June 22, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 23 Glen Rock Roundup Independence Day Parade plans announced The annual Glen Rock Independence Day Parade will step off at 9:30 a.m. on July 4 at the high school on Harristown Road. The parade will continue to Highland Avenue, make a left on Rock Road and proceed through town to its conclusion at the Glen Rock Municipal Pool on Doremus Avenue. The Glen Rock Fourth of July Parade Committee is seeking residents who have lived in the community over 50 years to be a part of this year’s parade. Anyone interested in participating in the parade may call (201) 670-1034. Residents have now received in the mail their tickets for the Fourth of July contest. Anyone who would like to purchase additional tickets may e-mail glenrockparade@gmail. com. Blood Drive planned Saint Catharine’s Church, located at 905 South Maple Avenue in Glen Rock, will host the Glen Rock Community Blood Drive on Sunday, June 26 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call Community Blood Services at (201) 251-3703. All types of blood are needed especially types O- and O+. Any healthy individual age 17 through 75 and weighing at least 110 pounds can donate blood. Donors should eat a moderate meal before donating and must bring identification showing signature. All donors receive complimentary cholesterol and glucose screenings with every blood donation. PSA Testing will be done for all men 40s and older. Showing of ‘Custer’s Last Man’ set The Glen Rock Public Library will host a June 30 showing of The History Channel docudrama “Custer’s Last Man: I Survived the Little Bighorn.” Glen Rock resident John Koster, author of “Custer Survivor,” will be on hand to answer questions after the 7 p.m. showing of the 85minute program. Koster will also show handwriting specimens and other research to support his “Custer Survivor” assertion. Written, produced, and directed by Ted Schillinger with Jeremiah Joyce, “Custer’s Last Man” features Alvin Shawls of comfort Cowan, former quarterback of the Yale football team, as the younger Frank Finkle, with other actors and re-enactors taking part in simulated combat and impersonating friends and neighbors of the aged Frank Finkel, said by both Koster and Western writer Doug Ellison to have been an actual survivor of Custer’s Last Stand. The film offers accounts by Koster, Ellison, and several other experts who believe Finkle survived the Little Bighorn; commentary by Little Bighorn battlefield historians John Dorner and Ken Woody, who believe Finkel may have survived; and discussions by author Jim Donovan and archivist Scott Cross, who do not believe there was a survivor. The library is located at 315 Rock Road. Magic Jim launches reading program The Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library will launch the summer reading club with a program by Magic Jim on The Saint Catharine Shawl Ministry completed, blessed, and distributed 20 shawls to those in the parish who are experiencing the loss of a loved one, preparing for surgery, or becoming homebound. Pictured are a few of the Shawl Ministry members preparing to deliver their gifts. To request a shawl, contact stcatharineshawlministry@gmail.com or fill out a card found in the church narthex. Monday, June 27. Shows will be presented from 6 to 6:45 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. Professional magician Jim Vagias will return to the library at 315 Rock Road for his fifth summer of amazing magic and zany humor. The program is suitable for children ages five and up. Younger children may sit with an adult. Registration is required. The library’s summer reading program “One World, Many Stories” is open to children from “read-to-me” age to sixth grade. The library is located at 315 Rock Road. For more information call (201) 670-3970. Correction Andrew Stoffo, who was recently recognized for his service to the Borough of Glen Rock will be attending Emerson College for film in the autumn (not Emory University for electronic and written media) as specified in the article that ran on June 15.