Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • December 15, 2010 Sixteen students and two teachers from Thomas-Morus Gymnasium in Oelde, Germany, recently spent two weeks in Ridgewood as part of an ongoing school exchange. The exchange has been coordinated by Ruth Parks, the German teacher at Ridgewood High School, since the program began in 1997. In the intervening years, students from the German high school have visited Ridgewood eight times, and stu- Emmanuel asks... RHSCan You Help? welcomes Ridgewood dents from Ridgewood High School have visited Oelde five times. According to parents and students, this year’s exchange was one of the most successful ever. One parent reported that in two weeks her daughter and her exchange student had become “as close as sisters”. Another parent brought two of the boys to her country home over the weekend and (continued on page 27) students and teachers from Germany 4-29-09 karen/janine EmmanuelHelp3x.75(4-29-09) 3 x .75 The German students and teachers in front of a local restaurant. The Ridgewood Police Department has charged two drivers with failing to yield to pedestrians. One of the two teenagers struck by a driver turning from Linwood Avenue onto Oak Street on Dec. 3 suffered a broken collarbone and was treated at Valley Hospital after the incident at 3:32 p.m. Ridgewood police report that two 13-year- Two drivers charged with hitting pedestrians old Ridgewood residents were crossing Oak Street when a vehicle driven by a 42year-old Midland Park man turned from Linwood Avenue onto Oak and struck the pedestrians. Oak Street runs past the YMCA-YWCA, and numerous residential streets feed into that road. (continued on page 18)