Those Celebrating Birthdays are: February 1, Donna Webber,
February 3, Robert Hildreth, Jr., February 4, Daniel Welch, Reny
Boyd, Rita Maxwell, February 5, Marty Friedman, Stephanie Wolfe,
February 6, Melissa Harndon, Rick Bovin, Andrew Webber.
A Very Happy Birthday To One and All!
The February 6th meeting of The American Legion Peterson-Cram Post
75 will be held at Post Commander Merrill Vaughan’s home at 50 Deer
Meadow Rd, Pittsfield starting at 7:30. Questions can be directed to
Post Commander Merrill Vaughan’s cell phone 344-0264.
Pittsfield/Barnstead Suncook Valley Region Lions Club Dinner at
Jitters Cafe. All You Can Eat! (including beverage)
Why not take your sweetheart to dinner; that person of your choice;
or maybe the whole family. It’s for a great cause! Help the Lions
Club raise money.
• February 18, 2012
• Time: 4 pm - 8 pm.
• Cost: $12.95 per person
Join us for an Italian Buffet including lasagna, manicotti, stuffed
shells, buttermilk biscuits, veggies, soup, and of course, triffle
for dessert.
Tickets will be available at Jitters Cafe starting January 31, 2012.
School Lunch Menus
February 6 - 10, 2012
PES
Monday
Mucho Grande
Nachos Grande with the works! fiesta rice, sweet corn, cinnamon,
applesauce
Tuesday
Chicken Bake
Creamy chicken and noodles, peas and carrots, wheat roll, fruit
cocktail
Wednesday
That’s Italian
Spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, garden salad, baked pears
Thursday
Soup Salad and
Sandwich
Tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwich, garden salad with fresh salad
greens, fresh Mac apple
Friday
Fresh Picks Pizza
Cheese pizza, or chef’s topping, veggie sticks with dip, orange
wedges
PMHS
Monday
Mucho Grande
Nachos Grande with the works! fiesta rice, sweet corn, applesauce
Tuesday
Shanghai Chicken
Chicken chop suey, seasoned rice, stir fried vegetables, fruit
cocktail
Wednesday
That’s Italian
Spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, garden salad, baked pears
Thursday
Soup, Salad, and
Sandwich
Chicken Noodle Soup, grilled ham and cheese sandwich, garden salad,
fresh Mac apple
Friday
Healthy Challenge
Roasted caesar style chicken served over fresh salad greens,
parmesan wheat roll, fresh orange wedges
Family Movie Night At Josiah Carpenter Library
Made possible by a generous grant from the Sanderson Fund, Family
Movie Night is a new program at Josiah Carpenter Library. Josiah
Carpenter Library has purchased an MPLC Umbrella License to provide
copyright coverage to allow the public showing of movies.
Movies will now be shown regularly on our quarterly, Family Movie
Night event and also in conjunction with our Josiah Book Worms Teen
Book Group and our Read-Meet-Talk Book Group for Grown-ups.
Audiovideo equipment to provide for public viewing, has been
purchased through the Sanderson Fund Grant. This equipment will be
used for movies, and other special programs and guest speakers.
During 2012, Family Movie Night will be held once every quarter at
7:00 pm on the fourth Friday of the month. The dates will be: April
27, July 27, and October 26.
The showing will be in the Children’s Room. Enter by the Handicapped
access walkway to the side door at mid-level. Door opens at 7:00 pm.
Pastor’s Corner - February 2012
Submitted By:Rev. David Stasiak, First Congregational Church of
Pittsfield
There are more movies, songs and books written about love than any
other subject. For a long time now, possibly dating back to 270
A.D., the month of February has been considered the month of
romance.
Valentine’s Day is traditionally a day on which lovers express their
love for each other by presenting flowers, chocolates of every kind
and of course, greeting cards. According to the Greeting Card
Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each
year, making Valentine’s Day the second largest card-sending holiday
of the year. Saint Valentine’s Day as we know it today, contains
traces of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. There are a
number of legends about St. Valentine and how Valentine’s Day came
to be. According to one of those legends, Valentine actually sent
the first "valentine" greeting himself. While in prison, it is
believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl — who may
have been his jailor’s daughter — who visited him during his
confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a
letter, which he signed "From your Valentine," an expression that is
still in use today.
As I think about the letter St. Valentine wrote to his beloved I
can’t help but think of another love letter that was written
centuries ago but is still as powerful today as it was back then.
That love letter of course contains God’s words of love for all of
us in what we know as the Bible. "For God so loved the world that He
gave his only Son." "God is love." The apostle Paul wrote, "I am
convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height
nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to
separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Somewhere it was said that there are three kinds of love. The first
kind of love says, I love you if. I love you if you do what I want
you to do, or if you behave the way I want you to behave or if you
do this or do that. I love you because, the second kind of love,
says I love you because you have money, or because you’re pretty, or
because you’re smart. The third kind of love says, I love you in
spite of. I love you in spite of your flaws, in spite of how much
money you have or how intelligent you are or the mistakes you’ve
made in the past. I love you if and I love you because are
conditional kinds of love. In God’s love letter to us God says I
love you in spite of, I love you without conditions. I love you no
matter what you’ve done; I love you even if you don’t love me. I
love you so much that I give you the freedom to choose if you will
love me back. Shortly before his death Jesus said, "Greater love has
no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." That’s
real love, perfect love, Agape love. That’s God’s love. Happy
Valentine’s Day!
In October of 2011, Quinn Steeves, a junior from Pittsfield Middle
High School, attended the National Youth Leadership Forum on
National Security in Washington, DC as part of his research for his
Extended Learning Opportunity. The National Youth Forum focused
primarily on educating scholars about tools the government uses to
address issues of national importance. Quinn said that the program
greatly increased his knowledge of the government’s current status
in the world. The overall experience and gathered research will
assist Quinn in demonstrating mastery of his ELO competencies and
once complete, he will earn a half elective credit towards
graduation. Quinn strongly recommends that more high school students
his age keep track of current events and try programs similar to the
one he attended.
"Second Hand Rose" Luncheon
You and your friends are invited to a luncheon sponsored by the
Concord Christian Women’s Club and Stonecroft Ministries on
Thursday, February 9th, from 11:30 to 1:30, at The Red Blazer
Restaurant & Pub, 72 Manchester Street, Concord, NH.
The cost of the luncheon is $15.00 inclusive. The special feature is
Hilltop Consignments Furniture and Accessories: Moving? Downsizing?
Too much stuff? Consign with Hilltop! Guest speaker, Gloria Beachy’s
message is entitled "Song in the Night, Joy in the Morning."
Reservations are required by January 31st, cancellations are also
required. Call Wendy at 485-7446 or Barbara at 798-5976.
Stonecroft Ministries is a non-profit ministry. For more information
visit www.Stonecroft.org.
Letter
To the citizens of Pittsfield:
Regarding Mr. Mitchell’s letter last week concerning the actions of
the Planning Board, I would like to make the following comments:
1. Ted has been chair for the board for the last year and for him to
claim he didn’t understand what his vote would do is ludicrous.
2. During the meeting Ted did suggest another Public Hearing. No one
on the board made a motion or second so that issue died.
3. Again at that meeting Matt St. George asked, "Is this it, the
item is done?" and both Jim Prichard and Ted Mitchell said, "Yes,
this is it."
4. Because the vote went against Mr. Prichard’s desired result he
and another board member pressured Mr. Mitchell into reopening and
changing his vote.
5. Jim Prichard and Ted Mitchell met at the Town Hall on Friday,
January 13th after the vote went against them and advertised and
called for a Special Meeting and Public Hearing on January 19 and
February 2 to reopen this item. The board never was consulted.
Is this why these people were elected? I think not. The issue here
is Frontage and we all know Mr. Prichard has been pushing this for
many years.
I hope the voters don’t get fooled into thinking this is different
just because it says "Planning Board recommends this". It is still
Mr. Prichard’s proposal.
Please show up at the February 2, 2012 Public Hearing to see for
yourself the actions of this board.
I strongly support that you, the average citizen, vote No on
all Zoning Amendments!
Hank FitzGerald
Pittsfield
TOPS News
Submitted By Terrie Azotea
At TOPS we are going back to school with our new contest that we are
starting. We will have our very own report card and hopefully we
will all be getting A’s.
At our last meeting we had a open mic night. We talked about success
stories and different ways to help us along with our weight loss. We
also had a new member join and we welcome her and hope that she
enjoys her journey of weight loss with us.
We will be having an up-coming Auction, which is always a fun night.
We are a non-profit organization so every once in a while we will
have bingo, auctions, yard sales, and raffles to help us earn money.
We are a weight loss group that is here to help one another and give
support and encouragement to each other; especially this time of the
year when we are all having cabin fever and there is not a lot to do
outside with no snow. Sure games and cards are fun but what do we do
when we play a game in the house? Eat - at least I know I
want to bring the chips and dip out on the table and, oh ya, grab
the nacho’s. It sure is a easy thing to do. So if you find yourself
doing this or have cabin fever and want to get out on a Tuesday
night, come join us at TOPS. We meet at the St. Stephens Church on
Main Street in Pittsfield at 5:30 for weigh-in and 6:30 for a
meeting.
Any questions, please call Laurel Tiede at 269-8721 or Pat Smith at
435-5333. These ladies would be glad for a call.
"Let your most beautiful self show..Smile! Hope everyone has a great
week and see you lighter next week!
Jon Ward (L) was pleased to introduce Attorney Mary Cloutier (R) as
the program for last Wednesday's Pittsfield Rotary Club meeting. Ms.
Cloutier was representing the NH Bar Association and its
philanthropic arm, the NH Bar Foundation. She presented the Civics
in Action program. The goal is to ensure that all citizens have an
understanding of the functioning of our government.
Rotarians Meet Bill and Melinda Gates Challenge
Alley Boucher, Past District Governor, announced that Rotarians have
already met and exceeded the Bill & Melinda Gates Polio Plus
Challenge. Bill & Melinda Gates gave Rotary $355 Million dollars to
help them eradicate Polio. The challenge was for Rotary to raise
$200 Million by June 30, 2012. The great news is that Rotarians have
met and exceeded that number as of Jan 17, 2012. Rotarians have
raised $202.6 Million towards the $200 Million Dollar Challenge. The
Pittsfield Rotary Club was pleased to have raised its portion in the
first year of this Challenge
On another great news note, Bill and Melinda Gates have donated
another $50 Million, with no match on the part of Rotary, to again
help Rotary in eradicating this deadly disease. The goal of Polio
Plus is to wipe this feared disease from the face of the earth and
the end is in sight.
Obituaries
Steven A. Davis
Steven A. Davis, 96, passed away January 22, 2012 at The
Presidential Oaks Nursing Home of Concord, New Hampshire. Steven
married his wife, Alice (Vee) Vera of Pittsfield NH and raised their
three children.
Prior to retirement he worked for the State of NH Highway
Department. He proudly served the Town of Pittsfield as a part-time
police officer, selectman, health officer, a member of the planning
board and was a volunteer fireman. He did all of this with great
pride and concern to do the best job for Pittsfield. Steven enjoyed
extra activities such as being a member of Pittsfield’s Lions Club
and the New England Sled Dog Club, where he served as President for
both.
On his own time, Steven along with some of his friends did extra
things like flood the local tennis courts so the young and old alike
could enjoy skating all winter long. He was an avid sled dog racer.
But the most important job he ever did was to be a loving husband
and father. He was always one tough cookie on the outside, was never
afraid to give you his opinion and to stand behind it but his center
was caring and soft. His family loved him deeply and will always be
proud to say, "he was our dad". Your job here on earth is complete
dad and it was a job well done!
Steven was predeceased by wife Alice (Vee) Vera Davis. He leaves a
son, Steven W. Davis and wife Barbara of Epsom, New Hampshire, two
daughters, Sandra A. Davis of Concord, New Hampshire and Linda
Gorman of Rollinsford, New Hampshire; seven grandchildren, nine
great grandchildren and four great, great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held in June, 2012 at the Floral Park
Cemetery in Pittsfield New Hampshire. Time and date will be
published at a later date.
In lieu of flowers please send donations to Pittsfield’s Youth
Softball League at Tilton Hill Road, PO Box 112, Pittsfield, NH
03263 or to the charity of your choice.
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