October 12, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 25 Ho-Ho-Kus Jottings Warchola offers centerpiece demonstration Natalie Warchola will present “How to Build a Centerpiece” to the Ho-Ho-Kus Garden Club on Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in borough hall, 333 Warren Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus. President of her own floral design company, Warchola decorates private home interiors, commercial spaces, historic homes, and museums. All are invited to attend. Blood Drive planned The Ho-Ho-Kus Blood Donors Association and the Ho-Ho-Kus Volunteer Ambulance Corps will hold a Town Blood Drive on Thursday, Oct. 13 from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at the Ho-Ho-Kus Ambulance Corps Building at 55 Sycamore Avenue. The drive, which is being held in cooperation with Community Blood Services, will help ensure that the transfusion needs of area patients are met. Participants will be eligible for an opportunity to win gift certificates to local restaurants. 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 a complimentary cholesterol screening with every blood donation. To schedule an appointment, call (201) 444-3900. Seniors plan events Nancy Atkins Peck will present “Carl Kemm Loven: Designer of Dreams.” to the Ho-Ho-Kus Seniors on Oct. 11. Loven was a well-known architect who designed homes in Glen Rock, Ridgewood, and Ho-Ho-Kus; local shopping centers; and planned communities such as Sterling Forest. On Oct. 25, the group will take a trip to Villa Roma in Callicoon, New York for Oktoberfest. Meetings of the Ho-Ho-Kus Seniors take place the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month in the Hermitage Education Building. Beverages and desserts are served at noon, and programs begin at 1 p.m. or as noted. Residents age 55 and up are welcome to attend. Contact Joan at (201) 444-4896 for program information. For trip information, contact Sue at (201) 444-7235. New Story Time hours announced The Worth-Pinkham Memorial Library, 91 Warren Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus, has announced new hours for its Story Time. The program will meet on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 11:45 a.m. and will run through December. Sign up is not necessary. Contact the library at (201) 445-8078 or e-mail hohocirc@bccls.org. Halloween Parade set Calling all ghosts and goblins! The Ho-Ho-Kus Youth Activities Council and the Contemporary Club of Ho-HoKus will sponsor the annual Halloween Parade on Saturday, Oct. 29. Parade participants will assemble in front of borough hall at 333 Warren Avenue at 9:45 a.m. At 10 a.m., the parade will proceed down Warren Avenue to Lloyd Road and end at the Ho-Ho-Kus Public School. The public is invited for music and refreshments in the school’s multipurpose room. Contact Letty Wahl at (201) 785-4014. Vendors sought for Holiday Bazaar Ho-Ho-Kus Community Church is seeking vendors for its Holiday Bazaar to be held on Nov. 12. Space booked by Oct. 15 will cost $60 for an upstairs table or $50 for a downstairs location. Table locations are assigned on a “first come” basis. After Oct. 15, the cost for an upstairs location will be $75 and $60 for a downstairs location. The bazaar will feature gifts for Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, including handmade crafts, baked goods, preserves and jellies, books, a café, and musical entertainment. ‘Hymn Sings’ open to public Saint Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church invites the public to its Hymn Sing every Thursday from 9:30 to 10 a.m. at the church located at 70 Sheridan Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus. The sing is followed by a Eucharist healing service and Bible study. For more information, call (201) 389-6564. (continued from page 8) price we have to work with,” said Mayor Keith Killion. “It is a lot of money, but it’s the lowest bid.” “We did approval of a partial request, so our foot is in the cement already,” said Village Manager Ken Gabbert. Mayor Killion said he wanted to soothe Wellinghorst’s concerns, so he agreed to postpone the vote on the whole project until the council and Gabbert had a chance to go over the numbers. The three HUD/Community Development Block Grants total $104,602. The criteria for these grants are projects to improve the lives of senior citizens or residents with physical disabilities. These grants do not require matching funds from Ridgewood. The additional monies for these improvements come from funds remaining from a former project. The council also dissented from Gabbert’s concerns about useful space by deciding in principle to proceed with the demolition of the house at 1037 Hillcrest Road, one of the two contemporary-style houses on the Habernickel Horse Farm property. “I believe right now it’s in the village’s best interests to consider saving the house,” Gabbert said. Gabbert said that since the first floor of Ridgewood Village Hall had been flood-damaged and was not available for senior meetings, the house at 1037 Hillcrest Road could be used for seniors’ meetings until the first floor of Village Hall is made accessible again to seniors and to youngsters. The Hillcrest Avenue house, not on the actual print of the sports field or parking lot proposed for the site, was recently rented, as it has been since Ridgewood took over the 10-acre site. The house is now vacant and in a generally good state of repair. “I do appreciate your concern. I do know that there is a need for meeting space, but I don’t think that house fits our current plan,” said Mayor Killion. Killion, who served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Vietnam and has some experience as a small contractor, said he felt the cost of making the Hillcrest Avenue house ADA-compliant would cancel out any advantage to using it for temporary meeting space until the first floor of Village Hall is restored, in a manner still under study. Costs questioned