The
Chichester Ski & Ride Program at Pat’s Peak will begin on Friday,
February 18th, and will offer (5) sessions. There will be no
session the week of February 28th - March 4th. Again this year
there will be bussing, leaving CCS on Friday afternoons.
Registration forms are available for pick-up at CCS, or you can
visit www.patspeak.com to
register there as well. Feel free to contact Lou Barker at
[email protected]
with any questions or if you can volunteer to help. See you on
the slopes!
A Belated Happy Birthday to Aja Davison on
January 23 and to Isaac Jarvis on January 25.
Chichester Grange will meet on February 2 at 7 p.m. upstairs in the
Grange Hall. There will be only one meeting in February. Your local
Grange is currently in an attendance slump and needs new faces.
Please climb the stairs and find out what the Grange stands for and
what it does.
January 28 is the final day to file for
Town and School District offices. There is no filing fee. Just go to
the Town Hall and sign up to have your name on the ballot on March
8th. Let’s have some choice at the next town election.
Out Of
Your Attic Thrift Shop News
Submitted By Carol Hendee
Please refer to the web site “Baby Threads of NH” for a complete
list of items needed for January 2011, and a nice section “Think
Green” regarding items that you can recycle at the Attic.
Some of the items that are urgently needed for babies are diapers,
body wash, socks, sweater sets and baby high chair.
Other needed
items are toothbrushes and toothpaste, new bath towels, pillows,
hats, scarves, gloves and mittens (all sizes), and canned food for
the homeless and less fortunate.
Also, if you are replacing your
VCR with a DVD, we have several requests for VCRs. We
are fortunate to have received a nice selection of jewelry just in
time for Valentine’s Day.
Please stop in at 345 Suncook Valley
Hwy, Chichester or call 435-9339 if the weather forces a possible
closing. Hours are Tues. and Thurs. 8-4, Wed. 11-4 and Sat.
10-4.
Beehole
Beavers Snowmobile Club
The recent snowfalls have created some
fine riding on our local trail system. We have been regularly
grooming the trails with our four Ski-Doo Skandic machines pulling
our various groomers.
Our section of State Corridor Route 15
that runs through Chichester and Loudon is in the best shape it has
been for many years. Much hard work along with the allocation of
Club and State money has funded new bridges, rock and stump removal,
and the re-route of some difficult sections of trail.
Our Club
roster now lists well over 125 members. Because of this we will be
having a new meeting location for our upcoming meetings. We will be
meeting at the Chichester Community Building, 49 Main Street in
Chichester, above the Historical Society. Our next meeting is
Wednesday, February 2nd at 7:00 p.m. (please note the new time).
If you would like to find out more about our Club, please attend our
meeting, and you can also visit our website:
www.BeeHoleBeavers.org.
CCS To
Host Preschool Child Check
The Chichester Central School will be
sponsoring a screening for children living within SAU #53, on
Thursday, February 10th (snow date February 17th) at the Chichester
Central School, and would appreciate your assistance in informing
parents of children, birth to six years of age of this free
Preschool Child Check.
The Preschool Child Check is designed to
locate children, birth to six years of age, who have special needs
that may require special attention. A screening procedure will
be conducted to identify children who may have physical, emotional,
intellectual, or developmental delays which may affect a child’s
learning ability.
Preschool educators, occupational therapists,
speech therapists, and a nurse will be involved in administering the
screening. We encouraging all parents who suspect that their
child may have a hearing, vision, language, or other problem to take
advantage of this assessment. All information received will be
kept confidential. Parents will be notified of the results
along with any recommendations from the school district.
Parents
wishing to make an appointment for a screening are to call Michelle
Plunkett at 798-5651.
Letter
Brandon Guida continues to write against me in this newspaper.
I appreciate this opportunity to educate him along with voters on
issues he attacks. Brandon, I understand your confusion; it
took me four years serving on the Labor Committee, listening to
hours of public debate, and to my respected Democrats and
Republicans colleagues before I really got it.
Evergreen
only applies to those who are part of a union and have step raises
as part of their contract. This does not apply to any of our
town workers with the exception of our teachers, since they are the
only ones who are part of a union. I do believe in local
government control which is why I stepped up to serve as school
moderator.
Here’s an example of how Evergreen works.
A young friend is in her second year of teaching in a neighboring
state and is currently working without a contract. She is not
receiving her second year step raise, that she was promised when she
was hired. With the NH Evergreen law, this would not happen.
However, with our law, the two negotiating parties can always
agree NOT to include the promised step raise (important point during
an economy like ours!). The law only kicks in for promised
step raises and only when there is no contract. It affects neither
Cost of Living increases nor benefits which can only be agreed upon
by both parties in negotiation.
I
hope this helps. As one of the people you represent, I urge
you to take time to educate yourself and to discuss issues with
people on both sides for better understanding of issues.
Respectfully yours,
Sally Kelly
Letter
To The Editor
In Wednesday’s Monitor, ex-representative Sally
Kelly misrepresented a conversation we had regarding guns in the
State House. The conversation occurred during the campaign
when I heard Sally loudly denouncing guns while talking about people
waving guns and threatening legislators in the State House. In
her letter, Sally called them “extremists in the gallery brandishing
guns at us.” Sally stated that in response, I just shrugged –
this is simply not true.
Sally’s story didn’t make sense, for
people who threaten others with weapons in a public place would be
charged with Criminal Threatening. So, I asked Sally if the police
were called - she said “yes” and that everyone was petrified.
Other lawmakers I have spoken to about this did not feel threatened.
I then asked Sally if the police came and arrested anyone. She
said they came but did not arrest anyone (conclusion – no one broke
the law).
Police act on facts. The problem with Sally’s
version and her view on Second Amendment rights is that she relies
on emotion while ignoring facts. For years, federal statistics
and private studies have shown that violent crime decreases in every
location where law-abiding citizens are allowed to carry concealed
weapons. In the State House, we voted to allow legislators to
carry concealed weapons (which they’ve done for hundreds of years)
for one reason – to give them the ability to defend themselves.
The hyper-sensationalism is embarrassing, especially when people
should know better. The only barrier to guns in the State
House was a rule, which criminals would ignore anyway. Thus,
with Sally’s rule, there was no defense against a crazed person.
With the new rule, at least law-abiding citizens can defend
themselves from a crazed person who might wish to harm legislators
or their guests.
Representative J. Brandon Giuda
Chichester,
NH
435-5005
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