Mrs. Ahlberg’s Northwood School 4th grade students proudly
presented their projects on different layers of earth and land
forms which show those layers.
Congratulations to Northwood School’s Kiara Summers for winning
an honorable mention award in the NH Scholastic Arts and Writing
Competition. Kiara’s work is titled, “Reptile” and will be
displayed in the NH Scholastic Art Show located in the
Stockbridge Theatre at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, NH from
1/15/2018 - 2/05/2018. Congratulations Kiara for your
wonderful accomplishment!
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
Quarter 2 Honor Roll 2017-2018
Headmaster David S. Smith is pleased to announce the honor roll
for the second quarter.
Grade 12 HIGH HONOR ROLL
Emma Arsenault , Raven Barnes, Sandra Black, Timothy Bowen, Paul
Colson, Emily Cunningham, Sarah Dupuis, Julia Greene, Hannah
Halka, Cora Hodgdon, Emily Lentz, Alexander Mercedes, Erik
Nelson, Alyssa Reiff, Victoria Sheridan, Garrett Skidds, Julia
Sommer, Kathryn Spadafora, Hailey Stevens, Lindsay Wright
Grade 12 HONOR ROLL
Emily Anderson, Bailey Arnold-Fuchs, Haley Arnold-Fuchs, Sierra
Baker, Alicia Baratier, Maxim Begin, Taylor Bettencourt, Erin
Boodey, Jaelyn Brooks, Suzannah Buzzell, Sydney Carney,
Domminique Depianti, Sarah Doiron, Emma DuBois, Derek Elwell,
Isabelle Feenstra, Aidan Fillion, Jocelyn Gagnon, Matthew
Garrett, Sydney Gast, Spencer Goad, Jordan Haddock, Joseph
Hebert-Morello, Rebekah Hinrichsen, Sydney Ho-Sue, Olivia
Husted, Brady Johnson, Dakota Kline, David Krunklevich, Danielle
Landry, Nina-Marie Laramee, Kathryn Levesque, Isabelle
Lupinacci, Shemrey Lussier, Aimee Mason, Trevor Massingham,
Eleanor McDonough, Cailinn Monahan, Amaya Newport, Margaret
Norman, Scott Norwood, Jalin Noseworthy, Maxwell Nowak, Shania
Patten, Jack Percy, Shannon Perreault, Kayla Pollak, Nicole
Rogier, Caleb Rollins, Allison Rose, Nicholas Sanderson,
Nathanial Schroeder, Faith Shiere, Courtney Snow, Jacob
Spainhower, Drew Stevens, Casey Szmyt, Evan Tanguay, Kieran
Taylor, Caitlyn Ustaszewski, Benjamin Watson, Ander Wensberg
Grade 11 HIGH HONOR ROLL
Elijah Allen, Shayla Ashley , Shealyn Bedell, Susan
Burnap, Maggie Eaton, Alice Ewing, Cassuarina French, Ian
Gollihur, Cameron Goodwin, Kirsten Gunderson, Colby Hoffman,
Todd Holman, Paige Marston, Shane Marston, Sydney Neuman, Maria
Ortiz, Kelsey Pine, Emma Tobbe, Megan Wimsatt
Grade 11 HONOR ROLL
Aidan Ahern, Taevamaria Ahern Kaitlyn Allsup, Nicholas Allsup,
Alissa Ames, Braelin Ash, Jose Victor Barreira, Griffen Bono,
Hailley Brunner, Clayton Canfield, Travis Carbone, Luke
Chalifour, Madison Cunningham Makenzie Daly, Jalyse Daudelin,
Gabriel Deely, Pietra Depianti, Alivia DiPrizio, Brian Downer,
Madison Downing, Nicholas Dyer, Taylor Edgecomb, Olivia Farrar
Mackenzie Flanders, Autumn Graham, Leah Gustin, Benjamin Healey,
Kayla Hicking, Alyssa Hill, Zachary Hodgdon, Nathaniel Hoffman,
Sean Hooper, Alyssa Hubbard, Delaney Jean, Sarah Jensen, Adah
Keeney, Brandon Lamarre, Nicolas LaMontagne, Tyler LaMontagne,
Albert Lapiejko, Benjamin Lavoie, Logan Ledoux, Mackenzie
Ledoux, Cooper Leduke, Gwyneth Locke, Lillian Marie, Michael
Marini, Lily Marston, Caleb Mihelich, Jonathan Moehlmann, Logan
Morton, Spencer Murphy, Dylan Nigro, Michael Nikolaus, Jackson
Noel, Emily Olofson, Reegan Osborne, Cody Peck, Stephen Peroff,
Serena Poulin, Carly Ramsey, Alexander Reynosa, Jacob Rich,
Olivia Roach, Madison Rollins, Alison Routhier, Hannah Routhier,
Zachery Sheehan, Christos Stamnas, Bailey Travers, Marissa
Trevino, Emily van Gerena, Julia Warren, Mason Winiarski
Grade 10 HIGH HONOR ROLL
Lauren Best, Katherine Blake, Codi Boheen, Madison Bowen,
Benjamin Brieger, Ruby Carr, Riley Colby,
Addison Craven, Lauren Curtin, Hunter DeCota, Hazel Dellario,
Celia Fogarty, Megan Frost, Nathaniel Huckins, Shannon Jackson,
Mirah Johnston, Owen Judge, Hayden Knight, Malachy Leclere, Evan
Lentz, Michael MacEachern, Hayleigh McNeil, Katherine Messenger,
Cordelia Norris, Connor Nowak, Fiona O’Shea, Michaela Power,
Lauren Rose, Madison Tortorella-Lewis, Amanda Womble
Grade 10 HONOR ROLL
Hunter Adams, Emily Anderson, Seamus Baker, Jaden Boulanger,
Tre’ Bourdon, Lillian Broome, Brianna Burke, Alexis Call,
Shane Cameron, Anthony Comte, Emily Dallaire, Thomas Daly,
Matthew Davis, Makayla DeButts, Samuel DelFuoco, Lillian Farley,
Olivia Fontes, Jacob Foster, Jeremy Foster, Ashley Gatchell
Collin Gier, Jane Hammond, Natalie Harris, Joshua Heckman,
Patrick Helm, Seth Howard, Brianna Jackson, Victoria
Johnston, Maeva Kibbie, Madison Kriete, Sophie Laird,
Raymond Lapiejko, Adeline Leifer, Elizabeth Libbey,
Kaili Linscott, Alexi Mattie, Dakota McPhee,
Genevieve Melanson, Angelise Moss, Hannah
Munck, Patrick Murray, Madeline Nelson, Kendall Nester,
Ryan Nester, Abigail O’Connor, Samuel Patteson, Kelsey
Pease, Jarred Pelletier, Cole Perra, Eli Pinard,
Anna Principato Jacob Radwan Jasmine Rand Kiersten Ranfos Taylor
Riel Kathleen Roach Sophia Sabina, Mark Sommer Daniel Strum Cody
Tanguay Morgan Tatem Mary Thoms Willow Tritter Paige Valli,
Meskerem Wallace Skylar Ward, Samantha Welch, Alexandra
Wheeler, Dylan White, Luke Wiggin
Grade 9 HIGH HONOR ROLL
JenniferBettencourt, Emily Buehne, Aislin Burt, Inle Bush, Hogan
Cain, Austin Carrier, Addison Cox, Corinne Fernald, Madeline
Grygiel, Aaron Gundersen, Allison Mackey Sarah Marsh, Tessa
Millette, Robert Morrison, Kira NealBurk, Olivia Noni, Emma
Pinard, Brenna Roy, Valentina White, Jordan Whittier
Grade 9 HONOR ROLL
Jacob Anderson, Kirin Asselin, Sylas Aucella, Richard Bacon,
Declan Baker, Nicholas Boucher, Phoenix Boyce, Amelia
Brackett, Ava Burbank, Morgan Burnap, Elijah Chamberlain,
Charlotte Cleaver, Benjamin Clinch, Jesse Davis, Mya Dicey,
Parker Eaton, Molly Ewing, Aidan Flynn, Carter Ford, Camryn
Gatchell Kathleen Grace, Broder Gunderson, Porter Heigis,
Patrick Hill, Jacob Hobart, Kathryn Hocevar, Jacob Hodgdon,
Michael Holderby, Camden Johnson, Olivia Kreps, Piper Leduke,
John Levitow III, Grace Matthews, Adeline McAlpin, Giovanni
Minasalli, Emily Morris, Grace Morrisette, Riley Mulligan,
Hunter Murray, Isabel Myers, Emma Naves, Joseph Passwater,
MaryKatherine Patteson, Jacob Phinney, Benjamin Poirier, Andrew
Quaglia, Mackenzie Quick, Matthew Ramstrom, Aidyn Short, Cole
Smith, Benjamin Snow, Sarah Souliere, Autumn Stevens, Darin
Sweet, Maggie Sylvester, Drusilla Szatko, Nicole Thomas, Luke
Tkaczyk, Spencer Trott, Thomas Trumble, Beatrice Tursi, Caitlyn
van Gerena, Ethan Vollertsen, Anneliese Wade, Eliana Walk, Lian
Welch, Tanner Wotton, Joy Yurek, Emma Zollman
Letter To The Editor
To
the Editor,
I
know that most of you will not get into “it” as much as I do,
but I would like you to understand some budgeting. For instance,
if our school budget is essentially the same as eight years ago,
why did school tax rates escalate so much?
Student count is the answer. Every student in a public school in
NH receives an adequacy grant of about $3,600. In the 2009/’10
year, we had 726 students. We’re down to 616. So, in 2009/’10 we
received about $2,613,600. Lottery/business tax. Now we receive
$2,217,600, $396,000 less. Because the budget essentially has
not gone down, the taxpayers have had to pick up the tab.
Special education has, of course, gone down also. Less
students overall and some have aged out. So we get special
education aid. Sorry about this. We get some % (changes yearly)
of the cost of students whose expense is 3½ to 10 times the
state average. Complicated. We receive a lot less, but the
budget really hasn’t gone down much, so you know who picks up
the slack.
Coe
Brown is where they really get us. We have 50+ less students now
than then, 284/233. Coe-Brown’s cost is up big again. Up 3.9% to
$16,177. 50 students at the 2017/’18 tuition rate is $778,000.
Northwood School gobbled that up even though they have 70+ less
students.
A
lot of numbers thrown out at you. I used the 2009/’10 year
because that’s when I started. Just on cost alone, we are being
severely abused. Tax rates due to Northwood school’s high cost
per student is one reason people shy away from here.
Tim
Jandebeur
The
Grinch
(I
know Xmas is over)
Northwood
Fish ‘N Freeze Kid’s Ice Fishing Derby
Dress warmly and bring the kids to the 11th Annual Ice Fishing
Derby sponsored by Northwood Recreation on Saturday, February 17
from 8:00-11:00 am. It is sure to be a memorable day outdoors on
Harvey Lake baiting hooks and catching some nice, big rainbow
trout! The event is for kids ages 15 and under.
Adults are welcome to fish but must be licensed to fish in the
State of NH; no fishing license is required for ages 15 and
younger. Please bring your ice fishing gear and park in
the Congregational Church parking lot. Bait will be provided.
Lunch will be available for purchase at the church at 11:00 am.
You
may register for the derby online at
http://www.northwoodnh.org
Click the Recreation tab on the upper left side to be directed
to the recreation site that includes registration sign up, and
all information and rules about the derby.
This Weekend’s LRPA After Dark Feature:
1938’s “The Lady Vanishes”
Join Lakes Region Public Access Television at 10:30 p.m. this
Friday and Saturday night (January 19 & 20) for our “LRPA After
Dark” presentation of 1938’s early Hitchcock thriller “The Lady
Vanishes,” starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave and Dame
May Whitty.
In
“The Lady Vanishes,” we meet young Iris Henderson (Lockwood),
vacationing in Europe and traveling back to England via train.
She and her fellow passengers, an interesting and mysterious
group of people including a young musicologist named Gilbert
(Redgrave), are delayed by an avalanche and must spend the night
at a local inn. In doing so, Iris befriends an elderly woman
named Miss Froy (Whitty). The next morning, while assisting Miss
Froy with her luggage, Iris receives a blow to her head. Miss
Froy helps her on the train, where they share tea and lovely
conversation. Iris falls asleep across the compartment from her
new friend, but when she awakes, Miss Froy has disappeared – and
her fellow passengers claim that no such person ever existed!
Was she a figment of Iris’s imagination? A result of her blow to
the head? No one on the train will take her seriously or help
her look except for Gilbert, and even he, while becoming smitten
with the lovely Iris, has his doubts.
“The Lady Vanishes” was Alfred Hitchcock’s last film shot in
Great Britain before he made his move to the United States. It
was triumph with critics and movie audiences alike, and was in
fact the most successful British film of its time. Upon its
release in the U.S., it received the New York Film Critics Award
for Best Director and was named one of the ten Best Pictures of
1938 by the New York Times, whose critic Frank S. Nugent wrote,
“If it were not so brilliant a melodrama, we should class it as
a brilliant comedy.” Most film critics consider it to be
the best of Hitch’s early (pre-1940) films. It was a favorite of
many directors, including Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich and
Francois Truffaut, and is included in the book 1001 Movies You
Must See Before You Die by Steven Schneider. Be sure to watch
for Hitch’s trademark cameo appearance; hint, it’s near the end,
in the Victoria train station. No wonder this is a must-see!
Grab your popcorn and join LRPA after dark for this glorious
thriller from the past.
Letter To The Editor
To
the residents of Northwood,
After almost 34 years in the Town Clerk’s Office, I have decided
not to run for another term. I have enjoyed my time
working here very much, both the good times as well as the bad,
and will greatly miss seeing everyone. But I know it is
time to end my stay and enjoy some down time at home or wherever
life leads me in the next phase of my journey. I want to
thank all of you who, over the years, have made my job such a
rewarding experience.
But
now I would like to ask for your support for my Deputy, Savannah
Audet, who will be running for the position of Town Clerk/Tax
Collector. For a little over a year she has worked
tirelessly learning all she could to take over this position,
and I am confident she will do a great job. She has
mentioned to me on occasion, “how do you remember all the things
you do about the job?” Brings me back to 1997, when my
predecessor, Arlene Johnson, gave up the reigns to me. I
asked her the same thing and she told me not to worry, that I
would be able to do it. I have learned, and I am certain
Savannah will learn as well and become a very capable
replacement.
Please come out on March 13 and cast your vote for Savannah and
while you are there, let me thank you for all the years of
memories you have given me.
Judy C. Pease
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor,
We
would like extend our sincere thanks to Northwood Fire and
Police. Early on Sunday morning, January 7th, our fire alarms
went off.
Everyone we dealt with was professional and very effiicent. From
the N. H. 911 operator, Northwood dispatcher, and the members of
the Northwood fire and police departments who responded. They
went above and beyond tracking down the problem and making sure
that it was safe for us to return to our house.
Dave & Cheryl Turner
Letter To The Editor
I
was going to see the Board of Selectmen this week about, what
else?, the transfer station, but time this week will be spent
choosing a new town administrator. Hopefully, they will find a
good one. By the same token, each one of us needs to get
involved to some extent in our town. We need to know what’s
going on, that way we won’t be surprised by situations that may
come up.
As
to the plastic recycling, I’ve checked into several different
programs to keep it out of the landfill and we will be trying to
find the best one for our transfer station. Til then, we need to
start using the second compacter for household waste. We cannot
keep putting our waste in the furniture or demo. I’ve approached
one of our selectman with all the info and he will discuss it
with the rest of the board. As soon as we get the go ahead, we
will be able to start using our second compacter for trash. This
should solve our trash problem.
We
will be working at the new storage container this week putting a
dividing wall up and building a shelf unit for battery storage.
Once this is done, we will transfer everything that’s in the
bulb storage on the hill to this area. When you see the new sign
go on the new storage trailer, you’ll know it’s open for
business.
I
have to give a big thank you to my husband, Ron, who is helping
with the project. Many people have signed on to help with the
new swap shop, but we can always use more. If you’d like to join
us just sign the sheet in the swap shop.
Til
next time,
Viena Dow
Chesley Memorial Library News
Winter Writers With Adi And Becky Rule
Local writers — whether you are a beginner, much published, or
somewhere in between — are invited to a free weekly writers’
workshop, Tuesdays from 2:00 to 3:30 pm at the Chesley Memorial
Library, beginning January 16 and ending February 20.
Depending on the interests of participants (to be discussed at
the first meeting), sessions could include group critique,
writing exercises, and craft discussion. Some participants may
want to come early or stay late for some quiet writing time. All
genres welcome. Let’s get some writing done this winter,
learn from each other, and have some fun, too!
Senior Café
Celebrate 2018 with your friends and neighbors at the
library…the weather outside might be frightful, but the library
is so delightful! The Chesley Memorial Library Senior Café
meets every Monday from 1:00-2:30 p.m. Come on in for a
chance to chat, enjoy a copy of coffe or tea, and sample some
delicious goodies while you visit.
ChildVoice
The
Chesley Memorial Library will continue to display the
“ChildVoice” exhibit during the month of January featuring work
from three photographers: Pulitzer Prize- winning
photojournalist, Mary Chind-Willie, Dr. Larry Lindell, and Dr.
Neil Mandsager. ChildVoice has empowered men, women, and
children – once rejected and abused – and transformed them into
individuals of strength, hope, and dignity. These personal
journeys of courage and faith have been captured in verse,
photo, and video by visitors to ChildVoice’s Lukome Center in
northern Uganda. Nottingham resident Conrad Mandsager
founded ChildVoice in 2006 to restore the voices of children
silenced by war in northern Uganda. At that time, more than
30,000 children had been abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army
(LRA) and forced to become soldiers. Of the children who were
able to escape, many returned home to face innumerable
hardships, from post-traumatic stress disorder to a lack of
educational opportunities.
Story Time
Story Time for preschoolers of all ages is held on Wednesday
mornings at 10:30 a.m. If you have not been attending
Story Time, you might want to stop in and check out the program
in the New Year. Children can listen to a story and make a
craft to take home. Registration is encouraged but new
participants are always welcome at any time. Please call
Annette at 942-5472 or check out our web site (www.chesleylib.com) for
more information.
Book Discussions
The
Evening Book Discussion Group will meet at the Chesley Memorial
Library on Wednesday, January 24, at 7:00 p.m. to discuss “The
Boys in the Boat” by Daniel Brown. The Afternoon Book
Discussion Group will meet at the library on Wednesday, February
7, to discuss their favorite poem. New members always
welcome!
Museum Passes
Are
you looking for something to do with the family this winter?
The library has passes for: Boston Museum of Fine Arts,
Children’s Museum of NH, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center,
Seacoast Science Center, and the SEE Science Center. We
will be getting new passes to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
very soon. Each pass works a little differently…some let
you in free while others provide discounted admission.
Call the library at 942-5472 for updated information regarding
passes. We can also provide you with information on when to
visit the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester for free
admission.
Lego Club @ Your Library/Magformers/Brainflakes
The
LEGOs are out every Wednesday from 12:00-6:00 pm for your
enjoyment. Why a LEGO Club at the library? LEGO Clubs will
give children a chance to learn from play. Research
scientist Dorothy Singer suggests that “promoting play
contributes to early literacy development by increasing
attention span, memory, creativity, and language and vocabulary
skills. It also lays the foundation for logical mathematical
thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem solving.” LEGO
creations will be on display until the next session so bring
your family and friends back to see your masterpieces! We
also have Magformers and Brainflakes available to create with so
let your imagination be your guide.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Give your child the tools to become a successful reader! Join
the “1000 Books Club” sponsored by the Chesley Memorial Library
with help from Northwood School teachers. The program is
open to any child from birth to the start of kindergarten.
Reading aloud to children at birth strengthens their language
skills and builds their vocabulary – two important tools for
learning to read when they enter kindergarten. Stop by the
Chesley Memorial Library to register your child, learn more
about the program, and receive a free canvas book bag for
registering.
