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Pittsfield NH News

April 11, 2012

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Those Celebrating Birthdays are: April 11, Carl Hubbard; April 12, Julie Snell, Helen Charron, Amber Valentyn; April 13, Curt Luksza, Jean Jelley; April 14, John Genest, Jr., Kaela Marable, Laurie DePalma; April 15, Madison Lawlor.

 

A Very Happy Birthday To One and All!

 


 

Celebrating Anniversaries are: April 11, Arthur and Linda Harnden.

 

Best Wishes!

 


 

Suncook Valley Soccer Club will be hosting its Spring meeting on Sunday, April 15th at 7 pm at the Tilton Hill Field Clubhouse.

 

Please email [email protected] for more information or questions.

 


 

School Lunch Menus

April 16 - 20, 2012

 

PES

Monday

No School

Parent/Teacher Workshop

 

Tuesday

Chicken Noodle Bake

Tater barrels, peas and carrots, fresh Mac apple

 

Wednesday

Early Release Day

Ham and cheese sandwich, veggie sticks, pretzels, fresh fruit

 

Thursday

Colonel’s Fav

Oven crisp chicken nuggets, seasoned rice, steamed zucchini, honey wheat roll, fruit cocktail

 

Friday

Fresh Picks Pizza

Cheese pizza, or chef’s topping, carrot sticks, jammin Jell-o

 

PMHS

Monday

Colonel’s Fav

Crispy chicken tenders with dipping sauce, garlic/herb potatoes, fresh baby carrots, wheat roll, cinnamon apple sauce

 

Tuesday

Philly Mex

Steak and cheese burrito with salsa, spanish rice, mexicali corn, pineapple tidbits

 

Wednesday

Pasta, Pasta

Pasta with homemade meat sauce, garlic wheat bread, heart healthy salad, peaches

 

Thursday

Yankee Dinner

Shepherd’s pie with mashed potatoes and green beans, warm corn bread, pears

 

Friday

Souper Sandwich

Chicken noodle soup, grilled ham and cheese sandwich, tater barrels, fresh Mac apple

 


 

10th Annual Pittsfield Fiddle Contest

 

The Pittsfield Youth Workshop (PYW) would like to invite you to the 10th Annual Pittsfield Fiddle Contest on Friday, May 11th, 2012. The contest will be held at the Scenic Theatre located at 6 Depot St. in Pittsfield, NH. There will be a silent auction and refreshments from 5:30-9:00 pm. The fiddle contest will begin at 6:30 pm, with the youth contestants competing first, followed by the open division in which anyone can participate. There will be cash prizes for the first, second, and third place winners of both divisions.

 

PYW is currently looking for donations for the silent auction, and sponsorship for the cash prizes. This is an annual fundraising event organized and presented by The Pittsfield Youth Workshop – all proceeds from the evening directly support PYW programs and activities.

 

Please feel free to contact Zach Powers, Executive Director of the Pittsfield Youth Workshop, by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (603) 435-8272.

 

The Pittsfield Youth Workshop is a non-profit youth organization committed to providing programs and services that empower youth by helping them to develop useful skills, self-esteem, and meaningful friendships - by involving them in activities that are interesting, challenging, and healthy avenues to self discovery.

 


 

PYW Cinco de Mayo Karaoke Fundraiser

 

The Pittsfield Youth Workshop (PYW) would like to invite you to an exciting evening of Karaoke at Dell-Lea Country Club on Saturday, May 5th, 2012. Tickets, which can be purchased by contacting PYW, are $15.00 each or two for $25.00. Seating is limited, so please get your tickets before they sell out!

 

All proceeds from the evening go to support PYW programs and activities. For more info or to purchase tickets, please contact Zach Powers by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (603) 435-8272.

 

The Pittsfield Youth Workshop is a non-profit youth organization committed to providing programs and services that empower youth by helping them to develop useful skills, self-esteem, and meaningful friendships - by involving them in activities that are interesting, challenging, and healthy avenues to self discovery.

 


 

Letter To The Editor

 

I’m writing in response to Concord Monitor letter "Bad for Pittsfield", on April 1, 2012, written by Henry Thomas.

 

Henry, the Select Board is an agent of the town meeting. By a vote of 70 to 30 (I think) the voters said loud and clear let us stabilize our tax rate.

 

We have Linda Small and Larry Konopka on the Select Board. Seeing how they are willing, let’s cut $125,000 from the budget and let them handle it.

 

You see, Henry, the voters are demanding that the Select Board use any method to prevent our tax rate of $30.66 per thousand from increasing. How about giving Linda and Larry a chance. If they can’t do it, it can’t be done.

 

Dan Schroth Piermarocchi

 


 

Pittsfield Players’ Begin Spring Fundraisers With Dinner And A Show

 

The Pittsfield Players will kick off a major fundraising effort with a spring evening event called Dinner and A Show. The event will be held on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Pittsfield Community Center and all proceeds will go to the Scenic Theatre Sprinkler Fund.

 

The Players will offer a three course dinner followed by the adult comedy Suitehearts, which was performed at the Chateau Restaurant in Manchester in February and is being reprised by popular demand for this event. The Players hope to pre-sell tables prior to the event and tickets will be $30 per person and discounted to $250 for a table for ten people.

Maye Hart will be directing the Dinner portion of the evening, which will begin at 6:30 pm. Dinner will include a spring salad of grapes, walnuts and baby greens with a light balsamic dressing, followed by the main course of roast pork in a cassis sauce, au gratin potatoes, and an assortment of vegetables. Dessert and coffee will be served at intermission. Wine and beer will also be available during dinner.

 

Carole Neveax directed the show portion of the evening when it was performed in February, and she will be at the helm for that portion of the evening once again, which will begin at 7:30 pm. Suitehearts tells the story of a naïve newlywed couple who book the bridal suite for their honeymoon, only to discover that their room has been double booked to an older, wiser, set of newlyweds, who have been around the block before, so to speak. With no other rooms available, hilarity breaks out when the two couples find themselves sharing their adventure.

 

The Players are planning more fundraising events in the coming months. In June, they will begin sharing proceeds from bingo games held on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons at the Belmont Dog Track. There are also plans for a teen band night to be held later in the summer. And we will be having our second annual pie sale again this year the Tuesday prior to Thanksgiving. Your support for these events will be greatly appreciated, not only by the Players but also by the Pittsfield Fire Department, who eagerly anticipates the addition of a sprinkler system to the Scenic Theatre.

 

For more information about Dinner and A Show, call Maye Hart at 736-9563. To reserve tickets for this event and arrange for prepayment, call 435-8852. If you can’t make the event but would like to make a donation, send your check to The Pittsfield Players, P.O. Box 177, Pittsfield, NH 03263.

 


 

Ferdinand French And The French Carriage Company

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Ferdinand French was born in Pittsfield in 1843, left town when he was about 20, and became one of the foremost carriage and buggy dealers in New England. His Boston company sold carriages of all kinds, some of which survive today, still bearing his name. He was a widely known expert in the field and was chosen to be a judge of carriages from all over the world at the famous World’s Fair Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

 

As a note of interest, the Great 1872 Fire of Boston, which destroyed over 65 acres and nearly 800 buildings, was started on the spot where his business was later located.

On Thursday, April 12 at 7:00 pm in Historical Society Headquarters on Elm Street, Paul Gauvreau of Hudson, who has researched Mr. French and the history of his companies for over 20 years, will give an insightful look at one of Pittsfield’s truly renowned people of the 19th Century. Mr. Gauvreau’s life-long hobby has been restoring old carriages, entering them in parades (drawn by horses which he keeps for that purpose) and displaying them in expositions. Many have been from the French Carriage Company.

 


 

Letter To The Editor

 

It’s interesting to note that Psalm 16 is considered a michtam psalm, meaning to engrave or sculpture. It suggests that this is one of David’s "golden psalms" meant to be meditated upon and preserved forever. So, what is it that David wished to preserve?

 

David begins by pointing out his total dependence upon his God during turbulent times, most particularly the years he was fleeing for his life. "Preserve me, O God; for in Thee do I put my trust" (v. 1). He knows that God is his Maker, his Mediator and his Master. "But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips" (vv. 3, 4). He lives in the Lord’s presence, for the Lord’s people and by the Lord’s precepts.

 

David goes on to say, "The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup" (v. 5). His strength and resolve lies in something far greater than anything of this world. Even though as long as Saul is on the throne David can never enjoy his earthly heritage, his inheritance is far better; he has the Lord! David knows one day his "flesh shall rest in hope" because he has the Truth of the Resurrection! "For Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption" (v. 10), speaking of Jesus Christ.

 

"Up from the grave He arose, with a mighty triumph o’er His foes: He arose a Victor from the dark domain, and He lives forever with His saints to reign." Now this is worth meditating upon and preserving forever!

 

Because He Lives!

Linda Small

 


 

For Pittsfield, Middle Schoolers: One In Five

Submitted By John J. Freeman, Ph.D. Superintendent of Schools,

Pittsfield School District

 

Pittsfield Middle School (grades 7 and 8) has been recognized by New Hampshire Commissioner of Education Virginia Barry as one of only five schools in the state to achieve "adequate yearly progress" for the second consecutive year while listed as "in need of improvement;" and thereby, the designation of "school in need of improvement" has been removed.

 

Pittsfield High School showed important gains, though results are a bit mixed. The "whole group" index score for high school reading increased over 6 points to 91.4 (on a scale of 100) and for math to 79. The highest high school math index score for the state was 83; Pittsfield’s score is the 6th highest in the state (out of 80 high schools tested).

 

The high school, however, was not determined to have reached AYP due to missing the target for graduation rate, one of a third of the high schools in the state to miss the graduation rate target. Because PMHS is already working on improvement through the school’s School Improvement Grant program, the Department of Education will not place any additional requirements on the school.

 

Pittsfield Elementary School did not achieve AYP in the latest round of testing; as a result, a school improvement action plan will be required by the state. 71% of the schools in the state did not make AYP; only 26% of New Hampshire schools did so.

 

As a district, the Pittsfield School District was determined to have achieved AYP again this year. In the state, Pittsfield is one of fifty-two districts - 32% of districts in the state – to meet AYP this year; 66% of districts did not meet AYP this year.

 

Both state and federal laws require schools to aim for AYP targets in the annual NECAP (New England Common Assessment Program) testing that occurs for reading and math in the fall of each school year. As noted, more than 70% of New Hampshire’s schools did not achieve AYP in the latest round of testing.

 

To make AYP, according to the NH Department of Education, " a school or district must meet performance targets established for students in reading and mathematics, as well as meet state targets for student NECAP participation, attendance, and graduation (at high school only)." To make AYP, a school must meet the targets in every category and for every sub-group (of students).

 

As many have observed, the accountability portion of the federal No Child Left Behind law is seriously flawed and requires significant modification. Commissioner Barry has stated that "over seventy percent of schools… failed to make AYP in 2012. This is ample evidence that the accountability system is broken, not that the vast majority of schools in New Hampshire are failing."

 

Regardless of the imperfections in the system, this year’s NECAP and AYP results chronicle a positive trend for student achievement in Pittsfield’s schools. Because the current accountability system measures learning in a cumulative manner, all of Pittsfield’s students, parents, and school staff can take pride in these achievements while we all continue to improve learning for our children and youth in Pittsfield.

 


 

Letter To The Editor

 

Learning of the actions taken (and not taken) by the Pittsfield Board of Selectmen, I can’t help but wonder if they are acting in good stewardship or actually in disregard of community needs in the name of a dollar. When the Town Departments tell us they aren’t able to provide police and EMS coverage, it’s a wake-up call and time to listen. Yes, a small number turned out for Town Meeting, but did they really understand that making this cut to the bottom line would leave them unprotected?

 

It’s time for the power struggle to end. The Board needs to serve in the capacity that they were called upon to – to represent the well being of the community. It’s your civic responsibility. That, to me, is good stewardship.

 

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. – Mark 12:31

 

A.W. Reinhart

 


 

Have Desperate Times Found Desperate Measures In Pittsfield?

At What Sacrifice?

 

Submitted By The Officers And Members Of The Pittsfield Firefighters Association

Pittsfield is faced with a financial crisis. The citizens need to be informed of the negative impact on public services brought upon by the amended reduction of $125,138 on the final budget approved at Town Meeting. It is of great concern to us to report the following:

 

• Fact – While waiting for approval to pay for the repair of the Town’s tanker truck, the community was without this form of fire protection for five days, plus an additional three days to complete the repair.

 

• Fact – Globe Manufacturing and Concord Hospital Trust donated a LUCAS device to perform chest compressions during a cardiac arrest. We are unable to utilize this lifesaving tool as there are no available funds to pay for training. We are extremely thankful to Globe Manufacturing for their steadfast support and generosity, as well as to Concord Hospital for this generous donation.

 

• Fact – For the first time ever, two applications for membership were denied due to a hiring freeze enacted by the Select Board as of March 20, 2012. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 2007), the number of volunteer firefighters in the U.S. has declined over the past two decades; Pittsfield is no exception in this trend.

 

• Fact – Last week, full-time members were available to fill two shift vacancies. The vacancies remained unfilled as overtime funds have been eliminated. A request for emergency medical services was not answered by the Pittsfield Ambulance and a neighboring community needed to provide transport. This resulted in a delay in care and transport, as well as a loss of ambulance revenue from the billing associated with the call.

 

When the budget amendment was made, residents were promised there would be no effect on public services. The above issues demonstrate there has been an effect on services and we anticipate more instances to occur. These types of budget cuts do not make sense for the public safety of our community. It is imperative that a safe, realistic, and effective plan is developed to achieve these budget cuts.

 

We encourage you to attend Select Board meetings to become better informed about how the reduction in the budget affects you and our community. Our purpose and desire is to serve the community in the best manner we can and we ask your continued support. Thank you.

 


 


 

 











 

 

 

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