August 14, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 17 Glen Rock Roundup Advisory group to meet The Senior Citizen Advisory Committee of Glen Rock will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the municipal building at 1 Harding Plaza. Doris Ciaramella will chair the meeting. All are invited. The borough provides bus transportation for residents age 65 and older and for disabled adults who cannot drive. For details, call Paula Fleming at (201) 670-3956. Rhonda Benjamin to speak Rhonda M. Benjamin will address the Glen Rock Seniors on Aug. 21. Benjamin will discuss President Obama’s 2014 federal budget and its effect on Medicare. The program will be held at 1:15 p.m. at the municipal annex located at 678 Maple Avenue in Glen Rock. Coffee and cake will be served. RSVP to Ed at (201) 445-9238. Community invited to meet educator The Glen Rock Middle School will host a Lemonade Social on Wednesday, Aug. 14 to introduce new Assistant Principal Brian Pepe to students and parents. Middle school families are invited to join Superintendent Paula Valenti and Principal Edward Thompson as they welcome Pepe to the district. The event will be held in the media center at Glen Rock Middle School/High School, 400 Hamilton Avenue, from noon to 2 p.m. Local students recognized The following Glen Rock students have been named to the Dean’s List for the 2013 spring semester: Matthew Thomas Quinn and Chelsey L. Van Heest, Rowan Univer- sity; Marlon Becker, Jeffrey M. Bendett, Patrick A. Cua, Joy Gammel, Kelly Talbot Haggerty, Frank M. Hughes, Julia L. Hughes, Cyril C. Julianda, Jessica C. Julianda, Nina E. LoPiccolo, Magdalena Ewa Lukaszek, Alyssa Maria Muller, Brittany Lynn Ritterman, Molly Rose Roecker, Stephen Joseph Sorace, and Susan Amy Vanino, Ramapo College; Julia Hotz and Julia Isaac, Union College; Bren- dan Dowling, Trinity College; Sarah Ruckhaus, Tufts Uni- versity; Mary Van Langen, Loyola University; Marlies M. Gaul, University of Vermont; Joseph S. Leem, Baylor Uni- versity; Daniel Lewitt, Hofstra University; Alexander L. Viggiano, Jared Pollet, and Kareen F. Hartl, University of Rhode Island; Haley Small, Ithaca College; Kaitlin Howe, Jocelyn Kaselow, Katelyn Rauth, and Kathryn Schaubhut, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and Nicole Boschetti and Allison Neumann, Marist College. Seniors plan trips The Glen Rock Seniors will travel to Ehrhardt’s on Lake Wallenpaupack in Pennsylvania on Aug. 22. The group will enjoy lunch and a live show, Rockin’ Renaissance. The cost to attend is $45 for members and $48 for non-members. On Sept. 18, the seniors will visit Mount Airy Casino in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. The cost is $28 for members and $30 for non-members. Attendees will receive $25 for the slots and a $10 voucher for food. The bus for both trips will depart at 9 a.m. For details, or to reserve a seat, contact Ed at (201) 445-9238. Child care available The Glen Rock Community School invites community members to register for its School Aged Child Care pro- gram for the 2013-14 academic year. Registration is ongo- ing throughout the school year; however, students in need of before or after care beginning on the first day of school on Sept. 9 must be enrolled by Aug. 24. Registration may be completed online at www.grcson- line.com. For more information, call (201) 389-5011. Library adds ‘Korea Daily’ to collection The Glen Rock Library, in addition to its extensive col- lection of books, CDs, newspapers, magazines, periodicals, movies, and more, now carries the “Korea Daily” newspa- per. Copies are held in the Reading Room of the library at 315 Rock Road. For details, call (201) 670-3970. Library announces summer hours The Glen Rock Public Library, located at 315 Rock Road, has instituted its summer schedule. The library is open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Tuesdays and Fridays, hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On Saturdays, the library is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There are no Sunday hours during August. For more information, call (201)670-3970. Friends open Plant Exchange The Friends of Glen Rock recently announced the open- ing of the Plant Exchange at the recycling center at 473 Doremus Avenue. The Plant Exchange offers Glen Rock residents the option of planting surplus plants from their property at the exchange. The Glen Rock Plant Exchange is open the same hours as the recycling center: Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The center and exchange are closed on Mondays and Wednes- days. We welcome press releases from our readers. Items may be sent to editorial@villadom.com. Deadline is Wednes- day at noon the week prior to publication. Menorah (continued from page 5) seemed sympathetic to the proposal. Rabbi Fine said the intent is not to compete with the Christmas tree, but to offer diversity that symbolizes the new climate of Ridgewood of many different faiths living in harmony. Chanukah celebrates the victory of the Jews after pro- longed struggles with the forces of a pagan Greco-Syrian tyrant in 146 B.C. and the cleansing of the Temple of Jeru- salem. The story is recorded in the Douay version of the Old Testament of The Bible used by Catholics, though not the versions used by Protestants. The Apostle Paul, however, was trained as a rabbi and he mentioned the celebration of the Festival of Lights in the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament as mark- ing a date on the year so late that sailing was dangerous even in the Mediterranean. The ship he sailed on was later wrecked, though all hands were found safe on Malta. The menorah commemorates the miracle in which a supply of oil thought adequate for only one day burned for seven days, until the temple had been ritually cleansed.