March 21, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 15 Glen Rock Roundup Chair yoga program offered The Glen Rock Community School is offering an eight-week chair yoga program that will begin March 21. Sessions will be held from 11 a.m. to noon. Chair yoga teaches basic yoga positions while participants are seated. Participants may use the wall or chair for the basic standing postures that will be introduced. The class also includes appropriate breathing practices and meditation with movement. This easy yoga practice will help participants get the most out of relaxing in a chair or sitting at a desk or computer. The class helps those who prefer yoga without the up and down that floor yoga requires. This class will be taught by instructor Jill McConville and is appropriate for all levels. Participants should wear loose, comfortable clothing. The course fee is $64. Call (201) 3895011 for registration information. The school is located at 600 Harristown Road in Glen Rock. Goodell to discuss trip to China On March 20, local author, photographer, birder, and naturalist Doug Goodell will discuss his recent trip to China and his experiences with the native pandas. The program will be presented to the Activities Club at 1:30 p.m. at the Glen Rock Community Church located at 354 Rock Road in Glen Rock. Retired and semi-retired men are invited. Men who are interested in learning more about the club may contact Charlie Flynn at (201) 652-2585 or visit www.theactivitiesclub.org. Jewish Center book group to discuss ‘The Family Markowitz’ The book group of the Glen Rock Jewish Center will meet on Thursday, April 19 to discuss Allegra Goodman’s “The Family Markowitz.” Goodman writes with wit and compassion of three generations of Markowitzes making their way in America. At the center is Rose, the cantankerous matriarch, who longs for her earlier life in London and Vienna, but is now forced into dependency on her sons Ed, an academic expert on terrorism, and Henry, an artistic expatriate with a taste for antiques and postmodern poetry. Also in the family circle are Ed’s wife, Sarah, who teaches creative writing and longs for a more literary life; and Sarah and Ed’s daughter Miriam, a medical student who causes great alarm in her largely assimilated family by rediscovering Judaism. The group will meet at 7 p.m. at the center located at 682 Harristown Road. Book discussions are free and open to the community. RSVP to Michelle at librarian@grjc. org. For details, visit www.grjc.org or call (201) 652-6624. Jazz Vespers series continues Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is celebrating its twelfth season of “Vespers in the Key of Jazz.” On Palm Sunday, April 1, the James Wiedman Trio and Ruth Naomi Floyd will perform. Jazz Vespers is a worship service featuring music by noted jazz artists tied to a message by Pastor Roger Spencer. For more information about the series or other events at Good Shepherd, contact Pastor Roger Spencer at (201) 444-6598 or visit www. gs.lthrn.org or Facebook. Good Shepherd is located at the corner of Rock Road and Ackerman Avenue in Glen Rock. Smullen to discuss wildflowers and weeds Dorothy Smullen will discuss wildflowers and weeds at the March 20 meeting of the Glen Rock Garden Club. Smullen’s slide show will be presented at the Glen Rock Municipal Annex, located at 678 Maple Avenue in Glen Rock, at 7:45 p.m. The meeting is open to the public and refreshments will be served. Lenten services announced Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, located at the corner of Rock Road and Ack- erman Avenue in Glen Rock, will hold its mid-week Lenten Services each Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. in the sanctuary. Dates will include March 21, and 28. Members of the community are welcome. Lent is a time of reflection and penitence in preparation for the celebration of Easter. This year’s theme is “Hymns of Lent.” Holy Communion is offered at each service. Ladies Night Out set The Academy of Our Lady will host a Ladies Night Out on Friday, March 30 at 7 p.m. The fundraiser will be held in the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Center, 1 Passaic Street in Ridgewood. The event will include a buffet dinner, dessert, a prize basket fundraiser, and an auction. Proceeds will benefit the Monsignor Holmes Tuition Assistance Program, the school’s needs-based scholarship fund. Academy of Our Lady is supported by the parishes of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ridgewood and Saint Catharine Church in Glen Rock. Tickets are $40. The Ladies Night Out Committee is seeking donations of merchandise and services and sponsors. To donate prizes or purchase tickets, email okeefetraining@hotmail.com or peterh4565@aol.com. Exhibitors sought The Glen Rock Library is looking for interesting, antique, artistic, whimsical, beautiful, and/or unique collections. The exhibits, which change monthly, are kept in the library’s three display cases. Placards identify the exhibitors. Collectors interested in sharing their cherished objects are invited to contact Doris or Sally at the library, (201) 670-3970. ‘Friends of the Y’ event (continued from page 4) Brunswick. He is chair and founder of “Casa de Esperanza,” an immigrant support ministry, and was executive director and chairman of the board of We Will Rebuild, a community recovery organization that raised over $9 million for the victims of Tropical Storm Floyd. He has earned the prestigious Equal Justice Medal from the New Jersey Bar Association, the Outstanding Citizen Award from the Central Jersey Chamber of Commerce, the Preaching Prize from Palmer Theological Seminary, and the Philip Harris Award for Leadership from Rotary International. His fiancée, Laura Peterson, is a literary agent at Curtis Browne, Ltd. in New York City. Torack was born and raised in Clifton. She graduated from Ladycliff College in Highland Falls, New York, where she earned a BA degree. After graduating, she attended William Paterson University and Rutgers for graduate studies. She taught second grade in the Clifton Public Schools for two years, then married Edward Torack and had three daughters. While her children were young, she volunteered at Saint Elizabeth’s Church in Wyckoff, where she taught CCD for 10 years. She has been a county committee member for over 30 years and chaired Senator Henry McNamara’s annual breakfast for over 20 years. She taught kindergarten and first grade in Franklin Lakes for 23 years, and was named Teacher of the Year twice. She is actively involved at the Wyckoff Family YMCA as a member, volunteer, and supporter. Van Der Horn was born and raised in Wyckoff and is a graduate of Ramapo High School. From 1980 to 1995, she lived in New York’s Hudson Valley and was responsible for the visual merchandising for the East Coast region of a large retail chain. She returned to floral design after her daughter was born. In 1995, she moved back to Wyckoff, and managed Wyckoff Florist from 1995 to 2004. She has owned the business since 2004. She is a board member of the Wyckoff Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Wyckoff Day Committee. She is a member of Saint Elizabeth’s Church, where she has taught CCD, and is a member of Cornerstone team and Liturgy Committee. She has hosted four exchange students (from France, Spain, Denmark, and Thailand) through Ramapo High School and Rotary Club programs and is a member of the Joseph Lapinski Foundation. She provides floral demonstrations for local Scout troops, pre-school programs, women’s clubs, and senior groups. She is a consistent supporter of local schools and educational programs. Wild attended Cornell University and Columbia Law School. He is currently a litigator with Lowenstein Sandler PC and is co-chair of the firm’s capital markets litigation group and fiduciary counseling and litigation group. He has more than 25 years of experience in complex financial litigation and arbitration and is the “go to” litigator for numerous major companies and other clients. He has litigated extensively for various causes, including the rights of the homeless, anti-discrimination cases, death penalty appeals, and child advocacy. He has worked with 40 homeless residents of Lakewood, many of whom have lost jobs and homes during the recession and now survive in a tent city in Ocean County. He is working in close coordination with local non-profits and religious organizations to provide assistance to the needy. They were also successful in encouraging the township to cease eviction proceedings and address the problem of homelessness by cooperating in a three-step plan. He and his wife, Susan, reside in Wyckoff. He is vice president of Barnert Temple in Franklin Lakes. Tickets for the dinner are $70 per person. Call (201) 891-2081.