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Children’s Play Day will be held rain or shine on Sunday, July 28 from 1 to 5 p.m. The games and activities will be supervised by the museum’s education staff, all of whom are experienced with bringing the past to life for museum visitors, espe- cially children. This event will allow young visitors to the museum to socialize with other children while having fun and learn- ing about children from the past. The “low-tech” hands-on event will feature a variety of old-fashioned games and pas- times inside the museum’s Education Center and outdoors on the five acres of park grounds around the Gothic Revival historic house museum. Children will be invited to try their skill at croquet or badminton, or compete in sack and spoon races. Between games, participants can make arts and crafts projects, join in a scavenger hunt or sing-along, or play hopscotch, jump rope, marbles, checkers, and jacks. Play Day will also fea- ture the chance to play Rounders, a team game that was played in England in the 18 th century and is believed to be an ancestor of American baseball. A variety of classic summer treats, such as watermelon, ice cream, pretzels, popcorn, and lemonade, will be avail- able for purchase. Admission to Children’s Play Day is $3 for children age 12 and under, and $7 per person age 13 and over. All chil- dren must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Admis- sion also includes a tour of the house and entrance to the special exhibit “The Human Spirit: The Evolution of the Practice of Medicine and Medical Care, 1800-Today” in the exhibition gallery. The museum is located at 335 North Franklin Turnpike in Ho-Ho-Kus. This event is sponsored by Assisting Hands Home Care and iFence NJ. For information about becoming an event sponsor, call (201) 445-8311, extension 33. The Friends of the Hermitage, Inc., a nonprofit mem- bership organization, manages The Hermitage, a New Jersey State Park. The group offers tours of the historic house, exhibits based on the collections, and educational programming. For information about The Hermitage, con- tact Friends of the Hermitage by mail at 335 North Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423, by phone at (201) 445- 8311 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5p.m., or visit www.thehermitage.org. Dancers welcome newcomers North Jersey English Country Dancers will hold a dance on July 28. Newcomers are welcome. All dances are taught and prompted, and the music is live. Instruction for begin- Flower power! Proceeds from the Allendale Woman’s Club 2013 Geranium Sale were presented to Pony Power Therapies in Mahwah. Pic- tured are Dana Spett, executive director, Pony Power Therapies and members of the AWC Geranium Sale Committee, Liz Simendinger, Robin Galvin, Julie Borst, and Kristen Tsarnas. ners will be at 1:30 p.m. and the main dance will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. Participants may come with or without a partner. The dance will be held at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cottage Place in Ridgewood. For more information, visit northjerseyenglishcounrtydancers.yolas- ite.com or call Nancy at (201) 445-4497. Registration for Bergen Bike Tour under way Registration is now open for the 18 th Annual Bergen Bike Tour, a family-oriented event that benefits the Volun- teer Center of Bergen County and Tomorrows Children’s Fund of Hackensack University Medical Center. The Bergen Bike Tour will be held on Sunday, Sept. 29 and will feature 10-, 25-, and 50-mile routes for cyclists of every level. The tour will begin and end at Darlington Park in Mahwah, and features breakfast for all the riders, a post- ride barbecue, music, games, and prizes. There is also a Kids’ Event sponsored by TD Bank, which includes a ride for kids age 10 and under, clowns, fire trucks, face paint- ing, crafts, and games. Children are invited to bring their bikes, trikes, scooters and big wheels. Registration is $35 ($45 on site) for adults age 16 and up, and $15 for those ages 10 through 16. The cost for children nine and under is $10. The cost for non-cyclists who wish to attend the picnic only is $5. Riders may register online at www.bergenbiketour.org; call 1-877-BER-BIKE; or download and print a registration form at the website to submit by mail. (Check the website for the appropriate mailing address.) Registered riders are (continued on page 22) July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 3 Midland Park Open space funds sought for Dairy Street pavilion A pavilion may be going up at the Dairy Street recre- ation complex in Midland Park if the borough is success- ful in getting a county open space grant in 2014 for the project. The borough plans to apply for a Bergen County Open A job well done Space and Recreation grant of $40,000 to do the work, according the Borough Clerk/Administrator Addie Hanna. The grant amount would be matched with funds from the borough’s own Open Space Trust Fund. Hanna said the open structure, smaller than but simi- Midland Park Mayor Patrick ‘Bud’ O’Hagan presents a resolution to Police Sergeant Noah Van Vliet in recognition of his work in apprehending three individuals involved in an armed robbery in Wyckoff. On Dec. 28, 2012, Wyckoff police reported shots fired at a local residence and broadcast a description of the three suspects. A short time later, Van Vliet observed a vehicle occupied by three subjects, two of whom fit the description provided by Wyckoff. The officer initiated a traffic stop and, during the investigation that followed, he determined that all three individuals had been involved in the robbery. Midland Park Police Chief Michael Marra and Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox also recognized Van Vliet for his police work, which resulted in the prompt apprehension of all three suspects. lar to the existing pavilion at Wortendyke Park, would be erected between the playground and the Vander Meer field bleachers. She said it could be used by parents accompany- ing their children to the playground or sports events, for summer camp activities and for residents wishing to have a picnic or simply sit down and relax in the shade. Whether lights and furniture can be provided initially would depend on the amount of the grant received and the bid costs, Hanna said. The application is being prepared by Capital Alternatives, the borough’s grant consultants. For 2013 Midland Park received a county Open Space Trust Fund grant of $75,000 to provide an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant playground \at the Dairy Street complex. Hanna said that depending on the cost, the playground may be made wheelchair-accessible as well. The borough engineer will be starting work on the specifi- cations for the project in the coming weeks, she said. The Wortendyke pavilion has been slated to get elec- tric illumination so it can be used for evening activities, for over a year. Hanna explained that PSE&G has yet to schedule the pole installation. The poles will be owned by the borough rather than just leased from the utility. Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • July 24, 2013 Franklin Lakes Bergen County Tax Board sets rate for 2013 by Frank J. McMahon The Bergen County Board of Taxation has set a $1.557 tax rate for the Borough of Franklin Lakes for the 2013 tax year. Property tax bills will now be based on that figure. This new rate reflects a 2.2 cent increase in the bor- ough’s municipal tax rate that was set by the county last year and will result in a $227 property tax increase for the homeowner whose property is assessed at the borough’s average value of $1,030,000. The borough’s total tax rate is comprised of a Bergen County tax of 24.1 cents, which represents an increase of four tenths of a cent over the 2012 tax rate; the Bergen County open space tax rate of three tenths of a cent, which is the same as last year; the school district’s tax rate of 61 cents, which represents an increase of eight tenths of a cent; the regional school tax of 43.4 cents, which represents an increase of seven tenths of a cent; the library tax of 3.5 cents, which represents a decrease of one tenth of a cent; and the municipal tax rate of 23.4 cents, which represents an increase of six tenths of a cent over the 2012 municipal tax rate. The tax rates set by the county for surrounding towns are $1.555 for Wyckoff, $2.566 for Oakland, and $1.664 for Mahwah. The obligation of a property owner is determined by multiplying a property’s assessed value in hundreds of dol- lars by the tax rate. The borough’s new tax rate is based on the borough’s $16,530,012 budget that was adopted by the council in May. That budget represents an increase of $64,850 over the previous year’s adopted budget, or an increase of 0.39 percent. The amount to be raised by taxation to support that budget is $11,018,999, which is a 1.9 percent increase over the previous year but under the maximum allowable state tax levy cap of two percent. At a budget presentation, Franklin Lakes Borough Administrator Gregory Hart pointed out that 14.9 percent of a property owner’s total property tax is for municipal purposes, while 39.3 percent is for the local school district, 28.2 percent is for the regional high school district, 2.3 percent is for the public library, and the balance is for the county. He also pointed out that the borough’s tax rate is the second lowest in Bergen County. Some notable line items included in the borough’s 2013 budget are $5.29 million for salaries and wages, $1.66 mil- lion for debt service, $1.48 million for health insurance, $1.45 million for the municipal library, $890,000 for pen- sion contributions, and $730,000 for garbage and recycling collection and disposal. The budget also includes $296,561 from the library’s return of asset funds. The returned money was used to decrease taxes. According to Meena Sivakumar, the borough’s deputy tax collector, the third quarter tax bills that are due Aug. 1 are expected to be mailed out before the end of July. The grace period for the payment of that property tax will be 25 days from the date of the mailing of the bills. Gracious gifts Oakland/Franklin Lakes Rotary Club President Peter Kikot makes a donation to Oakland Police Detective Mark Piercy, right, and Franklin Lakes Police Officer Richard Osenbruck, left, for their violence/drug education curriculum programs. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 5 Wyckoff Township welcomes two new police officers by John Koster The Wyckoff Township Committee welcomed two new police officers to the Wyckoff department with the approval of Police Chief Benjamin Fox. Probationary Patrolman James Bakelaar is the son and grandson of northwest Bergen County police officers. His grandfather served on the Midland Park Police Depart- ment and his father is currently a lieutenant in the Franklin Lakes Police Department. Bakelaar, 24, enrolled in the Passaic County Police Academy Alternate Route program and will be available for duty when he graduates next week. He will immedi- ately begin his training and orientation with the Wyckoff Police Department and will be assigned to patrol following field training. He was previously employed as a police dispatcher with Northwest Central Dispatch. He is a 2012 graduate of William Paterson University, where he received a degree in criminal justice. He has worked in academic and sports counseling with children and teenagers. Michael Teegan, 28, is a Glen Rock Left: Michael Teegan is sworn in as his father William Teegan holds the Bible. Right: James Bakelaar is sworn in by Township Administra- tor Robert Shannon as his mother Ginny holds the Bible and his father, Franklin Lakes Police Lt. Jack Bakelaar, and Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox look on. Township revises rules in proposed smoking ban The Wyckoff Township Committee has revised the verbiage of the proposed anti- smoking ordinance and re-introduced the measure at last week’s public meeting. The update would allow those who smoke to do so in their cars in public parking lots. The ordinance as introduced originally had been withdrawn for further study because it would have banned smoking even inside parked cars on the outskirts of sports events. The revised ordinance would allow individuals to smoke inside parked cars but not on the athletic fields or in recreational or park areas. Cigarette butts could not be discarded on the asphalt or grass because this would constitute littering. The new ordinance, which is slated for (continued on page 13) resident and has worked with the Wyckoff Police Department as a dispatcher since September 2010. Before that Teegan was a dispatcher with Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch. Teegan graduated from Binghamton University, where he was on the dean’s list for three years, and received his bachelor’s degree with a double major in philosophy and in politics and law. He is also a certi- fied EMT and a certified CPR instructor. A member of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambu- lance Corps, he has served as an auxiliary police officer with the Glen Rock Police Department and as a special police officer (continued on page 13) Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • July 24, 2013 Business Enjoy summer fun without breaking the bank Summer is here and that means picnics, fireworks and, if you’re like a lot of Amer- icans, a vacation. A survey by American Express shows the average vacation in 2013 will cost $1,145 per person. Whether you are heading to the beach, the moun- tains, or abroad, you will want to find the best bang for your vacation buck. Vacations create fun, lasting memo- ries for families, but they can also be a significant expenditure. Individuals are encouraged to plan ahead, shop around, and budget carefully so they will be ready to relax and enjoy the trip. Try these tips: Create a budget. Decide how much will be spent on airfare, hotel, food, rental car, gas, and souvenirs. Those who need extra time to save for a dream vacation will want to create a savings plan and determine how much money must be set aside each month to comfortably afford the trip. If it’s a quick weekend getaway, there might be enough money available to go now, but a European extravaganza will likely require more time to save. Start the research. The planning and anticipation of a trip is sometimes as much fun as the trip itself. Get started in the planning process as early as possible. Research the area and attractions and develop a rough itinerary. Then start look- ing for bargains and deals. Compare. This portion of the vacation research may take the most time. Review multiple websites and compare offers. There may be a package deal for airfare and a hotel through an airline. There may be a tour package that includes hotel, food, and admission to tourist sites, but not air- fare. It’s important to read the fine print and be sure what is included when consid- ering prices. Those who are on the fence as to flying versus driving may want to visit AAA’s Fuel Cost Calculator to com- pare driving costs against the price of an airline ticket. Be flexible. Major tourist attractions will be the most expensive and crowded during the summer. Those who are able to travel in the shoulder season, October through May, may find great bargains on everything from airfare to accommoda- tions. The same may apply to traveling on weekdays versus weekends. Eat economically. Food expenses can add up quickly. Look for hotels that include breakfast in the price of the room. Many hotels also have microwave ovens and refrigerators or even small kitchens. Preparing meals part of the time can help stretch a budget. Remember to carry snacks and water to avoid overpriced tour- ist-location food. Be a coupon clipper. Look for coupons and special offers and ask about discounts through the hotel. Membership in many associations, such as AAA or AARP, includes discounts on everything from hotels and meals to rental cars. Look for freebies. Hotels that cater to families frequently offer stay- and eat- free programs for kids. The same applies to restaurants, which may have special kids-eat-free deals with the purchase of an (continued on page 16) Shotmeyer Brothers earns 2013 accolade from Energi Shotmeyer Brothers Heating & Air Conditioning has received Energi’s 2013 Excellence in Risk Management Award for dedication to outstanding loss preven- tion and safety programs. Energi, a leading provider of Insurance and Risk Manage- ment Programs to the energy industry, recognized Shotmeyer Brothers Heating & Air Conditioning as being the “Best of the Best” within the industry at the annual Energi Risk Management & Insurance Summit held in Orlando, Florida. The company’s focused commitment to safety, implementation of risk management best practices, and willingness to learn and apply new safety techniques enabled Sho- tmeyer Brothers to set a future standard of excellence among industry peers. In addition, last month, Shotmeyer Brothers received recognition from the Passaic County Board of Chosen Free- holders, who presented the company with the Green Building Design Award for its solar panel program. Shotmeyer Brothers is a northern New Jersey based energy company, known to many by their slogan “The Energy Experts.” For three generations and over 88 years, the company has provided home heating oil sales and service to residential and commercial customers. Shotmeyer Brothers also has expertise in sales and services of gas heat and air conditioning equipment. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 7 Franklin Lakes Verizon to add antenna to borough monopole by Frank J. McMahon Verizon Wireless has received approval to co-locate its wireless antenna on the monopole behind the Franklin Lakes Police Station on DeKorte Drive and to construct an equipment shelter on that site. In March, the borough council approved a lease to allow Verizon to co-locate its wireless antenna on this mono- pole. At a recent public meeting, the planning board granted its approval for the lease. Richard Schneider, the attorney for Verizon, explained that, in conformance with the bor- ough’s current ordinance, the existing monopole will be extended 10 feet from its existing 138 foot height, and the Verizon antenna will extend to 153 feet while the municipal antenna on this monopole will extend to 164 feet, which is less than allowed by ordinance. The board was advised that Verizon will also locate a 12 foot by 20 foot equipment shelter in a fenced compound at the base of the monopole. The shelter will be 10 feet, six inches high. Testimony about Verizon’s plan was provided by an architect, a radio frequency expert, and an electrical engi- neer prior to the board’s approval. Architect Frank Colasurdo described the equipment shelter as a prefab building that will meet all the building codes, be unmanned, and have no water, sewer, or solid waste services. He said it will not create any traffic other than a visit every four to six weeks by a technician for equipment testing. Colasurdo advised that the equipment will be monitored 24 hours a day seven days a week by a remote Verizon substation and the facility will have a generator with a 210 gallon tank of diesel oil to support the equipment in case of a storm-related power outage. He explained that the noise created by the generator will be well within the state’s noise limits. He said there will be no lighting added to the site other than a downward shielded light over the door to the shelter. The shelter, he added, will have smoke and heat alarms. Information to confirm the structural capability of the monopole to be extended by 10 feet will be provided to the board. Radio frequency expert Jorge Castaneda told the board Register for children’s programs Beginning July 24, the Franklin Lakes Library will hold registration for two August programs for children. Regis- tration may be completed by phone at (201) 891-2224, by visiting the library during regular hours, or online at www. franklinlakeslibrary.org. On Aug. 13, discover what pets are thinking by visiting the Pet Psychic at 2 p.m. Children entering grades three and up are welcome to find out just what is on their pet’s mind by bringing a photo of their pet to the program: One picture per person, please. Summer Reading Club members are invited to celebrate the end of this year’s program on Aug. 14. Mr. Twister will transform ordinary balloons into fantastic sculptures. Two sessions are available. Session 1, which will be held from 2 to 2:45 p.m., is for children who will be entering kinder- garten through second grade. Session 2, which will be held from 3:15 to 4 p.m., is for children in grades three through five. Mr. Twister’s program is sponsored by The Friends of the Library. The library is located at 470 DeKorte Drive. Verizon was relocating its antenna from 706 Franklin Avenue to this location because the height of this monopole will provide an expanded geographical coverage for Veri- zon Wireless customers. Paul Dugan, a wireless consult- ing engineer, explained that the radio frequency emissions from all the antennas on this monopole will be substan- tially below one percent of the federal guideline at any time and distance from the base of the monopole. The monopole behind police headquarters was approved by the borough in 1998 when a contract was awarded to the cellular communications company Sprint Spectrum to allow the installation of the monopole on municipal prop- erty. The 130-foot high monopole, which was constructed by Sprint, was also to contain the borough’s emergency services antenna. In addition, an equipment building was constructed next to the 36-inch base of the monopole. Since that time, the borough has approved the location of wireless antennas by Nextel and Metro PCS New York, LLC, which received approval to add its antennas to the monopole in 2010 after the borough adopted an ordinance that increased the allowable height of monopoles from 130 feet to a maximum of 170 feet, including all antennas. Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • July 24, 2013 Area NJBG Summer Concert Series features The Dalton Gang The New Jersey Botanical Garden’s Summer Concert Series will continue on July 26 with a performance by The Dalton Gang. The concert will be held at the NJBG in Ringwood. The Dalton Gang is a 10-piece band led by guitarist, arranger, and composer Willy Dalton. The band mixes jazz with a blend of funk and Latin music. The members are freelance musicians around the New York area. Among their credits are recordings and performances with such artists as Buddy Rich, Machito, Lionel Hampton, Tito Puente, Daniel Ponce, and Cissy Houston. The concert will be held at 6:30 p.m. on the Concert Lawn. In the event of inclement weather, the concert move inside the Carriage House Visitor Center. Participants are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the music in these magnificent surround- ings. The concert is sponsored by TD Bank. A donation of $5 is requested. On Aug. 9, Rave On! will perform classic early rock ‘n roll. This band will offer timeless songs from Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, and many other artists. On Aug. 23, Carolann Solebello & Band will present a contemporary take on folk-music roots. Singer/song- writer/poet Solebello’s songs flow with hauntingly poetic images and elements of folk, blues, and country. Solebello is a winner of the 2011 Susquehanna Music & Arts Festival Songwriting Competition. Her musical background also includes work with Red Molly. This project is funded, in part, by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council at Passaic County Commu- nity College, through a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. The New Jersey State Botanical Garden is open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and admission to the garden is always free. There is a $5 per car parking charge on summer holi- days and weekends from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day; weekday parking is free year-round. The Dalton Gang will perform at NJBG’s annual Summer Concert series on Friday, July 26, at 6:30 p.m., at the NJ State Botani- cal Garden. (Photo courtesy of the The Dalton Gang.) Since 1976, NJBG/Skylands Association, an incor- porated, member-supported non-profit organization, has worked with the state to preserve and protect Skylands and its historic structures. NJBG sponsors programs, tours, concerts, and public events throughout the year at the botanical garden. The NJBG is located off Morris Road in Ringwood. For more information about NJBG, how to become a member, volunteer opportunities, events, and directions call (973) 962-9534 or visit njbg.org. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 9 Midland Park Board approves shopping center parking lot upgrades The owners of the Midland Park Shopping Center will be making several aesthetic and safety enhancements to their parking lot, but they won’t be able to relocate their garbage dumpsters, at least not yet. The Midland Park Planning Board last week approved Midpark Hye Partners’s application for the paving and landscaping improvements but balked at allowing three compactors for refuse and cardboard disposal to be placed at the rear of the building behind Starbucks and Pizzaiolo. Attorney Joseph Basralian asked that the non-controversial components of the application be approved so that the mill- ing and paving work can be done in August when traffic and parking are the lightest at the shopping center and will be the least disruptive to shoppers and tenants. Plans call for replacing the curb and sidewalk along Godwin Avenue to match the work on the Goffle Road side completed in 2004-5 and in conformance with the borough’s streetscape ordinance. Five decorative lamp posts will also be installed. The landscaped strip along the sidewalk will be widened, and plantings will be added. The aisles in the northwest area of the lot will be nar- rowed to 21 feet, and the lot will be restriped for angle park- ing to reinforce the one-way traffic pattern, Basralian said. Directional arrows will be ground into the pavement at the suggestion of Police Chief Michael Marra. At the rear of the shopping center, a landscaped strip will be planted along the brook, the loose curb stops there will be replaced with permanent curbing and the fence will be replaced. The main parking lot between Kings and Pizzaiolo will be milled, resurfaced and restriped. The original application included vacating the refuse area at the south end of the lot and changing the traffic pat- tern in the area off Goffle Road through restriping to facili- tate traffic circulation to the lower parking lot. Board members expressed concern that in the proposed location behind Starbucks, servicing the refuse compactors would have to be done from the main travel aisle around the building. The current site is on a secondary aisle in a corner of the property. “You’re talking about a roll of f 28-ft. long which has to be attached and reattached to a truck. You’d be encroaching into the flow of traffic when you are pulling it out,” said board member Mark Braunius. “I am concerned about blocking access from Goffle Road and traffic backing up there,” said Councilwoman Polling place changed for special election Voting District 5 voters in Midland Park will have to report to a different venue to vote in the primary election for US Senate next month. The special election, triggered by the death of US Senator Frank Lautenberg in June, is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 13. For that election only, voting will be moved from O’Connell Hall at the Church of the Nativity to the Mid- land Park Firehouse on Witte Drive. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. The firehouse already serves as the polling place for Districts 1, 2 and 4. Borough Clerk/Administrator Addie Hanna said she received approval for the change from county officials last week. She said no inspection was necessary, and no changes needed because the site is already used as a polling place. The move was forced by a conflict with the use of the hall, which had been previously rented, since the election was unanticipated. Hanna said there should be no problem in having the (continued on page 17) Nancy Peet, a board member. Engineer Andrew Missey said with the compactors, garbage removal frequency would decrease to two or three times a week. Cardboard pick ups would be even less fre- quent, perhaps once a week, he said. Braunius asked why the dumpsters were being relocated at all. Missey said the current location is more remote from the building and thus not used as much as it could be. He said with the closing of the video store, internal corridors had been relocated to make the proposed refuse area more convenient for the tenants. Missey also said the slope at the southern end of the property is not appropriate for the pro- posed compactors. Midpark Hye will submit an amended application at a later date for the board to address the dumpster and parking changes in this area. Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • July 24, 2013 Wyckoff Partners in Pride recruits community members Wyckoff’s Partners in Pride organiza- tion has recruited new members from the community to ensure that the club’s tub gardens around town will be kept watered. Wyckoff Township Administrator Robert Shannon is among the volunteers. He will be maintaining the planter outside Wyckoff Town Hall. This year, eight new volunteers signed up the join the group’s beautification efforts. The PIPs need 30 volunteers to maintain their pocket gardens and tubs during the summer. “All over town, individuals and busi- nesses and organizations as well as the PIPs are busy tending and beautifying small gardens and containers,” said Mary Bugel, who helped found the PIPs with her husband Tom. “Bare areas that are planted with lovely flowers and shrubs have the added benefit of indirectly combating litter.” Bugel praised the efforts of PIP Susan Litt, the club’s planting chairwoman. This year, Litt used pie plates of flowers to fill the 56 tubs the group has situated through- out Wyckoff. In response to the PIPs call for new recruits this spring, Susanne Brown and Diane Bograd initiated the landscaping of the island between the Wyckoff Library and ambulance corps headquarters. The island was planted with a purple plum, hydrangeas, and annuals. For 26 years, members of the PIPs have been organizing local beautification and cleanup projects and environmental educa- tion efforts. The club launched Wyckoff’s annual Team Up to Tidy Up program with the support of township officials over two decades ago. Partners in Pride is a non-profit civic association dedicated to beautifying the township. To volunteer, contact Jill Rous- seau at (201) 891-4231 or Jbuddr1@aol. com. Fireworks tickets on sale Administrator Bob Shannon tends to his flower tub for Partners in Pride. The 56th Annual Wyckoff Fire Depart- ment Fireworks Display and Band Con- cert Fundraiser will be held Aug. 31 on Memorial Field, located behind Memorial Town Hall at 340 Franklin Avenue. Attendees are invited to come early for the concert, which will start at 6:45 p.m. The fireworks are scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. (Rain date: Sept. 2.) Tickets may be purchased in advance for $10 each. Children under 10 will be admitted free of charge. Tickets may be purchased at the following locations: the Township of Wyckoff Clerk’s office, 340 Franklin Avenue; the Wyckoff YMCA, 695 Wyckoff Avenue; Blue Moon Café, 327 Franklin Avenue; the Market Basket, 300 Sicomac Avenue, Wyckoff; Yudin’s, 378 Main Street; Waldwick Prime Meats, 384 Main Street, Wyckoff; and Parkwood Deli, 342 Erie Avenue, Midland Park. To purchase tickets by mail, send a check made payable to the Wyckoff Vol- unteer Fire Department: to P.O. Box 6, Wyckoff, NJ 07481. This event is the fire department’s annual fundraiser. The Wyckoff Volun- teer Fire Department is comprised of 100 volunteers who receive 140 hours of basic firematic training at the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute and continue their training every Monday evening in Wyckoff to develop and fine- tune skills such as search and rescue, fire suppression, fire attack, fire ground communications, and advanced vehicle rescue techniques. These highly trained and skilled volunteers serve the commu- nity by assisting their neighbors in the protection of life and property. This year marks the 105th year that volunteers of the Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department have served the Township of Wyckoff and its residents. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 11 Wyckoff Making a splash Swimmers cool off at the Wyckoff YMCA’s Spring Lake. Soar- ing humidity and record high temperatures have kept the lake packed with members who want to beat the heat. Page 12 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • July 24, 2013 Area street to be closed On Saturday, Aug. 3, Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff will be closed between Greenwood Avenue and Godwin Avenue from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The road closing will allow the Bergen County Department of Public Works to install the Safety-T-Grip road sur- face. (Rain date: Sunday, Aug. 4.) Motorists traveling on Wyckoff Avenue should anticipate delays, plan for extra travel time, and follow the detour or plan an alter- nate driving route. Those whose business commute includes access- ing public transportation located within the work zone should contact their bus company to determine the alternate pickup loca- tion during the road clos- ing/detour. Northbound traffic on Wyckoff Avenue will be detoured right onto Greenwood Avenue, and left onto Godwin Avenue. Southbound traffic on Wyckoff Avenue will be directed straight on Godwin Avenue, right onto Green- wood Avenue, and left onto Wyckoff Avenue. During the work period, access to Pulis Field, Spring Meadow Road, and all private roads in the Spring Meadow Con- dominium Complex will be through the YMCA drive- way. Motorists may visit “Up to the Minute” on Wyckoff on the Web (www.wyckoff- nj.com) for any updates regarding the road work. For example, if inclement weather cancels the instal- lation and the road work is suspended. Area residents may also submit their e- mail addresses at “Sign up for e-news” on the home page of Wyckoff on the Web; updates are e-mailed to list members. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 13 Township welcomes two new police officers (continued from page 5) with the Wyckoff Police Department, and as a member of the Wyckoff Police Depart- ment Emergency Management Team. The new patrolman has advanced com- puter skills, which officials say are a tre- mendous asset to the department. He will begin his training at the Law & Public Safety Institute in Mahwah and will be assigned to a field training offi- cer in December, then to patrol duty in Wyckoff. At left: Mayor Rudy Boonstra, Comm. Haakon Jepsen, Comm. Douglas Christie, Ptl. Bakelaar, Ptl. Teegan, Comm. Brian Scanlan, and Chief Benjamin Fox. Smoking ban rules (continued from page 5) probable adoption at the last meeting in July, defines Russell Farms Community Park as all the lands and premises located within the designated boundaries, and defines the Larkin House Park as all the lands and premises within the designated boundaries. “It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke within the boundary of any of the parks, playgrounds, or recreational areas...” the draft of the ordinance states. “To the extent possible, ‘Smoke Free Area’ signs shall be clearly, sufficiently, and conspicuously posted at properties where smoking is prohibited by this chap- ter. The signs shall have the word ‘Smoke Free Area’ in lettering that is not less than two inches in height and shall contain the international no smoking sign. “Not withstanding the above, smoking shall not be prohibited within the park- ing lots or vehicular access lanes to such parks, playgrounds, and/or recreational areas unless prohibited by other applicable law.” J. KOSTER Page 14 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • July 24, 2013 Not feared and hated? Read more! Did you ever have the feeling that you get invited to too many parties? Do people honk and wave when they see you on the street, just to let you know they like you? If you read more, understand what you read, and tell people what you know, you can deftly eliminate these problems. I encountered this phenomenon early in life. I was not an avid reader when I was a kid, but I was a voluntary reader, and most of my peers were not. I was constantly being threat- ened by older bullies for telling them there were no tigers in Africa. I learned this from a Tarzan comic book -- less racist than the movies. Screams of indignation and outrage assailed my asser- tion that the final consonant in “Navajo” is pronounced as an “H.” Those of the Little League players who had just mas- tered the fact that “H” is pronounced as an “H” could not fathom that a “J” could also be pronounced as an “H.” This was not the type of school where parents signed their kids up for courses in cultural enrichment. Once I staggered forward from softcover pulp with color pictures to hardcover books, I received the scorn of some of my teachers for knowing more than they did. This was not difficult. One history teacher who also coached sports told us that all Romans died when they were 28 years old because their average life span was 28. That was what it said in the textbook. The term “infant mortality” did not occur on the racing form he sometimes kept tucked inside the New York Times in case he finished the sports page too soon. I had read enough to realize that many Roman statesmen were active in their forties, fifties, and sometimes even older, and when you saw their likenesses, you sort of got the feeling that these guys were a little older than Fabian and Dion when they were sculpted. Similarly, while we were learning in world history that the Romans maintained an extensive network of public baths with hot, cold, and tepid water and steam rooms, the history teacher told us they were all filthy and that is why they all died when they were 28. He also told us that Kublai Khan built the Great Wall of China. I had read Harold Lamb by that time and knew that Kublai Khan’s grandfather Genghis Khan -- played by John Wayne in what was not one of his best movies -- had bribed his way through the Great Wall of China when the wall was already hundreds of years old and some places were in need of repair. Kublai Khan was not even a Han Chinese -- he was a Mongol. The final corker was when the history teacher told us that he had visited Pearl Harbor 20 years after the attack and had seen a submerged wrecked aircraft pulled up from the murky waters -- and it was a Spitfire! The message here was that Churchill had attacked Pearl Harbor to get us into the war. No sale. I used to build plastic scale model aircraft and read the instructions and I knew that British Spitfires circa 1941 were fabric-covered and that all the Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor had radial engines, unlike the Spitfire’s in-line engine, a Rolls-Royce Merlin. Only later did I learn that the Japanese radial engines were licensed by Pratt & Whitney and the fuselages were made of sheet metal from Alcoa Aluminum. Some of their dive bombers used Lewis machineguns manufactured under British license. Makes you think.... Nobody ever told me what an SAT was until I took one, but because of all the reading I had done -- most of it not assigned in school -- my verbal scores were more than respectable. I had to depend on the school for my math. Among the 21 st century Asian population of northwest Bergen County, a score like that is known as a “golf club.” That is what your dad uses on you to make sure the next score is better. I am not into golf, but I appear to have been motivated to pass the reading habit on to my kids in the hope that they might find literacy constructive and amusing. My daughter Emily read the entire Bobbsey Twins series and most of the Nancy Drew books when she was of kinder- garten age. After that, she got in touch with both teenaged stars of “Anne of Green Gables” by fan mail and read all of those books. My son Johnny started more slowly. When he was 10, he discovered Walter Lord and the rest was some very good history. He read every book Lord ever wrote, cor- responded with the author, and read the books Lord rec- ommended. Johnny and Emily even met Lord in person. They took the bus to New York City and Lord, who was chair-bound at that point, was waiting for their knock. He did not wait in vain. “All right, Johnny, don’t break the #$$#&#$ door down!” The three bonded like three armchair adventurers and Lord showed them his double-glass coffee table that was filled with keepsakes that surviving passengers of the “Titanic” had taken with them in the lifeboats. One item was a wind-up pig that played a jaunty French music-hall ditty. Lord told Johnny the pig had ceased to play and Johnny bet Lord he could get the music box inside the pig working again. Lord -- a great gentleman and a great dip- lomat -- told him he had trouble getting the glass plates off the table. The pig survived intact. Johnny also once ran a slide projector for E. Douglas Dean, a chemistry professor active in the scientific exami- nation of extrasensory perception. Dean -- a member of the Society of Friends who shared the Nobel Peace Prize for war relief in 1946, and a professor at Princeton -- was showing slides of anomalous plant growth caused by the water from healing springs and wells. He had slides of some pots of beans he had watered with tap water, and some pots he had watered with spring water from Lourdes. The difference in growth was significant. Dean said that the Lourdes water was chemically normal but fluoresced differently from ordinary water. He and Johnny bonded instantly, and Dean let Johnny flip the slides in the projec- tor. Johnny was impressed by the lecture. “I always assumed that Lourdes healing was either spiritual or psychosomatic, but this research opens up new possibilities,” he said. He then commented on another observation. Dean’s timepiece of choice was a Mickey Mouse watch held together by a middle-sized rubber band. “Do you think I should tell him to get a haircut and a new watch if he wants to be taken more seriously?” Johnny asked. “I think the Nobel Prize and Princeton will cover for it,” I said. Another time, when we were at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Johnny discoursed on the reconstructed Egyptian tomb on the first floor. “Aha!” he said. “The Canopic jars! During the mum- mification process, the priests excised the viscera and stored them in the Canopic jars. They saved the heart, but ironically they drew the brain out through the nose and dis- carded it because they didn’t know the brain was good for anything...even though they understood trephinning!” “How old is this boy?” a man with a Hungarian accent asked. “He’s 10, but he reads a lot,” I said. “Ten!” the guy said. “In that case, he is a genius. I thought at first he was a midget.” Johnny sometimes posed as a midget to cover his other activities, other times as an American Indian, but the inter- est in mummies once had caused him to make a literary blunder -- or so I thought. I was working on a newspaper in Denville, and I used to take the kids with me to help out around the office. “We have to get downstairs for the parade,” Johnny said. “They’re having mummies this year!” “Where did you see that?” I asked. “They had a sign up on the street....’ “I think it must have said mummers. Mummers are entertainers who wear fanciful costumes and strum banjos, like in Philadelphia.” “It said mummies. I want to see them!” I took the kids out of the second-floor office. The parade was yet to arrive, so we sat on the staircase outside the office looking down a long corridor. As we watched, a suntanned pedestrian walked down the sidewalk with extensive ban- daging after some sort of accident covering his head, neck, and one shoulder and extended arm. “I told you it said mummies,” Johnny noted defiantly. The power of reading had once again became palpable to him. Area Oritani hosts ‘Christmas in July’ Oritani Bank is currently hosting its annual Christmas in July Children’s Food Drive. Now through Aug. 2, all 25 Oritani Bank branches will be accepting donations of non-perishable food and cash for the Center for Food Action, the Palisades Emergency Residence Corp., and the Human Needs Food Pantry, Inc., three of the leading providers of emergency food aid to children in Northern New Jersey. A “shopping list” of the most needed non- perishable items for children is available at each branch. Oritani encourages its customers and staff to take one of the bank’s special bags, fill it, and return it to any Oritani branch. Hunger remains a major issue in America. Seventeen million children in the United States are at risk of hunger, which equals one in four children. Fifteen percent of the total child population lives below the federal poverty line. The OritaniBank Charitable Foundation will also assist the drive by matching the amount of any cash or check donations that are made. Oritani Bank is a 102-year old community bank based in the Township of Washington. For more information, call 888-ORITANI, or visit www.oritani.com. Letters to the Editor Boycott urged Dear Editor: As many know, the Township of Wyckoff and Inserra ShopRite have been sued in Superior Court of New Jersey by Stop and Shop and the Hekemian Company, which owns the land on which Stop and Shop sits. The lawsuit is attempting to void the approvals that were granted by the Wyckoff Planning Board, after years of back and forth with Stop and Shop that involved numerous assessments by engineers, traffic experts, lawyers and our township’s governing body. The grounds of the lawsuit are veils for Stop and Shop’s attempt to avoid competition from ShopRite. Setting aside my personal preference for ShopRite to come to Wyck- off, I am outraged that our tax money will now have to go toward our defense on this lawsuit. The residents of Wyck- off have been, and continue to be, the pawns of the Stop and Shop Company. I am respectfully asking that you think twice before you patronize Stop and Shop. When Stop and Shop sued the township, it sued each and every one of us (since, as men- tioned, you and I will now bear the financial burden for the town’s legal defense), and yet we continue to patronize the Stop and Shop business. We have to communicate to Stop and Shop, through a boycott of its stores, that we do not appreciate the wasting of our tax money for its own busi- ness gains. Please join me in boycotting Stop and Shop. Kathy Marsico Wyckoff July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 15 Franklin Lakes Scribe Club recognized for promoting literacy The Woman’s Club of Franklin Lakes has received a Community Service Award from Project Literacy of Greater Bergen County. The award, announced at Proj- ect Literacy’s 24 th Annual Awards ceremony, was given in recognition of the club’s recent donation and support in combating illiteracy in the community. Co-presidents June Linz and Marilyn Scott were on hand at the ceremony to receive the award. The club has also received a Certificate of Recognition from The Office of the Bergen County Clerk and a Certifi- cate of Commendation from the County of Bergen, both in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in the field of adult literacy. Seniors plan visit to playhouse The Horizons, a 55+ adult complex in Franklin Lakes, will visit the Hunterdon Playhouse on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The bus will depart from The Horizons on Courter Road. The deadline to purchase tickets is Aug. 12. For details, contact Grace at (201) 891 4337. Gallery mounts ‘Summerwind’ exhibit The works of artists Allison Bourhill-Tumser, Gina Cinque, Mary D. Guidetti-McColl, Siegi Lehmann, Carol Margreither-Mainardi, and Carmella Marchitto will be on display at the Gallery at the High Mountain Presbyterian Church now through Aug. 22. The theme of the “Summer- wind” collection is water, wind, and the warm feeling of summer heat. The display includes works in mixed media, oils, pastel, watercolor, etchings, and digital photography. The gallery is located in the High Mountain Presbyte- rian Church at 730 Franklin Lake Road in Franklin Lakes. Hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday from 9 to 2 p.m. Saturday showings are by appointment only. For more information, call (201) 891- 0511 or visit www.HMPC.org. Board of education to meet The Franklin Lakes Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, July 23 at 8 p.m. The meeting will be held in the music room at the Franklin Lakes Middle School at 755 Franklin Avenue. Library hosts children’s programs The Friends of the Franklin Lakes Public Library recently announced two programs for young children, beginning with those who will be entering kindergarten this fall. Tickets are required and must be picked up prior to the program. To register, call (201) 891-2224 or visit www. franklinlakeslibrary.org or visit the library, 470 DeKorte Drive, during regular hours. Children are invited to attend Pirate School on Thurs- day, Aug. 1. At 11 a.m. attendees will set sail with David Engel as pirate Billy Bones and learn to be a boisterous buccaneer. The event will feature magic, original music, and puppetry. On Aug. 13, children entering kindergarten and up are invited to The Dirtmeister: Rock Around the Block at 11 a.m. Attendees will have a wild look at rocks, minerals, fossils, and dirt in this interactive program full of fun. Art, Revolutionary War artifacts on exhibit This month, the Franklin Lakes Public Library is exhib- iting the oil paintings of artist Joseph B. Porus, and Revolu- tionary War artifacts provided by historian Jim Culmone. Porus’ subjects include seascapes and portraits. To view his work online, visit: http://www.absolutearts.com/port- folios/i/porus. Culmone’s collection includes stamps, china, and figu- rines. The library is located at 470 DeKorte Drive. For more information, call (201) 891-2224. Register for summer events The Franklin Lakes Library, located at 470 DeKorte Drive, invites children to register for this summer’s events. Registration may be completed by calling (201) 891-2224 or by visiting the library during regular hours. The Little Rockers Band will be bringing their brand of “Kindie Rock” to the library on Aug. 7 at 2:30 p.m. Chil- dren and parents are invited to this high-energy, interactive concert. Children of all ages are invited to “Travel Down Under” on July 30. “Digeridoo: Down Under” will begin at 3:30 p.m. This program features music, culture, comedy, and reading motivation in a high-energy show. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. On July 23, the library will host a “Pajama Party with Yosi” at 6:45 p.m. Award-winning children’s recording artist Yosi will rock the house with dancing, singing, and a cozy bedtime story. Registration is under way for all of the planned events and may be completed by phone at (201) 891-2224, online at www.franklinlakeslibrary.org, or by visiting the library at 470 DeKorte Drive during regular hours. Meals on Wheels seeks volunteers Franklin Lakes Meals on Wheels is seeking volunteers to assist with delivery of hot and cold meals to shut-ins and elderly residents. Drivers and deliverers of food prepared by Christian Health Care Center are needed. Volunteers are asked to commit to one day a month, Monday through Friday, between 10:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. For more information, contact MOW Volunteer Coordi- nator, Tracey Gerber at (201) 891-9070 or enroll by e-mail at gvenner@optonline.net. Addresses must be clearly marked The Franklin Lakes Police Department reminds bor- ough residents and business owners that they are required to have address numbers that are clearly displayed and vis- ible from the roadway. This public safety measure helps to ensure the borough’s police, fire, and ambulance services can accurately identify buildings, and increase response time in the event of an emergency. Numbers should be posted on or adjacent to the door- way on the side of the building facing the road, or adjacent to the driveway, such as on a mailbox. Church hosts services, Bible discussions The newly formed High Mountain Presbyterian Church (formerly the Presbyterian Church at Franklin Lakes and First Presbyterian Church of North Haledon) invites the community to its worship service on Sundays at 10 a.m. Families are encouraged to bring their children to Faith- works, the children’s education program, which runs simul- taneously during part of the worship service. Child care is provided for very young children. For more information, call the church office at (201) 891-0511. Collection schedule announced Twice-a-week garbage collections and weekly yard waste collections have begun in the Borough of Franklin Lakes and will continue through September. During the months when there are two collection days, if the collection falls on a holiday, garbage will be collected on the next scheduled collection day. There will be no change in the recycling collection schedule. Yard waste will be picked up on Monday for residents with a Tuesday and Friday garbage schedule, and on Tues- day for residents with Monday and Thursday garbage col- lection. Yard waste should be placed at the curb the night before a scheduled pickup. Leaves, dirt, rocks, trees, and tree stumps will not be collected. RBARI partners with storage facility Access Self Storage of Franklin Lakes has become a des- ignated pet supply donation drop-off site for the Ramapo- Bergen Animal Refuge, Inc. RBARI, a no-kill animal shelter based in Oakland, has a current wish list posted at www.rbari.org. Donors who use the Franklin Lakes drop-off site will be eligible to participate in a contest for a free month of storage. Winners will be chosen every other month. Dona- tions may be dropped off at the Franklin Lakes location anytime during normal business hours. Access Self Stor- age is located at 574 Commerce Street. Call (201) 337-0099 for details. Free music downloads available Franklin Lakes Public Library has joined Freegal to offer access to songs from Sony Music’s catalog of legend- ary artists. Freegal will allow the Franklin Lakes Library to increase the size and diversity of its collection by offering access to hundreds of thousands of songs. Under the terms of the agreement, registered cardholders of the Franklin Lakes Public Library may download a select number of Sony Music tracks in the MP3 format each month at no direct cost via www.franklinlakeslibrary.org. The library will underwrite the purchase of the music. For details, contact the library at (201) 891-2224. OEM offers newsletter to residents The Franklin Lakes Office of Emergency Management is offering a newsletter that includes information about the borough’s emergency management plan and Community Emergency Response Team training. Residents are invited to visit www.franklinlakes.org and select “Emergency Ser- vices” and “Office of Emergency Management” to access the newsletter. Recreation department seeks volunteers Volunteers who are age 18 and older are needed by the Franklin Lakes Recreation Department to help out morn- ings and evenings at the center. Duties will include opening and closing the center, checking in members, registering new members, and providing basic information. Volunteers must be CPR and Rutgers certified. Background checks are required. For more information, call the department at (201) 847-8200. Page 16 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • July 24, 2013 Obituaries Ralph Batelli Ralph Batelli of Ramsey, formerly of Paterson, died July 18. He was 87. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He had been employed with the former Inter-City Bus Company in Paterson. He later worked at Ramapo Col- lege and Darlington County Park. He was a life member of the Ramsey Fire Department and past member of the ambulance corps. He is survived by his wife Nancy (Reme) Batelli and his children Ginger Maher, James, and Michael. He is also survived by five grandchildren. He was prede- ceased by his grandson Kevin Maher. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to the Ramsey Fire Department, 25 South Central Avenue, Ramsey, NJ 07446. Renee Louise Dessimone Renee Louise Dessimone of Glen Rock died July 15. She was 23. A 2008 graduate of Glen Rock High School, she earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 2012. She was a parishioner of Saint Catharine R.C. Church in Glen Rock. She was a member of the Glen Rock Shoot- ing Stars, the Wyckoff Torpedos, and TSF Academy. She earned four varsity letters in high school and two in college for soccer. She was an accountant with Saint Clair CPA & Associates in Conshohoken, Pennsylvania. She is survived by her parents Adele (Tonelli) and Dennis Dessimone, her brother Stephen Dessimone, and her grandfathers Alfred Tonelli and Joseph Dessimone. She is also survived by her aunts and uncles Virginia and Spencer Field, Janet and Michael Tremaglio, and James and Mary Lou Tonelli, and seven cousins. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat- Caggiano Funeral Home in Fair Lawn. Memorial donations may be made to the Epilepsy Foundation, 8301 Professional Place, Landover, MD 2078. Ruth Johnson Ruth Johnson, nee O’Rourke, of Franklin Lakes, for- merly of Oakland, died July 11. She was 83. Before retiring in 1993, she was a supervisor for Commercial Housekeep- ing Services of Franklin Lakes. She was a member of the Brownstone Quilters Guild. She is survived by her husband Douglas Johnson of Franklin Lakes and her daughters Linda Johnson of Mahwah and Karen Johnson of Brook- lyn, New York. She is also survived by three grandchil- dren. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Vermeulen Funeral Home in Franklin Lakes. Memorial donations may be made to the Christian Health Care Center, 301 Sicomac Avenue, Wyckoff NJ 07481. Gail Lee Gail Lee, nee Cascino, of Ridgewood died July 14. She was 72. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Penn State University in 1964, and her master’s in counseling from Jersey City State College. She was a school social worker in Oakland and Ho-Ho-Kus. She was a freelance artist for Aviation International News, and had also taught art. She is survived by her daughter Tanya Lee of Ridgewood, four grandchildren, and her brother George Cascino of North Caldwell. She is also survived her companion of Chris Koutsis of Ho-Ho-Kus. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanc- tuary, c/o the Animal Center, P.O. Box 475, Newtown CT 06470. Jean Capuano-Leoncavallo Jean Capuano-Leoncavallo, nee Guidera, of Franklin Lakes, formerly of Fort Lee, died July 12. She was 85. She was a volunteer at Englewood Hospital for 20 years. She is survived by her son Philip Capuano of Mahwah and two grandchildren. She was predeceased by her first hus- band Salvatore Capuano and her second husband Nicholas Leoncavallo. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh- Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Grace Marie Miller Grace Marie Miller of Midland Park died July 9. She was 85. She was a graduate of East Side High School in Paterson. She had worked as a textile worker for the F.G. Montabert Company for 40 years. She is survived by her nephew Scott Richards and his wife Maria and their daugh- ter Miranda. She is also survived by many cousins, nieces, and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to the Midland Park Ambulance Corps. Eleanor Serafini Eleanor Serafini of Glen Rock died July 14. She was 92. She is survived by her children Patricia Blanco of Coral Gables, Florida and Louis Serafini Jr., of Ringwood, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Dr. Louis Serafini. Arrange- ments were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Foundation, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503. Christopher Nicholas Tselepis Christopher Nicholas Tselepis of Haledon, formerly of Wyckoff, died July 17. He was 29. He received his bache- lor’s degree from Pace University and had been employed as a real estate agent with Nicholas Real Estate Agency in Clifton. He was a member of Saint Nicholas Greek Ortho- dox Church in Wyckoff, where he served as an officer of GOYA. He was a member of Sons of Pericles and the Pas- saic County Board of Realtors. He is survived by his parents Nicholas and Angelica (nee Yeatras) Tselepis of Wyckoff, his brother and sister-in-law Dean and Mary Tselepis of New York, New York, and his maternal grandfather Chris S. Yeatras of Winchester, Virginia. He is also survived by his partner John Lanza of Haledon. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to International Orthodox Chris- tian Charities, P.O. Box 17398, Baltimore, MD 21298-9242 or Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge, Inc., 2 Shelter Lane, Oakland, NJ 07436. Robert Wunder Robert Wunder, formerly of Glen Rock, died acciden- tally on May 28 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was 46. He served in the U.S. Army in Special Services Corp of Engineers for four years, and was stationed in Germany and Afghanistan. He is survived by his mother Jean Baker Wunder, his brother Billy, his stepmother Dorothy Porto of Bronxville, New York, his wife Tina Wagner-Wunder, and his sons Dennis and Robin. He was predeceased by his father Ted, his sister Susan Baker Armstrong, and his maternal and paternal grandparents. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Blanche Wright Blanche Wright of Ridgewood died July 8. She was 73. She is survived by her children Icylin, Sylvester, Lyle, Aggrie, and Ainsworth, 13 grandchildren, and 15 great- grandchildren. She is also survived by her siblings Mable, Martha, Viveen, Lileth, Vincent, James, Vita, Joyce, and Iris. Arrangements were made by C.C. VanEmburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Vacation budget (continued from page 6) adult entrée. Understand the fee frenzy. While some airlines let lug- gage on for free, most charge a fee. It may also be more expensive to check a bag at the gate versus paying online before leaving home, so check in online before heading to the airport. Escalating baggage fees are a good incentive to pack light. Rack up points. If a company offers travel reward points, sign up for its program and redeem those points, which may be good for future travel, gift cards, merchan- dise, and more. Stick to the budget. That way, there won’t be a large credit card bill coming after the trip. Those who don’t have the time or money to travel this year can enjoy a “staycation.” Create a small budget and visit some local attractions you rarely take time to visit. Keep in mind that some of the best trips are the least expensive. For additional advice on saving for a vacation or devel- oping a personal financial plan, contact your CPA. To find a CPA, visit findacpa.org, the NJSCPA’s free, online service. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 17 Park Windmill Gospel Hall announces VBS Midland Park Gospel Hall will hold its annual Vaca- tion Bible School Aug. 12 through 16 from 10 a.m. to noon. Admission is free. The program is open to children in kin- dergarten through grade 12. This year’s program, “Athens: Paul’s Dangerous Journey to Share the Truth,” will include singing, a daily Bible message, games and quizzes, crafts, and a snack. The camp will be held at the church located at 61 Prospect Street. Registration forms are available at www.mpvbs. org. For more information, call (201) 661-8453 or e-mail midlandparkvbs@gmail.com. Children invited to summer programs Midland Park Continuing Education invites children to sign up for MPCE’s summer programs. Offerings include: SAT prep classes, CSI Camp, WOW Chemistry, Incredible Polymers, Robotics Blast, crocheting/knitting, junior golf, Design Diva camp, and more. For information, call (201) 444-2030 or visit www.midlandparkschools.k12.nj.us. Lunch aide substitutes needed The Midland Park School District is currently in need of lunch aide substitutes for the 2013-14 school year. Substi- tutes monitor and assist students during the daily two-hour lunch session. The substitutes are contacted in the event an aide is absent. Prospective aides are invited to complete an applica- tion packet, which is available at the office at 250 Prospect Street. For more information, call (201) 444-1400. Animal license renewals due Midland Park residents are reminded that animal licenses must be renewed by July 31. Pet licenses may be renewed in person at borough hall or by mail to Midland Park Borough Hall, 280 Godwin Avenue, Midland Park, NJ 07432. The cost of a license is $10 for dogs and cats, with an additional charge of $3 for each unaltered pet. In addition to the application form, proof of rabies vac- cination and spaying and neutering must be provided. Applications renewed by mail should also include a self- addressed stamped envelope. Application forms may be found at www.midlandparknj.org. Association seeks board members The Midland Park Basketball Association is seeking candidates for the positions of president and secretary. Elections will be held in September. Each prospective can- didate may submit his or her name, telephone number, and e-mail address to mpbasketballassn@gmail.com or call (201) 790-5139 for more information. Vacation post cards sought The Midland Park School District invites elementary school students to send post cards from their vacation des- tinations this summer. The schools will display the cards in September. Post cards may be sent to Highland School, 31 Highland Avenue, Midland Park, NJ 07432 or Godwin School, 42 East Center Street, Midland Park, NJ 07432. Photographers wanted Local residents are invited to submit their photographs featuring the natural beauty of the Garden State to R&S Landscaping’s Fourth Annual Photo Contest. The year’s subject is New Jersey’s gardens. Photographs of all manner of gardens will be accepted, including private backyards, public gardens, and state parks. Now through Aug. 31, individuals may submit photo- graphs for a chance to win the first place prize: a $100 gift certificate to Kodak. The second place winner will receive a pair of gardening books that detail perennial care and garden design. R&S Landscaping of Midland Park sponsors this summer project as an educational opportunity for the entire family. Children and adults can learn about flower or veg- etable gardening, and improve their photography skills in the process. Submissions should include the photographer’s name, town, location of the photo, and a short story behind the pic- ture. Submissions may be sent via e-mail to info@rscape. com. All submissions will be posted on R&S Landscap- ing’s Facebook page, and members of the R&S team will select the best photograph. The winners will be announced in early September, and the winning photographs will be posted on the company’s website, www.rscape.com. For more information, contact R&S Landscaping at (201) 447-6205 or service@rscape.com. Concert series to continue The CrossRoads Concert Series sponsored by the Midland Park Church of God will continue July 26 with Tribu12. The Midland Park band will perform Christian rock at 8 p.m. at the church at 400 Godwin Avenue. For more information, call (201) 445-3814. Free hearing checkup set Total Hearing Care in Midland Park will hold a Spe- cial Hearing Open House at 600 Godwin Avenue, Suite 7 on July 25 and 26. Participants will receive a free hearing checkup and a demonstration of the AMP hearing aid. The demonstration will be presented by a national hearing aid consultant. All are invited. To reserve a spot at the Open House, call the Midland Park office at (973) 939-0028. Press releases for this column may be e-mailed to editorial@villadom.com. Deadline is Wednesday at noon. Special election (continued from page 9) four districts vote in the same location in August because a low turnout is expected. She said while District 5 is tech- nically within the legally permitted radius from the fire- house, it is too big a district to accommodate together with the others during regular elections. District 5 is the largest of the borough’s five voting districts, and parking would be a problem, she said. The general election for Lautenberg’s unexpired term will be held on Oct. 16. District 5 voters will use their regu- lar polling site for that election, Hanna said. Page 18 THE VILLADOM TIMES I & II • July 24, 2013 Young man learns life lessons at the water park Owen (Sam Rockwell) and Duncan (Liam James) in ‘The Way, Way Back.’ by Dennis Seuling “The Way, Way Back,” the directorial debut of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, is the story of withdrawn 14-year- old Duncan (Liam James), who accompanies his recently divorced mother, Pam (Toni Collette), and her boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), to Trent’s summer beach house. Trent and Duncan don’t get along, so the boy is pretty much left to amuse himself. The teen sets out to explore and discovers a water park and one of its employees, Owen (Sam Rock- well), who regards his job and life with all the seriousness of an adolescent. The movie follows Duncan’s summer adventures in and outside the water park, as he becomes smitten with next- door neighbor Susanna (AnnaSophia Robb) and discovers an unpleasant truth about Trent. The script, also by Faxon and Rash, is filled with color- ful characters, humor, and pathos, all blended in a perfect recipe. Coming-of-age movies are abundant, but rarely take that time of life seriously. It is easier to make charac- ters sex-crazed, out-of-control caricatures and go for easy laughs than explore what genuinely makes an adolescent tick. In “The Way, Way Back,” viewers believe these people and never doubt they could exist beyond the movie screen. James is charged with anchoring the movie, eliciting audience empathy, and making viewers believe Duncan. He succeeds. Much of his performance depends on reac- tions to what he observes and expressions revealing his state of mind. There is never a scene in which Duncan’s thoughts are not perfectly clear. Because he is a kid living with his mom, Trent, and Trent’s friends, he says little, yet feels a lot. When he starts hanging out at the water park, he gradually loosens up and begins to have fun. James handles this transformation in a way that makes the viewer want to cheer. Rockwell has been so good in so many films in charac- ter roles, and this is his best movie role in some time. Owen is funny, forthright, and, in many ways, irresponsible. But he also has heart and connects with Duncan’s inner pain. Rockwell, in flip flops, unshaven, and looking as if he par- tied too much the night before, gives a terrific performance that enlivens the movie considerably, lightening what could have been a terribly sad story. Collette, whose character is torn between the security she sees in marrying Trent and devotion to her son, is also exceptional. She frequently casts uneasy glances in Dun- can’s direction and stares at nothing in particular as she silently absorbs unsettling realizations and tries to rational- ize them. Pam is doing what she feels is best, so viewers never feel she is negligent or dismissive of Duncan, just perhaps a bit blind to his pain. As an added treat, Allison Janney is on hand as Trent’s daiquiri-swigging sister, Betty, a woman who speaks her mind, is incapable of artifice, enjoys a good time, and is not above criticizing her son, Peter (River Alexander), about being cross-eyed. Janney has made a trademark of a rapid dialogue peppered with zingers. This script gives her plenty to work with, and her Betty also contributes lighter moments to the film. Other notable performances are turned in by Maya Rudolph as Owen’s co-worker, Caitlin, Amanda Peet as casual friend Joan, and co-writer/director Jim Rash as sad- sack water park employee Lewis. It is especially gratifying that “The Way, Way Back” is in theaters at this time of the year, since it is the kind of film -- intelligent, character-driven, and free of explosions -- that usually is reserved for fall release. It is an outstand- ing alternative to the noisy, big-budget, often empty-headed flicks that will be holding local multiplexes hostage until September. Rated PG-13, “The Way, Way Back” is one of the best movies this reviewer has seen thus far this year. It is modest in its trappings -- no exotic locations, mega-stars, or spe- cial effects -- yet delivers a solid story with uniformly fine performances and thoughtful direction. It is THE movie to see this summer. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 19 Real-world fears encroach on adolescence by Dennis Seuling “Ginger & Rosa” (Lionsgate) is the story of two inseparable 17-year-old girls who ditch school together, discuss religion, politics, and hairstyles with equal fervor, and dream of lives more promising than their mothers’ frustrated domesticity. The time is 1962, and the girls have begun to take independent paths. Rosa (Alice Englert), who was raised by an inattentive mother, is troubled and shunned by other kids and their parents. She smokes cigarettes, longs to find love, and is nearly oblivious to the mounting tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, believing it is all in God’s hands. Ginger (Elle Fanning) is far more seri- ous. She writes poetry and is concerned about nuclear war. There is considerable tension between this girl and her mom (Christina Hendricks) and intellectual, atheist father (Alessandro Nivola), who was a conscientious objector during World War II. Timothy Spall, Oliver Platt, and Annette Bening deliver excellent supporting per- formances as Ginger’s gay godparents and their friend Bella. Director Sally Potter re- creates the era convincingly. Those who are old enough to remember the fears of the Cuban missile crisis will find the film captures that tension and uncertainty of that time. “Ginger & Rosa” is an atypical coming- of-age movie given an interesting spin by its time frame and depiction of a traditional type of family life that could simultane- ously offer security and restlessness. DVD extras include deleted scenes, cast inter- views, audio commentary with Potter, and two making-of featurettes. “Detention of the Dead” (Anchor Bay) focuses on a group of high school kids sentenced to after-school detention. When the school is attacked by flesh-eating zom- bies, the six trapped students -- lovesick nerd Eddie (Jacob Zachar), “goth” chick Willow (Alexa Nikolas), stuck-up cheer- leader Janet (Christa B. Allen), her bully boyfriend Brad (Jayson Blair), stoner Ash (Justin Chon), and dumb jock Jimmy (Max Adler) -- must battle hordes of the hungry undead. Though the characters are glar- ingly stereotypical, they are also zombie- knowledgeable. Because they have seen the zombie flicks and learned what works and what doesn’t, they feel reasonably equipped to confront the attackers. Combining some grisly images with frequent touches of dark humor, the picture plays like an apocalyp- tic “Breakfast Club,” with teenage angst trumping imminent annihilation. Spe- cial features on this DVD release include writer/director audio commentary and a making-of featurette. “Hollywood Canteen” (Warner Archive) Elle Fanning (left) and Alice Englert portray close friends whose paths diverge in ‘Ginger & Rosa.’ is based on an actual USO-sponsored club established during World War II by Bette Davis and John Garfield for servicemen only. Stars waited on tables, washed dishes, and mingled with the GI’s, maybe offering a dance or two. This musical is a star-stud- ded fictionalized tribute to this undertak- ing. The plot is thin, but star power more than makes up for it. Slim (Robert Hutton) is a fresh-faced GI on a three-day leave. When he hears about the canteen, his only (continued on Crossword page) Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • July 24, 2013 DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) wish is to meet Joan Leslie. Joan isn’t on duty, but Davis and Garfield conspire to arrange a meeting. The cast includes nearly every actor under contract to Warner Bros. at the time, as well as others, including Joan Crawford, The Andrews Sisters, Dennis Morgan, Kitty Carlisle, Joan McCracken, Roy Rogers and Trigger, Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Jane Wyman, Joe E. Brown, Jack Carson, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Band. Highlights include “Don’t Fence Me In” performed by Roy Rogers, “Ballet in Jive” danced by McCracken, and “Gettin’ Corns for My Coun- try” sung by The Andrews Sisters. Apart from offering ample entertainment, the movie reflects the intense patri- otic feeling of Hollywood during World War II. “Starbuck” (Entertainment One) is a comedy about 42-year-old David Wozniak (Patrick Huard), a lovable but perpetual screw-up, who finally decides to take control of his life when he learns some incredible news. Having been a habitual sperm donor in his youth, he discovers that he is the biological father of 533 children, 142 of whom are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true identity of the prolific donor, code-named Starbuck. As he sets out to discover the identity of his offspring, he discovers some surprising aspects of himself. Huard is both goofy and genial as the baffled father and balances comedy, pathos, and sentimentality as adeptly as a tightrope walker. The film is manipulative but fascinating, and Huard is engag- ing. Bonuses on this DVD release include interviews with Huard and director Ken Scott, deleted scenes, bloopers, and music video. “New World” (Well Go USA) is a Korean gangster film with plenty of twists and turns and a healthy helping of unrated-style violence. The head of the Goldmoon crime syndicate is dead, leaving his two lieutenants to vie for the top job. Seizing the opportunity, the police launch an operation called “New World.” The boss’ right-hand man, Ja-sung, has been an undercover operative for eight years, under surveillance by Police Chief Kang. With a baby on the way and in mortal fear of being exposed as a mole, Ja- sung is torn between his duty and honor as a cop and the fiercely loyal gang members who will have his back. Using inside information from Ja-sung to damage the relation- ship between the two feuding contenders, the police fuel suspicions that a traitor lives in the gang’s ranks. Ruthless Jung escalates the game by hiring hackers to search the police database. “New World” borrows elements from many American gangster movies: sharply dressed thugs, elaborate funer- als, endless stakeouts, cryptic meetings with informants, and shootouts. The film is shot with style by Park Hoon- Jung and features some good action sequences. Ultimately, however, the gangsters are depicted as pretty stupid, raising doubts as to their ability to survive on those mean streets. The Blu-ray release is in Korean, with English subtitles. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 21 �������������������������� HELP WANTED REAL ESTATE SALES FRANKLIN LAKES Get your license in 2.5 weeks. Start earning money with the busy & bustling Franklin Lakes Weichert Office offering the best training & support in the industry. Call Tamar Joffe, Manager at 201-891-6900 WEICHERT, REALTORS Hairdresser - Busy shop, Allendale area. 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This free event, spon- sored by the Paramus Whole Foods Market, will begins at 8:30 a.m. RSVP by Aug. 2 to the Paramus Chamber at www.paramus- chamber.com or (201) 261-3344. Library hosts movie nights The Wyckoff Public Library hosts Summer Nights Movies on Thursday eve- nings. The free films are shown in the Shot- meyer Room at 7 p.m. Popcorn is provided. The library is located at 200 Woodland Avenue. A screening of “Bringing Up Baby” (1938) is set for July 25. While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty heiress and her pet leopard, “Baby.” This film, directed by Howard Hawks, stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. On Aug. 8, the movie presentation will be “The Hunger Games” (2012). The first installment of a trilogy, this science fiction film is the story of the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem, which hosts an annual event in which one boy and one girl age are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle to the death. The film is rated PG and stars Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcher- son. The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) will be the feature presentation on Aug. 22. Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a selkie: a seal that can turn into a human. A few years earlier, her baby brother washed out to sea in his cradle and was presumed lost. Yet Fiona starts to believe he may have survived and is being cared for by someone on the abandoned isle of Roan Inish. This film stars Jeni Courtney, Pat Slowey, and Mick Lally and is rated PG. For details, call (201) 891-4866. Library offers programs for teens The Wyckoff Public Library has announced summer programs for teens. Registration is required and may be com- pleted at the library located at 200 Wood- land Avenue. Programs are open to students in grade six and up and are held in the James Monroe Room. On July 23, Rosemarie Crabtree will offer a watercolor seminar from 4 to 6 p.m. The library will hold a teen gaming tournament on Tuesday, July 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. On Aug. 1, “Get Me Re-Write, Five” will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. On Aug. 8, students are invited to learn the art of origami. This program will run from 4 to 6 p.m. New traffic pattern announced Wyckoff’s recreation roadway and parking lot on Woodland Avenue between Demarest Avenue and the Wyckoff Public Library will be designated a one way Monday through Friday from 8 to 8:45 a.m. and noon to 12:45 p.m. through Aug. 2. Traffic will flow from Demarest Avenue near the tennis courts toward the library. Residents who wish to visit the recreation Jersey strong The entire Wyckoff YMCA Camp Wydaca came together to show their love for New Jersey. The camp theme this summer is Jersey Strong All Summer Long! office or the recreational facilities during these times will be required to enter via Demarest Avenue. Monday at the Movies slated The Wyckoff Public Library, located at 200 Woodland Avenue, presents free screenings of movies on Mondays at 2 p.m. On July 29, the feature presentation will be “The Bucket List” (2007). Jack Nich- olson and Morgan Freeman portray two terminally ill men with seemingly little in common who escape from a cancer ward and head off on a wild road trip with a wish list of to-do’s before they die. The movie is 97 minutes long. Folk Rock Shabbat service set Temple Beth Rishon will host its semi- annual participatory folk-rock musical ser- vice, Shabbat Tzavta (Together), on Friday, July 26 at 8 p.m. The musical service will include selections from contemporary and classical repertoires and folk rock melodies. The service will feature liturgical selections written by Sol Zim, Jeff Klepper, Shlomo Carlebach, Debbie Friedman, Craig Taub- man, Leonard Cohen, Rick Recht, Noah Aronson, and Max Janowski, and tradi- tional motifs (nusach), Israeli melodies, and synagogue melodies from Argentina. This musical participatory service will be led by Cantor Ilan Mamber with Irwin Tessler and Mark Kantrowitz on guitars, Cantor Mamber on guitar and harp, Josh Leifer on bass guitar, Len Stern on trumpet, Jasmine Barash on clarinet, Jacob Nieder- man on saxophone, and Jimmy Cohen on Percussion. A dessert and coffee reception will follow. For further information, contact the temple office at (201)891-4466 or visit bethrishon.org. Seniors plan events The Wyckoff Seniors meet at 11:15 a.m. on Tuesdays at the Larkin House at 380 Godwin Avenue. The group has planned several events for the coming months. The seniors will visit Doolan’s in Spring Lake for lunch and show on July 23. The cost for non-members is $44. On Aug. 20, the group will hold its annual picnic at the Larkin House. A trip to the Westchester Theater to see “Kiss Me Kate” is set for Sept. 19. The cost for Wyckoff seniors who are not members of the club is $57. For more information, call Lorraine at (201) 891-2344 Residents sought for focus group The Wyckoff Public Library is seeking residents ages 45 to 65 to participate in a one- to two-hour focus group about the Wyckoff Public Library. The group will meet at the library, 200 Woodland Avenue, at 7 p.m. on July 25. Library nonusers are especially needed. Snacks and a modest financial incentive will be provided. To sign up, con- tact Mary Witherell at witherell@bccls.org or (201) 891-0656. Summer Reading Club begins Wyckoff children are invited to join the Wyckoff Library’s summer reading club “Dig into Reading.” Sign up in the Rizzo Children’s Library. Club participants may win prizes and attend special programs fea- turing music, ventriloquism, art workshops, origami, theater, food, games, crafts, Diger- idoo, Bubblemania, and more. For a full calendar of events, visit wyck- offlibrary.org or call (201) 891-4866. The library is located at 200 Woodland Avenue. Wyckoff Meals on Wheels delivers Wyckoff Meals on Wheels delivers meals five days a week to residents who are unable to shop or cook for themselves, regardless of age. The meals, prepared by the Chris- tian Health Care Center, are delivered by volunteers. Special diets and a sliding scale for payments can be accommodated. For more information, contact Alma Mater at (201) 891-4840. PIPs seek volunteers The Wyckoff Partners in Pride organi- zation is seeking volunteers to assist with watering planted garden tubs and pocket gardens in Wyckoff this summer. This non-profit civic association is dedicated to beautifying the township. To volunteer, contact Jill Rousseau at (201) 891-4231 or Jbuddr1@aol.com. Press releases for this column may be e- mailed to editorial@villadom.com. Dead- line is Wednesday at noon. Page 24 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • July 24, 2013