February 1, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 15 Ramsey Review Learn to use an e-reader Betsy Coyne’s three-part series will cover everything you need to know about e-readers and downloadable resources at the Ramsey Public Library. Programs will be held from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. On Feb. 2, Coyne will discuss downloadable libraries, the websites, and where to find e-publications and audiobooks. On Feb. 9, she will compare digital readers and document formats. On Feb. 16, she will cover how to use a Kindle. Sign up at the library, 30 Wyckoff Avenue in Ramsey. Call (201) 327-1445 for more information. Seniors announce upcoming events The Ramsey Board of Health and Hackensack University Medical Center are offering a free bone density screening on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at the senior center from 10:15 a.m. to noon. No appointment is necessary. Saint Paul R.C. Church will host a Valentine’s Day luncheon at the Adorno Fathers on Monday, Feb. 13 at noon. The event will be catered, and entertainment will be provided by Joe Como. The cost to attend is $8 per person. To reserve a seat, call the parish center at (201) 327-0976 by Feb. 10. Ramsey Seniors are invited to Mardi Gras Madness on Tuesday, Feb. 21. This bus trip to the Royal Manor in Garfield will include two complimentary drinks during Happy Hour, a family-style lunch, and dessert. Old New Orleans Dixieland entertainment will feature the Wooster Street Trolley Band with Bob Leive and vocalist Patti Graham. The cost is $52 per person. Signup will begin Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 10 a.m. at Ramsey Borough Hall, 33 North Central Avenue. Checks should be made payable to “Ramsey Seniors.” A seven-night cruise to Bermuda is planned for June 3 through 10 aboard the Celebrity Summit. The ship will leave from Cape Liberty in Bayonne and will be docked at Kings Wharf in Bermuda for three days. For reservations and information, call Rosemarie or Ed at (201) 327-2129. A monthly calendar is available at the center. To receive a copy by mail, call (201) 825-3400. Ramsey residents over the age of 60 are invited to participate. Garden Club plans events Dr. Peter E. Wohl will present “Oh My Aching Back” to the Ramsey Area Garden Club on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 6:45 p.m. The group will meet at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 55 Wyckoff Avenue. A doctor of chiropractic medicine from Logan College in Missouri, Wohl attended Life University in Georgia. The public is invited to attend the first portion of the meeting, which features the speaker. On March 5, the club will host a trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show. (Snow date: March 6.) This year’s theme is Hawaii: Islands of Aloha. The cost of the trip is $59 per person. The bus will leave from Finch Park at 9 a.m. and depart from Philadelphia at 6:30 p.m. Ticket costs include transportation and admission to the show. Contact Karen Kaminski at (201) 327-1668 or k2com@optonline.net. Learn about selling your home On Feb. 8, The Ramsey Public Library’s monthly program for adults, “Take Time for Yourself,” will feature information about selling a home. From 7 to 8:30 p.m., Jean Marie Herron and Maria Rini will discuss current pricing guidelines, critical maintenance issues, getting organized, and proven home staging theory and techniques with professionals. On March 21, bridal consultant Toni Delisi will present “How to Get the Wedding You Want for the Money You Have.” For more information, visit www. ramseylibrary.org or contact Ellen Smith at smith@bccls.org or (201) 327-1445. The Ramsey Library is located at 30 Wyckoff Avenue. Learning specialist to address parents Joseph J. Cafaro, MA, will present “Assessing Executive Functioning Skills and Transition Planning for College Bound Students with Special Needs” to the parents of children of special needs in Ramsey and Saddle River on Monday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Cafaro, an admissions counselor for the regional center for students with learning disabilities at Fairleigh Dickinson University, is a nationally certified school psychologist and special education teacher. He has co-authored NJ Best Practices on “Transition from High School to College.” He presents programs to parents, students, and child study teams. The program will be held at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 55 Wyckoff Avenue in Ramsey. For more information, contact Stephanie Doyle or Christine Mazzola at RSRPSNC@gmail.com. Fish and Chips Dinner set Ramsey’s Girl Scouts will host a Fish and Chips Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Saint Paul’s School, 200 Wyckoff Avenue in Ramsey. Dinner, which will be provided by Tastefully British, includes cod fillet, french-fried potatoes, homemade coleslaw, dessert, and beverage. Chicken and chips will also available. Tickets are $13 for adults and $7 for children and must be purchased in advance. For tickets or more information, call (201) 934-9662. Proposed ordinance (continued from page 11) were recently demolished. He noted that the Feuersenger Electric building and offices that are located east of the eight-lot property are already in the B10 zone. To the west, the Foods by George property is in the GI-80 zone. Layton said that it would be appropriate for Foods by George to be in the B-10 zone because, as a supplier of all-natural, gluten-free foods, including baked goods prepared on premises, it is both an industrial product distribution and commercial bakery and retail use, which would be a permitted use in the B-10 zone. According to Layton, the owner of the eight-lot property, Maureen Postolowski, submitted a request to the township council in 2009 to rezone her property from the GI-80 zone to the B-10 zone. No action was taken on that request because the council believed a “more global, comprehensive assessment of the entire area” was more appropriate in light of township’s ongoing effort to prepare a new master plan. In addition, Mahwah Town Center, LLC was then preparing a conceptual development plan of retail uses and condominiums for the balance of Block 82. The master plan has not yet been completed, and the Mahwah Town Center has not moved forward with its conceptual plans, so the council decided to reconsider Postolowski’s request. The ordinance was introduced by a 3-1 vote of the four council members present at the governing body’s last public meeting. Councilmen John Roth and Roy Larson and Council President John Spiech voted to introduce the ordinance. Councilman Harry Williams voted against the introduction of the ordinance, saying he continues to have reservations about adding more retail uses along Franklin Turnpike without considering the impact on the entire area. The ordinance will now be sent to the township’s planning board to determine if it is consistent with the township’s master plan. The document will then be sent back to the council for an adoption vote that was tentatively scheduled for March 8. F.J. MCMAHON Flooding problems (continued from page 11) Floyd in 1999. That update explained that a project design memorandum was completed and approved in September 1987 and plans and specifications were substantially complete in 1990. Construction funds were appropriated, but work was never initiated due to the lack of project cooperation agreements between the New York district and the non-federal sponsors of the project. According to the ACE, after the flooding in 1999, several towns expressed an interest in resuming the project. Funds were appropriated in 2001, but the ACE advised that a general revaluation report must be prepared due to the fact that conditions have changed, and the potential for additional alternatives require a more detailed reformulation of the plan. Some of those attending the meeting said all the affected towns focus on the problem and provide space to dump material that is eventually taken out of the river. Hermansen suggested that each town set aside some money from open space funds for the remediation of the river. But most of the town officials voiced the opinion that the funding cannot be done at the local level, and must be done by the state’s legislators. Laforet provided the group with a sample resolution that everyone agreed to take back to their local governing bodies. The resolution recognizes that the insufficient capacity of the river to handle storms has led to flooding and property damage along the Ramapo River, the Mahwah River, and the Masonicus Brook, and proposals to address the severe and devastating flooding in the Ramapo Basin has been discussed many times for over 40 years. The resolution also points out that numerous studies of the rivers have been made, and there have been many discussions and meetings about the problem, but no constructive action has been taken. “Unless decisive action is taken,” the resolution states, “it is clear that additional damage will occur which will jeopardize life and property.” The resolution requests the assistance of the appropriate federal, state, and county agencies in addressing flood control measures.