Page 12 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • June 23, 2010 Glen Rock Roundup Book group plans fall discussion The Glen Rock Library’s Neighbors Book Discussion group will be on hiatus until the first Monday in October. The October title for discussion will be “Call it Sleep” by Henry Roth. Protagonist David Schearl is an overwrought, phobic, and dangerously imaginative little boy. He has come to New York with his East European Jewish parents, and now, in the years between 1911 and 1913, he is exposed, shock by shock, to the blows of slum life. He is nurtured by his gentle, loving mother, terrorized by his father. When Roth published this debut novel in 1934, it was greeted with considerable critical acclaim, though, in those troubled times, lackluster sales. Books were hard to sell in the Depression years, and the novel quickly dropped out of sight. Only with its paperback publication in 1964 did the novel receive the recognition it deserves. “Call it Sleep” was the first paperback ever to be reviewed on the front page of The New York Times Book Review, and it proceeded to sell millions of copies both in the United States and around the world. For more information and to secure a copy of the book, contact the library at (201) 670-3970. Teen Fright Night coming up The Glen Rock Public Library will hold the first meeting of its Teen Horror Club on June 26 at 5 p.m. Teen Fright Night will feature “Repo! The Genetic Opera” in the basement. The club will focus on all things horror, including books, films, music, art, television, and drama. Participants may display their collections during the first portion of the meeting. The rest of the evening will feature a film, book discussion, or other entertainment. This program is limited to high school students. For more information about this event, e-mail: ian. parsells@bccls.org. All teen programming is made possible through contributions made by the Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library. Summer hours begin at library The Glen Rock Public Library is currently closed on Sundays. Sunday hours will resume on Oct. 3. The regular schedule will continue: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. During July and August, Saturday hours are shortened to 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The library will be closed for the Independence Day weekend, July 3, 4, and 5. For more info, call the library at (201) 670-3970. Golfers sought for weekly play The Activities Club invites retired and semi-retired men to join the summer golf group. The group will meet every Thursday at the Meadows Golf Club in Lincoln Park at 7 a.m. Golfers of all abilities are welcome. The group is two weeks into the season. Each week, 14 to15 players share a game of golf and great camaraderie. After 29 rounds, the scores of the players range from the 80s to over 100. For more information about the club, call Rick Colton at (201) 445-0755 or visit theactivitiesclub.org. Honor a graduate with a tree The Glen Rock Tree Trust suggests parents and friends to commemorate graduation with a tree. For a donation of $200, the Glen Rock Tree Trust will plant a tree at a school or on public property. The gift can be from one family or a group of families – and smaller gifts are welcome. The student(s) being honored will receive certificates indicating that a donation has been made. Donors may give their tree location preferences. Trees will be planted along with the next borough planting in late October or early November. Donations may be sent to borough hall, marked Glen Rock Tree Trust. The donation form may be obtained at borough hall, the Glen Rock Public Library, or by e-mailing GlenRockTreeTrust@gmail.com. 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Standard Delivery of Any Grill of $599 or More (continued from page 3) safety and labor departments were treated with more leniency than administrative workers, who reportedly took most of the cuts. The total appropriations of the municipal budget, as established at previous meetings, will be $41,825,453 for a 5.2 percent tax increase for municipal purposes not including the school and county taxes. The tax impact will be an additional $175 for the average house assessed at $799,000. The tax impact has remained unchanged despite the ongoing negotiations, Pfund and Gabbert explained, because the council and administration had already determined how much they could spend and were now trying to work with the employees’ unions to see how many jobs they could save. Resident Roger Wiegand asked how the council could vote for the budget when the council still did not know how many employees would be laid off. “It’s based on a permissible number that we can reach within the tax levy,” Mayor Pfund explained. The first round of layoffs would be official in mid-July, and the second round at the end of July, but the budget’s financial figures were firmly established with last week’s vote. Resident Boyd Loving agreed that saving the two young policemen’s jobs through PBA concessions was a good move. 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