Christmas Bazaar 2012
Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s Club of
Pittsfield and St. Joseph Women’s Club of Northwood will be holding
their annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, November 3, 2012 from
9:00 am to 2:00 pm in the parish hall in Northwood, NH. (Route 4,
next to the town hall) There will be craft items, knitted goods,
yarn, beads, books, puzzles, a white elephant table with some brand
new items, raffles, and a bake sale where you can purchase some
homemade baked goods for Thanksgiving. We will again have our ever
popular cookie walk with some new and different varieties. There
will be morning muffins and coffee and a luncheon served with some
delicious favorites. Drop by for a visit, you will not be sorry.
Letter
Nancy Fraher For State Senate District 17
I am asking you to join me in supporting Candidate Nancy Fraher for
State Senate District 17. She is a life-long citizen of the
district, who taught for 35 years in Candia and who served 6 years
on the Chichester School Board. Nancy is a homeowner, a
taxpayer and a parent who supports fair and responsible funding to
meet the state’s obligations.
As a professional educator, she
supports fair and responsible funding of public schools and
universities. She will fight for workers’ collective
bargaining rights and will defend a woman’s right to make her own
medical decisions. Nancy Fraher is a civil and responsible
alternative to her opponent.
In a Concord Monitor article on
September 8th of this year, her opponent indicated that he
would like to eliminate all funding to NH’s state universities.
Candidate John Reagan was quoted as saying. “It doesn’t add any
value to my life, so why are you taking money from me so that
somebody else can go to school for four years and then not find a
job?” Last year he voted to drastically cut the state’s university
system funding by 50%, so we should take him at his word.
If this
sounds both extremely selfish and radical to you, please join me in
casting a vote for Nancy Fraher – the clear reasonable choice in
this election for District 17 State Senator.
Linda McNair-Perry
Deerfield, NH
Letter
There are two races in which it is
very important to support candidates who are not willing to spend
tax dollars for special interests.
I speak for Bruce Hodgdon of
Northwood who is running against a woman, Lucy Edwards, who couldn’t
even do a good job as selectman. Her letters in the Forum
constantly promote more spending with little regard as to how it
gets paid for.
Then there is Maureen Mann a former teacher from
Lowell, Mass.; a woman who got into office in 2006 and then found
she had to vote more taxes for the local taxpayers. She brought her
Massachusetts tax and spend attitude to Deerfield and the state of
NH. One especially onerous tax was the cost increase to register
your car and the taxes sent to towns.
When selectman Barry
of Deerfield asked her how she had voted for the state budget,
adding hundreds of dollars to the working man’s tax bill, she gave
the answer she had to vote “Yes.” Mr. Barry answered, “You
could have voted No.”
Harriet E. Cady
Deerfield
Letter
Greetings to the Voters in Northwood, Nottingham, Deerfield, and
Candia!
My name is Donald Gorman and I am running to represent
you in the New Hampshire Legislature.
I am a conservative
Republican with a strong interest in freedom, liberty, and personal
responsibility. I am a veteran legislator, having served eight years
in the New Hampshire House. The terms I served were 1973-1976 and
1993-1996.
My platform is simple and straightforward. If elected,
my pledge to my constituents is to work diligently to cut taxes, cut
spending, cut the size of government by streamlining, protect
the 2nd amendment, and support the right to work law to bring more
industry and jobs to New Hampshire. I will uphold both the New
Hampshire and United States constitutions.
I ask you for your
vote on November 6. See you at the polls!
Don Gorman
Deerfield
P.S. I have had the pleasure of finding a running mate from the town
of Northwood. His name is Bruce Hodgdon. Like myself, he is an
independent small business man. I am sure he will be a great asset
to the town as a legislator. The citizens of Northwood would do well
to give Bruce a vote in November. Thank you for your kind
considerations.
Letter
Lucy Edwards is unequivocally the
best candidate to represent Northwood in the NH House.
She has a
long and positive track record of public service; she knows how
government works and how to make it work for her constituents.
What experience in public service does Bruce Hodgdon bring to the
table? Some of Hodgdon’s supporters tout his being a small
businessman, but Lucy and her husband ran a successful small
business for years.
Joseph McCaffrey’s recent letter to the Sun
supporting Hodgdon equated one’s liberty with one’s money: Taxes, he
thinks by taking one’s money, deprive one of freedom. But wouldn’t
it then follow that a nation that believes in equal liberty for all
must enforce equal pay for all? Is Hodgdon a closet socialist?
Hodgdon has done little to make his views known, to meet and learn
from his prospective constituents, while Lucy Edwards is the most
open and available candidate you could hope for.
Hodgdon has not
earned a victory in this race; Edwards has.
Willem deVries
Northwood
Letter
I have been a resident of Northwood for
14+ years, and I have met some really wonderful, dedicated people in
town. Lucy Edwards is top among them. She is devoted to
Northwood, to New Hampshire and to important issues that affect us.
Lucy is always willing to pitch in (as her extensive
town-involvement shows), and speaks up to protect the residents of
Northwood (and beyond). She is forward-thinking; plans for the
impact that today’s decisions will have on tomorrow. She researches
thoroughly, whatever issue she is addressing. She is an
advocate for our schools, our town employees, our precious natural
resources (particularly vital in a town blessed with and dependent
on so many) and our town services. She is not an advocate of waste,
but for paying our fair share. It costs money to run a town, a
state, a country and I am willing to pay my share for the privilege
of living in both such a great town and state.
I trust her
implicitly to represent my best interests and those of Northwood –
for today and tomorrow. I urge you to vote in Northwood’s best
interests, vote Lucy Edwards for State Representative.
Karen
Smith
CBNA Students To Participate In A Mock Debate And Mock
Election
For the last month or so students at Coe-Brown Northwood
Academy have been researching each 2012 presidential candidate’s
proposals, platforms, and plans to get ready for a mock presidential
debate which will be held on Friday, October 26 during a school-wide
assembly. The candidates’ representatives and their campaign teams
have been studying topics such as the economy, health care, foreign
policy, the debt, immigration, and education in order to be able to
present their cases for why each of the candidates that they
represent should be elected president to serve the country for the
next four years.
Student Andrew Lang will represent the
Romney team in the debate, while the Obama team will be represented
by student Henry Snow.
On Thursday, November 1, students at
Coe-Brown will then have the opportunity to participate in a mock
election during their lunch periods and study halls. The
purpose of these activities is to help students to understand the
political and electoral process, and to encourage them to become
part of the political process in the future.
Grace Episcopal
Church Marks 130th
Anniversary With New, Locally Made Stained
Glass Window
Grace Episcopal Church marks its 130th anniversary
on October 28th at 3 pm with the unveiling and blessing of a new
stained-glass window.
The new window will be revealed at a
special service on Sunday, October 28 at 3 pm. Bishop Gene Robinson
will lead the worship and Bishop Robert Hirschfeld will preach.
The window was constructed by Susan Pratt-Smith of Northwood, an
artist and jeweler who also crafted the windows at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church in Concord after a fire in the 1980s. Master
woodworker Bill Clarke constructed the new window frame and shelf.
Joe Martel of Atlantic Woodworking did the installation and support
construction work.
The new window replaces an older, simpler
window that was original to the church when it was built in 1915.
The window and its frame were inspired by the original design to fit
the historic space for Grace Church, which is across the road from
Concord’s Merrill Park.
According to church vicar Jason Wells,
the window was given in memory of Ellen Ahlgren, for her work
starting and running the ABC Quilts program to benefit AIDS orphans.
More than twenty other gifts also helped to pay for the window,
including gifts in memory of Grace choir member Bridget Fontaine and
Jennifer Wells.
Representatives of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in
Concord will also attend. That congregation founded Grace Episcopal
Church in 1883 as a mission to the farming community of East
Concord. At the time Grace Episcopal Church worshiped in the
upstairs room of the General Store, which is today the Quality Cash
Market. The window will mark the occasion of moving from mission
parish status to being an independent church. This coincides with
the church’s 130th anniversary year (1883-2013). The service will be
followed by a potluck supper.
Anytime Fitness Northwood To
Host Veterans Day Competition To Benefit Local Hero And His Family
At 9 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012, Anytime Fitness in Northwood
will be hosting a fund raiser to benefit a local military family.
This is a well deserving disabled veteran, his wife, and their two
small children. The family lives locally, and the children attend
local schools. All proceeds from this event will be given directly
to the family.
“I encourage everyone to give us a call or e-mail
and register to participate. Please consider taking part regardless
of your fitness level,” says Rhoda Sommer, owner of Anytime Fitness
in Northwood. “This is an opportunity to have fun, and thank
our veterans and their families.”
We will have four events and a
number of categories. You may register to compete in 1, 2, 3, or all
4. Events include push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, and planking.
Categories are broken down by age and gender. To compete you
do not need to be a member of Anytime Fitness. Call us at
603-942-6027 or e-mail
[email protected]. Then, come to the gym at 262
First NH Turnpike, Northwood, on 11/10 at 9 am. Entry fees are $20
for one event, and $5 for each additional event you would like to
participate in.
All proceeds go to family.
Letter To The
Editor
For the last two years, concerned citizens in New
Hampshire and across the nation have seen the destructive effects of
Republican extremism and obstructionism. On Election Day we’ll
finally get the chance to right the wrongs of the recent past, from
the top of the ticket to the bottom.
It now looks likely
that President Obama will be re-elected, and that we the people will
regain control of the NH House, which has become dangerously
dysfunctional under the “leadership” of Speaker O’Brien.
From senile old men ranting against welfare, to a young clown
dropping a loaded weapon on the floor of the House, this branch of
our state government has devolved from tragedy to farce under
O’Brien, with fanatical neocons leading the way. That’s why I’m
voting for Lucy Edwards and Maureen Mann for state reps, Maggie
Hassan for Governor, Annie Kuster for Congress, and Barack Obama for
President. Unlike their Republican opponents, these candidates will
restore integrity and compassion to government at all levels.
Please encourage your friends and neighbors to exercise their right
to vote on November 6 – together we will build a better state and a
stronger nation.
Sincerely,
Ted Wilkinson
Northwood
Letter
In previous letters to the Sun, I have called upon
candidates in general, and Bruce Hodgdon in particular, to be more
specific about the legislation that they will support if elected to
represent Northwood in Concord. This is especially true of
Bruce because he has never held public office and has no track
record. And some of the legislation he will be presented with
is already in the queue.
For example, an early bill request has
been filed by a Republican legislator to outlaw abortion if the
fetus’ heartbeat can be detected. Since the hearts of embryos
are very early to develop, this would eliminate almost all
abortions, even in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the
mother.
Other requests want to reduce the business profits tax
and the room and meals tax. How will the shortfall be
addressed? Increased property or interest and dividend taxes?
Then there’s repealing gay marriage, the death penalty, and the
prohibition on gambling.
And I wonder if the bill allowing loaded
shotguns and crossbows (!) to be transported in a vehicle will also
be re-introduced.
More seriously, and more up Mr. Hodgdon’s alley
(pardon the pun), is the fact that only 19% of state roads are in
good condition, with 44% rated fair and 37% rated poor, according to
DOT Commissioner Chris Clement. With a gas tax of 18
cents/gal. that was set 21 years ago in 1991, the revenue is
insufficient to do the necessary maintenance, much less build new
roads and bridges. Would Mr. Hodgdon consider an increase?
Obviously, these are important and specific issues. But
without some indication of where he stands, I can only assume that
he will stand with Speaker O’Brien. And in that case, I will
vote for Lucy Edwards who has served my interests so well in the
past.
Tom Chase
Northwood
Letter
We’ve been awash in
easily uttered phrases about “big government” over the past few
years in NH, - as fired up politicians ran for and got elected
to the Legislature, - and then gutted transportation, education,
energy and other funds and programs that NH needs in order to stay
economically competitive.
We’ve heard a whole lot about “liberty”
in recent years. But this recent Legislature threatened my
liberty, in trying to get rid of laws and programs (sobriety
checkpoints, speed limits, professional licensing, and much more)
that had helped me and a lot of other NH people feel safe.
They also created a lot of gun laws. And they set a tone of
incivility at the State house, with self-righteous legislators
sometimes bullying their peers, state employees and others.
We’ve
been hearing a lot about “the NH Constitution” and how it protects
individual liberty. But Article 10 of the NH Constitution
states: Government being instituted for the common benefit,
protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the
private interest… of any one man, family, or class of men.
Lucy
Edwards cares deeply about “the common benefit and protection”.
She’s an intelligent, caring, and frugal woman, who will fight
to protect us, our families and our environment; and will help us
build an innovative 21st century economy.
Please vote for Lucy
as Northwood’s State Representative, in District 1.
Victoria Parmele
Northwood
Letter
Bruce Hodgdon! Hold
that thought for a moment.
I try to stay out of writing about
national and state politics, I know who I am going to vote for
probably so do you. My concern is Northwood.
However, we have
been making a big change in this country and not for the better.
More and more of us expect someone else to take care of us and to
fund our excesses. While both sides tend to buy votes by promising
us someone else’s money, one group seems to do it a lot more. We
have a whole bevy of those people right here locally. Mortgaging our
children’s and their children’s future with our deficits and out of
control deficits is unconscionable. My generation is stealing from
our kids and grandkids and it has to stop.
Bruce Hodgdon will not
do that. He is an honest hardworking man who owns a business right
here in Northwood. He is accessible. He is a fair man who is soft
spoken but effective, well informed on the issues and ready, willing
and happy to help others. I really, really support Bruce to be
Northwood’s State Representative. Bring common sense to government
by joining in to vote for this good man to be our Representative.
Vote! Vote! Vote!
Tim Jandebeur
Northwood
Letter
Election Views
As the election approaches I think about our
situation: ideology, parties aside, our Country is a business and
currently a failing one. Obama made promises which have not come
true. I have a business and am a nurse. I meet many people, have
many friends. I don’t know of one better off than 4 years ago.
Romney is a businessman, successful, he has worked, made a paycheck
and made a payroll. He’s had a job: Obama, never. Romney ran a
state: Obama, never. Romney has no foreign policy experience: same
as Obama, 2008. Romney says he will not apologize for America or bow
to kings, Obama has done both.
Romney will cut taxes, Obama
won’t. The top 5% pay 60% of taxes. That’s not enough? The lower 20%
pay none. The middle 75% pay 40%. Poor people do not create jobs,
they drain not add to the economy. Add workers and that adds to
those paying in, simple economics. Example: get 10,000 extra from
the rich, get 10 workers each paying 2,000, which yields more?
As
to Obama’s “redistribution” of wealth, those doing good “should pay
a bit more.” The original idea is from Karl Marx: “each according to
his need, each according to his ability,” Lenin would be proud of
Hussein Obama!
As an RN with 25 years experience, Obamacare will
bankrupt us and quality will go down. Why would a pharmaceutical
company spend millions to develop a new drug when the buyer will be
the government at a low flat rate? Do Americans go to Guatemala for
surgery? No, people come here. Yes, the system is flawed but as
Reagan said “Government is the problem.”
Veterans come back
without jobs, gas doubled, taxes higher, debt higher, the hope and
change didn’t work, “Fast and Furious.”
Vote Romney or Obama,
any other vote is wasted. God Bless America!
Paul A. Johnston
Northwood, NH
Letter
In these pages and elsewhere we have
been treated to silly opposition to voter ID. The cater-walling in
our neighboring states and the entire country is much the same
absurd notion that voting is some unlimited “right” because you walk
into or ‘drive by’ a polling booth. It is a privilege of adult
citizenship. It is prohibited to certain categories of people like
felons, noncitizens, and 10 year olds, etc (though admittedly not
always and especially ‘adults’ that think like 10 year olds).
Just to mention some of the silliness:
1. The absurd
contention that some ‘poor’ can’t afford a voter ID - they’re
free... Duh!
2. That 2-4 years is not enough time to get one...
(This is for rocket scientists only).
3.
It’s too complicated... This is where even a 6 year old could
qualify.
The bottom line is that if you are too dumb, too lazy,
or too uninformed to get an ID, then you shouldn’t be voting in the
first place.
I have witnessed voter fraud myself. The number is
in the hundreds of thousands nationwide and it’s not just Chicago or
Boston or St. Louis, it happens in N.H. Bussed in ‘voters’
from Massachusetts, out of state students, and illegal aliens
comprise part of the problem in N.H.
Let me be clear, the only
reason to oppose voter ID is that you are an advocate of voter
fraud. You like the idea that a legitimate citizen can have
his or her vote stolen or canceled. It’s that simple.
Joseph McCaffrey
Northwood
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