August 29, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 23 Park Windmill Soccer association to meet The Midland Park Soccer Association will meet on Monday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Midland Park Library. Families involved in the intown and travel leagues of the MPSA are encouraged to attend. The agenda will include information about Opening Day, magnet sales, updating bylaws, and planning the end of season party. The library is located at 250 Godwin Avenue. For more information, contact Carl Krag at (201) 612-9811 or Paul Olson at tpolson@optonline.net. Athletic shoes needed The Midland Park High School Interact Club is holding an athletic shoe collection to help fund club programs. Gently used athletic shoes, cleats, and sneakers may be dropped off at Family Hair Care, 222 Godwin Avenue in Midland Park, through Oct. 15. Casson to be honored Former Midland Park Police Chief John Bennett Casson, who retired from the police department July 31 after 44 years, will be honored at an Oct. 4 testimonial dinner. This event, which is being sponsored by the Midland Park United Republican Club, will be held at the Brownstone in Paterson at 7 p.m. Tickets for the cocktail reception and dinner are $60 per person. For more information or reservations, contact Midland Park United Republican Club President John Meeks at john.meeks26@gmail.com. MPCE holds fall registration Registration is open for Midland Park Continuing Education’s fall semester. MPCE offers day trips, trips to Broadway shows, overnight tours, and a wide array of courses for adults and youths. Classes include SAT prep, art and crafts, computers, exercise, languages, music, dance, and more. Fall trips will include excursions to New York City theaters to see “Jersey Boys” on Oct. 23 and “Evita” on November 1. Theater-goers may also sign up to see “Sound of Music” at the Papermill Playhouse on Nov. 29. Other fall trips include a visit to Brooklyn and the San Gennaro Feast on Sept. 23, the Culinary Institute and a Hudson River Cruise on Oct. 1 and 23, Villa Roma Resort in the Catskills to see the Platters on Oct. 2, The Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and South Street Seaport on Oct. 13, and the World Trade Center Memorial and Harlem on Oct. 30. A five-day tour to Virginia Beach and Williamsburg is set for Sept. 9 through 13. A nine-day tour of Alaska is planned for May 24 to June 1, 2013. For details, call the MPCE office at (201) 444-2030 or visit http://www.midlandparkschools.k12.nj.us. Garage Sale donations sought The Midland Park United Methodist Church, located at 269 Godwin Avenue, is now accepting sellable donations of gently-used items for its Fall Garage Sale. Donations items may be dropped off at the church weekdays from 9 to 11 a.m. For more information, or to schedule alternate arrangements, call (201) 445-3787. The sale will be held Saturday, Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church. Vision & hearing screenings available The Midland Park Lions Club, in conjunction with the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, will sponsor vision and hearing screenings at Midland Park Community Day on Saturday, Sept. 8. Screenings are free to all Community Day attendees. No health insurance is necessary. The screenings will be held inside the DePhillips Recreation Center Building and will be conducted by a licensed ophthalmologist and audiologist. The center is located at 50 Dairy Street. Minors under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian in order to participate in the screenings. For further information, contact Jack Romano at (201) 4448601 or mrzip6104@yahoo.com. Association hosts Golf Outing The Midland Park Baseball Association will host its annual Golf Outing Fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 5 at the Emerson Golf Club. The cost is $125 and includes golf, barbecue dinner, prizes, and a cash prize contest. The event will begin at 1 p.m. with a shotgun start. The association is seeking corporate sponsors or donations of prizes. The cost for a sign at the tee boxes is $200. Golfers who wish to play may send checks made payable to MPBA to: Grace Vallone, P.O. Box 501, Midland Park, NJ 07432. For more information, to arrange a sponsorship, or a make a prize donation, contact Grace at (201) 519-7224 or gdv916@gmail.com. Wyckoff Wanderings (continued from page 16) Memorial Tennis Courts. The program will not be held Oct. 5 or 6. Registration will accepted Sept. 4 through 14, and will take place at the recreation office on Woodland Avenue from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Early registration is encouraged as space is limited. The cost of the program is $75. For more information, contact the recreation office at (201) 891-3350. Township announces holiday closing Wyckoff Memorial Town Hall and the township recycling and conservation center will be closed on Monday, Sept. 3 in observance of Labor Day. These township facilities will reopen Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 9 a.m. The recycling and conservation center will return to its winter schedule on Saturday, Sept. 1. Hours will be Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The library will be closed Sept. 1, 2, and 3 for the Labor Day weekend. The library will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 4. Memorial Ceremony set The Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department will host a Memorial Ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 6:30 p.m. The service will be held at the Wyckoff Fallen Firefighters Memorial located at Fire Company #1 at Scott Plaza. The service will honor all those who were lost on Sept. 11, 2001, including 11 residents of Wyckoff. One of those residents was Dana Rey Hannon, a former member of the Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department who was serving with the FDNY the day of the attacks. All are invited to attend. Jennifer Rau and Alexandra O’Connor recently took second place in United States Lifesaving Association’s National Lifeguarding Competition’s rowing event for women. Rau, a lifeguard at Ocean Grove, and O’Connor, a lifeguard at Long Branch, represented Monmouth County in the three-day competition, which was held this month in Cape May. Rau and O’Connor raced against 12 other teams in their event, which requires rowers to follow a set course through the ocean. Competitors from Boca Raton, Florida edged the Monmouth County team to take first place. Rau is a graduate of Midland Park High School and of University of Scranton. She has been a lifeguard for seven years and participated in the USLA Nationals in 2011 and 2012. Competitors traveled to New Jersey from several states -- including Florida, California, New York, and Hawaii – and from Canada. The competition features multiple events for men and women, including rowing, swimming, relays, and an Ironman contest. Powerful pair