Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 27, 2014 Area Franklin Lakes Scribe Learn to ‘eat for energy’ Registered Dietitian Nicole Hallissey will present “Eating for Energy” at the Sept. 15 meeting of the Franklin Lakes Branch of the Valley Hospital Auxiliary. The event will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Franklin Lakes Ambulance Corps Build- ing on Bender Court. Hallissey’s presenta- tion will include samples of various healthy products. The program is open to the com- munity. Anyone who joins the branch that day will receive an auxiliary cookbook and will be entered in a contest for a special prize. Current members who bring a friend who joins will also be eligible to win the prize. For membership information, contact Eileen Leone at (201) 848-9330 or June Linz at (201) 396-9711. Now in its 70 th year, the Valley Hospital Auxiliary provides support to the hospital through fundraising, volunteerism, and community outreach. To date, the auxiliary has raised and donated over $17 million in support of dozens of hospital programs and community services. The auxiliary’s current pledge is to raise $1.5 million for expansion of the Valley Hospital’s Breast Surgery Pro- gram at the Luckow Pavilion and to fund an endowment for Valley Home Care’s Butter- flies program, a hospice and palliative care program for seriously ill children. New guard Republican District 40 County Committee held its reorganization meeting last week at the Larkin House in Wyckoff and has a new president after a number of years. Pictured above, from left, Republican County Chairman Robert Yudin, outgoing District 40 President Rudy Boonstra, new president and former Wyckoff Mayor Chris DePhillips, and Assemblyman Dave Russo. New firefighters Adult firefighters Erick Regojo, Harald Hofmarksrichter, Christopher Fox, Shane Myer and Christopher Repetto. (continued from page 9) members of Fire Company No. 1; and Harald Hofmarksrichter, a German national who is in Wyckoff as part of a job assignment and served as a volunteer fire- fighter in Germany, and wore his German firefighter’s uniform to the oath ceremony, Fire Company No. 1. The four Junior Firefighters who took the oath are: Ethan Bell, son of Wyckoff Volunteer Firefighter Colin Bell, Fire Company No. 1; Ryan Pettit, son of former Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department Chief Ed Pettit, Fire Company No. 1; Kevin Behnke, whose father is a paid firefighter in the City of Paterson and a volunteer fire- fighter in North Haledon, Fire Company No. 3; and Lucas Sherwin, Fire Company No. 3. In 2013, Wyckoff’s three companies responded to 472 alarms of fire and devoted 27,126 hours to training. The depart- ment is now hoping for a large turnout at the festivities centered around the Labor Day fireworks on Aug. 30, which are the department’s only major fundraiser. The township committee also adopted an ordinance to lease land from the Wyckoff YMCA for the installation of artificial turf fields for all-weather athletic events at the Pulis Recreational Facility, and an ordinance to lease property to the Wyckoff Torpedo Soccer Club for 10 years for recreational purposes. Register for library programs Franklin Lakes Public Library, located at 470 DeKorte Drive, hosts free programs for adults that begin at 7 p.m. Registration is required. To reserve a spot, stop by the adult reference desk during regular library hours or call (201) 891-2224. “Explore Zentangle with Jill Green- baum” on Thursday, Sept. 25. Zentangle is a relaxing and beautiful way to create art by drawing structured patterns. A certified Zentangle teacher, Greenbaum will present instruction on this intricate art form. During the session, students will create a Zentangle drawing. Class size is limited. On Sept. 30, learn valuable practices for keeping a computer secure with Betsy Coyne and Anne Roswell. Do you open e-mails and attachments even if you are suspicious of their origins? Are you wary of inputting your personal information into certain websites? This informative program will cover methods for protecting informa- tion in cyberspace. Board of education to meet The Franklin Lakes Board of Educa- tion will meet Sept. 9. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Franklin Avenue Middle School, 755 Franklin Avenue in Franklin Lakes. The public is invited. Concert and lecture announced NashEast, a Nashville-style band from Basking Ridge, will perform at the Frank- lin Lakes Public Library on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 3 p.m. This free concert will feature country hits from six decades. Seats will be available on a “first come” basis. On Sept. 16, historian Dick Burnon will discuss “What Really Happened to Amelia Earhart?” Burnon will present a lecture and film about the famous aviatrix and will explore ideas about what could have hap- pened when Earhart disappeared in 1937. There will also be a screening of a National Geographic film on her disappearance. The Franklin Lakes Library is located at 470 DeKorte Drive. Seating for these free programs will be on a “first come” basis.