June 25, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 17 Franklin Lakes Scribe Car wash fundraiser set The Franklin Lakes 12U War Eagles Travel Baseball Team is traveling to Cooperstown in July. As part of the team’s fundraising efforts, the boys are selling tickets for car washes at Urban Auto Spa. Tickets may be used at both spa locations: 827 Franklin Avenue in Franklin Lakes and 785 Route 17 in Ramsey. The auto spa will donate 50 per- cent of the proceeds from the ticket sale. Tickets are $20, and entitle the bearer to a “silver wash special.” A book containing tickets for five car washes is available for $100. Contact Laura at sjmomma@optonline. net to purchase tickets. Ramapo announces Dean’s List Ramapo College of New Jersey has named the following Franklin Lakes students to the Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester: Alexis Koltun Krantz, Jeffrey J. Danese, Jenna A. De Marco, Nicholette Ivezaj, Sonia A. Bermudez, and Steven O. Hofmann. Nature Day Camps available Lorrimer Nature Sanctuary in Franklin Lakes is host- ing a variety of summer day camps. Programs are designed to foster environmental awareness and an appreciation of the natural world. Camps will feature direct experience with the natural world through hands-on activities, games, crafts, and nature exploration. Children ages four through six are invited to attend Tad- pole Camp. Tadpoles will meet for one-week sessions. Ses- sions are available the weeks of July 7 and 21, and Aug. 18. Junior Naturalists, who are ages seven through 11, may attend camp the weeks of July 14 and 28, and Aug. 11. Those in the Tadpole and the Junior Naturalists camps will spend most of the day outdoors on the sanctuary’s 14- acre property. Both of these camps will meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday in weekly sessions. The fee for each session is $295. There will be a Reptile and Amphibian Camp for youngsters age eight through 12. Campers will spend Millet wins two major awards at an International Science Fair Alon Millet, 16, a Franklin Avenue Middle School graduate and a sophomore at the Bergen County Acad- emies, recently competed at Intel ISEF in Los Angeles, California where he won two major awards. At the Intel ISEF Special Award Ceremony, Millet won the Development Focus Award given by the United Sates Agency for International Development in the amount of $10,000. This was the second highest award presented that evening. USAID is a “federal government agency responsible for administering foreign aid. USAID works to promote economic and social development in over 100 coun- tries around the world…” (http//www.usaid.gov/). This was USAID’s first year being a Special Award Orga- nization at Intel ISEF. The agency plans to have Millet attend USAID events in the U.S. and overseas, and is already collaborating with him with the goal of taking his research to the next step and ultimately using his research in their efforts to alleviate world hunger and increase access to energy in third world countries. At the Intel ISEF Grand Award Ceremony, the Frank- lin Lakes teen won second place in his category (plant sciences). He was awarded additional $1,500, and is having an asteroid named after him. Intel ISEF is the world’s largest science competition for pre-college students. This year, 1,783 high school students from around the globe participated at the 2014 Intel ISEF. Finalists were selected from more than seven million students worldwide. the week traveling by van to a different natural area each day in search of slimy, scaly friends. No stone will be left unturned. Field trips will include Ramapo Lake, the Celery Farm Natural Area, Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve, and Campgaw Reservation. This program, led by Sanctuary Director Patrick Scheuer, will meet from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eagle project restores sign Steven Margherita, 18, of Franklin Lakes, graduating senior at Indian Hills High School, was recently honored in an Eagle Scout Court of Honor at Franklin Lakes United Methodist Church. For his Eagle project, Margherita restored the church’s original message board sign which had stood for over 50 years and had been removed and replaced by a modern sign at the front of the church. With the help of Boy Scouts in Troop 34, Margherita remounted the sign at the rear entrance of the church and added landscaping and lighting. The Frankln Lakes UMC is also the charter organization of Boy Scout Troop 34 of Franklin Lakes and donates space for supplies and for weekly Scout meetings. Pictured with Margherita is Pastor Jessica Camp- bell of Franklin Lakes UMC. Alon Millet Sessions will be held the weeks of July 14 and 21 and Aug. 11. The cost for each session is $360. The camps are inspected and certified by New Jersey State Board of Health. To register, call the sanctuary office at (201) 891-2185. New Jersey Audubon’s Lorrimer Sanctu- ary is located at 790 Ewing Avenue in Franklin Lakes.