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Pittsfield NH News

August 6, 2014

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REMINDER

 

The South Pittsfield Church will be open this summer with:

Nancy Talbot - August 10

Henry Frost - August 17

These service are at 1 PM. All are welcome

 


 

The First Congregational Church, 24 Main Street, Pittsfield, is sponsoring a back-to-school basic school supply giveaway Thursday, August 7, 4:30-5:30 p.m. for the children of Pittsfield.  A parent must be present with their child(ren) to receive supplies. Please enter the church through the Chestnut Street/parking lot entrance.

 


 

The Pittsfield Senior Center is hosting Cat Faulkner who is a professional jazz/cabaret singer.  She combines the traditional jazz style with a new and exciting interpretation of the American Songbook which was made famous by artists, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, and Billie Holiday.  Please come and enjoy the music. You also may choose to stay and have lunch with us, call 435-8482 to make your reservations.

 


 

Letter to Editor

 

We would like to thank all who responded to the 911 call for help on July 19th, when our son was injured on his 4 wheeler. 

 

Ken and Sheila Farmer

 


 

First Congregational Church Moves Services To Senior Center

 

While repair work and carpet installation take place at the First Congregational Church, 24 Main Street, Pittsfield, the regular 10 a.m. services will be held at an alternate location -- Pittsfield’s “Senior Center” at the Community Center, for Sundays, August 17 and 24. The entrance is at the lower level on Broadway, around the corner from the main Community Center entrance at 74 Main Street. Parking will be permitted on Broadway, Main Street and at the Town Hall. 

 

This alternate location is perfect for the services as the center was where the congregation first met 225 years ago. 

 

During the weeks from August 11 through August 30, the church will not be available for other activities. Please join us any Sunday at 10 a.m. and watch for more information in The Sun about the church’s 225th anniversary celebration events coming in the next few months.

 

For more information, call the church office at: 603 435-7471.

 


 

Letter to the Editor

 

I have to take exception to some of the “facts” included in the July 30 article Skin Breathing, which was essentially an advertisement for the Sage Wellness Center. Most of the information in the article was accurate, but being a stickler for fact, I have to correct some glaring errors, reflected in the title itself.  The skin does not breathe. It does not absorb oxygen and nutrients.  Frogs, with their thin moist skin and cutaneous capillary networks DO use the skin to absorb oxygen. We, however, have a relatively thick epidermis composed of tightly pack dead cells, with no capillaries at all within it.   Also, there are no nerve receptors sensitive to light, so it does not sense light.  Finally, the amount of carbon dioxide it excretes in sweat is insignificant compared to the amount released by the lungs.  So, yes, it is living tissue with an amazing capacity for the sense of touch, and is crucial for protection from infection, but to describe it as a “third lung” is way off.

 

I realize these are but a small portion of an otherwise good article about the skin, and any first semester A&P (anatomy & physiology) student can spot these mistakes. But most people do not take A&P, unfortunately, and these errors are in the first paragraph, so I thought they deserved correcting. 

 

Nathan Strong

Pittsfield

 


 

Communication In Pittsfield

 

What would it look like to have accessible and effective communication in Pittsfield, including between community and the schools?

 

Over the course of three months in the summer of 2013, a group of ten community members worked together to conduct community-based research on the issue of communication and information sharing in Pittsfield.  This Action Committee worked with the support and facilitation of Pittsfield Listens.

 

Key solutions include new community bulletin boards around town, suggestions for existing groups to help with their communication goals, and an online neighborhood forum called Nextdoor Pittsfield. Nextdoor Pittsfield helps to make our community stronger and safer; it’s a space where we can get to know our neighbors, and share about events, local recommendations, items for sale/free, safety concerns, ideas, and generally stay informed- specific for Pittsfield community members. You can sign-up at pittsfieldnh.nextdoor.com

 

The Summary Report highlights these and other key actions and solutions explored, as well as a more detailed look at the process used and the data that was gathered.  Read the Summary Report here.

 

A big thank you to all the community members who shared their voice on this important issue- whether it was participating in the Communication Survey online, sharing feedback while we were out canvassing in the town, or joining for the community dialogue on this issue at Pittsfield Listens Community Connection. Thank you also to the members of the Action Committee for your energy, time, creativity, patience, and commitment to our community.

 

How can all of us make Pittsfield a great place for everyone to live, learn, work and play?  Pittsfield Listens is a community engagement project of the Pittsfield Youth Workshop. For more information, feel free to contact us at:

 

email: [email protected]  call: 603.312.6980 online: Pittsfieldlistens.org

 


 

Off To The Races

Pittsfield Old Home Day 2014

 

Saturday, July 19th, was Old Home Day in Pittsfield and the theme of the day was “Off to the Races”.  The weather was GREAT and everyone seemed to have a good time.  Many THANKS are due to lots of groups, organizations, businesses and individuals that make this event possible.

 

Thank you to the Pittsfield Players for presenting the play “Living Together” on Friday and Saturday.  The continued support and involvement of the Pittsfield Players in the Old Home Day celebration is very much appreciated!

 

The Park St. Baptist Church served a delicious breakfast on Saturday morning to start the day – Thank you to all the cooks. Many thanks to Tammy Colby who organized the craft fair.  The free craft table for kids was manned by Carol Grainger, Michele Karwocki, Lisa Fries, Donna Keeley, Ryan Wood, Alicia Presbrey  and Girl Scouts – Jocelyn, Amber, Lily, Jennessa and Kaylee – THANK YOU to all of you.

 

Jujubee, the Clown provided balloon “art” for the kids – free! Thanks to the Police Explorers for manning the jump tent and games; to St. Stephen’s Church for supplying the power for the jump tent and to Judy and Ray Webber for creating the “Off to the Races” cutout for picture taking and the super cool race track.  A huge thank you to Bob and Eileen Legg for taking the photos and posting them to the town website.  The Kids Games and Races were a big hit!

 

Thanks to Don Smith for providing music at Dustin Park and to the Historical Society for opening their doors and sharing their fabulous collection of Pittsfield Memorabilia.

 

Many thanks to all the Car Show participants, to ME St. George Engines for rounding up some mud trucks and to the race car owners.  Thank you to the residents and business of Main Street for your cooperation with the street being closed.  Special thanks to Paul Rogers of Jitters for your participation in the car show. We had a great turnout of classic, hot rod, and vintage vehicles for the car show and all enjoyed the music of Tammy Lynn and Myles High.  Thank you to Sanels, Maxfields Hardware and O’Reilly’s Auto Parts for donating raffle prizes.

 

The annual cookoff was Baked Beans ….you know, “Eat Here, Get Gas!”  Thank you to all the participants.  The winners, by popular vote were: 1st – Art Morse (#1), 2nd – Ammy Ramsey (#5) and 3rd – Louie Houle (#6).  A very special Thank You to the Victory Workers 4-H Club for organizing and manning the booth.

 

Thanks to all the kids (we had over 50!!) that participated in the Bike Parade.  Thanks to our judges- they had a tough time choosing the winners.  

 

Pastor Jeremy Everson of Park St. Baptist Church provided the invocation before the parade – thank you for joining us on Old Home Day. A very special thank you to Ms. Stephanie Joyce for her beautiful rendition of the Star Spangled Banner and a big thank you to Stan Bailey for providing announcing duties for the parade.  

We’d also like to THANK Granite Image for providing all the flyers, posters and program printing for the day.  THANK YOU to the SUNCOOK VALLEY SUN for printing all of our articles, ads and the day’s schedule.  Thanks, also to our WEBSITE COMMITTEE for posting all the events and information on our town website (www.pittsfield-nh.com) and to all the Local Businesses that posted flyers and posters for us.

 

Congratulations to Ruth Strickhart on being named Pittsfield’s Citizen of the Year!  THANK YOU for your continued volunteering in our community.  Thanks to Sandi Adams for providing the “ride” for our Citizen of the Year.

 

THANK YOU TO ALL who participated in the Parade.  A Huge THANK YOU to NH Motor Speedway for the use of their “People Movers” and to Ray Webber for hauling it.  They worked perfectly for the band to ride in and perform in the parade.  Thank you to Andrew Sylvester for hauling our Old Home Day Committee float!

PARADE WINNERS!

 

The Judges Award – First Congregational Church

 

Youth Division:

1st – F.B. Argue Recreation Area

2nd – Victory Workers 4-H Club

3rd – Pittsfield Youth Workshop

Open Division

1st – Pittsfield Players

2nd – Meals on Wheels/Pittsfield Senior Center

 

The afternoon activities were free swim at the F.B. Argue Recreation Area (thank you Parks and Rec) along with a cookout of burgers and hot dogs.  The Boys Summer Soccer league hosted a soccer game at Drake Field and the Duck Race drew a good crowd.  Thanks to Jay Darrah and the PMHS Boys Basketball team for organizing the Duck Race and congratulations to the winner – B. Moore.  

 

The day ended with a fabulous FIREWORKS show by Bob Depoutot.  A Huge THANK YOU to all the donors that made this show possible.  Thanks to PMHS for the use of Drake Field and the Old Home Day Committee would especially like to THANK Joe Darrah, Elias Doucette, and Tyler Booth for cleaning up the firework debris on Sunday morning.   It is very much appreciated by the whole committee!

 

The Old Home Day Committee would like to THANK the Pittsfield Police, Fire and Highway Department; Parks and Recreation Committee and the many extra volunteers that helped at any of the events.  A lot of planning and work goes into this day and it takes a lot of people to make things happen…..so, THANK YOU!!!

 

We hope everyone enjoyed the day – We would love to hear any suggestions or comments on the day’s events.  Please feel free to call Andi Riel at 435-6346 or email at [email protected] or Louie Houle at 435-6938 or [email protected].

 


Obituaries


 

Robert F Lincoln

 

Robert F Lincoln, 69 passed away suddenly at his home on Thursday July 24th. He was born in Camden, Maine and was a longtime resident of Pittsfield, NH. 

 

Bob has been a local business owner for many years.  He enjoyed participating in a variety sports for the better part of his life including bare-foot water skiing, baseball, basketball, bowling and bird hunting with his dog Zamboni.

 

As an active member of his community Bob was the Chairman of the Pittsfield zoning board, a member of multiple hunting and angling clubs as well as one of the youngest members to qualify for The Pro Bowlers W.C.B.C Tour. 

 

Spending time with his grandchildren was his greatest joy.

 

Bob is survived by his beloved wife and business partner Deborah Lincoln of Pittsfield. His step children Sadie Raymond of Boscawen, Chris Valliere of Middleburg Florida, Morgan Cheney Murphy of Concord , Jesse Cheney of Penacook and son Justin Lincoln of Barnstead. His grandchildren, Corbin Raymond, Grace Raymond, Cohen Raymond, Tanna Valliere, Jeremy Lincoln and his niece Jennifer Stone of Penacook. As well as many good friends and his cherished pets.

 

Bumpa, as he was affectionately known, will be remembered for his love and devotion to his family, his generosity and larger than life personality.  He is deeply loved and will be greatly missed.

 


 

George A. Drew

 

George A. Drew, 61, a resident of Pittsfield for the past 26 years, died surrounded by family on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at his home on Wildwood Drive.

 

Born in Exeter on June 23, 1953, George was the son of the late George and Olive (Tuttle) Drew. He loved tinkering on cars and motorcycles and spent most of his life doing what he enjoyed - working as an auto mechanic and carpenter.

 

George is survived by his wife Brenda (Barton) Drew of Pittsfield; and 3 children, Tina Drew of Hooksett, George A. Drew II of Pembroke, and Alycia Drew of Belmont; 5 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren;  siblings, Desiree Smith of Knoxville, TN, Edward Drew of Holyoke, MA, and Carl Drew of Shirley, MA.

 

Graveside services were held Thursday, July 31st at 1 PM at Floral Park Cemetery in Pittsfield.

 

Donations may be sent to the SPCA or Friendly Kitchen in Concord in lieu of flowers.

 

Family and friends may sign an on-line guestbook by visiting stilloaks.com.

 


 


 

 











 

 

 

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