Those Celebrating Birthdays are: July 12, John Barksdale, Matthew
Clattenburg; July 13, Dennis Volpe, Diane Burley; July 16, Larry
Williams, Jr., Arlene Brown, John Rogers.
A Very Happy Birthday To One and All!
Celebrating Anniversaries are: July 17, Paul and Bev Murdough
Best Wishes!
Congratulations to Erika Macaione who was named to the Dean’s List
for the Spring 2012 semester at Southern New Hampshire University in
Manchester. She is majoring in the BS Business Administration - 3
Year Program.
To be eligible for this honor, a student must compile an academic
grade point average of 3.0-3.49.
Congratulations to Matthew Abbott who was named to the Dean’s List
for the Spring 2012 semester at Southern New Hampshire University in
Manchester. He is majoring in BS in Operations and Project
Management.
To be eligible for this honor, a student must compile an academic
grade point average of 3.0-3.49.
Reminder
Larck Family Missions Community Outreach "Feeding the need
spiritually and physically" is providing breakfast and message of
God’s word at Park Street Church, Pittsfield, from 7:30 - 9:00 am;
dinner and message of God’s work at Light House Church, Pittsfield,
from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. All is free, love offerings/donations are
acceptable. Meeting every Saturday except the last of the month. For
more information contact Dennis at 724-8883.
"Dream Big! Read !" And "Own The Night!" At Josiah Carpenter Library
It is not too late to register for the 2012 Summer Reading program
at the Josiah Carpenter Library. Registration began June 1st, "Dream
Big, Read!" and "Own the Night!" Programs start July 12th. Call or
stop by the Library to register.
There is still room for more in "Dream Big! Read!" – for school age
children and "Own The Night!" for Teens. Children (Dream Big!) will
meet for 6 consecutive weeks from July 12 – August 16 on Thursdays
at 10:30 am. The Teens will have a drop-in activity available on
Thursdays between 4:00 and 7:00 pm and Teen programs will
collaborate themed activities with Josiah Book Worms, Jay Cee Ell
Teen Writer’s, JCL Teen Game Night "Mind Games" and Teen Movie Night
at the Library.
Nanny Rosebud and Friends will present Bedtime Stories on July 13th
at 6:30 pm. Come in your pajamas and bring your favorite stuffed
animal. Josiah Book Worms Spin Fairy Tale and Jay Cee Ell Writers
will tell tales they have written. Cookies and milk will be served
at 7:00 pm.
At 7:30 pm, on Friday the 13th, the Teens "Own the Night!" as the
group of young storytellers, get the evening of games and activities
started with their own "Tales for Teens."
2012 Summer Reading Program only lasts for six short weeks. Register
now. You won’t want to miss a minute!
Letter
On Tuesday, June 26th I came home to find a "Civil Forfeiture
Notice" on my door. Apparently my dog tax was a month and a half
late.
My thought is this: If the town has enough money in the budget to
pay Ms. Taylor to Hand Deliver these notices, then they
certainly don’t need my $6.50 dog tax or $25 per dog Civil
forfeiture (extortion money).
When I tried to pay my dog tax on Friday the 29th, I was told by the
Town Clerk that she couldn’t accept my payment because the extortion
had not yet been paid! A call left to Ms. Taylor went unanswered.
Let’s call the "Animal Control Officer" by what she really is; just
another revenue collector.
Maybe I should just let the bank have my home, quit my job, and go
on welfare!
Signed, a very pissed-off Pittsfield taxpayer of almost 30 years,
Donald Morse
Names Being Taken For War Memorial In Dustin Park
Submitted By Merrill Vaughan, Commander American Legion
Peterson-Cram Post 75
The American Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75 is now taking names that
will be on the War Memorial in Dustin Park on Main Street,
Pittsfield.
There are only three requirements to be met to have one’s name on
the Wall:
1) The individual entered into the Armed Forces on or after
September 11, 2001
2) The individual must have been a resident of Pittsfield at time of
entry into the Armed Forces. (Must show proof of this requirement.)
3) An application must be filled out prior to submission of the name
of the individual.
Incomplete information or missing documentation will result in delay
of the American Legion Peterson-Cram Post Executive Committee.
Contact the Post Commander Merrill Vaughan at 435-5207 or by email
at
[email protected] for the form or if you have any
questions.
The names of those who qualified will be engraved on the right hand
panel and it is planned to have the initial names dedicated on
November 11, 2012.
"Once again, young men and women have responded to the call to join
the armed forces in time of peril," Post Commander Vaughan said. He
also stated that this is a fitting tribute to the sacrifice that our
"young men and women make every hour of every day no matter where
they serve; this is for them."
The American Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75 is the only Veterans
Service Organization in Pittsfield and is thus inherently
responsible for the monument and to ensure our sons and daughters
responded to our nation’s call to serve in unpredictable times.
Letter To The Editor
I am running for the Executive Council in District 4 because our
elected leaders aren’t representing our communities’ best interests.
The debate in Concord the past two years was dominated by an
ideological agenda that most Granite Staters do not support. The
Executive Council chose to block funding for critical health
services to thousands of New Hampshire families and pull the plug on
developing plans for passenger rail. Those votes are indefensible
and hurt the health and economic well being of our state.
Governor John Lynch has led us with thoughtful resolve for the past
eight years. We need more leaders like him in Concord and I’ll
proudly carry on his tradition of working in a bipartisan fashion
toward practical solutions. As your councilor, I’ll focus on growing
our economy, investing in our communities, and standing up for
working families.
I believe I have the background and skills to be an effective
councilor for the district. As the fourth generation owner of my
family’s restaurant—the Puritan Backroom in Manchester—I know what
it takes to operate a successful business that adds value to our
community. As a two-term state Representative, I served our state
with pride. As a two-term Hillsborough County Treasurer, I returned
more than $5 million to taxpayers by making smart investments.
The people of New Hampshire deserve practical, common sense
leadership, and I pledge to put the people’s business ahead of
partisan politics. I look forward to speaking with you about my
campaign and, if elected, will always have an open door.
I encourage you to visit my website at
www.pappas2012.com and join
the conversation about how we can work together to do what’s right
for New Hampshire.
Sincerely,
Chris Pappas
Candidate for Executive Council, District 4
District 4 is made up of Allenstown, Auburn, Barrington, Bedford,
Bow, Candia, Chichester, Deerfield, Epsom, Goffstown, Hooksett, Lee,
Londonderry, Loudon, Northwood, Nottingham, Pembroke, Pittsfield,
and the city of Manchester.
Letter
As summer heats up and people look for relief of the hot weather
here are a few things to remember:
• When using an Air Condition, plug the appliance directly into a
wall outlet, never use an extension cord
• Make sure the electrical outlet can handle the load of an A/C with
other items plugged into that circuit
• To avoid damage to the building follow manufactures
recommendations for installation
With the hot weather many people forget about their heating system.
Remember that it is never too early to have your heating system
serviced; in fact summer is usually slower for these technicians and
now is the best time to schedule your cleaning.
Respectfully,
Lt. Nicholas Abell
Pittsfield Fire Dept.
"Time For A Change" Luncheon
You and your friends are invited to a luncheon sponsored by the
Concord Christian Women’s Connection and Stonecroft Ministries on
Thursday, July 12th, 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
Roxie DeCato, Avon Representative, "Look Who’s Calling." Guest
speaker, Trinket Amaliksen’s message is entitled ‘Seeking Perfection
in the Real World.’
Reservations are required by February 27th, 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.
Chrysanthemum Sale
The Pittsfield Beautification Committee will be having a Plant and
Bake Sale on August 18, 2012, at the Aranosian Lot, across from Rite
Aid, from 8 am - 12 pm.
A variety of home-baked goods will be for sale, as well as
chrysanthemums, locally grown at Osborne Farms of Loudon. An
assortment of colors will be available in 6"($5) and 10"($9) pots.
For more information, or to pre-order at a discount, visit the
Committee’s website at
www.pittsfield-nh.com/government/beautification/index.htm.
Proceeds from this sale will go to fund the replacement of the
Washington House Lot garden.
Thank you for supporting our volunteer organization in their efforts
to beautify Pittsfield !
A Couple Of Unusual Leading Ladies On Stage In Wolfeboro Village
Players Production Opens July 27
The cast of Leading Ladies at the Village Players Theater in
Wolfeboro includes, front row (l to r), Victoria Neal, Christian
Boudman, Rick Tessari and Meggin Dail and back row (l to r), Eric
Martin, Mike Hobson, Willie Mork and Russ Ellis. The show opens July
27.
Michael Wilfert – Courtesy Photo
Christian Boudman as Stephanie and Victoria Neal as Audrey share a
scene on stage as the Village Players prepare for the upcoming
production of Leading Ladies.
Michael Wilfert – Courtesy Photo
Christian Boudman and Rick Tessari are both talented actors. Both
have appeared on stage in numerous Village Players productions in a
wide variety of roles. So the directions that Michael Wilkes
provides them at a recent rehearsal for the comedy Leading Ladies is
a bit out there. Wilkes, who is stepping into the role of director
for the summer production at the Wolfeboro theater, is urging
Tessari and Boudman to be bad actors. Of course, it’s all part of
the roles the two are playing, not a commentary on their acting
talents.
Tessari plays Leo and Boudman plays Jack, a couple of
down-on-their-luck Shakespearean actors who find themselves in an
unusual situation in the small town of York, Pa.
The scene the two actors are rehearsing when Wilkes makes his call
for them to be "melodramatic" takes place at a Moose Lodge in
Pennsylvania, as the two English actors attempt to impress the crowd
with various scenes from Shakespeare, all melded together into one
big pile.
"You want to see why they are doing the Moose Lodge circuit," Wilkes
tells his lead actors. Needless to say, their production falls on
disappointed eyes and ears in the Moose Lodge and the two find
themselves in dire straits as they make their way out of town.
Leading Ladies was written by Ken Ludwig, who has earned rave
reviews for Moon Over Buffalo and Lend Me A Tenor. The story finds
Leo and Jack stumbling into the role of a lifetime, if only they can
pull it off.
As the English duo prepares to leave town on the train after their
most recent Moose Lodge circuit disaster, they read a story in the
local paper about a wealthy elderly woman in nearby York, Pa. who is
in search of her long lost English relatives, Max and Steve. Leo
thinks this is the perfect opportunity to cash in on their acting
talents, posing as the nephews with the chance to walk away with a
million dollars.
A chance encounter with a roller-skating waitress from York named
Audrey (Victoria Neal) on the train gets the ball rolling. Audrey
tells the pair that the elderly woman, Florence (Willie Mork) had
passed on and the two English gentlemen are excited to think the
plan could go off swimmingly. That is, of course, until Audrey tells
them that Max and Steve aren’t actually men, but rather women,
Maxine and Stephanie.
From there, the story takes off, as Jack and Leo make their way to
York, posing as Maxine and Stephanie, where they encounter an
assortment of characters, including the presumed-dead Florence, who
is decidedly alive. Florence’s niece, Meg, (Meggin Dail) and her
fiancé Duncan, the local minister (Russ Ellis), Audrey’s boyfriend
Butch (Eric Martin) and his father, Doc, the town doctor (Mike
Hobson) all play a part in the play as the action unfolds on the
stage.
The air-conditioned Village Players Theater is located on Glendon
Street in Wolfeboro. Leading Ladies will run on July 27 and 28 and
Aug. 3 and 4 at 8 pm each night. There is also a matinee performance
on Sunday, Aug. 5, at 2 pm.
More information and tickets are available by visiting
www.village-players.com.
Running in conjunction with the show is the Leading Ladies of the
Lake poster exhibit, featuring local women who are leaders in the
community. Audience members will have a chance to vote on their
favorite Leading Lady of the Lake during the show.
Pittsfield High School Fourth Quarter
Honor Roll
2011-2012
The following students earned honors for the fourth quarter at
Pittsfield Middle High School.
Grade 12
Highest Honors
Coleen Corliss
Grade 12
Honors
Dominic Brooks, Julia Cole, Melodie Hudgens, Taylor Kiss, Kayleen
Rojek, Adriaunna Towle, Kelsey Wrye
Grade 11
Highest Honors
Rebekah Adams,
Grade 11
High Honors
Sage Anthony, Ashley Pence, Aaron Vien
Grade 11
Honors
Emily Buchanan, Anna Colon-Pagan, Ashley Connor, Elizabeth Cyr,
Ashleigh Garland, Denise Grattage, Travis Guest, Tim Laflamme, Aaron
Manteau, Alyssa Moody, Justin Quigley, Jillian Towle
Grade 10
Highest Honors
Sarah Adams, Katrina Haynes
Grade 10
Honors
Victoria Averill, Joshua Michaud, Jossie Rowell, Tiffany Summerford,
Maxwell Tuttle
Grade 9
Highest Honors
Ryan Marquis
Grade 9
High Honors
Gabrielle Bartlett, Morgan Corliss, Madison Johnson
Grade 9
Honors
Star Chagnon, Jianbiao Chen, Colby Clark, Jade Markham, Cameron
Quigley, Garrett Strouth, Josaphine Towle, Kayla Vanslette, Adrianna
Wells
Grade 8
Highest Honors
Colby Boudreau, Lucas Conway, Alison Wolfe
Grade 8
Highest Honors
Joey Cox, Chase Gaudette, Kyle Hamel, Keaton Heath, Howard
Little-Simpson, Noah Manteau, Christopher Marcotte, Jordan Paggi,
Jesse Slater
Grade 8
Honors
Zachary Bissonette, Marc Gagne, Cody Gauthier, Alex Lamere, Jacen
Lemieux-Dickson, Bryce Rowell, Zachary Webster
Grade 7
Highest Honors
Savannah Godin, Hannah Joyce, Emily Little, Noah MacGlashing
Grade 7
High Honors
Gabe Anthony, Xenthios Cyr, Julie Dyer, Brienne Hill, Lindsey
Massey, Jordyn Pinto, Nicholas Shaver
Grade 7
Honors
Kegan Brooks, Autumn Clark, Nicholas Connor, Dorothy Hardwick,
Hannah Hernandez, Mehrin Hueston, Tyler Langevin-Darrah, Dylan
Moody, Jamie Morasse, Samantha Nevins, Anitrea Provencher, Rebecca
Richmond
Honorable Mention
Grade 12
Haley Beckman, Nicholas Farr, Paul Kennepohl III, Ernest Miner,
Timothy Osborne, Ethan Smith, Jennifer Tyrell
Grade 11
Casey Beauregard, Janice Negron, Quinn Steeves
Grade 10
Christopher Farr, Stefani Gauthier, Austin Harrison, Katie Small
Grade 9
Quinn Boyce, Joshua Fraser, Jeremy Kennepohl, Matthew Marcotte,
Jessica Massey, Anthony Rojek, Amanda Vanslette
Grade 8
Lucas Conway, Marc Gagne, Matt Kubat, Rebecca Maxfield, Erica Radzik
Grade 7
Tae’h Koehler, Samantha McCarey
F.B. Argue Recreation Area
Come down and check out the activities at the F.B. Argue Recreation
Area. We have finished our first session of swim lessons. From 2:00-
3:00 we have some scheduled activities that include bingo on Monday
and Thursday, duck hunt on Tuesday, water balloons on Wednesday, and
sand castle building on Friday.
This year we will be open Monday - Saturday from 12:00 - 5:00 pm.
Tuesday and Thursday nights we will stay open until 7:00 pm.
We are hoping to get more families to use the pool area on these
nights and are considering having an adult volleyball and horseshoe
time on one or more of those nights. All children under age 8 must
be accompanied by an adult during all of our hours. We will be
offering two more sessions of swimming lessons the following weeks:
• July 30th - August 10th, 10:00 am - noon
• July 9th –July 20th (5:30 – 7:00 pm)
The daily admission for residents is $0.75 per child and $1.00 for
adults or a family season pass can be bought for $40. Daily
admission for non-residents is $1.00 per person. All persons
entering the area will be expected to pay. Children under 5 years
old will be admitted free with a paid adult. The cost for the
swimming lessons for residents is $10 per child, not to exceed $30
per family. The cost for non-residents is $25 per child not to
exceed $75.
In conjunction with the PMHS, we will be sponsoring BookWalk
activities throughout the summer. These activities will begin on
Thursday, July 12 with a cloth poster making activity from 2:00 to
3:00 pm. Plans are being finalized for there to be BookWalks set up
at the recreation area with the book changing each week. This will
involve walking from station to station to read a book. For more
information, contact the recreation area or Mrs. Hatab at PMHS.
Suncook Valley Friday Night Paddlers
On Friday 6 pm July 6th the Suncook Valley Friday Night Paddlers met
for a paddle on Harvey Lake in Northwood NH. There were 5 kayaks and
1 canoe present. After a 90 minute paddles the group enjoyed snacks.
On Friday July 13 the group will meet at the boat ramp near the dam
at Barnstead Parade. On July 20 they will meet at Bow Lake in
Northwood.
For more details visit the group’s web site at
www.huffnpuff.info.
Obituaries
Christopher A Carroll
Christopher A. Carroll, 53, of Cresent St. died July 5th at the
Pleasant View Center in Concord following a 3 month illness. He was
born in NY City, the son of John and Barbara (Wright) Carroll. He
has lived in Pittsfield for the past 28 years. He was well known for
repairing bicycles in the area. He is survived by his mother Barbara
Hiltz of No. Attleboro, MA. A Brother, Donald Hiltz of Bellingham,
MA. 2 sisters, Brenda Chace of Plainville, MA. and Carol Caldwell of
No. Attleboro. Nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother
Robert Hiltz and a sister Rose Carol Harvey.
A Memorial Service will be scheduled at a future date and time. The
Perkins & Pollard Memorial Home is assisting the family with
arrangements. Log on to
perkinsandpollard.com for an on line guest
book.
Marian A. Freese
Marian, 88, affectionately known as Tinker, died at the Peabody Home
in Franklin on July 2, 2012.
Born Rachel Marian Adams on March 24, 1924 to Sherman and Rachel
(White) Adams. Tinker grew up in Lincoln with her sisters and
brother, Jean, Sarah and Sam. She attended Lincoln Elementary; high
school at Northfield School in Massachusetts, where she made life
long friends and developed a love of music; and was a graduate of
the Julliard School in New York.
She met her husband William Freese during a political event. She was
a long time resident of Pittsfield, where she raised her children
Thomas, Dana, Martha (Hussey) and Timothy and became involved in the
Congregational Church and community. Tinker taught many area
residents piano.
Her family will remember her for her love of family, music, the
outdoors, and her many contributions to her community.
Tinker was predeceased by her husband in 1985, by sisters Jean
Hallager, Sarah Adams and brother Sam Adams.
In addition to her children, Tinker is survived by four
grandchildren.
There will be no calling hours. The family invites friends to a
celebratory gathering Sunday, July 15, from 3 to 6 pm at Still Oaks,
1217 Suncook Valley Highway in Epsom.
In lieu of flowers a donation could be made to the Peabody Home, 24
Peabody Place, Franklin, NH 03235 or to a charity of ones choice.
For more information or to sign an on-line guestbook, please visit
www.stilloaks.com
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