Northwood Congregational Church is hosting their famous annual roast beef supper on Saturday, May 8th. The cost is the same as previous years: $8 per adult, $4 for 12 and under. The first seating is at 5pm, and the second seating starts at 6:15pm. Please specify your seating time preference when you order your ticket(s) by calling either Pam English (942-8501) or the Church (942-7116). Call either number for additional information. Both seatings will sell out, so make your reservations early, for this delicious event. Dessert and beverages are included with dinner, making this a bargain!

Preschool Openings!

Now is the time to think about enrolling your child in preschool! The Center School in Northwood is accepting registrations for the 2010-2011 school year. The Center School is a parent cooperative preschool located next to the Town Hall in Northwood, which provides a developmental program for three, four, and five year-olds of Northwood and surrounding towns. There are openings in our two-day  (T/Th) program and three-day (M/W/F) morning programs. Call us soon and come to visit! For information, please call director Karen Andersen at the school at 942-7686.

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
Quarter 3 Honor Roll

Headmaster David S. Smith is pleased to announce the Honor Roll for the Third Quarter.

Grade 12
Highest Honors
Jorden Campbell

Grade 12
High Honors
Bryanna Allis, Derek Bailey, Samuel Bassett, Brittanirose Blair, Rebecca Brackett, Kelly Brown, Nicholas Conidas, Robert Correa, Danielle D’Alessandro, Donald Doherty, Ryan Drown, Elizabeth Ekstrom, Anne Ferrante, Michelle Fioccoprile, Michael Flynn, Leah Foley, Cara Fowler, Shannon Grady, Emily Holt, Skye Hopps, Emmaline Horne, Adam Howard, Caleb Johnston, Remy Jones, Erica Lovely, Michael McCullock, Caitlin McGann, Jenna Moore-Kulp, Alyssa Pittera, Andrew Readel II, Kristyna Reischer, Lindsay St. Cyr, Katie Tousignant, Emily Whitten

Grade 12
Honors
James Andersen, Spencer Aube, Mariah Bisson, Meghan Bousquet, Jacob Brownell, Nicole Buck, Kathryn Busch, Keegan Carter, Kaitlin Doig, Kyle Fernald, Jonathan Fitts, Emilie French, Joseph Gibson, Sara Hanrahan, Nicholas Haroutunian, Megan Hoover, Kyra Laughy, Christian Leavitt, Shawn Linton, Ryan Mack, Dylan MacNevin, Emilee McBride, Eric McCann, Katherine Michaud, Hillary Morgan, Lindsay Patrizi, David Rice, Erika Savioli, Jacob Swindell, Carmen Williams, Colt Williams

Grade 11
Highest Honors
John Jarvis, Connor Monahan, Heather Ward, Allison Wilkins

Grade 11
High Honors
Avery Adams, Kasey Amazeen, Katharine Ambrose, Michael Bane, Paige Belliveau, Tamara Berry, Brendan Blanchard, Maria Cabral, Bridget Carpenter, Anthony Craven, Christian Davis, Katherine Decker, Madison Dunn, Gabrielle Giannelli, Jessica Goudreault, Samuel Hastings, Nicholas Kaschak, Austin Leavitt, Emily Madison, Cathryn McCann, Kyle Montgomery, Jesse Schraufnagel, Ryan Seymour, Marissa St. Laurent, Taylor Trainor, Benjamin White, Alanna Young

Grade 11
Honors
Alexander Bobowski, Jacob Carr, Mark Davis, Bryanna Dow, Corey Dowe, Sarah Frizzell, Sarah Jack, Hannah Jones, Brandon Marshall, Judyann Morrill, Katrina Oswald, Mackenzie Segura-Cook, Alissa Toscano

Grade 10

Highest Honors
Amanda Colwell, Katherine Cronk, Megan Curtin, Olivia Daigle, Anna Goodell, Nicholaos Mouzourakis, Amanda Perron, Sophie Shiere, Katherine Wysocki

Grade 10
High Honors
Mackenzie Allis, Alexandra Archambault, Trevor Aube, Devin Beck, Lauren Blowey, Conor Corless, Mia Faucher, Kelsey Follansbee, Michael Gibson, Meredith Grady, Taylor Hains, Lauren Harnish, Leah Hastings, Gregory Hatfield, James Hayden, Carissa Hodgdon, Michaela Horvath, Paige James, Griffin Kelley, Allura LeBlanc, Nicholas Levergood, Samantha MacCallum, Alicia Martell, Tori Martin, Thomas Masison, Mariah McCabe, Adam Nelson, Kyle St. Cyr, Nicole Swindell, Courtney Turcotte, Kelly Turner, Michele Vlasich, Mackenzie Young

Grade 10
Honors
Meghan Ahern, Allison Beaupre, Jaedyn Bedell, Haley Bell, Jenna Brown, John Crete, Samuel Davis, Jamie Duggan, Lauren Durell, Brooke Esdale, Kyle Estell, Alexandra Jones, Evan Koester, Chihiro Kondrup, Paige Laboe, Blair Leavitt, Corinne LeMauk, Ryan McCourt, Michaela McGovern, Virginia Merrill, Skyler Mitchell, Corina Perkins, Jacob Ray, Brittany Readel, Colleen Sullivan

Grade 9
Highest Honors
Annie Baker, Allison Barnes, Jacob Dowe, Katherine Forsythe, Chelsea Hodges, Anna Kofer, Kayla Roberts, Lindsey Terry

Grade 9
High Honors
Madeleine Adams, Emily Baribeault, Marianna Barnhart, Casey Breen, Joseph Cabral, Jesse Carlson, Danielle Colpritt, Yvonne Dean-Bailey, John DeButts, Kyle DeTrude, M. Victoria DeVeau, Christine Drew, Amy Duderewicz, Devin Eaton, Jessica Felber, Kylie Gagnon, Lauryn Hanson, Ashley Hardy, Ashley Hodil, Catherine Jarvis, Joshua Lambert, Andrew Langdon, Maxwell Leavitt, Christian Long, Brennen Monahan, Ethan Moreno, Stephen Munroe, Kyle Noel, Laura Palmer, Megan Pogorek, Lily Poland, Cassidy Small, Olivia Sparrow, Morgan Stroberg, Noelle Struthers, Anthony Toscano, Andrew Yonchak, Alec Zollman

Grade 9
Honors
Emily Amazeen, Ashlyn Correia, Ryan Cunningham, Maddison Diaz, Samantha Donahue, Cory Downing, Alicia Giannelli, Anna Goscinski, Sarah Guyette, Kyle Hanson, Mikayla Hodil, Brianna Hogue, Ashley Jones, Christopher Laurion, Noah Macri, James Morrow, John Moss, Connor Murphy-Pevear, Kevin Philbrick, Ellinore Porter, Brennan Riley, Katelyn Terry, Mason Twombly, Henry Warburton, Steven Watson Jr, Michael Wendell, Jordan White, Danielle Wilkins, Michael Wolfendale, Shawn Woodbury

Pastor’s Corner
The Lack of Reasoning
By Pastor Ted White

Where are the logical thinkers today? Where are the people who do not just mimic what others are saying, but are expressing ideas that are thought through and not just going along with the crowd or emotions? Where are those who have a solid foundation for their thinking?

I was recently at a town hall meeting when an article came up to consider. Those who opposed the article said those promoting the article were hateful, mean, bigoted, etc. One person even said, “Do you really think that you want the people to vote on this issue? Do you think they know the constitution enough?” This is not only a lack of reasoning, but it is the lowest form of it. When you do not want to discuss something, just call people names. That shuts down the dialogue or attempts to. If that is not bad enough just call the people too stupid to vote. That is an elitist attitude that seeks to bully people into silence. Funny how our government introduces bills on bullying for children on playgrounds, but not for the adults from whom the children learn this from! When you do not have a foundation from which to reason, then bullying in different forms takes place.

The foundation from which I seek to live and write comes from God’s Word. Do I do this perfectly? Surely I do not! But, the Word of God is perfect and is the firm foundation to live and reason by. “Come now, and let us reason together”, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, though  they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” The Lord invites dialogue. He wants us to reason and line up with what He says. Most of the time people of this world want to do things their own way, do their own thing and their foundation for thinking is themselves or another person. When man becomes the foundation for their thinking, then anything goes. When God’s Word is the foundation, then He has already established what is right and wrong.

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash” (Matthew 7:24-27).

What is your foundation for reasoning? Want to get together to reason? I am open to talk with anyone at anytime. Just contact me through our web site.

Want to trust Jesus? He loves you more than any other possibly could. Go to www.newhopenorthwood.com or call 942-7729. To find peace with God www.billygraham.org/SH_StepsToPeace.asp or www.simplysharejesus.com/

Northwood Meadows State Park

On Sunday morning, April 11, members of the “Friends of Northwood Meadows State Park” met at the park entrance for the annual spring cleanup.

Due to the earlier wash out of the road, near the park entrance, the work tasks were limited to the park entrance and parking areas. Bushes and shrubs were cut back along with the removal of a few deformed trees. Several bags of trash were picked up along Rt.4.

Further trail maintenance will be completed after the wash out is corrected, allowing the mobile work equipment to go in.

Northwood Recreation Update

On Sunday, April 18, members of the Northwood community pitched in to help get the Town’s athletic fields cleaned up after the winter and ready for spring.  The Northwood Recreation Department would like to thank all who participated, including the Berry Family, Wimsatt Family, Troy Family, Shawney Family, Conrad Family, and Davis Family.

The Recreation Department is now using a seasonal brochure. Download the brochure from our website, http://recreation.northwoodnh.org/

Look for it 4 times a year in The Suncook Valley Sun. Pick one up at the Town Hall, Library, or local businesses.

Harvey Lake Woman’s Club

This month’s meeting will be at the Northwood Congregational Fellowship Hall at 6.p.m. on Tuesday, May 4. Please note the change from our usual afternoon meeting time.

The HLWC is holding an open meeting and would like to meet with other local women to work on several projects to benefit our area. David Stack, Northwood Town Administrator, will be the speaker. This is also our baby shower meeting to collect items for Concord Hospital’s “Layettes for Low Income Mothers” program. A light supper will be provided. Some of our projects include knitting mittens and hats for St. Charles Home in Rochester, making comfort pillows for recovering breast cancer patients at Concord Hospital, a yearly book scholarship for Coe-Brown’s senior women and our ongoing donations to the Northwood Emergency Food Pantry.

Greeter: Lucy Silva, Inspiration: Arlene Johnson, Refreshments: Leona Kubera and Sue Holden.

Mary  E. Drown

Brooksville Fla. - Mary E. (Bateman) Drown 76, died Monday, April, 12, 2010, at Oak Hill Hospital after a long period of failing health.

She was born August 23,1933, in Pittsfield, N.H., to John and Helen Bateman. She graduated from Coe-Brown Northwood Academy.

She and her husband, Earl A. Drown of 56 years, raised three boys in Barrington N.H; Thomas and his wife Emma of Highpoint N.C, Richard and his wife Robin of Northwood N.H., and James and his wife Darlene of Lebanon, Me.; a step-daughter, Cheryl A. Estes of Kittery Point, Me.

She and her husband moved to Rochester, N.H., and spent winters in Brooksville, Fla., before moving there permanently in 1997.

She had four brothers, John, Robert, Clarence, and Charles; several nieces and nephews; several grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.

Mary enjoyed bowling, camping,  knitting, and going to Grange meetings at Mtn. Laurel Grange which she was a member for 23 years.

Turner Funeral Home was in charge of the cremation with no services held in Fla. There will be a memorial service held at a later date in Northwood, N. H.