August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 9 Ridgewood Service project provides warm welcome to village Eagle Scout candidate Sam Chen from Ridgewood Boy Scout Troop 5 has completed his Eagle Scout project, which involved beautifying the Grove Street island. Extensive research was done to find suitable plants. Many factors were taken into consideration, such as tol- erance to deer, road salt, drought, and maintenance level. Coordinating with the town, Chen and 11 other helpers from Troop 5 and their families successfully installed 59 peren- nial golden cypress shrubs and over 100 annual flowers. They also relocated the ‘Welcome to Ridgewood’ sign to the island. Chen would like to give special thanks to Scoutmasters Orlando and Vimba for their help in guiding the project, Mr. Rutishauser, and Mr. Affuso from Ridgewood Village Hall for their help in supervising and assisting the project, Officer Pullman for his help in overseeing safety, Mr. Seremitis for his leadership during the project, and everyone who generously donated. Above: Chen’s completed Eagle project. Top right: Edmond Wu, Michael Capurso, Max Wu, Mr. Peter Seremitis, Connor Pechko, Christian Ser- emitis, Alex Karalokian, Christopher Otterstedt, Sam Chen, and Mr. Blake Chen. Not pictured: Mrs. Anne Karalokian and Akash Chaurasia.