Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • April 6, 2011 Area Boye awards (continued from page 4) opening of 3 Chicas Mexican Kitchen in Wyckoff nine years ago. Whether it is helping local charities or organizations with fundraising efforts through community nights and donations, raising funds for care packages for the military, disaster relief efforts, or helping families with ill children, Parker knows that it is important to give back to the community that gives so much to him, his family, and his business. Parker is on the Wyckoff Y Board and is chair of the Community Outreach Committee, which partners with many local organizations. He is also on the Buddy Walk Committee and runs its Annual Golf Outing. He serves as the chair of Wyckoff Day, is a member of the WyckoffMidland Park Rotary, Wyckoff Chamber of Commerce, and the newly formed Wyckoff Community Green Team. Hoppe has been a resident of Wyckoff since 1984. In 1987, she was instrumental in the formation of a play group of four toddlers with autism which eventually became the Alpine Learning Group, a school dedicated to the needs of children with autism. In 2000, Hoppe, her husband Jim, and other parents founded the Quest Autism Foundation, a public charity dedicated to providing adult services to the autism community. The Quest Autism Program opened its doors in July 2005 at the Wyckoff Family Y. The program is continuously growing and serving more young adults in the workplace. Hoppe is currently the director of fundraising for Quest Autism Foundation and is a managing director Lee Parker Scott Woods Jennifer Hoppe of Quest Autism Programs. She appeared on NBC News and Nightline as an advocate for autism. She is proud to be the mother of Jaimie Hoppe and Christine Hoppe Centa and stepmother of Lynn Hoppe Porterfield and Dr. James Robert Hoppe. Woods is a well-known area artist. He grew up in Franklin Lakes and attended Parsons School of Design and New York University. He spent three years in illustration study under Milton Charles and worked as a book cover illustrator and animation assistant for Amblin Entertainment and Dreamworks in Los Angeles. Over the years, Woods has shared his passion for art with the members of the Wyckoff YMCA. He created a beautiful mural in the lobby area and has volunteered his expertise to many artrelated events at the Wyckoff YMCA. He lives on a small farm in the Catskills with his partner. The Flakers have been members of the Wyckoff Family YMCA for over 10 years and have earned this first-ever recognition as inspirational Y members. Carol was a teacher for 19 years in the Allendale school system and Gary’s career spanned banking and employee benefits. The two have always been actively involved at the Y, including Gary’s role as a volunteer human resources consultant for the organization. Over the years, they have enjoyed many interests including camping, skiing, golfing, boating, traveling, and community service. Since they retired, the Y has been a constant source of activity for the couple, offering exercise classes, theater trips, aquacise, therapy, and many other endeavors. The two are a valuable asset to the Wyckoff YMCA through their involvement, enthusiasm, and desire for the organization’s continued success. Tickets for the Friends of the Y Dinner are available at $70 per person. Call (201) 891-2081. Kelly comes to Ridgewood Car Stereo - Alarm Systems Hands-Free Kits 201-445-5151 Audio & Video Calling All Crafters and 2-23-11 janine ReedAudio2x2(2-23-11) Cars! Antique 2 x 2” Allendale Festival Day & Car Show 10am - 4pm Sponsored by Allendale Chamber of Commerce Platinum Sponsors: The Allendale Community for Mature Living TD Bank st Be a part of the 19th Annual Saturday, October 1 Contact Adrienne at Jumbleiah Memorabilia 201-327-8411 or check the Chamber Website at www.allendalechamber.com (continued from page 7) “It’s a slow song about Ireland, but it’s not one of the sad ones -- nobody dies, and nobody’s lover dies,” she said of one selection. Kitty is second-generation Irish, raised in the Catskills in East Durham, New York, which she said is sometimes known as the 33rd County of Ireland. She learned her trade as a 10-year-old singing waitress at her parents’ family tavern, and later earned two degrees in psychology -- one from Boston College, famous for its Jesuit education, and the other from the College of Saint Rose in Albany where she teaches. Her brother Colin, a veteran of the U.S. Army, also lives in Albany. McKiernan is a first generation Irishman who now lives in Brooklyn and John Vesey hails from Montvale. The music they offered was authentic, though all songs were in English rather than Gaelic, and most songs were Irish-American in the sense that they evoked the sort of memories of Ireland shared by recently emigrated Irish people with their American-born children. McKiernan shared two songs of the type more typical of Ireland: protest ballads. One was the true story of “Crooked Jack,” an Irish laborer who broke his back working on a hydroelectric dam in Scotland. McKiernan’s other song commemorated the British execution of James Connolly after Connolly’s role in the Easter Uprising during the Irish War of Liberation. Connolly, captured in full uniform and considered a prisonerof-war by his own partisans, had been so badly wounded that he couldn’t stand up for the firing squad. The British shot him sitting in a chair rather than let the dying freedom fighter succumb to wounds that probably would have proved fatal in any case. The outcry from Irish-Americans and other Americans led the British to postpone several other executions of Irish patriots because the British desperately hoped to involve America in Britain’s on-going dynastic war against Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany, which happened a year later. The rest of the performance was a rollicking tribute to the Irish spirit of gentle, good-natured fun and virtuoso musicianship and performance. Kitty’s new CD, “Catskill Fever,” sold well from the stage and members of the audience wished her many happy returns to the Ridgewood Library.