The
Northwood Crankpullers Snowmobile Club will host their annual Water
Cross Event on Sunday, Sept. 13th, 10 a.m. at Lake Shore Farm,
Jenness Pond Road, Northwood.
The
Event will include: concessions, local snowmobile vendors, flea
market, vintage sled display, and more.
Pictures and information:
www.northwoodcrankpullers.com
Lasagna Dinner & Show
A
Lasagna Dinner and Show to benefit the Front Porch Project will be
held September 12, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Fellowship Hall, Northwood
Congregational Church.
Show: Becky Rule and Marin Tarabassi.
Price is $10 per person. Tickets are limited. Get them now!
Please call Rick Drown at 219-9466 or Sandy McCann at 942-6070.
“Stuff the Bus” Fundraiser for Humane Society A BIG Success
In
her efforts to help homeless animals, Cocheco Valley Humane Society
volunteer, Danielle D’Alessandro, held a “Stuff The Bus” fundraiser
on Saturday, August 15th. The day-long event, held at Heritage True
Value Hardware on Route 4 in Northwood, was a tremendous success.
Community members, area businesses and friends of the animals came
from throughout the region to fill a full-sized school bus, which
was provided by Northwood Transportation, Inc.
The
bus was over-stuffed with items on the humane society’s wish list,
including food, toys, treats, cat litter, beds, blankets, cleaning
supplies and office supplies. In addition to more than $4,000 in
donated food and supplies, D’Alessandro held a raffle with items
donated by area businesses that raised an additional $2,150 for the
humane society.
D’Alessandro’s entire family participated in the successful
fundraiser, proudly wearing specially designed bright yellow
T-shirts to celebrate the event.
The
school bus arrived at Cocheco Valley Humane Society in Dover at 3:30
p.m. on Tuesday, August 18th to be unloaded by humane society staff
and volunteers. “We were overwhelmed by the community’s response,”
said Martha Jo Hewitt, CVHS Executive Director. “Danielle put a lot
into the event and her hard work has made a big difference for the
animals that rely on CVHS for a second chance.”
The
cash donations and supplies will be used in the shelter’s
operations, and a portion of the donated food will be made available
to community members in need through the humane society’s Pet Food
Assistance Pantry.
The
Stuff the Bus fundraiser for the animals was a community service
requirement for completion of D’Alessandro’s Coe-Brown Northwood
Academy senior portfolio project. She will graduate in May of 2010.
Cocheco Valley Humane Society is a community-funded, non-profit
animal welfare organization. The Society’s mission is to provide
quality, compassionate care and shelter to our animals, in
partnership with educating the community concerning animal treatment
and welfare. New Adoption Center hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and
Sunday - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday - 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday -
11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Monday. To
learn more about CVHS’ community programs and services, please visit
www.cvhsonline.org or call (603) 749-5322.
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy New Faculty
Coe-Brown Academy is pleased to introduce the newest members to its
faculty and staff.
William
Clarke joins the CBNA Mathematics Department and will be teaching
algebra and general math, and will also be working with our
basketball program. He is a recent graduate of Keene State
College.
Ernesto
Leonardo Gonzalez joins the World Language Department with 12 years
of teaching experience. He will be teaching Spanish I, II and
III. Mr. Gonzalez has studied at the University of
Massachusetts at Boston, Tufts University, and Emerson College.
Kathleen Hill comes to Coe-Brown with twenty years of teaching
experience. Ms. Hill has studied at the University of Lowell, the
University of New Hampshire, Universidad de Valladoid (Spain) and
Universidad de Costa Rica. She will be teaching Spanish I, II,
and III and will also serve as the World Language Curriculum
Coordinator.
April
Pagnani will be teaching classes in the English department at
Coe-Brown. She is a recent graduate of the University of New
Hampshire with a MAT in teaching, and completed her undergraduate
degree at UNH as well.
Dorothy
Rhodes joins the Coe-Brown faculty to teach World Cultures in our
Social Studies department. She is a recent graduate of the
University of New Hampshire with a MAT in teaching, and completed
her undergraduate degree at UNH as well.
Chesley
Memorial Library Summer Reading Results
Youth
Librarian Danielle Fortin Dyes Her Hair For Summer Reading.
Summer Reading Programs at the Chesley Memorial Library have
finished for the season. We had 3 extremely successful programs this
year- The SRP for kids K-5, the SRP for tweens & teens 6-12, and a
brand new program for adults! We had record attendance for all
three programs, and look forward to next year’s programs. This
year’s themes focused on all things environmental and going green.
Some of the activities we did included recycled crafts and green
cleaning activities. Participants in the SRP and SRC were also
challenged to read for over 50,000 minutes over the summer, and if
they did Youth Librarian Danielle would dye her hair either pink or
green.
Danielle is INCREDIBLY pleased to announce that the
readers of Northwood have surpassed her reading challenge by
thousands of minutes! The final tally was for 59,821 minutes read!
The votes were tallied and the participants chose Pink as her new
hair color! Her hair was dyed on Sunday, August 23, and will
remain pink until the color fades out. Danielle would like to tell
all the participants how proud she is of them all and that everyone
who read should be proud of themselves! Because everyone read so
much next year’s challenge will be to beat 70,000 minutes!
The
Chesley Memorial Library would also like to extend our deepest
gratitude to the generous businesses and organizations that assisted
us with our various summer reading programs through sponsorship.
Without these businesses we would not have been able to do as much
for our community. We would like to thank: Camp Yavneh, Shadowgear
Comics, the Northwood Hannaford, On the Hill Collectables, Wilder
Flooring, Piece Time Puzzles, Spinelli Cinemas, North River Market,
Chadbourn’s Restaurant, The Northwood Diner, and the Friends of the
Northwood Libraries. Thanks to your generous contributions we
were able to make our Summer Reading Programs memorable for everyone
involved!
We would also like to extend thanks to all the
individuals who contributed materials or their time over the summer!
Thank you for your continued support!
The Obedient Christian Connects (Part 4)
By Pastor Ted White Do you gather in a local
church? Why or why not? Do you go to a local church for
what you can get or give? To be served or serve? Do you
use the gift(s), resources and talent(s) for God’s glory
or let others do so while you observe from the
bleachers?
In Hebrews chapter 10 and verses 24 & 25 we read,
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on
toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting
together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us
encourage one another—and all the more as you see the
Day approaching.” This tells us that we should not stop
getting together with other believers, but that we are
to consider each other and encourage each other to grow
in our love and in the good deeds. This is to happen
more and more as we see the day of Jesus’ return getting
closer and closer.
The obedient Christian will be involved with a local
church whose foundation of belief and practice is the
Word of God, the Bible. A person may say, as many have,
I can worship God without going to church. Well of
course. I worship God when I am not in church, but you
cannot be an obedient Christian if you are not involved
with what God has designed, the church. Now, not all
churches are the same just as not all people are. But,
for a Bible based church, there will be values that are
the same. Those mentioned in this series would be valued
at any church that seeks to follow God’s Word. The
person who does not believe they should be involved in a
local church, whatever form that may take, is living in
disobedience.
In Romans chapter 12 we read this- “3 For by the
grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think
of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think
of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the
measure of faith God has given you. 4 Just as each of us
has one body with many members, and these members do not
all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we who are
many form one body, and each member belongs to all the
others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the
grace given us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him
use it in proportion to his faith. 7 If it is serving,
let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8 if it
is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing
to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it
is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is
showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. 9 Love must be
sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be
devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one
another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal,
but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.” May
we be obedient in this area.
We have to know Him to want to meet with others.
Find out how at
www.newhopenorthwood.com or call 942-7729 or to find
peace with God
http://www.billygraham.org/SH_StepsToPeace.asp or
http://www.simplysharejesus.com/
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