July 27, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 23 Wyckoff Wanderings Caregiver support group welcomes new members Christian Health Care Adult Day Services at Christian Health Care Center, 301 Sicomac Avenue in Wyckoff, will hold a Caregiver Support Group from noon to 1 p.m. on Aug. 2. The meeting is open to the public, and no reservations are necessary. The meeting will be held in the Building 1 all-purpose room. Facilitated by Kerri Sherer, LSW, the group provides support to people caring for loved ones with dementia and other age-related medical issues. Information about area social services will be available, and attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions. The Caregiver Support Group is held the first Tuesday of every month. For more information, call (201) 848-5830 or visit www.chccnj.org. Summer camp for children with autism set The Wyckoff Y will present Camp Rising Stars, a camp experience for children ages five through 12 with autism spectrum disorders. Directed by Brady Beach, BCBA, activities include swimming, sensory integration, arts and crafts, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, music therapy, social skills, gross motor skills, and more. All Y staff completes intense training specializing in behavior management, visual and physical structure, and techniques for working with children on the autism spectrum. Session I will run Aug. 1 through 5; Session II is Aug. 8 through 12; and Session III is Aug. 15 through 19. Contact Jen Kaplan for more information and to register at jenk@wyckoffymca.org or (201) 891-2081. The Wyckoff Family YMCA is located at 691 Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff. CHCC receives grant to provide CPR training The Christian Health Care Center Foundation recently received a grant from the from the George A. Ohl Jr. Charitable Trust, Wells Fargo Trustee, to provide an entry-level infant, child, and adult CPR course free of charge to the community for three consecutive years. The “CPR Anytime” program will enable participants from the area to enroll, complete the course, and obtain a certificate of completion. This training will help participants to feel confident in an emergency situation where CPR is needed, and as a collective community benefit, the training will increase awareness of life-saving techniques for adults and children. Participants will receive adult and infant CPR training mannequins and self-study DVD kits. After participants learn the skills, they are encouraged to use the kits to teaching family and friends. The course will be coordinated by Elaine Peneno, RN, MPH, a certified CPR instructor who is a member of CHCC Clinical Education Department. For further details about the dates, call the Christian Health Care Center at (201) 848-4300. CHCC is located at 301 Sicomac Avenue in Wyckoff. In January 2010 CHCC obtained a grant from the Richard and Loretta Stratton Charitable Foundation to provide free CPR training to 29 lay community members. This program was extremely well received and 25 people remain on a waiting list for the next class. Preschool camp offered Temple Beth Rishon is offering Camp Little Feet for preschool children through Aug. 19. Each week will include special themes and activities. For details, contact the temple office at (201) 891-4466 or visit www.bethrishon.org. Beth Rishon is located at 585 Russell Avenue. Newcomers welcome new members The Wyckoff Newcomers and Neighbors Club is open to new and long-standing residents who are interested in meeting new people. The club is currently planning a new year of activities slated to begin in the fall. Anyone interested in becoming a member may visit www.wyckoffnewcomers.com or e-mail Kristen at ckdemarco@optonline. net for information. Seniors plan events The Wyckoff Seniors will hold a picnic at the Larkin House on Aug. 23. The group plans to visit the Paper Mill Playhouse to see “Newsies” on Sept. 22. For more information about events, call (201) 891-0934. The Wyckoff Seniors group meets every Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. at the Larkin House at 380 Godwin Avenue. Library offers summer programs for teens Throughout the summer, Wyckoff teens entering grades seven through 10 are invited to join the Wyckoff Library’s summer reading program. Registration will run through Aug. 18. In addition to the reading program, book discussion groups Talk It Up, for teens in grades seven through nine; and Speak Out, for those in grades 10 through 12 will run through the end of July. Special programs on origami and watercolor painting are planned. For details, contact the library at (201) 891-4866 or wyckteen@bccls.org. Library open additional hours The Wyckoff Library, now located at its temporary site at 637 Wyckoff Avenue, is adding evening hours to its weekly schedule. The schedule of hours are: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library will be closed on Saturdays during the summer. Saturday hours will resume after Labor Day. The Wyckoff Library facility at 200 Woodland Avenue is undergoing construction, which is expected to last about one year. The project began in March and will include an enlarged children’s department and a renovation of the public spaces in the library. A new meeting room is planned for the basement, and an elevator will be added. Call (201) 891-4866 for more information or visit wyckofflibrary.org for the latest details on library events. New construction photos are being posted monthly so residents can follow the building project’s progress. Prize donations sought Heritage Manor Nursing Home at Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff is in need of bingo prizes for resident activity sessions. Items requested include, small picture frames, note cards and stationery, crossword puzzle and word-find books, socks, scarves, ties, costume jewelry (necklaces, clip-on earrings, pins) and other knickknacks. Items are also needed for a reminiscing activity for residents. Items requested include anything antique or old-fashioned, such as clothes pins, glove stretchers, and vintage kitchenware. To donate, contact Alison Argott, Heritage Manor’s activities director, at (201) 848-4249 (continued from page 5) February as part of his Fiscal Year 2012 budget. Abbott districts are school districts in less affluent communities in New Jersey that are provided remedies to ensure that their students receive public education in accordance with the state’s constitution. “We are keeping faith with our commitment to New Jersey’s children and families,” Christie stated, “spending more money per pupil on New Jersey’s students than almost any other state in the country.” Tax relief (continued from page 9) are euthanized. According to information provided by Smith, adult female bears, or sows, average 200 pounds, while adult males, called boars, average 396 pounds. Not all black bears are black, she added. They can be brown, cinnamon, blonde, white, and even gray-blue. Fifteen percent of New Jersey’s bears have a white chest blaze. During the winter, black bears undergo a period of dormancy in dens to avoid severe weather and food shortages, Smith explained. Since black bears are not true hibernators, they may leave their dens if disturbed, or to search for food on mild winter days. Den sites include rock cavities, brush piles, open ground nests, and hollow trees. Females can give birth and nurse their young in those dens. There is no Federal Drug Administration approved contraceptive or sterilization drug available for black bears. Their breeding season runs from late May until August, peaking in June and July. Sows can have litters of one to five cubs that are blind during their first month of life, but grow to 100 pounds during the first year. Seventy percent of the cubs survive the first year, and they stay with the sow until she breeds again approximately 18 to 24 months later. Nearly wiped out in the early 1900s when there were fewer than 100 black bears in the state, New Jersey’s population of black bears has rebounded since 1953, when they were established as a game animal by the state to prevent over-harvesting of the animals. Smith provided some “bear facts” as advice for borough residents including taking steps to avoid attracting bears with food or garbage, and using certified bear-resistant garbage containers if one lives in an area frequented by black bears. She also recommended regularly washing garbage containers with a disinfectant solution to remove odors, and putting garbage out on garbage collection day and not the night before. More information about black bears is available at www. njfishandwildlife.com. Black bears