Come
congratulate Donna Bunker and celebrate her 25th anniversary as
Director of the Chesley Memorial Library. The Library Trustees will
hold an Open House at the library on Wednesday, June 6, from
3:30-6:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
The Northwood Democrats are pleased to announce that a
representative from Obama for America will attend our monthly
meeting on Tuesday, May 29th at 6:30 pm at the Northwood Community
Center, 135 Main Street, in Northwood Narrows. All local Democrats
and other residents interested in learning more about the
Obama/Biden re-election campaign and getting involved for the
upcoming election are welcome. For more information, contact Lucy
Edwards at 603-312-6049 or by e-mail at
[email protected].
Daniel
Foley of Northwood has graduated from the University of New
Hampshire with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics. Daniel
graduated with honors and was named a University Scholar where he
specialized in Materials Science. He will return to UNH in the fall
as a research and teaching assistant while pursuing his Masters
Degree. Daniel is the son of Steven and Laura Foley of Northwood.
Letter
I
attended both sessions of the Master Plan Visioning that the
Northwood Planning Board held recently, and I want to thank the
Board and all the Northwood residents who took time to come to one
or the other, or both.
Taking a
look at where we might be headed as a town, what we would like to
see, where we see problems, is not only a very worthy and important
endeavor, it’s also a community builder as well. For a town that
stretches along a busy state highway with no one center, that’s
always an important goal.
I hope
we’re not done with the process yet. We all can learn a lot about
how our town works, and think about what the future holds for us. I
was part of the 2004 Master Plan Update, and even before that I
remember being challenged by a fellow member of our economic
development committee to look ahead 50 years! Fifty years seemed a
long time when we were in the year 1998, and somehow it seems even
longer in 2012.
Besides short-term concerns, we would be wise to look at issues that
are on the horizon and will need to be dealt with sooner than we may
imagine. One of those would be the aging of our population:
http://www.nhpolicy.org/reports/aging_and_the_healthcare_system_final.pdf.
Another will be the "elephant in the room," climate change, which
will bring more and more unpredictable weather, changes in our
landscape and flora and fauna, and economic stresses and
opportunities. While this is still a matter of question for a few,
the extreme weather of the last several years is making the problem
clearer and clearer to a majority of Americans, according to recent
surveys:
http://environment.yale.edu/climate/files/Extreme-Weather-Climate-Preparedness.pdf
Lucy
Edwards
Northwood
Watershed Welcomes Joyce Lothian
The
Northwood Lake Watershed announces Joyce Lothian is the new Point
Person for Northwood Lake. Doug Chamberlin, retiring Point Person,
has held the position since the inception of the NH Lake Host
program in 2002. Doug worked with Joyce over the winter preparing
her to take over the program. Joyce also attended formal Point
Person and Lake Host training sessions in Concord.
A
retired Medical Librarian at the Leahy Clinic in Burlington, MA,
Joyce is new to New Hampshire. Last November she married Tom
Lothian, Ranger at Camp Wah-Tut-Ca Boy Scout Camp. They find living
on Northwood Lake full of surprises - like a fox who enjoys their
campfires!
Joyce was introduced to the Northwood Lake Watershed Association and
immediately wanted to be a part of preserving the lake. As Point
Person, Joyce oversees the Lake Hosts at the town boat launch on
weekends. The Lake Host program was developed by the NH Lakes
Association and the NH Department of Environmental Sciences to
educate and prevent boaters from spreading exotic aquatic plants to
lakes and ponds in New Hampshire. More Lake Host volunteers are
needed. Volunteer and help preserve your lake with our new high
energy Lake Host Point Person. She can be reached at
www.northwoodlake.com
To quote
Joyce, "I am excited about this year and have been lucky to have
Doug Chamberlain as my ‘mentor’. We owe him a big thanks for the 10
years of making this a successful program. We need your help to fill
in the rest of the summer schedule."
Letter
To The Editor
Memorial
Day was originally known as Decoration Day. According to tradition,
the custom of placing flowers on soldiers’ graves was begun in the
south by kind-hearted women tending the last resting places of
northern men who had died far from home. Those long ago kindnesses
have evolved into our national holiday featuring parades, speeches,
picnics and ball games and the occasional visit to a cemetery to
remember lost loved ones.
This
year our country is observing the onset of the Civil War, one
hundred and fifty years ago.
During
the years 1862-1865, more than one hundred fifty men from Northwood,
or for Northwood, left this small rural town to fight for the
northern cause, to preserve the Union and to abolish slavery.
Although
the great majority of the men who left Northwood were able to
return, to resume lives set aside for a time, there were some who
did not.
In our
cemeteries there are nineteen graves bearing the names of those who
did not survive the war years. Some died from wounds, many from
disease. This Memorial Day those nineteen graves have been
identified by small decorations. Look for them. Take time to
consider that long ago conflict and to appreciate the sacrifices
those men made for us, that we may live in a united country where
freedom from slavery is taken for granted.
With thanks for the records of Sherman Elliott and Doug Reckard.
Joan W.
Bailey
Northwood Town Historian
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