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THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2018

Belleville

At the library For adults: • Friends of the Library Meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 3, at 10 a.m. Want to help the library shape its agenda? The Friends help support the library with funds, personnel and projects not funded or supported by regular budgets. The Friends may choose to buy or adopt books, join its talent pool for workshops and events, promote library happenings, help identify

projects for a better library and participate in library fundraisers. • Job Search Assistance, Thursday, Jan. 4, 6-7 p.m. Learn how to search and apply for jobs through the internet. • Yoga for Beginners, Saturday, Jan. 6, 10-11:30 a.m. Learn about simple but powerful yoga postures to bring stability and balance. No physical agility or prior yoga experience needed. • Movie Mondays, Jan. 8, at noon. 1940s: “Dressed to Kill.”

Franklin School salutes scholars Yvonne Cali, principal of Franklin School, Kearny, announces the school’s first marking period Principal’s Honors and Honor Roll: Grade 4 Principal’s Honors – Sarah Barbosa, Shayla Calva, Gabriel De Castro, Camila Lago-Giuffra, John Lydecker, Matthew Munoz, Valerie Muthikul and Marley Racines. Honors – Isabella Behrend, Anthony Carvalho, David Caastro, Adamaris Criado, Sara Cruz, Dayna Dajer, Giselle DeRisi, Niamh Devlin, Mathew Dos Santos, Michael English, Felicity Ferrer, Damaris Flores, Jordan Guerra, Mylie Irizarry, Kain Izquierdo, Jorden Jimenez, Bernardo Lopez, Isabel Marrero, Joice Medina, Angelica Minier, Tyler Morales, Ebony Nunez, Jonathan Olivo, Brandon Perez, Jonathan Petrillo, David Picon, Domenica Quito Velecela, Isaac Rodriguez, Jonas Ruiz, Alyssa Salerno, Hajjar Sultan, Melanie Teodoro, Renato Valdivia and Gabriel Valles Leon. Grade 5 Principal’s Honors – Andrea Batista, Isabella DaSilva, Mauricio Gomez, Dayanna Loo, George Moreno, Briana Nazario, Saffia Ouali, Alexis

Pereira and Jailyn Racines. Honors – Savannah Acevedo, Kyle Adames, Miah Andrade, Humberto Bernardino, Aidan Burgos, Melanie Campos, Jayden Cezair, Brianna Chevasco, Hilary Costa, Gabriela DeJesus, Salvatore DeRose, Mahi Desai, Gabriela Guerra, Ellalexi Hum, Aliya Jorge, Sarahi Ludena, Eileen Lin, Estrella Lucero, Maria Martinez, Gabriela Novillo, Liyah Pinto, Ciana Pomarica, Vida Quezada, Ariana Rebelo, Breanna Rivera, Melanie Rodriguez, Celita Salas Paucar, Vanessa Salgado, Bruce Santana Cerezo, Yuri Silva, Maybelyn Tenas, Jeremy Thiele, Sarah Valdes and JoJo Yang. Grade 6 Principal’s Honors – Amanda Antoneli, Glenda Arenas, Rchin Bari, Vanessa Batista, Abraham Bianchi, Azumi Casstaneda Palian, Alex Colon, Daniel Izquierdo, Emily Nazario, Saulo Patel, Alina Savytska, Ciara Schechter, Evamaria Sela, Olivia Solinski and Yi Xin Zhuang. Honors – Christian Benito, Genesis Cepeda, Alysa Gomez, Isaiah Jimenez, Ryan Lu, Ravyn Mejias, Wesley Miranda, Jemmy Paucar, Rya Reyna Agurto, Sara Ryan, Mia Salwan, Jonathan Sun, Dailanee Tinajero and Angie Vidal.

For children: • Wii Free Play, Tuesday, Jan. 2 and 9, 3-6 p.m. Kids ages 5-11 can stop by the Children’s Room to play on the Nintendo Wii gaming system. • Storybook Friends, Wednesday, Jan. 3, at 10 a.m. Kids ages 3-6 share stories, sing songs and create theme-related crafts. This month’s theme is “Hibernation, Blankets, A Hat on My Head, Bears and Sick & Get Well Soon.” • Pioneers Homeschool Meetup, Thursday, Jan. 4, 10:30 a.m.-noon. An enrich-

ment activity program for kids ages 6-14 focuses on using history/social study units. Registration required. For more information, contact Ingrid I. Ortiz at 973289-3097. • Kids Coloring Club, Friday, Jan. 5, 3-4 p.m. Drop in for some relaxing coloring. Supplies provided. For ages 4-11. • Crafty Kids Create, Saturday, Jan. 6, at 11 a.m. Crafting fun awaits kids ages 5-11. • Bookworm Bingo, Monday, Jan. 8, 5-6 p.m. Kids ages 5-11 play bingo for prizes.

Kearny EMD meets Jan. 10 The Woman ‘s Club of Arlington, Evening Membership Department, meets Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Henrietta Benstead Center, 60 Columbia Ave., Kearny. Members will work on service projects, organized by Debbie Weber and Kathy Stanish. Plans for the upcoming fundraiser on Jan. 26 will also be discussed. The hostesses for the evening are Arlene Sheldrick, chairwoman, assisted by Willie Almeida and Bonnie Leszczynski. The public is welcome.

UNICO extends spirit of Christmas Kearny UNICO hosted a Christmas party for mentally and physically challenged individuals at the Lithuanian Catholic Community Center (LCCC) on Dec. 8. Working with Pathways to Independence, UNICO and the Kearny Ladies of UNICO provided 125 guests with food, music and gifts. Chapter members decorated the hall, served food to the guests and also served as Santa’s helpers. Kimberly and Nick Camacho, Kate Grajales and Melanie Sosa of Kearny High School assisted the chapter with the party. LCCC members volunteered to help serve guests at the party and assisted in running the party. Music was provided by DJ Roberto and volunteer photographer Paul Hirsch and his wife, Luisa, provided all guests with framed pictures. Chapter Vice President Lou Pandolfi welcomed everyone to the party. Mayor Alberto Santos and Councilman Peter Santana visited. Applebee’s of Kearny, once again, provided hot

Kearny UNICO members enjoyed a photo-op with Santa. Pictured (front row l-r) President Joe Sgalia, JoAnn Mitchell, Santa, Celeste Pandolfi, Anthony DeLuca; (back row l-r) Judy Hyde, Angela Varano, Lou Pandolfi, Pearl Yaszczemski, Jim Pecora and Ann Marie and Dennis Latushko. Not pictured: Libby McInnis and Theresa Trucillo.

food for the party. Additional food was provided by Nonna Lisa Pizzeria, the Spanish Pavilion and Pechter’s Bakery. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Fiore of Bedrock Stone generously provided the gifts that were distributed by Santa. Additional community support for the party came from the Kearny

Ladies of UNICO, Kearny Bank, Schuyler Savings Bank, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Tully of Kearny Shop-Rite and Mr. Lawrence Inserra of Shop-Rite of Lyndhurst. The party was a great success as everyone enjoyed the food, dancing to the music and of course, Santa’s visit.