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Pittsfield NH News

January 11, 2012

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Those Celebrating Birthdays are: January 11, Jay Hubbard, Anthony Bender; January 12, Lurene Riel; January 14, Lyn Ward;

 

January 15, Carole Abbott, Daniel Ward, Sr.; January 16, Daniel Ward, Jr.; January 17, Nancy Fogg.

 

A Very Happy Birthday To One and All!

 


 

Celebrating Anniversaries are: January 15, Robert and Wanda Boston.

 


 

Winners in the November drawing at the Peterson-Cram Post No. 75 American Legion Post were: Valerie Rowell, Allan A. Enario, Henry Stapleton, Scott Aubertin, Joe Fullen.

 

Winners in the December drawing at the Peterson-Cram Post No. 75 American Legion Post were: June Paige, Scott Ward, Bill Welch, Richard Kelleher, David Hartley.

 


 

Revolution United U14 Boys soccer team invites you to tryout for the 2012 spring competitive team. Tryouts will be held indoors and will be drawing players from Alton, Barnstead, Pittsfield, Chichester and more! For more information please contact [email protected]

 


 

The Pittsfield Police Department is looking for individuals who want to help the police department with community programs, investigations, Citizens Emergency Response Team, and other aspects of law enforcement. In order to meet the ever growing changes and demands of law enforcement. We, the members of the department, feel the need to involve residents in helping us solve crimes and reaching out to your neighbors. If you are interested please contact Chief Robert Wharem at 435-7535 X11

 


 

School Lunch Menus

January 16-20, 2012

 

PES

Monday

Martin Luther King Day

No School

 

Tuesday

Saturday Supper

Creamy chicken and noodles, green salad, honey wheat roll, cranberry sauce

 

Wednesday

Early Release

Ham and cheese sandwich, veggie sticks, pretzels, fresh fruit

 

Thursday

Brunch for Lunch

French toast with syrup, sausage patty, hash brown potatoes, orange smiles

 

Friday

Fresh Picks Pizza

Cheese pizza or chef’s topping, garden salad, peaches

 

PMHS

Monday

Martin Luther King Day

No School

 

Tuesday

Burger Bar

Build your own burger on a bun, seasoned rice, tossed green salad, peaches ‘n cream

 

Wednesday

Saturday Supper

Creamy chicken and noodles, roasted butternut squash, honey wheat roll, fruit cobbler

 

Thursday

Brunch for Lunch

French toast with syrup, sausage patty, hash brown potatoes, orange wedge

 

Friday

Diner Days

Turkey/bacon melt, oven fries, green peas, fresh Mac apple

 


 

Pastor’s Corner -  January 2012

Submitted By Reverend David Stasiak First Congregational Church of Pittsfield

 

As we begin a New Year these words which in my view are inspired by God but voiced by W.L. Bateman are extremely apropos, "If you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep on getting what you’ve always got." Bateman’s words apply to our thinking, as well as our actions. It stands to reason that if we keep indulging in a habit that is harmful to us, we’ll keep reaping harmful effects. In the same way if we keep feeding our mind negative, defeated, hopeless kinds of thoughts we’ll most likely become depressed, unmotivated and unable to reach the potential that God created us to achieve.

 

We truly are creatures of habit. We settle into routines that are comfortable and predictable so much so that change becomes frightening and intimidating. Consider the Exodus story. The Israelites wanted to go back to Egyptian captivity even when they had a whole new beginning in front of them. At least there in Egypt they knew what they had. We would rather have the life as we know it even if it is not the best we can have. For example, we may ask what will happen if I go back to school to learn a new trade. How can I even think about leaving the job I dislike with the economy the way it is to do something that I really love to do? If I stop smoking, drinking or eating as much as I do what will my life be like? Every change means a new beginning and an ending to something else. The French writer Anatole France wrote that, "All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another.

 

In his letter to the church in Rome the apostle Paul said, I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do-this I keep on doing." Now Paul was talking of course about his sinful nature that kept showing its ugly face but I think it applies to many New Year’s resolutions. My guess is that we all would like to quit doing some of the things we have been doing because we’re not happy with the results. As hard as it is, we all would like to make some changes in our lives so we make resolutions. We set goals. We want to carry them out but we fall short and end up returning to doing the same old things.

 

Now I know you may be thinking, oh no not another James Allen or Norman Vincent Peale character but actually and as you may already know, positive thinking or positive imaging or Imagineering or whatever you want to call it is rooted in the Word of God. Having been created in the image of God each one of us is given the freedom to write our own story. Within that story there are many beginnings and endings. Like the Apostle Paul our story includes times when we did not do the things we wanted to do and it most likely will continue to include those times. So what am I suggesting? Resolve to include God more and more this New Year as a co-author in writing your life story. Have faith in God. Each and every day, from morning till night remind yourself that you can do all things through him who strengthens you and that if God is for you who can be against you. Believe in these words of Jesus who said, "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mark 11:23-24)

 

May God bless your New Year.

 


 

Letter To The Editor

 

Last Saturday I helped my son, James, slaughter chickens. I brought over six roosters myself that had worn out their welcome. John from Northwood was helping.

 

He had the idea that instead of occupy Wall Street, we occupy our own land. I go to town and within two hours I’ll meet three people looking for work.

 

Government should be encouraging folks to start something on their property. That’s where business starts. It’s too bad you just can’t put up a sign and open a business.

 

Up in our neighborhood we have our freedom to do almost anything we want. I just wish it extended through our town, where folks could hang a sign without fear of the government tripping them up.

 

So I think John and I are saying do not surrender your land rights, your right to voluntary exchanges or your pursuit of happiness.

 

They can’t lock us all up.

Dan Schroth Piermarocchi

 


 

Walgreens No Longer A TRICARE Pharmacy Provider

Submitted By Merrill A. Vaughan Commander

American Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75

Pittsfield, NH 03263

 

The expiration of the retail pharmacy contract between Express Scripts, Inc. and the Walgreens pharmacy chain means Walgreens is no longer a TRICARE pharmacy network provider as of Jan. 1.

 

"The majority of beneficiaries have access to another network pharmacy very close to home as our pharmacy contract requires ESI to maintain high-access standards," said Rear Adm. Thomas McGinnis, chief of the TRICARE Pharmaceutical Operations Directorate. "There are still 56,000 network pharmacies nationwide -- easily meeting or exceeding our access requirements."

 

Besides 56,000 network pharmacies, TRICARE beneficiaries have other pharmacy options including military pharmacies at no cost and TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery. Generic medications are available at no cost through Home Delivery.

 

Beneficiaries who use non-network pharmacies, including Walgreens, pay full prescription costs upfront and submit their own claims for reimbursement. Reimbursement will occur only after the non-network deductible is met. Out-of-network costs include a 50 percent point-of-service cost share for TRICARE Prime, after deductibles are met. All other non-active duty TRICARE beneficiaries pay the greater amount of a $12 co-pay or 20 percent of the total cost for formulary medications, and the greater of $25 or 20 percent of the total cost for non-formulary medications, after deductibles are met.

 

For more on pharmacy costs, visit www.tricare.mil/pharmacycosts.

 

TRICARE beneficiaries changing from Walgreens pharmacy can simply take their current prescription bottle to their new network pharmacy to have the prescription transferred. To find a nearby network pharmacy, use the "find a pharmacy" feature on www.express-scripts.com/tricare. Beneficiaries who want help finding a pharmacy, changing their medications to Home Delivery, or who have other questions can contact Express Scripts at 877-885-6313.

 

Beneficiaries with questions and concerns about this issue can go to here for more information.

 

The issues between ESI and Walgreens are not specific to TRICARE. Other employer-sponsored and some Medicare Part D pharmacy plans are also affected. "We are committed to ensuring all our pharmacy beneficiaries are aware of the many options that TRICARE makes available to them," said Brig. Gen. Bryan Gamble, TRICARE deputy director. "By now, all of our beneficiaries who use Walgreens to fill prescriptions should have been contacted to advise them of their pharmacy options and to take action to ensure their pharmacy benefit remains uninterrupted."

 

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

 


 

TOPS News

Submitted By Terrie Azotea

 

We had a great meeting to jump-start the new year with a good weight loss. Royalty was handed out to those who had a weight loss during the last month. We do that the first Tuesday of the month to reward the ones who worked hard to lose. One of our KOPS had her 10 year anniversary. Kudos. An award was given to her by another KOPS and her speech was beautifully spoken. Also, we had a new KOPS, who has worked really hard to get to his goal, get an award. We as members are very proud of the new KOPS and all the hard work that it takes to get to your goal and stay at it. Awesome Job.

 

It’s a new year and a new start so if anyone is interested in seeing what we do, come on out on a Tuesday night at the St. Stephen’s Church on Main Street in Pittsfield. We meet at 5:30 pm for weigh in and at 6:30 pm for our meeting.

 

If you have any questions, please call Laurel Tiede at 269-8721 or Pat Smith at 435-5333. We are a non-profit organization and have lots of fun and success.

 

We ended our meeting with a little story that was read which was taken off the computer. I thought it was pretty cute so here it goes:

 

Twas the month after Christmas and all through the house, nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The stuffing I’d nibbled, the turkey I’d tasted, the yummies I’d eaten, gone straight to my waist. The wine and the mince pies, the bread and the cheese, I should have said "No thank you, please." So I dressed myself in my boyfriend’s old shirt. I couldn’t believe that my bottom and belly the girth. I said to myself, as only I can "You can’t spend your year disguised as a man". So away with the last of the sour cream dip. Get rid of the fruitcake, every cracker and chip. Every last bit of the food that I like must be banished, til all the additional ounces have vanished. I won’t have a cookie, not even a lick. Instead I will chew on this long celery stick. I won’t have Irish coffees or chocolate, or pie. I’ll munch on a carrot and quietly cry. I’m hungry, I’m lonesome and life is a bore. But isn’t that what January is for? Unable to giggle, no longer a riot. Happy New Year to all, and to all a good diet.

 


 

Defense Bill Limits Retiree Health Care Increases

By Karen Parrish, American Forces Press Service

Submitted By Merrill A. Vaughan, Commander

American Legion Peterson-Cram Post 75

Pittsfield, NH 03263

 

President Barack Obama signed the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act on Dec. 31 which contains a critical initiative to help control spiraling health-care costs within the Defense Department.

 

Section 701 limits annual TRICARE enrollment fee increases for retirees and their family members to an amount equal to the percentage by which retired pay increases that year.

 

The act also contains critical initiatives to develop counterterrorism initiatives abroad, build the security capacity of key partners, modernize the force and boost the efficiency and effectiveness of military operations worldwide.

 

The NDAA also includes:

Section 347 requires DOD to finance an independent assessment of overseas troop basing, advising retention, closure, realignment or establishment of U.S. military facilities outside the United States "in light of potential fiscal constraints on [DOD] and emerging national security requirements in coming years."

 

Section 402 reduces authorized Army minimum end strength from 562,000 to 547,000. The other services’ authorized minimum strengths are unchanged, with 325,700 for the Navy, 202,100 for the Marine Corps and 332,800 for the Air Force.

 

Section 512 of the act creates a new member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which currently includes the Army and Air Force chiefs of staff, the chief of naval operations and the Marine Corps commandant. The new member will be the chief of the National Guard Bureau, who will have responsibility for "addressing matters involving non-federalized National Guard forces in support of homeland defense and civil support missions."

 

Section 526 extends voluntary separation pay and benefits authority, formerly set to expire Dec. 31, to the end of 2018. Section 530 converts the high-deployment allowance from mandatory to authorized. The allowance currently pays $100 a day, in addition to all other pay and allowances, to a deployed service member who has been deployed 401 days or more out of the preceding 730 days.

 

Section 702 sets mental health assessment requirements for service members deployed for contingency operations. The act calls for a series of assessments: one within 120 days before deployment; another during the period between 90 days after a deployment begins and 180 days after it ends; a third within a year after the deployment ends; and a fourth between 18 months and 30 months of redeployment.

 

The act states assessments are intended to "identify post-traumatic stress disorder, suicidal tendencies, and other behavioral health conditions … in order to determine which such members are in need of additional care and treatment for such health conditions."

 

Assessments are not required for service members "not subjected or exposed to operational risk factors during deployment in the contingency operation concerned," the act states.

 

Section 954 affirms that DOD "has the capability, and upon direction by the president may conduct offensive operations in cyberspace to defend our nation, allies and interests," subject to the law of armed conflict and the War Powers Resolution.

 

President Barack Obama acknowledges "serious reservations" about parts of the act, particularly provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation, and prosecution of suspected terrorists.

 

"I have signed the act chiefly because it authorizes funding for the defense of the United States and its interests abroad, crucial services for service members and their families and vital national security programs that must be renewed," Obama said in a statement released Dec. 31.

 

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

 


 

New Year’s Resolution?

 

Have you made some resolutions this year like you did last year – to diet, exercise, be kinder, improve your outlook, go to church, enroll your kids in Sunday School, become more spiritual? What do we really want to change?

 

Making those lasting changes that affect our daily spiritual lives are ones that can be easy to keep. If you feel you want to attend church and perhaps have your children or grandchildren attend church with you or attend Sunday School, begin 2012 with a church community that shares your commitment.

 

First Congregational Church of Pittsfield, 24 Main Street, invites you to become part of their great group of friends and encouraging supporters for the good times and the not so good times. Meaningful relationships start there and you are welcome to join in.

 

Come to meditate, find peace, increase your faith, connect with God, listen to music and hear the "good word." Everyone is welcome; please consider visiting – you will not be disappointed. Worship is Sunday at 10:30 a.m. with adult Sunday School at 9 a.m. and children’s Sunday School at 10:20 a.m. Handicap parking and accessibility are available at the rear parking lot. For more information about worship and other church programs, contact the church office at 435-7471.

 


 

Letter

Pittsfield Taxpayers, They Need Your Help!

 

I have been attending budget committee work sessions since October on the town and school budgets. I have to say Pittsfield is indeed extremely fortunate to have such a dedicated, and might I say, diverse group of concerned citizens. They have listened carefully to the presentations by all our town and school administrators, as well as department heads, justify how much and why the money is needed to conduct their respective assigned tasks.

 

The question the budget committee members now have is what do the taxpayers want – are you satisfied with the taxes and the services you are receiving or do you have ideas on how our community could save money, consolidate or do without in certain areas.

 

There will be a public hearing on both of these budgets on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the Pittsfield Middle High School Lecture Hall (snow date, Saturday, February 4th). Your input is very important and this is one group that will listen – I know because they ask for public input at each meeting, something that is not required. Take just a few minutes out of your busy lives to come and voice your opinion. If no one comes to these meetings, the budget committee may assume taxpayers are satisfied with the tax rate and no changes need to be made. Remember these town and school officials work for you.

 

Have a Happy Healthy New Year.

Carole Richardson

 


Obituaries


 

Richard M. Emery

 

Richard M. Emery, 74, of Leavitt Road, died January 3, 2012 at the Harris Health Hill Care Center in Concord, following a long illness.

 

He was born in Biddeford, ME; the son of Frank and Irene Emery. He worked as an electrical inspector on nuclear submarines at the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard retiring after 34 years. He was a Marine Corps Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He is survived by a daughter, Deborah Robinson of Alfred ME; three sons, Mark Emery and Brian Emery of Kennebunk, ME and Douglas Emery of Cape Elizabeth, ME; and several grandchildren.

 

The Perkins & Pollard Memorial Home, Pittsfield, is assisting with arrangements. To sign an online guest book, log on to perkinsandpollard.com.

 


 

Robert Taylor

 

Robert Taylor, 68, of True Road, died December 30, 2011 at the Concord Hospital following a long illness. He was born in Augusta, ME, the son of Henry and Diana Taylor.

 

He has lived in Pittsfield since 1977. Prior to retiring he owned and operated T N T Auto Sales. Following retirement he was a cook at Circle Child Care in Epsom.

 

He leaves his wife Marley (Meyers) Taylor of Pittsfield; three sons, Robert Jr., Daniel, Rodney and his wife Penny; four daughters, Deirdré Taylor, Reneé Shankle and husband James, Hedy Graybill and husband Geoff and Jody Taylor; eighteen grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son Carl.

 

Private services will be held at the family’s convenience. Perkins & Pollard Memorial Home, is assisting with arrangements.

 

To sign an online guest book, go to perkinsandpollard.com.

 


 


 

 











 

 

 

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