February 2013 March 2013 Riverdale s Volume 8 Number 3 ent v o. 2 E N ol. 8 & V ews In thisIn Issue this Issue N Seniors Recreation Page 2 Recreation Page 3 Page 3 Community Center Movie Trivia Page 5 Pages 6 & 7 Community CenterAnnouncements & Glenburn Pages 6 & 7 Page 8 Announcements Page 8 Woman’s Club The Riverdale Rant Page 9 Page 15 March in the GardenCenter Page Fold 10 Love Your Pets Page 12 Pages 16-17 CERT Woman’s Club Page 15 Page 18 Center Fold Pages 16-17 Fire Department CERT Page 18 Page 19 Fire DepartmentSchool Page News 19 Page 20 School News Page 20 Library Library Page 22 Page 22 Natural Health Natural Page Health 27 Page 27 William Budesheim, Editor Lori Clinton, Assistant Editor To submit stories and Top l-r: Marisa Messina, Noelle Vacca, Cathryn Skelly, Madison Hanna Article Contributorsphotos please email to : Lower l-r: Nicole Wirth, Jaclyn Wirth, Madison Skibicki, Heather Deboer Rob Errera [email protected] William Lango To submit stories and photos please email to: EMERGENCY [email protected] PLATELETS Don’t forget to set NEEDED! your clocks ahead A pediatric oncology patient one hour. Daylight going through Savings Time, also chemotherapy at St. known as DST, Joseph's Hospital in begins at 2:00 a.m. Paterson is in urgent need of on Sunday, March B or AB platelets. If you can 10. While you will help, please call 201-251- lose an hour of sleep, it won't get dark as early. 3733 to schedule your It ends November 3. appointment! PAGE 2 Secretary’s report and Treasurer Laura The second meeting of the month was held LaRosa gave the treasurer’s on February 18th. First Vice president The first meeting of the Riverdale Seniors report. Birthday babies were sung Dorothy Bowersox conducted the was held on February 4. First Vice to. Second Vice President Irene Moehring meeting. Chaplain Grace Chiesa did a President Dorothy gave her report and assigned cakes for the lovely reading. Marion Davis led the group Bowersox conducted next meeting. Vice President Dorothy read a in singing “God Bless America”, in honor of the meeting, in the nice little reading in honor of Valentine’s President’s Day. There were 53 members in absence of President Day. Trip committee chairperson Barbara attendance. Lorraine Moody reported on Loretta Lippens, who Stillwagon reported on the upcoming trips, our upcoming St. Patrick’s Day luncheon at is recovering from hip and payments were accepted. June Carelli the Regency. Good food and great surgery. Chaplain informed us that the Senior Strides walking company! Get your money in. Trip Grace Chiesa read an group will begin again in April. chairperson Barbara Stillwagon reported on inspiring reading. upcoming trips to Hunterdon Hills, Sight and Marion Davis led the group in singing “Let Carol Heinz, from the library spoke to us Sound, Mt. Airy Lodge and La Neve. Mary Me Call You Sweetheart”, to celebrate and explained many things that you can do at Gambino conducted the 50-50 drawing. Valentine’s Day. the library and how to keep Refreshments were served and bingo was connected. Following the meeting, we played. Until next time, think Spring!! Secretary Jean McMichael read the enjoyed bagels, coffee and tea. Respectfully submitted by Marion Davis. The Friends of The Riverdale Public Library’s Eleventh Annual Book Sale Senior Community Center 57 Loy Avenue Friday, March 22 from 4-8 pm Saturday, March 23 from 10-4 pm Sunday, March 24 from 12-3 pm Donations are now being accepted until March 9, for the Friends eleventh annual book sale and are accepted at the Riverdale Public Library, located at 93 Newark Pompton Tpke., in Riverdale, New Jersey. Donations may include CD’s, DVD’s, Audio books ( no cassettes please), paperback and hard cover fiction in good condition. Please no textbooks or magazines. Volunteers are also needed to help with the Friend’s Book Sale, To volunteer or for more information, please contact the Riverdale Public Library at 973-835-5044. Don't Throw It, Grow It! Grow your own celery http://www.facebook.com/RiverdaleNewJersey from your celery re- mains. Just chop off the base and plant. One week of growth shown in photo. Please share! 68 windowsill plants from kitchen scraps [book]: http://amzn.to/TWz2tq [kindle]: http://goo.gl/dn4P7 — with Fay Perrotte VOLUME 8 NUMBER3 PAGE 3 R E C R E A T I O N N E W S “LIKE” us Follow us @RiverdaleRec [email protected] at Riverdale Recreation 2013 SUMMER REC REGISTRATION & DEPOSIT Thursday, March 14 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Community Center. $125.00 per child to reserve your child’s spot for the upcoming Rec Season. To pay online or for questions, please call Krista Osborne at 973-835-1234 or email [email protected]. Summer Rec dates for 2013 will be July 1 – Aug. 2. Information packets will be available in March. 2013 SUMMER REC COUNSELOR APPLICATIONS Will be accepted during March and April ONLY. Please pick up an application at the Borough Hall. You must be 16 years old to apply. If you have any questions, please call Krista Osborne 973-835-1234. Breakfast with the Easter Bunny Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 30 9:30—11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 30 11:00 a.m. sharp Riverdale Community Center Cost: $5.00 Adult, $3.00 Child Riverdale Community Center Email [email protected] for ticket info. Open to Riverdale children ages 2 thru 11. Ticket deadline March 10th Bring your own basket! INDOOR FIELD HOCKEY CLINIC Adult Crazy Bowl Thursdays, March 14-April 18, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Lakeside Gym in Pompton Lakes Saturday, March 23, 8:00 p.m. Open to 2nd thru 8th grade students Holiday Bowl, Oakland $70.00 $30 per person includes Please call Krista Osborne (973) 835-1234 or email [email protected] to sign up. 2 games of bowling, hot & cold buffet, soda/coffee and prizes! INDOOR SOFTBALL CLINIC To sign up contact Tuesdays, March 12-April 9, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Anne Marie (973) 616-5225, Pompton Lakes High School Gym Kari (973) 839-8580 Open to 1st thru 8th grade students. or email [email protected] $60.00 Please call Krista Osborne (973) 835-1234 Deadline to sign-up March 1st or email [email protected] to sign up. To see the photos of many of the events taking place around town, go the Borough’s Website at www.RiverdaleNJ.gov and click on Mayor’s Photo Albums on the left hand side of the home page. There are nearly 120 albums on line. Also, every issue of the Riverdale News and Events are online going back to the initial issue in October 2005. On the homepage’s left column click on “Newsletter, Etc.”. PAGE 4 VOLUME 8 NUMBER3 PEACE OUT GIRL SCOUTS! Sticky Moist Ribs By Linda Vogel, Riverdale Library It’s almost here! In just a week or so you will FINALLY be receiving all the Girl Scouts cookies you ordered! Thank you to Ingredients everyone who supported our Girl Scouts and 2 (3-4 lbs) slabs pork spare ribs ordered cookies. We sold almost 25,000 Salt boxes with 10% of them going to the Pepper servicemen and women overseas. If you didn’t order any cookies or need more, stop 1 onion, sliced by the Pompton Queen Diner, ShopRite in Oakland or the A&P 1 (16 ounce) bottle barbecue sauce in Pompton Lakes on most weekends in March where troops will 1/2 cup of water have additional boxes for sale. And while waiting for your cookies to come in, we haven’t been Preparations: just sitting around! Last week we celebrated Girl Scout Saturday, Cut ribs into serving portions. a service unit tradition where many troops get together to earn a Sprinkle both sides with salt and badge. This year Junior Troop 1105, with help from Junior pepper. Troop 1029, ran this amazing event – “Health Planet, Healthy U” Place ribs on a broiler pan and - for girls of all ages. In March, the girls will celebrate Girl Scout broil 12 minutes per side or until Sunday, the anniversary of the beginning of Girl Scouting in the browned. United States, at Christ Church in Pompton Lakes. Later that Place sliced onion in crock pot. month we will gather again for World Thinking Day and learn Place rib sections on top of onions. Pour a little barbecue sauce over about Girl Scouting around the world. Each troop will research a each section as you place them in the crock pot and the rest of the different country that has Girl Guides (the international version of bottle over all the ribs with 1/2 cup of water. Girl Scouts) and teach the other troops about that Cover and cook on low for about 8 hours. country. Countries represented will include India, Argentina, France, Greece, Sweden and Italy as well as many more. For parishioners of St. Mary’s, please look for baked goods on sale after Mass on Sunday, March 10. Erika Fleming, who is working on her gold award, will be conducting a bake sale as a community service project for Girls Scouts in New Jersey that have been severely affected by Hurricane Sandy. All proceeds and donations will be given to the 6 Girl Scout councils that are struggling in New Jersey. Individual troops are also keeping busy on their own. Last month Daisy Troop 94886 visited Lincoln Park Saving Bank and was given a wonderful tour by the bank manager.