PRESCHOOL OPENINGS!
It’s
time to be thinking about enrolling your child for school in the
fall! The Center School in Northwood is accepting registrations for
the 2012-2013 school year. The Center School is a parent
cooperative preschool located next to the town hall in Northwood,
which provides a developmental program for three, four, and five
year-olds of Northwood and surrounding towns. There are
openings in our two-day (T/Th) program and three-day (M/W/F) morning
programs. For information, please call the school at 942-7686
or email us at
[email protected] to request an information packet.
Cady Announces Candidacy
Harriet
Cady announces her candidacy for State Representative. Cady
previously served in the legislature from 2002 through 2006. She was
appointed to the Right to Know Commission by then Governor Benson
and served for four years.
Cady has been active in Deerfield and
is presently serving on the Deerfield Budget Committee, Cable
Committee and as Deerfield’s Supervisor of the Checklist. She was
appointed last year to represent Deerfield on the Lamprey River
Watershed Commission to protect the water rights as well as
represent landowners.
From 1970 through 1979 Cady served on the
Southern NH Planning Commission where she worked on their Executive
Committee, Office Staffing Committee and Budget Committee. In 1978,
Governor John Sununu appointed her to the Health Licensing Agency.
Cady was Chairman of the Raymond Recreation Commission for 7 years,
during which time the Onaway Beach was built, and also served five
years on the Raymond Conservation Commission, where she wrote the
grant to map all town lands. As a result of this grant and
subsequent work, the Little League Fields were built off Old
Manchester Road.
Cady’s special interest is to assure all
constituents receive help with any agency, keep taxes low according
to what’s needed for state government and not to fund that which are
founders did not put into the NH Constitution as public
responsibility.
Letter The New Math
I’ve
been hearing a lot recently about budgets. Some budgets
balance when you run the numbers, and actually close deficits and
reduce debt over time. President Obama’s 2013 proposed budget does
this.
There are budgets that can’t be run, according to
their authors, Mitt Romney has one of them. (My opinion: if you
haven’t run or can’t run the numbers on your budget, you don’t have
one. It’s kind of the whole point.)
There are budgets that will
only achieve their stated goals if we make cuts that the author
refuses to enumerate; that’s the Ryan budget.
In the fall
of 2010, during the election, the NH GOP claimed there was an $800
million deficit in the Democrats’ 2009-2011 budget, but miraculously
when the budget cycle ended in 2011, there was a $17 million
surplus! That’s the new math.
There is no question that math is
hard for some. But budgeting is not calculus, or even algebra. It’s
addition and subtraction. A real budget will have enough
numbers and clear assumptions about the future to make it possible
to get real results. Otherwise it’s just smoke and mirrors.
Lucy Edwards Northwood
What NH Voters Need To Know About The Photo ID Law For 2012
Every
New Hampshire citizen who is 18 years old or older has the
Constitutional right to vote. The right to vote is not changed by
the Photo ID Law. The Photo ID Law has no impact on registering to
vote. The right to register to vote on the day of the election is
not changed.
Below are the changes to expect when registered
voters check in with the Ballot Clerks on Election Day.
September
11, 2012 State Primary
• Voters will not be required to show
a valid photo ID to the Ballot Clerks in order to get a ballot.
•
Ballot Clerks will request a valid photo ID and offer a handout
explaining the future requirements of the photo ID law to any voter
who doesn’t show one.
November 6, 2012 General and
Presidential Election
Voters will have two options to get a
ballot at the polls: 1. Show a valid photo ID to the Ballot
Clerks or 2. Sign an affidavit
Valid photo IDs for November 6,
2012 include: • A driver’s license from New Hampshire or any
other state regardless of expiration date. • A non-driver’s photo
ID issued by New Hampshire • A United States armed services
identification card • A United States passport regardless of
expiration date • Any other valid photo ID from federal, state,
county, or municipal government • A valid student identification
card • A photo ID deemed acceptable by the Moderator, Supervisor
of the Checklist or Town Clerk • Verification of a person’s
identity by the Moderator, Supervisor of the Checklist or Town Clerk
Any voter who uses an affidavit to get a ballot on November 6, 2012,
will receive a letter from the Secretary of State after the election
requesting the voter to confirm that he or she voted. There is no
penalty for voters who do not respond to the letter. The letter will
also contain instructions about how to obtain a free state-issued
voter photo ID.
Any voter who doesn’t respond to the Secretary of
State’s letter within 90 days will be contacted by the Attorney
General’s office and requested to confirm whether he or she voted.
There is no penalty for voters who do not respond to a letter from
the Attorney General.
Voting by absentee ballot does not require
a voter ID.
Letter
To
Northwood residents: On behalf of the cemetery trustee committee,
we are still looking for students to help paint the fence next to
the high school. We are also walking our town cemeteries and are
finding broken stones and tipped over stones. We are saddened this
is happening and are looking for volunteers from the school who need
the community hours to help with the fixing of these stones, and to
clean up the cemeteries.
We take great pride in our town’s past
and the people that spent their lives here. They asked for this to
be there final resting place, to never leave home, and yet their
final mark in this world is being abused or neglected and we need to
fix this problem.
We are also asking if people are visiting
these cemeteries and you see a stone tipping, do not to try to fix
it. Sometimes this makes it worse and it could fall over.
We are
asking for all vandalism to stop and, please understand, at one time
these were residents of this town and are our ancestors. They
deserve better than this treatment.
So, if you need community
hours please call Janet at 942-5187.
Janet Delfuoco-Goad
Northwood Cemetery Trustee
Letter
In
response to Lucy Edwards’ letter of August 15, 2012: Lucy Edwards
knows what she believes and she’s going for it. Good for her.
On
the other hand, as a Mitt Romney for President supporter, I know
what I see and that’s why I’m going for what I believe in!
Kathy
Somers Northwood
HLWC News Submitted By Lucy Silva and Roberta Stearns
On
August 18 the Harvey Lake Woman’s Club-NH held their annual yard and
bake sale. Great buys were found by all who stopped by.
The next
meeting, September 4, will be a field trip to Franconia Notch with a
ride up the Cannon Mountain Ariel Tramway. The ride is free for NH
residents 65 years old with a picture ID. For those under 65 the
cost is $16.
Please meet at the Northwood Congregational Church
at 9:15 am to car pool.
Our next civic event will be staffing the
food table at the September 11 primary election. Please support
Leona Kubera by calling 942-7037 to volunteer to work or bake.
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.
Comedy Hypnosis Comes To CBNA
Steve Wronker Comedy Hypnosis
Steve
Wronker’s Funny Business, a comedy hypnosis extravaganza, will
arrive at Coe Brown Northwood Academy on Friday, September 7, 2012,
at 7 pm in the Gerrish Gym on the CBNA campus. Steve Wronker is a
unique entertainer with a unique slant on the most hilarious, the
most outrageous, and the funniest form of comedy available in
today’s entertainment market, and the SWFB comedy hypnosis show is
extremely different from any other hypnosis show available.
Audience members become the stars of the show. A true entertainer,
Steve puts lots of volunteers into his show and orchestrates a
program of absolute hilarity! With over 300 family friendly routines
to choose from, no two shows are alike!
The show is being
sponsored by CBNA Theatre. Tickets are $10 general admission and
will be available at the door on the night of the show. Prepare to
be thoroughly entertained when you attend Steve Wronker’s Funny
Business at CBNA on September 7!
Northwood Selectmen Robert Holden and Scott Bryer present Selectman
Alden Dill with a plaque honoring his years of service to the town.
Mr. Dill recently resigned as Selectman due to a change in residency
after serving in the position from March 2007 to July 2012. The Dill
family has moved to a farm with large acreage in Deerfield where
they can pursue their love of agriculture. Selectmen Holden and
Bryer, on behalf of Northwood citizens, thank Alden for his service
and wish the Dill family all the best in the future.
Coe Brown Northwood Academy New Staff
Coe
Brown Northwood Academy is pleased to introduce the newest members
of its staff for the 2012-2013 school year.
Michael
LaChance joins the CBNA faculty as a teacher in the areas of
automotive, welding, power and energy and capstone. Mr.
LaChance has 20 years experience in the automotive industry which
includes Master Technician Status with SAAB and Toyota and ASE
Certifications.
Amanda
Morales joins the CBNA staff as a teacher in the area of Family and
Consumer Studies, and will advise Coe Brown’s chapter of FCCLA. Mrs.
Morales attended the University of New Hampshire and has five years
experience working with students.
Amy
Usinger is the newest member of CBNA’s English Department and comes
to CBNA with six years experience. Mrs. Usinger will be teaching
eleventh and twelfth grade English as well as Freshman Orientation
classes. She attended Plymouth State University, Franklin Pierce
College, and is currently working on her Master’s Degree at the
University of New Hampshire.
Letter To The Editor
Last
year there was many issues that were so wrong with the Northwood
School Support Staff Contract that I was totally against it.
Predominately, it was costed out very wrong. No one who could
have done something about it would. I came to the conclusion that
they all knew it and wanted to slip it by you. You were
smarter than they thought. They all agree now that it was costed
wrong and our SAU Business Administrator admits that he lost our
bet, but is too cheap to pay me my nickel. I did ask you to vote to
allow us to renegotiate the contract and bring it back to you. You
did. Thank you. That is where we are at.
Everything that is wrong
with the Northwood School Board is reflected in this contract
procedure. The negotiations, the attention to details, not sticking
to our number one issue, a three year contract, to just plain doing
our job and thereby prolonging this deal for months.
Shame on us.
I don’t have any right to tell you how to vote. I
don’t know how I’ll vote yet. These people deserve a raise but there
are way too many issues with this contract.
Please come to the
Deliberative session Tuesday Sept. 4th, at the school, at 7 pm and
ask questions. Give us your opinion. Get a contract. Read it and see
if it is what you expected and want. Call me at 942-5463 and I’ll
get you one.
Tim Jandebeur Northwood
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