Reminder
The Annual Christmas Fair at the First Congregational Church in
Pittsfield on Saturday, November 21st will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be a great selection of baked goods; delicious corn chowder lunch
with sandwiches and pies; a great assortment of all kinds of handwork;
unique boutique; jewelry and the silent auction table.
Applications for the annual Holiday Food Basket Project are
available at the Town Office building during regular business hours.
The forms need to be completed no later than November 25th at 2pm.
Please mark your calendar for delivery on 12/22/2009 from 9am to
11am at the Grange entrance on Main Street.
The pantry is looking for 1 or 2 volunteers to help with loading of
heavy items the morning of 12/22nd. Please contact Donna Chagnon at
798-5318.
Will you be spending Thanksgiving Day alone or is your family
experiencing difficult times this year? Parker’s Restaurant on Route
28 will be serving a free Thanksgiving Dinner on November 26 for
local residents. If there are still seats available, Chichester
residents should stop by the Town Office or call 798-5350 to sign
up. Seating is limited to sixty persons at a time. There will be two
settings: 12 noon and 1:30 p.m.
The Chichester Food Pantry is in need of paper products such as paper
towels, toilet paper, and tissues and cleaning items such as laundry
detergent, dish detergent, toilet cleaners and household cleaners.
Donations may be brought to the Town Offices during office hours or to the
library during open hours.
Mark
December 6th on your calendar as a day for building your holiday mood.
From 2 to 4 p.m. the Chichester Historical Society will be holding an
open house at the museum on Main Street. There will be a display of
structures and toy models from the past. Remember Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys,
Erector sets, doll houses, and toy gas stations and farms? Some are still
popular today. Some of the exhibits will be “hands on.” There will be a
project for the children to work on and take home. Refreshments will be
served, and it’s all free.
Later that day at 5 p.m. come to Carpenter Park where the Old Home Day
Committee and others will be hosting a Christmas tree lighting. Sing carols
and drink hot chocolate and welcome the Christmas spirit.
Looking for a good book? Check out one of these titles at the
Chichester Town Library: Flying Crows by Jim Lehrer, Three Days by
Melody Carlson, A Line in the Sand by Al & Joanna Lacy, Sail by
Robert Patterson, Beyond This Moment by Tamera Alexander, Never Too
Late by Michael Phillips, The Killing Ground by Jack Higgins,
Brooklyn by Colin Tobin, Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, or
Twice Loved by Lori Copeland.
Letter To The Editor
I have made a sad, but serious decision to give up my volunteering at
“Out Of The Attic Thrift Shop”. When I was in the hospital for 2 weeks, it
gave me time to do a lot of thinking. I decided it really was time to give
up some outside activity, as my Doctors have told me to slow down.
I placed a lot of love and care into making the thrift shop successful
and I will miss it, but will visit often to see the 200 plus folks who sent
me cards while I was in the hospital and since returning home. Thank you so
much.
When the volunteers got together and did an appreciation day for me it
was so very thoughtful. They wanted to help me with medical expenses,
however I have insurance and most bills should get paid so I’ve donated
money to the Pittsfield Food Pantry as I felt this was the way to help the
most people this time of year. I hope it won’t hurt anyone’s feelings who
donated at my appreciation day thinking it would pay medical bills.
I will miss all the people who have donated, shopped, been a
volunteer, or organizations I’ve worked with for the last five years that
has helped us fund Baby Threads. Please continue to help them as they are a
great organization that changes the lives of many unfortunate situations.
For the people who have called or written to encourage me to stay at the
shop I hope you can understand my decision.
Ruthi True
Chichester Public Library Holds Growing Step By Step
On Saturday, September 29th the Chichester Public Library
concluded their summer reading program by hosting children and their
families for a fun and successful event. The program, entitled Growing Step
by Step, was so named for the children’s garden that had been planted and
cultivated by library volunteers (as a love for reading must be planted and
cultivated in children) and the stepping stones the kids had designed and
created during their summer reading program. We were lucky and had a
gorgeous, sunny day and lot of kids who wanted to enjoy it.
We began with a costumed storyteller who wove for us a yarn about
gardens, and growing, and fairies and elves. The kids then had about an hour
to build fairy houses and place them around the library grounds. It
was amazing what children, some as young as four and five, could create with
grass, acorns, twigs, egg shells, ferns, feathers, moss, and other
treasures from nature. They were beautiful. Some had two
stories, some front porches, one even had a swing! Mind you, these are
only about 12-18” high, which takes some serious planning and very delicate
placement. The kids were great!
We conducted a short ceremony to dedicate our new children’s garden by
asking the kids who participated in the summer program to place their own
stepping stones around the beautiful (donated – thank you Linda, Tammy and
Jim!) perennials and then concluded with cupcakes and juice.
In fact, we served 110 cupcakes as a prelude to our anniversary next
year – or as we are calling it – our one hundred and elevendyeth birthday
(just like Bilbo Baggins!). Each cupcake had been decorated with a date,
starting with the year 1899 and ending with 2009. Please watch
for more information on that celebration which will take place in 2010.
And also watch for the Second Annual Fairy House event. We so enjoyed
presenting the program and the wonderful and artistic scenes that the
children created, we can’t wait to do it again, and again, and again…
For more information on this program, or with questions on any of our
programs, please feel free to call the library at 798-5613.
Chichester Central School Honor Roll
1st QUARTER
4th Grade
High Honors
Domenic Castaldi, Steven
Cavanaugh, Joey Edmonds, Kyle Harrison, Kyle Mitchell, Vickey Mudgett, Julia
Valotto, Elizabeth Donzello-Jewett, Jared Murray, Tyler Smith, Justin Smith,
Kelly Wagner
Honors
Evan Amour, Cassandra Bonacorsi, Clayton Clarke, Zach Harris,
Luke Jameson, Danielle Parent, Jaden Russell, Betty Jane Weir, Jesse
Wrightington, Madeleine Boyer, Tarah Gelinas, Cole Hapgood, Alex Pratt,
Derick Raymond, Delanie St. Laurent, Caleb Stock, Megan Stone.
5th Grade
High Honors
Patrick Cavanaugh, Meghan Hubbard.
Honors
Kennis Barker, Aaron Bond, Brianna Collins, Killian Drouse,
Alise Friel, Kyle Frisbie, T. J. Hubbard, Colby Justin, Owen Moyer, Julia
Nadeau, Veronica White, Jeremy Bates, Ciara Labbe, Kendra Letendre, Ryley
Marston, Skyler Miracle, Damien Wells, Emma York.
6th Grade
High Honors
Sarah Harkness, Josiah Putman, Emanuil Besho.
Honors
Nicholas Eastman, Abigail McIntosh, Trever Russell, Alyssa
Bras, Kyle Menard, Daven Thorne.
7th Grade
High Honors
Lyla Boyajian, Sarah Hubbard.
Honors
Ashley Chapman, Emma Donzello-Jewett, Raymond Jenks, Fiona
Mara, Cody McCullock, Brendan Murray, John Sanborn, Grace Sargent, Kasey
Williams.
8th Grade
High Honors
Larissa Amour, Suzanne Fraher, Drew
Harrison, Marissa Bates.
Honors
Alyssa Baum, Shannon Drouse, Felicia Gelinas, Sarah Lee,
Meghan Miller, Ethan Brooks, Kara Dugas, Abby Pinckney, Delaney Poirier,
Bailey St. Laurent.
Obituaries
Irene C. Colbert
Chichester - Mrs. Irene Cecilia (Hebert) Colbert, 66,
of Bear Hill Road, died peacefully with her husband by her side at the CRVNA
Hospice House on Tuesday, November 10, 2009.
Born on July 22, 1943, and raised in Allenstown, Irene was the daughter
of Leo and Rachel (Neveu) Hebert.
She had been employed by MKM and Precision Technology. A talented
craftswoman, Irene enjoyed tole painting, knitting, and crocheting for her
family and friends. She had also painted gifts for the Miss New Hampshire
contestants for several years. But her happiest moments were times spent
with her grandchildren.
Members of her family include her husband, John; her two sons, Kenneth
and his wife Kimberly of New Boston, and David and his wife Mary Jane of
Chichester; and her 5 grandchildren, Kara, Kiah, Karley, Alex, and Josie.
She was predeceased by her brother Paul Hebert in 1988.
Graveside services were held Monday, November 16, 2009, at the Floral
Park Cemetery in Pittsfield. Rev. John Loughnane officiated.
Memorial donations may be made to the CRVNA Hospice Program, 30
Pillsbury Street, Concord, NH 03301.
Family and friends may sign an on-line guestbook by visiting
stilloaks.com.