Anytime Fitness Northwood Gets A Facelift,
And Expands
Holds Grand Re-Opening
Interior Design Upgrades Enhance Member
Experience, New Group
Fitness Room
Anytime Fitness, Northwood will unveil its upgraded look with a
Grand Re-Opening celebration on Tuesday, September 27th, from 8
AM to 8 PM, with a chamber ribbon cutting at 2 PM.
The finished look is courtesy of Fabiano Designs, a New Jersey
based design firm with over 20 years experience designing
fitness clubs internationally. General contractor for the
project was JC Builders, of Goffstown, NH.
“Our goal was to help re-energize and
evolve the workout areas by incorporating a warm yet energetic
color palette while offering a functionally systematic design
layout in the clubs,” says Rudy Fabiano, Design Director at
Fabiano Designs.
The traditional Anytime Fitness purple
color has maintained a presence in the club, but has been
complemented by softer and more natural tones. A 600 square foot
multipurpose room has been added to the club, allowing the site
to now offer a variety of group classes, such as; Yoga, Zumba,
TRX, Boot Camps, Tai Chi, Cardio Kickboxing, and more.
“The remodeling effort is another way
for us to provide our members with a clean, upscale, inviting
environment where they can achieve their fitness goals,” says
owner Rebecca Capo of Anytime Fitness.
In addition to the new color and
layout schemes, a new “Inspiration Wall” has been added to the
club. It’s a place where we can write our goals down, offer
words of encouragement, share tips, and celebrate our
achievements.” Members and staff routinely gain inspiration and
motivation from each other’s experiences, and we wanted a
central location to share all that positivity” explains Rebecca.
With 24/7 access, Anytime Fitness
offers a convenient and affordable alternative for today’s
hectic, on-the-go lifestyles. Members use security-access keys
to enter the club. Once inside, members have full use of
state-of-the-art strength training and cardiovascular equipment.
Most of the treadmills and bikes feature personalized viewing
screens. A private shower and dressing area is available at each
club.
To celebrate its Grand Re-Opening and
Expansion, Anytime Fitness Northwood is offering a “Join for $1”
promotion on September 27th from 8 AM to 8 PM.
Club tours will be available during the grand reopening
celebration. Membership information is available at the club, by
calling 603-942-6027, or by visiting
www.anytimefitness.com.
This
Weekend’s Lrpa After Dark Feature: 1954’s “Suddenly”
Join Lakes Region Public Access
Television at 10:30 p.m. this Friday and Saturday night
(September 23 & 24) for this week’s “LRPA After Dark” encore
presentation of 1954’s film noir crime drama “Suddenly,”
starring Sterling Hayden and Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, Frank
Sinatra.
“Suddenly” tells the tale of three would-be assassins who come
to the California town of Suddenly with murder on their minds:
specifically, killing the President of the United States as he
travels through on the train. They pose as FBI agents to gain
entrance to a home, then take everyone hostage while they plan
their despicable deed. Sinatra made this film hot off of his
Oscar-winning role in “From Here to Eternity,” and was keen to
play a villain. He did so to high critical praise. A sad
footnote to this film is that allegedly,” Suddenly” is the film
that Lee Harvey Oswald watched the evening before he shot
President Kennedy to death in Dallas, TX. Hollywood legend
has it that, upon hearing this news, Sinatra demanded that
“Suddenly” be pulled from any further film distribution. Because
of this, many younger viewers have never had the chance to see
this film, one that The New York Times hailed as “… a compact
study of terror and suspense, with a bit of a nervous
contemplation of a psychopathic character thrown in.” If
you’ve never seen “Suddenly,” you’re in a classic film treat! So
grab your popcorn and join LRPA after dark for this crime drama
from the past.
You can’t find television like this it anywhere but LRPA TV,
MetroCast Channel 25. Not a subscriber? Then log onto Live
Stream through our website (www.lrpa.org)
where you can catch all the fun.
CBNA Holiday Craft Fair
The 14th Annual Holiday Craft Fair will be held in the Gerrish
Gym on the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy campus on Saturday,
November 5, 2016, from 9 am until 2 pm. Crafts from all over New
England will be represented. There will also be a HUGE raffle of
interesting and eclectic items. Start your Christmas shopping
early! We are still accepting applications for crafters. Visit
www.coebrown.org for an
application or email [email protected].
Willow’s Run Exceeds Expectations In
Second Year
Thanks to
overwhelming community support, business sponsors who donated
funds and physical goods or services, and individual donors,
Willow’s Run far surpassed their goals this year. The 5K
trail race had 75 runners in its USATF sanctioned event, as well
as 30 walkers. Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Frisbie
Memorial Hospital, Exeter Hospital, General Electric, and the
Suncook Valley Sun were among the high level sponsors for this
event. More than 50 volunteers came together during race
day and behind the scenes to orchestrate a successful race, with
a primary mission of raising funds and awareness for suicide
prevention, education, and implementation of proven mental
health initiatives.
This year’s
major beneficiary was Seacoast Pathways, a clubhouse model
outpatient organization that provides an array of mental health
services to support mental illness recovery including: job
training, mentorship, peer support, purposeful work, and
performing community service projects together, just to name a
few. The clubhouse operates on evidence based principals
that everyone “needs to be needed” in a community and strives to
engage its members in a supportive environment to foster
wellness. It’s a proven model that gets results as members
achieve personal goals of going back to school, obtaining jobs,
and resuming normal social interactions.
On 9/9/16
Willow’s Run presented Seacoast Pathways with a check for
$10,000.00 which they will use to provide more services to more
people. Willow’s Run also donated $1000.00 to Coe Brown
Northwood Academy so the school based NAMI (National Alliance of
Mental Illness) initiatives to prevent suicide and educate
students that began last year can continue and expand.
Willow’s Run Board members and volunteers are very grateful to
any individual and business who contributed in any way, making
this year’s efforts so successful. Our hope is these funds
will allow access to services that will ultimately change and
save lives as we continue to tell our story and erase the stigma
that prevents important conversations about suicide and mental
health from occurring. If you would like more information
on how you can get involved next year please visit our website:
www.willowsrun.wordpress.com
and like our Facebook page for updates. If you or someone
you love is having a mental health crisis please call
1-800-273-TALK.
CBNA To Host Winter Financial Aid
Night
Jennifer Smith from the University of
New Hampshire, a volunteer of the New Hampshire Association of
Student Financial Aid Administrators, will be conducting a
Winter Financial Aid Night on Thursday, October 13 at 6:30 PM in
the Multi-Purpose Room for students and families of Coe-Brown
Northwood Academy. Jennifer Smith will be providing information
on the financial aid process, forms that will need to be
completed, various programs that the government offers, and
other available options that families can use to cover the cost
of education.
Car Wash To Support The Suicide
Prevention Foundation
Coe-Brown seniors Noah Wojtkowski and
Ethan Barbeau will be hosting a car wash on September 24, 2016
from 10:00am to 2:00pm. The car wash is part of their senior
project “BLUE OUT”, which is to fund-raise for the Suicide
Prevention Foundation and to dedicate their final home soccer
game as seniors to a fallen friend.
The Suicide Prevention Foundation provides services and aid to
those whom have experienced loss due to suicide. Donations of
any amount will be accepted for a clean car. The event
will be held at Northwood Garage, 258 1st NH Turnpike Northwood
NH. Please come and support this worthy cause and support Noah
and Ethan’s senior project.
Noah and Ethan would also like to
thank Jim & Linda Grant, the owner of the Northwood Garage for
the use of their facility and their generosity to aid our
efforts.
The American Foundation for Suicide
Prevention is dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to
those affected by suicide. AFSP creates a culture that’s smart
about mental health through education and community programs,
develops suicide prevention through research and advocacy, and
provides support for those affected by suicide.
Letter To The Editor
Having just lost my primary race for
State Rep, I first and foremost wanted to thank those who voted
for me. Having spoken to probably all who did, I appreciate the
extra effort to write me in and the shared concern for many
important issues. Unfortunately many who also expressed these
concerns didn’t vote. Oh well.
I surprised myself in that what troubles me more than
losing is what voting means or doesn’t mean to people. Probably
because I was a candidate, I paid a bit more attention to the
characteristics of the vote. I was surprised AND saddened. Quite
frankly, many who voted did so without any awareness of who or
what issues they were voting for, merely casting their valuable
vote for a name on a line. This is really not new, it’s just
that I especially paid attention to it. I’m sure it applied in
various ways to other candidates and in many past elections.
A last thought. Of those I talked to, many expressed
grave concerns for what can only be described as the future of
American democracy. We all have to try harder if it is to be
conserved. The solution won’t be found in a single vote this
coming November. A lot of extra effort will be needed by all who
care for many years going forward. The price of Liberty is
eternal vigilance, a wise man said, and a lot of us haven’t been
paying attention.
That said, I would like to thank again
those who made the effort to vote for me.
Joseph McCaffrey