Letter Northwood Budget
The town of Northwood is proposing a budget which is 2.4%+ over
last year’s! What does that mean to the taxpayers of our town? In
real dollars we are looking at about 10% when you take into account
the rising fuel and food costs as well as the average property
depreciation of 25%+ without any reevaluation to reflect current
property values. Why are many of our communities cutting budgets and
Northwood isn’t? What are we missing or what are they missing? No
growth, no property resale value, no additional services! What then?
I’d like to know why my taxes went up last year and why they are
going up for the next 2 years! I encourage everyone to attend the
Annual School Meeting on March 7th (9am) and the Annual Town Meeting
on March 14th (9am) and VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSED BUDGETS! Let’s cut
them by 10% or roll back to the 2007 budgets! Town elections are on
the 10th of March and would encourage all to VOTE! It’s your money!
Bob Fletcher
Free Art Class Offered At Chesley Memorial Library
World renown artist, David Burton is seeking new students for
his free art class at the Chesley Memorial Library. Students learn
the basics of art and drawing and go from there. Students are to
bring their own supplies. A drawing pad, #2 and #4 pencils and a
kneaded eraser. Space is limited to 5 people and will be taken on a
first come first served basis. Please be sure that you can attend
every Monday at 6-7:30 PM.
Contact the library at 942-5472 to reserve your space. If you
are unable to attend, please call so that another can take your
place. This class is open to anyone from the ages of 15- 100. We
hope to see you there!
Harvey Lake Women’s Club
Submitted By Jean W. Lane The Harvey Lake Women’s Club and
the General Federation of Women’s Club-NH scholarship applications
are now available at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Guidance office.
These scholarships are designated for young women of Coe-Brown
Northwood Academy. Applications are due by April 1.
Harvey Lake Women’s Club kicks off its 2009 monthly meetings on
March 3 at 1 p.m. at the Northwood Congregational Church Parish
Hall. The speaker will be Marilyn Murdoch, Director of the Resource
Center for the Homeless at South Congregational Church in Concord.
The Club will also be planning for their Election Day food table
on March 10. Baked goods will again be sold with the usual
sandwiches, sweets, and drinks. A new addition this year, will be
corn chowder.
A Comfort Pillow workshop is planned for Friday, March 20 from 9
a.m. to noon.
The Harvey Lake Women’s Club is a service organization of the
local community, also promoting sociability and culture.
All area women are invited to attend. Please bring a
non-perishable item for a donation to the Northwood Food Pantry.
CBNA YEA Welcomes BEAR-PAW Regional
Meeting
Young Environmental Advocates, Meghan Bousquet, Sara Hanrahan and
Sandy Delisle host the BEAR-PAW Event at CBNA on February 14.
On February 14, 2009, members of the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy’s
Young Environmental Advocates, Meghan Bousquet, Sara Hanrahan and
Sandy Delisle, helped advisor and teacher, Wini Young, and teacher,
Jean Cumings, set up and serve food for over 130 attendees at the
BEAR-PAW Regional Greenways annual meeting held in the school’s
Gerrish gym. One of this club’s missions is to assist environmental
organizations in the area, such as, BEAR-PAW, which is a local
nonprofit land trust serving seven area towns (info @Bear-Paw.org.)
Mrs. Roberta Mongeon’s Culinary Arts class at the Academy provided
dozens of cookies for the event. Student efforts were greatly
appreciated in making this day a great success.
Letter to the Editor Northwood
Budgets
The School Board, the Board of Selectman and the Budget
Committee have completed their work on the school and town budgets.
It is now your turn, to have your say. Regardless of where you sit
on the fence, your participation is very important. Please plan on
attending the March 7th school meeting and the March 14th town
meeting.
The proposed school budget, recommended by the budget committee,
is $11,819,962. This amount represents a 2.4% increase over last
year and a $16.10 estimated tax rate. The warrant articles total
$166,072. The proposed 2009-2010 budget is expected to be
approximately 4.1 % over this year’s anticipated expended amount.
The proposed town budget, recommended by the budget committee,
is $3,061,516. This amount represents a 2.3% increase over
last year. The warrant articles total $738,597. It is important to
note this is the total amount of all warrants articles. Some of the
funds to support these articles will come from funding sources other
than taxation. The proposed 2009 budget represents a 11.3% increase
over the 2008 expended amount, not including warrant articles.
Thank-you.
Bob Holden
Pastor's Corner: The Joy of Knowing Jesus
By Pastor Ted White There is joy in knowing Jesus! To know Him is
to understand, according to the Word of God, who God is. He has
revealed Himself in His Word, in His Creation, in our conscience and
in His Son. It is so wonderful to know Him and to know that He loves
me. That is what I put my trust in. If people disagree with me, that
is their choice and it does not affect who I am in the Lord Jesus. I
do not put my trust in any man who would go contrary to the Word of
God. God’s Word, the Bible, is His Authority.
Originally, man was made in the image of God. Yet today, man
would make gods in their own image. Some would like a “Domesticated
Genie” god—if a person behaves a certain way and rubs the lamp, then
the genie god is obligated to answer. You know what? He is not
obligated to answer to the whims of man, but man is to obey Him out
of love because of an understanding of what He has done for us
through His Son, Jesus.
Others think of a “Distant Ogre” god - just waiting to squash a
person who gets out of line or of bringing hardship into a person’s
life just for the fun of it. This is a misunderstanding of God who
is love, God who expects obedience and God who we will answer to. He
is always looking out for our best interest, but will judge all that
do not want Him as King over their lives.
Then there is the “Spiritual Psychotherapist” god of people’s
making - just wanting people to feel better about themselves. This
god is only an encourager and would never say or do anything that
would hurt one’s feelings. But the God who is revealed in the Bible
rebukes people, shows them where they are in error. Then He shows
how to correct the error.
There is also the “Kindly Old Grandpa Santa Claus” god - he
doesn’t hold us responsible for our actions and tends to overlook
our sins. He gives us what we think we need and cannot deny us.
First of all, this is a very low view of who God is and what His
Son, Jesus, did at the cross. Jesus came and suffered for our sins
and we will be judged by God depending on whether or not we trust
the finished work of Jesus on that cross, living according to His
Word. Now, no person is perfect in this, but there is a desire to
live for Him and a seeking to do so.
Matthew chapter 7 is a challenging chapter to read. It speaks
about those who claim to be following Jesus and yet Jesus said that
He never knew them - even though these professors were involved in
many things that man would think of as great. There is only one way
to be joyful in Jesus. As the song says “Trust and obey for there’s
no other way. To be happy in Jesus is to trust and obey.” May you
know that joy of knowing the true God through Jesus Christ the Lord!
God wants you to enjoy the life He has given you and to escape
the consequence of death, which is separation from Him forever,
under His wrath in Hell. To do so go to
www.newhopenorthwood.com or call 942-7729.
Thank You
The Northwood Food Pantry volunteers would like to
thank recent donors including the Northwood Crank Pullers Snowmobile
Club for their generous contribution and the children of the
Northwood Center School for their delivery of food collected by the
students. The Food Pantry was also the recipient of a donation in
memory of Edith Tasker.
Formed in the early 1980’s the
pantry has been able to provide emergency food supplies to people in
need for over 25 years due to the generous support of many
individuals and organizations throughout Northwood. It has been the
hope of NEFP volunteers that no child or adult in the community
would be without needed food or basic health supplies. To
request help from the pantry, please contact Food Pantry Coordinator
Pat Jacobsmeyer at 942-8912. There are no set hours that the
pantry is open; food is supplied on an as needed basis. If you
would like to support the efforts of the Northwood Food Pantry in
any way, please call Mrs. Jacobsmeyer for more information.
CBNA Theatre to Present Once On This Island
Cast members rehearse a scene from the CBNA production of Once on
This Island.
Take a break from the winter doldrums and be transported to an
“island where the rivers run deep” as Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
Theatre presents the musical Once On This Island March 12, 13 and
14, 2009 at 7 p.m. in the Gerrish Gym on the CBNA campus.
Originally produced on Broadway in October, 1990, the show, with
book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty,
garnered rave reviews and earned eight Tony Award nominations.
The show is set on an island in the French Antilles on the night of
a violent storm. A group of peasants huddle around a fire and try to
soothe a small girl and begin to tell her the story of Ti
Moune, a peasant girl who rescues, nurses and falls in love with
Daniel, a boy from a wealthy family. When Daniel is returned
to his people, the gods who rule the island guide Ti Moune on a
quest to test the strength of her love against the powerful forces
of prejudice, hatred, and death. This production features
seniors Adriane Moreno and William Farrell as Ti Moune and Daniel.
Other cast members include seniors: Leigh Iber, Jordan LaPointe, and
Cordelia Reagan; juniors: Kiersten Brown, Joshua Cunningham, Michael
Dodge, Anne Ferrante, Jennifer Mattson and Michael McCullock;
sophomores: Aleisha Ashe, Margaret Blake, Anthony Carideo, Allison
DeFlumeri, Cameron Durgin, and Hannah Jones and freshmen: Blair
Leavitt and Quinn Palmer. The production is directed by
faculty member Elizabeth Lent, with music direction by David
Deardorff. Reserved seating is $7 for adults and $5 for students and
seniors. Tickets will be available after March 2 in the CBNA
main office or by calling 942-5531.
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