October 10, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 31 Wyckoff Wanderings Lacrosse registration announced Registration for Wyckoff’s 2013 spring lacrosse season for boys and girls will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. to noon, and Tuesday, Oct. 16, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Eisenhower School Cafeteria. The program is open to children in grades three through eight. The registration fee is $80. Parents should be aware that the recreation department is no longer handling each player’s registration with US Lacrosse. Membership is still required by the league; instructions will be provided. The lacrosse season begins on March 1 and continues through May. Teams will practice a minimum of twice per week and play at least two games per week. Boys and girls in grades three and four will also be allowed to participate in spring baseball/softball as every effort is made to ensure that there are no time conflicts between the two sports. Children in grades five through eight must choose between lacrosse and baseball/softball. Registration for the first and second grade Winter Lacrosse Clinic registration will also be held on the above dates and times. This program is co-ed and meets on Saturday mornings. Children in first grade will meet at 9 a.m. and second grade students will meet at 10 a.m. Dec. 1 through Feb. 2. The program is limited to the first 50 registrants from each grade. The fee for this program is $55. For more information, call (201) 891-3350. Baking Goods Drive set Grace Nursery School in Wyckoff will host a Baking Goods Drive to benefit Emmanuel Cancer Foundation. The school is collecting non-perishable baking goods including flour, dry yeast packets, sugar, brown sugar, pancake mix, Crisco, chocolate chips, cake, muffin or brownie mix, measuring cups, baking soda, baking powder, spatulas, and whisks. Emmanuel Cancer Foundation is a not-for-profit public foundation established in 1983 to help preserve the quality of life for any New Jersey family whose child has been diagnosed with cancer. Services are offered at no charge to the family, and include professional counseling, advocacy services, material assistance and limited emergency financial relief. Donations may be dropped off at the school located at 555 Russell Avenue by Oct. 12. For more information, call (201) 891-4895. ‘Big Read’ highlights Edgar Allan Poe The Wyckoff Library’s autumn program, “The Big Read,” which is based on the life and legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, will continue with events and programs for patrons of all ages. On Oct. 11 at 7 p.m., take a Graveyard Tour of the Wyckoff Reformed Church, which was constructed three years before Poe was born. Guides from the Wyckoff Historical Society will lead participants through the graveyard and the crypt. The man they called The Raven will walk among them and read from his works. Wyckoff Adult Services Librarian Marilyn Force will lead the library’s adult reading group through a comparison of “The Beautiful Cigar Girl” by Daniel Stahsower with three Poe stories featuring his fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin on Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. The story of the cigar girl inspired Poe to write “The Mystery of Marie Roget. On Oct. 17 at 1 p.m., members of the Woman’s Club of Wyckoff, located at 176 Wyckoff Avenue, will hear a lecture from Dr. Gruseeser about the Italian mummy that inspired the character of Fortunato in Poe’s famous short story “The Cask of Amontillado.” Admission is free and the public is invited. At 3:45 that day, a third-grade “read and discuss” group will deal with “Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow,” by James How. This group will be led by Children’s Assistant Donna Barone, who will also introduce the children to one of Poe’s favorite games, cryptograms. Also on Oct. 17, the Wyckoff-Area Garden Club will host “A Little Nightshade: Poisonous Plants in Life and Literature” at 7:30 at the Wyckoff Library. Bruce Crawford, director of the 180-acre Rutgers Gardens, will discuss toxic garden plants. On Oct.18, Children’s Librarian Denise Marchetti will lead the discussion of “Eddie: The Lost Youth of Edgar Allan Poe” with youngsters in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. This program will begin at 3:45 p.m. A double-feature movie night on Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. will include Professor Edward Shannon of Ramapo introducing two contemporary Poe-style movies at the library. On Oct. 23, Professor Shannon will return to lecture on “Detective Fiction from Poe to the Present” starting at 7 p.m. The Wyckoff Public Library is located at 200 Woodland Avenue. Church presents ‘Music Feeds the Soul’ Grace United Methodist Church at 555 Russell Avenue, Wyckoff, will present its third annual “Music Feeds the Soul”on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. The concert will feature music from a variety of genres including Broadway, classical, and Gospel. Performers will include vocalists Lori Vanderaa, Steve Gant, Rich Lovallo, and “The Silvertones,” and instrumentalists Alan Newman, Melissa Kay, and Susan Harris. Proceeds will benefit the CUMAC Food Pantry in Paterson. Admission is $8 and one non-perishable food item. For more information, contact the church office at (201) 891-4595 or e-mail KVanderaa@hotmail.com. Chamber to host Safe Trick or Treating The Wyckoff Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its annual Safe Trick of Treating event on Saturday, Oct. 27. Children are invited to trick or treat in Wyckoff stores and stop by the Wyckoff Shopping Center for a free photograph in costume from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Refreshments and surprises are planned. The event will be held rain or shine. Rummage Sale announced The Ladies Aid Society at the Wyckoff Reformed Church will hold a Rummage Sale on Thursday, Oct. 25. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the education building at 580 Wyckoff Avenue. The sale will feature clothing, jewelry, household items, knickknacks, toys, shoes, and more. At 2:15 p.m., the society will offer its bag sale for $5. Please note: Only cash will be accepted. tine. I led the development of a 2,000 square foot employee wellness center in our district office, but we could not hire anyone to open it. I volunteer to open the wellness center at 6 a.m. so that my colleagues and I can in get our workouts before the workday starts.” - Dr. Jayne Greenberg, district director of physical education and health literacy for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. This article appears on behalf of the President’s Council of Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, which resides within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The article is by Dominique Dawes, three-time Olympic gymnast, motivational speaker, and President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Council Member. three proposed apartments per building because a maximum of two apartments is permitted in the B-1 zone above the commercial use. Height and side yard variances are also being requested. Bill Tullio, who recently moved across the street from the proposed development, said he agreed with the proposed aesthetic improvements to the vacant property, but said that perhaps the proposal was too large. Board Chairman Linda Herligy asked why the hair salon was not being taken down as well. Infante said the existing lease runs until 2015 and that previous discussions with the tenant had proved unsuccessful in getting him to relocate. The tenant, Robert Bakalian, present at the meeting, said he had not been approached in relation to this application and failed to commit to the move. Infante said he would take down the hair salon building if an agreement were reached with the tenant. The board’s planner, Kevin Kain, asked whether a different site configuration could have been worked out for the two buildings if the hair salon were not in the mix. Infante said it would not have been attractive to stack the buildings. He also said the parking lot’s flow worked out better under the proposed layout. Infante said that by keeping the parking and traffic in the center, the adjoining properties were better shielded from the traffic. Baseline’s previous application to raze the three buildings originally on the property and replace them with a two-story 15,500 sq. ft. office building was turned down by the planning board in 2009. Testimony on the current proposal will continue at the board’s Oct. 10 meeting. Physical activity (continued from page 8) time with your loved ones.” - Cornell McClellan, trainer to the First Family. “When it comes to fitness, you never have to go it alone. Grab a friend! I climbed Kilimanjaro with my daughter and exercise in the mornings with colleagues from work. By sharing time spent being active, we receive much-needed support that helps us reach our goals.” - Dr. Risa LavizzoMourey, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “Find a way to build physical activity into your daily rou- Building proposal (continued from page 3) space two vehicles or storage, and the second floor would contain three, two-bedroom apartments featuring modern kitchens and central air. Engineer Andrew Missey said that since the property slopes back from Franklin Avenue towards Godwin Avenue with a 14 ft. drop, the rear of the site would be filled. A retaining wall ranging in height to a maximum of 9.3 ft. would surround part of the property and would be capped by a 4 ft.-high board-on-board fence with additional landscaping and shrubbery provided against the residential property. Runoff water would be retained on-site and allowed to infiltrate into the soil, improving the existing runoff conditions, Missey said. Parking for 34 vehicles is proposed, with five additional spaces allocated for future expansion. Missey questioned the board engineer’s characterization of the apartments as townhouses, which require many more slots than garden apartments. He said the future spaces were proposed so as not to have to cut down a 36-in. diameter tree, which is aesthetically pleasing for the site. The applicant is requesting several variances in addition to a parking variance. One is for having three principal structures on a single lot, since the two existing lots are being consolidated. A density variance is needed for the