Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • February 22, 2012 Area Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Jacqueline Laurita, boxing champion Eric Kelly, Ramsey Councilman Ken Tyburczy, and Passaic County Sheriff’s PBA President Mike Abdinoor all attended The Emmanuel Cancer Foundation’s Second Annual Hollywood Bash held this month at the Ridgewood Woman’s Club. The fundraiser was hosted by Franklin Lakes resident Tom Murro from the Fox Morning Show and News 12NJ Anchor Roxanne Evans of Jersey City, who did an outstanding job as emcee. The evening was filled with fun, food, cocktails and dancing -- all for a fantastic cause. The fundraiser brought in over $22,000 to help families who have children battling cancer. Auction items included a giant gift basket of Laurita’s favorite things, a one-hour boxing session with Kelly, lunch at Positano’s with Real Housewives Kim G., dinner with Food Network Chef Chris Nirschel, and many other great items. ECF client P.J. Schmidt and his grandmother Catherine Jones shared their stories about how much ECF helped (continued om page 12) Hollywood Bash nets over $22,000 for ECF Left: P.J. addressing the crowd. Right: Jacqueline Laurita, boxing champion Eric Kelly, Ramsey Councilman Ken Tyburczy. Knox Box ordinance endorsed by chief, adopted by John Koster The Wyckoff Township Committee recently adopted an ordinance that requires Knox Boxes to be located on commercial buildings, houses of worship, schools, nursing care facilities, government buildings and multi-family buildings with three or more dwelling units. Knox Boxes allow firefighters who turn out for fire alarms or other emergencies to take keys out of the box and gain immediate access to the buildings to conduct fire and rescue operations without waiting for the owner’s tactical cooperation. “If there is no Knox Box present, our fire department members must perform a visual inspection of the building from the exterior and wait for a keyholder to be present,” Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department Chief Michael Rose said in a Feb. 7 letter to the mayor and township committee. “In some cases, this wait can be up to one hour depending on where the closest keyholder lives. This long delay not only takes our volunteers away from their families or places of employment for extended periods of time, it may also prevent and delay our efforts to mitigate an emergency going on inside the building such as fire, smoke condition, or a water emergency.” Chief Rose said Knox Box programs had to be made mandatory for commercial and other large buildings in Wyckoff due to the increased call volume in the past several years. “Our business and property owners in town will have (continued on page 21)