Reminder
Here we stand in Northwood, a little white church by the
side of the road. We will be celebrating the reopening of the
First Baptist Church with a Special Service of Thanksgiving and
Blessing on Sunday, October 14, at 2 pm. All are welcome to
join in this special day. Refreshments will follow.
Reminder
The Inn at Deerfield, a nonprofit home specializing in
dementia care, will host a Community Health Fair on Monday, October
22 from 4 to 6 pm.
Please contact Kelly at 463-7002 or
[email protected]
for questions or to make an appointment.
Just in time
for finding those perfect holiday gifts, Deerfield Cooperative
Preschool is holding its First Annual Silent and Live Auction with
Dessert Tasting at Candia Woods on Saturday, November 10th at 6:30
pm. Join us for a fun evening filled with delicious food and
dessert. Enjoy a great night out with old friends and new.
More information and ticket prices are available by emailing
[email protected] or
call Jenn at 463-5776.
It is time again, as the trees
change, that we need to start thinking about Thanksgiving and
serving our fellow man. If you would like to help us with food or a
time donation, please give us a call at 603-736-9954. Again this
year will be at the Epsom Fire Station from 12-2 pm, open to all in
the surrounding communities. Please feel free to join us and be
blessed.
Letter
Deja vu 2010! The
candidates fielded by the NH GOP are telling us once again they will
create jobs and fix our economy. Do you remember hearing that two
years ago? And what did they do? They went after women’s healthcare,
tried to interfere between employers and employees, decimated the
safety net for our most vulnerable citizens, attacked our public
education, and tried to take away the civil rights granted our gay
and lesbian neighbors. This stealth agenda has left our economy
lagging our neighbors’ growing prosperity. In fact we’ve lost
jobs!
It reminds me of the promise at the national level that if
we only give the richest among us enough tax cuts, the benefits will
trickle down to us. We’ve been buying that for 30 years now, and
what did it get us? The greatest income inequality since the Gilded
Age. The middle class is in crisis, and we’re the drivers of our
economy, the people with decent incomes and secure employment who
create the demand that drives job creation. You think the
NH GOP has changed its mind and seen the light? The Concord Monitor
recently discovered that a couple hundred proposed bills were being
hidden by Speaker O’Brien until after the election. Suddenly
they are appearing on the House website, and guess what? It’s
a repeat of what they didn’t get passed in the last two years.
We saw how party discipline works over the last two years as
well. “Vote the GOP line, or else” was the rule for the
majority party, and they purged the ranks in the primary this year.
Ask your GOP candidates if they can stand up to this sort of
bullying, because it’s not going to be your father’s Republicans
running things if they keep the legislature. Lucy Edwards
Northwood The writer is a candidate for the NH House in
Rockingham District 1.
Letter
There have been a few
letters of late from Lucy Edwards, who is running for state office,
believe it or not. Believe it or not because she spends most of her
words praising the failed, wasteful, dangerous, and corrupt policies
of Barach Hussein Obama. She obviously likes what he has
done... when he has time, that is. You know, when he
interrupts his constant campaign tours (beginning 2009), golfing,
basketball, or bowling schedule. And after a tough slugging
interview on the Letterman Show, he picks himself up and goes into
the ring (around-the-rosie) again seriously confronting what’s
really important... on The View! With all this heavy lifting on his
schedule, it’s understandable he doesn’t show up for meetings until
10-11 in the morning. And yet simply amazing, is that he
has had time to put us on the edge of a inflationary depression,
waste over five trillion dollars borrowed and burdening our
children and their children, and made us an international joke in
the eyes of every nation with the possible exception Cuba and
Venezuela. So... I’m puzzled about Mrs.
Edward’s infatuation with the words of Mr. Obama and willingness to
ignore the actions: the one man disaster he has become (ok, ok, he
did get some help - Jean Shaheen, Pelosi, etc, etc). Concerning the
real problems for us here in N.H., she thinks it wise to spread
Obama’s failed policies here in our state. No Thank You.
She, in fact, never offers any real problem solving plans for N.H.
and champions the failed ideas of Obama. No Thank You.
The “radical...cuts” Edwards is alarmed about barely promise to
balance the overspent budget and were paltry in the context of the
enormous waste in state government. We do not need a representative
who thinks to raise taxes long before wisely spending other peoples
money. Joseph McCaffrey
Northwood
Letter
As a senior citizen, I have a feeling
that the politicians have led us to destruction through the taking
of hard earned money by those who work and honestly try to succeed
at life. Why I say this is the very ads by Obama, who is
trying to make people feel they have a right to what the rich have
earned. The reason we have an income tax is to make laws
which made the taxation to pay for constitutional debts, not to set
up programs which would take from those who succeeded at working to
make a life with a nice home and family.
I was taught as a child
of a farmer in Vermont, I had no right to what others owned and yet
today we see politicians such as Warren in Massachusetts, who is a
liar, making ads which promote taking that which others worked for
and redistributing to those who haven’t worked. Soon we will be
like Greece and Spain whose politicians have kept voting to give to
voters so they could remain popular and elected. Somewhere
down the line, like my Grandfather said, the piper will need to be
paid and when there aren’t enough workers, whose going to pay?
Harriet E. Cady Deerfield
Letter
I’d like to thank
Joseph McCaffrey for responding to my recent letter in his usual
manner, but, sadly, he misses the point. I don’t care what Mr.
McCaffrey’s opinions are about “limited government.” He’s not
running to represent me in the State Legislature. I care what
Bruce Hodgdon means when he avows to support this and other “goals.”
(His mis-use of the term, not mine.)
Consider another candidate’s
self-ascribed attribute: “tax fighter.” While this is
nonsensical on its face, I must assume that he means it
metaphorically: i.e., he will seek to lower or eliminate taxes.
But I must wonder, which ones? And how much? And since
taxes provide some of the revenues used by government to provide
services, the more important question is which services will Mr.
Tax-fightin’ Man curtail or eliminate? To decide for whom to
vote, I – and I think other voters – need specifics, not platitudes
or bromides. For example, NH Public Television recently lost
over $2 million in state funding. Would Bruce Hodgdon have
supported that? Did Mr. Tax-fightin’ Man?
To return to
Lincoln, in 1854 he wrote, “The legitimate object of government, is
to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done,
but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves—in
their separate, and individual capacities. In all that the
people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought
not to interfere.”
To his credit, Lincoln adds some specifics
that “require combined action, as public roads and highways, public
schools, charities, pauperism, orphanage, estates of the deceased
[cemeteries], and the machinery of government itself.”
He’d get
my vote.
Tom Chase Northwood
Anytime Fitness Celebrates
Second Anniversary Fitness Club Reaches Two Year Milestone, One
24-Hour Day At A Time
Anytime Fitness, your 24-hour co-ed fitness
club, is celebrating its second anniversary in Northwood, NH. Join
us for our Open House and Member Appreciation Day on Monday, October
15, between 10 am and 7 pm. Please come enjoy a complimentary
workout, grab a bite of healthy food, and enter to win free
membership, personal training, massages, and anytime gear. The
owner of Anytime Fitness, Rhoda Sommer, is very excited about
completing her second year in business. “Everything about the
Anytime Fitness concept is great! I am honored to have helped my
members improve their health and fitness over the past two years,”
said Sommer. “We offer an environment that is friendly and
inviting, as well as individual attention, which makes it easy for
members to stay committed to their exercise goals.”
“I encourage
everyone to come in and experience what Anytime Fitness has to
offer. A great time to visit will be during our anniversary
celebration,” said Sommer. “People will see for
themselves that the convenience and affordability of Anytime Fitness
can’t be beat.”
For more information, please call 603-942-6027 or
visit us on Monday!
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Remembering Ann White
Submitted By Maggie Faneuf, Laura
Josiah, and Tammalene Mitman
We are writing this as dear friends
of Ann White. In recent months a number of people have inquired
about Ann. We are saddened to let you know that Ann passed away in
Australia at her daughter Shelley’s home on May 30, 2012 at the age
of 91.
Ann’s husband, Jack, was a US diplomat. After circling the
globe for many years with Jack and her two daughters, Kim and
Shelley, they ended up settling in Northwood. Ann gave of her time
and energy in various clubs, Hospice and the American Cancer
Society, and she helped found ABC Quilts and the Northwood Theater
Workshop, which had been renamed to The Ann White Northwood Theater
Workshop in her honor.
We would like to share our remembrances of
Ann with you... My friendship with Ann began on an April day
almost 30 years ago when, by chance, I saw an article in the paper.
The Northwood Theater Workshop (NTW) was holding auditions for
Blithe Spirit. I called and was directed to a big colonial home on
Route 4 in Northwood. I was really nervous when I arrived for my
audition. A charming lady greeted me at the door. Little did I know,
I was not only to get a part in the play, but far more important,
one of the dearest friends of my life. That charming lady was Ann.
She had been widowed the summer before, yet that evening she showed
herself to be a strong, vibrant, and positive person. She had been
one of the founders of NTW and was obviously loved and respected by
all who knew her. In addition, she was just plain fun to be with.
And so it began. I continued my association with NTW through the
next several years, and as Ann and I got to know each other, we
spent more and more time together. Almost every summer, I rented a
house on the Cape for a week, and Ann came with me, along with any
of my family who could join us. She became a family member, part of
holidays, birthdays parties, and summer barbecues. She watched my
children grow and attended all of their weddings - always asking if
she could be the flower girl. My daughter, Maureen, always
referred to her as “Grandmother.”
Sometime in the late 80s, we
added a Christmas shopping trip to the Cape. Ann loved to shop, and
after we had checked out of our favorite Christmas store, she would
always ask me eagerly, “How much did you spend?” It was almost a
competition, and I never did figure out who won - the one who spent
the most or the least.
I was heartbroken when Ann moved, but
little did I know that I would never see her again. She had been
with me through so much. We laughed and cried together, poked fun at
each other, and shared confidences. She taught me to be a better
person, to help people quietly and without fanfare, and to live life
enthusiastically and fully every day.
Thank you, dear Ann, from
all of us who love you and whose lives you have touched. We will
never, ever, forget you. -- Maggie Faneuf.
I met Ann when her
daughter, Kim, invited me home for a breather from the University of
New Hampshire, where we were freshman classmates. I was in awe of
Ann and her husband, Jack, a retired American consul.
After Jack
died and Kim and I graduated from college, Kim embarked on her own
journeys in far places but I stayed in New Hampshire and Ann became
a pillar of my life. She provided me with tactful and wise guidance,
constant encouragement and many laughs. Somewhere in her experiences
around the world, she had learned how to use wit, music, and fun to
brighten up the darkest moments. She generously shared her joy (she
couldn’t stay on pitch, but just try to sing without her!) her
diplomatic skills (one always found coffee and a confidential ear in
Ann’s kitchen), and her presence (“I must put my face on,” she would
say with a smile, before going out) with those of us lucky to know
her. (She also claimed to sleep with her lipstick under her pillow
in case there was a fire so she would look nice leaving the
building!) -- Tammalene Mitman
When Glenn and I moved to
Northwood in 1974, Glenn happened to meet a lovely woman who was
walking down Green Street raising money for Cancer. Well, little did
we know this sweet lady would become one of our best friends. We
have so many wonderful memories of Ann. She conned Glenn and I into
joining the NTW... Glenn for his voice and me for a good back-stage
worker! They were wonderful times. When Ann was thinking of selling
her home on Route 4, she approached us asking if we would consider
converting our barn into an apartment for her. For the next 16 years
Ann lived in the apartment we built especially for her and it was
like having a family member living next door to us. Ann made
exquisite lamp shades and when she started having trouble with
arthritis in her hands, she needed help with the cut-out designs and
taught me how to make them. We would pick flowers and scour the
fields for fine grasses to dry for use in the shades. We would sit
for hours making the shades while she would tell me the most
wonderful tales of her life with Jack traveling all over the world,
meeting dignitaries, kings, and princesses. What a life she
had, she was an amazing person. She brought so much joy into our
lives, and our memories of her will never fade. God blessed us with
our dear Ann. - Laura Josiah
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