4th Annual Vacation Bible School at Epsom Bible Church on July 11-15
from 8:45-12:00. Kids going into 1st grade through 6th grade come
join us for games, crafts, music, food, Bible stories, prizes and
fun.
Watershed Lucky Calendars
A Calendar Raffle for the month of
August is being held by the Northwood Lake Watershed Association.
All funds from the purchase of calendars will go to control invasive
plant growth in Northwood Lake.
Every day in August a winning
name will be drawn to receive a donated prize. The prizes are
great: 4 tickets on the Mt. Washington to cruise Lake Winnipesaukee,
a helicopter ride, rounds of golf, restaurant and supermarket gift
certificates, Fisher Cat tickets and many more.
The $10 Calendars
are available throughout the area the month of July and by calling
463-8883. Don’t miss out! Get your Lucky Calendar today!
www.northwoodlake.com
Letter
A recent segment on NH Public Radio described Porc Fest, a yearly
gathering of Free State Project members in NH. And a recent article
in Slate magazine described the mind-set of the Free Keeners. But
the media has largely missed the really important story about the
Free State Project in NH.
They have a well-organized, strategic
political machine and media machine, which early on evolved out of
Mercatus scholar Jason Soren’s doctrine that encourages 20,000
people to join the Free State Project and gradually take over the
state of New Hampshire. The Mercatus Center gets a substantial
amount of funding from the Koch brothers, and Mr. Sorens’ naïve
libertarian philosophy, which is now coming to life, must be
bringing tears to their eyes.
FSP leaders have said the Free
State Project is just the bus that gets people to NH. But
contradicting the bus metaphor is the fact that FSP websites
encourage members who haven’t even moved here yet to join the NH
Liberty Alliance, a political organization founded by FSP members
and supporters in 2003 shortly after their official coming out
announcement in the state.
The Alliance rates
legislators/legislation, and pressures legislators to follow its
liberty principles and policies, or risk defeat in the next
election. After 7 years of perfecting this approach, 12-14 Free
State Project members were elected to the Legislature last November,
and over 100 other “highly rated” candidates were elected. This
helps to explain the lethal Budget and other bills that have now
passed, as well as the veto proof majorities.
Many NH residents
are still asleep about what can only be described as a takeover (or
disease visited upon a somewhat immune suppressed body politic), -
in the name of freedom. But they are slowly awakening, - and this
can’t happen soon enough.
Victoria Parmele
Sandown
Central School Students Honored
The Else Cilley Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution recently honored three fifth
grade students from Sandown Central School. The girls wrote
the top three essays received by the chapter during the DAR American
History Essay Contest. Regent Jan Gilman presented Kiernan
Johnston with the first place certificate, bronze medal, and a cash
prize. Haley Donovan placed second and received a certificate
and book. Emily Donlan was the third place winner receiving a
certificate and book. All three girls attended the Else Cilley
Awards ceremony with their families, toured a replica of a one-room
schoolhouse, enjoyed refreshments and a Paul Revere Bingo game,
based on the essay topic. Fifth grade teacher, Cathy Riley,
also attended the event.
The topic of next year’s DAR American
History Essay Contest is the War of 1812. Students and
teachers in grades 5-8 are encouraged to contact Jan Gilman
(895-9238) for more details.
The Else Cilley Chapter Daughters of
the American Revolution is a very active in promoting education,
historic preservation and patriotism and encourages interested women
to visit
www.freewebs.com/ecilleydar and attend a meeting. The
Chapter will hold its annual yard sale on Saturday, June 25, from
9:00 am - 1:00 pm at the Northwood Garage on Route 4 in
Northwood.
Pictured inside the Historic Nottingham Square
Schoolhouse are L to R: Haley Donovan, Regent Jan Gilman, Kiernan
Johnston, and Emily Dolan.
Letter
I wonder a lot about our congressman, Frank Guinta. I wonder
why he sponsors job fairs in NH, with just 30 employers, and then
goes back to DC and votes for policies that cause job losses of
hundreds of thousands across the country. Maybe he believes
that NH will be exempt from what that will do to our economy?
I wonder why he wants to destroy Medicare for our children and
grandchildren, and take away benefits we all have gained from the
healthcare act that passed in 2010. And now I have a new
puzzle: why is Frank Guinta voting against safeguarding our
food supply?
Mr. Guinta voted to block the US Dept. of
Agriculture from preparing our country to deal with the effects of
climate change on the food we need. With increasing drought in
some areas, flooding in others, fires and violent storms and crop
failures across the entire planet becoming more and more common, why
wouldn’t it make sense to plan how to feed us? Why take that
chance? Because his campaign is supported by fossil fuel
companies? We need representatives who think things through, not
ideologues who vote at the beck and call of large corporations.
Lucy Edwards
Harry
Potter Party At Northwood Library!
Calling all muggles, witches,
and wizards in grades six and up!
The Chesley Memorial Library
will be hosting a Harry Potter party to celebrate the premier of the
final Harry Potter Movie, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
Part 2” on Monday, July 11. The party will begin at 4:30 and
end at 6:30.
Although the movie does not open until that
Friday, the library is gearing up excitement with the party, which
will feature Harry Potter trivia, food, games, and fortune telling.
The evening will include wand and potion making, creating your own
Pygmy Puff, enjoying Harry Potter theme snacks and more!
Wizard wear is welcome, but not required. Please call the
library at 942-5472 with any questions!
Registration for the
party is required. You can register online at
http://bit.ly/jNWS5S or by going
to the calendar at
www.chesleylib.com. Muggles and wizards of all sorts are
invited, as long as they are in grade six and above!
Tech
Time At The Chesley Memorial Library
Have a question about that
new e-reader you just got? Not sure how to download audio
books from the library’s website? Want to get in on this whole
“Facebook thing?” The library has just the thing for you!
On the first and third Thursday of the month Danielle will be on
hand to answer questions on computers, computer programs, e-readers,
mp3 players, and the internet. Tech Time will be offered for
one hour on the first and third Thursday of the month from
5:45-6:45. No registration will be required. Patrons can
bring their own devices or use the library’s computers. Tech
time is for help with programs and web applications NOT computer
repair. At this time Danielle has no experience with Apple
products, but is willing to try and help with any questions you may
have! Please call the library at 942-5472 with any questions.
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Quarter 4 Honor Roll
Headmaster
David S. Smith is pleased to announce the honor roll for the fourth
quarter.
Grade 12 Highest Honors Katherine Decker, Sarah
Frizzell, Marissa St. Laurent, Heather Ward
High Honors Grace
Bascom, Paige Belliveau, Kelsey Brown, Maria Cabral, Rayce Calef,
A. Michael Correa, Anthony Craven, Joshua Cutter, Jessica
Goudreault, Samuel Hastings, John Jarvis, Nicholas Kaschak, Dayna
Landry, Daniel Lang, Connor Monahan, Kyle Montgomery, Nicholas
Porcella, Christian Rainey, Alanna Young, Renae Zwick
Honors
Avery Adams, Katharine Ambrose, Cullen Barnes, Bryanna Dow, Erik
Easler, Samantha Emond, Gabrielle Giannelli, Ashley Henderson, Erin
Hilow, Katherine Hults, Sarah Jack, Ashli LaPointe, Jennifer Legere,
Brandon Marshall, Ryan Seymour, Carrie Tilton, Taylor Trainor,
Allison Wilkins
Grade 11 Highest Honors Alexandra
Archambault, Trevor Aube, Katherine Cronk, Megan Curtin, Olivia
Daigle, Kelsey Follansbee, Meredith Grady, Allura LeBlanc
High
Honors Meghan Ahern, Haley Bell, Katelyn Berube, Jenna Brown,
Conor Corless, Laura Doherty, Kyle Estell, Jaime Evans, Michael
Gibson, Anna Goodell, Leah Hastings, Michaela Horvath, Devon
Klotz-MacDonald, Evan Koester, Nicholas Levergood, Alicia Martell,
Thomas Masison, Ryan McCourt, Matthew Norton, Matthew Paganelli,
Amanda Perron, Alba Rodriguez Gimeno, Sophie Shiere, Katherine
Soiett, Nicole Swindell, Courtney Turcotte, Katherine Wysocki
Honors Marissa Beaudoin, Lauren Blowey, Lauren Durell, Brooke
Esdale, Gregory Hatfield, Carissa Hodgdon, Griffin Kelley, Blair
Leavitt, Samantha MacCallum, Dylan McDade, Marcus Pullo, Jacob Ray,
Brooke Wheeler
Grade 10 Highest Honors Annie Baker, Allison
Barnes, Abigail Bowden, Katherine Forsythe, Chelsea Hodges, Anna
Kofer, Megan Pogorek, Kayla Roberts
High Honors Madeleine
Adams, Emily Amazeen, Abbey Archambault, Nicole Atkins, Casey Breen,
Joseph Cabral, M. Victoria DeVeau, Matthew Dodge, Samantha Donohue,
Samantha Fraser, Coty Gagne, Alicia Giannelli, Kyle Hanson, Ashley
Hardy, Brianna Hogue, Catherine Jarvis, Andrew Langdon, Moriah
Mazzochi, Brennen Monahan, Ethan Moreno, Laura Palmer, Lily Poland,
Ellinore Porter, Kestyn Ritchotte, Olivia Sparrow, Irene
Spinola-Fernandez, Noelle Struthers, Anthony Toscano, Andrew
Yonchak, Alec Zollman
Honors Marianna Barnhart, Brier Brooks,
Jesse Carlson, Jacob Dowe, Cory Downing, Christine Drew, Jessica
Felber, Kylie Gagnon, Lauryn Hanson, Mikayla Hodil, Shannen Ketenci,
Joshua Lambert, Christopher Laurion, Beau Pingree, Gage Randall,
Wyatt Rush, Kyle Sanborn, Thomas Souryavong, Morgan Stroberg,
Katelyn Terry, Lindsey Terry, Henry Warburton, Michael Wendell,
Garrett Wensberg, Michael Wolfendale, Shawn Woodbury, Justin Zampa
Grade 9 Highest Honors Jessie Carney, Katharina Cozine,
Domenica DeLuca, Emilee Gancarz, Erik Gunderson, Hannah Heselton,
Hannah Heyliger, Tyler Lebel, Jacob Mele, Shannon Mommsen, Jessica
Moreshead, Alexander Wimsatt, Stephanie Zwick
High Honors
Kelsey Batchelder, Connor Bell, Devon Berry, Emily Blad, James
Bowden Jr., Benjamin Butcher, Ashley Calef, Sean Clifford, Courtney
Corson, Emily Davis, Robert Dolen, Samuel Fortier, Mary Fowler,
Cassidy Gagne, Kendra Gagnon, Seth Gourley, Katlyn Hanson, Trevor
Harcourt, Gwyneth Horne, Nicholas Howard, Lauren Jones, Brittany
Lachance, Derik Landry, Reno LaPanne, Dana Lee, Brittany Linscott,
Alexis Lorden, Kayli Miles, Sabrina Nasta, Travis Newton, Taylor
Olsson, Chandler Peterson, Emily Reiff, Daniel Rivera, Shawntel
Ross, Megan Rouillard, Alexandra Savioli, Jordan Shurtleff, Haleigh
Simmons, Peter Slowik, Mikayla Smith, Daniel Somers, Kyle Stevens,
Elaine Trainor, Kyle Turcotte, Sophia Wensberg, Michael West, Andrew
Woodward
Honors Leanne Baratier, Jayme Buck, Willden Butler,
Kasey Cole, Matthew Cunningham, Mickayla Ellis, Tucker Hayford,
Hannah Hughes, Hailey Mann, Zachary May, Jacob Morrisette, Nicholas
Nelson, Erin Percy, Monica Poitras, Shannon Quinn, Derek Roger, Erik
Rolser, Elena Smith, Charles Therriault III, Zachary Wolf, Mariah
Wright
Concord
Regional VNA’s Linda Blackey Of Northwood
Named Home Care LNA Of The
Year
Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association’s Linda Blackey
of Northwood was named Home Care LNA of the Year by the Home Care
Association of New Hampshire during the annual New Hampshire Nursing
Assistant Day. The event took place on the State House lawn in
Concord on June 2.
“Linda’s experience, dedication to our
community, and her dependability make her an outstanding recipient
of this honor,” said Mary DeVeau, president and CEO of Concord
Regional VNA. “The community and our agency are extremely fortunate
to have Linda as one of our caregivers.”
Blackey has worked for
Concord Regional VNA for the past 32 years, providing compassionate,
respectful, and quality care to many patients and families. Her
sense of humor and smile help make her clients feel at ease, while
she provides the personal care and attention they need. Through the
years, Blackey has had clients that started with home care and then
transitioned to facilities or hospice, and she was able to follow
them through the entire process, giving her clients continuity of
care with a trusted caregiver.
Blackey serves as a preceptor at
Concord Regional VNA for new LNAs and personal care services
providers (PCSPs), mentoring them as they go through their clinical
orientation. She participated as a preceptor for refugee students
enrolled in an Introduction to Health Care class, a collaboration
between Concord Regional VNA and the Lutheran Social Services
English for Speakers of Other Languages program. Students were
partnered with Blackey in the field to help them gain confidence as
they progressed from shadowing to participating in clients’ personal
care under her supervision.
Dozens of other licensed nursing
assistants (LNAs) were also recognized for compassionately and
selflessly devoting their lives to the care of others, and improving
the quality of life for individuals they care for every day.
The
Home Care Association of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Association of
Counties/County Nursing Homes, New Hampshire Association of
Residential Homes, New Hampshire Health Care Association, and New
Hampshire Hospital Association sponsor New Hampshire Nursing
Assistant Day. The sponsors solicit nominations from the state’s
home care agencies, public and private nursing and residential care
facilities, and hospitals, and each association selects one
individual as their “LNA of the Year” based on compelling stories of
kindness and caring.
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