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Page 14 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • April 21, 2010 Ridgewood Notes Earth Day celebration planned The 40 anniversary celebration of Earth Day, sponsored by the Ridgewood Environmental Advisory Committee, will be held Saturday, May 1 (rain date: May 2) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will be held at Memorial Park at Van Neste Square on East Ridgewood Avenue. Green Team participants in the Green Market Fair will include Backyard Bird Havens, Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop, Bergen County Utilities Authority, Bergen County Soil Conservation District, Bicycling Touring Club of North Jersey, Borst Landscapers, CLC Landscape Design, Clean Energy Program, Eastern Mountain Sports, Explore Science, GeesePeace, Girl Scouts of America, Glen Rock Environmental Commission, Green Kids, Green Up Glen Rock, Green Living Solutions, Hackensack Riverkeeper, League of Women Voters, Lower Passaic Watershed Alliance, NJDEP Clean Water, Native Plant Society, Open Space Committee, Ridgewood Department of Public Works, Ridgewood Engineering Division, Ridgewood Parks, Recreation and Conservation Board, Project Pride Committee, Purple Dragon, R&S Landscaping, Ridgewood Bike Shop, Ridgewood Recycling Division, Renewable Resource Systems, Ridgewood Unitarian Society, Ridgewood Veterinary Center, Ridgewood Wildscape Association, Whole Foods Market, and Women Gardeners of Ridgewood. A document shredding truck will be on site between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. All residents are invited to bring up to six cartons of paper for disposal. Proof of residency will be required. Refreshments will be provided by Whole Foods Market and Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop. Peter Spink Band and Blue Plate Special will provide musical entertainment. Register for “A Billion Acts of Green” by visiting www. EarthDay.net and bring children, friends, and neighbors to this environmental awareness event. Visit www.ridgewoodreac.com for details. th three classes for preschool children. Classes are held at The Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue, in Ridgewood. My First Art Class (with guardian), for children ages 20 to42 months, will be offered on Fridays from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. beginning May 7. Caregivers will join children as they explore painting, drawing, sculpting, and reading, and play art games. Activities are designed to provide opportunities to touch, feel, hear and see while building fine motor skills, language, creativity, and cognitive skills. The $110 fee for the six-week session includes all safe, non-toxic Crayola materials. KidzArt Discover! for children ages three-and-a-half to five years of age will meet on Mondays, from 1 to 2 p.m., beginning May 10. Preschoolers will participate in projects that help them understand and learn to use different media, improve reading readiness, tune-up fine motor coordination, and just have fun while learning to draw. The $95 fee includes the five-week session and all materials. Happy Piano for children ages three through five will begin May 6. Half-hour sessions will be held on Thursdays between the hours of 1 and 3 p.m. Students will learn the basics of music theory and how to play familiar songs on the piano. The class is taught with the use of educational songs, props, and teaching aids, and each child is provided with a keyboard to use in class. The cost is $110 for the sixweek session. An additional materials fee of $35 is charged annually. Register online at www.ridgewoodsports.org or in person or by mail at The Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue. Registration forms are on the recreation homepage at www.ridgewoodnj.net. Call the recreation office at (201) 670-5560 for details. Adult art instruction available The Ridgewood Parks and Recreation Department will offer art instruction classes for adults at The Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue, in Ridgewood. Acrylics with instructor Sandi Chanoch will be offered on Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. beginning May 6. The cost is $54 for six classes. A $10 additional fee will apply to non-residents. The class fee does not include materials; a list of items will be provided at registration. Lisa Miller will teach the class in watercolors for begin- ner and intermediate level painters. Classes will begin May 5 and will be held on Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The cost is $80 for six classes. A $10 additional fee will apply to non-residents. Materials are additional, and a list will be provided at registration. Participants will receive individual attention and will be provided with goals and objectives to help them find their own approach to painting. Register online at www.ridgewoodsports.org or in person or by mail at The Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue. Registration forms are on the recreation homepage at www. ridgewoodnj.net. Call the recreation office at (201) 6705560 for details. Rummage Sale set The Annual Rummage Sale sponsored by the Women’s Guild of Christ Church Ridgewood will be held April 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and April 24 from 9 a.m. to noon. The sale will take place in the Great Hall of Christ Church, located at Cottage Place and Franklin Avenue, Ridgewood. Household items, jewelry, attic treasures, appliances, books, toys, and clothing will be available. Admission is free. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Women’s Guild outreach and scholarship programs. For more information, call (201) 652-2350. Thrifty Treasures Sale planned The Thrifty Treasures Sale will return to Emmanuel Baptist Church on Saturday, April 24, rain or shine. Hours will be 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Come early for the best choice of priceless antiques, furniture, fine jewelry, kitchen gadgets, seasonal decorations, housewares, books, one-of-akind objects d’art, and more. Emmanuel Baptist Church is located on the corner of East Ridgewood Avenue and Hope Street. Call (201) 444-7300. Register for enrichment classes Registration is currently underway for the next session of after school programs offered by the Ridgewood Recreation Division. Classes are held at The Stable, 259 North Maple Avenue, in Ridgewood. Instructors encourage (continued on page 15) Preschoolers invited to classes This spring, Ridgewood Parks and Recreation will offer �� Celebrate ��