The Northwood Congregational Church will be hosting a Christmas Fair, Saturday, December 3rd, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. located on Route 4 just east of Coe Brown Northwood Academy.

The fair will feature greens to adorn your holiday home, berry bowls, crafts, jewelry, multiple raffle baskets, maple syrup, home made preserves and baked goods, topped off with freshly baked pop overs and tempting soups from the kitchen.

This will be an event you won’t want to miss!

See you there!

Santa’s Helpers

The Northwood Fire-Rescue is requesting your assistance in providing Christmas gifts to children in Northwood ages birth to 18, through the Northwood Santa’s Helpers program. Beginning the first week of December through December 16, please look for our collection boxes clearly marked Northwood Santa’s Helpers at local merchants for your donation of a new toy.

We do not receive support from any other organization in town also collecting gifts. Your gift will be matched to a Northwood child’s wish, wrapped, labeled with their name from Santa.

Suggested items include: puzzles, board games, coloring books and crayons, dolls, cars and trucks, blocks, crafts for all ages, items for the teenage group. Cash donations used to purchase winter clothing can be mailed to Northwood Santa’s Helpers, PO Box 353, Northwood, NH 03261.

If you are in need of assistance this year, forms are available at the Northwood Town Hall, community board at the Northwood Post Office or at the Ridge Fire Station. You and your children must be residents of Northwood at the time of application and delivery to be eligible for this program.

The members of Northwood Fire-Rescue appreciate any assistance you may be able to provide that will brighten Christmas for Northwood children.

CBNA Winter Arts Festival 2011

Festival Logo Designed by junior Catherine Jarvis

The Winter Arts Festival Committee of Coe Brown Northwood Academy is pleased to announce that this year’s festival will take place on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. The festival will open at 6 pm in the Multi-Purpose Room with a student exhibition of entries to The Scholastic Art Award of New Hampshire competition.

At 7 pm, the Select Chorus will formally open the evening followed by the presentation of visual art award certificates, the Concert Chorus and a performance by one of the CBNA Theatre classes. The evening will conclude with the CBNA Concert Band. Students, faculty, friends and community members are all invited.

As in the past, this special evening in the arts helps to provide additional financial support for supplies and repairs that cannot be planned for in advance. Your continued generosity is greatly appreciated.

Admission is free to all participating students. General admission is $5.00 per person or $20.00 for a family of four or more.

A Week Without Art At CBNA

The Coe Brown Northwood Academy chapter of the National Art Honor Society has selected December 12-16, 2011 as a "Week without Art". During this week, the bare walls around the campus will be a reminder to everyone of the importance of the visual arts in our daily lives.

On Friday, December 9, after school, the members of NAHS will begin the process of removing the Permanent Art Collection and/or covering more permanent pieces. When school resumes on Monday, Dec. 12, the hallways that are usually adorned with the collection and special murals will be void.

During the week, NAHS members will be using the time to clean, repair and re-photograph many of the pieces in the collection. When students, faculty and staff return to school on Monday, December 19, the permanent art collection will once again be re-hung in different locations in hopes to bring new recognition to the collection.

Northwood Elementary School

First Quarter Honor Roll

2011-2012

5th Grade

High Honors

Benjamin Cote, Dylan DeTrude, Mary Lee, Jonathan Moehlmann, Emma Tobbe

Honors

Elijah Allen, Braelin Ash, Rebecca Bailey, Isabelle Balch, Derek Capo, Madison Cunningham, Nicholas Dyer, Olivia Farrar, Dylan Harlow, Kyle Hill, Ryan Holland, Sarah Jensen, Cooper Leduke, Mason Lobello, Lillian Marie, Shane Molloy, Adrianna Reid, Jacob Rich, Arthur Ring, Madison Rollins, Arianna Sage, Jacob Schleich, Zachary Sheehan, Samuel Thurston, Tyler Troy, Emily van Gerena, Megan Wimsatt

Honorable Mention

Alissa Ames, Daniel Bocash, Michael Burgess, Clayton Canfield, Breanna DeMeritt, Taylor Edgecomb, Kevin Hennessey, Alyssa Hill, Nicolas LaMontagne, Tyler LaMontagne, Madeleine Lounsbury, Brice Lussier, Hannah Palmer, Micah Spencer

6th Grade

High Honors

Natalie Annis, Taylor Bettencourt, Emily Cunningham, Sarah Doiron, Hannah Halka, MaKenna Iller, Emily Lentz, Kayla Pollak, Aiyana Rollins, Julia Sommer

Honors

Noel Bergeron, Leah Bridge, Taylor Bryer, Annie Comtois, Kellyn Flanagan, Spencer Goad, Brady Johnson, Alexis Kendall, Nina-Marie Laramee, Michaela McAllister, Stephanie Messina, Sierra Miller, Scott Norwood, Scott Spenard, Kiley St. Francis, Nicolas Therriault, Jack Zeblisky

Honorable Mention

Ethan Chaney, Nicholas LaRose, Kassandra Lavoie, Catrina Purington, Devin Sullivan

7th Grade

High Honors

Cassandra Barnhart, Elizabeth Bisson, Alexander Gray, Emily Hughes, McKenzie Moehlmann, Caitlyn Pitre, Thomas Sheehan, Sarah Turmel, Kylee West

Honors

Miranda Adcock, Isaiah Allen, Emily Barnes, Joel Boulanger, Jesse Cormier, Sheridan Gancarz, Joseph Guptill, Sophia Menjivar, Joseph Menjivar, Nickolas Mewkill, Devin Molloy, Cassidy O’Dwyer, Jordain Pierce, Aidan Plumpton, Samantha Roche, Shawn Spenard, Derek Steger, Evan Wimsatt

Honorable Mention

Matthew Brown, Nicholas Jensen, Emily Marie, Noah Olewine, Myesha Prescott

8th Grade

High Honors

Nicole Beaupre, Chloe Bettencourt, Nathaniel Chagnon, Ryu Kondrup, Grace Mele, Carter Rollins, Julie Souryavong

Honors

Michaela Cirillo, Dalton Colman, Seanna DeMeritt, Bailey Docko, Erin Docko, Quinn Gready, Robert Hill III, Caleb Locke, Jared Neal, William Ohrenberger, Billie Pingree, Destiny Purington, Julie Renner, Kayleigh Sherman

Honorable Mention

Alexis Arsenault, Parker Aube, Janais Axelrod, Julia Cormier, Alexander Corwin, Molly DeTrude, Taylor Dow, Wyatt Jozokos, Hanna Marie, John Molloy, Samuel Olewine, Haley Pierce, Cullen Pitman, Phaleap Taing, Mariah Valerio

Harvey Lake Woman’s Club News

At the November 1 meeting of the HLWC, Diane Prescott presented a program, "Going to get Anna," about her experience of traveling to adopt her daughter from Cambodia. She showed us many handmade items which she brought home with her so Anna would have a feel for her heritage. It was a fascinating journey.

Our former HLWC secretary, Charlotte Klaubert, passed away in October. She was an active member of the Northwood Congregational Church, initiating "Christmas by Design" and a board member of the Rochester Rural Visiting Nurses. She will be greatly missed.

The upcoming December 6 meeting will be our annual Christmas tea. Entertainment will be provided by Shelley Frost and Ruth Bencal. Please note the time has been changed to 12 noon. Members are to bring their own place settings. The greeter is Cecile Marini and the inspiration will be given by Betty Steen.

The HLWC is a service organization and member of GFWC-NH. Its object is to promote sociability and culture and to make itself a power for good in the community. All women in the area are invited to join us.

Northwood Girl Scout Ambassador Troop To Hold Food Drive

Northwood Girl Scout Ambassador troop 12674 will be doing a food drive for the Northwood Food Pantry from now through Tuesday, December 6th. Donation boxes are at Northwood Garage and Chesley Library as well as a few other locations in town. The Northwood food pantry is in desperate need of non-perishable food items to stock its shelves.

Non-perishable food items as well as personal toiletries and paper goods may be left in any of the boxes for donation to the food pantry.

Letter To The Editor

Monday night the Northwood School Board Chair read a letter denouncing me for the letters that I have written in the Sun. This was totally expected because one SB member blabs too much and a member emailed the videographer to make sure he was there. I now feel free to address you as a SB member.

I am an advocate of transparency in government. 99.9999999% of government actions should be done in front of us. No back room "bridge to nowhere" deals. This is one fundamental difference between the SB and me. I found out that there was a "proposal" to make a group of Special Education employees "year round" that would substantially change the landscape. This was never discussed at the SB level, (back room deal), and any such change should be and traditionally is given to the town in a warrant article to approve.

I have broken the law more as a 5 month member of the SB than in 45 years of my adult life. One of the ways is by being present and to a small degree taking part in what should have been public discussions while in non-public sessions. No excuses, I apologize. Right-to-know laws are summarily broken, often, with our Superintendent sitting right there.

Ironically, I tried to address this minutes before the Chair read the letter. The Chair banged his fist down, bellowing, refused to allow me to bring this subject up. Angry man. It’s on cd for all to see. Khrushchev, banging his shoe on the desk at the United Nations in ‘60, is what flashed through my mind. Why ironic? They, 3 members, broke the law in order to get together to write this letter. Even by email, it unlawful. Do the means justify the end? Do you wonder why we spend more for less than our sister schools?

Tim Jandebeur

Northwood