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Pittsfield NH News

February 23, 2011

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Celebrating Birthdays are: February 23, Sarah Hillsgrove; February 24, Daniel St. Laurent; February 25, Reynold Chase, Bruce Tibbetts, Tom Huckins; February 26, Magen Vien; February 28, Irving Gadoury; March 1, Nicholas Tuttle, Erin Dame, Chris Briggs.


A Very Happy Birthday to One and All!




PYBA is pleased to announce that softball and baseball signups for children aged 4-18 will be held at the Community Center as follows: Wednesday, March 2 from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm; Saturday, March 5 from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm; and Wednesday, March 9 from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm.  Players in the PYBA program for the first time should bring a copy of their birth certificates.  The cost is $50 per player with a $125 family cap.


Josiah Carpenter Library Changing Hours
As of March 1, 2011, the hours will be:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
Friday and Saturday, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Closed Saturdays in the Summer.



Anyone interested in serving on either the Budget Committee or the Housing Standards Agency, please contact the Town Moderator, at 435-8022 or [email protected].



Winners of the January drawing at the Peterson-Cram Post No. 75 American Legion were: #145, Jenna Freese, $50.00; #182, Charles H. Green, $25.00; #60, Mike Pratt, $10.00; #346, Dorothy Stockman, $10.00; #92, Amanda Stewart, $10.00.

Winners for February were: #280, Richard Weeks, $50.00; #257, Jerry Leavitt, $25.00; #110, Henry Stapleton, $10.00; #266, E.J. Stapleton, $10.00; #148, Chris Durkin, $10.00.


 

Pittsfield Girl Scouts


Wow! We have had a busy first half of the year this year in Girl Scouts!  We have five active troops this year.  One Daisy troop (K-1st grade), one Brownie troop (2-3rd grade), two Junior Troops (4-5th grade) and one older girl troop!


So far this year our troops have gone on a night time corn maze with a Hooksett Girl Scout troop, gone to a Manchester Monarchs game, attended Disney Princesses on Ice, saw the New York City Ballet perform Alice in Wonderland at the Capital Center for the Arts in Concord, sang Christmas Carols at the town tree lighting, had a Christmas party complete with a visit from Santa Claus, and enjoyed a very successful “Bring a Dude Dance.”  The girls had a lot of fun planning this dance for their dads and everyone had a great time and danced the night away. 


We have earned patches on many different topics and in the coming months we are planning a rock climbing trip to Vertical Dreams in Manchester and getting ready for a museum sleepover for the brownies and a camping trip for the juniors.  We are also eagerly awaiting the delivery of our Girl Scout Cookies so that we can get them into your hands and into your freezer!


Our Girl Scouting year starts in October and the fun ends in late May/early June.  Consider joining us next year (we need more Daisies!) for all the fun. Watch for our Registration Days in the fall.  For more information call Danielle at 435-7001.

 


 

Letter To The Editor


To the good citizens of Pittsfield:
My neighbor, Carl Wallman, and I were talking about the pros and cons of repealing zoning.  He called me a dreamer and naive.  He asked that in a letter I mention the importance of respecting and never harming your neighbor.  Agreed.


He asked me if I would like a factory next door.  I thought about it for a week and told him I probably would try to get a part-time job there.


My dream is for everyone who wants, to put a sign up and operate a business from their home without anyone’s permission.  No hurdles, just open.


I have found if someone lets their dog run, it causes many more problems than a neighbor could working or doing business.  I have been lucky, I have had 40 years of opportunity.


Pittsfield needs more opportunity through more employment, for the next generation. Pittsfield needs to get rid of some protections, so we may have more freedom.  This is truly why I ask for your vote to repeal zoning.  The light bulb will only go on if there is enough people to power it.


Dan Schroth Piermarocchi
Pittsfield

 


 

Letter


To the voters of Pittsfield:
Mr. Jim Prichard is running for the Planning Board again.  Jim was responsible for writing the warrant article to reduce the board from seven members to five last year.  I think he felt with fewer members he would have a better chance of controlling what went on.


He attended the Public Hearing on February 1, 2011, to hear about the proposed changes to the Zoning Ordinance.  All he did was push the board into answering questions he could later attack.


Is this the type of person you the public, wish to represent you on the board?  His knowledge and attempts to get his own zoning passed over the last couple of years prove his only wish is to have things his way.


Jim’s attempt to get elected to the Planning Board last year was not accepted by the Town.  His Citizen Zoning has not passed in the last couple of years.  What difference does he propose now?  Has he received any additional education?  Has he attended all the meetings to better understand people’s concerns?


No Jim hasn’t. He only wants things his way.  Is this what’s best for the Town?  I don’t think so.


Please remember this at voting time and Do Not Vote For Jim Prichard.


Thank you for listening and please remember to vote on March 8, 2011.


Hank FitzGerald
Pittsfield

 


 

Win A Pot O’ “Green”


The Friends of the Josiah Carpenter Library will once again be holding a St. Patrick’s Day/Spring Raffle on Election Day, March 8, 2011, at the Pittsfield Town Hall. Come join in the fun, bring your wallet and give a try at winning this gift basket, chocked full of “Little Green Gardening” items and the “Real Green” – Lottery tickets!


All proceeds go to the betterment of the Josiah Carpenter Library.


Thank you for your support. A Happy Spring to All.

 


 

Letter To The Editor


At this critical juncture in Pittsfield’s evolution, I must disagree with my neighbor and devoted Pittsfield citizen Dan Schroth, and all those who join him in campaigning for an end to zoning ordinances.  This is an ill-conceived notion that would irreparably harm our community and the entire region.


Portraying zoning as an attack on our personal freedoms, an infringement of small business or the rights of property ownership is overly simplistic and extremely shortsighted.  Zoning is a part of the covenant we all share as members of the community.  No zoning is anarchy.  Zoning protects our property investments, our quality of life, the air we breathe and the water that sustains us.  Abolishing zoning would in no way enhance the business climate.  It would make our town a pariah among our neighboring communities and literally a dumping ground for all manner of toxic enterprises.


Well-regulated and well-designed enclaves of business, industrial, residential, agricultural, and mixed zones offer the promise of a bright future for Pittsfield or any other town.  Pittsfield has known hard times and the declines in farming, the closure of most of the mills, and loss of much of the retail business is real, but the false hope and red herring offered by this proposal to end zoning would do no more than solidify the declines of the past with even greater declines for the future.


I urge every resident of Pittsfield to turn out on Tuesday, March 8th and cast a vote to sustain our zoning ordinance.  This is much too important an issue to be surrendered to simplistic solutions.


Sincerely,
James C. Allard
Pittsfield

 


 

Handcrafted Bookmarks for Sale at Josiah Carpenter Library


A dozen beautiful handcrafted bookmarks, the creations of Pittsfield resident Margaret Castine, were donated as a fundraiser for the Josiah Carpenter Library.  No two bookmarks are alike.   Each bookmark displays six colorful hot air balloons, the very symbol of fundraising in Pittsfield, a town famed for its Annual Rotary Hot Air Balloon Rally, for thirty years.  No two balloons on any of the bookmarks are exactly alike Each bookmark represents ten to twelve hours of labor in the art of counted cross-stitch.   Even the tassels are hand-crafted.  The bookmarks sell for $10.00 each.


Mrs. Castine also donated six bookmarks of various designs to be given away as prizes as Children’s Reading Program incentives.  The Josiah Carpenter Library is greatly appreciative Mrs. Castine’s generosity.

 


 

Letter


There is more bad than good in zoning.  It’s too bad that the Zoning Board doesn’t use common sense, instead of following what other towns have done.


I live in Pittsfield.  I don’t care what other towns do.  For example: we live two miles out of town.  We lost our business and home in a fire in 1995.  With zoning, if we wanted to build on the same spot, we had to start within one year. 


After that, we would have had to go to the Planning Board.  After twelve years, we decided to put a shed over the cellar hole.  The Planning Board rejected that, because in the  county there is a 50 foot set back.  The old house was 21 feet from the road.  None of our abutters objected.  Only one member of the Planning Board agreed with us.


So members who don’t even live close to us, said what we could do on our own property.  Do you agree?


Our old home sat there for over 200 years.  Why can’t we have zoning that makes sense?


Respectfully,
Ebenezer Morrell
Pittsfield

 


 

Letter
Frontage Part 2
What’s The Plan?


I’ve reviewed the websites of town after town in New Hampshire and it’s fair to say that most towns allow frontage only on taxpayer maintained roads (Class V or better).  There certainly are towns with more lenient definitions (primarily unmaintained Class VI with some that include unmaintained private roads). 


One thing that is consistent among the towns that will allow (by special exception) frontage on an unmaintained road, is that they have clear and concise policies, readily available on their websites, using RSA 474:41 as their guideline, so that all residents are treated fairly and equally. 


Pittsfield, apparently, has no such guideline.  Some might say that the guideline will come after the definition is voted-in.  I say that doesn’t make sense since RSA 474:41 has been around for decades and, since Pittsfield has had no frontage definition, the need for such a policy should have been realized and formulated many years ago. 


Some might say the policy already exists.  I say prove it.  Post the policy and the forms on our website like other towns do.  Prove to the taxpayers that Pittsfield’s governing body insures that those who are given building permits on unmaintained roads have signed a document releasing the town of all responsibilities for that road.  By the way, that includes property owners within a subdivision.


If the majority of taxpaying voters in Pittsfield find this frontage definition acceptable as is, so be it.  But I, for one, will vote against Article 4 which covers 87 Definitions (one of them being Frontage).


God Bless Our Troops,
Rachel Wood
Pittsfield

 


 

Letter


Dear Pittsfield residents and surrounding neighbors and friends:
Much is being said about the local budgets and the impact they have on property owners paying for public education.  Yes, some schools are doing better with the grades of their students and some not so good.   However, for those school districts that are struggling and feel that the teachers are being over paid with little return for the money, you need to think of one thing.  What is your responsibility, as a parent towards your child’s education?  Do you leave it up to the teachers and staff to teach them during week days?  Do you not go over their homework to see if it is correct before they turn it in or if they even understood what the assignment was? 


To paraphrase a World War II leader, Winston Churchill said “Never have so many owed so much to so few.”  The same can be said for the teachers and staff at our local schools. 


As a substitute teacher, I can pretty much judge which ones do their homework at home and the parents take an active role in their education.  Which group are you in?  Take an active role in your child’s education, help them to do the best they can and help out the teachers.  Trust me they would be happy to see an active parent involved with their students.  


As for budget, yes tough choices need to be made but we need to make sure the buildings are safe and functional and not wait until there is structural failure to upgrade the buildings. 


Remember, “The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow” and they need all the help they can get to be successful; let us help them achieve their goals.


Sincerely,
Merrill Vaughan
Pittsfield

 


 

Math Day
By Mrs. Elliott’s Third Grade Class
We made Math hats
And wrote Math facts.
We made Math shapes that were all 3D,
Of pretzels and marshmallows that were tasty.
Math is a blast,
We can do it fast.
Math games are cool
They make us love school.
We sat in cozy nooks
While reading math books.
We showed lots of dedication
While practicing facts of multiplication.
Multiplication is fun
It makes us learn a ton.
During snack we were in the zone;
We ate polygons, dodecagons, and cones.
In Math our Smartboard is cool;
It is a very useful tool.
Math day is all done
It was lots of fun!

 


Obituaries


 

Mary E. LeDuc


Mary E. LeDuc 65, of Keystone Heights, FL (formerly of Pittsfield) passed away February 15, 2011.


Mary was born in Pittsfield April 14, 1945 and was a graduate of Pittsfield High. She married Vernon LeDuc in 1965 and was a dedicated wife and mother. She was a long time employee of the Pittsfield School cafeteria system before retiring in FL. She was the daughter of Winsor and Betty Burbank of Pittsfield. She leaves behind her loving husband Vernon “Skip” LeDuc, her son Robert of Stratford CT, her brother Frank of Sydney ME, her sisters Joan Case of Weare, Lydia West of Canterbury and Betty Burbank also of Canterbury, two Grandsons Collin LeDuc of Londonderry and Rob LeDuc Jr. of Cape Coral FL.


She is pre-deceased by her sister Paula Houle of Barnstead. Mary was a long time member of the Pittsfield Chapter of TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) as well as the Keystone Heights chapter. She enjoyed sewing, cooking for family and friends and going to car shows and parades with her husband in their 1962 Falcon.


Per Mary’s wishes, there will be no services and an urn burial will held at a later date. Donations in her memory can be made to a charity of your choosing in her name.

 


 

Alberta E. Potter


Alberta Potter, 76,  of Loudon, went home to be with the Lord on February 11, 2011, at Harris Hill Center, with her family by her side. Born in Farmington on June 3, 1934, Alberta was the daughter of the late Charles and Doris (Willard) Staples.


She attended schools in Farmington and Alton; worked at the Globe in Pittsfield, and retired from Bradlees Department Store. Alberta most recently enjoyed working as a volunteer at the Pittsfield Food Pantry. She was a member of the Park Street Baptist Church in Pittsfield.


Alberta lived in Loudon for 52 years where she enjoyed her passion of sewing doll clothes; doing crafts, puzzles, crosswords; bird watching; finding trinkets at yard sales; and visiting with her family.


She was predeceased by her daughter, Jeannie Potter; her sister, Barbara Staples; and her brother Frank Staples.


Alberta is survived by her devoted husband of 58 years, Lester Potter; her daughter and son-in-law, Theresa and Charles Storey of East Waterboro, ME; her daughter, Darlene Potter of Penacook; four grandchildren, Seth Storey, Saco, ME;  Josh Storey, Perkasie, PA; Hannah Leach, Alfred, ME; and Lexi Potter, Penacook. She also leaves 5 great grandchildren; her sister and best friend, Virginia Hunter of Pittsfield; a brother Charles Staples, Jr. of Farmington, NH; and several nieces and nephews.


Interment will be held in the Spring at the family plot in Pittsfield.


At Alberta’s request, memorial donations may be made to the Park Street Baptist Church Building Fund or Pittsfield Food Pantry.

 


 


 

 











 

 

 

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