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.
Letter
“Dependence begets subservience and venality,
suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the
designs of ambition.” --Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, Query
19, 1781.
How come our 200 year ago Founder could recognize
welfare destroys a person’s pride in accomplishment and today’s
leaders, who want more welfare, don’t understand the words a helping
hand up, not a hand out?
Harriet E. Cady Deerfield
America Celebrates U.S. Constitution DAR Promotes
Constitution Week Awareness
September 17, 2012 begins the
national celebration of Constitution Week. The week long
commemoration of America’s most important document is one of our
country’s last known official observances. Our Constitution stands
as a testament to the tenacity of Americans throughout history to
maintain their liberties and freedom, and to ensure those
inalienable rights to every American.
The Daughters of the
American Revolution (DAR) started the tradition of celebrating the
Constitution many years ago. In 1955, the Daughters petitioned
Congress to set aside September 17-23 annually to be dedicated for
the observance of Constitution week. The resolution was later
adopted by the U.S. Congress and signed into Public Law #915 on
August, 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The aims of the
celebration are to (1) emphasize citizens’ responsibilities for
protecting and defending the Constitution, preserving it for
posterity; (2) inform the people that the Constitution is the basis
for America’s great heritage and the foundation for our way of life;
and (3) encourage the study of the historical events which led to
the framing of the Constitution in September 1787.
The United
States of America functions as a Republic under the Constitution,
which is the oldest document still in active use that outlines the
self-government of a people. This landmark idea that men had the
inalienable right as individuals to be free and live their lives
under their own governance was the impetus of the American
Revolution. Today, the Constitution stands as an icon of freedom for
people around the world.
“We must remember and teach that those
who wrote the Constitution believed that no government can create
freedom, but that government must guard freedom rather than encroach
upon the freedoms of its people,” state Merry Ann T. Wright,
President General of the DAR. “The Constitution by itself cannot
guarantee liberty. A nation’s people can remain free only by being
responsible citizens who are willing to learn about the rights of
each arm of government and require that each is accountable for its
own function. Therefore, Constitution Week is the perfect
opportunity to read and study this great document, which is the
safeguard of our American liberties. We encourage all citizens
across the country to take time this week to guard that which is
committed to us by our forefathers... Our freedom.”
DAR has
served America for 122 years as its foremost cheerleader. In 1928,
the Daughters began work on a building as a memorial to the
Constitution. John Russell Pope, architect of the Jefferson
Memorial, was commissioned to design the performing arts center,
known as DAR Constitution Hall. Today, DAR Constitution Hall is the
only structure erected in tribute to the Constitution of the United
States of America.
Known as the largest women’s patriotic
organization in the world, DAR has over 165,000 members with
approximately 3,000 chapters in all 50 states and 11 foreign
countries. The DAR has long promoted patriotism through
commemorative celebrations, memorials, scholarships activities for
children, and programs for new immigrants. For more information
about DAR and its programs, visit
www.dar.org or visit the Else Cilley Chapter in Nottingham, NH
website at
www.freewebs.com/ecilleydar.
Coe Brown Hosts Unique
Fundraiser To Benefit The Performing Arts
The Coe Brown Northwood
Academy (CBNA) Performing Arts Programs will host a one-of-a-kind
fundraising event, a Community Mattress Fundraising Sale, on
Saturday, September 15, from 10 am to 4 pm at the Academy, 907 First
New Hampshire Turnpike, Northwood. This event has been extremely
successful in school districts all across the country over the last
six years and we now have the opportunity to run this event at Coe
Brown.
If you think you might be in need of a mattress (or
mattress set, etc.) or if you know of any family or friends that
might be in need, be sure to visit the CBNA Mattress Fundraiser
Sale. There will be 18-20 sets on display, including Consumer Digest
Best Buy mattresses to try out. A team of experts will be on hand to
answer any question you might have. The savings range from 30-60%
below retail prices. Mattress sets start at $199. Mattresses can be
picked up at Coe Brown or delivery is available within two weeks
after the sale.
The Performing Arts are an integral part of the
Coe Brown Northwood Academy educational and co-curricular
experience. Over the years hundreds of CBNA students have taken to
the stage in various theatrical productions, raised their voices in
song at recitals and arts festivals, and lent their musical talents
to band concerts and performances.
Dominica! Submitted By
Judy Joyce
It’s been a while since I last sent a news release
about my “service” in Dominica as a Peace Corps volunteer. My
original term should have ended in October 2010 but I have been
granted two additional years. Washington, D.C. has now denied a
third extension. It’s nearly impossible to serve five years. So I
must choose another country to continue in Peace Corps. I love my
work and Dominica and hope to find a means to stay. I’ve never felt
so fulfilled and blessed.
One of my latest endeavors is a summer
school for children in my community.
For five weeks, beginning
July 16 through August 15, 2012, forty-nine children ages 3 to 16,
participated in a summer school program that focused on career
development, self esteem, reading and writing.
I taught classes
in a banana shed in Frayal with a drop cloth floor, in the Riviere
Cyrique Community Shelter and the Morne Jaune School Library. A few
teens helped.
The “text” was a coloring book When I Grow Up
provided by Jolly’s Pharmacy and Youth Service America and the
Teaching & Learning Company Self Esteem.
Prizes of “sparkle”
pencils, donated by Astaphans, (a local department store) and
erasers, sharpeners, and stickers donated by “U.S. friends”, were
given for each book report completed. Thirty-nine reports were
turned in and many more books were read. (My backpack became a
moving library!)
A special bonus for the fifteen highest
achievers, was a trip to Orion Academy for the Literary Festival’s
Children’s Story Telling and Craft Workshop on Saturday August 11.
The day’s reward included a “mandatory” stop at Brizee’s Mart for
ice cream and playground. Confederated Child Fund helped with the
day’s expenses as part of our summer school program.
Certificates
and gifts were given for “Perfect Attendance”, “Most Book Reports”
and “Best Student”. Lekia Lawrence, age 11, earned this award, for
attending all fifteen sessions and being well disciplined.
Peanut butter was provided by Astaphans and Youth Service America
and bread by Lynworth Bakery for their daily snack. Tang and local
juice were also a gift from Lynworth in Riviere Cyrique.
The
children received notebooks and pencils for school as well as the
coloring book. St. Theresa’s Church in Rye, New Hampshire, provided
many of the stationery materials for the classes.
This was an
exciting, fun and educational activity for the local youth. They
wanted it to continue and asked when the next summer school would
be! Blessings to all!
Local Entrepreneur Represents
Northwood At National
Mary Kay Inc. Seminar
Angela
V. MacKinnon, of Northwood, NH, joined more than 32,000 Mary Kay
Independent Beauty Consultants from the United States and around the
world at the Company’s annual Seminar held in Dallas from July 18 to
August 4.
Mary Kay Inc.’s annual Seminar is a business
conference held each year in Dallas to educate, motivate and
recognize the accomplishments of the rapidly growing 2.4 million
Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants worldwide.
MacKinnon
participated in classes on team-building, leadership development,
time management, proven sales tips and balancing a career around her
lifestyle. General assemblies featured motivational speeches by Mary
Kay Independent National Sales Directors, top Independent Sales
Directors and executives from Mary Kay Inc.
This year’s theme
“Dare to Dreamsm” pays tribute to the business Mary Kay Ash
envisioned nearly 50 years ago; creating an unparalleled opportunity
for women to achieve their dreams.
In keeping with The Mary Kay
FoundationSM and Mary Kay Inc.’s longstanding commitment to prevent
and end domestic violence, Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants
were encouraged to bring gently-used professional attire to donate
to domestic violence shelters as part of the annual Mary Kay “Suits
for Shelters” program. The donated gently-used professional attire
will be distributed to Dallas area domestic violence shelters for
survivors looking for a job.
Angela MacKinnon began her Mary Kay
business in 1989 and is currently an Independent Sales Director. At
the Seminar, MacKinnon was recognized for the Sales Director Queen’s
Court of Personal Sales.
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