Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • August 10, 2011 Area George Decker will be honored by the Northern New Jersey Council, Northwest District, Boy Scouts of America with the organization’s Annual Community Service Award at a cocktail reception and dinner set for Tuesday, Sept. 27. The event will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Indian Trail Club in Franklin Lakes. “George Decker embodies the characteristics that we try to instill in our Scouts: leadership, civic involvement, character, lifetime commitment to Scouting. It’s our priviledge to honor him with this award,” commented Charles H. “Chuck” Shotmeyer, the award committee co-chairman and a past honoree. Decker has been active in Scouting for over 27 years, beginning as den leader and chartered organization representative for Pompton Lakes Pack George Decker to be recognized by Boy Scouts 88 and assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 388. A District Committee member and past chairman of both Three-Rivers and Black Bear districts, Decker is a District Award of Merit and NNJC Silver Beaver recipient. Committed to youth, Decker coached Little League baseball, softball, and soccer, and was co-founder and long-term commissioner of the Pompton Lakes P.A.L. Basketball Program. A graduate of Pompton Lakes High School and The College of Insurance in NYC, he earned the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) designations from The American College in Bryn Mawr. Decker’s career with AXA Equitable spanned more than 40 years, and he served in many capacities in product development and training, and as an AXA consultant from 1982 to 2001 before retiring to a home office position in October, 2009. He continues as a semiretired AXA advisor in the NJ/NY Metro Region. Active in his community and Passaic County since high school, Decker has been a Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority Commissioner since 1985 and served as chairman of the Water and Sewer Authority for the past 12 years. Currently on the Executive Board of the Passaic County Republican Organization, he served as a Pompton Lakes Councilman and Commissioner of the Passaic County Technical Institute School Board in Wayne for 12 years, three years as president. Charter member of the Pompton Lakes Jaycees, he has been a member of the Pompton Lakes Board of Health, chairman of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, and a member of the Pompton Lakes and Passaic County planning boards. Decker was appointed by Governor Kean to the NJ State Board of Physical Therapists. The honoree and his wife, Judy, have a daughter, Kathleen, who works for the US Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, MD, and a son, John, an Eagle Scout, who is a CPA and auditor with Ernst & Young in New York City. They also have two grandchildren. The Northwest District includes Allendale, Franklin Lakes, Glen Rock, Ho-HoKus, Mahwah, Midland Park, Oakland, Ramsey, Ridgewood, and Saddle River in Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli has announced the arrest of a 24-year-old Mahwah man on charges of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The arrest came about as a result of an investigation conducted by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit, under the direction of Chief Steven Cucciniello and the Mahwah Police Department, under the direction of Chief James Batelli. On July 29, members of the Mahwah Police Department and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit arrested the resident after learning that he engaged in inappropriate sexual relations with a 15-year-old female acquaintance. The sexual abuse, which is alleged to have occurred in one instance Charges filed against local man in Mahwah, was initially reported to the Mahwah Police Department whose members contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit and an investigation ensued resulting in the arrest. The resident was charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child. Judge Donald Venezia, J.S.C. set bail at $150,000 with no 10 percent option. The man has been told not to contact the victim and to surrender his passport. He was remanded to the Bergen County Jail in lieu of bail. Prosecutor Molinelli states that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He thanked thank the Mahwah Police Department for its assistance and cooperation with this case. George Decker Bergen County and Bloomingdale, Clifton, Haledon, Hawthorne, Little Falls, North Haledon, Passaic, Paterson, Pompton Lakes, Prospect Park, Ringwood, Totowa, Wanaque, Wayne, West Milford, Woodland Park in Passaic County. For additional information about the event, call Shotmeyer at 973-427-1000 or email chuck@shotmeyerbros.com. Coming October 12th! ����� in business A Pictorial Supplement to The Villadom TIMES Introduce that special woman in your organization to the community. It could be an associate, a department head, a valued employee or even yourself. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSPAPER Call The Villadom TIMES to reserve your space in this well-read annual feature. 201-652-0744 Advertising Deadline: Wednesday, September 7th