The Class
of 1966 will be gathering at Pittsfield High School on Old Home Day,
July 17th at 5p.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.
PHS All
Class Reunion Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 8, at 6:15
p.m. at PYW. For info, call Andi Riel at 435-6346.
The
Pittsfield/Barnstead Lions Club will hold their monthly meeting on
Tuesday, June 8, at 5:30 p.m. at Pittsfield ID Technologies, 55
Barnstead Rd. New members are still needed and welcomed.
LRCC Announces Spring Honors Students
Lakes
Region Community College in Laconia, NH, Announces the President’s and
Vice President’s lists for the Spring Session ending in May 2010. The
President’s List, designating a 3.75 Grade Point Aversag (GPA) or above,
is the highest honor a student can achieve. The Vice President’s List
denotes an earned GPA of 3.30 to 3.74.
President’s List
Barnstead: Travis Witham, Business Management.
Gilmanton: Jenna Stapleton, Teacher Preparation.
Pembroke: Heather
Hill, Fire Science.
Vice
President’s List
Alton: Aaron Bauman, Liberal Arts; Tamara
Cornelissen, Business Management; Patrick Dea, Culinary Arts; Cheeree
Socha, Liberal Arts; Joseph Whitehouse, Fire Science.
Alton Bay:
Diane Schrider, Nursing.
Epsom: Benjamin Durack, Fire Science.
Gilmanton: Sarah Healy, Early Childhood Edu.
Gilmanton Iron Works:
Katherine Potter, Early Childhood Edu.; Christopher Ross, Computer
Technologies; Geoffrey Weiler, Culinary Arts; Annamarie Redman, Liberal
Arts.
Loudon: Lisa Crudo, Early Childhood Edu.; Sean Dempsey,
Computer Technologies.
Pittsfield: Elisabeth Doucette, Liberal Arts.
How Full is Your Life?
By Joyce Beairsto
Children from the Sunday School of the Congregational Church of North
Barnstead (UCC) will share their thoughts about a full life on
Children’s Sunday, June 6th at 10 A.M.
Using
this as a theme, the children will review the important things we need
to fill our lives such as humor, patience and faith. Scripture readings
and sharings by the children with Barbara LeGrow will help the
congregation understand how they feel about “what things we should fill
our life up with.”
The
Children’s choir and the “teen band” will perform. The “band” will
play: “Until the World” by the Afters and “ Be My Escape” by Relient K.
The
Church is at 504 North Barnstead Rd. Come and learn from the children.
State Issues Cyanobacteria Warning For Locke Lake, Barnstead
An
elevated cyanobacteria cell concentration has been measured in Locke
Lake, Barnstead. Samples revealed that the state standard of 50% or
greater of the total cells from the bloom were identified as the
cyanobacteria Anabaena circinalis. As a result, the New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services (DES) has issued a cyanobacteria
warning for those who recreate on Locke Lake. This warning is not based
on a toxin evaluation and is intended as a precautionary measure for
short term exposure. DES advises lake users to avoid contact with the
water in areas experiencing elevated cyanobacteria cell conditions
typically where lake water has a surface scum or blue-green flecks. DES
also advises pet owners to keep their pets out of any waters that have a
surface scum or blue-green or bright green flecks.
Lake users should be on the lookout for cyanobacteria surface scums.
Recent sightings report congregations of the blue-green scum on the
lake’s edge.
DES
routinely monitors public beaches and public waters of the state for
cyanobacteria. DES monitors public waters issued cyanobacteria warnings
on a weekly basis until the cyanobacteria standards are again met.
Cyanobacteria are natural components of water bodies worldwide, but
blooms and surface scums may form when excess phosphorus is available to
the water. Some cyanobacteria produce toxins that are stored within the
cells but released upon cell death. Toxins can cause both acute and
chronic health effects ranging in severity from skin and mucous membrane
irritations, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea to liver and central nervous
system damage for humans and animals.
The May
25, 2010, warning will remain in effect until additional samples reveal
cyanobacteria levels have diminished.
Visit
the DES Beach Program website at:
http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wmb/beaches/index.htm
for photos and more information about cyanobacteria. Updates on
advisories and warnings may be obtained at
http://www2.des.state.nh.us/Advisories/Beaches/.
If you
notice anything resembling cyanobacteria, please refrain from wading,
swimming, or drinking the water. Keep all pets out of the water and
contact DES immediately. Please call DES to report a cyanobacteria bloom
at (603)419-922.
Men’s Bible Studies
The
Center Barnstead Christian Church is currently offering two Bible
studies for men. The studies cover different books of the Bible. The
studies are held on Wednesday night at 6:00 PM, and Friday mornings at
6:00 AM. All men are welcome to come. For more information please call
the church at 269-8831. The Center Barnstead Christian Church is located
on Route 126, next to the Town Hall.