The
Missions Committee of the Barnstead Parade Congregational Church
will hold their Annual Cookie Walk on Saturday, December 11, 2010,
from 9 am to 12 noon, at the Church on the Parade Grounds.
Cookie Walkers may purchase a decorated container and then fill it
with their favorite Homemade Holiday Cookies. There will also
be Christmas Crafts for sale and a cup of hot coffee to warm you up.
Belated Happy Anniversary to Paul & Theresa Riel, who
celebrated their 60th on December 2.
Celebrating
Birthdays are: December 8, Norman Gagnon, Jr.; David Adams, Jr.; Leo
Fraser; Laverne Bly. December 9, Marj Feeney. December 14, Herb
Emerson.
A Very Happy Birthday To One and All!
Did
you know? All seniors are welcome at the Pittsfield Area
Senior Center, a center for active seniors, located at 74 Main
Street, Pittsfield.
Mondays it’s Bingo from 10 am to noon.
Tuesdays it’s Crafts from 10 am to noon and Fridays it’s Gentle
Yoga, upstairs, from 10:30 to noon.
On Thursday, December 16th,
9:30 to 11:30 am, Anita Oelfke of Service Link will meet with people
to complete paperwork for adjustments to Medicare Part D. Call
435-8482 to make an appointment.
Winners in the
November drawing at the Peterson-Cram Post No. 75 American Legion
were: #201, Jill Metcalf, $50; #285, Scott Brown, $25; #121, Edmund
Stapleton, $10; #275, Eileen Fullen, $10; #87, Leo Fraser, $10.
Concert Features Voices And Brass
The First
Congregational Church, 24 Main St., Pittsfield, will present, “The
Light Shines On,” a concert of Advent and Christmas music, Saturday,
December 11, 7-9 pm. This special concert will feature your favorite
Christmas hymns plus some new ones, and will include UNH’s brass
quintet, “The Inextinguishable Brass,” the church’s Chancel Choir
along with the JuBellation three-octave brass handbell choir. This
free concert is a great way to enhance your holiday spirit. Light
refreshments will be served during a brief intermission.
School
Lunch Menu
December 13-17, 2010
PES
Monday
- Taco salad,
salsa, tortilla chips, fruit, milk.
Tuesday - Chicken noodle
bake, green beans, fruit, milk.
Wednesday - (Early Release) -
PB&J sandwich, carrots, fresh fruit, cookies, milk.
Thursday
-
French toast, sausage, applesauce, fresh fruit, milk.
Friday -
Chicken quesadilla pizza, salad, sherbet, milk.
PMHS
Monday
-
Make your own grinders, turkey, or ham, fruit, milk.
Tuesday -
Spaghetti and meat sauce, garden salad, bread, fruit, milk.
Wednesday - Chicken noodles and gravy, green beans, cranberry
sauce, fruit, milk.
Thursday - Shepherd’s pie, bread, fruit,
milk.
Friday - BBQ pork, rolls, veggies, fruit, milk.
Chichester
Monday
- Nachos w/ cheese sauce, salsa, carrot
sticks, fresh fruit, milk.
Tuesday - Bologna sandwich, chicken
noodle soup, veggie, fruit, milk.
Wednesday - American chop
suey, garlic bread, veggie, sliced peaches, milk.
Thursday -
Christmas dinner with all the fixings, roast pork, No Salad Bar.
Friday - Chicken patty sandwich, French fries, corn, pears, milk.
Journey
to Bethlehem
Journey to Bethlehem is an experience that takes the
whole family back to the days of Jesus’ birth in the little town of
Bethlehem. It is a chance to walk around the marketplace and
hear the excitement residents have as the word spreads of the Savior
being born. Families can visit the shepherd field where the
angels announced His birth, they can visit the inn where Mary and
Joseph were turned away, and they can visit the stable where Jesus
was born. Families are invited to interact with the characters and
place themselves in Bethlehem.
The event will be held Friday and
Saturday nights on December 10th and 11th, from 6-8 pm at New
Beginnings Church of the Nazarene.
We will be collecting
non-perishable food items at the door to benefit RiseAgain Outreach,
which helps families in the greater Concord area. The church
is located at 33 Staniels Road in Loudon and is across from the Red
Roof Inn. For more information the church office phone
number is 224-1311.
Letter
To The Editor
To the good citizens of Pittsfield:
I have heard
that the Federal Deficit comes down to either printing or borrowing
more than $3 billion a day including Sundays. I wish somebody
would educate me on how we get away with it.
I have heard we are
on track to increase our yearly emissions globally of nitrous oxide,
methane, and carbon dioxide, this at the same time the world economy
has slowed. I know there are a few Republicans who don’t want
to hear this but it looks to me the earth has reached a tipping
point. Methane escaping from the arctic tundra to less ice and
snow allowing the soil and rock to absorb more heat from the
sun. Think melting glaciers.
I heard there is evidence of
seven ice ages throughout history.
Anyway back to the $3 billion
a day bailout - unless someone corrects me that is what total NH
property taxes are for 2010 - $2,950,807,566 almost $3 billion
yearly. That’s what $3 billion is. And that’s what we
need a day to keep our country running.
Some people are scared to
repeal zoning. We should vote back our freedom and land rights
this spring so we may better adapt to the changes sure to come.
Dan Schroth Piermarocchi
Pittsfield
PS: I heard we cannot
control the wind but we can adjust our sail.
Pittsfield Players
Auditioning For “Lie, Cheat, And Genuflect”
The Pittsfield Players will conduct auditions for the comedy “Lie,
Cheat, and Genuflect” in December. This madcap show, full of
physical comedy, calls for four adult male and four adult female
performers.
Written by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmore, the
story concerns the plight of Tom and Billy Buckle, brothers and
lowly gas station attendants who are desperate to get their hands on
their late grandfather’s money to pay off a loan shark. The
two break into their grandfather’s home to scheme the day before the
will is to be read. What occurs is lighthearted fun and
fast-paced action that is characteristic of the authors’ many works.
All auditions will be held at The Scenic Theatre, 6 Depot Street,
Pittsfield. Audition dates and times are:
Wednesday,
December 8th at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 12th at 5:00 p.m.
Monday, December 13th at 7:00 p.m.
“Lie, Cheat, and Genuflect”
will be performed at The Scenic in April 2011.
Christmas lights and blue and gold stars were put up, in Dustin’s
Park, in preparation for this year’s Holiday season. The Blue
and Gold stars are a tribute to current and past members of our
armed forces and were provided by the NH Gold Star Mothers
Association. The Greater Pittsfield Chamber of Commerce, as
sponsor of the annual event, would like to thank volunteers,
Bill Provencal, Mark Wallace, Fuzz Freese, Steve and Lea Adams,
Chris Ward (not Pictured), Louie Houle and Dave Diamond. A special
thank you goes to Diamond Sign for the use of their bucket truck.
The Christmas banners are also hanging merrily in the air thanks
to Tom Cheever, who once again has donated his time to change over
the banners.
Obituaries
Rhonda
Sanborn
Rhonda Sanborn, 57 of Pittsfield, NH died on November 21,
2010 at the Hospice House in Concord NH.
She was born January 31,
1953 in Hanover, NH. She was the daughter of Raymond L J and Edna
Mae (Young) De Cato.
A graduate of Goddard College, Rhonda taught
elementary school. She was beloved by family, friends and by
hundreds of NH students, most recently those at Barnstead Elementary
School. Rhonda was known for her incredible generosity, and
for having a kind, keen, and optimistic outlook, always finding the
good in a given situation. She had no use for road maps,
cookbooks or electrical kitchen appliances. Her hobbies
included haphazard gardening, knitting mittens, analog photography
and finding bargains. She loved the telephone, family
gatherings, and giving gifts to those important people and daschunds
in her life. She was greatly loved and will be greatly missed.
She is succeeded by her husband Hugh M Sanborn, a son, Loren M
Sanborn, a daughter, Lura D Sanborn, a grandson, Walden Sanborn
Bart, and two brothers Rodney and Ronald DeCato.
A private
graveside service will be held at the convenience of the family in
the Sanborn plot in the Henniker New Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers
the family requests that donations be maid in her name to the
C.R.V.N. A. Hospice House, 30 Pillsbury St, Concord, NH 03301.
The Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Service Henniker, NH is
in charge of arrangements. For more log on to
www.holtwoodburyfh.com
Patty
Miller
Patty Miller, 68, of 458 Piper Hill Road, Center Harbor,
NH, died November 27, 2010, at her home, surrounded by her family
following a 4-½ year battle with cancer.
She was born June 12,
1942, in Logan, Utah to Howard E. and Barbara S. Miller. She
grew up in Pasadena, California, graduated from the University of
California at Riverside, earned a Master’s of Library Science from
Simmons College in Boston and a Master’s of Technical Education from
the University of Southern Maine.
After a brief period as
a librarian at M.I.T. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she moved to the
Lakes Region, where she lived for 43 years. She was the
librarian at the New Hampshire Community Technical College in
Laconia for 31 years until her retirement in 2002. Patty was
especially proud the year the Senior class dedicated the yearbook to
her. She loved her students, many of whom she remained friends
with until the time of her death. She was an active member of
the State Employees Association and for many years worked on the
State Employees Association’s Operation Santa Claus.
For many
years Patty reviewed books for the Independent Book Publishers
Association. She was a member of the Newfound Regional School
Board, the Lakes Region Management Club and served on the board of
directors of the Newfound Lake Association. Patty was a
volunteer guardian ad litem for CASA for over 10 years, a volunteer
at Lakes Region General Hospital, and most recently with Center
Harbor, Meredith and Moultonborough Community Care Givers. She
loved music and was a member of the Pemigewasset Choral Society for
more than 25 years and a longtime supporter of the North Country
Chamber Players. An active outdoors person, Patty enjoyed
hiking, bicycling, paddling, skiing and bird watching.
Although never before a hunter, she twice won a permit from the New
Hampshire Fish & Game moose lottery and she and her partner took
home a moose in 2008. Patty enjoyed traveling and she and her
husband traveled frequently throughout Europe and especially to
Ireland.
Patty is survived by her husband, Dennis E. Murphy Jr.,
of Center Harbor, her daughter, Erika Murphy McAllister, and
son-in-law, Rob, and step-granddaughter, Kaitlyn, of Alexandria, NH,
her father, Howard E. Miller, of Seattle, Washington, her
stepdaughter, Meghan Murphy-Lee, and son-in-law, John, of Highland
Falls, NY, her sister, Janet Miller, of Pennington, NJ, and brother,
John Miller, and sister-in-law, Karen, of Seattle, WA. Her mother
and sister, Jessica Miller, predeceased her.
A memorial
service in celebration of her life was held Wednesday,
December 8, 2010 at the Plymouth Congregational United Church of
Christ.
Contributions may be made to the North Country Chamber
Players, P.O. Box 865, Franconia, NH 03580, or Community Care
Givers, P.O. Box 78, Center Harbor, NH 03226
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette
Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH
is assisting the family. For more information and to view an on line
memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
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