The
Northwood Food Pantry would like to extend a sincere thank you to
everyone who has made a donation to the food pantry or helped in any
way to allow the pantry to continue its ability to serve those in
need. Your generosity has helped your friends and neighbors, who
have fallen on hard times, to be able to enjoy the holiday season.
Thank you again, Food Pantry Director Pat Jacobmeyer and the food
pantry volunteer team.
The Vintage Oval Race (Southern
Classic) is being held on Saturday, January 22nd at Lake Shore Farm
in Northwood, NH, followed by a Dinner and Dancing to “Phil an the
Blanks” that night.
Racing registration starts at 9:00 am.
Bring the family and have fun as a participant or spectator.
Food and refreshments are available during the racing. For
more information log onto our website :
www.northwoodcrankpullers.com for more details and information
Check out our Radar Run on Sunday January 30th also at Lake Shore
Farm in Northwood, NH.
Dead of
Winter Story Swap Just for Fun
Come one and all to the third
annual Dead of Winter Story Swap at Chadbourn’s Restaurant, Route 4,
Northwood, Saturday, January 15, at 6:00 pm. Order a tasty
meal, then sit back, chow down and listen to Bob Chadbourn and Becky
Rule tell a few lies in the Yankee humor vein.
Inspired
diners are invited to join in with stories (or poems or songs) of
their own. One story leads to another in the oral tradition.
This is an evening for laughter, neighborliness, tall tales and true
stories, too. The tables tend to fill fast so reservations are
advised. Call Sally at 942-5992.
Letter
I am celebrating joining my husband in what we hope will be an
active retirement filled with both new adventures and continuing
community involvement. One of the many initiatives of the
Democrats that will ease the burden of trying to live in retirement
as middle-class Americans is the changes to Medicare that are part
of the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010.
Too many of my
age-mates were led to believe that these changes were bad for us.
What a shame that, despite efforts by organizations like AARP to get
the correct information to them, they ended up voting for those who
want to repeal this landmark legislation. There is much in
this law to help us, and also our children and grandchildren.
I am very concerned about future generations, and this law not only
helps provide healthcare for them, it also will cut the deficit over
the coming decades and provide tax breaks for small businesses.
One piece of this legislation that will be of great help was a
project of my now former Congresswoman, Carol Shea Porter, one of
the best legislators I have ever known: the fix for the so-called
donut-hole in Medicare D. I will miss Carol’s principled and
constant concern for the rest of us who are not wealthy or connected
to the powerful. No one worked harder for us than Carol.
Now our new congressman, Frank Guinta, is poised to vote to
repeal this law. I assume, since I have not heard otherwise,
that he will take his government-sponsored healthcare while
repealing ours. Since he has told us that he stands on
principle about not revealing the source of the money that
mysteriously appeared in his campaign account, is he standing on
principle with healthcare as well?
Lucy Edwards Northwood
Thank
You!
The members of Northwood Fire-Rescue would like to take this
opportunity to thank the citizens and merchants of Northwood for
helping to make this year’s Northwood Santa’s Helpers an
overwhelming success. Due to your tremendous response, we were able
to wrap gifts of toys and clothing for 56 Northwood children.
While we are not able to provide a personal thank you to each and
everyone providing assistance this year, we would like to note
Northwood Human Services Director Sue Holden for her invaluable
coordinating assistance. Our thanks are also extended to Liz
Helton for making Northwood Santa’s Helpers her senior portfolio
project.
We appreciate your continued support of this
neighbor helping neighbor program that brightens the lives of so
many Northwood children. Your gifts not only provide enjoyment at
Christmas, but will also continue throughout the year.
On behalf
of the families you assisted and our members we wish you a safe,
healthy and happy New Year.
Selectmen Appoint Town Administrator
The Northwood Board of Selectmen announced today the appointment of
Brent T. Lemire as Town Administrator, effective January 1, 2011.
Mr. Lemire has been serving as Interim Town Administrator since
November 1, in the wake of the departure of Town Administrator David
Stack, who took the position of Town Manager of Bow. Mr.
Lemire has over 35 years of administrative and volunteer experience
in municipal government. He served as Business Services Officer for
the Manchester Fire Department and as a Senior Staff Instructor at
the New Hampshire Fire Academy in Concord, and is currently an
adjunct faculty member at the University of New
Hampshire-Manchester. Mr. Lemire received a Master of Public
Administration degree from the University of New Hampshire and a
Bachelor of Science degree in Social Sciences/Education from Central
Connecticut State University. Mr. Lemire resides in
Litchfield where he has previously served as Chief of the Fire
Department and as a member and Chair of the Budget Committee.
Anytime
Fitness Launches “Feel Like A Million” Campaign
In
celebration of its 1,000,000th member, Anytime Fitness will be
giving away $1,000,000 in 2011. Daily contests hosted on
AnytimeHealth.com—with prizes of up to $1000—and a free one-year
membership to the club in Northwood are key components of the
giveaway. Anytime Fitness, the world’s largest co-ed fitness
club chain, will also be giving away $10,000 to each of four
individuals who “transform their lives through exercise and
nutrition” and a $25,000 grand prize to help one lucky winner open
his/her own Anytime Fitness club.
Rhoda Sommer, the owner of
Anytime Fitness in Northwood, said that she will begin accepting
applications for the free one-year membership to the club in May –
“National Physical Fitness Month.”
“We’re looking for applicants
who have compelling reasons to improve their health,” Sommer said,
“but for one reason or another they have not been able to do so.
Perhaps it’s someone with an obesity-related heart condition or
diabetes, or maybe a teacher or a parent who wants to set a better
example for her students or children.”
Beginning May 1st,
applicants should send an email message, explaining why they think
they are deserving of the free membership, to
[email protected]. The winner will be
announced at the end of the month.
Anytime Fitness members, and
non-members alike, are eligible to win the $1,000 prizes on
AnytimeHealth.com. To enter, simply log on, enroll as a
free member to the site, and visit the “contest page.”
Individual contests will range from best health food recipe, to best
weight loss story, to most creative fitness photo.
Anytime
Fitness will also be “paying it forward” to deserving individuals
via AnytimeHealth.com, throughout the year. Club owners and
corporate staffers will identify individuals who “need a little
boost” or members who are “doing good in their community” and
present them with prizes valued at up to $1,000 to use however they
see fit, perhaps forwarding it on to someone else in need.
“New
contests will be added to AnytimeHealth.com every day,” Sommer says.
“So, log on often. There’s bound to be a contest most anyone
could win.”
Free 7-day passes to Anytime Fitness are always
available to download at AnytimeFitness.com. “Now is a great
time to check us out,” says Sommer“We’ll help you lead a healthier,
happier life in 2011.”
About Anytime Fitness Founded in 2002,
Anytime Fitness is now the fastest-growing fitness club franchise in
the world, with more than 1,400 clubs worldwide. Open 24 hours a
day, 365 days a year, Anytime Fitness prides itself on providing its
members with convenient and affordable fitness options in friendly,
well-maintained facilities which feature top-quality exercise
equipment. Clubs are now open in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico,
Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, India and Japan.
Join one club and use them all. Members also enjoy free access
to AnytimeHealth.com, the most comprehensive wellness website
available.
Letter
Rumor says the impasse reached is because the teachers want a
shorter work year, $7,000 raise plus 3% for the next three years,
more personal days off, insurance to be higher and all benefits
should they die to be paid to their heirs as well as significant
others be insured, etc.
It’s about time for the citizens to
demand results from the school staff for the more than average
salaries already paid in Northwood. What’s the results on the
no child left behind?
Go to the State of New Hampshire web
site if you have a computer and click on agencies and then click on
Dept of Education and find Northwood and the results and I think
many will be surprised at information that has been filtered for
years. The average special education for the State of New Hampshire
coded students is 14% but Northwood’s is higher, why?
Every once
in a while I see a bumper sticker that says, “Thank a Teacher if You
Can Read This” then does the opposite hold true that we hold a
teacher responsible if we can’t read the bumper sticker?
Kenneth
Witham Northwood, NH 03261
Obituaries
Barbara
M. Edwards
Barbara M.(Todd) Edwards, 84 of Sun City Center, Florida, went to
heaven on Monday, January 3, 2011. Born in Claremont, NH, she
graduated from Northampton Commercial College in 1946 and upon
graduation, became secretary to the legal advisor of United Aircraft
in Hartford, CT. In later years, she became a Real Estate
Broker in Chelmsford, MA. She married and lived in W.
Chelmsford, MA, until moving to Sun City Center in 2004.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Glenna F.
and Harry M. Todd, her former husband, Walter W. Edwards, Jr.
and a son Peter F. Edwards and a brother Richard M. Todd.
She is survived by a son, John W. (Susan) Edwards, Sr. and a
daughter Kim E. (Paul) Scherig, who live in Florida, 3 nephews, 5
grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She also is survived
by a twin sister, Helen L. Smith of Northwood, NH, a sister-in-law
Judy Todd of Epsom, NH and a brother-in-law Robert E. (Ann) Todd of
Kaneohe, HI. Barbara and family were summer residents at their
cottage on Northwood Lake, in NH for many years, where they were
well known.
A memorial service will be held on January 15th at
the United Methodist Church, Sun City Center, Florida.
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