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Pittsfield NH News

August 1, 2012

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Those Celebrating Birthdays are: August 1, Robert Hetu, Jennifer Clark; August 2, Diane Vaughan; August 3, Sarah Laro, Ed Huggins, Scott Drouin; August 4, Betty Hartford; August 6, Jonathan Desmarais, Fred Mayhew; August 7, Brandon Giuda, Michael Tuttle, Keith Snedeker, Andrew Fries, JoAnne Ward.

 

A Very Happy Birthday To One and All!

 



Celebrating Anniversaries are: August 5, Mark and Sylvia Wallace; August 6, Harold and Debbie Darrah.

Best Wishes!




South Pittsfield Church will be open on August 5, 2012 for a 1:00 pm service with Rev. Henry Frost. All are welcome!


 

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On Friday, July 20 the Suncook Valley Friday Night Paddlers explored Bow Lake. (see picture) Eight kayakers attended.  On July 27th, Jenness Pond will be visited, and Lower Suncook Lake will be kayaked on August 3rd.

 

All are welcome. Trips start at 6 pm. More information, pictures and directions can be found at www.huffnpuff.info

 


 

Lifesaving Training Classes Counted A Success
Submitted By Nella Hobson

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Jim Girard, EMT with the Pittsfield Fire Department, demonstrates the proper way to perform chest compressions during a CPR/AED class at the First Congregational Church.

Pittsfield EMTs Jen Tedcastle, Jim Girard and Lyle Deane, with over 30 years of experience combined, recently conducted two classes with material from the American Heart Association, for the First Congregational Church in the proper procedures for CPR and the use of the church’s newly acquired AED (automated external defibrillator). The Dorcas Guild donated the defibrillator to the church in June.

 

The three-hour class involved the use of special CPR mannequins the Pittsfield Fire Department employs for instruction. The recently obtained mannequins, as well as the course materials, purchased through the Sanderson Fund, were instrumental in learning the CPR process and using the AED properly. Using the simulated AED equipment purchased from the American Red Cross made the experience very real, with students gaining familiarity, confidence and proficiency.

 

In the case of cardiac arrest, it is imperative to administer CPR immediately and perform chest compressions at a rate of 100 per minute. Keeping the blood flowing to the brain and other parts of the body is crucial, and the more people who know the procedure, the more lives may be saved. Deane, with four years of full-time experience, enjoys his work and knew he would be doing this job since he was a child. “I love this job and I enjoy training sessions like this one,” he said.

 

Pittsfield Fire Department and Ambulance is fortunate to have a LUCAS 2 device, which will perform compressions correctly and consistently (usually used in the ambulance) in lieu of rescuers, who can become fatigued after long periods of chest compressions. Thanks to the gift from Globe Manufacturing and Concord Hospital, this device is a true lifesaver.

 

The church is only one place in Pittsfield where an AED is present. According to Tedcastle, other locations in Pittsfield include the Community Center, Josiah Carpenter Library, BCEP Solid Waste Facility, Globe Manufacturing Company and both Pittsfield Elementary School and the Middle-High School. Personnel have been trained in all of these locations, with the first three and now the church, by Pittsfield EMTs.

 

“CPR and AEDs save lives,” said Girard. “We are teaching folks to manage sudden cardiac arrest, to keep the heart pumping, until help arrives.” He looks forward to conducting a community CPR course in the fall.

 

The Pittsfield Fire Department conducts many programs in First Aid and other subjects for the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, school programs, ATV clubs, and others. It is often on the personal time of the dedicated staff members.

 

The church offers its profound thanks to Jen, Jim and Lyle for their friendliness, expertise and professionalism during the classes and for their service to the citizens of Pittsfield and surrounding communities.

 


 

Hiring Our Heroes
Submitted By Merrill A. Vaughan, Commander
American Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75 Pittsfield, NH 03263

 

Join us August 9, 2012 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm for a hiring fair for veteran job seekers, active duty military members, Guard and Reserve members, and military spouses at The Martel-Roberge, American Legion Post #47, 551 Foundry Street, Rollinsford, NH. This event will be a one-of-a-kind free hiring fair for both employers and job seekers.

 

This event is being held in partnership between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, the Department of Labor’s Veterans Employment and Training Service (DOL VETS), the New Hampshire Committee of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), NBC News, and other local partners.

 

For registration questions, please contact us at [email protected]. Registration is always open at https://hoh.greatjob.net.

 

For a list of employers that will be attending, contact American Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75 Commander, Merrill Vaughan by calling his home phone 435-5207 or his cell phone 344-0264. The list covers employers from bank and financial institutions to medical jobs. According to Commander Vaughan, “This is an excellent way to find your place of employment, some close to home.”

 


 

Golfers and Businesses Wanted
Submitted By Merrill Vaughan

 

The Concord Regional Crimeline is having their 13th Annual Golf Tournament on September 13, 2012 at the Plausawa Valley Country Club, Pembroke, NH and would like to have you participate. The tournament format will be four person teams, scramble with shotgun start.

 

For golfers, you can participate two ways; one way is to pay $100 or with a foursome at $100 each.  This includes Green Fee, Cart, Welcome Bag, and a Homemade Continental Breakfast and hot lunch.  Prizes will be for Top Three Finishers, Long Drive, Closest to the Pin, and much more to include raffle and auctions.

 

For businesses, you too can help Crimeline by donating the following categories:  $2,000 Platinum: Foursome, ad/logo on back page of program, tee/hole signs/banner display; $1,000 Gold: Foursome, banner display, hole/tee signs; $600 Silver: Foursome, hole/tee signs; $100 Hole or Tee signs.  Breakfast and Lunch Sponsors:  $500 has your name in the program.

 

For those who wish to donate to the raffles, here are some ideas you can use:  gift certificates services, savings bonds, and so forth.  The raffle prizes are endless and are up to you, the supporters of the Concord Regional Crimeline and your local law enforcement agency.

 

To obtain the entry and donation form, you can contact Merrill Vaughan, Pittsfield Representative at his cell phone 344-0264.  This will ensure proper identification of donations. 

 

All registrations and donations need to be submitted by August 24, 2012.  We are approaching the maximum for golfers so you may or may not be able to play.

 

The Concord Regional Crimeline is a non-profit organization organized under the laws of the State of New Hampshire. The purpose of this organization is to promote community education and awareness of criminal activities in order to deter and prevent their occurrence.  Crimeline also funds rewards for anonymous information that leads to the arrest(s) for crimes that have been committed.

 


 

TRICARE Prime Enrollment Fees To Increase
Submitted By Merrill A. Vaughan, Commander
American Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75 Pittsfield, NH 03263

 

New TRICARE Prime enrollment fees for uniformed service retirees and their families will begin October 1. Retirees who were enrolled before October 1, 2011 will see a more significant increase since their enrollment fee remained at the 2011 levels of $230 and $460 per year when the fees increased last year.

 

The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2012 allows for the annual increase of TRICARE Prime enrollment fees for most retired beneficiaries based on the annual cost-of-living adjustment. Exceptions to annual increases are for survivors of deceased active-duty sponsors and medically retired service members and their dependents.

 

Here’s how the increase will affect beneficiaries enrolled before Oct. 1, 2011:

 

 • People now pay $230 per year for individual coverage, and $460 per year for family coverage. Beginning October 1, individual coverage is $269.28 per year, and family coverage is $538.56 per year.

 

Beneficiaries enrolled on or after October 1, 2011, including all new enrollments:

 

• People now pay $260 per year for individual coverage, and $520 per year for family coverage. Beginning October 1, individual coverage is $269.28 per year, and family coverage is $538.56 per year.

 

All TRICARE Prime enrollees are required to pay annual enrollment fees, except active-duty service and family members, transitional survivors, and beneficiaries younger than 65 with Medicare Parts A and B.

 

For more retiree news and information, please visit www.retirees.af.mil.

 


 

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The 1st Annual Duck Derby was held as one of the events at the Old Home Day Celebration in Pittsfield.  It was a great success and fun was had by all. Pittsfield Basketball Players Tyler Booth and Phil Gordon present Eleanor Joyce with $630 in prize money as her adopted duck crossed the finish line first.

 


 

Letter

 

On August 7th the town of Pittsfield would like to ask for a franchise fee (tax) on our cable bills. Between 1% and 5%, which could add up to $3 plus to the average bill. If this so called franchise fee is passed, what’s next? Phone, lights, and anything else they think of?

 

The consumer pays enough now for the services without adding more into our already bad economy. Please say “No.”

 

Robert Maxwell

Pittsfield




“Never Give Up” Luncheon

 

You and your friends are invited to a luncheon sponsored by the Concord Christian Women’s Club and Stonecroft Ministries on Thursday, August 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 Murph Henderson, historian. “George Washington, the Father we didn’t know.” Guest speaker, Marion Dickinson’s message is entitled “Looked for Love in All the Wrong Places and Then Found It!”

 

Reservations are required by August 1st, 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.

 


 

TOPS News
Submitted By Terrie Azotea

 

Well, the contest is off and running, “The Green Beans against the “Peaches”. May the best team win and I mean win by losing weight and keeping a team spirit. Remember, ladies and gents, to keep your food charts, drink your water and think before eating something.

 

We have been busy at TOPS with our yard sale and our raffle. Congratulations to the one who won the BBQ Raffle. Hope you enjoy all of the good stuff in it.

 

We are a good weight loss support group who likes to encourage each other, send a card or just smile and say “have a good week.” Kudos to those who lost last week. Keep up the good work.

 

If anyone is interested in joining us, we meet on Tuesday nights at the St. Stephen’s Church on Main Street in Pittsfield at 5:30 pm for weigh in and 6:30 pm for our meeting. We would love to see some new faces.

 

If interested, please call Laurel Tiede at 269-8721 or Pat Smith at 435-5333. They would love to answer any questions you have.

 

Life goes by and sometimes we forget to tell the ones we love just how much they mean to us. So take a moment and tell someone this week and I am sure you will put a smile on their face.

 

Well I hope everyone had a good week and we’ll see you lighter next week!!

 


 

F.B. Argue Recreation Area Update

 

The recreation area is in full swing for the summer with the warm weather we have had. Activities continue to happen each week day between 2:00 and 3:00 pm.

 

On Monday, we play bingo for candy. Tuesday, we do the duck hunt. Wednesday is our water balloon day. Thursday we will start doing sack races. Friday is sand castle day.

 

There is a short break for the life guards from 2:45 to 3:00 each day. Come down and play volley ball, swim, and take a walk around the story walk to read a book while you walk.

 

The fee is just a dollar a day with children 5 and under free with a paid adult for using the area.  There is a concession stand where you and your child can buy drinks and snacks. The story walk is free. Just let the gate person know that you are coming in to do the story walk. We have had lots of supportive young parents this year which makes the area more fun.

 

Monday we started our third and last set of swim lessons for the season. If you missed signing up, come down and talk to Mike or Minni and we will see if we can fit your child into an appropriate class. The lessons are $10 per child.

 

The area is open for open swimming from 12 to 5 Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. On Tuesday and Thursday, the area stays open until 7 pm. Saturday, August 4th, Balloon Rally Weekend we will close at 4:00.

 


 

Pittsfield SADD Excels With Their Live Sober And Drive Campaign

 

Pittsfield SADD is pleased to say the “Live Sober and Drive” campaign is making wonderful progress since they presented to Youth Venture in May.

 

If you don’t already know, the Pittsfield’s Live Sober and Drive campaign was recently founded by a couple of local teen students. Live Sober and Drive has set out with the purpose to spread awareness and prevent drinking and driving in the town of Pittsfield.

 

Live Sober and Drive was inspired because this is not just occurring in our area, but all over the world. We feel that by attacking the problem in our community, it’s something we can do in taking a step forward in ending this problem permanently.

 

Our plan to address this issue is to spread awareness through education. We will also be holding events to give teens something to do rather than party on Friday or Saturday night. We have actually already held one of our events.

 

This year at the Pittsfield Middle High School graduation, Live Sober and Drive had kids from the PYW write out little notes to the graduating class. These notes said things like “Be safe when you celebrate, don’t drink and drive” and “Friends don’t let friends drink and drive.” During the graduation a couple of the members from Live Sober and Drive went out and put these notes on every car in the parking lot. Live Sober and Drive felt this was very successful.

 

We will also be holding a Pizza Party/Movie Night, Lock-In and you will also be able to catch us at the Balloon Rally. Another thing Live Sober and Drive will be doing is a Pledge Banner. We will be getting a banner and having teens pledge they will not drink and drive.

 

Pittsfield SADD is always happy to have new members and ideas. If you are interested in joining Pittsfield SADD “Live Sober and Drive” in their mission to stop this problem, you can get information about us at facebook.com/PittsfieldSADD. Our facebook page has meeting times, upcoming events and other information about us.

 

If you have more questions, you can also email our adult supervisor Kristen Tracey for more information: [email protected].

 


 


 

 











 

 

 

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