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Northwood NH News

June 1, 2011

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Congratulation to Mallory McCoy, from Northwood, majoring in International Affairs at Northeastern University.  She was named to the University’s Dean’s List for the spring semester, which ended in May 2011.




Join the Friends of the Library at Northwood Self-Storage for a yard sale/book sale on Saturday, June 4, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. (Rain date Saturday, June 11)

 


 

Letter To The Editor


On June 7th, Northwood residents will have an opportunity to vote between the hours of 7:00 am to 7:00 pm on whether our school district should establish a planning committee to study the organization, reorganization, or withdrawal from SAU #44 which also includes Nottingham and Strafford. 


A bill (HB 67) in Concord recently passed overwhelmingly in both the House and Senate with bipartisan support that would require the state Legislative Oversight Committee to study the advantages, disadvantages, and costs associated with consolidating SAUs statewide into one SAU in each county, except for Rockingham and Hillsborough counties which would have 2 SAUs each. This committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation on or before 12/31/2011.  


Our current school board (with an average length of service of less than 16 months) is asking voters to establish the same ‘study committee’ that was formed in 2002. Those results showed clearly that it would not be in our best interests to withdraw and create a whole new ‘bureaucracy’ to administer our school district. Neither a cost/benefit analysis nor economies of scale could predicate establishing a new SAU to oversee a dwindling elementary school population (from over 500 down to 440).


Rather than needlessly growing the size of our school district (with a new stand-alone SAU) our school board should be working on more pressing issues facing them (ie: special education, tuition costs, etc.). Our elementary school has been designated by the state as a ‘school in need of improvement in reading and math’. Our relative new school board may soon be designated as a ‘school board in need of improvement’. We don’t need a new SAU, we need a more educated school board.


I urge you to vote no on establishing a planning committee. This request is premature and has no merit. 


Sincerely,
Jim Hadley
Northwood      

 


 

Harvey Lake Woman’s Club News


At the May meeting of the Harvey Lake Woman’s Club members contributed just under $500 worth of newborn items that were delivered to Concord Hospital for their newborn support program. The speaker for the afternoon was Lorraine Cady, showing the women some of her garden totems - most unusual and interesting items made from brightly colored, happy, glazed pottery - items gleaned from Goodwill and antique shops.  Two new members joined the club - Maisie Crooker and Naomi Twombly.


On May 13th, Ginny Rogers, president, and Elaine Covey, vice president, attended the annual meeting of the General Federation Women’s Clubs – New Hampshire.  Pat Jacobsmeyer was Northwood’s honoree.


HLWC’s 2011 Book Scholarship recipient will be Brittany Derocher.  The Club will be providing the school magazine, Kind News, for the 2011-12 school year to Grade 2 at the Northwood School.


The next meeting of the HLWC  will be the  Annual June Luncheon to be held this year on Tuesday, June 7, at the Red Apple Buffet Restaurant in Concord at 12 noon.  The cost of the meal is $11 and must be sent to Elaine Covey before that date.  Car poolers are to meet at the Northwood Congregational Church by 11:15 a.m.


HLWC is a service organization and a member of General Federation of Women’s Clubs—NH.  Its object is to promote sociability and culture and to make itself a  power for good in the community.  All women in the area are invited to join us.

 


 

Saddleback Mountain Lions Club Kidsight Testing


Free pre-school eye testing was conducted by Saddleback Mountain Lions on May 9, 2010 at the Center School in Northwood.


Twenty-two preschool children were tested with state-of-the-art digital equipment in an effort to prevent blindness; children’s brains can easily cancel out vision in one eye if the pair do not match.  If this condition (amblyopia) is not corrected by four years of age, blindness in the impaired eye will result for a lifetime.


Lions Dave Linden, Bill Lounsbury and Bob Chadbourn performed the testing and want to thank Karen Anderson and her staff at the Center School for their assistance.  Parents of children suspected of “amblyopia” will be sent a referral to an eye doctor of their choice.


Pictured L-R: Lily Wolf, Northwood; Kaleb Girard, Nottingham; Kianna Willette, Pittsfield and Amelia Poirier, Strafford.

 


 

Volunteer Opportunity


Concerned about the environment?  Like to be outdoors? Do you have a few hours to volunteer for the Northwood Lake Watershed Association?


The Watershed Association is looking for volunteers to help in courtesy boat inspections at the Northwood Boat Ramp to prevent the spread of invasive aquatic species like milfoil.  The Northwood Lake Watershed Association received a grant to help us with two paid staff Lake Hosts - one for Saturday morning and one for Sunday morning.  Volunteer time is available Saturday or Sunday 12-2 or 2-4.


We will teach you what you need to know.  As boats go on and off the lake, Lake Hosts give voluntary courtesy inspections of boats and trailers and remove any plants with permission of the boat owner.  Handout information is also offered to the boaters.


Interested persons are asked to contact the Lake Host Coordinator, Doug Chamberlin, at 942-7884 or [email protected]

 


 

Northwood Farmers Market News


Want a chance to spend $25 at the market that doesn’t come out of your own pocket?  Yearning to buy something different, or a gift for a special occasion?  Or just lots of extra fruits and vegetables? 


Starting June 2nd, sign up for our drawing, at no cost.  Just share your e-mail address with us.  Once a month we will pick one lucky winner for a $25 gift certificate to spend at the Northwood Farmers Market.  You don’t have to be present to win, but the e-mail address does need to be a working one, so we can let you know you were picked. 
And do keep an eye on our blog http://northwoodfarmersmarket.blogspot.com/ and/or Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Northwood-Farmers-Market/160824287285 for upcoming events.  We have a lot planned for this summer!

 


 

CBNA Alumni Collect Donations For Food Drive


CBNA Alumni Class of 1980 is collecting donations for the Douglas Jackson Memorial Food Drive. Alumni attending the banquet on June 11th are encouraged to bring food items or health care items to the banquet. Space will be provided for the collection of food and/or healthcare items beside a display board about our late classmate Doug.


This is the second year of the four year campaign created in Doug’s memory. Last year’s donations were delivered to the Town of Northwood. This year’s donations will be delivered to the Town of Nottingham. In the next two years donations will be delivered to the towns of Deerfield and Strafford. Help pay homage to an Eagle Scout and all-around nice guy who left this world way too soon. Thank you so much.


Lisa Allen Kennard
Class Agent 1980
[email protected]

 


 

Letter


Vote, please. On June 7th all Northwood voters will have the chance to exercise their right to have a say.  The Northwood School Board wants to set up a committee to consider withdrawing from our SAU.


If you vote yes, and after careful consideration the committee feels it is in our best interest you will have a final say, again by voting.  I am very conflicted on this issue. If the idea was to see if it would save taxpayers without jeopardizing students I’d be all for it. The School Board though sees it as a control issue, not even making much of a pretense that it will save money.


Consider a few issues. We are one third of an SAU that includes Strafford, Nottingham and Northwood.  We are almost identical in population, number of students, percent of special education students and students with an IEP ( individual education plan). At a much lower cost per student, the other two towns educate their students far better than we using the same SAU. I concluded long ago that the SAU is not the dog to kick here. The committee will be costly, more than the board suggests.


I am afraid that it will distract from the real issue, our inability to educate our students to the best of their abilities even with more money per student than our counterparts. But, it is not a bad question.


Take time to tell the board how your heart feels on this issue. Get involved, vote on Tuesday, June 7th next to the town hall. Questions?  Feel free to call me (942-5463) or them.


Tim Jandebeur
Northwood

 


 

Local Students Named to KSC Dean’s List


Keene State College has released the Dean’s List for the spring semester 2011. Among the 1,450 students named to the Dean’s List are:


Barnstead
Tyler Richard Donnelly


Chichester
Nicole Marie Conner


Epsom
Sara Halsey Archibald; Kyle Jeffrey Paquette and Kayla Grace Reeves


Northwood
Amanda Beth Fuller; Benjamin Parker Merrill; Courtney Jayne Small and Courtney Jo Tuck.


The Dean’s List designation is bestowed to those Keene State College undergraduates enrolled in a degree program who have completed a minimum of six credit hours in the semester, receiving no failing or incomplete grades. A 3.5 or higher grade point average on a 4.0 scale is required to earn the Dean’s List honor.

 


 

Letter


At the Exeter town hall meeting with my congressman, Frank Guinta, he assured me that, as people over 54, the Medicare changes he voted for in Paul Ryan’s budget will not affect me or my husband at all.  However, he was not able to assure me that our children and grandchildren will have the economic security that real Medicare provides when they reach retirement age.


Since that meeting, I have learned more about the Ryan budget that Mr. Guinta voted for.  Besides more tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, it takes away the Medicare improvements in the Affordable Care Act that will cut costs for us old folks.  I am particularly upset about the donut hole fix that Carol Shea Porter worked so hard to get.  That will save our family a lot of money.  And who’s to say that once real Medicare is gone for the young, some future Congress won’t decide it’s too expensive for the dwindling number of beneficiaries of the real thing. 


You ran accusing Carol Shea Porter and other Democrats of trying to cut Medicare when they were trying to cut costs, not benefits.  Now you are trying to abolish it completely and you think you can fool us by not changing the name.  Vouchers to buy private insurance, if we can get it, are not going to provide any security in old age when most of us have the highest healthcare costs in our lives.  No, I’m not buying, Mr. Guinta. 


Lucy Edwards
Northwood

 


 

Letter To The Editor


There is such irony for New Hampshire residents this year, as we’ve watched radical legislation of all kinds proposed and often passed by the NH House, sometimes in underhanded ways with the assistance of Speaker O’Brien. The list of these episodes grows longer, but yesterday’s halt to voting on the Right to Work bill was especially noteworthy, when O’Brien stated shamelessly that the timing wasn’t quite right for the vote, despite the fact that there were 380 of 400 members present.


Epsom Rep. Tony Soltani questioned why the vote wasn’t proceeding as scheduled when O’Brien had publicly stated before Wednesday’s session that the vote would be held, and was escorted back to his seat by the sergeant at arms for his insolence. It became very clear why the vote wasn’t being taken. With so many members present, O’Brien couldn’t get a great enough percentage to override the Governor’s veto of the bill. And so the pressure tactics on possible “rogue” legislators continues.


So much for the “liberty” that is waved about so much these days by Free State Project idealists, Tea Partiers and others in the Legislature, who with Speaker O’Brien as the ring leader, have been working in sometimes undemocratic ways to deconstruct government in ways that will do great harm to NH’s economy, environment, social safety net, and more.


More NH residents need to pay closer attention to what the more radical Republicans are up to at all levels of government these days, in the name of “liberty.“


Victoria Parmele
Northwood, NH

 


 

Northwood Recreation Update
By Kathy Boudreau, Recreation Director


The Summer Brochure is out!!!  View it now on our website; http://recreation.northwoodnh.org/.  Highlights include Summer Concert Series, Swimming Lessons, British Soccer Camps, American Red Cross Babysitting Class & Safe on My Own Class, Adult Soccer, and Adult Softball, Bear Cub Running Club, Summer Soccer, and a trip to Foxwoods.  If you would like to receive an email notification as well as a copy of the brochure contact Kathy Boudreau at the Northwood Recreation Department at [email protected] or 942-5586 x209.

 


Obituaries


 

George Everts Richards


George Everts Richards was born December 10, 1924 in Boston ,Massachusetts to Wilfred and Eleanor Richards. He attended schools in Deerfield and Coe Brown Academy in Northwood , N.H.


George entered World War II on July 2, 1943. He was a machine gunner for Headquarter Company 3rd Battalion , 507th  PIR of the 82nd Airborne Division. He jumped behind the lines in Normandy and also fought in the Battle of the Bulge under the 17th Division. After his  discharge on January 5, 1946,  he returned home to Northwood and married the love of his life, Leatitia Guptill on December 10, 1948.  They raised three children  Frank, William and Mark. Upon retirement, he moved to Port Richey, Florida in 1994. 


He was involved in volunteer work at Bayonet Point Hospital for the past 12 years. George was an active member and volunteer at the neighborhood Palm Terrace Club. He loved to dance and bowl. 


George never met a stranger and was always there to help someone. He loved his wife, his family, life and people.  He was a man of his word who worked hard to take care of his family.


He is survived by his wife of nearly 63 years Leatitia Annie Guptill Richards; his three children Frank Richards and his wife Susan of Longview, TX; William Richards of Miami, Florida; Mark Richards of Somersworth, N.H. He leaves behind six grandchildren, Joseph and Paul of Longview, TX; Brian and Stephanie of Miami, Florida;  Tracey Torba and her husband Mike of Kodiak, Alaska and Zack Richards of Somersworth, N.H., as well as two great-granddaughters Violet and Rory. He is also survived by a brother Edward Richards and his wife Lorraine and numerous nieces and nephews.


A memorial service was held in Port Richey, Florida, May 19, 2011. George’s ashes will be put to rest at a later date at the Ridge Cemetery  in Northwood, N.H..


Donations in his memory can be made to the VFW - American Legion of Northwood c/o 5 Lakeview Dr., Northwood, N.H. 03261.

 


 


 

 











 
 

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