PRESCHOOL OPENINGS!
It’s time to be thinking about enrolling
your child for school in the fall! The Center School in Northwood is
accepting registrations for the 2012-2013 school year. The Center
School is a parent cooperative preschool located next to the town
hall in Northwood, which provides a developmental program for three,
four, and five year olds of Northwood and surrounding towns.
There are openings in our two-day (T/Th) program and three-day
(M/W/F) morning programs. For information, please call the school at
942-7686 or email us at
[email protected] to request an information packet.
Teddy Bear Sleepover at the Chesley Memorial Library!
August 17 is the night the teddy bears (and their other stuffed
friends!) have their sleepover at the library. Bring your cuddly
friend to the library on Friday, August 17, at 6:00 pm and enjoy
stories and snacks. Tuck your friend in for the night and come back
to the library at 9:00 am on Saturday, August 18, to join your
friend for breakfast. No registration required; all ages welcome.
(Don’t let the kids have all the fun, adults have stuffed friends
too!)
If you would like your friend to join the sleepover
but you are not able to drop him or her off on Friday night, please
call the library at 942-5472 to make other arrangements. This
special event is part of our “Dream Big…Read!” summer reading
program.
Letter Live FREE or DIE (trying)
I do
not know Ms. Lucy Edwards personally; However, her letter of July
18th states:
“In a time when we could, and should, have been
working to prepare for a challenging future in a Global Economy and
on a Warming Planet, we’ve been subjected to attacks on Civil
Rights, Public Education, care for our more vulnerable citizens, our
labor force and decent jobs, and Women’s Health, to name a few”
1) Global Economy. If we focused on our Local Economy, we wouldn’t
have such astronomical property taxes.
2) Warming Planet. If we
focused on our small part of the universe, we would have a clean,
neat and pristine town. Anyone check out the intersection of Routes
4/9/202 lately?
3) Civil Rights. I am not racist nor homophobic,
nor sexist nor Bible thumping. Are you?
4) Public Education. We
are quite fortunate to have great schools in Northwood! Free market
and free choice works. If you don’t like the public schools in your
town; work to make them better or move.
5) Vulnerable citizens. I
chose to have and provide for my children and care for my dying
parents. That’s what family does.
6) I am concerned about our
private labor force and private unions and decent jobs in the
private sector.
7) I am a Woman. My Health is my business – not
any sector of the Government’s.
We have two clear choices this
election season. We are currently on the path of enslaving all
economically challenged people to the will of the Government.
I
do not wish to have a “multi-tasker” represent me but rather a
singularly focused individual. Someone focused on the Live
Free or Die motto of This Great State. Someone focused on preserving
Northwood, not citifying it.
Yvette DeVeau-Hurd
Letter
The
drowning in Northwood Lake in July was a tragedy. A single loss of
life is one too many. Our community grieves for a young man whose
life ended too soon.
But, imagine multiple drownings! Twice in
the nineteenth century, once at the beginning and again about
sixty-five years later, there occurred in Northwood multiple
drownings. The effect then on the community, when the population was
much smaller, and everyone knew everyone else, must have been
significant.
A man named Stephen Hoitt lived on the southeast
side of Jenness Pond. One summer he contracted to build a piece of
the turnpike then being built through Northwood, hiring a number of
young men from Vermont as laborers. One hot summer morning three of
these men were sent to Hoitt’s farm to help with the haying. After
working for a time in the sun, the men were unable to resist the
temptation of a plunge into the nearby pond. None could swim and all
drowned, each trying to help the other. They were buried in unmarked
graves on the Hoitt farm.
The graves of the victims of the second
nineteenth century multiple drownings are well marked. The tragic
story is told in a little family burying yard.
On August 19,
1867, Mary Jane Davis, age 41, her daughter, Mary Ellen, age 12, and
sisters Annie and Cynthia Day, ages 17 and 15 all drowned in a
boating accident on Bow Pond (now Bow Lake). Were they berrying? Was
there a sudden storm? We’ll never know.
What better way to
consider the horror and the sorrow than to read the words inscribed
on the Day sister’s stone.
“Daughters deep in the dark waters
Struggling there no more you’ll be But with angels singing
praises Throughout all eternity.”
There was another multiple
drowning on Bow Lake in the early twentieth century, but that story
will await another letter.
Joann W. Bailey Northwood Town Historian
Free
Genealogy Workshop
On
August 15, 2012 from 10:00 - 12:00 noon there will be a free
genealogy workshop presented by Daughters of the American
Revolution, Else Cilley Chapter at Nottingham Square Schoolhouse, 2
Ledge Farm Road, Nottingham, NH 03290.
Are you interested in
doing genealogical research? Have you reached a dead end? Do
you have a Revolutionary War Soldier in your line? Would you like to
find out? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, than
this workshop is for you.
Trained experienced researchers will
be available to assist you and answer your questions. Our DAR CDR
committee has over 45+ years experience in genealogy. Call
Tylene Jousse at 603-433-1584 for more information.
Letter
I’m new
to NH Congressional District 2, since my town was redistricted for
the 2012 election. I’ve been doing my research, as I always do
before I vote, and I’m liking what I’ve learned of Annie Kuster.
She shares my values of fairness, fiscal responsibility, and
commitment to all our citizens, today and in the future.
One issue that is very important to me personally, as a retiree, is
that Medicare continue to be the way that my husband and I get our
healthcare covered. We paid into it for many years, our children are
paying into it as well, and so will their children. It is part of
the social compact, a promise that our country has made to its
citizens. Annie Kuster supports keeping Medicare’s promise.
Unfortunately, the current congressman in District 2, Charlie
Bass, has decided that promises are not for keeping. He’s voted
twice for the Ryan budget, which would turn Medicare into a voucher
program, one that is set up to make sure it would not pay enough to
cover private insurance for any senior. And he seems to think
that it’s just fine to go after the safety net that keeps so many of
us out of poverty in order to cut taxes, again, for the highest tax
brackets.
Where are all those great jobs we were supposed
to get if we just cut those top rates enough?
I’ll be voting for
Annie Kuster this November. She’s on my side!
Lucy Edwards
Local Students To Hold 4th Annual “Stuff The
Bus” Fundraiser To Benefit Cocheco Valley Humane Society
In
their efforts to help Cocheco Valley Humane Society as part of their
High School Senior Projects at Coe Brown Northwood Academy, CVHS
volunteers Nikole D’Alessandro and Kayla Roberts will be organizing
the 4th Annual “Stuff the Bus” fundraiser on August 11 and 12, 2012.
The event will take place at True Value Hardware in Northwood, NH
from 8 am to 5 pm on Saturday and 8 am to 12 pm on Sunday.
The
inspiration for this project began four years ago, by senior
Danielle D’Alessandro, class of 2010. The outcome was an
encouraging expression of compassion and generosity from the local
community and small businesses throughout Northwood and the
surrounding towns. In total, D’Alessandro with the help of her
mother, Deb D’Alessandro and family, raised over $6,000 in pet
products and supplies, as well as group and individual donations.
The project was completed the following year by Nicole Roberts who
also raised over $6,000 in donations and supplies. Brittany
Readel organized the fundraiser last year and saw continued kindness
from the community.
Roberts and D’Alessandro are hoping to raise
even more for CVHS this year by expanding to a two-day event. A
school bus, provided by Northwood Transportation Inc., will be
filled with much needed items from the humane society’s “wish list”.
Items include canned dog and cat food, kitty litter, dry kitten/cat
food, dog toys, trash bags, and paper towels. Many of the
“wish list” items will be on display at Heritage True Value Hardware
at discounted prices up to, and on the day of the event. For the
society’s complete “wish list” and other details please visit
www.cvhsonline.org.
In addition, monetary donations will also be accepted and
raffles for items donated by local businesses will occur throughout
the day. Many of the local small businesses will also be challenged
to make a group donation and then be entered into a raffle from
Dunkin’ Donuts for coffee and doughnuts for the office. Adoption
information about the animals of Cocheco Valley Humane Society will
be on hand for the duration of the event.
Cocheco Valley Humane Society is a community-funded, non-profit
animal welfare organization. The society’s mission is to provide
quality, compassionate care and shelter to our animals, in
partnership with educating the community concerning animal treatment
and welfare.
Adoption Center hours are Tuesday and Thursday from
11 am to 6 pm; Wednesday and Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm; Friday and
Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm; closed Monday.
To learn more about
CVHS’ community programs, please visit
www.cvhsonline.org or call
(603) 749-5322. For any questions regarding the project itself,
please call Kayla Roberts at (603) 664- 6937 or Nikole D’Alessandro
at 603) 608-8217.
Candidates Meet And Greet
Deerfield Republican Town Committee will host a “Candidates Meet and
Greet” on Wednesday, August 8th for all county, state and
congressional office seekers. This third event for candidates is a
cooperative effort with the Candia, Northwood and Nottingham Town
Committees.
The event will be held at the Deerfield Town Hall on
Church Street from 6:30-8:30 pm. Free admission, free parking!
Else Cilley Chapter, NSDAR News
Deb
Lincoln (far left) shows Else Cilley members Peg Franz (center) and
Lynne Sweet (right) two unique instruments used during the Civil War
following her program at the historic Nottingham Square Schoolhouse.
In
July, the members of the Else Cilley Chapter, NSDAR were treated to
a presentation about the history of instruments used during the
Civil War, their purposes, and how a few made their way to New
Hampshire. Deborah Lincoln, member of the Nevers’ Band out of
Concord, entertained the women with her talent, knowledge, and
humorous anecdotes.
Women interested in joining the DAR are
encouraged to attend our August meeting. Genealogy research experts
will be on hand at the chapter’s Nottingham Square Schoolhouse to
assist prospective members at all stages of their application
research beginning at 10:00 am on August 15. A picnic lunch will be
served followed by a meeting including a program entitled “The Other
Stark House”. There is no charge for this service, however, if you
plan to stay for lunch, please contact Regent Jan Gilman at 895-9238
so we may plan accordingly. The upstairs classroom museum will also
be open for viewing.
The DAR is a non-profit, non-political
volunteer women’s service organization dedicated to promoting
patriotism, preserving American history and securing America’s
future through education. The public is always welcome to attend.
For more information, visit our website,
www.freewebs.com/ecilleydar
Letter In response to a letter of August 1... A Cure for
Roosteritus!
To the
Chicken-Hearted anonymous complainer about a rooster’s cheerful
wake-up call... Get A Life!
Deer always treat themselves to our
prized, 60 year old arborvitae bushes, hosta, green beans and tomato
plants, no matter what tricks we use to defeat their voracious
appetite for same. Seeing “bambies” up close and personal every
spring is a treat. Every year two visiting skunks seriously rototill
our lawn looking for grubs and occasionally disagree over whose turf
it is. Whew! Wild turkeys scratch up our flower gardens and take
huge dust baths in them.
Take the donated funds and give them to
your anonymous neighbor so he/she can move back to the city where
real crimes occur and are worthy of a call to the police or other
departments. He/she should try closing windows, using ear plugs and
pulling blankets over their heads... Or just get up!
No sympathy from a country gal, E. Byrne Northwood
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