The Villadom Times Weekly Newspaper Online-Jul 21, 2010 Issue

Page 2 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • July 21, 2010 Villadom Happenings Ridgewood Water goes to Stage III The Ridgewood Water Company has shifted to Stage III restrictions, which allow sprinkler watering for four hours a day on odd-even days and hand-held hoses at any time. Homeowners in Glen Rock, Ridgewood, Midland Park, and Wyckoff may now water their lawns by sprinkler from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on odd-numbered days if their street address is an odd number or on even-numbered days if their street address is an even number. Automatic lawn sprinklers may be programmed to water between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. when minimized by the darkness and relatively cool temperatures. Support group for men to meet LifeLines, a supportive and informative resource for prostate cancer patients and their partners in Northern Bergen County, will meet Tuesday, July 27 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Church of the Presentation in Upper Saddle River. The group was formed by prostate cancer patients to share information about available treatment and services. Research has shown that peer support groups may improve both survival rate and quality of life. For additional information, call (201) 505-9653 or email: lifelines@optonline.net. Chamber offers business counseling The Mahwah Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Bergen Chapter of SCORE, counselors to America’s small business, have teamed up to offer one-on-one business counseling services for entrepreneurs, start-ups, and small business owners. Chamber members will receive free, realworld advice from more than 40 experienced, successful volunteer business coaches to help launch and grow their businesses. Confidential 60- to 90-minute counseling sessions will be held at the Mahwah Chamber’s office, 65 Ramapo Valley Road, Suite 211, in Mahwah on Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon, beginning Aug. 6. The first session will include an initial assessment of the business owner’s needs. Mem- bers may book an appointment with a SCORE counselor by calling the Chamber office at (201) 529-5566. Pet portraits, kittens available at RBARI The Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge will hold a pet portrait fundraiser Aug. 11 through 14 at Keith Hopkins Photography, 216 Godwin Avenue, Midland Park. Keith Hopkins is donating the $25 session fee to RBARI. To make an appointment, call (201) 670-9559 or visit www. khopkinsphoto.com. RBARI now has all-black and black and white kittens. There are over 50 kittens that need homes. The group is running an adoption special: two cats or kittens for a single donation. The shelter is located at 2 Shelter Lane, Oakland. Call (201) 337-5180 or visit www.rbari.org. Services offered to cancer suffers and families The Susan G. Komen for the Cure® North Jersey has awarded CancerCare of New Jersey a grant to provide direct financial assistance to New Jersey women with breast cancer to address unmet needs, including transportation to and from treatment, home care, child care, pain medication, chemo/radiation therapy, and lymphedema supplies. This program is available to women in the following counties: Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Morris, Hudson, Union, Sussex, Somerset, and Warren. CancerCare is a national nonprofit organization that provides professional support services to anyone affected by cancer, including those with cancer and their family members and care givers. CancerCare programs, which include counseling, education, financial assistance, and practical help, are provided by trained oncology social workers and are completely free of charge. Founded in 1944, CancerCare now provides individual help to more than 97,000 people and received nearly 2.1 million online visits last year to its websites, www.cancercare.org and www.lungcancer.org. For more information, call 1-800-813-HOPE (4673) or visit online. Country dancers welcome newcomers The North Jersey English Country Dancers welcome (continued on page 23) Help still needed with Post Ofﬁce requirement The Villadom Times has received thousands of completed requester forms from readers throughout our circulation area, but many more thousands are needed so that our publication will receive the most favorable postal rate and improved quality of service from the US Post Office as it continues to reduce its services. “We can’t thank our readers enough for taking the time to fill out the forms the Post Office requires,” said Villadom Times Publisher Ester Vierheilig. “We are committed to seeing this project through and hope that those who have not done so will either mail in the forms or complete them on line as soon as possible.” The form may be mailed in, or dropped off at our office at 333 Godwin Ave. in Midland Park. It may also be completed on line (www.freevilladom.com). Your information will only be used for this purpose. 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