the Pittsfield Fire
Department and Rescue Service, along with families and friends, met
at the Pittsfield Community Center for an Awards and Recognition
Ceremony.
Capt. Frederick Okrent, who has recently retired from the department
after 18 years, was honored for his service and dedication. Capt.
Okrent has proudly served as a firefighter for over 40 years,
beginning in New York state prior to moving to Pittsfield. Deputy
Chief Lenny Deane was recognized for his 30th year of service. All
other officers and members were awarded a certificate of
appreciation for their individual years of service.
We would like to express our thanks to the Pittsfield Firefighters
Association, a 501(c)3 organization, for funding the meal, awards,
and certificates.
Capt. Fred Okrent, Dep. Chief Lenny Deane
Members of the Pittsfield Fire Department and Rescue Service
Letter
Welcome to Pittsfield politics, people say. Get used to it, people
say. Really?
When a handful of citizens can railroad a year’s worth of Planning
Board work and achieve their goal of removing Zoning Amendment #3
from the ballot entirely, that’s OK? When they do so by using
bullying and intimidation tactics, character assassination, and
spreading false information with no accountability, that’s OK? When
a legitimate revote by the Planning Board rightfully returns Zoning
Amendment #3 to the balloting process giving the Town a chance to
vote, absolutely infuriates them, that’s OK? This group has managed
to create chaos around the issue of Class VI frontage and this
year’s Amendment #3.
My husband is an elected Planning Board member so I can attest to
the fact that this Planning Board respectfully, openly, and
repeatedly discussed these issues. I read all the Planning Board
minutes from 4/7/11 to the present, and listened to a 3 hour tape
(town hall copy) from the January 5th Public Hearing. I was very
impressed with how the board considered the issues and respected
each other’s opinions. There have been many discussions and many
votes by the Planning Board (5-0, 4-1, 3-2 and 2-3) on Amendment #3
- all without making a single change to the wording of the
amendment! While all prior votes were not considered final,
suddenly the 2-3 vote must be considered final? Please learn
the truth by reading the Planning Board Minutes on-line!
In my time leading up to the March 13th town vote, I’ll do my share
to explain why Amendment #3 is right for Pittsfield. Please give
Amendment #3 serious consideration and vote your conscience. After
all, what is this small group so afraid of that they must deny
residents their rightful vote?
God Bless Our Troops,
Rachel Wood
Letter
To the Pittsfield Community:
Please allow me to introduce myself as a candidate for the office of
Town Clerk/Tax Collector for Pittsfield. My name is Erica Anthony,
and I am a Pittsfield High School graduate. I continued my education
at Wheaton College, where I received a Bachelor’s Degree with a
combined major in Political Science, Economics and History. It is my
belief that my twenty plus years of work experience in customer
service will serve me well as your Town Clerk/Tax Collector.
This experience includes nineteen years with Pittsfield Weaving
Company and Pittsfield ID Technologies. My responsibilities included
managing some of the company’s largest national and international
accounts which required the ability to work under tight deadlines
and pressure. In addition, I developed reports and procedures that
simplified and improved ordering and billing efforts. This involved
working closely with the Chief Financial Officer and Accounting
Manager to obtain, track and record customer accounts and payments.
It has always been important to me to be involved in our community.
My current community involvement includes serving on the Blueberry
Express Daycare Board of Directors, acting as Treasurer of the PMHS
Booster Club as well as being a member of the Community Advisory
Council. In the past I have served as Treasurer and President of the
PES PTO.
I respect the many, varied duties of the Town Clerk/Tax Collector,
and understand the importance of obtaining and maintaining knowledge
of current State and Federal regulations. It is my belief I have the
skills necessary to fulfill the obligations of this office. My top
priority at Pittsfield Weaving Company and Pittsfield ID
Technologies was always customer service. It is my intent to bring
that same dedication to the Pittsfield Community should you allow me
the opportunity to serve as your Town Clerk/Tax Collector.
Erica Anthony
Candidate for Town Clerk/Tax Collector
Pittsfield Student Advances In Lion’s
International Peace Poster Contest
Pictured (Front, L-R)- Bryana Sanuth, Thomas Sanuth Jr., Emlee
Sanuth and
(Back, L-R) Sarah Sanuth, Chief Robert Wharem, Andi Riel
Emlee Sanuth, a 6th grade student at Pittsfield Elementary School
and member of Pittsfield Youth Workshop, has taken the first step to
becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local
competition sponsored by the Suncook Valley Area Lions Club.
Sanuth’s poster was among more than 375,000 entries submitted
worldwide in the 24th annual Lions International Peace Poster
Contest. Lions Clubs International is sponsoring the contest to
emphasize the importance of world peace to young people everywhere.
Sanuth’s poster was selected by Bill Mitchell, PMHS Art Teacher,
Paula Martel, PYW Program Director and Andrea Riel for its
originality, artistic merit and portrayal of the contest theme,
"Children Know Peace."
Suncook Valley Area Lions Club President, Chief Robert Wharem and
Peace Poster contest chairperson, Andrea Riel presented Emlee with a
framed certificate of participation and a gift certificate to the
"Toy Box" at the monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 31st. She was
praised for her creativity and for her participation in the contest.
Sanuth’s poster will advance to face stiff competition through the
district, multiple district, and international rounds of competition
if she is to be declared the international grand prize winner.
One grand prize winner and 23 merit award winners will be selected.
The grand prize includes a cash award of $5,000 plus a trip for the
winner and two family members to the awards ceremony at Lions Day
with the United Nations. The 23 merit award winners will each
receive a certificate and a cash award of $500.
View international grand prize and merit award winners at
www.lionsclubs.org.
Lions club International is the world’s largest service club
organization with 1.35 million members in 45,000 clubs in 206
countries and geographic areas. In addition to its efforts toward
conquering blindness, the organization has made a strong commitment
to community service and helping youth throughout the world.
New members are needed and welcomed. The monthly meetings of the
Suncook Valley Area Lions Club are the fourth Tuesday of each month
at 6 pm at Jitters Café, Main Street, Pittsfield. Please contact
King Lion Robert harem at 848-7122 for more information.
Letter
To the citizens of Pittsfield:
I want to thank the Townspeople for allowing me to serve them, but
due to personal conflicts and ongoing harassment brought on by this
Select Board, I would like to announce my resignation from the
Select Board effective immediately.
During the last few months I feel that my personal rights have been
violated in a number of ways by many different events. I have tried
to stay the course and remain professional, relying on the system
and this Board to act in the town’s best interest. Unfortunately,
this appears not to be the case. After much reflection, I feel my
health and wellbeing remains to be affected by the unwarranted
accusations that this Board with its actions has subjected me to.
The continued harassment allowed by this Board occurred in a public
and non-public setting, which is a gross misconduct of this
governmental entity.
This Board has authorized the usage of town monies to engage town
councel’s advice on seeking an administrative order on me and my
personal property, knowing the overwhelming statistics of
inappropriate assessments throughout the town. This Board has also
authorized tax payer’s monies to be spent for town councel to appear
on the town’s behalf, overseeing an ethics complaint filed against
me by a citizen, which was found to be without merit.
I just hope the citizens understand that I can only endure so much
before it starts to take away from who I am. I never wanted to be
changed; I just wanted to make a change. All the negative energy
spent on personal attacks and harassment translates to a message of
vindictiveness, which is very unproductive within our community.
Sincerely,
Denise L. Morin
Letter
I searched the Zoning Ordinances and Subdivision Regulations of 25
NH towns. With Pittsfield as the center point, I went in a circular
pattern looking at every town until I hit 25. Out of the 25 towns,
22 of them do not allow building on Class VI roads unless the roads
are upgraded to Class V. Roughly half of the 22 towns dealt with the
Class VI state law in their subdivision regulations, while the other
half dealt with it in their zoning ordinance frontage definition.
This is an important distinction because when any planning board
revises their town’s subdivision regulations, there is no town vote
involved. The revision occurs by planning board vote. When the
revision occurs by zoning ordinance definition, the town votes on
the revision
The Pittsfield Planning Board website has a link to a great source
of information on Class VI Road State Laws. It is located on the
Planning Board homepage, under Reference Material, titled "NHOEP
Class VI Roads". While visiting this page, please take the time to
read the most recent addition to the NHOEP list: RSA 674:41 - "State
Zoning" , written in the fall of 2011. The article is three pages
long but well worth the read!
God Bless Our Troops
Rachel Wood
Letter
Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in the Knights
of Columbus Pizza Bowl 2012. A great time was had by all. I have
never seen so many different styles of pizza from the seven
competing pizza shops. Twenty-four door prizes were offered during
the event. I personally want to thank the pizza shops and donating
sponsors to this event. All the sponsors are local/regional
businesses. These are your neighbors working here in your local
communities.
The competition was tight for bragging rights between Chubby’s at
Northwood Country Market, Cooper Hill Pizzeria, Dante’s Oven
Pizzeria, Epsom House of Pizza, Jack’s Pizza, Pizza Spinners and
Sheilah’s Deli & Market. Eight awards were given out with "Best
Pizza Shop" taken by Jack’s Pizza of Pittsfield and Chubby’s at
Northwood Country Market a close second, missing by two votes. Every
vote does count.
The fundraiser will do a lot to help those in need in our local
parish and communities we cover. For those of you who missed out,
there is always next year. Just talk to those who went and left with
smiling faces.
A special thank you to two of my brother Knights, Gerald Waldron and
Clifford Young, and my family for their support behind the scene to
help this event run as smooth as it did. Thanks to the Religious
Education Children and my brother Knights who helped out during the
event. I also thank Ron Covey for taking great pictures.
Respectfully,
Alec Correa
Letter
Dear Pittsfield Voters:
This letter responds to Hank’s letter in last week’s paper.
He said that I could not possibly have misunderstood what my vote
did. However, the tape of the meeting clearly shows that, after the
vote, board members Clayton Wood and Jim Pritchard explained to me
that I had just defeated Amendment #3. As I said two weeks ago, I
had been trying to buy time for more research. I made a mistake. I
have never chaired zoning-amendment hearings before and I’m
learning.
Hank said that Jim Pritchard and another member pressured me to
change my vote. That is just not true. State RSAs allow me, as
chair, to call meetings whenever I want, for whatever reason. I
called a meeting to correct my mistake, and asked Jim Pritchard to
help me notice the meeting since Bill Miskoe objected to the
previous notice.
Hank said that Amendment #3, requiring Class V frontage for
subdivision, is Jim Pritchard’s proposal. In fact, on August 4,
2011, Clayton Wood moved, Pat Heffernan seconded, and the Planning
Board unanimously voted to send the proposal to the town meeting.
The opponents of the Class V proposal have misrepresented my
position. They have even suggested removal of elected board members.
Now they want the town to expand the board size from 5 to 7. (Didn’t
you just, 2 years ago, vote to decrease its size?) They want to undo
it! Also they want you to vote to go back to an appointed board, so
you can’t vote members in or out.
Requiring Class V frontage for subdivisions protects taxpayers and
public safety. Please support the three zoning amendments that the
Board so carefully researched.
Sincerely,
Ted Mitchell
Pittsfield Meet The Candidates Night
New Format And Save The Date!
The Greater Pittsfield Chamber of Commerce is partnering with
Pittsfield Listens to bring the annual "Meet the Candidates Night"
to the public in a new format.
Save The Date - Monday, March 5, 6-9 pm, PMHS Cafeteria.
This year each candidate will be invited to participate in small
group discussions with the public. They will also have a short time
to address the group as a whole. Pittsfield Listens will provide the
facilitators for each group and this new format will provide the
community with a chance to meet and ask questions of the candidates
on a more personal level. Watch the Sun for more details. If you
have any questions, please contact Zach Powers at 435-8272.
Letter
Who are the people who live on Class VI roads?
They are your friends and neighbors who really enjoy a rural
lifestyle. They are families that have been in Pittsfield for
generations as well as people who chose to live in Pittsfield (in
spite of the high tax rate and any bad press!). Please don’t drive
them out.
My name is Diane Rider and my family and I were welcomed into
Pittsfield in the Fall of 1998. After living in the downtown area of
Pittsfield for a year and a half, my husband and I decided to settle
in this town. For the last eleven years we have enjoyed raising our
children in a home on a rural Class VI road in Pittsfield. Now our
children are old enough to build homes on a portion of our 37 acres
if they desire… except for Amendment #3. Amendment #3 would
seriously restrict any and all subdivision on Class VI roads. Please
visit my open Facebook page (no need for an account) at
www.Facebook.com/ClassVIAmendment for more easy-to-understand
information on Amendment #3 as well as a better solution for the
planning board to offer all the residents of our town.
Please Vote "NO" on Amendment #3 on Tuesday, March 13th.
Thank you,
Diane Rider
Obituaries
Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor quietly passed away on December 30, 2011 following an
illness. He was born on January 14, 1943 to Henry and Diana Taylor,
as one of twelve children. He grew up in Chelsea, Maine and moved to
Pittsfield, NH in 1977.
Robert chose a career in the automotive industry when he was only
fifteen years old and later on spent 20 years as the sole proprietor
of TNT Auto, where he serviced vehicles for a lot of the folks
living in Pittsfield and neighboring towns. He was extremely
practiced and proficient in his trade as a mechanic and many
considered him to be the best.
Following his retirement, he became the cook at Circle Child Care in
Epsom, which is owned and operated by his wife, Marley, and
daughter, Hedy. Robert thoroughly enjoyed working alongside his
family and the art of cooking came easily to him. He had spent a
great many years perfecting his delicious, homemade, marinara sauces
and he will always be remembered for his famous pan donuts.
Robert was the type of man who did not hesitate in voicing his
opinion. When he felt that something should be done, he did it. He
set his mind according to his beliefs and he consistently followed
through, solid in his notions. He attained a great deal of respect
from both his family and friends.
He had the deepest and most sincere love for his wife, Marley. The
amount of devotion between them was one that never wavered through
the depths of time. His soul was uniquely linked to Marley’s in such
a way that death itself cannot sever that tie.
Spending time with family is what brought Robert the greatest joy in
his life. There were days when he spent hours upon hours playing
Bridge with his wife, son, Rodney, and daughter-in-law, Penny. It
was seldom that Robert would lose. He had an air of calmness and
smoothness about him, his face always appearing so content and set
in his structure, it was difficult to establish when he was
bluffing.
Robert meant so very much to his loved ones. Their world will not be
the same place without him. He is survived by his wife Marley Taylor
of Pittsfield; three sons, Robert Jr., Daniel, Rodney; four
daughters, Deirdré Taylor, Reneé Shankle, Hedy Graybill and Jody
Taylor; eighteen grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren. He
was predeceased by his son, Carl.
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