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.

A Mother’s Day Special

Baked Desserts and a variety of Perennial Plants.

The Northwood Advent Christian Church

at 113 School Street (Route 107) in the Narrows.

Saturday, May 12, at 9 a.m.,

sponsored by the Ladies Mission Group.

Meet the Chesley Memorial Library staff! The Library Trustees will hold an Open House on Wednesday, May 16, from 6:00-7:30 pm to give community members a chance to spend a fun evening with familiar staff members and welcome new staff members. Light refreshments will be served.

Stroke And Osteoporosis Screenings Coming To Northwood

Residents living in and around the Northwood, NH community can be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke or bone fracture. Our Lady of Lourdes/St. Joseph’s Parish, Parish Center will host Life Line Screening on May 15, 2012. The site is located at 844 1st NH Turnpike in Northwood.

Four key points every person needs to know:

• Stroke is the third leading cause of death and leading cause of permanent disability.

• 80% of stroke victims had no apparent warning signs prior to their stroke.

• Preventive ultrasound screenings can help you avoid a stroke.

• Screenings are fast, noninvasive, painless, affordable and convenient.

Screenings identify potential cardiovascular conditions such as blocked arteries and irregular heart rhythm, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and hardening of the arteries in the legs, which is a strong predictor of heart disease. A bone density screening to assess osteoporosis risk is also offered and is appropriate for both men and women.

Packages start at $149. All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete. For more information regarding the screenings or to schedule an appointment, call 1-877-237-1287 or visit our website at www.lifelinescreening.com. Pre-registration is required.

Northwood Farmers Market Opening

Spring is here! We’ve had some sun, and we’ve had some rain (finally!), and now it’s time for the Northwood Farmers Market to open for the summer season. The first market will meet on Thursday, May 17th from 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm and the season will run through October 4th.

We meet at the parking lot at the corner of Routes 4 and 202/9 in Northwood. Food, local goods, fun and friends! See you there.

Northwood School

Honor Roll

2011-2012

Grade 5

High Honor Roll

Madison Cunningham, Cooper Leduke, Jonathan Moehlmann, Shane Molloy, Adrianna Reid, Jacob Rich, Zachery Sheehan, Emma Tobbe, Megan Wimsatt

Grade 5

Honor Roll

Elijah Allen, Braelin Ash, Rebecca Bailey, Isabelle Balch, Griffen Bono, Michael Burgess, Clayton Canfield, Benjamin Cote, Dylan DeTrude, Nicholas Dyer, Olivia Farrar, Ryan Holland, Sarah Jensen, Nicolas LaMontagne, Mary Lee, Mason Lobello, Lillian Marie, Jennifer Sherman, Noah Sinnamon, Micah Spencer, Tyler Troy, Dakota West

Grade 6

High Honor Roll

Emily Cunningham, Kayla Pollak, Julia Sommer

Grade 6

Honor Roll

Noel Bergeron, Taylor Bettencourt, Sarah Doiron, Hannah Halka, MaKenna Iller, Brady Johnson, Emily Lentz, Tyler Metalious, Sierra Miller, Scott Norwood, Aiyana Rollins, Scott Spenard, Kiley St. Francis, Nicolas Therriault

Grade 7

High Honor Roll

Isaiah Allen, Cassandra Barnhart, Alexander Gray, Joseph Guptill, Andrew Pease, Caitlyn Pitre, Thomas Sheehan V, Sarah Turmel, Kylee West

Grade 7

Honor Roll

Miranda Adcock, Dylan Andrews, Emily Barnes, Elizabeth Bisson, Joel Boulanger, Matthew Brown, Sheridan Gancarz, Emily Hughes, Emily Ketchum, Jordan May, Sophia Menjivar, McKenzie Moehlmann, Devin Molloy, Cassidy O’Dwyer, Jordain Pierce, Aidan Plumpton, Samantha Roche, Shawn Spenard, Evan Wimsatt

Grade 8

High Honor Roll

Nicole Beaupre, Nathaniel Chagnon, Erin Docko, Ryu Kondrup, Caleb Locke, Grace Mele, William Ohrenberger, Billie Pingree, Kayleigh Sherman, Julie Souryavong

Grade 8

Honor Roll

Alexis Arsneault, Janais Axelrod, Jacob Bailey, Chloe Bettencourt, Samantha Bruce, Michael Conrad, Julia Cormier, Molly DeTrude, Bailey Docko, Robert Hill III, Hanna Marie, John Molloy, Jared Neal, Destiny Purington, Julie Renner, Carter Rollins, Kayci Serino, Phaleap Taing

Letter

There’s a primary in September and an election in November. Every ten years, after the census, states are required to redistrict at all levels of government. Have you been keeping an eye on what changes we might see at the ballot box this fall?

For those of us in Northwood, there are major changes. The first is that we have moved into the 2nd Congressional District, along with Deerfield. Our Executive Council district is still in the legislative process. Our Senate district is still 17, but the contours of the district have changed. As for the NH House, as of now Northwood would have its own representative and also share one with the other three towns in the old Rockingham 1 district.

However, there are lawsuits underway over the redistricting plan that passed this spring, a process that seemed to take forever and was done well out of the public eye. In our area, as in many others around the state, those who want to step forward and run for one of the 400 seats in the NH House are left with many questions about exactly what and where their districts will be.

In 2006, the voters of NH passed a constitutional amendment that was intended to give every community in the state their own representative if they met a certain population level. A number of plans were presented, but the one that passed may very well be unconstitutional. There were 62 towns or wards of cities which should have had their own representatives, but which are combined in sometimes rather odd ways with other towns or city wards.

Voters might want to keep a close eye on this. What your ballot will look like in November will depend on how this shakes out.

Lucy Edwards

Northwood

Letter To The Editor

You have a unique opportunity to speak out on an issue that should be very near and dear to each of us here in Northwood. On May 16th at 6:30 pm there will be an open forum meeting at the School Library. It is your chance to sound off, question, offer ideas and, in general, get involved with our school.

There are many new policy changes being suggested, kids can now chew gum, a homework policy that is "unenforceable" being revised to what I would call a no policy, and a new one that would allow a student with all Ds to play sports. I know how I feel about these policies, how about you? Come have your say about this or anything else.

Tim Jandebeur

Northwood