The Cable Franchise Contract Committee is now meeting to renegotiate the
Comcast contract. If you have any comments, concerns or suggestions
regarding the new contract, please contact Lisa Stevens at the Town Hall.
The Chichester United Methodist Church will start its summer hours
on June 28th. There will not be any Sunday School for the summer and
our church service will start at 9:00. What a wonderful way to start
your day!
We are now accepting registrations for Chichester Youth
Association’s Fall
Soccer Program. Sign up before
July 18 to avoid a late fee. No registrations will be accepted
after August 1, 2009. For more information and the
registration form, please see our website
www.chichesteryouth.com
or contact Marlene Hammond at 798-3922.
Happy Birthday to Richard Hammond on June 28 and Kyle Menard on June
29.
If you have a birthday in July or
August (or any other month in the year) and would like birthday
wishes in the paper, please contact Hannah West at 798-5783 or by
e-mail at
[email protected].
Chichester’s Old Home Days will be Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
August 13-15. This year’s theme is “Let Us Entertain You.” If
you would like to participate in Saturday’s parade, please contact
Jaan Luikmil at 798-4987.
If you are an adult who enjoys reading non-fiction, here are some
titles recently added to the shelves at the Chichester Town Library:
The Unofficial Lego Builder’s Guide by Allan Bedford; Pretty Knits
by Susan Cropper – 30 designs from Loop in London; Faith, Hope,
Love, Knitting by Lorna Miser – celebrating the gift of knitting
with 24 beautiful patterns; Why Horses Do That by Lisa Dines – a
collection of curious equine behaviors; The Inner World of Farm
Animals – Their amazing social, emotional, and intellectual
capacities- by Amy Hatkoff; Moving Violations, War Zones,
Wheelchairs, and Declaration of Independence by John Hockenberry – a
story of obstacles, physical, emotional, and psychic, overcome
again, again, and again.
Congratulations to David Currid of Chichester who has graduated from
Boston College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the
University’s Wallace E. Carroll School of Management.
SALTY DOG POTTERY will offer one hour pottery workshops for students
(K-12) on Wednesday mornings in July during summer vacation,
beginning July 1st. Masks, tiles, sculpture, coil and
slab pots.
For information and registration, please contact:
Teresa Taylor
Salty Dog Pottery
Barnstead, NH
435-6014
[email protected]
The Chichester United Methodist Church will start its summer hours
on June 28. There will not be any Sunday School for the summer and
our church service will start at 9:00.
Memorial For Marisa Gray At Chichester Central School
On Saturday, June 13th, Student Council and National Junior Honor Society of
Chichester Central School, along with the help of Mrs. Kate Mara and Denise
Gray, planted a new garden where a granite bench will be placed in honor of
Marisa Gray, a former student who was killed in a car accident last fall. We
would like to thank the following businesses and families for making this
possible: Merrill Construction, Northeast Landscaping, Clark’s Grain Store,
the Olsons of Epsom, Peter Pszenowsky of Landview Landscaping, the
McLaughlins, Kevin Long and Johanne Holmer of Pembroke, the Aylers of
Pembroke, Innovative Imaging, the Ansel Sanborn family, the McTigue family,
Ken Smith, Steve Nadeau, the Keeler family, Denise Gray, the staff of
Chichester Central School, the Plunkett family, Ed Wladkowski and Eris
Tirell. We would also like to recognize and extend great gratitude to the
Chichester Road Agent, Jim Plunkett, and Millican’s Nurseries for their time
and donations to this project. We couldn’t have done it without you.
Out Of Your Attic Thrift Shop News
345 Suncook Valley Rd
Chichester N. H.
By Ruthi True
The whole town of Pittsfield was saddened by the fire in Pittsfield
recently. Heidi who, lost her life in the fire was one of our dedicated
volunteers . Never missing her Thursday to come volunteer with Zeek every
week to haul away the trash for us and do her job with the biggest smile a
gal can have. Heidi will be greatly missed by all of us here at the shop.
Her dad who also perished in the fire loved to come in and tease us
occasionally and we will miss his joking with us.
We will be helping Heidi’s mom and if anyone has any new item for a home she
could use, bring it in and donate it so we can help her get her life back
together again. We will let her have whatever she needs from the shop for
free, just like we do any fire victim who comes to see us for help. We
cannot approach folks as fire chiefs can’t give us the information as where
they move to for safety reasons I guess, but come to us and we will help
you. We can’t help you if we can’t find you. The Red Cross also gives out
vouchers for these situations.
Donations to thrift stores have been a little less due to the economy and it
makes us all a little more cautious. I know from experience that the
bargains are out there. So shop thrifty at local shops like ours and other
shops in the local area.
A quick thank you to all the folks who donated to us after the town wide
yard sales in Pittsfield.
One correction, the letter in the paper last week was written by Bonnie
Champagne from our Board of Directors, you may have seen her on Saturdays
working with Daryl. The letter was attributed to Daryl by mistake.
Wish list
1) One lady needing 2 baby gates
2) Deerfield man wants used hearing aid
Chichester Grange
Chichester Grange met on Wednesday, June 17, upstairs in the Grange
Hall.
Members accepted the application of Bette Bogdan for membership and
conferred the Welcoming Ceremony. Mary West announced that entries
for the needlework and craft contests sponsored by the State Grange
Family and Community Committee will be due on June 30th. The
Photography and Creative Writing Contest entries are due on October
1st.
Wildlife sightings included deer, turtles, beavers, woodchucks, a
pair of mallard ducks, red-winged blackbirds, turkey vultures,
Canada geese, chipmunks, red squirrels, and a mole. A calendar was
passed around and members signed up to water the flowers in the tubs
at Memorial Park this summer.
Barbara Frangione presented a program on the American flag. It
included singing of “Stars and Stripes Forever” and “You’re a Grand
Old Flag.” There was an oral quiz and facts about how to display the
flag, a beautiful flag poem, and a reading of what the folds stand
for in a properly folded flag – accompanied by a demonstration.
Chichester Grange will meet only once in July. This meeting will be
an Eat-Out on July 15 at Makris Lobster and Steak House. Carolee
Davison will make reservations for the group. Members attending the
Eat-Out are asked to bring a donation for the Chichester Food
Pantry.
Following the meeting refreshments were served by Alice Hilliard.
Chichester Central Graduation
On Thursday, June 18, while motorcycles roared along Main Street and
rain fell from the sky, Chichester Central School’s Class of 2009
held their graduation ceremony free from worry about weather or
street noises. There were many adults in the room who remembered the
outdoor graduations, or cramped indoor graduations, of times past
and offered a silent thanks to the Chichester taxpayers who built
the Multi-Purpose Room, a relatively recent addition in Chichester
Central’s fifty-one year history.
Led by seventh grade class marshals Delaney Poirier, Larissa Amour,
Jordan Dahl, and Casey Gut, the graduating class marched in to the
traditional “Pomp and Circumstance.” Meredith Marshall gave the
welcome to parents and guests. Dyllan DuPont and Denis Guy performed
a musical number. Then the Class History was read by Jessica
Bonacorsi, Cailie McCormack, and Miranda McCrea.
Kirsten Hartley, Shannon McGowan, Ali O’Connor, and Rachel Sargent
read the Class Will. Kelsea Clarke gave a poetry reading, and Hayley
Chevrette delivered the Commencement Address.
The class officers presented the class gift, strobe lights to be
used at school dances. There was a showing of the class film, “The
Battle of New Orleans,” followed by Mrs. Dockham’s video
presentation of the Class of 2009.
Donald Keeler, Commander of Elwood O. Wells Post 112, presented the
American Legion medals to Megan Morey and Dyllan DuPont. Marlene
Hammond of the Chichester PTO gave PTO Awards to Meredith Marshall
and Nick Apt. Mrs. Bea Pszonowsky presented the Mike Pszonowsky
Award to Tyler Kremidas and the Chichester Teachers’ Association
Awards to Jessica Bonacorsi and Kristen Hartley.
Principal Pamela Stiles gave the Michael Booth Award to Kelsea
Clarke, the Irene Ricker Award to Miranda McCrea and Kenny Farnum,
the Kempton Ricker Award to Hayley Chevrette, and the Chris Thomas
Award for athletics and sportsmanship to Brandon Bachelder.
Principal Stiles then announced that during the school year,
students in the 8th grade across the State of NH and the nation take
a one hundred question general knowledge test called the American
Scholastic Challenge. Questions range from sports and media to
science, math, and language arts. Ten of Chichester’s students –
Nick Apt, Alex Chea, Dyllan DuPont, Kenny Farnum, Derrick Heath,
Meredith Marshall, Cailie McCormack, Megan Morey, Oliver Walker, and
Mike Walter – scored above the national average. Dyllan DuPont
received the American Scholastic Achievement medal for having the
highest score at Chichester Central School.
School Board Chairman Ben Brown presented the A. Allan Clark/Freda
Jones Award for Outstanding Volunteerism to Carol Frekey-Harkness.
Hannah McTigue received the Sanborn Scholarship this year. She will
be attending UNH to study for an engineering degree and hopes to
pursue a career in aviation.
Following the awards, Principal Stiles and Ben Brown presented
diplomas to Nick Apt, Brandon Bachelder, Dylan Beaudet, Jonathan
Berry, Jessica Bonacorsi, Jordan Castle, Alex Chea, Hayley Chevrette,
Kelsea Clarke, Casey Cushman, Dyllan DuPont, Kenny Farnum, John
Fortier, Charles Foss, Joe Gagnon, Denis Guy, Kristen Hartley,
Derrick Heath, Tyler Kremidas, Carter Lee, Meredith Marshall, Cailie
McCormack, Miranda McCrea, Shannon McGowan, Jason McKay, Megan
Morey, Ali O’Connor, Rachel Sargent, Cody Steed, Cody Theriault,
Oliver Walker, Michael Walter, and Blake Whitcomb.
Accompanied by Charles Foss on the piano, the Class of 2009 sang
“Farewell to Chichester.” They then processed from the room to a
recording of their choice. Following the graduation ceremony, all
enjoyed refreshments provided by the parents of the 7th grade class.
Kids Helping Kids And Having Fun At The Same Time!
Submitted by Nancy Boyer
On June 7, 2009, 130 children, ages 2-13, came out to bike for cancer
research and treatment at the first PMC Concord NH Kids Ride. The children
raised just over $14,000 for the Jimmy Fund by biking as much as 12 miles in
this bike-a-thon. The children had many reasons for participating in
this fundraiser: One team was biking for a fellow student afflicted
with a form of brain cancer, others were biking for family and friends who
have cancer or lost their lives because of it, and others were participating
to help other kids who are sick. The ride was dedicated to a 2 year
old boy, Silas, who has been battling cancer since the age of 6 months.
Regardless of the reasons for participating, the kids took up the challenge
and accomplished what many adults cannot: they raised a significant
amount of money and biked an average of 10-12 miles in one hour. The
event was not all work, as many kids also participated in fun activities
such as face painting, bouncing in the bouncy house, and laughing alongside
JuJuBee the clown!
All money raised at the PMC Concord NH Kids Ride will go to the Jimmy Fund
for cancer research and treatment at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Although situated in Boston, many local children and adults receive
treatment at Dana Farber, and physicians worldwide, draw on the research
being conducted there. The PMC Concord NH Kids Ride is a program of
the Pan Massachusetts Challenge, a biking event that attracts over 6000
cyclists nation-wide, supporting the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber Cancer
Institute. To date, the PMC has raised $239 million in the fight to
eliminate cancer.
The 130 kids who participated in the PMC Concord NH Kids Ride can be proud
of their accomplishments and their generosity of helping others by riding
for a cure!