April 11, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 25
Franklin Lakes Scribe
Library offers computer classes The Franklin lakes Public Library will offer a Tumblr Blogging Class on Wednesday, April 18 from 11 a.m. to noon. Learn to post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from a browser, phone, desktop, or e-mail to this new blogging platform. An e-mail account is required to sign in to Tumblr. On April 19, learn “All About Google” from 11 a.m. to noon. Participants in this hands-on class will learn how to search the Web, maps, news, and even videos. Registration is required. Non-residents are invited to join the waiting list and will be contacted if space is available. The library is located at 470 DeKorte Drive. Call (201) 891-2224. Special needs classes slated Children with special needs who are ages seven to 11 are invited to enjoy yoga, arts and crafts, games, and sports, with the help of local teenagers from Kula for Kids. This new program created by TeenKula will begin April 18.
High school teens plan to work one on one with the children at the recreation center, 1 Vichiconti Way in Franklin Lakes. Each week will include a theme and related activities. Classes run from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. and will close with yoga and meditation. The program, sponsored by TeenKula, a non-profit organization, is free of charge. For more information, contact Andrea Doyle at (201) 483-7227 or visit http://teenkula.org. Board of education to meet The Franklin Lakes Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, April 17 at 8 p.m. The board meets in the music room at the Franklin Lakes Middle School, 755 Franklin Avenue in Franklin Lakes. Temple explores ancient work Beginning April 18, Rabbi Joshua Cohen of Temple Emanuel of North Jersey will explore the human need to continue to develop individual relationships with God. This free series will be held on seven Wednesday evenings from 8 to 9:15 p.m. The public is welcome and pre-registration
is not required. Rabbi Cohen’s series will draw on the work of Rabbi Bahya ibn Paquda, who lived in eleventh century Spain. Rabbi ibn Paquda linked the ethical science of the West with the emotional and spiritual morality of the East in a unique work entitled “Duties of the Heart.” Combining elements drawn from the Arabs, the Bible, Judaism, and Greek thought, ibn Paquda laid out the spiritual foundations of universal ethics and the moral law of the Bible in the light of reason, paving the way to the common ground on which all moral religions and non-religious systems of morality are rooted. Temple Emanuel is located at 558 High Mountain Road. For more information, visit www.tenjfl.org or call (201) 560-0200. Library board to meet The Franklin Lakes Library Board of Trustees will meet on Monday, April 23 at 8 p.m. in the Local History Room of the Franklin Lakes Public Library, 470 DeKorte Drive. The board will meet in executive session from 7 to 8 p.m. The public portion of the meeting will commence at 8 p.m.
Reelection
(continued from page 5) is well balanced in our areas of expertise. We do not move forward with an issue until we have looked at every facet of the issue. We disagree quite often, yet we move forward as a team. Lastly I enjoy helping people come to a solution that creates a win-win-win. Even though we are a community, we each have our individual needs and concerns. Every person that lives in the borough is important to me. I enjoy serving in the capacity of councilman, and this is why I am seeking re-election.” Considine said he is looking forward to continuing in the path he’s started. “These last couple of months, working with the other members of the council, convinces me that we have the right team for Midland Park. Already, this year, we’ve done the hard work of vetting applicants for the police chief job and installed an acting chief. We’ve also come to the end of the process for this year’s budget, and I believe my friends, neighbors and all the town residents will be very pleased. The council and the mayor together are keeping Midland Park out of debt and well positioned for the future, and I’m glad to say I’ve been able to contribute to that success.” Holst is president of Horizon Termite and Pest Control, a local company he founded in 1970. He has been a member of the Midland Park Lions Club for nearly 40 years and served six terms as its president. He is treasurer and past president of the New Jersey Pest Management Association and a past president and director of the National Pest Management Association. He heads the borough council’s Public Works Committee. Pruiksma, a landscape contractor, is a member of the Midland Park Volunteer Fire Department, and vice president of the Oakland Chapter of Fellowship of Christian Firefighters. He recently received a 4-year certification from the Hawthorne Evening Bible School. He is a member of the Hometown Security Task Force of the NJ League of Municipalities, the NJ Disaster Response Crisis Counseling and the Northern NJ Phoenix team, which assists first responders after they have gone through a critical incident, and he is the NJ Advocate for the Everyone Goes Home program of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. He is the borough council’s liaison to the Recreation Committee. Considine, a retired IBM executive and US Navy veteran, is a past Grand Knight of the Midland Park Knights of Columbus. He has chaired BSA Troop 157 for the last five years, has been on the board of recreation for the past three years and served as secretary of the Midland Park United Republican Club for the past four years. Since 1994, he has been a Nativity Church Eucharistic Minister. He chairs the council’s Public Safety Committee. The Primary election will take place on Tuesday, June 5, at which time voters will also select candidates to represent their respective parties for president, state senate, congress and freeholder positions. June 5 is also the deadline for residents wishing to run as independents in the November general election.