May 15, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 15 Wyckoff Wanderings ReAct Club hosts Car Wash The students from the ReAct Club at Eisenhower Middle School will host a Car Wash fundraiser on Saturday, May 18. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at 344 Calvin Court, Wyckoff. Mast to discuss native garden plants Nature and garden enthusiast Paul Mast will discuss the importance of incorporating native plants in the garden with the Wyckoff Area Garden Club on Wednesday, May 15. This 7 p.m. program will be held at the Wyckoff Public Library at 200 Woodland Avenue. Mast will present examples of plants and discuss their salient features throughout the seasons. All are welcome. For more information, call (201) 723-1065 or visit www. wyckoffgc.org Wyckoff Police Detective Sergeant Michael Musto shows the multiple containers of unwanted medications that were collected during Operation Take Back. The collection in Wyckoff, which Musto coordinates, drew 181 people who dropped off 417 pounds of drugs. In Bergen County, 36 participating agencies collected a total of 3,046 pounds of drugs for destruction. Wyckoff Chief of Police Benjamin C. Fox congratulated Musto on his efforts, which resulted in Wyckoff turning in the largest amount collected by Bergen County towns. The program runs twice each year. (Photo courtesy of Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox.) Successful effort Register for sports programs Registration for Wyckoff Recreation’s flag football, football, cheerleading, and summer sports camp programs will be held May 18 from 9 to 11 a.m. and May 21 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Eisenhower School cafeteria. The school is located at 344 Calvin Court. There will also be an opportunity to sign up for the remaining spaces in this year’s summer programs for boys and girls. Those programs include baseball, basketball, tennis, volleyball, soccer clinics, roller hockey, kickball, and a cheerleading clinic. Registration materials will also be available for Bergen’s Best Soccer Camp, the Wyckoff YMCA football and basketball camps, the North Jersey Lacrosse Camp, and a multi-sport camp for children ages three through 14. Camps will be held in Wyckoff. The Flag Football program is open to Wyckoff residents who will be entering kindergarten through grade two in September 2013. Each grade level will practice separately. The program will run on Saturday afternoons at Community Park from mid-late September through early-mid November. Children are permitted to play K-2 flag football and soccer at the same time; the times will not conflict. Parents interested in coaching are welcome. The junior football program is open to Wyckoff children who will be entering grades three through eight in the fall. Two identical wallet-size pictures are required at the time of registration. Registrants, even those who participated Annual event Wyckoff hosted an Arbor Day Celebration that included a planting at the new Russell Farms Community Park. last year, must also bring a copy of their birth certificate. The fee for this program is $185. Girls who will be entering grades five through eight are invited to participate in football cheerleading. Practices will begin in August and the season will run through midNovember. The fee for this program is $80. Program flyers are available at www.wyckoff-nj.com. For more information, call the recreation office at (201) 891-3350. Chamber sponsors Photo Contest The Wyckoff Chamber of Commerce invites residents to submit photos of the township to the “Warming Thoughts of Wyckoff” photo contest. The Chamber will award gift certificates to the top three photos in the following categories: age 14 years and under; and age 15 to adult. To enter, e-mail a photo to photos@wyckoffchamber. com. Be sure to include name, address, telephone number, and age. Some entries will be selected to publication in the Wyckoff Chamber of Commerce Directory. Entries must be submitted by May 15.