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DONATE BOOKS FOR PET SHELTER FUND and help build a new animal shelter. The Montville Pet Parents ask that books be donated to any of the Montville, Lincoln Park, Mtn. Lakes and Holmes (Boonton) libraries. Proceeds benefit the Montville Animal Shelter.

LIONESS CLUB MEETS at 6:30 p.m. at the Lamplighter Restaurant, 190 West Main St. In addition to discussions about the Culinary Adventure Restaurant Raffle 2008, Kathy Caviston, director of development and public relations for the NJ Foundation for the Blind, will present a program, "You Can Do Almost Anything After Vision Loss. Just Differently."

FORT MCDOWELL YAVAPAI NATION, Ariz. - On June 13, the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development presented a series of awards at the 14th annual First American Leadership Awards fundraising event.