OPEN HOUSE
At
THE KENNEDY HOUSE
Gift
Baskets And More
90 Shackford Corner Road
Center
Barnstead, NH
Friday, November 27th
Thru
Sunday,
December 6th
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Nancy Boyd Kennedy
269-3421
TOPS NH #38
Try and restore your confidence in yourself. Why? It may be
cold, rainy, and comfort foods on your mind. Perhaps you need a
good mood lifter, Just be yourself, try getting out of the
house, play a game or so, see some new friends, and talk with
some old ones, and perhaps pick up a hint or two that may help
you during the week. We meet on Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., and all are
welcome. Men are welcome, as well as children. We are a non
profit organization. We meet at the Undercroft of the St.
Stephen’s Church, Main Street Pittsfield, NH.
For further information, please call Pat at 435-5333 or
Sandy at 798-5658.
Reminder
Don’t forget the Craft Fair being held at the First
Congregational Church in Pittsfield this Saturday, the 5th of
December from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A wonderful variety of crafts,
handwork, Christmas greens and much, much more.
Celebrating Birthdays are: December 2, Danny Lank, Michelle
Roberts; December 3, Doug Fraser; December 4, Kaely Salem;
December 6, Herbert Reed, Luke Lammott, Pat Nickerson, Heather
Tuttle; December 7, Gloria Hillsgrove, Kevin Sweet; December 8,
Norman Gagnon, Jr., Leo Fraser, Laverne Bly.
A Very Happy
Birthday to one and all.
Celebrating Anniversaries are: December 4, Charles and Sue
Morgan; December 7, Neal and Beverly Tibbetts, John and Barbara
Barksdale.
Best Wishes.
Back By Popular Demand
WELCOME BACK to a familiar face and a wonderful cook! Karen
Meehan and Charles Bennett are re-opening a restaurant on Depot
Street. Ayla’s Breakfast and Lunch opened for service on
December 1st. The newly remodeled restaurant will be open
seven days a week, from 6:00 a.m. -1:30 p.m. We can’t wait to
sample the homemade muffins and the made from scratch pancakes
in the country atmosphere of the renovated restaurant.
Many of you will recognize Karen Meehan. She was co-owner of
Yeti and Ayla’s from 2001-2007. After a bit of a break from the
breakfast crowd, Karen has returned - and you won’t believe the
changes to the site at 8 Depot Street. The crew gave the outside
a facelift with a fresh coat of paint. The inside features a
complete overhaul with new tables and booths and all new
equipment in the kitchen.
Meehan told us after she shut down, people would stop her on
the street and in stores and beg her to re-open. She’s hoping
for a long line out the door, even though she has seating for 75
people. She told us it’s very humbling to have so many people
ask for her to return. So remember, December 1st was opening
day. Go check out the new downtown eatery. Another new business,
another sign of an exciting future for Pittsfield!
Pittsfield
Economic Development Committee
VA Focuses On Vietnam-Era Women Veterans
Submitted By Merrill A. Vaughan
Commander, American
Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75 Pittsfield, NH
Secretary of
Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) is launching a comprehensive study of
women Veterans who served in the military during the Vietnam War
to explore the effects of their military service upon their
mental and physical health.
“One of my top priorities is to meet the needs of women
Veterans,” said Secretary Shinseki. “Our Veterans have earned
the very best care. VA realizes that women Veterans require
specialized programs, and this study will help VA provide
high-quality care for women Veterans of the Vietnam era.”
The study, which begins in November and lasts more than four
years, will contact approximately 10,000 women in a mailed
survey, telephone interview and a review of their medical
records.
As women Vietnam Veterans approach their mid-sixties, it is
important to understand the impact of wartime deployment on
health and mental outcomes nearly 40 years later. The study will
assess the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
and other mental and physical health conditions for women
Vietnam Veterans, and explore the relationship between PTSD and
other conditions.
VA will study women Vietnam Veterans who may have had direct
exposure to traumatic events, and for the first time, study
those who served in facilities near Vietnam. These women may
have had similar, but less direct exposures. Both women Veterans
who receive their health care from VA and those who receive
health care from other providers will be contacted to determine
the prevalence of a variety of health conditions.
About
250,000 women Veterans served in the military during the Vietnam
War and about 7,000 were in or near Vietnam. Those who were in
Vietnam, those who served elsewhere in Southeast Asia and those
who served in the United States are potential study
participants.
The study represents to date the most comprehensive
examination of a group of women Vietnam Veterans, and will be
used to shape future research on women Veterans in future wars.
Such an understanding will lay the groundwork for planning and
providing appropriate services for women Veterans, as well as
for the aging Veteran population today.
Women Veterans are one of the fastest growing segments of
the Veteran population. There are approximately 1.8 million
women Veterans among the nation’s total of 23 million living
Veterans. Women comprise 7.8 percent of the total Veteran
population and nearly 5.5 percent of all Veterans who use VA
health care services. VA estimates women Veterans will
constitute 10.5 percent of the Veteran population by 2020 and
9.5 percent of all VA patients.
In recent years, VA has undertaken a number of initiatives
to create or enhance services for women Veterans, including the
implementation of comprehensive primary care throughout the
nation, staffing every VA medical center with a women Veterans
program manager, supporting a multifaceted research program on
women’s health, improving communication and outreach to women
Veterans, and continuing the operation of organizations like the
Center for Women Veterans and the Women Veterans Health
Strategic Healthcare Group.
The study, to be managed by VA’s Cooperative Studies
Program, is projected to cost $5.6 million.
School Lunch Menus
December 7-11, 2009
CHICHESTER
Monday - Ravioli with meatsauce, veggie, pineapple, milk.
Tuesday - Homemade cheese pizza, Caesar salad, watermelon,
milk.
Wednesday - Macaroni and cheese, green beans, sliced
apples with cinnamon, milk.
Thursday - Cheeseburger with
roll, potato wedges, corn, fruit, milk.
Friday - French
toast sticks, sausage links, applesauce, fruit, milk.
PMHS
Monday - Hot turkey sandwiches with gravy, cranberry sauce,
milk.
Tuesday - Pizza, corn, fruit, milk.
Wednesday -
Early Release - Cold sandwiches, soup, chips, pickles.
Thursday - Meatball subs, cheese, green beans, chips, fruit,
milk.
Friday - Chicken patties, lettuce, tomato, fruit,
milk.
EPSOM
Monday -
BLT wrap, beans, carrot sticks, fruit, milk or yogurt tray,
Caesar salad.
Tuesday - Chicken nuggets, rice, veg., fruit,
milk or yogurt tray, egg salad.
Wednesday - Pork roast with
gravy, mashed potatoes, dinner rolls, veg., fruit, milk or
yogurt tray.
Thursday - Meatball sub, Sun chips, cucumber
slices, fruit, milk or yogurt tray, chicken salad.
Friday -
Mini pancakes, sausage patty, celery sticks, fresh fruit, milk
or yogurt tray, tuna salad.
Hunter Education Course Completed
Twenty-nine students have completed the basic Hunter
Education Course recently offered at the American Legion Post 75
in Pittsfield. The course was sponsored by the Pittsfield Police
Department and the Peterson-Cram Post 75 American Legion.
The
Hunter Education Course includes instruction in the safe
handling of firearms and archery equipment, game identification
and management principles, outdoor safety techniques, New
Hampshire game laws and hunter ethics. It is required for all
first-time hunters prior to the purchase of a New Hampshire
hunting license. This course returned to Pittsfield after a 20
year absence.
Graduating on October 17, 2009, were 29 youth
and adults from the surrounding area towns of Alton, Barnstead,
Concord, Epsom, Farmington, Franklin, Freemont, Gilmanton,
Henniker, Laconia, Ossipee, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Raymond,
Wolfeboro.
The following list are volunteer instructors who
participated in the course: Larry Williams, Jay Cote, and Ed
Vien.
For information on future Hunter Education Courses,
please contact New Hampshire Fish and Game Department at
603-271-3212.
Auditions Announced For Kid’s Theater Workshop Eleventh Season,
The Pirates of Penzance, Jr.
The Pittsfield Players will hold
auditions for their 2010 Kid’s Theater Workshop presentation of
The Pirates of Penzance, Jr. on Sunday, December 13 at 2 p.m.
and again on Monday, December 14 at 4 p.m. at the Scenic Theater
on Depot Street in Pittsfield. Auditions are open to boys and
girls between the ages of 8 and 17 years of age who would like
to be in the show, or who would like to take on the technical
positions working behind-the-scenes on a show. Auditioners will
be asked to sing a song which they will be taught, and to
perform a few basic dance steps.
The Kid’s Theater Workshop
project was designed to develop basic theater skills in children
and teenagers, through the process of staging a production by
kids, for kids, with everyone participating in some valuable way
toward the success of the show. The children then perform the
show for their peers in two special afternoon presentations to
audiences from the local elementary schools, and to the general
public in three evening performances. The goal has been to
attract kids to the stage and to acting by watching other kids
perform, as well as to develop a group of young performers for
the Players. This year marks the eleventh successful season of
the Workshop, and the program has attracted many more children
and young adults to the Scenic stage in those years. Many of our
Workshop kids go on to perform in other Players’ productions, as
well as with other theater groups throughout the state.
The
Pirates of Penzance, Jr. is a musical based on the Gilbert
and Sullivan classic operetta, and is produced under special
agreement with Music Theater International. The show will run
the week of February 15, 2010. For more information, call
736-9563.
Thank You Sgt. Walters
The Women of Rotary wish to extend a
huge “thank you” to Sgt. Rick Walters of the Pittsfield Police
for a most informative question and answer program on various
traffic and lane situations. It was very enlightening. Thanks to
Chief Wharem for allowing Sgt. Walters the time to share his
knowledge. We are fortunate to have such a kind and well
informed officer in our town.
Historic Scenes Of Pittsfield’s Main Street Grace New Calendar
Where was this Main Street home built in 1838 located? This old
photograph and thirteen others each with a brief story are
reproduced in the Pittsfield Historical Society’s 2010 calendar
available now.
Enjoy fourteen views of Main Street at the time Pittsfield
and the Country were transitioning from horse and buggy to
automotive travel depicted in the 2010 Pittsfield Historical
Society calendar. This is the first time some of these
photographs dating from the end of the Nineteenth and the
beginning of the Twentieth Centuries have been reproduced and
show Pittsfield during the time of its greatest prosperity. Can
you figure out where they are? Each photograph is accompanied by
an informative description to help you.
Obtain your calendar
today for $10 at the Pittsfield Town Hall, Moo-veez Galore, or
at the Suncook Valley Sun offices, along with other gift items
such as books on Pittsfield’s history, historical Christmas
ornaments, note cards and a Pittsfield afghan. These and other
wares will also be available at the Pittsfield Historical
Society table at the Congregational Church Christmas Fair on
December 5th.
All items, along with a few calendars from
former years chock full of great old photos are always available
at the Pittsfield Historical Society table at the Congregational
Church Christmas Fair on December 5th.
Other items are
available at the Pittsfield Historical Society’s office and
museum on Tuesday mornings, or by calling Fuzz Freese at
435-7777.
Safe Homes Initiative Starts This December
The Pittsfield
Community Coalition is launching a new effort aimed at
preventing underage drinking in Pittsfield. Statistics show that
most youth obtain alcohol from their own parents or parents of
friends or friends who are over 21. According to the 2007 NH
Youth Risk Behavior Survey, only 1% of Pittsfield youth purchase
their alcohol. Supplying underage drinkers can have tragic
consequences and can lead to the victimization of youth as has
happened recently in several NH cases.
The Safe Homes
Initiative is a pledge-based commitment that parents sign
agreeing to actively supervise youth gatherings at their home
and not serve alcohol to youth or provide youth with access to
alcohol. The pledge has worked to bring parents together
in communities throughout NH and is endorsed by the Pittsfield
Drug and Alcohol Coalition, the Pittsfield Youth Workshop and
the Pittsfield Parent Teacher Organization. The pledge is not a
legal agreement; rather it is a way for parents to identify
other parents in their community who share similar values.
Parents who sign the pledge will have the option of
participating in a directory so others can see their commitment
to raising healthy kids. Look for the pledge at the PTO
Breakfast with Santa on December 5th. Parents communicating with
other parents means a safer Pittsfield for all!
New
Beginnings Church Of The Nazarene Takes A “Journey To
Bethlehem”
New Beginnings Church of the Nazaarene
presents a “live” experience that takes the whole family back to
the days of Jesus’ birth in the little town of Bethlehem.
Ever wonder what it was like for the people of Bethlehem during
the birth of Jesus Christ in their tiny little town more than
2000 years ago?
New Beginnings Church of the Nazarene is
providing a chance to ask the residents of Bethlehem “in person”
as it presents “Journey to Bethlehem,” a live interactive event
from 6-9 p.m., December 11 and 12, at the church located on
Staniels Road in Loudon.
“We want to give the community a
great Christmas present by offering them the opportunity to meet
and talk with the people who lived and worked in Bethlehem
during the time of Jesus’ interact with characters such as the
innkeeper, Roman soldiers, census takers, shopkeepers, and even
Mary, Joseph and their new baby.”
“Journey to Bethlehem” is a
free event for the entire community. The entire church building
will be transformed to the streets of Bethlehem for two days.
The characters are portrayed by local residents, such as Bob
Pease who plays the part of the innkeeper with “no room at the
inn.”
“The characters are really trying to “live” their roles
as residents of Bethlehem, from the carpenter to the beggar,”
says Pease. “We want to give our guests the opportunity to visit
with the people they’ve read and heard about in all the Bible
stories. The characters are putting considerable time into
learning their roles so they can provide real answers to any
questions they may be asked about their crafts, living in
Bethlehem, and the events of the time since Mary and Joseph
arrived in their town. We want to make the experience as real as
possible.
The church is located on Staniels Road off Route
106 near the Loudon-Concord line, right near the Red Roof Inn.
For more information, call New Beginnings at 225-1311. If you
have a large group that would like to attend the event,
arrangements should be made in advance.
