Join us at the Chesley Memorial Library on Saturday,
October 29, during open hours (10:00 am - 1:00 pm) for a
make-and-take Halloween Craft Session! Make a spider bracelet, a
frightful necklace, and/or a fridge magnet to take home.
Free Thanksgiving Dinner at the Epsom Fire Station
12-2 pm Nov 24th.
Looking for food donations and volunteers to help
serve. Open to all. Call Karen at 603-736-9954.
Letter
Take Back Your Neighborhood
I have been a Northwood resident for 12 years now
and each fall I go up and down my street cleaning up the trash that
has collected along the sides of the road. This project generally
takes about 2 hours each year, and mind you, I am not complaining
about the time, I am upset at the increasing amount of trash I pick
up each year. There are 15 homes on this 3/4 mile long road which
connects Route 4 to Blake’s Hill Road and these homes are
beautifully well-kept. It is the woodsy area between them that is
being polluted.
So what is the message that we are subliminally
giving to our children and friends by allowing the trash on our
roadside to flourish? That we will tolerate the disrespect being
shown by those who use our road as their own personal trash cans?
That our property beyond our lawn is fair game for anyone’s abuse?
That we just don’t care? Well, we should care!
Driving down other roads in town I see this same
disrespect and it makes me want to cry. Why are we so ambivalent to
the trash on our roadsides? Have we become so immune to it over the
years that we don’t even see it anymore? It is time that we see it
again! If each resident would patrol their own land to clean up the
roadside waste our town would become the most beautiful town in New
Hampshire, which is why we chose to move here 12 years ago.
Take this challenge... Clean up just your own
portion of the roadside. Beautify your town. Teach your children
social responsibility. If you are unable to do this there are
organizations in town you can contact that may assist you from the
scouts to Coe Brown students needing to complete their community
service hours. Let’s all be grateful and proud to be Northwood
residents.
Name Withheld By Request
Northwood Lake Watershed Association
2012 Watershed Plans
After a productive 2011, the Northwood Lake
Watershed Association Board of Directors met Saturday, October 15,
to plan for 2012.
The Lake Host program will start in March. Joyce
Lothian will be the new point person, replacing Doug Chamberlin.
Lake Hosts are volunteers who inspect incoming and outgoing vessels
at the town launch for exotic weeds.
LuAnne Pidgeon announced Weed Watcher training will
be held in June. Weed Watchers check the shoreline and shallow
waters for milfoil and other exotic weeds.
Volunteers are needed for both programs.
Other 2012 plans are: The last Saturday in July, the
3rd Annual Boat Parade will be held. The Boat Parade is always a fun
time for the lake.
A "Starry Night" is in the works for a night star
gazing program from the middle of the lake.
In June, a Biological Survey of the lake will be
held.
Though looking forward to 2012, the Association is
still active this year. Work parties are being formed to dig and
pull phragmites the weekend after Thanksgiving weekend.
Have a good winter! For more info or to volunteer
for any of the programs, visit us at
www.northwoodlake.com
"Boot Drive" At Northwood Farmers Market
Donations will be accepted on Oct. 29th from 9-1 at
the Northwood Area Farmers Market for Doug Hayes, a Strafford
Fire/Rescue worker who was injured in Tropical Storm Irene when a
tree branch fell 60 feet on him while he was attempting to clear
fallen trees from wires after the storm. Doug suffered five crushed
vertebrae, two broken collar bones, a fractured shoulder and a
punctured lung, and is slowly recovering. Volunteers are helping
with repairs to his home, which he had planned to complete this fall
as well.
The Strafford band North River Trio will play from
11-1.
The market meets at the Masonic Hall on Rt. 4 next
to the municipal parking lot and serves residents in neighboring
communities, including Strafford.
Else Cilley DAR
Norma Perkins and Deanna Rush at the Else Cilley
Chapter, DAR of Nottingham, NH
booth during Nottingham Days
celebration.
The Else Cilley Chapter, NSDAR, participated in
Nottingham Days activities in mid-September. Members provided
genealogical information and assistance, hosted a patriotic coloring
activity and gave over 5 dozen flags, several flag codes and
bookmarks to participants. The chapter also raffled several items
including gift cards, baskets, and flowers to raise money for the
preservation efforts of the Nottingham Square Schoolhouse, a
National Registry historic building.
The next meeting of the Else Cilley Chapter will be
at the home of member Nancy Gervino. The program will focus on Wines
in early American history, on Saturday, October 22nd. Prospective
and current members should contact Regent Jan Gilman for more
information and directions at
[email protected].
The chapter also encourages local public and
homeschooled students to participate in this year’s American History
Essay contests. Students in grades 5-8 will write about the War of
1812, while the topic, Christopher Columbus: In his own time, in
history and today, is open to students in grades 9-12. Students and
teachers may contact essay chairman Jan Gilman at
[email protected].
Local Women Helps Norwich University Women’s Rugby
Team
Continue Its Impressive Streak
Norwich University’s women’s team began the 2011
Northeast Rugby Football Union tournament by hosting Colby College
of Maine on Sunday, October 23rd.
Coach Austin Hall’s team (9-1) rolled through the
regular season conference play with a 5-0 record and a combined
338-points advantage on the opposition. Norwich’s 87-5 win over the
University of Vermont continued an impressive streak for the program
as it hasn’t dropped a Northeast League match in six consecutive
years.
Sophomore Rose Bernheim (Andrews AFB, Md.) closed
out back-to-back seasons as the try leader in the Northeast League,
as she had three against Vermont to end the conference slate with
11. Fellow sophomores Joya Clark (Scotia, N.Y.) and Jackie Derocher
(Northwood, N.H.) also converted three tries each against the
Catamounts.
The NERFU tournament continues next weekend,
Saturday and Sunday, October 29 and 30 at Bowdoin College in Maine.
Fans, friends and alumni can check out the tournament bracket
progress by visiting
www.norwichathletics.com, the internet home of the Cadets.
GFWC-NH Harvey Lake Woman’s Club
On October 8, 2011, Ginny Rogers, President, and
Elaine Covey, Vice President, attended the General Federation of
Women’s Clubs - NH’s Fall Field/Fall Rally in Exeter, NH. It was a
very rewarding day with excellent speakers providing information
beneficial to all the clubs. Sew Much Comfort, a partnership project
with other national clubs to provide adaptive clothing for our
"wounded warriors" serving in the U.S. military (a program that
allows them to dress themselves). GFWC-NH clubs donated specific
items of clothing and money totaling $1,200 plus to this worthy
cause.
On October 14, 2011, a beautiful fall day
overlooking Harvey Lake, GFWC Harvey Lake Woman’s Club held their
Fall Comfort Pillow Workshop. Ten (10) HLWC worker bees and three
(3) dedicated friends from Deerfield, NH, completed 90 comfort
pillows. Pillows will be donated to Concord Hospital for breast
cancer patients. The workshops are always a time of fun, laughter,
and accomplishment on our Signature Project.
We are saddened by the recent loss of a valued club
member, Charlotte Klaubert to breast cancer. She regularly
participated in the twice yearly Comfort Pillow Workshops. She will
be greatly missed.
Saturday, October 29, 2011 the HLWC will be hosting
GFWC-NH Fall Conference for Districts 1, 2, and 3 at the Northwood
Congregational Church located on Rt. 4 next to Coe Brown Northwood
Academy.
At the November 1st meeting the Club will start
collecting our annual Mitten Tree project that supports the St.
Charles Children’s Home in Rochester. Refreshments will be served by
Ann Kelley and Lucy Silva.
The Northwood Youth Girls Soccer Team Thunder U10
had almost an undefeated season with 10 wins, 1 loss and 2 ties.
They combined outstanding teamwork, hard field play, impressive
passing skills and excellent goal tending . Every player on the team
contributed to the score board this year. The Tournament this past
weekend ended them in 2nd place in the Championship game in a shoot
out against Concord Christian Academy. The Team: coaches (L-R)
Barabra Hoover, Nikki Roy, players, top row, Kate Blake Jaden
Boulanger, Megan Edgecomb, Brynna Meeker, Makayla DeButts, Caitlyn
VanGerena; second row, Brenna Roy, Kendall Nester, Mary Thoms,
Jennifer Bettencourt, Addison Cox, and missing from photo Elizabeth
Reeves.
Little Shop of Horrors Comes to Coe Brown
Ryan Cunningham as Seymour Krelborn in CBNA
Theatre’s
production of Little Shop of Horrors, Oct. 27, 28, 29.
Look out! Here comes Audrey Two! CBNA Theatre will
present the classic horror flick spoof Little Shop of Horrors on
October 27, 28, and 29, 2011 at 7 pm in the Gerrish Gym on the Coe
Brown Northwood Academy campus.
This popular musical tells the story of mild
mannered botanist Seymour Krelborn, whose encounter with a strange
and exotic plant named Audrey Two, becomes the story of legend.
The cast features junior Ryan Cunningham as Seymour,
senior Samantha Lepicier as his lady love Audrey, senior Matt
Paganelli as his boss Mr. Mushnik, senior Quinn Palmer as his rival
Orin, and senior Kendall McGowen as the voice of Audrey Two. Seniors
Blair Leavitt and Emily Yurek and junior Noelle Struthers are
featured as the infamous street urchins that serve as a Greek chorus
who narrates the story and lets the audience know that something is
just not quite right here in Mushnik’s Florist Shop on Skid Row.
Other cast members include seniors Tyler Bowden,
Beau Deveaux, Tim Tuttle and choreographer Isaac Wilson; juniors
Marianna Barnhart, Ashlyn Correia, Kylie Gagnon, Jordan McAllister,
and Kestyn Ritchotte; sophomores Grace Axelrod, Erin Barnard, Taylor
Bowden, Kennedy Chaney, Tyler Chittum, Jessica Gallant, Allyson
LaFrance, Katie MacEachern, Taylor Olssen and freshmen Grealdine
Balanta, Kyle Bousquet, Jillian Burroughs, Setse Bush, Rachael
Dallaire, Julia Collins, Jordan Roach and Colton Rush. The
production also involves approximately 20 other students in behind
the scenes capacities and is directed by faculty member Elizabeth
Lent. Musical Direction is by faculty member Davis Deardorff and
special effects puppet design is by staff member Jeremy
Archer-Waterman. Reserved tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for
students and seniors and are available by calling 942-5531, ext.
237, or by email
[email protected]. Make Little Shop of Horrors part of your
Halloween weekend.
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 in Strafford on October
30 and in Northwood on October 31. 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. Senior Kendall McGowen is chairing this initiative as her
senior portfolio project.
About the Educational Theatre Association
The Educational Theatre Association, founded in
1929, is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to
promote and strengthen theatre education as a means of lifelong
learning. The Association’s major areas of effort-educational
development, teacher development, and advocacy-serve to accomplish
this mission by helping to improve the learning environment in the
theatre arts. A professional association for theatre educators, EdTA
also operates the International Thespian Society, an honorary
organization for high school theatre students, and the Senior
Theatre League of America, an organization for older adults in
theatre.
Contact Christopher Hunt, Educational Theatre
Association, by phone at (513) 421-3900 x.228, or by email at
[email protected] for more
information.
Letter
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but credit card
companies have been talking to us differently over the past year or
so. It’s nice of them to tell me things like how much I will end up
paying if I only make the minimum payment, or that the due date on
my card is the same every month. It’s nice to get more time to pay
after the statement comes and to see how much I have paid in
interest for the year. My statements are much easier to read, and I
appreciate having fair notice if my interest rate is going up.
I wish I could say that the companies just decided
to be nice to us, but actually there’s a bit more to the story: the
Credit CARD Act of 2009. The Democratic Congress, including our
Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter, decided that the banks weren’t
being as clear and forthcoming with information about their credit
products as they should be, so Congress passed a law to give the
consumer more information to make responsible decisions about what
card would work best and how best to use it.
Next time you get your credit card bill, and you see
clearly what you owe, when it needs to be paid, and how much it is
going to cost you to carry a balance over time, say thanks to Carol
Shea-Porter and her Democratic colleagues in the 111th U. S.
Congress. I am glad she is running for Congress again.
Lucy Edwards
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