August 31, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 17 Ramsey Review Club plans meeting, Oktoberfest outing The Leisure Club will travel by bus to an Oktoberfest on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at the Brownstone Restaurant. The afternoon will include lunch, two complimentary drinks, music, and a comedy show. The cost is $41 per person. For reservations and additional information, call Connie at (201) 327-4170. A member of the pharmacy staff of Valley Hospital will address the club on Sept. 27 at 11:45 a.m. The speaker is sponsored by the Valley’s Prime Time group. The Leisure Club meets the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 55 Wyckoff Avenue in Ramsey, at 11 a.m. Established more than 50 years ago, the club invites anyone over the age of 55 to attend. Local author discusses new book Meet Margie Gelbwasser, author of the teen book, “Inconvenient,” will discuss her work and the publishing process on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ramsey Free Public Library. A resident of Fair Lawn, Gelbwasser was born in Minsk, Belarus and came to America in 1979 at age three. She lived in a rundown apartment in Brooklyn until her family moved to Bergen County where she adjusted to suburban life. Gelbwasser drew on these experiences to write her first teen novel. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and the author will be avail- able to sign copies after the discussion. The Ramsey Library is located at 30 Wyckoff Avenue. For more information, contact Ellen Smith at (201) 327-1445 or at smith@bccls.org. ESL tutor training offered Ramsey residents who are interested in becoming English as a Second Language tutors are invited to the next tutor training workshop at the Westwood Public Library. Workshop dates will be Sept. 13, 20, and 27, and Oct. 4 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The training will prepare tutors to teach adults to speak and read English. All books and supplies are furnished free of charge for those tutoring for Ramsey Public Library. Registration is limited. Call Maureen Lostumbo or Marge Taylor at (201)-6647597 for more information and to register for the workshop. Ramsey Day Dog Show seeks entrants The Twelfth Annual Ramsey Day Dog Show, sponsored by the Ramsey Recreation Commission, will be held on Sunday, Sept. 11 at the municipal pool on East Oak Street at 3:30 p.m. Once again, the event will feature a leash-led obstacle course designed by Recreation Commissioner John Sebastian. The registration fee is $5 per category per dog, and pre-registration is suggested. Registration forms are available at the Ramsey Municipal Building at 33 North Central Avenue and online at www. ramseynj.com. Select the recreation tab. Forms will also be available on the day of the show. For details, contact Recreation Supervisor John Solarino at (201) 825-8299. Church hosts September events The First Presbyterian Church of Ramsey at 15 Shuart Lane will host an Agape Communion Worship Service and Breakfast on Sunday, Sept. 4 at 10 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. On Sept. 11 at 10 a.m., a special reflective service of scripture and music will be held. A Welcome Back Brunch is planned for Sunday, Sept. 18 following the 10 a.m. worship. Food and beverages will be served. RSVP during Fellowship Hour or by calling the church at (201) 327-2905. DACKKs hosts tennis benefit The DACKKs Group for Supportive Housing Development will host a Tennis Clinic and Day of Events fundraiser on Monday, Sept. 12 at the Englewood Field Club, 341 Engle Street in Englewood. (Rain date: Sept. 19.) The day will begin at 8:30 a.m. with reg- istration and will continue with the tennis clinic until the noon luncheon, which will be held courtside. The event will feature an auction, special contests and fundraisers, vendor tables, prizes, and more. The cost is $75 per person, and all white dress is required. To register, send a check payable to “The DACKKs Group” to P.O. Box 702, Ramsey, NJ 07446. The event is being sponsored by Ro’s Round Robins Tennis and proceeds will benefit the efforts of the DACKKs Group. The DACKKs Group for Supportive Housing Development is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. Now in its second decade, the DACKKs Group has provided safe, decent, and affordable permanent and supportive housing to 27 homeless adults – many of whom are disabled – and children in scattered site housing throughout Bergen County. Providing a leg up, not a handout, tenants are selected not on their ability to pay market rent, but on their ability to pay a rent that is affordable to them. The DACKKs Group was named Organization of the Year by the Mahwah Regional Chamber of Commerce in December 2009. Panel rules on Pilot case (continued from page 4) The panel also pointed out that the board had concluded that the remediation of the site would provide a tangible and substantial benefit to the public and neighboring properties, including the schools, and would accomplish the purpose of the township council’s ordinance by separating the gas station from the high school. “The board acted consistently with its statutory power to evaluate and either grant or deny a variance authorizing a deviation from a condition for the use of the property,” the panel found. “Its decision was supported by substantial evidence that Pilot’s proposed development will satisfy the purpose of the 500 foot distance requirement through the alternatives of fencing, buffering, landscaping, and terminating access to Ridge Road.” The court concluded that the board’s decision was not arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable.