Month: September 2012

Kenny Rogers at Bookends October 2nd @ 6:00pm

Kenny Rogers, Tuesday, October 2nd @ 6:00pm
Award-winning Country Singer, Kenny Rogers, will meet & take pictures with the purchase of his new book: Luck or Something Like It
Books available Oct. 2nd.

Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt.Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings.
Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.

While we try to insure that all customers coming to Bookends’ signings will meet authors and get their books signed, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will meet the author or that all books will be signed. We cannot control inclement weather, author travel schedules or authors who leave prematurely.

Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-445-0726

Dark comedy ‘Bad Parents,’ a satiric look at youth sports, hits close to home

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
BY KARA YORIO
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

Today, like every Saturday and Sunday in the fall, North Jersey soccer fields will be covered with kids in cleats and shinguards, the sidelines stalked by overly invested parents fighting nervous stomachs and worries about playing time, mistakes and losing.

That was Ridgewood’s Caytha Jentis a decade ago. Now she is preparing for Wednesday’s sold-out Montclair premiere of her new independent film, “Bad Parents.” The North Jersey-inspired, satirical look at suburban club soccer life stars Janeane Garofalo and includes many Bergen and Passaic county kids in the familiar role of players.

This movie, in which parents have a physical altercation on the sideline and the coach is impaled with the field’s corner flag, seems over the top, but parents’ behavior can cross the line in real life. This week an argument at an Upper Saddle River football practice escalated, leading to the father of a fourth-grade player being arrested and charged with assault.

“Bad Parents” is not a hard-hitting documentary but a black comedy that tells the story of Garofalo’s character signing up her 7-year-old daughter for the club soccer team and quickly becoming consumed by the life and politics before she just snaps.

https://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/movies/Dark_comedy_Bad_Parents_a_satiric_look_at_youth_sports_hits_close_to_home.html

Archbishop urges Catholic voters to defend marriage

The Newark archbishop is urging more than one million Roman Catholics in North Jersey – especially Catholic politicians – to defend marriage against those he says would “deconstruct or radically alter its meaning.”

In a pastoral statement Tuesday, Archbishop John Myers said equating same-sex marriage to marriage as “it has traditionally been understood” damages the institutions of marriage and family. He says redefining marriage would “enshrine in law a nonoptimal way to raise children as equivalent to that which is best.”

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Garden State Equality, the state’s largest gay rights organization, said polls showed a majority of Catholics favoring “marriage equality.”   (Staff, The Philadelphia Inquirer)

https://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20120926_Archbishop_urges_Catholic_voters_to_defend_marriage.html

CURRICULUM OUTREACH SERIES CONTINUES OCTOBER 2

As part of the district’s Curriculum Outreach series, on Tuesday, October 2, psychologist Dr. Debra Fagan will present a program to parents and guardians of elementary school students on the topic of K-5 Emotional Well-Being. Dr. Fagan will discuss the following topics:

· What is considered stress for students?
· What amount of stress is “normal”?
· When is stress “over the top”?
· What are some initial steps parents can take to help a student when stress seems overwhelming?
· When should parents seek professional help for their child?
· With which professionals should parents consult?

The talk will take place at Benjamin Franklin Middle School Auditorium from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and continue with questions and answers from 8:30 to 9 p.m. The public is invited.

Save the dates for these additional progarms, open to parents and guardians, as well the Ridgewood community:

Curriculum and Program Review Plan: An Overview Tuesday, October 30 at the Education Center, from 7:30-9 p.m. By: Regina Lemerich Botsford, RPS Assistant Superintendent

Teaching American History Grant speaker: Resilient Metropolis: The Economic Transformation of New York and New Jersey in the 20th Century Wednesday, November 7 at Ridgewood High School, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. By: Historian and Author Dr. Kenneth Jackson, Columbia University
Click here for more information on this presentation.

Panel Presentation on Language Arts in the Professional World Tuesday, November 27 at the Education Center, from 7:30-9 p.m.By: Ridgewood community professionals

SPREAD THE WORD: LSHSA and RHS CLASS OF 2015 PARTICIPATE IN L & T FUNDRAISER

Learning Services HSA is once again participating in the Lord & Taylor fundraiser on Thursday, October 4 at the Fashion Center, Paramus.

Click here for full information on the LSHSA fundraiser : https://tinyurl.com/97oux3s

This year, the RHS Class of 2015 will also participate in the Lord & Taylor fundraiser on October 4.

Click here for the RHS Class of 2015 flyer : https://tinyurl.com/9jes93j

State program to aid would-be exporters

New Jersey small businesses with an eye to export will soon be able to seek state grant money to develop foreign markets.

In a step aimed at giving promising smaller businesses some international reach, the state’s new International Business Development and Protocol will administer a $204,000 grant from the federal Small Business Administration to advise, train and even fund companies’ first steps beyond U.S. borders.

Michael Van Wagner, the executive director of the state’s Business Action Center, which includes the international development arm, said New Jersey would use the federal money to allow a variety of small companies everything from small trips to international trade shows – a bet he says can pay off for the state in terms of job creation and economic productivity. (Fletcher, The Record)

https://www.northjersey.com/news/171461711_State_program_to_aid_would-be_exporters.html

Low-wage work force grows 30% as the number of jobs shrinks
BY FRANCINE KNOWLES
September 26, 2012 1:04AM

Low-wage workers in Chicago are better educated, older and rely more on that income these days to meet basic needs than 10 years ago.

And there are substantially more of them.

That’s according to a new report released by Chicago-based Women Employed and Action Now Institute that shows nearly one in six low-wage workers here last year held a college degree.

The report, authored by Marc Doussard, assistant professor in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning, defines low-wage workers as those making $12 an hour or less.

The report revealed the share of payroll employees ages 18 to 64 working in low-wage jobs rose from 23.8 percent in 2001 to 31.2 percent last year. That’s a more than a 30 percent rise in the proportion of such workers.

Meanwhile the share of households with a low-wage earner that got all income from low-wage earnings rose from 45.7 percent to 56.7 percent. That’s evidence more people are relying more on those dollars to meet basic needs rather than for disposable income.

https://www.suntimes.com/15379932-761/low-wage-work-force-grows-30-as-the-number-of-jobs-shrinks.html

Gold Star Mothers Being Honored on Sep 30, 2012

Residents from Ridgewood and nearby area are organizing the honoring of Gold Star Mothers on September 30, 2012 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 30th at Van Neste Park.

The Gold Star Mothers Day is a national event to honor mothers who have lost a son or daughter in the service of our country. Every year, the last Sunday in September our nation honors Gold Star Mothers and families. The American Legion Post 53 and Ridgewood’s Blue Star Families are spearheading the effort to bringing awareness to our community and commemorating the sacrifices these mothers and their families have made. In Ridgewood, we will light luminaries from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 30th at Van Neste Park. Residents will also light luminaries at the end of their driveways. The goal is to see thousands of luminaries lit throughout Ridgewood to honor Gold Star Mothers on September 30th!

The effort has seen a lot of enthusiasm from local groups such as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Order of Elks, VFW and many businesses.  To find out how you can be part of this event, please contact Maria Bombace or Bob Paoli.

Bob Paoli                                                                    Maria Bombace

American Legion Post 53                                           Blue Star Mother

Bobpaoli@verizon.net                                                mariabombace@aol.com

201-445-1738                                                              201-444-0892

Tentative June date set for Formula One race on streets of Weehawken, West New York New York
Friday, September 28, 2012

BY  JOHN BRENNAN
STAFF WRITER
The Record

Formula One auto racing’s governing body included a new race along the Hudson County waterfront on its official 2013 calendar announced Friday – but with an asterisk.

Still, Grand Prix of America at Port Imperial race executives celebrated the June 16 listing of their event among the 20 such races scheduled worldwide in 19 countries on five continents in the coming year.

The fate of the race — to be held on the streets of Weehawken and West New York just steps from the Hudson River — has been questioned because of cautionary comments by F1 President Bernie Ecclestone on several occasions this year.

The North Jersey race is the only one listed Friday denoted as “TBC” (to be confirmed), and the official Formula One website describes the race as “provisional.”

https://www.northjersey.com/news/Grand_Prix_announces_planned_Formula_One_race_in_Weehawken_and_NY.html

Chris Economaki, Voice and Chronicler of Motorsport, Dead at 91
By David Green, Correspondent | Published Sep 28, 2012

Racing journalist and broadcaster Chris Economaki is dead at age 91.
Economaki covered racing of all sorts in a career that began in the 1930s.
He started hawking newspapers and advanced to become editor and publisher of National Speed Sport News.

RIDGEWOOD, New Jersey — Chris Economaki, the dean of American motorsports broadcasters and the unparalleled voice and chronicler of auto racing since the 1930s, died this morning. He was 91.

Economaki was an old-school reporter and writer who made the transition to television via his duties as announcer at various racetracks around the country. When ABC’s Wide World of Sports began carrying edited, tape-delayed coverage of auto racing in the 1960s, Economaki was the pit reporter. He moved to CBS when it began to produce extensive live coverage of NASCAR in 1979 and later to ESPN, announcing everything from stock cars to Formula 1, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and off-the-beaten-path events such as the East African Safari and Bathurst 1000.

His voice was distinctive and his direct, old-time newspaper style of interviewing made for distinctively flavored broadcast coverage.

https://www.insideline.com/car-news/chris-economaki-voice-and-chronicler-of-motorsport-dead-at-91.html