The Ladies Fall Fun Brunch will be held on October 25 at 10 a.m. at the Northwood Advent Christian Church. The main course will be provided. Sweet breads/muffins will be optional pot luck. The speaker will be Grace Mattern, head of the department of the Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Please bring a pair of scissors for cutting felt. Bring a friend. This is sponsored by Women’s Home and Foreign Mission Society.
 

The 6th Annual CBNA Holiday Craft Fair at Coe-Brown Academy in Northwood will be held Saturday, November 1st, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Spaces are still available. Please contact Jill Forward at 942-5531. See more details on the school’s website.
 

Sportsmanship Awards At The 62nd NHIAA Annual Meeting

Award of Excellence Certificates: Given to schools who did not receive any disqualification during the 2007-08 School year. Bedford High School, Calvary Christian School, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, Colebrook Academy, Concord High School, The Derryfield School, Gorham High School, Hinsdale High School, Kearsarge Regional High School, Laconia Christian Academy, Lin-Wood Public School, Lisbon Regional School, Mount Zion Christian Schools, Nashua Christian Academy, Newmarket Jr. Sr. High School, Nute Middle-High School, Plymouth Regional High School, Portsmouth Christian Academy, Profile Jr.-Sr. High School, Sant Bani School, White Mountains Regional High School

Sportsmanship Award Banners: Sportsmanship Banners are the most prestigious award given by the NHIAA to a member school and are given to schools who have demonstrated a high degree of sportsmanship throughout the year. The winners for the 2007-08 school year were Nashua Christian, Campbell, Coe-Brown, Exeter and Nashua South.

Northwood School Family Fun Night

The Northwood School Wellness Committee is offering its first family event by holding a Family Fun physical activity event with “Game Night” on Thursday, October 16. Fun movement games are planned for families to “get active” together. This event will be held in the Northwood School gym with children in grades K-2 and their families playing games from 6:00-7:00 and grades 3-5 from 7:15-8:15. Children should remember their gym sneakers and parents need to clean the bottoms of their sneakers to be free from all small stones and dirt, as this can damage the gym floor.

The Wellness Committee in the past several years has planned an event about once a month to help families work toward getting fit and eat healthier. We welcome new committee members and input from parents and other community members. If you are interested in joining our committee, our next meeting will be held on October 23 at 2:15 at the school. If you wish to submit ideas for events or have any suggestions on helping our children lead a healthier lifestyle, please email [email protected] with your ideas.

LETTER

Carol Shea Porter is completely correct when she says we can’t go backwards. The well of our economy, our foreign policy, our reputation, and our environment has been poisoned, and electing anyone over again who was complicit in espousing or supporting the policies of the current administration is insane. Definition: doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.

Why in the world would anyone think that bringing back Jeb Bradley would help solve the problems he helped to create? (For that matter, re-electing Sununu, choosing McBush, etc., is equally crazy.) I cannot for the life of me understand the logic behind this! Why should we give them one more chance?

We have poisoned the well for our children and grandchildren. Let’s at least elect people whose intentions are to get the poison out, rather than those whose platform is to dump more of the same into the well in the hopes that somehow that will clean it up. Let’s make sure that no one has the opportunity to dump more toxins into the life blood of our country.

I realize these are tough words, but these are tough times. Enough is enough!

Lucy Edwards
Northwood NH
 

Letter To The Editor

To the Editor,
This Sunday I had the pleasure of attending a celebration of the conservation of Mulligan Forest in Nottingham. It was a wonderful event to celebrate the collaborative effort that enabled the conservation of over 2,000 acres of forest for the benefit of our community in perpetuity. The land is a veritable community in itself supporting sportsmen, hikers, skiers, logging, habitat for many protected species and maybe most importantly, a major watershed from which so many New Hampshire residents get their drinking water.

In these hard economic times, people often consider money spent on conservation as a luxury, but I was reminded of just how untrue that is by the numerous benefits we all receive from this one property. From the jobs and business it supports to the recreation it provides and the natural resources it holds, Mulligan Forest is a vital community asset. The hard work of the many people who contributed to the effort at every level: local, state, and federal – public and private, is much appreciated for the value it adds to our lives.

One of the contributors to this effort was NH’s Land and Community Heritage Investment Program. As a State Representative for Candia, Deerfield, Northwood and Nottingham, I supported the efforts to find a permanent funding source for this important program, and I am so pleased that those funds are leveraged in projects that benefit everyone such as the conservation of Mulligan Forest.
Sincerely,

Representative Susi Nord
Rockingham County, District 1

Letter

Northwood Self Storage would like to thank all the supporters of our recent Northwood Lake Watershed Association Yard Sale. All the proceeds of our Yard Sales benefit the NLWA and its mission.

As usual, the vendors and all who participated had a great time and the opportunity to meet their neighbors and socialize. All for a worthy cause. Thanks again!
Francis J. Albert
 

News from the Northwood School Board

The Northwood School Board meeting on Monday, October 6, began with a presentation by the first grade teaching team. Ellen Gibson, Dorothy Konrad, and Linda Kramas explained the Treasures Reading Program to the Board. The team explained the various aspects of the program and showed the Board examples of the materials that they use. All three teachers emphasized the importance of the “traveling teachers;” these special reading teachers move from grade to grade to help implement the small group work that is so important to the success of this new curriculum.

Principal Asbell presented the Board with the suggested changes to the honor roll system. In an effort to align with Coe-Brown, the Northwood School will now have three levels: High Honors (all A’s), Honors (all A’s and B’s), and Honorable Mention (A’s and B’s with no more than one C). Ms. Asbell also explained that the Recreation Department will be taking over the School Ski Program for this year. Kathy Boudreau, the Northwood Recreation Director, will have more information for parents and students within the next couple of weeks.

Colleen Pingree updated the Board on the recent Budget Committee meeting. She explained that the Budget Committee has scheduled a meeting for October 29, to review financial statements for the current school year. This information was not provided to the Committee but all members feel that it is important to look at the school’s current financial situation before Budget Season begins. This meeting will be held at 7:00pm in the Town Hall.

The Board also reviewed and revised various policies including: Internet Access, Coaching Recruitment, Team Parent, Coaching Job Description, Activity Fund, Line Item Adjustments, Staff Conflict of Interest, Nepotism, and Staff Hiring.

The Board’s next meeting will be on October 20. Nonpublic will begin at 6:30 p.m. and Public will begin at 7:00 p.m. For more information, please contact Colleen Pingree, Chair (942-5249 or [email protected]).

Northwood Basketball  - Volleyball

Northwood Friends of Recreation will hold a meeting on Wednesday, October 15th (tonight) at 6:15 p.m. in the Art Room at Northwood School. Please use the Lunchroom entrance.

We will discuss upcoming Basketball Season. In order for Leagues to continue, we need coaches and  Referees, for Boys and Girls in Grades 5-8. Please attend. We will decide whether to participate or not in the Travel Teams.

This age group starts participating in November.

Grades K-4 will start around January 1st. This group has clinics and Fun Games once a week - usually on a Sat. or Sun.

Watch this paper for sign-ups.

Volleyball
There is interest from Boys and Girls in Grades 6-7-8 to learn this game.

We need someone with knowledge of Volleyball to help get this program off to a good start. Questions, please call Dave Ruth at 942-5121.
 

Final Meeting  - Yard Sale - Lake Clean - Up

The last regular meeting of the Northwood Lake Watershed Association 2008 season will be held on Saturday, October 18, 9 A.M. to 11A.M. at the Northwood Town Hall. This is the meeting where we plan for next year. Preliminary results from the summer milfoil treatment should be available.

The October 4 Yard Sale was a success, earning the Association enough funds for ten water testings.

The Yard Sale Committee gives special thanks to Frank Albert, Northwood Self-Storage for use of his facilities and expertise; and thanks, of course, to generous member donations.

The Northwood Lake Watershed Association is organizing a day of clean-up for the bottom of the lake at the Epsom end of the lake. Tornado debris will be removed and disposed of properly. The lake bottom will determine when we do the clean-up, after the lake drawdown. Tentatively, we are looking at the month window November 8 - December 8. Volunteers are needed. We are looking for volunteers to walk the lake bottom and clean up debris, volunteers with pick-up trucks to haul the debris away, and property owners at the Epsom end of the lake who could give us access to the lake. We are also looking for 2 ft. x4 ft. sections of 1/4" or 1/2" plywood to use in mucky sections of the lake to spread a person’s weight out. We will be dividing the volunteers into 8 teams, each with a coordinator with the knowledge about minimizing impact to the lake bottom and to verify that only man-made, fabricated material is being removed. If you would like to volunteer or donate to a temporary fund to pay for the disposal of the debris, it would be appreciated. You can reach us at: [email protected] or call Jim at 942-5365.

Remember the October 18 meeting at the Northwood Town Hall. The public is welcome, and we hope to see you there. www.northwoodlake.com

Northwood Recreation Update - Haunted Hayride

The Northwood Recreation Department will be holding its 3rd Annual Haunted Hayride on Saturday, November 1st.  We will be haunting the woods at Camp Yavneh on Route 43 in Northwood from 6:00- 8:00 P.M.  If you prefer a smaller fright, climb aboard the Un-haunted Hayride instead.  Enjoy unlimited rides for $3.00 per person. The rain date is scheduled for Sunday, November 2nd.  For more information call the Recreation Department at 942-5586 x209.

Northwood Flu Shot Clinic

Submitted By Charlotte Klaubert
The Northwood Flu Shot Clinic will be held in the Town Hall on Thursday, October 23rd from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.  Part B, Medicare or any Blue Cross/Blue Shield coverage will pay for the shot; otherwise the cost will be $35. Receipts for other insurance coverage will be available. Once again, this event is co-sponsored by the Harvey Lake Woman’s Club along with the Rochester District Visiting Nurse Association.  Anyone 18 or over may avail themselves of this protection. For further information, call the RDVNA at 332-1133.