Susan C. Holden Conference Room Dedication
Last
week family, friends and co-workers of Susan Holden gathered for the
official dedication ceremony of the Susan C. Holden Conference Room
at the Northwood Town Hall. Last August, in a letter to the board
of selectmen, town employees requested to formally dedicate the room
in Susan’s name. The conference room is located near the office
where she worked as Northwood Human Services Director. The
dedication ceremony, held the night before Susan’s birthday,
included the revealing of a photograph of Susan and a framed
narrative. A light buffet was served following the dedication.
The
narrative inscription reads:
Susan
C. Holden was Northwood’s Human Services Director from 2010 to 2014.
After a courageous battle with cancer she was taken from this world
on March 26, 2014.
Susan
was a vibrant, talented and compassionate person dedicated to her
job and her clients. She was always concerned with the less
fortunate of Northwood, consistently working on their behalf to make
their lives a bit better.
Susan
was also a trusted and loyal friend to many, including the staff of
the Northwood Town Hall, who asked that this room be dedicated in
her honor.
The
Board of Selectmen voted to dedicate and name this room in her honor
on August 26, 2014
CBNA Welcomes Two New Inductees Into Its
Athletic Hall Of Fame
From left to right are CBNA Athletic Director Matt Skidds,
inductee Kristal Kostiew ‘00, inductee CBNA Pep Band Director Bruce
McCormick and CBNA Headmaster David Smith.
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy (CBNA) inducted two new members into its
Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, December 20, at the annual CBNA
Alumni Basketball Games. CBNA. The induction took place during
halftime of the women’s game.
The
2014 inductees are Kristal Kostiew, Class of 2000 and CBNA Pep Band
Director Bruce McCormick.
After
graduating from CBNA in 2000, Kristal Kostiew went on to pursue a
degree at the University of Vermont, where she began competing in
hammer throw. While at Vermont she collected 14 America East
Championships and was a four-time Vermont team MVP, as well as
four-time America East Field Performer of the Year. In 2004 she was
the America East Scholar Athlete of the Year and an Academic All
American. Kristal was recently one of five new members inducted into
her college alma mater’s 2014 Athletics Hall of Fame.
Kristal
qualified for her first USA team in 2007 by finishing second at the
USA Outdoor Championships. By winning a silver medal at the national
championship, Kristal earned the right to represent the United
States at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro in July 2007,
where she took fourth place.
Kristal
said in a 2007 interview for Coe-Brown’s Visions magazine, “If
anyone had told me when I was in high school that someday I would be
one of the best athletes in my sport, I wouldn’t have believed it. I
think that a lot of what I took from academics and athletics at Coe
Brown was the drive for excellence no matter what the circumstances
were.”
Kristal
is currently the volleyball coach at Englewood High School in
Colorado and she also teaches physical education to children in
grades K-6 at Hay Elementary School.
Bruce
McCormick came to Coe-Brown in 1995 when the Academy’s music program
was in its infancy. A graduate of Lyndon State College with a BA in
music education, Bruce McCormick had taught music at a high school
in Vermont for 16 years. But, more importantly, he was a veteran
musician, having played in a variety of bands over the years.
“My
wife once said to me, ‘Teach what you know,’” says Bruce. He took
that advice to heart and patterned Coe-Brown’s pep band after a
full-time road band. One year after his arrival the pep band grew to
18 members and the Coe-Brown band began to develop a following.
“We
consider ourselves part of the home-court advantage,” says Bruce.
“We are proud to support Coe-Brown’s athletic program and feel
fortunate to perform in a top-notch facility. Along with the
athletes and the coaches, we are part of the package.”
In 2010
the New Hampshire Band Directors Association honored Bruce McCormick
with its Outstanding Band Director Award.
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy (CBNA), founded in 1867, is a small
co-educational public-private secondary school accepting students in
grades 9-12 and offering the highest quality curriculum of studies.
The academy campus is located on the shores of Harvey Lake in
Northwood, New Hampshire. For more information visit
www.coebrown.org.
Letter To The Editor
Budget
Business
The
Northwood Budget Committee finished its review of the Town and
School budgets in what some think was record time, and with little
acrimony, polemics or – remarkably – disagreements. All items
passed unanimously or with lopsided majorities, with little question
or second-guessing. There was one exception – below.
Credit
for this goes, in part, to those who prepared and presented the
budgets. Not only was the material presented in a complete and
well-organized manner, both budgets demonstrated “fiscal restraint,”
with only modest and necessary increases. And both the Selectmen
and the School Board opted to put some more costly items before the
voters in the form of warrant articles, rather than put them in the
main budgets and have those voted down.
The one
area in the Town budget that provoked a more prolonged discussion
was the Selectmen’s decision to level-fund the line item for road
repairs. As most of you have noticed, many of our town roads are in
need of repair. Not just maintenance, repair, if not rebuilding.
And as one road gets attention, others continue to deteriorate.
This “kick the can down the road” approach will ultimately cost us
more in the long run.
In what
was described as a “symbolic gesture” to call attention to this
under-funded area, a motion was made and seconded to raise the
amount by $25,000. A small token - less than 1% - in a $3+ million
budget. This initially passed the Budget Committee 8-6, but then
Selectman Holden noted that this would put the total increase over
$100,000. He argued that this represented a psychological threshold
for the voters, who might then vote the whole budget down. And the
original figure was returned.
So if
you want better roads, vote for the separate warrant article to
raise this money.
Tom
Chase, member
Northwood Budget Committee
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