March 20, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 25 Park Windmill Library hosts children’s programs Registration for the Midland Park Library’s spring story time programs will begin April 1. Story times will begin the week of April 15 and continue through the week of June 4. Children ages four through six are invited to attend story time on Tuesdays. Two- and three-year-olds may attend on Thursdays. Both sessions meet at 10:30 a.m. and require registration. Each program runs 30 to 40 minutes and includes stories and a craft. To register, contact the children’s department at (201) 444-2390 or register in person at 250 Godwin Avenue. Baby time for children who are six months through 24 months of age will held at 10:30 a.m. on April 3, 10, 17, and 24, and May 1. Registration is not required. The half-hour program will feature stories, music, and rhymes and free play with toys and educational games. Older siblings are welcome. The library will sponsor two reading contests this spring: one for independent readers in grades one through six, and a contest for the “read to me” set -- children ages two through six years of age. Participants may register at the children’s desk beginning April 1 to receive their reading log to track their pages. The club will officially begin on Friday, April 5, and will run through June 14. Registration will be accepted until Friday, April 19. Prizes will be awarded to three participants for each contest. Reading logs are due by June 14 in order to be entered into the contest for a prize. Lions host breakfast, select puppy’s name The Midland Park Lions Club will hold its annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, March 25 at the Midland Park Fire House Hall at 45 Witte Drive. The breakfast will be held from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children under 10 years of age. The breakfast will include pancakes, bacon, sausages, juice, coffee, tea, and bagels. To purchase tickets, contact Lion Jack at (201) 444- 8601, or any Lions Club member. At the breakfast, the club will announce the name of the Seeing Eye dog. In addition, the Lions will be collecting non-perishable food items to be donated to the Center for Food Action of Bergen County. Parent program announced Midland Park High School PTA and the Midland Park Community Alliance will host a parent seminar, “Bridging the Gap: What Parents Don’t Know and Teens Aren’t Telling,” on March 20.The program will be held at 8 p.m. in the media center at Midland Park High School, 250 Prospect Street. The seminar will address alcohol drug use and abuse, and destructive decision making by teens. The seminar will provide parents with information on what teens are doing today, and how parents can talk to their children, other adults, and the community regarding these behaviors and how to address them. All are welcome. Athletic Hall of Fame dinner tickets available The Midland Park Athletic Booster Association will host the Midland Park Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Brick House on Saturday, March 23. The social hour will begin at 7 p.m. and will be followed by the dinner and ceremony at 8 p.m. Tickets are $65 per person. To purchase tickets, mail a check made payable to The Midland Park Athletic Boosters Association to Midland Park High School, 250 Prospect Street, Midland Park, NJ 07432, Attention: Tim Thomas. Checks may also be dropped off at the Baseball Card Store, 45 Prospect Street in Midland Park. For more information, contact Tim Thomas at (201) 445-0902, (201) 925-4647, or lifeisgood4us@optonline.net. Boys go ‘Scouting for Food’ Cub Scout Pack 157 and Boy Scout Troop 157 will participate in the annual Ramapo Valley District Food Drive. Midland Park residents are asked to be on the lookout for bags that were recently distributed and fill those bags with canned or dried packaged food, toiletries, paper supplies, baby food, etc. The filled bags should be placed on residents’ front steps or in another visible location. Scouts will pick up the bags on Saturday, March 23 between 9 a.m. and noon. The donated food will go to the Center for Food Action in Mahwah. For more information, call Anthony at (201) 741-1252, Jack at (201) 264-4839, or Lorraine at (201) 445-5967. Community Thrift Shop holds sale The Community Thrift Shop, located on the lower level of the Midland Park Shopping Center, will hold a half price winter clearance sale on March 26 and 27. A Bag Sale will follow on March 28. The shop will be closed on March 29 and 30 for restocking with spring merchandise. The shop will reopen on Monday, April 1 for receiving from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. On Tuesday, April 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the shop will begin its sale of spring clothing and household items. Leaf collection (continued from page 4) damage to township equipment. Leaf piles that are obviously full of branches will not be collected. Branches should be separated from leaves and tied in three-foot lengths for separate disposal along with household garbage and trash. Residents are also encouraged to save and dry branches, sticks, and twigs for use in home fireplaces. Residents are also encouraged to compost grass clippings and leaves. The Wyckoff Recycling & Conservation Center on West Main Street is open weekdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. so residents can deposit leaves and brush and can pick up mulch for their home gardens. Wyckoff attempts to limit disposal of garbage, trash, and yard waste by truck pickup to reduce expenses and pressure on the landfills that ultimately receive the waste. Residents are urged not to park their cars on leaf piles, because the catalytic converters underneath the cars can touch off fires, which may engulf the vehicle and others parked nearby.