Congratulations to Amanda Knowlton of Northwood, who graduated from
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, cum laude with a Bachelor of
Science - Physical Education/Teacher Preparation.
CBNA
Student Receives 2012 DEKALB Agricultural Award
CBNA
senior Jenna Brown the 2012 recipient of the DEKALB Agricultural
Accomplishment Award
Jenna
Paige Brown, a senior at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, was recently
presented with the CBNA’s highest agricultural honor, the DEKALB
Agricultural Accomplishment Award, sponsored by the Monsanto
Company.
Brown,
the daughter of Randy and Judy Brown of Strafford, received the
award for excellence in academics, leadership and agricultural work
experience. Brown’s significant experiences and accomplishments have
included training pulling steers for local 4-H shows and for the Big
E in Springfield, MA, and serving in a variety of FFA offices,
including serving as the CBNA Much-To-Do chapter president this
year. Miss Brown is under the supervision of Sarah Ward and Charles
Whitten, agricultural education instructors at Coe-Brown.
For the
past 63 years, the DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award has been
received by more than 160,000 high school seniors from across the
country. The award has become a symbol for excellence in
agricultural education. As the 2012 winner of this award, Brown’s
name will be recorded on a permanent plaque displayed at Coe-Brown.
Monsanto, a long-time supporter of agricultural education, FFA, 4-H
and other farm youth organizations and initiatives, has sponsored
the DEKALB Award, named for its brand of seed, since 1998. Monsanto
is a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and
agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food
quality.
CBNA
Youth 2 Youth Holds Mock Accident Demonstration
Members
of the Northwood, Strafford and Epsom Rescue Squads use the jaws of
life to free accident "victims" in a recent mock accident
demonstration at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy.
On May
11, 2012, Coe Brown Northwood Academy’s Youth 2 Youth Organization
hosted a "mock accident" in conjunction with David Wakeman and the
Northwood Fire and Rescue Department. This demonstration illustrated
the disastrous effects of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Youth 2
Youth’s goal was to educate other youth to the dangers of substance
use and the importance of making wise decisions. The 700 students
watching the staged accident were witness to the possible
consequences of one student making a bad decision.
The
impaired driver had hit another car, seriously injuring three fellow
students and causing the death of another. Fire and Rescue squads
from Northwood, Strafford, and Epsom arrived at the scene with
sirens blaring. The fire trucks, ambulances, and later a hearse from
Purdy Funeral Home made the "accident" realistic, as they attended
to the "bleeding" victims as if it were a real event. In order for
the observers to understand the process and consequences, CBNA’s
School Resource Officer, Pat Potter narrated the rescue.
As prom
and graduation season arrives, so does the increase in risks of teen
alcohol related accidents and deaths. CBNA’s Youth 2 Youth hopes
this season passes with only the joys and successes and that tragedy
is avoided.
Northwood Planning Board Seeks Your Input
Last
month the Northwood Planning Board included a survey in The Suncook
Sun and asked that you fill it out and return it with your comments.
There has been a good response and the Board has decided to extend
the deadline for receiving the surveys so people who did not return
them will still have time to do so. We also encourage summer
residents to provide their comments by filling out the survey.
If you no longer have your copy or never received one and would like
to participate, they are available online at
www.northwoodnh.org. Please
read the article on the front page of the website and it will
provide you with details on how you may receive a copy and where to
place them when completed.
The
completed surveys will be compiled by Town Planner Elaine Planchet
and will provide valuable information to the Board for the update to
the Town’s Master Plan.
For further information contact Ms. Planchet at
[email protected].
Northwood Teacher Honored
Mr. Alan
Robertson, 5th and 6th grade special education teacher at the
Northwood Elementary School, was recently honored as the recipient
of the VFW District and State Citizenship Education Teacher Award at
a presentation in the presence of his peers.
As a
former social studies teacher at the school, Mr. Robertson instilled
the importance of citizenship in his students through a variety of
methods. Students participated in the VFW-sponsored Patriots Pen
essay contest, shared in stories told by Mr. Robertson and pictures
shown about military experiences, and viewed the Broadway musical
1776.
The
Northwood School is proud of Mr. Robertson’s honors and thank him
for his years of dedicated service to the students of Northwood. We
hope that through his work of educating the students about the
importance of citizenship, the young people of Northwood will grow
up and become involved in community services that will further
instill this important quality we all should possess.
Spanish Students Garner Honors
For the
first time at the Northwood School, students in Ms. Rebecca Rush’s
7th and 8th grade Spanish classes took the National Spanish Exam
given to students across the country enrolled in a high school level
Spanish I course. Thirty-three Northwood students took the exam this
year, with fourteen of them earning national recognition for their
assessment in Spanish Achievement (Vocabulary, Grammar, Structure)
and Spanish Proficiency (Listening and Reading Comprehension).
The
following is a list of the students and their honor:
Premio
de Plata
(Silver
Prize)
Cassandra Barnhart, 7th grade
Premio de Bronce
(Bronze Prize)
Emily
Barnes, 7th grade; Ryu Kondrup, 8th grade; Thomas Sheehan, 7th
grade; Julie Souryavong, 8th grade; Sarah Turmel, 7th grade
Premio de Honor
(Honorable Mention)
Miranda
Adcock, 7th grade; Nicole Beaupre, 8th grade; Chloe Bettencourt, 8th
grade; Erin Docko, 8th grade; Alex Gray, 7th grade; Grace Mele, 8th
grade; Sophia Menjivar, 7th grade; Billie Pingree, 8th grade.
Letter
In the
wake of Memorial Day we should remember the great sacrifices of the
Civil War: 625,000 soldiers killed, 500,000 maimed, 200,000 civilian
deaths, and the South devastated. But was it necessary to inflict
over 1,000,000 casualties and untold misery and destruction to end
slavery?
In fact,
there is every reason to suppose that slavery would have ended
peacefully here, just as it did everywhere else in the Western
World, without a bloody conflict. [See Greatest Emancipations: How
the West Abolished Slavery, by Jim Powell of the Cato Institute.]
Another
casualty of the war was the voluntary nature of the Federal Union as
understood by the Founders and the Thirteen Original Colonies.
Early
on, Americans thought states had the right to secede. Take the
Hartford Convention of 1814-15. Unhappy with the War of 1812, the
New England states, including two delegates from New Hampshire, met
to discuss secession. Although they decided not to secede, they did
agree that "separation by equitable arrangement will be preferable
to an alliance by constraint."
In
contrast to what later happened to the southern states, however, the
Federal Government never threatened war over the Hartford
Convention. On the contrary, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "God bless them
both, and keep them in Union, if it be for their good, but separate
them, if it be better."
Ultimately about 4,000,000 slaves were freed, as millions of others
world-wide had been without war. In America, one person died for
every five emancipated. What also died was the Federal Government’s
fear that states might secede if it overstepped its Constitutional
limits.
As so
often happens, the costs of war are seldom correctly thought
through, before or afterwards. The benefits of war are almost never
what we imagine them to be, and the alternatives are rarely
considered carefully enough.
Michael Faiella
Northwood
Obituaries
Constance P. Milligan
Mrs.
Constance P. Milligan, 78, a Northwood resident since 1985, died
Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the Pleasant View Health Care Center in
Concord.
Born in
Manchester on May 10, 1934, Constance was the daughter of Avila and
Violet (Duhamel) Turgeon. She was a graduate of Pembroke Academy and
prior to her retirement in 2004, spent 45 years as a title examiner
with the State of NH, working for the Dept. of Safety, Division of
Motor Vehicles. She enjoyed crocheting and was an avid reader.
Constance was the widow of Steadman "Ted" Milligan, who died in 1997
and to whom she was married 44 years. She is survived by her son,
Mark Milligan and granddaughter, Patricia Milligan, both of
Northwood.
Friends
and family may call on Friday from 5-8 pm at the Still Oaks Funeral
and Memorial Home, 1217 Suncook Valley Highway in Epsom. A Mass of
Christian burial will be celebrated Saturday at 11 am at St. John
the Baptist Church in Allenstown, followed by burial in St. John the
Baptist Cemetery.
The Petit Funeral Home of Pembroke is in charge of arrangements and
offers an on-line guestbook at
www.petitfuneralhome.com.
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