Flu Clinic
The Rochester District Visiting Nurse
Association will administer flu shots at the Northwood
Town Hall on Wednesday, October 13 from 2-5 pm. They
will bill if you have Medicare Part B, Medicare
Advantage Plan, or Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance. You
must bring your Medicare or Insurance Card with you.
They do not bill Medicaid.
The Northwood
Farmers Market is moving indoors -- come join your
friends and neighbors at the Masonic Hall in Northwood
on Saturday, October 16 from 9 to 12:30 for the first
indoor market of the fall. In addition to our
regular cast of local farmers, one of the new vendors
will be Applecrest Farm Orchards with their great cider,
donuts, and many varieties of apples. The market
will continue every Saturday morning until the Holidays,
still at the corners of Routes 4, 9, 202, and 43, but
now indoors to assure customer comfort while shopping
for your favorite local produce. See you at the
Northwood Farmers Market!
Letter
One of the many things I have to do as a candidate for state
representative is to file disclosure forms with the state about whom
is donating to my campaign and what I am spending the money on.
So I was very surprised when the US Supreme Court decided early this
year that unlimited sums of money could be donated anonymously to
groups who would use it to support or oppose candidates for office.
It seems odd that some unknown corporation or individual far
away from NH, maybe even overseas, can give enormous sums of money
to a group with a nice name and that group can buy ads in NH that
don’t even have to have any connection with the facts about a
candidate’s positions or character. Meanwhile I have to list
every person who gives me more than $25! And may I say I am
very grateful to those who have supported my campaign.
We are all
going to see a lot of TV ads in the next few weeks. We all
know the candidates have to approve their ads, but we don’t know
much about who approves these attack ads. Some of the
campaigns have estimated that up to $10,000,000 will be spent in NH
this fall! That’s a lot of money for a small state. I
really would love to know where that money comes from.
We’ve all heard about “buying votes.” This takes it to a whole
new level. Is your vote for sale? Do you know who you
are selling it to? What do you think you will get in return?
Will you be represented by the candidate you support, or will the
deep-pocketed donors in another state get the ear of your Congress
person, Senator or Governor?
Lucy Edwards Northwood NH
Northwood Police Chief Glendon Drolet received a commendation from
Donald Vittum, Director of NH Police Standards and Training for his
support and time teaching at the academy in Concord. With Chief
Drolet are, from left: Police Commissioners Spike Bryant and John
Schlang and on right, Director Vittum. The presentation was made at
a Northwood Board of Selectmen meeting.
Coe-Brown Earns Fifth Consecutive Sportsmanship Banner
Rusty
Ross addresses the Coe-Brown student body prior to presenting
the
2009-2010 NHIAA Sportsmanship Banner.
(Left to right) NHIAA Assistant Director Hank Basil, Coe-Brown
Athletic Director
Matt Skidds, Coe-Brown Headmaster David Smith and
NHIAA Sportsmanship
Committee Chairman Rusty Ross.
Coe-Brown’s latest Sportsmanship Award Banner will join the other
four already displayed with pride in the gymnasium.
Rusty Ross, chairman of the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic
Association’s (NHIAA) sportsmanship committee, presented Coe-Brown
Northwood Academy with its fifth consecutive Sportsmanship Award
banner today at an assembly attended by the entire student body.
Mr. Ross praised Coe-Brown’s high standards of sportsmanship and
congratulated the students and coaches on their consistent efforts
to adhere to the ideals of good sportsmanship and fair play. Mr.
Ross was accompanied by Hank Basil, assistant director of the NHIAA.
NHIAA Sportsmanship Awards are presented annually to schools that
have demonstrated a high degree of sportsmanship throughout the
year.
Letter
As I campaign for re-election as your state Representative in
Rockingham District 1, I often hear questions about the state
legislature “downshifting” huge costs to the cities and towns.
The following paragraph from the NH Municipal Association newsletter
should make clear this is not the case:
Addressing a state budget shortfall of this magnitude was an
extremely onerous task, with difficult choices having to be made
every step of the way. Although there may be some indirect
impact on municipal budgets from the significant reductions at the
Department of Health and Human Services, overall the adoption of
SSHB 1 did not result in a direct downshift of state budget
shortfalls onto cities and towns, and ultimately property taxpayers.
For this, your
legislators should be commended. Please express your
appreciation to them.
The entire article can be found at
http://www.nhlgc.org/attachments/nhma/Bulletins/2010Bulletin-24.pdf. The article also confirms that there was no reduction in the rooms
and meals distribution tax nor was there any change in the state
retirement contribution of 25 percent for fiscal 2011.
Finally, it has now been confirmed that a surplus of about 70
million dollars remains after the close of fiscal 2010.
Predictions for what will happen in fiscal 2011 are just that,
predictions. We can all make them and, because it is an
election year, probably will. But the catastrophic deficit predicted
by Republicans for 2010 did not occur. And, it is also important to
remember that every single tax and most fees in New Hampshire were
enacted under Republican leadership.
Representative Maureen
Mann Rockingham District 1
Step By
Step Preschool Opens It’s Doors With A New Location
-Stimulus
Funds And Local Contractors Create A Space To Educate Our Future
Leaders-
School Administrative Unit # 44 opened the doors to a
new location for Step by Step Preschool on Monday, October 4th.
Step by Step, an integrated preschool for students ages 3-5 is now
located at the Northwood Elementary School in Northwood, New
Hampshire,. The school district used American Recovery and
Reinvestment stimulus funds to build out two classrooms this summer
to accommodate the preschool. Chestnut and Cape, a local
construction firm was hired in July to complete the project.
In addition, Curt Naleid, owner of the construction firm made it his
priority to hire local sub contractors.
The Step By Step
Preschool Program is collaboration between the Northwood, Nottingham
and Strafford school districts. It is designed to nurture
individuality, creativity, positive self-image, and respect for self
and others. Parents, family members and community agencies are
valued as participants in this program. The program is designed to
be developmentally appropriate for children 3 - 5 years old. It is a
child-focused program where accommodations are made, and special
education services are provided for children in order to meet their
specific needs. Children attend 2 to 4 sessions per week, lasting 2
½ hours each.
Area children are eligible to attend the Step By
Step Preschool Program. Children who have special education needs,
and typically developing students learn and play together. Our goal
is to have an integrated program with 50% special needs students and
50% typically developing students.
For more information about the
Step By Step Preschool Program, please call 942-1290, ext. 210.
Peace
Tree Yoga’s 3rd Anniversary Open House
Join us as we celebrate 3
years of yoga classes, workshops, growing in mindfulness, becoming
empowered, and becoming a more radiant community. We will be
holding free yoga classes all day on Saturday, October 16th from
8am-5pm. An evening reception will follow from 6:30-8:00pm
with live music (try out a didjeridoo!), yummy food, henna tattoos,
and drawings for great yoga items. Check out the Workshops &
Events page on our website for all the details:
www.peacetreeyoga.com.
Or contact Ruth at 603-686-6944. We hope to see you there!
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