Page 2 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • February 12, 2014 Villadom Happenings Highlands hosts Jazz Concert benefit The Bucky Pizzarelli and Ed Laub guitar duo is coming to Allendale on Sunday, March 2 at 4 p.m. Pizzarelli and Laub will present a concert of instrumental and vocal arrangements at Highlands Presbyterian Church located at 270 Franklin Turnpike in Allendale. A reception will follow. Tickets are $25 when purchased in advance, and will cost $30 at the door. To purchase tickets, call the church at (201) 327-4466 or visit www.highlandschurch.net. The concert will benefit the church’s ongoing organ restoration project. Coen to discuss records found at Brooklyn orphanage Joseph Coen C.A., archivist at the Brooklyn Roman Catholic Diocese, will be the guest speaker at the Feb. 24 meeting of the Genealogical Society of Bergen County. Coen will discuss his research of the records from Saint Malachy’s orphanage in Brooklyn. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Ridgewood Public Library, 125 North Maple Avenue in Ridgewood. Coen will include an overview of the history of the home and the kinds of records found in the orphanage’s client records. Meetings are free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.njgsbc.org. Scholarship applicants sought Applications are now available for the New Jersey League of Municipalities’ Louis Bay II Future Municipal Leaders Scholarship. The opportunity to win this $1,000 scholarship is open to high school juniors and seniors throughout New Jersey. Applicants will be asked to write an essay of 500 words about the topic “What My Municipal Government Does Best.” Interested students may pick up application packets at their local public or private high schools. The 500-word essay is due March 10. Statewide finalists and the winner will be announced by League of Municipalities on May 5. Community Give Back Program announced The Olive Garden located at 66 Route 17 North in Ramsey is sponsoring a Community Give Back Program and invites organizations, community groups, schools, Scouting groups, etc. to participate. The restaurant will donate 10 percent of patrons’ pur- chases when they show the flyer announcing the organi- zation’s fundraiser. Olive Garden will provide the flyers. Organizations are invited to contact the manager at (201) 924-2953 to participate. Club to host Meredith Platt The Woman’s Club of Ridgewood will host Meredith Platt, author of “Storming the Gates of Bedlam,” at its Feb. 12 luncheon. The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the clubhouse at 215 West Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood. Platt earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology, magna cum laude, from Hunter College and a Ph.D. in biopsy- chology from The City University of New York. She was a fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering for five years and a research scientist at The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychi- atric Research for 10 years. She has also worked for The Washington Post, The Asbury Park Press, and as researcher and secretary for Ben Hecht. The cost is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. To reserve at seat, call the clubhouse at (201) 444-5705. Choral scholarship offered Auditions for the $2,500 Ridgewood Choral’s Florence Reinauer Memorial Music Award will be held March 1 from 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place in Ridgewood. Auditions are open to high school seniors in Bergen, Passaic, Essex, and Rockland counties who are interested in continuing formal education in voice or an instrument at a school of higher learning. Applicants must provide their own accompanist, if needed. To apply, visit www.Ridgewoodchoral.org. The applica- tion deadline is Feb. 14. Fundraiser supports renovations Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff recently held its Second Annual Beefsteak at The Brownstone in Paterson. The event raised nearly $41,000 to support the center’s 2014 Annual Fund to support renova- tions to Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Special guest speak- ers were George McGov- ern, chapel coordinator for the NY Giants and NY Yankees, and Kevin Boothe, NY Giants start- ing guard. McGovern is on the staff of Athletes in Action, the sports min- istry division of Campus Crusade for Christ. He is responsible for leading the team Bible studies, serving as personal chap- lain for some of the play- Paul and Karen Van Ostenbridge of Franklin Lakes, NY Giant Kevin Boothe, and Gordon ers and their families, Stanley of Wyckoff. overseeing the in-season chapel services, and helping to organize sports-oriented ward to the Super Bowl,” said David Krentel, founda- outreaches in the New York metropolitan area. tion executive director. “The 300 attendees, including Boothe played football for Cornell University and CHCC donors, business partners, staff, and friends, were was a three-time All-Ivy League selection and a member encouraged to wear jerseys from their favorite team.” of Cornell’s Quill and Dagger society. He was drafted by Main sponsors of the event were Atlantic Tomorrow’s the NFL in 2006 by the Oakland Raiders and has been Office; Empire Ambulance; Jeffer, Hopkinson & Vogel; a NY Giant since 2007. He won Super Bowls XLII and Regency Wealth Management; Reiner Heating & Air XLVI with the Giants. Conditioning ; Shotmeyer Bros. Heating and Air Condi- “The timing of the event, which had a football theme, tioning; Concord Engineering; Conner Strong & Buck- added to the excitement since people were looking for- elew; and William H. Connolly & Co. Applicants chosen to audition will be notified by e-mail and will receive an audition time. Applicants should be pre- pared to perform two or three brief selections of no more than 10 minutes total that demonstrate their musical ability and versatility. The scholarship recipient will be the guest soloist at the Ridgewood Choral’s Spring Concert on Friday, April 11at 8 p.m. at West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood. The Ridgewood Choral has presented the Florence Rein- auer Memorial Music Award to musically talented teens since 1967. Over $25,000 has been awarded to high school seniors in recognition of excellence in vocal or instrumen- tal performance. Bruger to address Salt Water Anglers Carl Bruger will present a program on fishing Lake Ontario to the Salt Water Anglers of Bergen County on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The meeting will be held at 8 p.m. at American Legion Post 170 located at 33 West Passaic Street in Rochelle Park. Bruger, who is a member of the Hudson Fishermen’s Association, will discuss the types of fish the lake has to offer. Chamber hosts Heart Smart Luncheon The Mahwah Regional Chamber of Commerce will host a Heart Smart Luncheon at the DoubleTree Hotel on Wednesday, Feb. 12, from noon to 2 p.m. The hotel is located at 180 Route 17 South in Mahwah. MRCC will present a panel of experts to discuss pre- cautionary measures, signs and treatments for hyperten- sion, high cholesterol, and women’s heart disease. Panelists will include Dr. Andrew Najovits from Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Dr. Diane Zanger from Hack- ensack University Medical Center Hospital, and Dr. Janet Strain from Valley Hospital. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. Businesses that offer services and products that promote a stress-free and healthy heart may purchase exhibit tables. Sponsorships are available and include a brief speaking opportunity. (continued on page 24)