Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • April 24, 2013 Area Goland to speak at Friends of BVMI luncheon Diabetes has taken center stage as the most-talked about public health crisis of our age. Endocrinologist Robin Goland, MD, co-director of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, will address this timely topic as the featured speaker at the Friends of BVMI Annual Spring Luncheon on Thursday, May 2. The event will be held from noon to 2 p.m. at the Hackensack Golf Club on Soldier Hill Road in Oradell. Friends of BVMI is a community educational and outreach group that supports Bergen Volunteer Medical Ini- tiative, Inc. Tickets to the luncheon are $55 per person, with plus-giving levels for Patron at $75, and Benefactor at $100. Thirteen years ago, Dr. Goland began one of the nation’s most successful efforts to advance patient care, research, and education in the field of diabetes. The Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center, combining premier family-centered patient care and education with world-class diabetes research programs, opened in October 1998 under the direction of Dr. Goland and co(continued on page 19) Robin Goland, MD Moody’s, the global investors service, has informed the Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority that it has upgraded the authority’s bond rating. The upgrade affects $5.9 million in outstanding debt that is scheduled to be retired shortly. In addition to direct written correspondence with NBCUA, Moody’s posted the rating boost from Aa3 to Aa2 on its public website. Moody’s indicated that the positive NBCUA receives improved bond rating change is due in large measure to the “strong credit characteristics” of its participating service area municipalities, including Mahwah, Ramsey, Waldwick, Wyckoff, Allendale, Midland Park, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Ridgewood. In a letter to mayors and governing bodies, NBCUA Executive Director Howard Hurwitz noted the significance of the action and the basis for the upgrade “reflects the (continued on page 7)