November 9, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 21 Franklin Lakes Scribe Board of education to meet The Franklin Lakes Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at High Mountain Road School located on High Mountain Road. The meeting will begin at 8 p.m. Volunteer firefighters sponsor Organ Donor Drive On Nov. 11, the Franklin Lakes Volunteer Fire Department will host a Drive for Life at its headquarters on Bender Court. The event will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Share NJ, an organization dedicated to finding organ donors to save the lives of those in need, will be on hand to present information and sign up potential donors. The drive was conceived by Franklin Lakes Firefighter Tim Lemn, a paramedic student at Union County College. He is being assisted by fellow paramedic candidates Kevin McMacken of Oakland and Joseph Lynch of Garfield. Organ donation is an issue particularly dear to the Franklin Lakes Fire Department as longtime member and Past Chief John Keene, who suffers from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, needs a kidney transplant. Keene is a father and a grandfather. He has been fighting kidney disease for over 10 years. In May of 2007, he went into kidney failure and has been on dialysis since. He is now on dialysis three times a week, which is seriously affecting his quality of life. Despite the debilitating effects of dialysis, his doctors feel he is an excellent candidate for a kidney transplant. Time is of the essence. Anyone interested in helping Keene may contact Joan Abrams at Hackensack University Medical Center at (201) 996-2613. Temple sets art auction Framed artwork from renowned artists in all media and price ranges and sports memorabilia will be auctioned at Temple Emanuel on Saturday, Nov. 12. The preview will begin at 7 p.m. and the auction will follow at 8 p.m. Coordinated by Marlin Art, Inc., featured artists may include Chagall, Neiman, Delecroix, Shvaiko, Norman Rockwell, and others. Pastries, dessert, and wine will be served. Admission is $18 cash; all major credit cards will be accepted for art purchases. A stand-up sale will be held on Sunday, Nov. 13, from 9 a.m. to noon. Temple Emanuel is located at 558 High Mountain Road, Franklin Lakes. For details, visit www.tenjfl.org or call (201) 560-0200. Barnert Temple presents documentary and author Barnert Temple invites the community to view the award-winning documentary, “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” an inspiring story about a small group of Liberian women, young and old, Christian and Muslim, who came together to end a bloody civil war in their country. The screening will be held Nov. 13 from 4 to 7 p.m. The event will feature guest speaker, Agnes Umunna, executive director of Straight from the Heart, a human resource development project that reaches out to the victims, survivors, and perpetrators of the Liberian civil war. She is the author of “And Still Peace Did Not Come,” a book that recounts the fallout from Liberia’s civil war. This free program will be held at the temple at 747 Route 208 South. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Natalie Cohen at ncohen1847@barnerttemple. org or call (201) 848-1800. Elder care program offered Elder Care Options will present “Riding the Caregiver Roller Coaster” at the Franklin Lakes Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. Caring for aging parents can be a daunting task. Changing care needs and medical emergencies can lead to the feeling of being on a roller coaster. Life becomes a balancing act as the caregiver tries to manage many roles. This one-session workshop will focus on developing strategies for coping with the impact of a loved one’s changing needs. The program is free and open to public. The library is located at 470 DeKorte Drive. Sisterhood hosts Holiday Boutique Barnert Temple Sisterhood’s annual Holiday Boutique will be held on Sunday, Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the temple, 747 Route 208 South, Franklin Lakes. This free event is open to the public. Over 40 vendors will present merchandise, including jewelry, pottery, toys, handbags, accessories, Judaica, and more. Café Nosh will be selling bagels, hot dogs, wraps, baked goods, and potato latkes. Visa and MasterCard will be accepted, and there will be plenty of free parking. For information about joining the Barnert Temple, contact Alice Berdy at (201) 8481027. New agreement (continued from page 3) work up to 15 days, while building supervisors must work up to 10 days, between July 1 and Aug. 31. The subject supervisors will be compensated at their appropriate per day basis for each such day worked. The scheduling of these days and their use will be determined annually by the superintendent with input from the subject supervisors before June 30. House fire (continued from page 7) come to borough hall or the Bender Court firehouse to charge their cell phones, or just to warm up. Two of the borough’s public elementary schools remained without electric power by midday Tuesday, and one only had partial power, although the Franklin Avenue Middle School had electricity, according to Superintendent Frank Romano. The borough’s elementary schools, except the High Mountain Road School, and Franklin Avenue Middle School were open on Nov. 2, but Ramapo and Indian Hills high schools remained closed that day even though they had not lost electricity during the emergency. The opening of the two high schools was on a day-by-day schedule after that because so many of the homes of the district’s students and staff were without power and there was a concern for the safety of the students and staff while traveling to the schools.