September 11, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 21 Ho-Ho-Kus Jottings Library trustees to meet The Worth-Pinkham Memorial Library Board of Trust- ees will meet on Monday, Sept. 16. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the library located at 91 Warren Avenue, Ho-Ho-Kus. Scholarship winners announced The Saint Luke’s Knights of Columbus recently awarded five $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors who are now attending college. The recipients include Andrew Livanos, Jessica Lind, Timothy Gysin, and Caroline Billies. The winner of the Rose and Ray Fallon Family Scholarship was Joseph Sciortino. Over the past decade, the Saint Luke’s Knights of Columbus has awarded over $50,000 in scholar- ships to over 50 recipients. The club is now planning a Golf Outing at the Mead- ows in Lincoln Park for June 9, 2014. For more information about the outing, contact Joe DeFlora at (201) 444-7296. Car Wash fundraiser set The Ho-Ho-Kus Public School’s eighth grade class will host a Car Wash fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 21. The event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. at the school located at 70 Lloyd Road in Ho-Ho-Kus. (Rain date: Sept. 28.) Tickets are $10, and may be purchased at the event. Scouts welcome new members Ho-Ho-Kus Cub Scout Pack 54 invites boys in grades one through four to its Recruitment Day set for Saturday, Sept. 14. The event will be held in the Ho-Ho-Kus Firehouse at 52 Sheridan Avenue from 10 a.m. to noon. Prospective Cub Scouts and their parents will learn about the troop and its activities and will meet troop members while enjoy- ing refreshments. Scout leaders will be on hand to answer questions. For more information, contact Pete Mastandrea at anmastandrea@optonline.net or (201) 857-3448. Gold Star Mothers to be honored On Sunday, Sept. 29, the United States will honor Gold Star Mothers and families. In Ridgewood, the Gold Star Mother’s Day Committee will commemorate Gold Star Mother’s Day at Van Neste Park, where luminaria will be lit from 7 to 9 p.m. to honor Gold Star Mothers and their families. However, the com- mittee’s goal is to have thousands of other luminaria lit throughout Ridgewood on Sept. 29 to honor the Gold Star Mothers and families. American Legion Post 53 (Ridgewood), Washington Elm Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 192 (Ho-Ho-Kus/ Ridgewood), and Ridgewood’s Blue Star Families are com- Paton honored (continued from page 11) Melvin Jones honor recognizes an individual’s commit- ment to helping others to lead richer, fuller lives, and one White’s Pond (continued from page 6) size! The reality check is that it can take 10 years or more of struggling to raise the funds. We are lay people in fundraising, and it¹s not our job, as we are working hard just to make a living to pay taxes,” she added. Mistretta said a bond referendum could be held to authorize a temporary tax to fund the project or the bor- ough could sell municipal bonds. She also suggested allocating funds from PSEG’s large Waldwick Power Station’s annual property tax and exploring the NWB- CUA’s participation to help fund the dredging since they are part of the waterway system. She suggested the town hire a professional grants writer to seek funds for the work, and that an official fundraising committee be formed to seek corporate dona- tions, organize fundraisers and even sell naming rights to certain areas around the lake. She said a committee could also network with other area towns that have suc- cessfully dredged in recent years, including Washington Township (whose mayor, Janet Sobkowitz, is a Waldwick mitted to bringing awareness to the community and to com- memorating the sacrifices these mothers and their families have made for the country. The community is invited to join in the event at Van Neste Park and to raise awareness for this event by talking to family members, friends, and neighbors. Donations in support of the Ridgewood event are wel- come. Checks made payable to American Legion Post 53 that state “Gold Star Event” on the memo line, should be send to: American Legion Post 53, P.O. Box 1525, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. who embodies traits generally associated with humanitar- ian service, such as generosity, compassion, and concern for others. To learn more about the 50+-year history and activities of the Saddle River Valley Lions Club, the Lions Interna- tional Melvin Jones Fellowship, or about joining the Lions Club, visit www.SRVLions.org and www.LionsClubs.org. High School teacher), Ridgewood, Hawthorne, Wyckoff, Mahwah, Cresskill, Franklin Lakes and Saddle River. The lake can be used for recreational and physical activities such as boating and kayaking, Mistretta said, and it is stocked with trout. To keep algae at bay and improve the quality of the water, the borough over the past two years has contracted with Princeton Hydro to remove weeds, algae, floating debris and accumulated leaf litter to increase the depth of the water along the shoreline by using an amphibious harvester/collector, and to use chemicals to control the offending algae. The chemical alternative was sought, according to Borough Administrator Gary Kratz, because aerators installed in the pond were constantly burning out as they sucked the sediment from the shal- low bottom. Removal of the organic matter is not the same as dredging. Since there is no digging and no appreciable amount of sediment is removed, the lake’s bottom is not affected; therefore, costly permits from the NJ Depart- ment of Environmental Protection are not required. “Save White¹s Pond,” the Friends of White¹s Pond¹s You Tube presentation, may be accessed at http://you- tube/UBiuNaNUwVE.