July 23, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 17 Wyckoff Wanderings Preschoolers welcome at camp Camp Little Feet at Temple Beth Rishon in Wyckoff still has openings for its pre- school summer program. Camp will be in session through Aug. 22. For more infor- mation, visit bethrishon.org or call Debby Landesman at (201) 891-6074. Temple Beth Rishon is located at 585 Russell Avenue. Blood Drive set The Wyckoff Public Library will host a blood drive on July 29. The drive will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. at the library facility at 200 Woodland Avenue, All types of blood are needed, espe- cially types O- and O+. Any healthy indi- vidual age 17 through 75 and weighing at least 110 pounds can donate blood. Donors should eat a moderate meal before donat- ing and must bring identification showing signature. To schedule an appointment in advance, stop by the reference desk or call (201) 891- 4866, option 2. Walk-ins are welcome. The drive is being held in conjunction with Community Blood Services, which supplies blood products to more than 20 hospitals in New Jersey, including 100 per- cent of the blood used at Hackensack Uni- versity Medical Center, Bergen Regional Medical Center, and St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Temple plans Folk Rock Service Temple Beth Rishon, located at 585 Russell Avenue in Wyckoff, will host a Shabbat Tzavta, a participatory folk-rock musical service, on Friday, July 25 at 8 p.m. This upbeat service will include selec- tions from contemporary and classical rep- ertoires and folk rock melodies. The service will feature liturgical selections written by Sol Zim, Jeff Klepper, Shlomo Carlebach, Debbie Friedman, Craig Taubman, Leon- ard Cohen, Rick Recht, Noah Aronson, Max Janowski, and Joshua Nelson and tra- ditional motifs, Israeli melodies, and syna- Young stamp designers honored Wyckoff Postmaster Alison James personally congratulated the winners of the Abraham Lincoln School’s 2014 “Heroes” Stamp Design Competition, held annually among the third grade classes of teachers Mary Butter, Eileen Russell, and Linda Azzollini. The competition has been jointly sponsored by the school administration and teachers since 1990, when the Stamp Club was established by then-Postmaster Thomas Vacca and now-retired Waldwick Postmaster Robert VanDerClock. Each class produced two winners and one honorable mention finalist, with a “special mention” honoring a tenth stu- dent among non-finalists. Winners for 2014 were students Emma Maguire, Leah Lorenz, Brooke Surratt, Alexandra Cahill, Renne Baavinger, and Morgan Panebianco. Emma Gold- steen, Stephanie Bachmann, and Colin Weichmann received honorable mention. The special mention finalist from Eileen Russell’s 3-R Class was Jimmy Pappas. The respective winning entries hon- ored relatives, teachers, and friends who have had a profound impact on their lives. Topics covered lifetime achievements, heroic rescues, battles against disease, mentoring, and special friendship. The awards assembly was hosted by School Principal Dr. Mary Orr with Postmasters James and VanDerClock. Attending classes and teachers were joined by many of the finalists’ parents and family members, who were secretly notified of the honors for the respec- gogue melodies from Argentina. The service will be led by Cantor Ilan Mamber with Mark Kantrowitz on guitar, Cantor Mamber on guitar and harp, Jane Koch on keyboards, Jacob Niederman on saxophone, Jimmy Cohen on percussion, and other guest musicians. Dessert and coffee reception will follow the service. For more information, call (201) 891-4466 or visit www.bethrishon.org. New borough logo (continued from page 5) the Graphic Design II students at Indian Hills, who are taught by Kimberly Batti. They worked on developing a logo for the borough since December 2013, when Hart asked them to create a new one for the bor- ough. Batti explained that, in this design chal- lenge, her students experienced the entire design process a professional designer would have to work through. The graphic design classes met with Hart, researched the history of Franklin Lakes, and collab- oratively brainstormed before sketching a series of images that would be developed into a polished logo. Each student worked through the creative process to present the borough with professional designs and two student proposals were then selected by the Franklin Lakes Web Team to be further developed, revised, and refined over several months and based on feedback provided by the team. Their efforts were rewarded on June 5, when the Franklin Lakes Mayor and Coun- cil unanimously agreed to approve one of the two designs as the new Franklin Lakes logo after receiving feedback from the public. “One of the many challenges of develop- ing a successful logo design is that the logo must have visual impact and identify the brand within a limited space,” Batti said. “In addition to the technical restrictions of a logo design, students must also please the client by adapting the designs to meet the needs of the client. This is no small task and, at times, the creative process can feel quite frustrating, but the final product is worth the process.” Petty, the designer of one of the logos said, “It was a great experience to work on a project for a professional client because it gave us a taste of the real-world excitement of being a designer.” Batti added, “Incorporating real-world practices into the classroom environment impacts the students’ learning experiences in a very positive way. These types of authentic activities provide high school stu- dents with strong motivation to take their work to new heights, and graphic design projects challenge students to research, develop, and refine visual designs by com- municating an intended meaning through image and text.” F.J. MCMAHON 2014 “Heroes” Stamp Design Competition winners tive students, and who quietly joined the event after all students were seated in order to keep their presence a surprise until the last minute. Various USPS retail prizes were presented to all 10 finalists. Each student was individually recog- nized, after which they read their entry narrative to the audience, emphasizing how their hero of choice had inspired and positively impacted their lives and those of others, leading to the day when their hero could someday be chosen for a U.S. stamp. Postmaster James praised the “out- standing work and tremendous effort” on the part of all students who submitted entries, and indicated the extreme diffi- culty she and VanDerClock encountered in judging all the submissions. “Every single participant should be justifiably proud of what they’ve done,” James added, “and we wished we could have awarded prizes to everyone; that’s how tough this year’s contest was.” All qualifying entries will remain in the Wyckoff Post Office lobby during the summer. Area residents are invited to visit and enjoy the exhibit.