Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • October 5, 2011 Witherell named new director of Wyckoff Library The Wyckoff Library Board has culminated a yearlong search for a new director by hiring Mary Witherell at a salary of $83,000. Library Board Director Vincent Antonacci and Mayor Kevin Rooney both said Witherell came with excellent credentials and represented the best choice for the position. Witherell is presently the director of the Harding Township Library. She will replace former Wyckoff Library Director Judy Schmitt, who resigned last year due to health issues. Adult Services Librarian Marilyn Force has served as acting interim director. Witherell is expected to take over in mid-October. “I think that out of all the persons the library board interviewed, (Witherell) was the most qualified and she was outstanding in her presentation,” said Mayor Kevin Rooney, who is also the Wyckoff Township Committee’s liaison to the library board. “I think she will do a great job leading the library forward into the future.” Witherell holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Columbia University and a master’s in library science from Rutgers University. She has about 20 years of experience in library and editorial work and has served as managing editor for several national magazines, including Ladies’ Home Journal, Self, and American Health. The Wyckoff Memorial Library is currently undergoing a renovation and is now represented by an outlet on Wyckoff Avenue that is providing basic services until the renovated library re-opens. J. KOSTER Boy Scout Council honors Decker More than 100 area residents and supporters of the Northern New Jersey Council, Northwest District, Boy Scouts of America turned out last week at the Indian Trail Club in Franklin Lakes to honor George Decker with the organization’s Annual Community Service Award. Pictured from left, following the award presentation, are Charles “Chuck” Shotmeyer, a past honoree, who headed the awards committee; John Desch, longtime friend and Scouting partner, who introduced the honoree; Decker, and John Urinyi, the 2010 award recipient, who presented the award. Decker has been active in Scouting for over 27 years, and is a District Award of Merit and NNJC Silver Beaver recipient. Decker has been a Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority Commissioner since 1985 and has served as chairman of the Water and Sewer Authority for the past 12 years. Previously he served as a Pompton Lakes Councilman and Commissioner of the Passaic County Technical Institute School Board in Wayne for 12 years. The Northwest District includes Allendale, Franklin Lakes, Glen Rock, Ho-Ho-Kus, Mahwah, Midland Park, Oakland, Ramsey, Ridgewood, and Saddle River in Bergen County and Bloomingdale, Clifton, Haledon, Hawthorne, Little Falls, North Haledon, Passaic, Paterson, Pompton Lakes, Prospect Park, Ringwood, Totowa, Wanaque, Wayne, West Milford and Woodland Park in Passaic County.