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Northwood NH News
October 29, 2008
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Reminder
Don’t forget the
Red Cross Blood Drive being held Thursday, October 30th from 3 to 8 p.m. at
the Pittsfield Elementary School. All presenting donors will receive a Red
Cross T shirt and a chance to enter a raffle to win a $100 gas card.
As in many communities, the Northwood Food Pantry is experiencing a
critical shortage of supplies. Such items as canned soups, stews and
vegetables, as well as dish and laundry detergents, shampoo and
other toiletries and paper supplies are needed. To help offset this
situation, the Northwood Democratic Committee will be holding a food
drive at the Northwood Transfer Station on the weekend of November 1
and 2 during normal operating hours. We strongly urge our neighbors
to bring canned goods and other donations for the Food Pantry along
with their recycling. You may also make a donation directly to the
Northwood Food Pantry at Town Hall, or by calling them at 942-8912.
Humor & Harmony
The Friends of
the Northwood Library will present “Humor and Harmony” featuring Rebecca
Rule and Cordwood at the Masonic Hall on Route 4 in Northwood on Saturday,
November 8, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Donations of $5.00 per person will be
gratefully accepted at the door. Baked goods, cider, and coffee will be
available for purchase. All proceeds will benefit the Chesley Memorial
Library’s children and adult programs.
Rebecca Rule, aka the Moose of Humor, is a humorist and writer who
specializes in funny stories about New Hampshire. You never know what is
going to happen once the lies, uh, stories start flying. Her CDs are
“Better Than a Poke in the Eye” and “Perley Gets a Dump Sticker.” Her
latest book is “Live Free & Eat Pie: A Storyteller’s Guide to New
Hampshire.”
Cordwood is a bluegrass and folk quartet made up of instrumental, vocal, and
recording artists from Northwood, Strafford, and Deerfield. This is not your
local neighborhood hobby band. They are a fine group of seasoned New England
musicians. Each can hold his or her own at field picking or a back stage
jam, and yet, as a band, they present a highly polished on-stage
performance. All four members of Cordwood are storytellers and songwriters,
creating original material for instrumentalists who can sing and harmonize,
sometimes taking the lead vocal, other times hanging back and lending two,
three, ore even four part harmonies to a song. Cordwood provides a unique
sound to both originals and the covers they perform. Their tunes remain
heartfelt and down-home. The band’s material is a mixture of traditional
bluegrass, folk, and swing. Cordwood is Wini Young on banjo and guitar,
Walk Kutylowski on bass, Al Pratt on guitar, and Bob Young on mandolin,
names you may remember from Big Chicken, The Deerfield Coffeehouse Band and
Fat Hands.
Theatre to
Present All in the Timing in November
CBNA Theatre will
proudly present All in the Timing by contemporary playwright David Ives on
November 6, 7, and 8, 2008, at 7 p.m. in the Gerrish Gym. Consisting of a
collection of six short one act comedies.
All in the Timing takes a humorous look at ways that people think of time
and language, and the results of what happens when our conventions of time
and of language are thrown out the window. Play titles include Sure Thing, a
groundhog day look at the dating scene, The Universal Language, a tale about
what would happen to us if everyone in the world understood one another,
Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread, the story of bakery in which time and
language are turned upside down, Variations on the Death of Trotsky, a
hilarious look at reliving one’s death, The Philadelphia, a black hole in
which one can only get what one wants by asking for the opposite, and Degas
C’est Moi, in which a man decides when he wakes up in the morning that he is
going to be painter Edgar Degas for the day.
Cast members include seniors: William Farrell, Jordan LaPointe, Addie
Moreno, Cordelia Reagan, Lucy Sutton and Wendy Wegner; juniors: Joshua
Cunningham, Michael Dodge, Anne Ferronte, Justin Loy, Jennifer Mattson,
Michael McCullock, Stephanie Moore, Katie Toisignant, and Angela Webber;
sophomores: Aleisha Ashe, Maggie Blake, Anthony Carideo, Allie DeFlumeri,
Hannah Jones and Ami Letellier and freshmen: Kendall McGowan, Matt Paganelli,
Quinn Palmer, and Katrina Southwick. The production stage manager is senior
Abby Sargent. There are also a large number of other students working on
the technical areas of the production. All in the Timing is directed by
faculty member Elizabeth Lent and is being produced by faculty member Laurie
Foster.
Reserved tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students and seniors and are
now available in the main office - 942-5531. See All in the Timing. You will
enjoy yourself!
Watershed Plans
For 2009
At the Northwood
Lake Watershed Association October 18 meeting, President Jim Vaillancourt
led the discussion on many items and issues related to planning for the year
2009.
Major actions agreed upon by the Board of Directors are:
Water quality testing will be included in the budget and adjusted based on
budget requirements.
Work with each individual association on Northwood Lake for current mailing
addresses.
The formal lake survey will be planned for in the September/October time
frame in 2009. An informal survey was also discussed to be conducted in May.
This earlier survey will help determine additional milfoil control steps
that could be used in the June-August time frame in 2009.
We will continue our commitment to the Lake Host Program.
The Northwood Lake Watershed Association Newsletter is planned for two times
per year: November and April.
We hope to expand the use of the NLWA website by getting finance records,
water quality and meeting minutes online.
Marketing materials will be developed. These would include a pamphlet to be
distributed by local businesses.
The next Northwood Lake Watershed Association Board of Directors meeting
will be held on November 8, 2008, at the Northwood Town Hall at 9 A.M.
Visit us at our website
www.northwoodlake.com
Harvey Lake
Women’s Club
On Sept. 5, the
Harvey Lake Women’s participated in a Comfort Pillows Workshop for Concord
Hospital. Seventy five pillows were made. Back Row: Penny McGarry, Dolores
O’Neal, Marion Lenaerts, Sheila St. Laurent, Joann Bailey, Marie Bapple.
Front row: Jane Bell, Jean Lane, Arlene Johnson, Ginny Rogers.
The Harvey Lake
Women’s Club meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 11 at 1 p.m. at the
Fellowship Hall at the Congregational Church. The program will be a Trunk
Show of handcrafted items by club members. The greeter will be Jane Bell and
the inspiration will be given by Cecile Marini. Refreshments will be
provided by Marie Bapple and Sheila St. Laurent.
News from the
Northwood School Board
22 October 2008 At the Board meeting on Monday, October 20, School Librarian Melissa Moore
spoke to the Board about initiating a “Got Books” fundraising program. The
‘Got Books” program helps schools raise money by paying schools for books
donated by their communities. Community members donate old and used books to
the “Got Books” container (similar to a Goodwill or Salvation Army
container) and receives payments based on pounds donated. Ms. Moore used the
town of Lee as an example: in August, the town of Lee received 3500 pounds
of donated books for a total of $174. The Board unanimously supported the
“Got Books” program and Ms. Moore will move forward to determine a location
for the container.
Principal Esther Asbell’s report to the Board included an update on the Fall
NECAP testing, the Wellness Committee’s recent Family Fun Night, the new
“Grab N’ Go” Breakfast Program started by new Food Service Director Stacey
Dearborn, and upcoming Parent Conferences which will be held on November 12
& 13 from 5-7:00pm (parents should call the office to sign up for a time
slot).
Allan Demko, the SAU Interim Business Administrator, attended the meeting to
address some recent financial concerns, including: a statement of the
Student Activity Fund, budgeting concerns in the Special Education lines,
and issues with the Food Services budget. The Board had lengthy discussion
and asked Mr. Demko to continue to look into these issues. Mr. Demko will
present additional findings at the Board’s November 3 meeting.
Other topics covered: the content of the School Board’s Report for the Town
Report, Teacher Contract Negotiations, the Planning Board’s request for
capital expenditure projections, and the November 12 SAU Joint Board
Meeting.
The next Northwood School Board Meeting will be held on November 3 at 6:30.
The public is encouraged to attend. Contact Chair Colleen Pingree with
questions or concerns (942-5249,
[email protected]).
Letter to the
Editor I can’t decide if technology or stupidity is growing faster. Total media
bias for B. Hussein Obama and people take the hook- if Sharpton, Couric and
P. Diddy want him I don’t. Heard a radio caller complain that “Republicans
want to talk character- not address the issues”- total idiot! Issues:
education, healthcare, taxes, etc. always exist, change over time- character
determines HOW you deal with issues and does not change.
The campaign is a job interview- to decide who’s best qualified. McCain has
more experience (life, business, military, foreign policy) than Obama, Biden
has more experience than Palin (they’re for VP). She negligibly overall has
more than B. Hussein Obama. There’s much talk about “change” from Hussein
Obama’s camp: voting by party line: Obama 100%, McCain 60% (“republican lite”
at best). Palin is unknown governor from Alaska. Biden has been a senator
since McCain was a POW, who’s really bringing “change”? I have yet to find
someone to tell me what the change is other than higher taxes. I honestly
cannot afford ANY more taxes. His ideas are lofty, he speaks well, we just
can’t afford it. B. Hussein Obama is not a democrat, he’s a Socialist.
ACORN, Ayers, Wright- if not “guilt by association” then very poor judgement
(mom said you become what your friends are).
Being a POW doesn’t qualify McCain- but a lifetime of service to this
country- career Navy, Senator since 1981 does. He accepted torture over
early release in Hanoi- that’s “character”. “Country First” has been his
life.
Paul A. Johnston
Northwood, NH
Northwood Friends
Of Recreation
“Basketball” Sign-Up For Basketball will be held on Saturday, November 1st and 10th from
10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Northwood School Gym.
Boys and Girls - Grades K-8.
Grades 5-8 start around Thanksgiving and play through February vacation.
Fee: $40, for this group.
Grades K-4 start around January 1st and play through February vacation. Fee:
$25 for this group (clinics and fun games).
We need volunteers to coach at all ages.
For Grades 5-8 we need volunteers to commit to refereeing so that there will
be games played in Northwood.
Please use Northwood Town Recreation web site for forms and permission
slips.
For questions or further information, please call Dave Ruth at 942-5121.
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Obituaries
Frank M. McLean
Frank M. McLean, 86, of Northwood, NH, and formerly of Medford, and
Plymouth, MA, died peacefully on October 12, 2008.
He was the loving husband of the late Dorothea (Leonard) McLean, and
devoted father of Julia O’Brien and her husband, Hugh, of Stoneham, MA;
Frank McLean and his wife, Ruth, of Portsmouth, NH; Malcolm McLean and his
wife, Patricia, of Lexington, SC; Denise Egan and her husband, Robert, of
Stoneham, MA; Mary Ann Hanrahan and her husband, Edward, of Northwood, NH;
Leonard McLean and his fiancé, Carol McNally, of West Roxbury, MA; cherished
grandfather of Matthew O’Brien, Kerry Goulette, Colleen McGeown, Christopher
Aprile, Stephen Aprile, Lauren Aprile, Jeffrey McLean, Michael McLean, Kate
Hanrahan, Sara Hanrahan and Lianon Close; Loving great-grandfather of
Cassidy Jules Goulette, and Conor Brien McGeown.
Mr. McLean was a Pearl Harbor Survivor and a retired Operating Engineer of
IUOE – Local 4.
He was also a member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors and Friends and the
American Legion.
A Funeral was held from the Purdy Memorial Chapel, Lee, NH, Thursday, Oct.
16th, 2008, followed by a funeral Mass from St. Joseph Church, Northwood,
NH.
Burial was held at the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, MA, with
Military Honors.
Donations in Frank’s name may be made to Concord Regional Visiting Nurse
Association/Hospice House, 250 Pleasant St., PO Box 1797, Concord, NH 03302.
The family of Frank McLean would like to thank the VFW Post 7217 for your
tribute to their father; the family would also like to thank Arlene Newman
Van Aspen for her most heartfelt tribute to their father also.
Wilfred A. Biron
Jr.
Wilfred A. Biron Jr., 82, of Manchester died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008. He was
born in Manchester on May 23, 1926.
He was the son of Wilfred N. and Marie F. (Gagnon) Biron.
He attended Central High School and was a lifelong resident of Manchester.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy and was the last known
survivor of Underwater Demolition Team 7. He later served in the U.S. Marine
Corps.
Mr. Biron worked as an electronic technician at GTE Sylvania in Manchester
for many years. He dedicated his career to the development of electrical
test equipment for various lighting products with a focus on new product
development.
He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW Post 8214,
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 1 and American Legion Henry J. Sweeney
Post 2.
He was married to Grace A. (Butler) Biron, who died in 1999.
In the summer and fall of 1944 as a frogman with the Navy Underwater
Demolition Teams 7, 11 and 5, he participated in amphibious landings at
Saipan, Pelelieu, Tinian, Tsugen, Shima, Japan, and Okinawa, Japan. From
there, his team was deployed to Maui in 1945 to train incoming frogmen.
During World War II, there were 30 teams and 3,500 frogmen. Precious few of
these heroes remain today. After the war, he returned to Manchester and
married his beloved Grace Butler. They bought their first home in the same
neighborhood that he and his five brothers and two sisters were born.
He had a true passion for new technology and figuring out, on his own, how
to put it to use. This included radios and TVs, photography, calculators and
computers. If he didn't have the means to do something, he created the
means. If he didn't have the time, he stayed up late. Whatever it took, he
succeeded at getting things done.
When he lost his wife, his one and only true "boss," he needed no direction.
He always chose his own path and stuck to it to the very end. He will be
missed by those who knew him and remembered as a hero to all.
The family includes six children, Donna Williams, William Biron and his
wife, Roberta, and Dorothy Alexander and her husband, Brian, all of
Manchester, Bernard Biron and his fiancee, Marie Gage, of Northwood, Wilfred
A. Biron III and his wife, Jacqueline of Manchester, and Betty Ann Cormier
and her husband, David, of Rochester; 15 grandchildren and 14
great-grandchildren; three brothers, Victor Biron and Bertrand Biron, both
of Manchester, and Ronald Biron of Pinardville; two sisters, Viola Gookin
and Yvette Savoie, both of Manchester; and aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces
and nephews.
He was predeceased by two brothers, Adrien Biron and Raymond Biron.
A graveside committal service with military honors was held Thursday,
October 23, 2008, at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, in Boscawen.
Donations may be made to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 718 Smyth
Road, Manchester 03104, attn: Transportation Department.
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