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Chichester NH News

June 24, 2009

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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!



 

 

 











 
 

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