January 15, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 25 Wyckoff Wanderings Revaluation meeting set Township residents are invited to a Jan. 15 public infor- mation session regarding New Jersey’s mandated revalua- tion program. This meeting will be held at 10 a.m. in the Wyckoff Library’s Shotmeyer Room at 200 Woodland Avenue. The session will be offered again on a Saturday and on a weeknight. Dates for these meetings will be announced shortly. Military Bridge Night slated Lincoln School PTO will host its annual Military Bridge Night on Thursday, Jan. 23. The event will be held in the school gym located at 325 Mason Avenue. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the game will follow at 7 p.m. Tick- ets are $10. Interested players are welcome to make up tables of four people or fewer. To purchase tickets, e-mail rojenco@gmail.com or call (201) 887-0215. Christmas tree collection under way Wyckoff’s Christmas tree collection is now in prog- ress. The second and final round is tentatively scheduled to begin this week. Residents may also bring their Christ- mas trees to the recycling and conservation center on West Main Street between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Trees should not be wrapped in plastic nor placed in plastic bags. In the event of snow, the tree collection will be sus- pended. Mah-jongg Game Nights begin The Wyckoff Public Library invites the community to play mah-jongg on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. The group will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Begin- ners and experienced players are welcome. For more infor- mation, or to sign up, contact Diane Ulrich of the Friends of the Wyckoff Library at (201) 891-8275 or dianeulrich@aol. com. Parent care series continues The Wyckoff Board of Health, in concert with the Christian Health Care Center, Van Dyk Health Care, and the Wyckoff Family YMCA, will present the third in the series, Care Conversations: Our Aging Parents, “When Care at Home is Not Enough” on Tuesday, Jan. 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. The program will be held in Room PR5 on the lower level of the Wyckoff YMCA at 691 Wyckoff Avenue. (Snow date: Jan. 21.) The panel of experts will present information on the difference between nursing home and assisted-living care; options including respite care, home care, short-term reha- bilitation, dementia care, and hospice; finding and evalu- ating care options; understanding payment sources; and planning tools for a smooth transition. Pre-registration is required. Register at www.ourag- ingparents.eventbrite.com or call Cindy at (201) 891-7000 Welcome to Wyckoff! Midland Family Dental Care of Wyckoff recently had its Grand Opening. Pictured at the ribbon cutting are Antoinette Puccio, Ruth Tokosh, Vincent Puccio, Angela Vitamia, Madelyn Vitamia, Councilman Rudy Boonstra, Karen Puccio, Vin- cent Puccio, Marissa Puccio, and Dr. Fred Puccio. The office is located at 243 Morse Avenue in Wyckoff. (Photo courtesy of Eugene Emre.) extension 304. Attendees are encouraged to provide spe- cific questions or topics at the time of registration to ensure that the panel addresses the topics most pertinent to the audience. DePalma to discuss objectivity in news Join veteran New York Times reporter Anthony DePalma on Jan. 16 as he discusses varying objectivity in the reported news. The program will be held at the Wyckoff Public Library, 200 Woodland Avenue, at 7 p.m. DePalma will offer information to help discern subtle biases in reported news. During his 22 years as a reporter and foreign correspon- dent for The New York Times, DePalma served as bureau chief in Mexico and Canada. He contributed 100 of the profiles in the Times’ series, “Portraits of Grief,” which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. His most recent book, “City of Dust,” was the basis for the award-winning CNN documen- tary “Terror in the Dust.” In 2008, DePalma became writer in residence at Seton Hall University. He also teaches at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. This program is being co-sponsored by the North Jersey Public Policy Network. To register, call (201) 891-4866, option 2 or e-mail wyckref@bccls.org. Monday at the Movies planned The Wyckoff Public Library located at 200 Woodland Avenue presents free screenings of movies on Mondays at 2 p.m. January’s theme, “Snow Going,” features characters who must dig deep within themselves to find a hidden res- ervoir of courage. On Jan. 20, see “Frozen River” (2008) starring Melissa Leo and Misty Upham. Two single mothers faced with des- perate circumstances are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen surface of the Saint Lawrence River in upstate New York. The film is rated R and runs for 97 minutes. There will be a screening of “March of the Penguins (2005) on Jan. 27. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, the film chronicles the annual journey of Emperor penguins to their traditional breeding ground on the desolate Antarctic ice brings severe hardships no other species could endure. The movies is rated G and is 84 minutes. ‘Tween’ and teen activities set The Wyckoff Public Library is offering teens and tweens between the ages of 11 and 16, a variety of programs during the month of January. A teen/tween Zumba class will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 14 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to wear loose, comfortable clothing. Games: Plugged and Unplugged will meet on Thursday, Jan. 16 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. There will be a discussion of Meg Rosoff’s novel, “Pic- ture Me Gone,” on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The group will meet from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Copies of the book are avail- able to at the circulation desk. On Thursday, Jan 30, there will be a screening of “Mar- vel’s The Avengers” from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Popcorn will be served. Emmanuel Asks... (continued from page 22) • Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts can earn badges for their effort. • Is your office looking for a community service proj- ect? Collecting items for our food pantry would be a tre- mendous help. Emmanuel Cancer Foundation has been providing ser- vices for 30 years. We welcome donations in honor of this milestone. (Imagine how much good we could do with $30 from every reader!) If your company has a charitable giving program, please let us know. If you have a few hours a week to spare, consider becoming a volunteer or just stop by and see what ECF is all about. The Northern Regional Center is located at 174 Paterson Avenue, Midland Park, NJ 07432. Please call (201) 612-8118 before you stop by. Because storage space is limited, please do not leave items at the center without checking with us first. For more information, visit www. emmanuelcancer.org or “like” us on Facebook: Emmanu- elCancerFoundation. As always, thank you for helping the children and their families!