Northwood Congregational Church News
December 11th 9 AM “ The children of the church will present a
pageant representing the birth of Jesus. We will meditate on
Isaiah 35:1-11.”
December 18th, 9 AM “The Faith of Joseph.” Matthew 1:18-25
Celebrating the breathless moment awaiting God’s new thing.
Understanding the faith that we need to commit ourselves to the
new way of God’s kingdom, looking to the example of Joseph and
Mary.
Sunday School and child care provided.
December 24th, Christmas Eve, 7 PM. A traditional service of
lessons and carols ending with lighting candles and singing
“Silent Night.”
December 24th, Christmas Eve, 11 PM A meditative service with
music and readings, while we prepare for the new dawn of God’s
kingdom.
December 25th, 9 AM. Carols, prayers, and a short joyful message
on the coming of the Savior.
January 1, 9 AM. A meditation on the promise of the New Year.
Songs, prayers, communion, a short homily, lighting candles to
symbolize our hopes for the new year.
Jamuary 8th, 9 AM. Visiting preacher, Rev. Gary Schulte of the
New Hampshire Conference of the United Church of Christ.
Letter To The Editor
Greed
Trying to get the State to fully fund all-day kindergarten means
trying to get others to pay our bills. Of course, the State
doesn’t have any money except for what it takes from us. So we
end up paying for such projects ourselves while imagining
they’re free because they’re from the government.
The
idea is that the State has all kinds of cash on hand, and that
if only those legislators weren’t so cheap they’d give us some
of it. Legislators and citizens who oppose distributing all
this government money are considered greedy.
The
late Joe Sobran described this situation well:
“Greed used to mean an unscrupulous appetite for other people’s
money, typified by the highwayman and the embezzler. In the age
of limitless government it has come to mean the simple desire to
keep your own money. Politicians proposing tax cuts are
‘pandering to greed and selfishness.’
“But nobody accuses the government of greed, no matter how
heavily it taxes us. Government is assumed to be entitled to
take as much of the citizens’ wealth as it desires.”
Michael Faiella
Northwood
CBNA FFA Students Travel Yo New England Grows Conference
CBNA FFA Students at New England GROWS conference. From
left: Steven Chase, Ryan Graeme, Wayne Libby, Preston Bethke and
Faith Wilson
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy agriculture students Steven Chase,
Preston Bethke, Ryan Graeme, Wayne Libby and Faith Wilson with
Mrs. Sarah Ward with Emmett Bean and Frank Grano of Bartlett
Tree Company traveled to Boston, MA to attend the New England
Grows Conference on December 1, 2016. New England Grows is
renowned for its world-class education offerings and innovative
trend spotting. Founded in 1993 by green industry professionals
for green industry professionals, the educational conference and
exposition gives participants unique access to targeted,
industry-specific products, information, education and
connections. The New England Nursery Association, Massachusetts
Arborists Association, Massachusetts Association of Landscape
Professionals and Massachusetts Nursery & Landscape Association
are the organization’s founding partners. The CBNA students were
invited guests of Bartlett Tree Co. and while at the conference
attended a workshop on Tree Assessment with Tom Smiley, and had
the opportunity to attend a panel discussion on the subject of
Future Leader GROWS. New England GROWS is a great place for
students to explore all the possibilities and potential
available to them in the country’s burgeoning green industry.
Involvement with GROWS allows students an exclusive opportunity
to gain cutting-edge horticultural knowledge, engage with
industry leaders, explore the latest equipment and services, and
become familiar with many career options. The goal of this new
program is to introduce new students to all the green industry
has to offer while providing an improved framework for their
experience at GROWS. Students had also had an opportunity to
walk around the trade show and see all kinds of equipment,
plants, etc. for arboriculture, nursery management, landscaping
and other green industries.
CBNA FFA Students Attend Chainsaw Safety Course
Mr. Dan Tilton instructs CBNA FFA students in a recent
chainsaw safety course on the CBNA Campus.
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy FFA students Faith Wilson, Ryan
Graeme, Preston Bethke, Devin Sullivan, Sam Whitehouse, Nick
Jenson, Nik Mewkill, Troy Russo, Caleb Rollins, Evan Wimsatt,
Wayne Libby, Jackie Joy, Molly Swansburg, Matthew Brown and
Brenda Hayes recently had the opportunity to attend a chainsaw
safety course at CBNA taught by Mr. Dan Tilton of Tilton
Equipment, Rye, NH. A resident of Strafford, NH, Mr. Tilton
instructed students on everything they needed to know about
chainsaws including correct safety equipment, how to correctly
and safely hold and operate a chainsaw, and the parts of a
chainsaw and the purpose for each part. He also showed students
how to properly sharpen a chain and the different types of
chains used for different types of logging. Part of Mr. Tilton’s
instruction also included the correct way to fell and limb a
tree, the way to avoid injury from a kick back from a chain saw
and the way to control it when it happens.
Letter To The Editor
When Donald Trump said that the system is rigged he must have
been talking about Northwood School. It’s been a bad year for
our school. A year ago I reported to you that we were rated way
below average at #129 in NH. Well, we are now ranked 159th. At
almost $19,000 per student. Our students are getting a very poor
education and we are getting shafted. Yet, literally all
employees are in line for substantial raises. That is why
government is so inefficient.
The
worst and most divided Northwood School Board has ceded almost
all of their local control to our superintendent. I would
understand (maybe) if he was doing a good job. Frankly he whines
(his word) that he can’t get his job done in this little SAU,
can’t drive curriculum or get into the schools. Under his
leadership we are on our third principal, third vice-principal
and have lost a number of our best teachers. And we slide
further into the abyss. Nottingham and Strafford and Coe Brown
rankings have also dropped. But, all SAU staff including him are
in for at least a 3% raise. Why? One employee is slated to get
almost a 6% raise. I’ve reported on her mistakes before. A few
weeks ago mistakes in the tens of thousands of dollars were made
in the teacher contract costs. For sure some deserve raises. But
raises for poor performance send a message, and not a good one.
It’s rigged against the student and you the taxpayer. Where does
the buck stop, nowhere? Oh right, with the taxpayer.
Tim
Jandebeur
Letter
A
couple of the incomprehensible quotes I read following the
results of the election were “Rogue NY FBI agents attempt
presidential election coup by reopening the Clinton email
investigation.” The other, “If Russia and the FBI interceded
with another country’s presidential election, they would call it
a coup.”
Before FBI Director Comey announced that he wanted to examine
Clinton emails found on another computer, ex-NY City mayor and
ex-federal prosecutor Rudy Giuliani made a series of televised
comments on Fox News bragging about FBI agents’ illegal leaks to
him about the email investigation. He said, “I think Trump’s got
a surprise or two that you’re going to hear about in the next
few days that should turn this election around.”
Giuliani’s own admission reveals that the Trump campaign knew
the FBI planned to review more emails tied to Clinton before a
public announcement about the investigation was made by Director
Comey.
It
was reported by the NY Times that Trump’s campaign manager (Paul
Manafort) was paid $12.7 million in cash for working for Viktor
Yanukovych, a Kremlin protégé who was deposed as president amid
widespread demonstrations in 2014. Prosecutors also alleged that
Manafort worked with Oleg Deripaska, an oligarch close to Putin
and set up a network of offshore companies based in tax shelters
which they used to launder money stolen from public coffers.
Once the extent of Manafort’s ties to the Kremlin became public,
Trump quickly fired him.
When the Democratic National Committee’s emails were hacked,
U.S. intelligence officials and many independent security
analysts believed the hackers had ties to Russian officials. The
FBI refused to sign onto a letter blaming the Russian government
for the hacking because Director Comey said it was too close to
the election. Comey applied a double standard and the rest is
history.
Jim
Hadley
