December 22, 2010 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 31 Saddle River Valley Notes Coffee Talk to cover ‘Bastard of Istanbul’ The Coffee Talk book club will discuss Elif Shafak’s “The Bastard of Istanbul” at on Thursday, Jan. 13 at 10:30 a.m. Coffee Talk meets the second Thursday of the month at the Upper Saddle River Library at 245 Lake Street. Copies of the book are available at the circulation desk. Kindergarten orientation set The Upper Saddle River School District will host a kindergarten orientation for parents of kindergarten age children on Wednesday, Jan. 19 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The session will be held in the Travers Multipurpose Room at Reynolds School located at 391 West Saddle River Road, Upper Saddle River. Registration procedures, a typical day in kindergarten, and curriculum will be discussed. Children who will be five years old on or before Oct. 1, 2011 are eligible for kindergarten in September. Parents may RSVP to the Reynolds School secretary at (201) 961-6300 or to cfinn@usrschoolsk8.com by Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. It is essential the district determine an accurate count of incoming students. Parents with new students to the district are encouraged to notify Reynolds School. ‘Washington Square’ to be discussed The Upper Saddle River Library’s Novels at Night book club will discuss “Washington Square” by Henry James on Jan. 5, 2011. The group meets at the library, located at 245 Lake Street in Upper Saddle River, the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Copies of the book are available at the circulation desk. For more information, contact the library at (201) 327-2583 or visit www.uppersaddleriverlibrary.org. Club welcomes new members, hosts events The Saddle River Valley Newcomers Club welcomes all residents from Saddle River and Upper Saddle River, regardless of the length of their residency. Activities include Book Club, International Club, Out to Lunch, golf, social suppers, and more. For additional information, contact Nancy at (201) 818-0691 or visit srvnc.org Special needs basketball offered For the first time, the Upper Saddle River Basketball Association is offering a structured, small group basketball clinic for special needs children in grades two and three. Clinics will be held on Sundays at 9 a.m. for an hour in the Reynolds School gym. The players will warm up, run drills, and scrimmage each other. Built-in breaks and other accommodations will be made. Each participant will require a parent shadow for all clinics. All players will receive a T-shirt. Reynolds School is located at 391 West Saddle River Road. Contact Joe Abbatiello at jabbatiello@verizon.net or (917) -744-4415 for more information. Lions Club recycles eyeglasses For more than 60 years, Lions clubs have been collecting used eyeglasses for recycling. Donated glasses are either given to support local eyeglass recycling efforts or shipped to one of seven official Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers. The Saddle River Valley Lions Club has placed “eyeglass collection boxes” through the club area. Gold and purple boxes with the Lions logo can be found at the following locations: Mahwah: Bank of America, Town Hall, Library and a drive up white box at 190 Franklin Turnpike; Ramsey: Town Hall, Library, Ramsey High School, Quality Optical (Main Street); Saddle River: Bank of America; and Upper Saddle River: Library. For information on the Saddle River Valley Lions Club, write to P.O. Box 333, Saddle River, NJ 07458. Free audiobook software available The Upper Saddle River Library is offering free software for patrons who wish to upgrade to the latest version of OverDrive Media Console 3.2. This program will allow nearly all audiobooks from www.beateaudio.org to be transferred to the iPod®, iPhone™, iPod touch®, and iPod nano®, as well as the Zune® and other MP3 players, from a Windows® computer. To browse the collection of popular audiobooks for an iPod® or MP3 player, visit the BeAT website: www.beateaudio.org or go to www.uppersaddleriverlibrary.org. Click on the audiobooks button and install the free software. Check out with a library card, and then download to enjoy titles on a computer, MP3 player (including Apple® devices), and burn many titles to CD. Chat & Stitch at the library Drop in and relax with a current needlework project and join in conversation with other stitchers on Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. at the Upper Saddle River Library, 345 Lake Street in Upper Saddle River. Whether it is a knitting, quilting, needlepoint, embroidery, beading, or crocheting project, everyone is welcome to join this Chat & Stitch program. Refreshments will be served. The library is located at 245 Lake Street in Upper Saddle River. Library sponsors ESL program As a member of the Literacy Volunteers of Pascack Valley, the Upper Saddle River Library offers an ongoing ESL (English as a Second Language) Program. These free sessions provide instruction for area adults. Local residents, who are specially trained tutors, teach foreign-born adults on a one-to-one basis to speak, read, and write English. All groups meet at the library at prearranged times. Applications and information can be obtained at the library circulation desk. Anyone who wishes to volunteer as a tutor can contact Rosemarie Manganaro, ESL manager. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the USR Library. The library is located at 245 Lake Street in Upper Saddle River. Marine Corps League meets Saddle River Marine Corps League meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday every month at the firehouse located at West Saddle River Road and Allendale Avenue. 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