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Northwood NH News

March 21, 2012

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The First Baptist Church of Northwood wishes to invite the community to join us in an evening of praising and singing hymns on March 25th at 6 pm. Special organ music by Michael Orsillo and Donald Ketzler will also be presented. Come in, sit a spell, join us in song and praise and have a great time. Light refreshments will be served following the music.

 


 

Preschool Openings!

 

Now is the time to think about enrolling your child in preschool! The Center School in Northwood is accepting registrations for the 2012-2013 school year.

 

The Center School is a parent cooperative preschool located next to the Town Hall in Northwood, which provides a developmental program for three, four, and five year olds of Northwood and surrounding towns. There are openings in our two-day (T/Th) program and three-day (M/W/F) morning programs. Call us soon and come for a visit! For information, please call director Karen Andersen at the school at 942-7686.

 


 

Teen Reads is back! This month the Teen Reads Book Club will be reading "The Naming" by Alison Croggon for a discussion at the Chesley Memorial Library on Thursday, March 29, from 5:30-6:30 pm. Multiple copies are available at the library; call 942-5472 for more information.

 


 

Holy Week Services At Northwood Congregational Church

 

The Northwood Congregational Church, located on Route 4 just east of Coe Brown Academy, will be having the following services for Holy Week.

 

• April 1, Palm Sunday: 9 am service includes children’s processional of the palms.

 

• April 5, Maundy Thursday: 7 pm service of Tenebrae and Communion, in the old vestry downstairs.

 

• April 6, Good Friday Vigil: Between the hours of 3 pm and 7 pm there will be an open sanctuary for your individual time of prayer and reflection. A variety of resources and visuals will be available throughout the sanctuary.

 

• April 8, Easter Sunday: 7 am Sunrise Service on the peninsula of Harvey Lake. (The road down is off the parking lot behind the church. Please wear comfortable shoes and bring a chair.); 8 am Breakfast; 9 am Family Service of Celebration.

 


 

Letter

SB2 – A Success in Northwood?

 

I was an early supporter of SB2 when introduced in Northwood several years ago, but I did not vote for it last year when it finally passed. However, given the sequence of events that transpired at the school district’s deliberative session on February 9th and ending with the voting on March 13th, I am now an ardent supporter of SB2.

 

Although democracy may have been weakened at the deliberative session due to a couple of misinformed persons, it came roaring back on election day. The ballot box could not be overruled by any one individual.

 

All indications are that SB2 was a huge success in Northwood. Proposed increases of $2.24 on the tax rate ($1.93 by the school board or 86% of the increase) were all defeated by voters at the polls. A record-breaking 795 residents (29% of registered voters) turned out to vote. Never before have so many residents spoken so loudly with one voice, including parents, senior citizens and other civic-minded citizens.

 

Again this year when the tax rate is set by the Selectmen in October it will either remain level or even decrease slightly from last year. The decrease will be predicated primarily on the amount of undesignated surplus funds the selectmen choose to use to ‘buy down’ the tax rate. This will then have happened for two consecutive years. I don’t remember this happening before. Without SB2 this would not have occurred. The special interests groups cannot overrule the peoples’ interests.

 

SB2, in my mind, has turned out to be a godsend for one of the poorest communities in Rockingham County in terms of per capita income. I didn’t wish for SB2, but now that it’s here – let’s embrace it. If democracy is the end result, it should not be considered a bad outcome.

 

Sincerely,

Jim Hadley

Northwood

 


 

Letter To The Editor

 

Thank you. There have been very few times in my life that I wanted something as much as I wanted three more years on the School Board. Thank you very much. Most votes, I get it. It is time to put up or shut up. I am going to work tirelessly to do just that.

 

Northwood has supported their school with almost unlimited funds for years and we have not gotten a fair return on our investment. Change is needed. I am up for the task.

For those of you who get involved in media like Facebook, you know about the confusion, hurt and anger out there. What the bleep happened? It is simple. Last year the voters spanked the School Board, the School Administration, and especially showed their displeasure in the SAU. The message was not received.

 

This year a 2x4 between the eyes was used. I shutter to think of the consequences if the message is again ignored. We need to try transparency, honesty, working with others, listening to the public, anger management, and getting off our butts.

 

Thank you for approving Article #6. It gives the School Board and the support staff an opportunity to redo their contract. It is important to do so. We will see if they got your message. If they did, I will work very hard to convince you to support a new contract that is fair to all sides.

 

Lastly, I know many of you don’t get me. I hope, in the next few weeks, to set up a meeting where anybody will be able to come and ask me anything. No holds barred, except leave out my family. I can and will take the heat. I’ll put myself in the line of fire happily.

 

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Tim Jandebeur

 


 

Letter

 

Thank you Northwood:

I would like to thank the voters of Northwood for re-electing me to the Board of Selectmen for a second term. It really is a cool job! I look forward to working on the areas needing attention, while continuing to improve how we support the residents in town. We are blessed with terrific employees to help lead the way!

 

I am disappointed the Town Budget did not pass. Certainly we can work with the default budget, but I wonder about the cost of police vehicle repairs. Will spending additional funds on repairs be a cost effective solution to purchasing a new vehicle? We shall see. Everyone involved will need to pay close attention to how we manage those repairs.

 

I would also like to thank Mr. Peterson for his participation in this year’s race. Participation always creates additional ideas and stimulates more interest. We can use help on many Town committees. His experience would be a valuable asset to the Town of Northwood.

 

I promise to work hard and listen to your thoughts and concerns. I understand I was elected to represent you, and I look forward to the privilege every day!

 

Thank you.

Bob Holden

Selectman

 

Letter

Town Meeting

 

Most northern New Englanders would probably agree with E.B. White that "Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time." It’s a kind of hope we nurture.

 

That faith in democracy may be what caused a super majority of Northwood voters to pass SB2 last year. Now in its first year of operation, SB2 seems to have been a triumph for direct democracy, expanding the electorate enormously. In 2011, for example, 216 people voted on the School District Budget. This year the number was 771. Participation more than tripled.

 

Meanwhile, some 170 residents took part in this year’s School District Deliberative Session, almost as many as were at last year’s meeting. They exercised their right to discuss, deliberate, modify, and vote on items to appear on the Town Warrant.

 

Citizens then had more than a month to communicate with their neighbors about the issues facing Northwood voters. This interval gave everyone the time to consider each item carefully, to ask and answer important questions, and to clear up any confusion. It also provided the opportunity to exchange views unhurriedly with family, friends, and neighbors.

 

People previously unable to participate now could. The elderly in nursing homes, college students, armed forces personnel, the homebound, workers unable to take time off, and others were given a chance for democratic expression they had been denied in the past. As a result, the vote reflected the wishes of the townspeople more accurately than it ever had before.

 

The right to consider and debate the issues remained unchanged, and the right to have a say in town government was, for the first time, not limited by disability.

 

E.B. White would likely suspect that New England town democracy is thriving in Northwood.

 

Michael Faiella

 


 

Letter

Hal has my vote!

 

As the election dust settles we still have one Budget Committee position open, due to a recent resignation. Hal Kreider placed a close fifth in a four position race. Until Election Day, Hal served on the Budget Committee with distinction. He attended most every meeting and offered refreshing insight on many of our financial discussions.

 

I believe Hal would be an excellent choice to fill the vacant seat. I am publicly asking the Budget Committee to give strong consideration to electing Mr. Kreider, to round out this important board. If you look at the recent election results, Hal is clearly the choice of many voters.

 

Thank you,

Bob Holden

 


 

Northwood Election Results

 

794 ballots were cast in the first SB2 voting for town and school district warrant articles; there are 2,745 registered voters in Northwood.

 

In contested races for town positions incumbent Robert Holden retained his position as selectman, challenged by Doug Peterson. Incumbent Jim Wilson retained his position as road agent. Elected to the budget committee for 3 years are: Bonnie Sears, Thomas Chase, Dan McNally and James Ryan; for 2 years: James Hadley and Lois Nichols. Incumbents Robert Strobel and Timothy Jandebeur were endorsed by voters for their seats on the planning board. Margaret Walker also retained her position as library trustee.

 

All of the zoning amendments recommended by the Planning Board received voter approval. The town operating budget did not pass and will go to a default budget which is $44,612 less than the Budget Committee’s recommended budget. 15 town warrant articles were approved; 3 did not pass including: the purchase of a new police cruiser, setting up an expendable trust fund for police special duty, and adding funds to the Benefit Vested Time Expendable Trust Fund.

 

On the school district ballot five people had filed for two open seats on the school board. Tim Jandebeur was elected with 372 votes and Scott Bulger with 303. Betsy Colburn was re-elected as treasurer and Penny Hampl as school district clerk. Hal Kreider was elected to the position of moderator for both town and school district, filling the spot held by Robert Robertson, who chose to step down after serving as moderator for many years.

 

Voters were asked to approve 9 school district warrant articles and only approved one: authorizing the governing body the option to call one special meeting to address cost items for the Educational Support Personnel Association. Articles defeated included the operating budget which was amended at deliberative session from the budget committee’s original recommended budget. The school district will operate under the default budget for 2012-2013 school year. Also rejected by voters were requests for increases in salaries and benefits for support staff and teachers; the expansion from half day to full day kindergarten; and a deficit appropriation for funds that were overspent in the 2010-2011 school year.

 


 


 

 











 
 

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