Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • September 11, 2013 Plan denounced as part of international conspiracy by John Koster Wyckoff’s emphasis on “Nifty Fifty” recycling and sus- tainability was once again criticized by long-time township resident and Tea Party activist Sue Winton. Winton, a regular at Wyckoff Township Committee meetings, said the township committee members did not realize that environmentalism was being used to lower America’s standard of living. “I’m concerned because you bought into this,” Winton said. “Your notions and intentions may be honorable, but theirs are not.” Winton read and presented a detailed statement she said was from the Republican National Committee describing the emphasis on the environment as stemming from United Nations Agenda 21, initiated at the United Nations Confer- ence on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992. Winton’s printed report said the emphasis on “sustain- able development” views the American way of life of pri- vate property ownership, single-family homes, private car ownership, individual travel choices, and privately owned farms as destructive to the environment. The report said that social justice was described as the right and oppor- tunity of all people to benefit equally from the resources afforded them by society and the environment and that this would be established by socialist/communist redistribution of wealth. The United Nations plan, she said, was being advanced by groups such as Smart Growth, Wildlands Project, Resil- ient Cities, Regional Visioning Projects, and other “green” or “alternative” projects. She urged Wyckoff to reject any grant monies attached to those policies. Brazil, where the conference took place, has been cited for widespread destruction of rain forests to promote cattle ranching and cash-crop agriculture. In recent years, Wyckoff has used state and county funds to help acquire park lands in concert with outright donations from several affluent residents, notably the late Warner Brackett who gave the Gardens of Wyckoff to the township. Historically, the founder of the National Park System, Abraham Lincoln, and the most active proponent, Theo- dore Roosevelt, were both Republicans and wildlife pres- ervation was supported by Congressman John F. Lacey, a Stand-Pat (conservative) Republican far to the right of Theodore Roosevelt. The members of the township committee thanked Winton for her report but made no further comment. Wyckoff actively promotes recycling with commingled pickup and last year declined to pick up grass clippings, urging that the clippings be composted or left in place as natural mulch. The township also distributed sample energy-efficient light bulbs at Wyckoff Town Hall earlier this year. Club announces Membership Coffee The Woman’s Club of Wyckoff will host a Membership Coffee on Monday, Oct. 14. The event will be held at 11 a.m. at the clubhouse at 176 Wyckoff Avenue (next door to the firehouse). Women who are residents of Wyckoff and nearby towns are welcome to attend this informal event. Organized in 1921 and federated in 1922 as a member of The New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs, the club continues its long tradition of volunteerism, charity, intellectual, and educational enrichment in association with NJSFWC. Library hosts Monday at the Movies The Wyckoff Public Library, located at 200 Woodland Avenue, presents free screenings of movies on Mondays at 2 p.m. in the Shotmeyer Room. A screening of “Despicable Me ” (2010) will be held Sept. 16. This animated film includes the voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, and Russell Brand. When a criminal mastermind callously uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for his grand scheme, he finds that their love profoundly changes him for the better. The movie is rated PG and is 95 minutes.