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Northwood NH News
October 15, 2008
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The Ladies Fall Fun Brunch will be held on October 25 at 10
a.m. at the Northwood Advent Christian Church. The main
course will be provided. Sweet breads/muffins will be
optional pot luck. The speaker will be Grace Mattern, head
of the department of the Coalition Against Domestic
Violence. Please bring a pair of scissors for cutting felt.
Bring a friend. This is sponsored by Women’s Home and
Foreign Mission Society.
The 6th Annual CBNA Holiday Craft Fair at Coe-Brown Academy
in Northwood will be held Saturday, November 1st, 9:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. Spaces are still available. Please contact Jill
Forward at 942-5531. See more details on the school’s
website.
Sportsmanship Awards At The 62nd NHIAA Annual Meeting
Award of Excellence Certificates: Given to schools who did
not receive any disqualification during the 2007-08 School
year. Bedford High School, Calvary Christian School,
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, Colebrook Academy, Concord High
School, The Derryfield School, Gorham High School, Hinsdale
High School, Kearsarge Regional High School, Laconia
Christian Academy, Lin-Wood Public School, Lisbon Regional
School, Mount Zion Christian Schools, Nashua Christian
Academy, Newmarket Jr. Sr. High School, Nute Middle-High
School, Plymouth Regional High School, Portsmouth Christian
Academy, Profile Jr.-Sr. High School, Sant Bani School,
White Mountains Regional High School
Sportsmanship Award Banners: Sportsmanship Banners are the
most prestigious award given by the NHIAA to a member school
and are given to schools who have demonstrated a high degree
of sportsmanship throughout the year. The winners for the
2007-08 school year were Nashua Christian, Campbell,
Coe-Brown, Exeter and Nashua South.
Northwood School Family Fun Night
The Northwood School Wellness Committee is offering its
first family event by holding a Family Fun physical activity
event with “Game Night” on Thursday, October 16. Fun
movement games are planned for families to “get active”
together. This event will be held in the Northwood School
gym with children in grades K-2 and their families playing
games from 6:00-7:00 and grades 3-5 from 7:15-8:15. Children
should remember their gym sneakers and parents need to clean
the bottoms of their sneakers to be free from all small
stones and dirt, as this can damage the gym floor.
The Wellness Committee in the past several years has planned
an event about once a month to help families work toward
getting fit and eat healthier. We welcome new committee
members and input from parents and other community members.
If you are interested in joining our committee, our next
meeting will be held on October 23 at 2:15 at the school. If
you wish to submit ideas for events or have any suggestions
on helping our children lead a healthier lifestyle, please
email
[email protected] with your ideas.
LETTER
Carol Shea Porter is completely correct when she says we
can’t go backwards. The well of our economy, our foreign
policy, our reputation, and our environment has been
poisoned, and electing anyone over again who was complicit
in espousing or supporting the policies of the current
administration is insane. Definition: doing the same thing
over and over expecting different results.
Why in the world would anyone think that bringing back Jeb
Bradley would help solve the problems he helped to create?
(For that matter, re-electing Sununu, choosing McBush, etc.,
is equally crazy.) I cannot for the life of me understand
the logic behind this! Why should we give them one more
chance?
We have poisoned the well for our children and
grandchildren. Let’s at least elect people whose intentions
are to get the poison out, rather than those whose platform
is to dump more of the same into the well in the hopes that
somehow that will clean it up. Let’s make sure that no one
has the opportunity to dump more toxins into the life blood
of our country.
I realize these are tough words, but these are tough times.
Enough is enough!
Lucy Edwards
Northwood NH
Letter To The Editor
To the Editor,
This Sunday I had the pleasure of attending a celebration of
the conservation of Mulligan Forest in Nottingham. It was a
wonderful event to celebrate the collaborative effort that
enabled the conservation of over 2,000 acres of forest for
the benefit of our community in perpetuity. The land is a
veritable community in itself supporting sportsmen, hikers,
skiers, logging, habitat for many protected species and
maybe most importantly, a major watershed from which so many
New Hampshire residents get their drinking water.
In these hard economic times, people often consider money
spent on conservation as a luxury, but I was reminded of
just how untrue that is by the numerous benefits we all
receive from this one property. From the jobs and business
it supports to the recreation it provides and the natural
resources it holds, Mulligan Forest is a vital community
asset. The hard work of the many people who contributed to
the effort at every level: local, state, and federal –
public and private, is much appreciated for the value it
adds to our lives.
One of the contributors to this effort was NH’s Land and
Community Heritage Investment Program. As a State
Representative for Candia, Deerfield, Northwood and
Nottingham, I supported the efforts to find a permanent
funding source for this important program, and I am so
pleased that those funds are leveraged in projects that
benefit everyone such as the conservation of Mulligan
Forest.
Sincerely,
Representative Susi Nord
Rockingham County, District 1
Letter
Northwood Self Storage would like to thank all the
supporters of our recent Northwood Lake Watershed
Association Yard Sale. All the proceeds of our Yard Sales
benefit the NLWA and its mission.
As usual, the vendors and all who participated had a great
time and the opportunity to meet their neighbors and
socialize. All for a worthy cause. Thanks again!
Francis J. Albert
News from the Northwood School Board
The Northwood School Board meeting on Monday, October 6,
began with a presentation by the first grade teaching team.
Ellen Gibson, Dorothy Konrad, and Linda Kramas explained the
Treasures Reading Program to the Board. The team explained
the various aspects of the program and showed the Board
examples of the materials that they use. All three teachers
emphasized the importance of the “traveling teachers;” these
special reading teachers move from grade to grade to help
implement the small group work that is so important to the
success of this new curriculum.
Principal Asbell presented the Board with the suggested
changes to the honor roll system. In an effort to align with
Coe-Brown, the Northwood School will now have three levels:
High Honors (all A’s), Honors (all A’s and B’s), and
Honorable Mention (A’s and B’s with no more than one C). Ms.
Asbell also explained that the Recreation Department will be
taking over the School Ski Program for this year. Kathy
Boudreau, the Northwood Recreation Director, will have more
information for parents and students within the next couple
of weeks.
Colleen Pingree updated the Board on the recent Budget
Committee meeting. She explained that the Budget Committee
has scheduled a meeting for October 29, to review financial
statements for the current school year. This information was
not provided to the Committee but all members feel that it
is important to look at the school’s current financial
situation before Budget Season begins. This meeting will be
held at 7:00pm in the Town Hall.
The Board also reviewed and revised various policies
including: Internet Access, Coaching Recruitment, Team
Parent, Coaching Job Description, Activity Fund, Line Item
Adjustments, Staff Conflict of Interest, Nepotism, and Staff
Hiring.
The Board’s next meeting will be on October 20. Nonpublic
will begin at 6:30 p.m. and Public will begin at 7:00 p.m.
For more information, please contact Colleen Pingree, Chair
(942-5249 or [email protected]).
Northwood Basketball - Volleyball
Northwood Friends of Recreation will hold a meeting on
Wednesday, October 15th (tonight) at 6:15 p.m. in the Art
Room at Northwood School. Please use the Lunchroom entrance.
We will discuss upcoming Basketball Season. In order for
Leagues to continue, we need coaches and Referees, for Boys
and Girls in Grades 5-8. Please attend. We will decide
whether to participate or not in the Travel Teams.
This age group starts participating in November.
Grades K-4 will start around January 1st. This group has
clinics and Fun Games once a week - usually on a Sat. or
Sun.
Watch this paper for sign-ups.
Volleyball
There is interest from Boys and Girls in Grades 6-7-8 to
learn this game.
We need someone with knowledge of Volleyball to help get
this program off to a good start. Questions, please call
Dave Ruth at 942-5121.
Final Meeting - Yard Sale - Lake Clean - Up
The last regular meeting of the Northwood Lake Watershed
Association 2008 season will be held on Saturday, October
18, 9 A.M. to 11A.M. at the Northwood Town Hall. This is the
meeting where we plan for next year. Preliminary results
from the summer milfoil treatment should be available.
The October 4 Yard Sale was a success, earning the
Association enough funds for ten water testings.
The Yard Sale Committee gives special thanks to Frank
Albert, Northwood Self-Storage for use of his facilities and
expertise; and thanks, of course, to generous member
donations.
The Northwood Lake Watershed Association is organizing a day
of clean-up for the bottom of the lake at the Epsom end of
the lake. Tornado debris will be removed and disposed of
properly. The lake bottom will determine when we do the
clean-up, after the lake drawdown. Tentatively, we are
looking at the month window November 8 - December 8.
Volunteers are needed. We are looking for volunteers to walk
the lake bottom and clean up debris, volunteers with pick-up
trucks to haul the debris away, and property owners at the
Epsom end of the lake who could give us access to the lake.
We are also looking for 2 ft. x4 ft. sections of 1/4" or
1/2" plywood to use in mucky sections of the lake to spread
a person’s weight out. We will be dividing the volunteers
into 8 teams, each with a coordinator with the knowledge
about minimizing impact to the lake bottom and to verify
that only man-made, fabricated material is being removed. If
you would like to volunteer or donate to a temporary fund to
pay for the disposal of the debris, it would be appreciated.
You can reach us at:
[email protected] or call Jim at
942-5365.
Remember the October 18 meeting at the Northwood Town Hall.
The public is welcome, and we hope to see you there.
www.northwoodlake.com
Northwood Recreation Update -
Haunted Hayride
The Northwood Recreation Department will be holding its 3rd
Annual Haunted Hayride on Saturday, November 1st. We will
be haunting the woods at Camp Yavneh on Route 43 in
Northwood from 6:00- 8:00 P.M. If you prefer a smaller
fright, climb aboard the Un-haunted Hayride instead. Enjoy
unlimited rides for $3.00 per person. The rain date is
scheduled for Sunday, November 2nd. For more information
call the Recreation Department at 942-5586 x209.
Northwood Flu Shot Clinic
Submitted By
Charlotte Klaubert
The Northwood Flu Shot Clinic will be held in the Town Hall
on Thursday, October 23rd from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Part B,
Medicare or any Blue Cross/Blue Shield coverage will pay for
the shot; otherwise the cost will be $35. Receipts for other
insurance coverage will be available. Once again, this event
is co-sponsored by the Harvey Lake Woman’s Club along with
the Rochester District Visiting Nurse Association. Anyone
18 or over may avail themselves of this protection. For
further information, call the RDVNA at 332-1133.
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Obituaries
Patricia A. Fostier
Northwood - Patricia Ann (Prescott) Fostier, 47, of Kelsey
Mill Road, died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, at Concord Hospital.
Born on June 5, 1961, in New London, Patricia was the
daughter of David and Shirley (Black) Prescott. She was a
1979 graduate of Pembroke Academy and had lived in Epsom and
Allenstown before her move to Northwood 10 years ago.
An information systems administrator, she had worked for the
State of New Hampshire in the Department of Children, Youth,
and Families and Health & Human Services for more than 20
years. She also served as a member of the Northwood
Conservation Commission.
In her free time, she enjoyed a variety of activities:
fishing and gardening, reading, and crafts such as sewing
and knitting. Most of all she took pride in her family and
loved spending time with all of them and her many friends.
Members of her family include her partner of 16 years, Glenn
Levesque of Northwood; her son, David Fostier of Northwood;
her mother, Shirley Prescott of Pembroke; her grandmother,
Gladys Prescott of Elkins; a brother, David Prescott Jr. and
his wife, Nancy, of Allenstown; a sister, Jeanne LaBelle and
her husband, Richard, of Allenstown; and nieces and a
nephew, Nichole and Rebecca LaBelle and David Prescott III.
She also leaves her extended family, Phyllis Levesque of
Meredith, Jon Levesque of Concord, Michelle Fullerton and
her family of Moultonborough, and Claudette Binnings and her
family of Spanaway, Wash.
She was predeceased by her father, David; and grandfather,
Willis Prescott.
A gathering to share memories and celebrate Patricia's life
and a Service were held at Still Oaks Funeral & Memorial
Home, Epsom on Friday, October 10, 2008.
Memorial donations may be made to the Concord Regional
Visiting Nurse Association, Hospice Program, P.O. Box 1797,
Concord 03302.
For more information, log on to
www.petitfuneralhome.com.
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