A Ham & Baked Beans Supper sponsored by the American Legion Post 112, Short
Falls Road in Epsom will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2010. (Snow date,
February 21, 2010).
Donation will be adults, $7.00; children, 6-12, $3.00; Under 6, free.
The menu will consist of ham, homemade baked beans, salads, homemade
brown bread, desserts and beverage.
Door prizes and 50/50 Raffle.
Bring your appetite and join us for another great supper.
The First Congregational Church in Pittsfield is very fortunate
to have a handbell choir, “JuBellation,” made possible with a gift
from Leha Varney, in memory of her husband, John. The choir will be
offering two special musical selections during the worship service
at 10:30 a.m. on February 28. You are invited to attend to see and
hear how wonderfully JuBellation brings praise to God through these
beautiful instruments. The church is located at 24 Main Street,
Pittsfield.
Chichester Grange will be sponsoring a Local Candidates Night on
Monday, March 1, at 6:30 p.m. in the Grange/Town Hall. The
candidates whose names will appear on the March 9th ballot have been
invited to attend and introduce themselves. Now we need voters to
meet them. Please plan to attend.
The Chichester Old Home Day Committee will meet on Tuesday,
February 23, at 7 p.m. at the Fire Stations. Interested people with
good ideas are always welcome.
The Chichester Youth Association is gearing up for the 2010
Baseball and Softball Season. Registration forms will be
handed out by Feb. 8th to all students at Chichester Central.
Additional forms will be available just outside the school office or
you can print a form from the website @
www.chichesteryouth.com. The deadline for registration
will be March 13th. However, get your forms in early as we will have
open gym time available after March 1st to brush off those cobwebs.
Details will follow about gym schedule.
In case you missed it last week, here are the dates for the
meetings, which take place in March each year for Town Governance.
The Chichester School District Meeting will be on Saturday, March 6,
at 9 a.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room at Chichester Central School.
Voting Day for Town and School District Officials and some zoning
matters will be Tuesday, March 9, at the Town/Grange Hall. The polls
will open at 10 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. The Chichester Town Meeting
will be held on Saturday, March 13, in the Multi-Purpose Room at the
school.
Due to an unfortunate omission, Julie Nadeau’s name did not
appear on the Chichester Honor Roll under 5th Grade Honors. Julie
worked hard for this distinction and we recognize her achievement at
this time. Congratulations Julie!
Chichester Town Library News
The Chichester Town Library sent 9 boxes filled with books and
valentines to our troops overseas. We appreciate everyone who came out to
help and we decided to continue sending out boxes of books to the soldiers.
We will choose books from our basement bookstore, but are asking our patrons
to help us out with the postage If you know a soldier who would like to get
a box of books, please drop in or e-mail us his or her address.
[email protected]
Mark your calender. Wednesday, Feb. 24th at 6:00, we are having a game
night during school vacation. The girl scouts are helping us organize this
program, so just come and enjoy a night of fun and games.. Christine
Schultz, a local storyteller from Epsom, will share one of her favorite
stories at the end of the evening.
Someone lost a 1948 gold class ring at the library. We are hoping the
owner will come in and claim it.
Out of Your Attic Thrift Shop News
by Carol Hendee
Here are a few statistics from 2009 not to be ignored- your donations
partnered with other locations helped to give:
1595 Hats, gloves or
mittens & scarves for children
2439 Quilts, blankets or afghans
1500
Items of new clothing for Partners in Health
2900 Books & 125 videos for
children
1557 Toothbrush/toothpaste kits
1445 Christmas gift bags for
children
3000 yards of material
We accept all small household
items-nothing is too little-we have glass coffee pot replacements that are
treasures to their new owners. When you are doing your “spring cleaning”
(and it is coming) think of us: Open Tues, Wed. & Thurs. 8-4 and Sat. 10-4.
We have needs for cribs, pack n play, coffee grinder(s), pint and half
pint canning jars
Letter
Time for a Change
Several letters and news stories have appeared in the local papers about
issues concerning the Chichester Selectmen and their role in problems now
affecting the fire department.
When the previous fire chief resigned, a public meeting was held at the
Town Hall regarding the appointment of a new chief. At least four fire
department members, including now-chief Gilbert Vien expressed interest in
the position. At that meeting and on subsequent occasions the Selectmen were
informed that Mr. Vien did not meet the requirements previously established
by the Town for the position of fire chief. The Selectmen did not heed this
information and appointed Gil Vien as fire chief, never even interviewing at
least 2 of the other interested members. Because the Selectmen disregarded
existing fire dept. regulations in their actions, four previous department
chiefs immediately submitted their retirement letters as active members of
the Chichester FD. I, as a forest fire warden with over 50 years of service,
did the same. Thus, 2 of the 3 present members of the Board of Selectmen are
the cause of the present turmoil in the fire dept. Since his appointment,
the present chief has fired at least two members for what he called
disciplinary measures, one of which is now in the headlines.
I have been an active member of the Chichester FD for over 70 years,
serving as chief for 17 years and forest fire warden for 35 years. In all
that time I do not recollect any volunteer fireman being fired for a
disciplinary infraction.
I have supported Steven MacCleery for over seven different elections,
but now I will support Mike Paveglio for Selectman. Mike is well qualified
and will listen to voter issues.
Walter L. Sanborn
Chichester
