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23rd Annual Community Hymn Festival at West Side Presbyterian Church
Many Local Choirs Will Participate

Multiple Choirs Set for Annual Community Hymn Festival On Sunday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m., choirs from multiple Bergen County churches of all denominations will participate in the 23rd Annual Community Hymn Festival at Ridgewood’s West Side Presbyterian Church. The ecumenical event is open to the public.

Co-sponsored by the John R. Rodland Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Northern NJ Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, over $150,000 has been awarded in scholarships to future Church musicians. Rodland Scholarships are the largest such awards to Church Music majors in the nation, funded by a fall campaign and free-will offerings at the festival. This year’s winner of a $9,000 first prize is Christopher Gaza, a Masters of Music candidate at University of Oklahoma. Ganza will perform at the festival. “Songs, Hymns and Spiritual Songs through the Ages” is the theme of this year’s festival. Organists and choir directors from the various participating churches will direct or play for the over-80-voice choir, hand-bell choir, and brass ensemble. Great hymns of the Church, as well as anthems such as H. Parry’s I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me (sung at the Royal Wedding last fall), and V. Thompson’s My Shepherd Will Supply My Need will be featured. Singers are invited to join the chorus at the only rehearsal on Tuesday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. Music will be provided. The church is at 6 S. Monroe St., corner of W. Ridgewood Ave.

A Censored Race War :The media ignore racially motivated black-on-white crime.
By Thomas Sowell

When two white newspaper reporters for the Virginian-Pilot were driving through Norfolk, and were set upon and beaten by a mob of young blacks — beaten so badly that they had to take a week off from work — that might sound like news that should have been reported, at least by their own newspaper. But it wasn’t.

The O’Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel was the first major television program to report this incident. Yet this story is not just a Norfolk story, either in what happened or in how the media and the authorities have tried to sweep it under the rug.

Similar episodes of unprovoked violence by young black gangs against white people chosen at random on beaches, in shopping malls, or in other public places have occurred in Philadelphia, New York, Denver, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, Los Angeles, and other places across the country. Both the authorities and the media tend to try to sweep these episodes under the rug.

https://www.nationalreview.com/articles/299918/censored-race-war-thomas-sowell#

file photo by Boyd Loving

900 American Flags to be Placed at Valleau Cemetary – May 19th

American Legion Post 53 will be placing 900 American Flags on veteran grave-sites in Valleau Cemetery on Saturday, May 19th at 9AM. The public is invited to assist in this project. Further information – 201/445-5742

‘Secret’ question on statewide standardized test angers parents

Some New Jersey parents are steamed about a question on a statewide standardized test this week that asked some third-graders to write about a secret and why it was hard to keep.

Richard Goldberg, a Marlboro dentist, was appalled when he asked his twin 9-year-old sons about the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge and they told him about the question, which state officials say was given to about 4,000 students as a tryout.  (Mulvihill, Associated Press)

https://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20120512/NEWS02/305120014/-Secret-question-angers-parents?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|State

77% Plan To Visit Mom on Mother’s Day

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Most Americans whose mothers are still alive plan to honor them today with an in-person visit, but only one-in-four of all adults (27%) consider Mother’s Day one of the country’s most important holidays.

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/may_2012/77_plan_to_visit_mom_on_mother_s_day

2012 Ridgewood Election Results

Albert J. Pucciarelli – 2078

Keith Killion – 1711

Rissell R Forenza – 817

Paul Aronsohn – 2479

Mary Jane Shinozuka – 1484

Gwenn H Hauck – 1727

Alternative testing? Not under Christie’s change for high school graduation

As the Christie administration launches new high-stakes testing for New Jersey’s high school students, acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf said yesterday that he intends to continue an appeals process that last year was the last resort for roughly 1,000 students to graduate.

“I do think there should be a safety valve for those who are going through special challenges,” Cerf said in an interview.  (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)
https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/12/0507/2318/

Russell Forenza : It was impossible to imagine him working peacefully with others

At both the recent debate and the one in November 2010, Russell Forenza just yelled and yelled and was truly frightening. It was impossible to imagine him working peacefully with others. Add to that a possible legal problem and do we really need that headache? Interesting concept to bring him in so he can drop out, #8, but then the fifth council member would be appointed by the other four and residents would have no say in the matter. That doesn’t sound good.

I choose Killion, Shinozuka, and Pucciarelli. The other 3 candidates are unacceptable; 3 must win. Love ‘em or hate ‘em or sort of both, pick the three you dislike or distrust most and vote for the others. Or write Mickey Mouse in column 1 and be prepared for someone else’s choice to win.

Regarding the original post before comments above, it was fascinating to hear all 6 candidates at the League of Women Voters’ Candidates’ Night on April 30 describe Ridgewood as they would hope to see it 5 years and 10 years from now.

Everyone’s description sounded idyllic–rather 1950-ish. But if any of those in favor of a giant hospital and giant apartment buildings win tomorrow’s election, they will have to reconcile the two concepts or the lovely land of their imaginings will be gone.

23rd Annual Community Hymn Festival

Many Local Choirs Will Participate

Multiple Choirs Set for Annual Community Hymn Festival On Sunday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m., choirs from multiple Bergen County churches of all denominations will participate in the 23rd Annual Community Hymn Festival at Ridgewood’s West Side Presbyterian Church. The ecumenical event is open to the public.

Co-sponsored by the John R. Rodland Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Northern NJ Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, over $150,000 has been awarded in scholarships to future Church musicians. Rodland Scholarships are the largest such awards to Church Music majors in the nation, funded by a fall campaign and free-will offerings at the festival. This year’s winner of a $9,000 first prize is Christopher Gaza, a Masters of Music candidate at University of Oklahoma. Ganza will perform at the festival. “Songs, Hymns and Spiritual Songs through the Ages” is the theme of this year’s festival. Organists and choir directors from the various participating churches will direct or play for the over-80-voice choir, hand-bell choir, and brass ensemble. Great hymns of the Church, as well as anthems such as H. Parry’s I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me (sung at the Royal Wedding last fall), and V. Thompson’s My Shepherd Will Supply My Need will be featured. Singers are invited to join the chorus at the only rehearsal on Tuesday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. Music will be provided. The church is at 6 S. Monroe St., corner of W. Ridgewood Ave.

29.7 MILLION SEEK WORK

People ask, why all the talk about dogs and contraceptives? The reason is: jobs.

Tomorrow the Labor Department will release its April employment report. If the rate goes down, the administration will brag a bit, but they won’t dwell on it. They know that the unemployment rate does not reflect the actual number of people who need work. Did you ever wonder how many of them are really out there?

Let’s put in a pre-recession, real numbers perspective. In July 2007, at the peak of the bling-years boom, there were 146.1 million people employed, 7.1 million unemployed, and 4.5 million working part-time “for economic reasons,” which added to the unemployed gives the number for “underemployed” (U6). There were 78.7 million people not in the labor force. The unemployment rate was 4.6%.

Last month, in March 2012, there were 142 million employed, 12.7 million unemployed, 7.7 million U6, and 87.9 million “not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is now (supposedly) 8.2%.

https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/03/Real-Unemployment-rate

file photo by Boyd Loving

$3.5 million firefighter award reduced by 85% to $500,000
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

(RIDGEWOOD -NJ) Superior Court in Hackensack has just reduced the $3.5 million award to $500,000 of Ridgewood Firefighter Kevin Reilly . Reilly alleged that he reported two incidents in which firefighter safety was compromised because of violations by his superiors.

Reilly reported those violations to higher-ups, but instead of taking corrective action the supervisors sunbed him ,passed him over for promotion to lieutenant and gave him unflattering reviews without his knowledge.

From the judges findings : Judge is “shocked” by jury award of $3.5 M to Firefighter Reilly and reduces award by 85% to $500K. Fees to lawyer reduced 27%. Also noted in the Judge’s decision “Plaintiff received a disturbing anonymous mailing at his home which was later found to have been sent by Former Chief Bombace”

The initial jury had agreed with Reilly on with a 6-0 verdict in January , awarding him $3.5 million for emotional distress.

Al-Qaida Praises US Television Networks ABC and CBS

Al-Qaida memo to Bin Laden warns of ‘cunning methods’ of US news networks
Al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gadahn a fan of 60 Minutes but said Fox News ‘lacks neutrality’ and CBS is ‘close to being unbiased’
Chris McGreal in Washington

Osama bin Laden pondered the merits of US television news channels as he considered how to extract the best propaganda benefit from the tenth anniversary of 9/11 last year, and concluded that CBS was “close to being unbiased”.

But an American-born media adviser for al-Qaeda warned Bin Laden to beware of the broadcasters’ “cunning methods” as he described Fox News as a channel in the “abyss” that should “die in anger”, CNN as too close to the US government and MSNBC as questionable after it fired one of its most prominent presenters, Keith Olbermann.

In a memorandum made public by the US military’s Combating Terrorism Center on Thursday, Bin Laden asked for advice on exploiting the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/03/al-quaida-cunning-methods-us-news

“Other BLOG running from Aronsohn”

The “other Blog”, who by all accounts has been the Paul Aronsohn “mouthpiece” has joined the ranks of PA defectors.

Straight from their BLOG: Others say Aronsohn threw Mayor Keith Killion under the proverbial bus in his quest to become mayor, a calculated power play to overtake Killion, Deputy Mayor Tom Riche and Councilwoman Bernadette Walsh and oust Village Manager Ken Gabbert, whom they say he’s obsessed with.

The “other BLOG” has previously refused to tell both sides of the Aronsohn story. Those in the know, understand his deceitful, calculating and self-absorbed ways. It looks like James is finally recognizing that a PA defeat is in the making and has been summarily ‘spanked” by his editor and told to hedge their bets by jumping off the PA bandwagon. Insiders, who always assumed that PA would at least get re-elected as an incumbent, now fully believe that the “DUMP PAUL” coalition has a substantial chance of defeating PA next Tuesday. Word on the street is that he should be “sent packing:” back to his political pals and their union $. PA may have called for a clean sweep and now it looks like he will get exactly what he wished for… with HIM on the end of the broom!!