March 6, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 15 Waldwick Watch Knights announce scholarships The Knights of Columbus at Saint Luke’s R.C. Church is offering five scholarships to Waldwick students or registered members of Saint Luke’s parish. Applicants must be planning to attend college in the fall of 2013. Students may obtain applications from their school guidance counselor or the Saint Luke’s Church Office. The application deadline is April 1. For more details call Chuck Farricker at (201) 670-9040. Hope with Heart benefit set Tickets are now on sale for the fundraiser Hope with Heart: Rock with Bruce Jacques! The event will be held on Friday, April 19, from 7 to 10:30 p.m. at the Saint Luke’s Church Gymnasium, 340 North Franklin Turnpike in HoHo-Kus. Hope with Heart is a camp designed specifically for children and young adults with moderate to severe heart disorders and disease, and was founded by Waldwick resident June Griffin and her husband John (who perished in 9/11) after their new born son, Jonathan, passed with a heart defect in 1989. The camp, staffed by medical personnel and trained counselors, creates a safe and normal camp environment with activities like swimming, nature walks, horseback riding, art and crafts, and evening activities like campfires, karaoke, and animal shows. Hope with Heart offers campers the opportunity to be with peers with similar health issues and gives campers the opportunity to be like other kids. Hope with Heart subsidizes the camp, with no cost to the families. One hundred percent of the proceeds of this event will be donated. The evening will include entertainment, comedy and music by Bruce Jacques. Jacques regularly appears at The Tap Room, Faneuil Hall in Boston and at private events on the East Coast. Visit www.brucejacques.com for more information. Tickets are $35 per person and will include one ticket for the prize basket fundraiser. Additional tickets will also be available. This is a BYOE event (Bring Your Own Everything) including food and beverages. To purchase tickets, send a check made payable to “Hope with Heart” to: Hope with Heart, c/o 2 Gateway Court, Waldwick NJ 07463. Please include the number of attendees, and contact name, and phone number. For additional information, call Donna at (201) 612-3170. Childcare center hosts Open House The Learning Experience in Waldwick will host an Open House every Thursday beginning March7. Parents are invited to visit the school from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The childcare development center offers a full day kindergarten, an afterschool program, transportation from area schools, summer camp, and day care for children six weeks old and up. For more information, or to schedule a tour, call (201) 445-6901. The Learning Experience is located at 132 Hopper Avenue. Grad Ball tickets on sale The Waldwick High School Graduation Ball Committee will host its Annual Fashion Show on Wednesday, March 13. The event will be held at Seasons, 644 Pascack Road in Washington Township from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The event supports the WHS Grad Ball, which is a safe, drugand alcohol-free environment following the seniors’ graduation ceremony. Tickets are $50 each and include a fashion show, a prize basket fundraiser, appetizers, a sit-down dinner and dessert, and $10 worth of prize basket tickets. A cash bar will be available. To purchase tickets, contact Denise Nitche at (201) 670-5043 or Ellen Sciortino at (201)819-8617. Tickets are also available at Plaza Jewelers, 10 East Prospect Street in Waldwick, and online at www.whsgradball.com. Tables may be reserved for groups of eight to 12 people. To donate items for the fundraiser, call Desiree Orsino at (201) 965-7391 or Barb Moran at (201) 689-7679. Auxiliary to host spiritual medium The Waldwick Fire Department Auxiliary will host spiritual medium Teresa on Sunday, March 10. This 4 p.m. program will be held at the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps at 20 Whites Lane. Teresa will present an interactive evening of sharing and communication with randomly selected audience members. She will provide readings involving past, present, and future life events. A question and answer session will follow. The doors will open at 3:30 p.m. and the event will begin at 4 p.m. Tickets are $40 and will be available at the door. For additional information, contact WFD Auxiliary member Mary Ellen O’Connell at (201) 788-1169. Auxiliary plans Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Unit 57 of Waldwick will host its annual Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner on Sunday, March 17. The event will be held at 2 p.m. at Legion Post 57, which is located at 46 Franklin Turnpike in Waldwick. Tickets are $10, and include potato and leek soup, salad, shepherd’s pie, corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes catered by the Village Grille in Waldwick. Dinner will also include Irish soda bread, rye breads, and desserts. To purchase tickets, contact Nancy at (201) 847-9177 or nanamerican@yahoo.com. Tickets may also be purchased at the post. Golden Seniors plan trips Waldwick’s Golden Seniors will host a trip to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains April 28 through May 4. This trip will feature motor coach transportation, a guided tour of Smoky Mountain National Park, and entertainment. Shows will include the Smoky Mountain Opry, Cirque de Chine, the Smith Family, the Hatfield-McCoy Dinner Show, the Patty Waszak Show, and the Country Jamboree Variety Show. The group will also spend time in historic Gatlinburg. The cost for this trip is $545 per person for double occupancy. For details, contact Lou Sherman at (201) 670-4211. Worsdale to perform International recording artist Maggie Worsdale will perform a sophisticated, classic cabaret show at the Waldwick Public Library on Wednesday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. All are invited to attend this special evening of music featuring popular standards, Broadway classics, and lively jazz tunes. Worsdale has collaborated with show business legends and performed at major concert halls and cabarets around the world. She has twice been selected as one of the Top 10 jazz singers in the New York and New Jersey area. To reserve a space, or for details, call (201) 652-5104. Classic movies series under way The Waldwick Public Library, located at 19 East Prospect Street in Waldwick, presents screenings of classic films on Thursdays at 2 p.m. The schedule of screenings is as follows: March 7, “Laura” (1944); March 14, “The Woman in the Window” (1944); March 21, “Footsteps in the Fog” (1955); and March 28, “Rear Window” (1954). The films are free and open to the general public. Arrival before 2 p.m. is advised. For more information, call (201) 652-5104. United Water (continued from page 9) few days before. White noted that the four reclining chairs that had been ordered for the DPW headquarters should be delivered early in March. The chairs will permit workers to grab some needed sleep or rest during storm emergencies when they have no time to drive home. White noted that some workers had been out for 48 to 72 consecutive hours during the last storm emergency to keep the roads clear and had sometimes slept outside in the cabs of trucks. She also found -- right at the meeting while scanning her computer -- that FEMA had approved $100,647 for removal of debris during the recent storm, which council members indicated was less than they had asked for, but welcome. Councilwoman Jacqueline McSwiggan said that, so far, more than 300 households had taken advantage of the chance to have municipal employees inspect their sump pumps and only 23 had been cited for violations. The borough estimates that as many as 600 residents could be operating sump pumps that illegally discharge water into sanitary sewer lines as opposed to legally discharging the basement water into the storm drains. Inspections are ongoing. Ho-Ho-Kus Brook (continued from page 3) an eligible project. Kratz explained that removing the two sandbars from the brook would eliminate impediments to the flow of water, which could otherwise back up and lead to flooding. The federal funds, if approved, would be devoted to work in this area, which is located north of the Wyckoff Avenue Bridge. Bids have already been requested for the first phase of the project, and are expected to be returned on March 21. The estimated cost for the original portion of the project would be between $150,000 and $170,000, Kratz said.