Local High School Theatre Students
Volunteer To Trick Or Treat “Because Thing”

The International Thespian Society (ITS), a division of the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), is pleased to announce the participation of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy’s Thespian Troupe 5976 in the Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat   Program.  Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat is a national community service program for ITS-member schools to collect canned and dry goods for local charities and food banks. Thespian troupes from across the nation are participating this year. Theatre students from Coe-Brown will be dressed in costumes to collect food donations during the local Trick or Treat activities on October 30 and October 31 in Strafford, Barrington, Northwood and Nottingham during local Trick or Treat times. These donations will go to benefit the Northwood Food Pantry. Thousands of pounds of food will be collected in one night across the country, giving organizations the ability to help thousands of local people. In addition, donations of non perishable food items will be accepted at the main office of CBNA until Halloween.  Senior Jennifer Mattson is chairing this initiative as her senior portfolio project.

Coe-Brown To Adopt ALERTNOW System

Keeping parents informed is a top priority at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, so the school has recently adopted the ALERTNOW Notification Service which allows the school to send a telephone or email message to every home providing important information regarding school events and emergencies.  CBNA anticipates using ALERTNOW to notify parents and students of school delays or cancellations due to inclement weather, as well as to remind everyone about various school events.  In the event of an emergency at school, parents and students can have peace of mind knowing that they will be notified immediately by phone.

When receiving calls sent through ALERTNOW, Caller ID will display the school’s main number when an announcement is delivered. ALERTNOW will leave a message on any answering machine or voice mail, and if the ALERTNOW message stops playing, family members can press any key 1-9 and the message will replay from the beginning.

CBNA is very excited to incorporate ALERTNOW as a tool to improve parent communication, and  looks forward to having the ability to deliver real time information to homes and to provide awareness of the great events that take place within the school.

Coe-Brown To Hold 7th Annual Holiday Craft Fair

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy (CBNA) will host its 7th Annual Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday, November 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair will be held in the Academy’s Gerrish Gym, 907 First New Hampshire Turnpike (Route 4). Ample parking is available.

This popular event features hundreds of quality hand-made items from local crafters, a raffle, baked goods and refreshments.

All proceeds from the event will benefit CBNA’s Class of 2013.

Harvey Lake Women’s Club

Submitted By Jean W. Lane
The Harvey Lake Women’s Club will meet on November 3rd at the Northwood Congregational Church’s Fellowship Hall at 1 pm.

The program will be a Show and Tell Doll Show for all members.

Please bring fruit or six-packs of healthy snacks for the homeless. Changes to the by-laws: members older than 80 years will be asked to pay only local dues annually payable by November 15. The General Federation of Women’s Clubs name will be added to the Harvey Lake Women’s Club name.

Greeter will be Roberta Stearns. Inspiration will be provided by Nancy Olson and refreshments will be provided by Pat Jacobsmeyer and Leona Kubera.

Northwood Friends Of Recreation Basketball Registration

Registration for Northwood Friends of Recreation Basketball will take place on Friday October 30,  2009, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Northwood Elementary School. (This is a change from original date).

Boys and Girls from K-8 grades. All invited.

K-1-2-3 Co-ed play on Sunday afternoons starting 1st Sunday in January 2010.

New this year! Grades 4-8 will be joining with Strafford to form teams and all practices and games will be in Northwood.

5-6, Boys; 5-6, Girls; 6-7-8, Boys; 6-7-8, Girls.

Everyone will be on a team. There are no tryouts. If you sign-up, you play.

We will have open gym time on weekends in November for Grades 4-8. Games will probably start in  mid-December.

You can obtain sign-up forms on the Northwood Town Rec. web site. Fees: K-3, $25; 4-8, $40.

Questions, please contact Dave Ruth, 942-5121.

Northwood Recreation Update
Ski Program

The Northwood Recreation Department will be traveling to Gunstock Mountain on Sunday, January 10th, 24th, 31st, and February 7th.  We will depart from Northwood at 8:00 AM and return at approximately 4:30 PM. All children through 12th grade can take advantage of this fantastic program. Children younger than 3rd grade must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The cost is $135 for the 4 days, which includes lift, lesson, and transportation. Additional discounted cost for rental equipment.

An optional informational night will be held at the Community Hall on November 5th at 7:00 PM.  Registration forms can be printed from the web site, www.northwoodnh.org.  All registrations and payments must be received by November 13th. For more information, please contact the Recreation Department at [email protected] or 942-5586 x209.

Northwood Girl Scout Troop 2589

Northwood Girl Scout Troop 2589 would like to thank the Northwood Crank pullers snowmobile club. In the summer during their water cross event, the Crank pullers allowed the girl scouts to hold a bake sale. This troop of five girls baked chocolate chip, peanut butter, and “snickerdoodle” cookies, brownies and two kinds of turnovers. Walking around the grounds of the water cross event the girl scouts sold these wonderful homemade goodies and lemonade. The girls were able to earn $150. which they donated to the Northwood Food Pantry.

The bake sale was only one of several activities that is part of their Bronze Award project. The girls will also be crocheting bags using plastic shopping bags that they will then fill with canned goods that they are collecting. These will also be donated to the food pantry. What a great project! The Bronze Award is the highest award that can be earned by girl scouts of this age group. Again, a big thank you is extended to the Northwood Crankpullers for helping the girls with their donation to the food pantry and their Bronze Award project.

Pastor's Corner: True Freedom

By Pastor Ted White
What do you think freedom is? Some people think freedom is life without boundaries and they should be able to do anything they want. Others believe in a freedom where everything is done for them and they shouldn’t have to take any responsibility.

Freedom is the opposite of bondage, imprisonment, captivity or confinement. It has to do with independence, liberty, autonomy and sovereignty. Where is there freedom on this planet and why does it exist? I have seen free people in prison who are freer than the majority of people who are not in a prison or jail. I have seen free people in situations where others seek to keep them in bondage. There are those who think they are free, having everything this world has to offer, but they are in bondage. There are those in locked units in psychiatric hospitals or nursing homes. Others are in bondage to alcohol or drugs, sexual promiscuity and deviate lifestyles. What makes a person or a nation free?

In 2nd Corinthians chapter 3 and verse 17 we read that “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” Plain and simply, where the Lord Jesus is, there is freedom. It matters not where a person is, but WHO a person knows. To know Jesus brings freedom and to not know Him brings bondage, whether one accepts this or not.

America was founded on a Christian foundation. Anyone, if they are willing, can see this. Look at all the States’ preambles in their constitutions. They all directly mention or allude to God. So many of our documents mention God. You used to hear “In the year of our Lord” when dates were given or read on older documents, but not so much any more. America has been free because the teachings of the Lord Jesus permeated the culture. That does not mean everyone believed, but there was an influencing affect in our early history, but not so much anymore. People thought it progressive to take Bible reading and prayer out of school. Sure it was progressive, progressed us right into immorality and deeper darkness while believing this it good.

Romans 1:18-32 shows us where our nation is headed and why. Verses 18-23 tells us that men did not want to retain God in their knowledge and that they suppress the truth about God by their wickedness. There is no mistake and we are seeing it clearly today, men suppress the truth of God by practicing and pushing their wicked agendas. They are encouraging others to follow their dark path! The only hope for us as individuals and for our nation is by experiencing the freedom that is found in Jesus Christ. Without Him, we are in bondage and our national freedoms will be lost! Yet there is always freedom in Jesus Christ for those who believe no matter how bound a nation or this world becomes.

God wants you to enjoy the life He offers you, to be free and to escape the consequence of death which is separation from Him forever, the ultimate bondage. To do so go to www.newhopenorthwood.com or call 942-7729 or to find peace with God www.billygraham.org/SH_StepsToPeace.asp or www.simplysharejesus.com/