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Northwood NH News

December 23, 2009

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Christmas Eve Service At The First Baptist Church Of Northwood


Christmas Eve Service will be held December 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Northwood. All are welcome to attend our celebration of the Advent Season. Parking is available behind the church, entering from Route 202 or Hannaford’s Parking Lot.

 


 

A Christmas Story


By Arthur Slade Northwood, NH

As a child, my father’s business travels would cause him to be on the road for Christmas, and to be together, the family would travel with him. A frequent Christmas eve activity I developed was to read the Bible and Christmas stories, with the Christmas lights of churches and towns serving as my special Christmas tree. I really enjoyed the activity but was also content when we were able to spend Christmas at home as dad loved to decorate the house and believed as the lights we had seen proved the need to show colorful lights so town and travelers might enjoy them.


Therefore, roughly 20  years ago, I startled my family by deciding I would go out and deliver a Christmas gift to a house located near Smoke Street in Nottingham. I had been out earlier and was stunned that the crisp cold air did not bother my breathing condition and the stars looked bright against the jet black sky and seemed to twinkle, giving a glorious light show. After discussion, it was decided that as the road was in great condition and with little traffic it would be best to go now as a storm front was expected in the area later.


I drove down the main highway and sort of noticed something along the side of the road. As I turned down Smoke Street, I stopped at my friend’s home and dropped off the gift and talked a while with them and reviewed their holiday plans. As I started up the three lane road beyond the high tension lines I noted something strange. A group of people walking in the breakdown lane. I passed them then went up the road and stopped turning around. Little did I know I was about to break my iron clad rule of no hitchhikers. (What good after all are iron clad rules if you cannot bend them.) In speaking with the father I learned that his car had broken down and both had been laid off from their jobs . So his wife and he and a young baby in arms plus his young son were trying to walk to the wife’s sister’s home in Northwood near an inn that he thought was not very far. I was baffled. An inn? What could be an inn? But the wife tried to describe it and it sure did not fit either the former Harvey Lake Inn or the ma-Ru cabin main house. I said come on in and we will try to find it. The little boy was so very cold he was shaking and I turned the heat on high . His shivering stopped and he became happier when he saw the Christmas tree at East Northwood, then lights on a house gave him joy, a large Christmas tree at Northwood Ridge brought happy chuckles, while the tree at Northwood Center enchanted him. Meanwhile we were checking on buildings wondering if the Northwood Lodge antique might have been mistaken for an Inn, but no luck. We saw a sign for Lake Shore Farm, but that did not stir any memory. I decided we best check as that was the most likely place. When we saw the sign off Pittsfield Road the name did not seem right to her but the small engine repair sign sounded correct. So we went down to the Inn. As it came into view the wife let out a happy “That is it, it is it!! We found it.” so we went down past it and counted the number of roads from it and turned where she suggested. We drove a good distance down the side road and she started worrying again as we had gone further than she expected. We then went up a rise and found her sister’s house blazing with many strings of Christmas lights to welcome the arrivals. Her sister came dashing out the door, and words were said rapidly as they learned why the family was so late. Her sister lingered behind and asked if she could offer me money for the ride. I refused and said “It is not often a person can help out a family like this on Christmas Eve.” I know I just imagined it but I would swear that one star just above the house seemed to be burning brighter over the house. I have often thought I had the privilege of rescuing a modern substitute for the holy family of Joseph, Mary, James and Jesus. I never knew the family’s name, nor did they know mine. That is what made it the perfect Christmas gift for all. 

 


 

Northwood Recreation Update


The Northwood Recreation Department is offering Tai Chi classes. Move toward greater balance, concentration and relaxation, no matter what your age. The class is held by a certified instructor and can be reimbursed by some insurance plans. This class will be held at the Community Hall from 6:30-7:30 PM. The Community Hall is located at 135 Main St, on the corner of School St. and Main St. Register by January 8th. Class begins January 13th. The cost for the 6 week class is $50. Registration forms for all programs can be printed from the website, www.  northwoodnh.org and returned to the Northwood Town Hall.


For more information, please contact the Recreation Department at [email protected] or 942-5586 x209.

 


 

NALMC News

 

Please join us at the first meeting of NALMC’s Forestry & Habitat Subcommittee on Wed., January 6 from 1-3 pm at the Northwood Town Hall. We will be starting a conversation on how to coordinate forestry and habitat management planning “across our stone walls.” Steve Roy, Northwood Conservation Commission, and Jim Oehler of NH Fish & Game Department will be co-chairing this subcommittee.


There are many good reasons for working together on this issue. No one property in the NALMC area can provide the resources needed to conserve the majority of wildlife species found in our region. We can be more successful at conserving local populations in the long term if we work together. There are unique habitats and natural communities that cross property boundaries that would benefit from better coordination. There are economies of scale that could be reaped when planning forestry operations, especially where small properties are concerned.


The concept of neighbors working with neighbors to coordinate forestry and habitat management is a pretty new concept. There are a few examples of forestry cooperatives in the US and many others in Canada and Europe, but these are primarily based on an economic model. There are few examples of neighbors working with neighbors solely for the good of the resource. We will have to feel our way through this one a bit. Our meeting will start the process.


Information about the NALMC Ecological Assessment that recommends forestry and habitat collaboration can be found at http://www.nalmc.net/Projects.php


For questions about the subcommittee meeting, please contact Jim Oehler at 271-0453 or [email protected]

 


 

 

 











 
 

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