private Notification makeNotification(Properties p) {
    Notification notification = new Notification();
    String id = p.getProperty("notificationID");
    String description = p.getProperty("description");

    notification.setId(Integer.parseInt(id));
    notification.setMessage(description);
    notification.setRecipient(queryNotificationTo(Integer.parseInt(id)));
    Event event = queryNotificationEvent(Integer.parseInt(id));
    notification.setEvent(event);
    return notification;
  }