Come enjoy a great day of fun with the family!
Jacquelyn Arell Disc Golf Tournament
(All proceeds go to help pay for Jackie’s New York City Photoshoot)
April 28, 2013
@ 10:30am
at The Woods
At Beauty Hill
557 Beauty Hill Road Barnstead, NH
603-724-4027
Web Site:
woodsatbeautyhill.com
$10.00 Per person
Everyone is welcome! Call 603-724-4027 or 603-798-7549
to Pre-register
Food and drinks will be available for purchase
Rain Date: May 5, 2013
Bean Hole Bash
Your
business or organization can sponsor the Northwood Bean Hole Bash!
Join the Northwood Fire-Rescue Association and friends in reviving
a great Northwood tradition, the Bean Hole Bash. This two-day
community event will provide an excellent opportunity to showcase
your business or organization. We plan to make this an annual town
event, as it was for many years, with activities including a pancake
breakfast, a 5K road race, softball games, a flea market, an
auction, a barn dance and an old fashioned baked bean supper.
Here’s
how you can get involved and have your name associated with this
special event: Download the sponsorship form from this link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/135320883/Bash-Sponsorship-Letter or
contact Meg McGoldrick at 942-8313 or
[email protected]. Fill
out the form and get it back to the Bean Hole Bash committee by June
12, 2013. We’ll make sure your name is featured on event
literature.
And be
sure to put the Bash on your calendar today!
Northwood Elementary Kindergarten Open House
The
Northwood Elementary School will again be hosting its annual Open
House/Kindergarten Registration for students entering Kindergarten
in the fall of 2013. This year’s Open House will be held on Friday,
May 17th at the elementary school in Northwood. Parents of incoming
kindergarten students are encouraged to pick up a registration
packet in advance if possible from the main office at the school and
bring all registration materials to the Open House. Materials
required are proof of a current physical, updated immunization
records, and a copy of your child’s birth certificate.
The
office will be contacting parents about setting up times to come in
to the school throughout that day, so when you pick up a packet,
please be sure to be put on the Open House schedule. The entire
event will take about 30-45 minutes and will include some informal
activities for the students while parents will be given the
opportunity to briefly meet Mrs. Lisa Magnusson, kindergarten
teacher, and the current administration – Mr. Richard Hartford,
Principal, and Mrs. Lisa LaBella, Assistant Principal.
Please
contact the main office at 942-1290 with any questions pertaining to
this event.
Get Set For Tricky Tray
Tricky
Tray is a major fundraiser presented this year by the Deerfield PTO.
This event will support many school projects and events. We greatly
appreciate your support and participation.
Here’s
how it works:
PTO
receives donations of goods and services from businesses,
organizations and community members. Each donation will be displayed
on a numbered tray with the donor’s name on it. This year we are
pleased to announce that we will have over 175 unique trays.
Trays
will be available for viewing at Deerfield Community School
Thursday, May 2nd, from 2:30 pm - 7 pm and Friday, May 3rd, from 10
am - 6 pm. Drawing will begin at 6:30 pm.
Tickets
will only be available for purchase during the preview times listed
above. Tickets are 25¢, 50¢ or $1.
This is
a fun and worthwhile fundraiser that everyone enjoys. We hope to see
you there. Any questions please contact us at
[email protected].
Northwood School Wellness Committee Wraps Up
Another Successful Year Of Promoting Fitness
On
April 13, the Northwood School Marathon Kids participated in the
final event organized by the Northwood School Wellness Committee.
For the past two months, some students, staff and parents, have been
running or walking together Wednesdays after school. In addition,
participants logged their running miles during the week. After
having completing 25+ miles, Saturday they completed their final
mile. Afterwards students played games organized and run by some
Coe-Brown students, along with Mrs. Jennifer Cox.
A huge
thank you to them and to the parents: Mrs. Annette Smith, Mrs. Amy
Tkaczyk. Mrs. Mary Bulger and school staff: Mrs. Tamara LaMontagne,
Mrs. Beth Benham, and Mrs. Linda Kramas who assisted each week on
our Marathon Wednesdays. Also, thank you to the Northwood PTA who
donated healthy snacks and water to the runners.
A logo
contest was held earlier in the year and Julia Sommers’ design was
chosen to be the marathon logo. Tee-shirts designed with this logo
were given to the runners, thanks to a grant donation from the
Walmart Foundation. This is the second year that the Northwood
School Wellness Committee has had this program for all students and
this year there were more than 40 participants.
Advent Christian Church To Host Special Media Presentation
The
Church in the Narrows, at 113 School St. will host Rev. Clint Taber
and his media presentation on Living In Perilous Times on Sunday
April 28 at 10 am.
People
the world over are scanning the horizon looking for some ray of
hope. A mood of skepticism, fear and anxiety hangs over our society
like a dark cloud. Things are not working out. Some are even
wondering if this is a signal that the world as we know it is about
to end.
A
generation ago optimism about the future began to soar as we
realized the consequences of reckless warring with weapons of mass
destruction could result in global genocide. This was a time to
dedicate ourselves to peace and to improving the quality of life for
all mankind. But nothing that is happening gives us much confidence
for the future. Random acts of violence like the bombings at the
Boston Marathon, a global war on terrorism, and crises in the Middle
East all serve to remind us that we are living in perilous times.
Clinton
E. Taber of Kittery, Maine will be at the Northwood Narrows Advent
Christian Church on Sunday morning at 10 am to address these
concerns. Taber has been a pastor, teacher, college administrator,
musician and bible student for over 50 years. He will deliver a
message illustrated with computer generated graphics on the subject
“The Triumph of the Kingdom of God.” In this message he will
demonstrate how the failing kingdoms and governments of men will
soon be replaced with the eternal Kingdom of God at the Second
Coming of Jesus Christ.
The
public is invited to attend the service which begins at 10 am.
Letter
Lead cinch?
One of
the great pleasures of living within ear-shot of Jenness Pond is to
hear the loons calling. You can, too, at “Cornell bird calls.” But
it’s not quite the same.
Later
this month, the NH House considers a bill that passed in the Senate
unanimously which will help preserve this New Hampshire Advantage
for generations to come. SB89 continues to tighten the restrictions
on fishing tackle using lead, forbidding lead jigs (weighted hooks)
of an ounce or less.
This
would seem to be a minor matter, but since 2000, 52% of the
documented loon deaths in NH were caused by lead jigs. So who could
oppose such common-sense legislation and on what grounds?
It
turns out that the NH Bass Federation – representing the fishermen,
not the fish, I assume – opposes this measure because, according the
Concord Monitor (4/16/13) “non-toxic alternatives…are harder to find
and more expensive.” Of course, the first is true because the law
hasn’t passed! But if you stop by Heritage Hardware, you will find
that all of the sinkers are non-toxic. So how hard can it be to make
non-toxic jigs?
As for
expense, I’ve been a Lake Host on Jenness Pond for years, checking
to prevent milfoil from being carried into the lake on bass boats.
I figure that a guy driving a $40K pick-up towing a $15K bass boat
on the $3K trailer can afford an extra couple of bucks for a
non-toxic jig.
So I
hope that the House – and our representatives, Maureen Mann and
Bruce Hodgden – will pass this bill. Let them know what you think.
Tom
Chase
Northwood, NH
Obituaries
Helen L. (Todd) Smith
Helen
L. (Todd) Smith of Northwood, NH died after a brief illness.
She and
her twin sister were born September 3, 1926 in Claremont, NH to the
late Harry M. Todd and the late Glenna F. Todd.
After
graduating from Steven High School in 1944, she went to Northampton
Commercial College in Northampton, MA. Upon graduation in 1946, she
started working at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company in Hartford,
CT.
In 1948
she married Seth G. Smith, Jr. and moved to Somerset, MA where the
family lived for many years. She later worked at Raytheon in No.
Dighton, MA before moving back to NH to work for the State of NH for
30 years before retiring in 1992. In 1981, she earned her Bachelor
of Science degree in Human Services from New Hampshire College.
Helen
loved to travel. She went almost yearly to Hawaii to house sit her
brother’s home in Kaneohe while he and his wife traveled all around
the world. Other places she traveled to include Aruba, Isreal,
Alaska, and most every state across America visiting friends and
relatives.
She is
predeceased by her husband, Seth G. Smith, Jr.; her brother, Richard
M. Todd; her sister, Barbara Edwards and brother-in-law Walter
Edward.
She is
survived by her two sons, Gary S. Smith of Hooksett, NH and David C.
Smith of Northwood, NH; her brother Robert E. Todd and wife Anne of
Hawaii; and her sister-in-law Judy Todd of Epsom.
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