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Pittsfield NH News

December 10, 2014

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Berakah, 96 Fairview Rd in Pittsfield .  Winter Solstice Celebration, Sunday, December 21, 5 – 6 p.m. 

 

You are invited to celebrate the Winter Solstice, and reflect on the meaning of transition from darkness to LIGHT. We will welcome the solstice with music, reflection in the warmth of the house, and weather permitting, kindle a fire outdoors. The evening will culminate with a bowl of hot soup. Free will offering.  Call 435-7271 or email [email protected] for more information or to register.

 


 

Christmas Program Planned At New Beginnings Church Of The Nazarene

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Working of their skills for Journey to Bethlehem,

brothers Alex and Chase Johansen of Loudon.

 

Journey to Bethlehem Director, Mike Beevers, announced “Preparations are full steam ahead for this free event, with presentations on December 12, Friday, and December 13, Saturday, from 6 to 8 pm.”   The church will be transformed into the streets of Bethlehem as they were over 2000 years ago.  The congregation will be dressed in period attire as the innkeeper, Mary, Joseph, and their new baby, along with Roman soldiers, census takers, shopkeepers, and the general citizens of Bethlehem. This is a wonderful no cost Christmas experience for the whole family.

 

New Beginnings is handicapped accessible and is located at 33 Staniels Road just off Route 106 near the Loudon-Concord line and the Red Roof Inn.  Donations of personal care items such as toilet paper, shampoo, diapers, etc. are welcome.  All donations go to Rise Again Outreach helping families in the greater Concord area.  For more information, call 224-1311.

 


 

VA Expands Eligibility For VA Health Care Related To Military Sexual Trauma

Expansion closes a gap in health care eligibility

 

Washington, DC – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), under authority from the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (“VACAA”),  today announced expanded eligibility for Veterans in need of mental health care due to sexual assault or sexual harassment that occurred during their military service. This trauma is commonly known as military sexual trauma (MST).

 

This expansion, which primarily pertains to Reservists and National Guard members participating in weekend drill, gives the authority to offer Veterans the appropriate care and services needed to treat conditions resulting from MST that occurred during a period of inactive duty training.   

 

“VA simply must be an organization that provides comprehensive care for all Veterans dealing with the effects of military sexual trauma,” said VA Secretary Robert A. McDonald.  “Our range of services for MST-related experiences are constantly being reexamined to best meet the needs of our Veterans.”  

 

Secretary McDonald met last week with Ruth Moore, a Navy Veteran and MST survivor for whom the Ruth Moore Act of 2013 is named. Ms. Moore will be working with VA to ensure that survivors are treated fairly and compassionately, and that Veterans with MST can access fair compensation exams and access health care practitioners who are trained in understanding and working with MST issues.

 

VA works closely with trauma survivors to ensure a full continuum of health care services are provided to assist Veterans recovering from experiences of MST. Recognizing that MST survivors may have special needs and concerns, every VA health care facility has an MST Coordinator who serves as a contact person for MST-related issues. Every VA medical center and Community-based Vet Center offers MST-related outpatient counseling.

 

Currently, all VA health care for mental and physical health conditions related to MST is provided free of charge. Veterans do not need to have a service-connected disability or seeking disability compensation to be eligible for MST-related counseling and care. Veterans also do not need to have reported such incidents to the Department of Defense or possess documentation or records to support their assertion of having experienced such trauma. The determination of whether a Veteran’s condition is MST-related is strictly a clinical determination made by the responsible VA mental health provider. Finally, Veterans need not be enrolled in VA’s health care system to qualify for MST-related treatment, as it is independent of VA’s general treatment authority.

 

In addition to treatment programs, VA also provides training to staff on issues related to MST, including a mandatory training on MST for all mental health and primary care providers. VA also engages in a range of outreach activities to Veterans and conducts monitoring of MST-related screening and treatment, in order to ensure that adequate services are available.

 

Veterans can learn more about VA’s MST-related services online at www.mentalhealth.va.gov/msthome.asp and see video clips with the recovery stories of Veterans who have experienced MST at http://maketheconnection.net/conditions/military-sexual-trauma.

 


 

Festive Christmas Concert

 

Plan to attend the annual Christmas concert coming this Friday, December 12, 7 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 24 Main St., Pittsfield. This special concert entitled, “The Light Shines On,” will feature the church’s Chancel Choir, the JuBellation Handbell Choir as well as the Inextinguishable Brass Quintet from UNH. Add this festive event to your holiday celebrations! Parking and wheelchair accessible entry located at rear of church. For more information, call the church office at 435-7471.

 

Candlelight Christmas Eve

Make your plans for a wonderful candlelight service Wednesday, Christmas Eve, 7 p.m., at the First Congregational Church, 24 Main St., Pittsfield. The program includes beautiful music by the Chancel Choir and the JuBellation Handbell Choir, scripture lessons, the story of the first Christmas, the sanctuary bathed in candlelight and the singing of “Silent Night.” Bring the whole family for a lovely evening service. Parking and wheelchair accessible entry are available at rear of church. For more information, call the church office at 435-7471.

 


 

What’s Up at PYW?

Submitted By:  Paula Martel, PYW Program Director

A BIG THANK YOU

 

The Pittsfield Youth Workshop (PYW) is so grateful to have such great support from the community, schools, families, volunteers and staff!

 

As many of you already know, The Pittsfield Youth Workshop has been working  diligently to  improve the lives of youth in Pittsfield for twenty eight years! We have had another very exciting year and look forward to many more years supporting the youth and families in our town. The generosity and support from community members like you has allowed us to increase programs that empower youth, build their self-esteem, and help them build stronger relationships and leadership within the community. Over the past year, we have seen a steady increase in youth membership - a total of 232 individual youth participated in our programs and activities during the last fiscal year (about 75% of the 6-12th grade youth population in Pittsfield). We have continued to see an increase in the number of youth attending our Drop-In programs each day. On several occasions well over 50 youth visited us on a single afternoon! Just imagine how many snacks we go through each day!

 

Most of us are grateful to have family, good health, a roof over our head, and food on the table. Not everyone is so lucky.  If you feel you want to help but can’t give tangible items, volunteering time is a way to pay-it-forward, and is a great way to give back to your community and to help others.

 

Sometimes we can get wrapped up in our day-to-day lives and we can forget to say thanks for the simple gestures or the continued support we receive.  I hope that each and everyone of you that has helped support PYW in anyway knows that it does not go unnoticed!

 

Thank You for all your support in 2014!

 

We hope you have a very happy and save Holiday Season!

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 


 

Letter To The Editor

Funny Letter?

 

When a Marxist belittles you, you know you’re doing something right. Keep it up Mr.Kelleher.

 

Did you ever think the day would come when Americans would welcome Socialism? Many people think, well, it won’t happen like it did in China, Russia or Germany here in the U.S. They think we will just get the “good” parts of Socialism/Marxism and have a nice little utopia. That’s what they all thought. It’s a failed experiment, it’s been tried. Not only that but Socialism/Marxism is a convenient power grab. Proponents think that as long as they give us a bunch of free stuff we’ll be happy. But that free stuff comes with a big price- control. That’s why the way this country was set up was so unique, it wasn’t designed by and for power hungry dictators. Beware of being the frog in the pot of slowly heating water. Our country is constantly under attack for it’s remaining Christian values, constitution and system of government and much of this is coming quietly from the inside. Lies are being sold as truth and truth as lies. Good is being called evil and evil as good. Do not let those who came before us down, who died to make and defend the greatest and freest constitutional republic the world has ever known.

 

Respectfully,

Willie Matras

Pittsfield

 


Obituaries


 

Norma Lois (Frenette) Towle

 

ALTON - Norma Lois (Frenette) Towle, 85 passed away November 25th at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Susan T. & Harold (Tim) Conrad of Barnstead, NH, after a short illness.

 

Born in Pittsfield, NH on October 5, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Arthur & Katherine Frenette (Carr).  Norma lived her whole life in Pittsfield until 1975 when she and her husband Herman were able to fulfill a life-long dream and move to lakefront property on Halfmoon Lake in Alton.  Many years were spent enjoying all the water activities with family and friends.

 

In her early years she worked for Adams Brothers in Pittsfield and later on for the New Hampshire Association for the Blind and Canterbury Shaker Village. 

 

Norma’s hobbies included crocheting and she was an avid & talented artist, painting with the forms of  Stenciling, Country & Primitive Painting, Reverse Glass and much more.  One of her other earlier passions was camping and traveling with her husband, with their mode of transportation starting with a tent and ending in a 5th wheeler.

 

She was married to her husband, Herman Towle, Jr. of Loudon, for over 61 years.  Herman passed away in 2009.

 

She is survived by her son, Harry Asa Towle and wife Fatima of Orlando, Florida and her daughter Susan Towle Conrad and husband Harold (Tim) of Barnstead, New Hampshire.  (We were always her “favorite” son and daughter even though we were the “only” son and daughter.)

 

She is also survived by 3 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Jennifer Conrad Brand and son-in-law Thomas of Windham, NH and their 2 daughters, Amanda & Jessica.  Gregory Conrad and wife Kelly of Alton, NH and their 3 children, Aidan, Sienna & Jade.  Jason Conrad and wife Amy of Greenville, NC and their son Jackson.  Norma was the last of her 5 siblings.

 

Perkins and Pollard is assisting with the arrangements.  A Celebration of Life will be held in the Spring of 2015 and a graveside service will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Loudon at that time.  There will be no calling hours.

 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the CRVNA Hospice Program, 30 Pillsbury Street, Concord, NH 03301.

 

To sign an online guest book, log on to www.perkinsandpollard.com.

 


 

Kathleen M. Minery

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Kathleen M. Minery 6/5/49-11/23/14, 65 of Pittsfield, NH passed away very peacefully at the C.R.V.N.A Hospice House in Concord, NH after being diagnosed with Liver & Lung Cancer in August. During her youth she worked at the old Shoe Factory in Pittsfield where she made many friendships that she kept throughout her lifetime. 

 

She enjoyed Gardening, Fishing and Crafts along with spending time with the Grandchildren that she cherished. She was known for speaking her mind and making Grapeleaves a family recipe from her Lebanese Heritage. Patrick Sullivan was often by her side for the past 20 years where they spent a lot of time at Sullivan’s Pond and Cabin in Barnstead. She loved listening to music doing the Jitterbug, absolutely loved growing her flower gardens, playing (& winning) Scrabble, and spending time with Donna Locke, Dee-Dee Como, Andrea Brock, Ruthie True, Jean Hanson, Diane Farmer, Tony Snedeker, Deb Butterfield, Paula Cadorette, Wendy Cray & Granny just to name a few. She resided in Pittsfield for many years but also spent a good portion of her life living in Loudon, NH where she had a multitude of Aunts, Uncles & cousins & she has mountains of memories from life on Minery Road as a kid at Ma & Pa Minery’s farm. 

 

She was Predeceased by her Father & Mother James & Mary Minery Sr. of Loudon/Pittsfield NH and she was the 5th out of eight children as listed in order or Birth: Margaret Chagnon, Concord NH-Frederick Minery Sr, Deceased - James W. Minery Jr., Loudon/Florida-Richard R. Minery, Deceased - (Kathy) - Gary C. Minery Sr., Loudon - Fay E. Green, Gilmanton & Donna M. Waszkiewicz, Alton.

 

She was Married and Divorced to Keith M. Emerson Sr. & Robert L. Corliss both of Barnstead, NH. She is survived by her Daughter and Son-in-law Melissa Emerson Sheehy & John K. Sheehy Jr. of South Street in Concord, NH and Her son Keith Emerson Jr. of Smith Street in Pittsfield, NH as well as her 5 Grandchildren who she absolutely adored: Tyler Keith Emerson, Brennan James Emerson & Zachary Aaron Woodrow Emerson of Pace Florida and Makayla Mckenzie Bourbeau & Jake Davenport Sheehy of Concord, NH as well as her beautiful 7 month old Great Granddaughter Brooklynn Sarah-Jane of Pace Florida

 

We would love to take this opportunity to make a bigger difference in the world especially since it is the Holiday season and we are hoping you could help us to spread cheer to a Neighbor, Stranger or Friend. 

 

Our goal is that this mission (and our Pay it Forward Angel Tags) will reach as many people as they can and as far away as possible. Print, Copy, Create your tags with the saying posted below then Post your Pay it Forward Angel Good Deed to the Kathy Minery Facebook Page**. The person that performs the kindest good deed, The most creative tag and the one who reaches out to the the person furthest away from Pittsfield NH will all receive a special gift (to be determined by family).

 

So it’s up to you...Make a donation, Cook for a friend, Donate to a Charity (Don’t forget to send your tag) Pay for the Car behind you at the Drive Thru, Donate a toy, Let someone go before you in a line, Send a gift to a Facebook Friend BUT don’t forget to pass on your Pay it forward Angel tag! Let’s see how many tags reach people and how far away our “Pay it Forward Angel tags will reach! 

 

Gift Recipients will be chosen on my Birthday which is January 8th... so you have adequate time to do your good deeds. Let’s try to make a difference... Reach Out Today!!

 

Be a Pay it Forward Angel... 

 

Kathy Minery’s friends & family have all shed some tears. 

 

She’s wearing her angel wings now, so let’s try to spread some cheer. 

 

In lieu of flowers please try to honor and support her by passing on this little tag when you Pay it Forward, then post it to her Facebook page once you help a Friend or Stranger.

 

Let’s see how many people can be touched by a Pay it Forward Angel!

 

**If you have been tagged by a Pay it Forward Angel if possible please snap a photo of your tag & share the good deed that was done for you on the Kathy Minery Facebook Page**

 


 


 

 











 

 

 

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