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Senior Advisory Committee to meet The Senior Citizens Advisory Committee of Glen Rock will meet on Tuesday, March 10 at 1:30 p.m. The meeting, chaired by Doris Ciaramella, will be held at the municipal quarters located behind CVS Pharmacy at 175 Rock Road. The meeting is open to the public. For more information on senior services, contact Paula Fleming at (201) 670-3956. Weight loss, smoking workshops set The Hypnosis Counseling Center will present a special set of workshops on Tuesday, March 10 for smoking cessation and weight loss at Glen Rock Community School, 600 Harristown Road in Glen Rock. Each one hour workshop includes hypnosis exercises, discussion and an optional CD for $18, which assists in reinforcing immediate results and long range success. The workshops can be taken individually or as a set. The Smoking Cessation workshop will run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and the weight loss group will continue from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Barry Wolfson, who possesses a master’s degree in counseling and 23 years of proven success in the art of hypnosis, will lead each workshop. The cost per workshop is $49. Registration begins immediately, and participants will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Hypnosis is a medically approved method of tapping the normally inaccessible power of the mind and correcting negative behavior. For registration or further information, call (201) 389-5011. For information on hypnosis techniques or other hypnosis workshops, contact Barry Wolfson at (908) 996-3311 or visit hypnosisnj.com. ‘Now Showing’ releases new line up Everyone is invited to view movies on Thursday afternoons at the Glen Rock Library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, “Now Showing” meets at 2 p.m. Vito Chiricco is hosting and producing the program has the March schedule in place. Please note the new location for the movies on March 12, 19 and 26, due to preparations for the Book Sale, the movies will be shown elsewhere. Please inquire at the front desk. On March 5, the feature will be “The Bishop’s Wife” (1947) starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Wooley. James Gleason, and Elsa Lanchester. An Episcopal bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for a new cathedral funded by a stubborn widow. He finds himself losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred.
“Shall We Dance?” (1937) with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire will show on March 12. Ballet star Pete “Petrov” Peters arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as Linda Keene, the dancer for whom he has fallen, but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumor mill and turned into a hot gossip item: that the two celebrities are secretly married! “Arch of Triumph” (1948) starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton will be the feature presentation on March 19. In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One on the refugees is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy night, Ravic meets Joan Madou, a kept woman cast adrift by her lover’s sudden death. Against Ravic’s better judgment, they become involved in a doomed affair. Matters come to a crisis the day war is declared. On March 26, the feature will be “Anything Goes” (1956) with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and starring Bing Crosby, Donald O’Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, and Phil Harris. The S.S. American, sailing from New York to England is carryings an unusual group of passengers including a gangster, Moonface Martin; a wealthy debutante and her mother, Hope and Evangeline Harcourt; a nightclub singer, Reno Sweeny; and a wealthy New York businessman and his stowaway assistant, Elisha Witney and Billy Crocker. It turns out that Hope is Billy’s long-lost love. Unfortunately, she is now engaged to a wealthy Englishman, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. After a series of comedic happenings, Billy manages to win back Hope. Meanwhile, Billy’s friend, Reno, manages to win Lord Evelyn. All this happens while Moonface Martin attempts to escape the law and Hope’s mother strives to maintain her social status. The Glen Rock Library is located at 315 Rock Road in Glen Rock. Good Shepherd offers Jazz vespers Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is celebrating its ninth season of “Vespers in the Key of Jazz.” The Jazz Vespers worship service takes place the second Sunday of the month. Upcoming dates are March 8, and April 5 (as Easter falls on the second Sunday in April). The Jazz Vespers worship service features jazz music by noted musicians tied to an uplifting message by Pastor Roger Spencer. For further information about the Jazz Vespers series, contact Pastor Spencer at (201) 444-6598 or log on to the website at www.gs.lthrn.org. Good Shepherd is located at the corner of Rock Road and Ackerman Avenue. Go green at the library The Glen Rock Public Library is offering reusable library tote bags at the circulation desk for $2 each. Patrons can now protect borrowed items from snow and rain with
reusable library totes. The library is joining the Green Up Glen Rock movement by making these bags available to patrons. The library has long been promoting recycling by allowing patrons to reuse books, recorded books, music, and videos. Some items have been borrowed more than 100 times. They are now expanding the green effort by allowing patrons to recycle by using library totes. The library will no longer supply plastic bags. Reusable totes will be the only option. Tote bag sales are self-supporting. The Glen Rock Public Library is located at 315 Rock Road. Glen Rock Jewish Center plans events The Glen Rock Jewish Center is offering a carnival as part of its Purim celebrations on Sunday, March 8 at 11 a.m. There will be costumes, games, and prizes. Contact the office@grjc.org or (201) 652-6624. Services and Megillah readings are offered on Monday, March 9 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for students and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. for adults. The Passover 2009 Wine tasting and sale is set for Saturday, March 21 at 8:30 p.m. Sample a variety of kosher wines from around the world. Admission is $36 per person, or $25 with purchase of two bottles. All wines are available for delivery in time for the holiday. Founded in 1957, Glen Rock Jewish Center is an egalitarian Conservative synagogue and Jewish community resource that fosters lifelong Jewish experiences with a full slate of activities and services, including Men’s Club, adult education, youth groups and more. For additional information, call (201) 652-6624, e-mail www.membership.org, or visit online at www.grjc.org. Blood Drive planned Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood and 80 percent of the population will need blood at some time in their lives, but only 2.5 percent of New Jersey residents donate blood on a regular basis and that is only half the rate of the nation overall. Blood supplies in our area have been critically low this winter. The Glen Rock Women in Community Service group asks the community to support its annual Blood Drive on March 11 from 4 to 8 p.m. This drive is held in conjunction with Community Blood Services at the Central School gymnasium, 600 Maple Avenue. WICS members will be calling residents who have previously donated to set up appointments. However, new donors are greatly needed. Anyone in good health, ages 17 through75, and weighing 110 pounds or more, is usually able to donate. Donors should eat a moderate meal prior to giving blood and must bring identification with them. Babysitting will be provided at Central School during the Blood Drive. After giving blood, donors are asked to rest briefly and have some homemade refreshments. Each donor will receive a card indicating his or her blood type, which can be very useful in emergencies. The entire donor process takes about 45 minutes. Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call WICS Blood Drive Chairwoman Joann Coughlin at (201) 447-0273 or Community Blood Services at (201) 4443900. To learn more about Community Blood Services, visit www.communitybloodservices.org. Knights host Saint Patrick’s celebration The Ridgewood and Glen Rock Knights of Columbus will host the annual Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner Dance on Saturday, March 21 at 7 p.m. in the Our Lady of Mount Carmel School gym in Ridgewood. This traditional event will feature live music, Irish dancing, pipes, a buffet dinner, and beverages. This event is the Knights’ main fundraiser. Tickets are $45 per person. For reservations, call Brian Conn at (201) 445-3852. Seniors plan theater trip The Glen Rock Seniors will sponsor a trip to the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse to see “Over the River and Through the Woods,” a comedy about an Italian-American Guy, by Joe DiPietro on Wednesday, April 15. The bus will depart Wilde Park at 9:30 a.m. The cost for the trip is $54 for members and $59 for non members. It will include transportation, lunch with a choice of five entrees plus dessert, and the play. For more information and reservations call Andy at (201) 444-5498.