June 22, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 13 Waldwick Watch Golf Outing seeks sponsors The Waldwick High School Athletic Association Booster Club still has sponsorships available for its 2011 Warriors Golf Classic, which will be held June 29 at the Farmstead Golf and Country Club in Lafayette. Hole sponsorships are $100; golf participation/lunch is $125. Contact Jim Zumbano at Plaza Jewelers at (201) 444-8245 or zumb61@msn. com to participate. Proceeds will benefit the student athletes at Waldwick High School. ESL Programs take summer break The English as a Second Language programs that meet weekly at the Waldwick Public Library have concluded for the season. Meetings for the ESL Conversation Group will resume Monday, Sept. 12 at 10:15 a.m., and meetings for English Language Learning Activities will resume Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 10 a.m. ESL programs at the library are free and open to adults who want assistance learning and speaking English. Registration for ESL programs is taken at the circulation desk throughout the year. For more information, call (201) 6525104. The library is located at 19 East Prospect Street. Program on World War II era offered The Traveling Literary Theatre will present “The Words and Music of World War II” at the Waldwick Public Library on Thursday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m. This one-hour dramatic presentation will feature heartfelt letters, personal accounts, famous quotes, and songs of the era. The words are authentic and the music pays tribute to the courage and soul of a great generation. The program is free and open to the public; however, space is limited and advance registration is recommended. The library is located at 19 East Prospect Street in Waldwick. For more information call (201) 652-5104. Summer Reading Club registration under way Children ages two and up are invited to participate in the Waldwick Library Summer Reading Club, One World, Many Stories, through Aug. 26. Children who read 10 books at their grade level or higher, or have 20 books read to them, qualify for prizes at the end of summer. Sign up may be completed at the front desk beginning Monday, June 20. Registration will be open for special events planned for this summer. Flow Circus Juggling, which is the first event, is planned for Saturday, June 25 at 11 a.m. Participation in the Summer Reading Club and related special events is open to Waldwick residents only. For more information call (201) 652-5104. The library is located at 19 East Prospect Street. Children’s librarian promotes summer reading Meghan Day, the new children’s librarian at Waldwick Public Library, is the subject of a poster designed to promote participation in the library’s Summer Reading Club. Showing “Miss Meghan” posed with her favorite picture book -- “We Are in a Book” by Mo Willems -the poster is the latest creation in a series of READ posters photographed and designed by Library Trustee Bill Smithuysen. The Summer Reading Club will run through Aug. 26 and is open to children who reside in Waldwick. For details, call (201) 652-5104. Vincenza Scarpaci to speak Educator and lecturer Vincenza Scarpaci, author of “The Journey of Italians in America,” will present a slide lecture at the Waldwick Public Library on Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Scarpaci will examine the history and legacy of Italians in the United States through some of the more than 400 unique photographs—some taken in Waldwick—that appear in her book. The lecture will illustrate how, beginning in the late 1870s, Italian immigrants and their descendants faced the hardships, disappointments, achievements, and successes of the American experience. A Brooklyn native, Dr. Scarpaci graduated from Hofstra University in 1961 with a bachelor’s degree in history. She went on to obtain her Ph.D. in history from Rutgers University in 1972. She has worked as an educator at the university level, consultant, grant writer, and volunteer coordinator. Her work has been published in journals and encyclopedias around the globe. She resides in Eugene, Oregon. The program is free and open to the public; however, space is limited and advance registration is required. The library is located at 19 East Prospect Street in Waldwick. Call (201) 652-5104. Sign up for e-mail notification The Borough of Waldwick urges its residents to sign up for the E-mail Notification Program by visiting www.waldwicknj.org and clicking on “Join our email notification program.” Participants will receive news and announcements.