Villadom Times Weekly Newpaper Online-December 23, 2009 Issue

Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • December 23, 2009 Ho-Ho-Kus Jottings Church offers services, concert The Community Church of Ho-Ho-Kus at 400 Warren Avenue will offer a family service with musical presentations by the youth choirs and a traditional manger scene at 5:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. The traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will begin at 10 p.m. For information, call (201) 445-6310. Show concludes The Ramapo Valley Model Railroad Club will showcase its latest industry, a windmill farm, Dec. 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is $4 for adults and $1 for children under the age of 12 with a maximum of $10 per family. The model railroad is at 620 Cliff Street. For more information, call (845) 359-0746. VFW seeks memorabilia Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 192 in Ho-Ho-Kus is seeking photos, newspaper clippings, post cards, maps, aerial photos, and similar items featuring Ho-Ho-Kus and the immediate area, including the Hopper-Zabriskie Cemetery on First Street in Ho-Ho-Kus, prior to 1966. These items will be used for the VFW Post’s history project. All materials will be returned after scanning and copying. Contact Stanley Kober at (201) 445-1121. Meeting schedule announced The Ho-Ho-Kus Council has cancelled the public meeting it had originally scheduled for Dec. 22. The borough will resume taking ofﬁcial action at its Jan. 1 meeting, which is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at Ho-Ho-Kus Borough Hall. Box Tops for Education drive underway The Home and School Association will be collecting Box Tops for Education Labels throughout the 200910 school year. The community is asked to save the labels on purchases and bring them to the collection box located in borough hall. Each label is worth 10 cents to the school. For more information about this program, visit boxtops4education.com. Kindergarten registration set The Ho-Ho-Kus Public School will hold kindergarten registration for the 2009-10 school year on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 3p.m. Registration will be held in the school library, 70 Lloyd Road, Ho-Ho-Kus. Incoming kindergartners must be ﬁve years old on or before Oct. 1. A parent or guardian will need to bring the child’s birth certiﬁcate, immunization record, and two forms of proof of residency (a copy of the deed to the home or a fully executed rental lease, and a copy of a current utility bill) to registration. For more information, call (201) 652-4555. Borough hall changes hours of operation Ho-Ho-Kus Borough Hall hours of operation have been changed to 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. (Hours were previously 8:30 to 5.) The change will eliminate the need for shift changes of borough hall employees and will cut down on energy use. The change will not affect the standard 35-hour work week for borough hall employees. Hours of operation for the Ho-Ho-Kus Department of Public Works and police department will remain unchanged. Library accepts exhibits The Worth-Pinkham Memorial Library invites local artists, collectors or area residents with interesting collections to contact the library if they would be interested in displaying their collections at the library located at 91 Warren Avenue. The items would be on display for a month’s time. Interested individuals should contact the library director, Sandy Witkowski at (201) 445-8078. Volunteer Ofﬁce Cookbook available “Treasures from Ho-Ho-Kus,” a revised version of the “Ho-Ho-Kus Hostesses” (1975) is now available from the Contemporary Club for $20. This cookbook contains favorite recipes from residents, U.S. presidents, the Ho-Ho-Kus Inn, and the Hermitage. Proceeds from this year will go to The Community Church of Ho-HoKus. To obtain a copy contact Sandra Alworth at (201) 447-1438. Cookbooks are also available at Ho-Ho-Kus Borough Hall. Celebrating the season Cheryl Post, Shannon Brophy and Sarah Ricca enjoy the Ho-Ho-Kus Contemporary Club’s annual holiday party held recently in Ridgewood. Library service for homebound or sick available The Worth-Pinkham Memorial Library in Ho-Ho-Kus provides a delivery service for the elderly, homebound, or sick. A resident will be delivering books to borough residents on the ﬁrst or third Thursday afternoon of each month. Books will be delivered after 2 p.m. Residents can decide which day they would like delivery. To receive books at home, call the library on the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday before delivery. A librarian will take name, address, phone number and book requests. Participants must have a current library card. The staff will assist residents in applying for one. Book requests will be ﬁlled as best as possible with the understanding that new and popular books may not be available when ﬁrst requested. Delivery is one Thursday per month only. Requests must be made during library hours. Messages left on the answering machine will not be ﬁlled. There will be no late fees for overdue books with this service. Call (201) 445-8078. Library hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. The Worth Pinkham Memorial Library is located at 91 Warren Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus. VFW welcomes new members The Ho-Ho-Kus VFW, which serves Ho-Ho-Kus and Ridgewood, welcomes new members. The group meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the Post Home, 620 Cliff Street, Ho-Ho-Kus. For additional information, call (201) 445-1121. ��