It’s that time again - the fall Red Cross Blood Drive is coming right up, Thursday, October 30th at the Pittsfield Elementary School from 3 to 8 p.m. (note the new times.) All presenting donors will receive a Red Cross T shirt and a chance to enter a raffle to win a $100 gas card. Childcare is provided. Blood supplies are in great demand and remember, the life you save may be your own or a family member. Please give this some serious thought and - notice the new hours.
 

Northwood Girl Scout Food Drive

Girl Scouts of Northwood will be sponsoring a food drive during the week of November 1-10.

It was brought to the attention of the girl scouts that the food pantry is in desperate need of nonperishable food items. So in an effort to help, we will be collecting at the following locations: Sassafras Tree Artisans Shop, TD North Bank, Northwood RV, Fitness Factor in Epsom, Northwood Garage, and at St. Joseph's Church during the up coming elections. We expect there to be additional locations so please look for boxes decorated by the girls.

Thank you for you help. For more information please call Gloria Jewett 303-5635

Rochester District VNA Flu Shot Clinic

Rochester District Visiting Nurse Association will be holding flu shot clinics for the public at the following locations:

October 23, Northwood Town Hall, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

November 6, Bow Lake Baptist Church, Strafford, 10 a.m. - 12 Noon.

Rochester District VNA encourages everyone, especially high risk people, to get their flu shot. The influenza virus (“flu”), is a contagious disease which can be spread by coughing, sneezing, or nasal secretions.
 

High Risk individuals include:
* Anyone 65 years of age and older.
* All children 6-59 months of age.
* People who have long-term health problems.
* People with certain muscle or nerve disorders.
* People with weakened immune systems.
 

Individuals who should not get the flu shot include:
* People with severe allergies to eggs.
* People who have had a severe reaction to the vaccine in the past.
* People who have had Guillain-Barre Syndrome (check with your Physician).
* If you are moderately or severely ill, wait until you recover before getting the vaccine.
 

We will also be administering flu shots at the Strafford County Committee on Aging Senior Wellness Expo on Friday, October 31st at the Rochester Elks Lodge from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Rochester District also encourages businesses to offer a flu shot clinic to their employees to promote health and wellness in the workplace.

The cost for the injection is $35.00. Rochester District VNA will bill Medicare Part B or Blue Cross/Blue Shield at no charge, please bring your insurance cards for verification.

For more information, please call us at 332-1133 or visit our web site at www.YourVNA.org.

Northwood  Lake Survey

Pete Jones, Northwood Lake Watershed Association, and Michael Lennon from ACT, Inc., conducted the lake’s annual lake vegetation survey on October 8. There is both good and bad news. The bad news is that there is still milfoil in the lake in some spots and some of it is new growth, although very immature. There is also some old milfoil in the lake. Good news is, the existing milfoil is very sparse, just one or two plants instead of the mats of milfoil seen last year. ACT’s recommendation is to go through the winter and another season before making a final judgment on this summer’s treatment.

Volunteers are still needed for the lake bottom clean-up, after the drawdown, at the Epsom end of the lake. The clean-up will be between November 8 - December 8. Please get your group involved in keeping Northwood Lake beautiful. We can be reached at www.northwoodlake.com
 

Stormwater Management

Submitted by Northwood Water Resource
sub-committee (sub-committee of Planning Board)
Stormwater runoff results from rainfall and/or snow melt which runs across surfaces which water can not penetrate (roofs, driveways, patios etc.) rather than absorbing into the ground.

Stormwater management is the management or control of stormwater runoff for the purposes of reducing flooding, downstream erosion and water quality degradation.

TTG Environmental Consultants have prepared a report prescribing the best ways the Town of Northwood can minimize the impact of stormwater runoff. You are welcome to attend a presentation of a draft of this report to Northwood Planning Board meeting at 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., November 13th, 2008, at the Northwood Town Hall.

Letter

We are really fortunate to have five thoughtful, caring, courageous and talented people running for state representative for our towns.

I consider myself lucky to know these Democrats and call them my friends.

Gile Beye loves the landscape we inhabit and works hard to preserve it for us and our descendants. She is a first time candidate who has served on the planning board in Deerfield.

Maureen Mann won a special election earlier this year. Her citizen journalism project, The Forum, our newspaper, has showcased her abilities as a leader and a team player. She is deliberative and strong in her convictions of the right things to do.

Susi Nord is a model of clear thought, while never letting us forget the people who need us. She reminds us that money is not the only important thing we need to consider.

Dick Snow could have taken his retirement as a reason to slow down, but instead he continues to serve the people of our communities. He is never afraid to speak his mind.

Tom St. Martin, a former legislator, always brings a quick intelligence with a touch of humor to his conversations and decisions. I treasure his ability to help me put the issues in perspective.

I hope you will vote for this great team to represent us in the NH House. They are not one-trick ponies, not just for cutting taxes and slashing spending with no details and no apparent interest in the effects of such policies. We deserve better than simplistic sound bites in these difficult times.

Lucy Edwards
Northwood

Pastor’s Corner
The Wrath of God!

By Pastor Ted White
People generally are comfortable with the love of God, but not the wrath of God. God is love. That is His very character, but He is also a God of wrath, of judgment. If you are reading this article, you are either in the love of God or under the wrath of God. But, it is not just a matter of thinking or saying that I am in the love of God and not the wrath of God, rather, it is by a life lived out in obedience to God. Not out of drudgery or passiveness, but in love and devotion.

In John 3:18 we read “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.” So for the person who has not come to belief in Jesus (trusted His finished work at the cross, the resurrection and who He is as the Son of God) stands condemned before God already. If that person were to die in that condition He would be separated forever… forever apart from God in Hell, a place no person should want to go. This is a common, very common teaching of Jesus. It is a warning. Listen to this in John 3:36. “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on Him.” Again, for the person who hasn’t come to the point of trusting Jesus as Savior and Lord, they are presently under the wrath of God. But for those who have trusted Him, they have eternal life.

It is my hope and prayer that you do know the love of God so you won’t experience the wrath of God. You are presently in one or the other.

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.

Else Cilley Chapter D.A.R.

The September 20th meeting of the Else Cilley Chapter D.A.R. was held at the Historic Schoolhouse on Nottingham Square. Refreshments were served by Susann Chaplin, Emelyn Krause, Joann Brown, and Peg Franz.

The Business Meeting was conducted while members assembled favors for the Annual Fall State Meeting in Manchester, NH.

The next meeting of the Chapter will be on Saturday, October 25th at noon at Peg Franz’s home at Tara Estates in East Rochester. (Please call 335-7041 for directions). Members will bring their lunches, beverages, and dessert will be served. A video will be shown of the building of the White Pass and Yukon Railway starting from Skagway, Alaska.

Prospective members and friends are welcome.

Local High School Theatre Students Volunteer To Trick Or Treat
“Because Hunger Is A Very Scary Thing”

The International Thespian Society (ITS), a division of the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), is pleased to announce the participation of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy’s Thespian Troupe 5976 in the Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat Program.  Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat is a national community service program for ITS-member schools to collect canned and dry goods for local charities and food banks. Thespian troupes from across the nation are participating this year.  Theatre students from Coe-Brown will be dressed in costumes to collect food donations during the local Trick or Treat activities on October 30 in Strafford and Barrington and on October 31 in Northwood and Nottingham during local Trick or Treat times. These donations will go to benefit the Northwood Food Pantry. Thousands of pounds of food will be collected in one night across the country, giving organizations the ability to help thousands of local people. In addition, donations of non perishable food items will be accepted at the main office of CBNA until Halloween.

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Announces AP® Scholar Awards

Two recent graduates of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, Rebecca Rubenstein and Matthew Blake, have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.4 million high school students in 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar. Students took AP Exams in May 2008 after completing challenging college-level courses at their high schools. Ms. Rubenstein and Mr. Blake qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams, with grades of 3 or higher. Ms. Rubenstein is currently studying engineering at Weidner University and Mr. Blake attends Johns Hopkins University majoring in mechanical engineering.  Congratulations to them both.

 
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