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Box 96, Midland Park, NJ 07432-0096 of Hawthorne Total Window & Wall Fashions 7 Page 2 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 Villadom Happenings High school freshmen invited to Boot Camp Join Reza Farahani of Grade Power in Allendale, head of guidance at Northern Highlands Regional High School Kelly Peterfriend, and Dr. Joseph Labriola of Ramsey on Aug. 20 as they present Freshman Boot Camp. This pro- gram on surviving freshman year in high school will be held at 6:45 p.m. at the Lee Memorial Library located at 500 West Crescent Avenue in Allendale. Students will learn how to minimize the stress of begin- ning high school, gain information about coping in this new environment, and pick up tips on study skills. The program is open to all area students. Refreshments will be served. To register, call the library at (201) 327-4338. Hopper-Goetschius House Museum hosts Summer Sundays The Hopper-Goetschius House Museum will hold sev- eral special events during its summer openings on Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. There will be museum tours, a demonstra- tion by a blacksmith every Sunday, and other varied activi- ties. On Aug. 11, children are invited to participate in Vic- torian games and crafts. Visitors will have an opportunity to see how children entertained themselves over 100 years ago. Participants will be able to spin a hoop or play jacks, make a sachet or a calling card, and try walking on stilts. On Aug. 18, visit the schoolroom for storytime as the school master reads a tale of old. The blacksmith will also be available for a chat in her shop. Danielle Tantillo will discuss the Lenape Indians and present her new display in the Ramsey-Sayre house on Aug. 25. The Hopper-Goetschius House Museum is located at 363 East Saddle River Road on the corner of Lake Street in Upper Saddle River. For more information, visit www. usrhistoricalsociety.org. RBARI to celebrate anniversary The Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge, Inc. will celebrate its 35 th Anniversary on Sept. 21. A full day of festivities will be held at 2 Shelter Drive in Oakland in honor of RBARI’s long history of saving lives and finding forever homes for thousands of companion animals. The celebration will fea- ture training demonstrations, exhibits, shelter tours, food, music, and more. Admission is free, and dogs on a leash are welcome. (Rain date: Sept. 22.) RBARI will host a sale at the Copper Tree Mall, 350 Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202) in Oakland, on Friday, Aug. 16 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The sale will offer a wide range of beauti- ful gifts and household items, some of which are animal related. All proceeds from the sale will directly benefit the animals at RBARI. For details about these events, visit www.rbari.org. Chamber hosts annual Golf Outing The Mahwah Regional Chamber of Commerce will host its 22 nd Annual Golf & Tennis Outing and Dinner fund- raiser at the Tuxedo Club in Tuxedo, New York starting at 9 a.m. on Sept. 9. Individuals and business professionals are welcome to attend the day’s events by playing golf or tennis, or sign- ing up for a golf or tennis clinic. Breakfast, lunch, cocktail hour, and dinner are included in this full-day program. All attendees will have the opportunity to win gift baskets and other prizes. Individuals may register for the cocktail party and dinner only, participate as a golf sponsor, donate prizes, or advertise and be recognized in this year’s golf journal. This event offers a range of six sponsorship packages ensuring affordable options for businesses both large and small. During this event, Laura Lassman will be honored as the Mahwah Chamber Humanitarian of the Year for 2013. Lassman is president and founder of Play for P.I.N.K ® , which stands for prevention, immediate diagnosis, new technology, and knowledge. A minimum of 25 percent of the MRCC’s net proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit this not-for-profit organization, which donates 100 percent of funds raised to The Breast Cancer Research Founda- tion ® , their sole beneficiary since 1996. The USGA lists The Tuxedo Club as one of the first 100 Juniors assist seniors Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff has numerous volunteers who donate their time to help patients on a daily basis, such as junior volunteer Dan Youssef, who is pictured here with Heritage Manor Nursing Home resident Henrietta VanBeuzekom. This summer, CHCC has more than 40 registered junior volunteers ages 13 to 17. This junior-volunteer program has been around for more than 20 years. CHCC Volunteer Coordinator Dot Faasse commented that the junior volunteer allows teens to provide community service for which they can receive school credit or recognition at their houses of worship. Youssef, Allie Steiginga, Ryan Lane,, and Cheyeen Quijano all help Heritage Manor residents with art projects. These volunteers each helped residents make a colorful tulip vase out of clay. clubs in the U.S. Founded in 1885, the club is a champion- ship course with demanding par four holes from the back tees, short par five, and challenging par three holes. Golfers will have the opportunity to win a car on all four par threes. Hole-in-one sponsors include: Liberty Hyundai, Cadillac of Mahwah, Ramsey Auto Group - Nissan, and Prestige Lexus. For more information about golf, tennis, sponsorships, pricing, how to contribute prizes, and how to advertise in the MRCC golf journal, visit www.mahwah.com/golf. Infant & Child Safety program offered The Valley Hospital Center for Family Education will present “Baby ER/Infant and Child Safety” on Aug. 28 in the Dorothy B. Kraft Center at 15 Essex Road in Paramus. The program will be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. During the first hour, a pediatrician will discuss infor- mation on emergency care, including first aid, sickness, allergies, and more. The second portion of the program will cover potential hazards to infants and children, car seat safety, poison prevention, childproofing a home, and fur- niture/toy safety. This one-session class does not include CPR. Registration is required. Child care providers are wel- come. The fee is $50 per couple. To register online, visit www.ValleyHealth.com/FamilyEducation. For more infor- mation, call (201) 291-6151. Bergen Youth Orchestras hold auditions The Bergen Youth Orchestras, one of the leading youth orchestra programs in the greater New York area, will hold auditions in August and September as it prepares for its 2013-14 season. The BYO wants to add a variety of young musicians – from brass to string players -- for its three performance groups: Concert Strings, Philharmonia, and the Advanced Symphony. The brass section will be featured during the BYO concerts this season, which is the organization’s 45 th . The symphony’s first concert will include pieces by Ravel, Shostakovich, and Haydn. (continued on page 38) August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 3 Ridgewood Village seen as planning ouster of its manager by John Koster The Ridgewood Council is expected to vote 3-2 to oust Village Manager Kenneth Gabbert as the culmination of a previously failed attempt to remove him from office. A July 30 closed session where all council members were pledged to silence produced no hard decision that could be revealed to the press and public. But Mayor Paul Aronsohn, Deputy Mayor Albert Puc- ciarelli, and Council Member Gwenn Hauck ran as a slate whose principal campaign issue was that former Mayor Keith Killion and the previous council had been wrong in granting Gabbert a 12 percent increase in salary. Aronsohn, then a council member, had been the only council member to vote against the raise. Opponents of the salary increase pointed out that Gabbert’s administration had laid of 34 municipal employees for financial reasons due to economic hardship. Kil- lion defended the $20,000 increase, which brought Gabbert’s salary to $185,000 because Gabbert had been able to save Ridgewood a far greater amount than his raise due to negotiations with employee unions. Otherwise a popular mayor, Killion, a Vietnam veteran and former Ridgewood Victory! Ridgewood’s Graydon Swim Team recently won a highly competitive meet against Wyckoff to extend its record to 3-0. Ten- year-old Morgan Hoffman helped set the tone early as she won the girls’ 25- yard freestyle with a time of 16.09. Twelve-year- old Jacqueline Grayson took first place in the 50-yard breast stroke competing against 15-17-year-olds.The boys’ nine and ten year old freestyle relay team, comprised of Cole Hamon, Jason Clark, Charles Klein, and Luke Wong, helped secure the win with a come from behind victory. Hamon is pic- tured celebrating the win. The team will now meet Radburn and participate in the Lake League Championships. police captain, lost his council seat to Hauck by eight votes. The two surviving members of the council who voted in favor of Gabbert’s raise -- Thomas Riche and Bernadette Walsh -- do not have the votes to thwart Gabbert’s ouster, which has been predicted at the public session of Aug. 14. Because of his contract with Ridgewood, Gabbert can be dismissed without a stated cause with a simple three-vote majority and three months of severance pay. Gabbert declined to comment. “We wanted everyone to know what was happening in the interests of transparency,” Mayor Aronsohn told reporters after last week’s meeting. He said the details would be made public at the Aug. 14 session. Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • August 7, 2013 Glen Rock Accident claims life A Hoboken-bound NJ Transit Bergen Line train struck a Fair Lawn man on the tracks just south of Harristown Road in Glen Rock at approximately 7 a.m. on Aug. 1. Responding to the scene were the Glen Rock Police Department, Fair Lawn Police Department, Fair Lawn EMS, paramedics from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, Bergen County PD, Bergen County Medi- cal Examiner’s office and NJ Transit PD. (Photos courtesy of Boyd A. Loving.) August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 5 Glen Rock Pepe named assistant principal at middle school by John Koster Brian Pepe, a Glen Rock resident, has been named assistant principal of the Glen Rock Middle School -- and is already at work preparing for the autumn term. The Glen Rock Board of Education announced Pepe’s appointment last month. He succeeded Brian Hutchinson, who had served as assistant principal since 2008. “Mr. Pepe surfaced as the top candidate in our search for a middle school assistant principal,” said Superinten- dent of Schools Dr. Paula Valenti. She added that he brings a well-rounded career experience to the Glen Rock Middle School, which currently serves 576 students in grades six through eight. Pepe grew up in Oradell and attended that district’s public schools. He attended Monmouth College on a four- year golf scholarship, and graduated with a degree in ele- mentary education and special education. He completed a master’s degree in educational leadership at Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2009 while he was teaching at Hackensack High School. He holds New Jersey certifi- cates as a principal and as a supervisor. Before he was hired in Glen Rock, Pepe had been employed by the Hackensack School District since 2005. Brian Pepe In Hackensack, he first served as a special education teacher for social studies and mathematics in the middle school. He moved to Hackensack High School in 2010 as a special education teacher for U.S. history, language learning, and behavioral disabilities. He was also the lead teacher for iPad and technology. Beginning in 2011, Pepe also served as special education supervisor/coordinator for Hackensack Academy for Student Success, an alternative high school. He has served as varsity golf coach for Ramapo High School and head coach for the freshman boys’ basketball team at his alma mater, River Dell High School. He and his wife Kelly have two children. “I’m delighted to be working in Glen Rock,” Pepe said last week. Meet & Greet planned The Glen Rock Middle School will host a Lemonade Social on Wednesday, Aug. 14 to introduce Pepe to stu- dents and parents. All middle school families are invited to join Superintendent Valenti and Principal Edward Thomp- son as they welcome Pepe to the district. The event will be held in the Glen Rock Middle School/High School Media Center from 12 to 2 p.m. The school is located at 600 Har- ristown Road in Glen Rock. Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • August 7, 2013 Business Conboy becomes director of Community Meals noted that Lauer has been an important member of the administration team for the last year, and thanked her for her many con- tributions. To learn more about Community Meals, Inc., call (201) 447-8295, or e-mail communitymeals@verizon.net. Details about CMI’s non-profit “meals on wheels” organization is available online: Visit www.communitymealsonwheels.org. Kenneth Farrell promoted Rebecca Conboy and Stacey Gilmartin On Aug. 1, Community Meals, Inc. wel- comed Rebecca Conboy as executive direc- tor of the Meals on Wheels team. Conboy will play a key role in the coordination of CMI’s services, community outreach, and client relations. She brings with her many years of experience in the health care com- munity, both as a professional and as a vol- unteer. Conboy is a Ridgewood resident and has been a volunteer with Meals on Wheels and other community-based organizations for many years. She is a trained hospice worker and has a professional background in corporate com- munications. CMI also announced that Stacey Gilmar- tin, the previous executive director, will be leaving the organization. Gilmartin has dedicated her time and energy to the man- agement of Community Meals’ services for the past seven years. Those within the organization thanked Gilmartin for her service, professionalism, and compassion, and wished her the best of luck in the next chapter of her career. Jaqueline Lauer, CMI’s assistant direc- tor, is also leaving the organization. CMI Glen Rock resident Kenneth Farrell has been appointed vice president of credit administration at the Lakeland Bank in Oak Ridge. Farrell has more than 20 years of banking experience, most recently with CIT Bank in Livingston as a senior credit underwriter. Prior to that, he was with First Franchise Capital (formerly Irwin Franchise Capital) as the portfolio and risk manager. His career began at Mid- lantic Bank in 1992. Farrell holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Seton Hall University in South Orange. Lakeland Bancorp, the holding com- pany for Lakeland Bank, has $3.3 billion in total assets with 52 offices spanning eight northern New Jersey counties: Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic, Somer- set, Sussex, Union, and Warren. Lake- land Bank, headquartered in Oak Ridge, offers an extensive array of consumer and commercial products and services, including online and mobile banking, localized commercial lending teams, an expanded residential mortgage lend- Kenneth Farrell ing platform and 24-hour-or-less turn- around on consumer loan applications. For more information about the full line of products and services, visit Lake- landBank.com. August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 7 Glen Rock Japanese visitors encounter pizza, sushi, and love by John Koster “In this town there is nothing but love,” said Kristen Stewart O’Brien. “You think that after 21 years it would fade -- wear off, but it doesn’t. This room and its people are just about love.” O’Brien was speaking about the Glen Rock Annex, which was filled to capacity with borough families and the Japanese students and officials from Onomachi they had volunteered to host. Everyone gathered for a feast of Miki Watanabe, Hiroyoshi Yoshida, and Miki Suzuki with Mayor John van Keuren. Sena Iwatsuki and Chisa Hirokawa enjoy pizza and sushi at the Glen Rock Annex. pizza, sushi, and cookies. “The houses are colorful and looked like the houses from a fairy tale book,” said Sena Iwatsuki, 14, of her first impression of Glen Rock after the bus drive from the air- port, where the visitors were held up in Customs. “Glen Rock is very pretty with an abundance of green trees and pretty houses among them in an orderly way,” said her friend Chisa Hirakawa, speaking in Japanese. Ryuya Yoshida said he was happy and uplifted to see America, “...but it is strange that the cars drive on the left side with a left wheel. When I saw a yellow taxi, which I hadn’t seen in Japan, but had seen in American movies, I felt delighted to see yellow taxis in America with my own eyes.” “I was thrilled to see the cheerful, delightful people of Glen Rock,” said his buddy, Yuga Aida. “They were all so nice.” Three Onomachi adults -- board of education official Hiroyoshi Yoshida, local official Miki Watanabe, and Eng- lish teacher Miki Suzuki -- came along as chaperones. The three adults and the 15 middle school students were all (continued on page 33) Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • August 7, 2013 Ridgewood Meeting format takes protesters by surprise by John Koster Ridgewood residents who attended a village-sponsored information session on July 31 were surprised by the format they discovered when they walked into the court- room last week and found many tables, but no chairs. The management of Public Service Electric & Gas, now in the delayed process of installing 65-foot utility poles through Ridgewood between Glen Rock and Para- mus, had arranged a number of tables where individuals or small groups of people could speak to engineers and other experts about what the utility company says is the need for taller, stronger poles and more powerful current. Bill Labos, an engineer at one of the tables, displayed a segment of the new cable being installed high on the 65- foot poles. He said that the poles are designated Class 1, or top grade, and that they penetrate 10 feet into the ground -- twice as deep as the older 50-foot poles they will even- tually replace. The cables, Labos said, are designed to be so strong that they will hold up a shredded pole in case of wind damage or collision preventing wholesale power outages like those that took place in 2011 and 2012. The installation of the 65-foot poles along a line of march from Glen Rock through Ridgewood and into Para- mus, where the lines will join a substation, was denounced as dangerous at a council session. Residents of Hope Street, in particular, asked why they had not been notified in advance when the towering poles started to appear. Ridgewood Council members said they had not been forewarned of the exact nature of the project when they approved the related street-opening permits. Work within Ridgewood has now stopped until further clarification can be obtained at the Aug. 7 work session of the Ridgewood Village Council. Mayor Paul Aronsohn asked the utility company to provide information as to why advice notification was inadequate and to provide evidence that the new poles and Left: Bill Labos showed how sturdy the new 69,500 volt cable is with a one-foot sample.Right: Ashton Murray and Jane Wang came out to urge a fair minimum wage for all American workers. power cables are safe. Last week’s free-form information session also attracted Ashton Murray and Jane Wang, organizers for the Service Employees International Union, who said that part-time security personnel hired by the utility are not paid adequately. In Glen Rock, where PSE&G resumed installation of poles after they were balked in Ridgewood, there has been no concerted opposition and work crews say most resi- dents simply accept the poles as an improvement. Large sections of both Glen Rock and Ridgewood suf- fered power outages of five to seven days in the aftermath of both the Oct. 29 snowstorm of 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when fallen trees and large limbs snapped power lines in dozens of places. The new 65-foot poles completed feature power lines visibly higher than most -- though not all -- of the neighborhood trees. The only suggested alternative -- power lines under the streets -- would have been more aesthetically pleasing, but would have cost an estimated $1 million per street mile besides disrupting other subterranean utilities such as water lines and gas lines. August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 9 Ridgewood Service project provides warm welcome to village Eagle Scout candidate Sam Chen from Ridgewood Boy Scout Troop 5 has completed his Eagle Scout project, which involved beautifying the Grove Street island. Extensive research was done to find suitable plants. Many factors were taken into consideration, such as tol- erance to deer, road salt, drought, and maintenance level. Coordinating with the town, Chen and 11 other helpers from Troop 5 and their families successfully installed 59 peren- nial golden cypress shrubs and over 100 annual flowers. They also relocated the ‘Welcome to Ridgewood’ sign to the island. Chen would like to give special thanks to Scoutmasters Orlando and Vimba for their help in guiding the project, Mr. Rutishauser, and Mr. Affuso from Ridgewood Village Hall for their help in supervising and assisting the project, Officer Pullman for his help in overseeing safety, Mr. Seremitis for his leadership during the project, and everyone who generously donated. Above: Chen’s completed Eagle project. Top right: Edmond Wu, Michael Capurso, Max Wu, Mr. Peter Seremitis, Connor Pechko, Christian Ser- emitis, Alex Karalokian, Christopher Otterstedt, Sam Chen, and Mr. Blake Chen. Not pictured: Mrs. Anne Karalokian and Akash Chaurasia. Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • August 7, 2013 The long-term turf solution Using sports as a metaphor for life is a good way to start an explanation of why things do not always work out. Sports are a great way to convince people to exercise if they are not imbued with the sort of self-discipline that inspires Olympic gymnasts and figure skaters and, con- versely, convinces soldiers to throw themselves under enemy tanks with satchel charges or on top of barbed wire attached to land mines. Olympic athletes go for the glory, but members of the military have been known to take risks for love of country rather than love of themselves. You do not go home at the end of the game if you do, so the stakes have to be high, such as saving your country from foreign invasion. If you make that foreign invasion plausible to the troops in the trenches, the best people on your side are willing to throw away their lives. As the foreign invasion becomes less and less plausible, the IQ scale of the human sacrifice victims plummets. Cowards and “individualists,” as the Soviets once called them, are not going to take the jump in any case. For those guys who actually want to live and are difficult to motivate, you have commissars and NKVD “battle police” who shoot anybody who turns tail. In America, anything drastic should also be voluntary. Public schools do not have hang-gliding teams, fencing teams with sharpened blades and no masks, or high-speed motorcycle racing teams. Glen Rock right now is polarized by a much saner and healthier controversy: How does the borough make Lower Faber Field off Doremus Avenue safer for young athletes whose games are troubled by poor natural turf and occa- sional rocks? A resident group called Game On Glen Rock offered to pay the full cost of refurbishing the field with artificial turf, which is loved by many sports parents, not much loved by young athletes, and utterly hated by environmentalists. The Glen Rock Borough Council told the Game On Glen Rock supporters -- repeatedly -- that they would consider a refur- bishing if the volunteer group raised every bit of the money themselves. The council members as individuals cautioned the volunteers that fundraising was not what it once had been and that they could have a tough time raising that kind of money. Now, just a few years later, the cost of the field work is an estimated $2.5 million, while donations on hand after much larger pledges are said to be about $60,000. Game On supporters are asking the borough council take advantage of low interest rates to bond the project. People who are not actively involved in the sports pro- gram are urging the council not to bond the project. As one resident said at a recent meeting,” My daughter is a great dancer, but I’m not asking you to pay for it...There’s no more free lunch.” I heartily concur. It would have been great if the school sent my kids to Paris and the Riviera so they could appreci- ate the influence these places had on Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, but I was not about to ask for the schools to fund the trip. That was a job for me if I wanted it. Somehow, I just did not have the cash on hand. I was already paying for my daughter’s piano lessons with the last living student of Jean Sibelius. Some of the environmentalists are convinced that the field should be refurbished -- but with real grass, not plastic turf. Other taxpayers with excellent credentials believe that bonding that kind of money is not a great idea. A third force emerged at the most recent meeting: People who urge that the money on hand, perhaps supplemented by a modicum of municipal money, but not anything vaguely resembling $2.5 million, be used with municipal and volunteer labor to recondition a natural turf field. Some people, of course, can be trusted to take the argu- ments to extremes. The present field was called “dan- gerous.” Last time I looked, the young athletes were not draftees. You can get hurt in any sport at any time. I vol- unteered for Airborne in 1967 but you have no idea how many football players used “football injuries” to either avoid the draft or leave the Army when they saw the food and the lists of casualties. I was injured in training, and one guy who left in the same medical discharge group as mine told me confidentially that he expected to go back to play- ing semi-pro football as soon as he got home after being declared unqualified for active service. I had X-rays of my training injury, so I placed myself at a slightly different level of patriotism. After I heard that 78 percent of American civilians, including Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, wanted William Calley pardoned for the My Lai massacre, I decided the semi-pro football guy had done the right thing after all. A couple of my high school buddies who were in combat and decorated for valor said they would never do it again unless the communists invaded Canada. That made me feel better. We are told that kids who cannot find fields for sports are at risk for drug abuse. Wake up, America! All kids are at risk for drug abuse. Athletes sometimes forgo smok- ing because it interferes with their wind, and I can vouch for the fact that the only reason I never smoked marijuana while I was in the service was because I never had smoked cigarettes. We used to drink turpin hydrate -- Army issue cough syrup -- for jags, and that stuff definitely had both alcohol and codeine in it: You could tell from the lurid dreams you had after taking more than a few sips. When the U.S. was losing 500 men a week and your designation was “light infantryman” or “machine gunner,” the menace of getting hooked on cough syrup was the least of anybody’s worries. The guys who went to Europe or South Korea may not have had the same excuse, but a lot of them did it, too. I would say that athletics are a somewhat useful antidote to the menace of narcotics, but getting on the Advanced Placement and honors track or into serious classical music are even better. Calculus and Mozart are not made easier by getting stoned while you do your homework or practice your lesson. Sadly enough, the idea of hardy and hearty pioneers and department of public works employees with free time fixing the field collides with the first and most expensive problem with Lower Faber Field: drainage. The field is so low and so close to Diamond Brook that it floods routinely during heavy rains or quick snow melts. There is a long-range solution that could do some good: People should give up the idea of any new local construc- tion that involves asphalt shingles or asphalt driveways, and they should plant these vast do-nothing mowed lawns with small trees and shrubs so more water is absorbed right on the residential property and less water flows into the drainage streams. Veterans Field in Ridgewood has turned into a lake a number of times during the autumn rains, and cars have drowned there. The ground floor of Ridgewood Village Hall has been written off for serious office space because the flood water is simply beyond anyone’s con- trol. The same problem falls on every community that has streams running through them. Those streams cannot handle the excess water that is no longer being absorbed by natural ground cover, and the resultant flooding covers lowlands. Turning the flooded grass into flooded plastic is not even a pass-along solution. The problem is exacerbated as the rain falls on the plastic turf, has nowhere to go but downhill, and floods the streams. The start of the effort should be with volunteers, includ- ing both the sports parents and the environmental support- ers. Eliminating runoff by planting space now covered by lawn grass with smaller trees and shrubs could reduce the overflow into the streams to the point where it might even- tually be worthwhile to send the DPW crews out to remove the rocks, and then revitalize the field with topsoil, organic fertilizer, and real grass. The real grass would be more fun and safer for the young athletes, and would help reduce flooding and even the carbon footprint. Plastic grass is not the answer. Neither is hitting up the weary taxpayers whose kids are done with amateur sports. Nature is cooperative. Human nature should be pointed that way. If the environmentalists, the sports parents, and the tax-watchers can all get on the same team they can work out an answer to this problem. But they all have to drop the sports stadium idea of winners and losers and go with a plan for winners and winners and winners -- the young ath- letes who prefer natural grass, the environmentalists who worry about runoff and global warming, and the taxpayers who have had more than enough of paying for stuff they do not personally want or need. Glen Rock ‘Godspell’ story gets new twist The Tomfoolery Theatre Inc. will present “Godspell” on Aug. 9, 10, and 11 in the Guardian Angel Church Auditorium, 320 Franklin Turnpike in Allendale. With music by Ste- phen Schwartz and book by John-Michael Tebelak, “Godspell” presents the Gospel according to Saint Matthew through a colorful journey of song and dance -- with a never-before-seen twist. Director Joanna Rundle of Glen Rock presents a new take on the play. In Tomfoolery’s production, the cast of characters, orig- inally designed to be repre- sented by a tribe of storytelling clowns, will instead be portrayed by a clan of toys that come to life one night at a toy donation center. “I decided I wanted to stick with the original essence of the show, creating a childlike atmosphere of naiveté and innocence,” said Rundle. “The toys have all come to the donation center from different families, all of whom hold opposing religious beliefs. Their differing beliefs have torn the toys apart from one another --that is, until a new toy finds his way to the donation center and stirs the pot.” The cast of ‘Godspell’ Performances will be held at 8 p.m. on Friday and Sat- urday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free. Dona- tions will be accepted at the door. All proceeds from this production will benefit The ROSE Foundation of Haiti. For more information about The ROSE Foundation, visit rosefoundationofhaiti.org. This production marks the Tomfoolery Theatre’s fifth consecutive season of summer community theater. For more information, e-mail tomfoolerytheatre@gmail.com or visit facebook.com/tomfoolerytheatre. August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 11 Page 12 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 13 Page 14 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 15 Page 16 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 C LAN Project Spotlight: Mount Beacon Incline Railway Restoration onstructed in 1901 by entrepreneurs who were charmed out its history, the ﬁrm has been the recipient of more than 20 awards for innovative architectural design, project management, by the beauty of the Hudson Highlands, the Mount Beacon and business management. Recently, LAN received an Outstand- Incline Railway carried 3.5 million visitors to the summit between 1902 and 1978. The 2,200-foot long track rose 1,540 feet above ing Design Award from Learning by Design Magazine for its work sea level and was at John Hill School, in Boonton, New Jersey. The ﬁrm has been on Zweig White’s Hot Firm list for the past two years, and was the world’s steep- named one of the Top Design Firms by Engineering News-Record est passenger New York. LAN adopted sustainable design and has on staff 24 incline. In 1983, a ﬁre swept the LEED Accredited Professionals through the U.S. Green Building mountainside and Council. In addition to architectural, civil, mechanical, and plan- destroyed the rail- ning capabilities, the ﬁrm offers a wide range of environmental way. services, including water pollution control, indoor air quality sam- pling, storage tank designs and removals, regulatory compliance Through a col- laborative process, assistance, occupational safety, asbestos surveys and abatement, LAN Associates and LSRP services. Engineering, Plan- LAN serves clients throughout ning, Architecture, the United States and Canada. Surveying, Inc. Its Midland Park headquarters is (LAN) has provided the Mount Beacon Incline Railway located in a historic building at Restoration Society with a detailed restoration concept 445 Godwin Avenue. For more plan, including architectural, interpretive, and design information about LAN, visit elements for the incline railway, located in scenic Hud- www.lan-nj.com or contact Kim son’s Mount Beacon Park. The architectural style and Vierheilig, AIA, LEED AP BD+C material selection contextually integrate the base and summit station with the built environment. The base at (201) 447-6400. station building was designed to match a traditional Adirondack style building, incorporating heavy timber Photos courtesy of Mount Beacon Incline Railway. framing, stone veneer and masonry piers, glass, and stand- ing seam architectural metal rooﬁng building materials. The building will be completely ADA accessible, enabling seam- less transition from bike and car to rail. The summit station was developed in a horizontal layout to integrate the building with the hillside while preserving and featuring the views of the Hudson River. Implementing organic and natural materials for each structure harmoniously blends the buildings into the natural park environment. A network path system will provide a link to the parking lots and extend the original foot path, preserved as part of the design concept. “The project will be a great nature park that will someday be a world class one, with miles of lush hiking trails, beautifully planned landscapes and facilities, research and interpretive spaces, access for Americans of all abilities, eco-friendly power alternatives and LEED certiﬁcation,” said Mike Colarusso, president of the Mount Beacon Incline Railway Restoration Society. This site was recently placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior and is also on the New York State Register. LAN is one of the largest full-service architectural and engineer- ing ﬁrms in Northern New Jersey. Founded in 1965, the Midland Park-based ﬁrm has grown to more than 70 employees. Through- August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 17 Page 18 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 19 Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 21 Page 22 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 23 Page 24 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 25 Page 26 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 Keane Fit & Wellness is waiting to serve you! K eane Fit & Wellness draws on Sheila Keane’s 18 years of expe- rience in the health and ﬁtness industry and her extensive educational back- ground, including a master’s degree in exercise science and two years as a physical therapy assistant. Services include one-to-one per- sonal training in a private studio or the comfort of your own home, and Muscle Activation Techniques. Sheila offers training for weight loss and general ﬁt- ness; however, her diverse background also qualiﬁes her to work with older adults, especially those with arthritis and osteoporosis. She is pleased to also offer services for individuals suf- fering with Parkinson’s disease. Train- ing is customized to your personality and goals. Muscle Activation Techniques are also available. MAT speeds muscle recovery, increases the joints’ range of Sheila Keane motion, eliminates compensatory pat- terns, reduces risk of injury by insuring muscles function optimally, and improves athletic performance and execution of everyday activities. Sheila recommends a MAT session prior to beginning any training program to ensure that your muscles are all working optimally. She also suggests periodic treatment to keep your body in perfect running order. Keane Fit & Wellness is located in Ridgewood. Call 201-341-0183 and get started! August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 27 Page 28 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 29 Page 30 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 31 Ridgewood Notes Register for Y’s fall session Registration for the Ridgewood YMCA’s fall 2013 ses- sion has begun. The nine-week session will begin Sept. 3 and continue through Nov. 3. Register online at www.ridge- woodymca.org, in person at 112 Oak Street, or by phone at (201) 444-5600. The fall schedule includes programs for children and adults with offerings in yoga, Pilates, family swim, youth sports, workout classes in the strength and conditioning gym, and more. To view a complete list of programs, visit www.ridgewoodymca.org. Co-op has fall openings The Co-operative Nursery School of Ridgewood is accepting registration for several of its fall programs. The co-op has openings in its kindergarten enrichment program, which meets on Monday and Wednesday morn- ings. This class is available to children enrolled in afternoon kindergarten programs and has a curriculum designed to complement the current kindergarten curriculum in Ridge- wood. Space is limited. Mothers and children ages 18 months to two-and-a-half years are welcome to join Mommy and Me on Wednesday mornings. This 90-minute class is an introduction to pre- school and includes arts and crafts, story and circle time, and free play with an instructor. A limited amount of spots are now available. For more information, contact Katherine Gammer at (201) 447-6232 or ridgewoodcoop@gmail.com. Survivors welcome to HealingSPACE HealingSPACE at YWCA Bergen County, formerly the YWCA Rape Crisis Center, offers free and confidential group counseling as part of its support program for sur- vivors of sexual assault. Two therapist facilitated support groups are available: Survivors of Abuse and Rape for adult women who have experienced sexual abuse as chil- dren and/or sexual assault as adults; and the Men’s Group for adult male survivors of child sexual abuse. Both groups are held in Bergen County. A phone screening and intake are required prior to joining a group. For more information, call (201) 881-1733. As the county’s only sexual violence resource center, HealingSPACE offers a free and confidential 24/7 hotline -- (201) 487-2227 -- to survivors of sexual abuse/assault, their family and friends. Help is available to anyone who has experienced sexual violence, whether it happened hours or years ago. Confidential sexual violence advo- cates are available 24/7 to provide information and refer- rals, short-term crisis intervention, and medical and legal accompaniments to hospital emergency rooms, medical clinics, police departments, law enforcement agencies, and legal proceedings. The center is a program of the YWCA Bergen County and is supported through grants from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (Division on Women), the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, the Bergen County Department of Human Services, and the United Way. Wright to address HILT Jim Wright, author and photographer for the Meadow- lands Nature Blog, will address Highlights in Leisure Time on Thursday, Aug. 8. The group meets at 10 a.m. at the Ridgewood Village Hall Community Center, 131 North Maple Avenue. Wright’s latest book is “The Nature of the Meadowlands.” HILT will travel to the Trolley Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania for a tour of the museum and trolley ride on Thursday, Aug. 15. Lunch and a show at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel will follow. The bus will depart from the Graydon Pool parking lot at 7:30 a.m. The cost is $50 for HILT members and is $55 for non-members. Ridgewood residents who are 55 and older are invited to join Highlights in Leisure Time, a senior organization under the auspices of the Ridgewood Department of Parks and Recreation. Monthly meetings include entertainment and/or informational presentations, followed by refresh- ments. Annual membership dues are $15. For more information, contact the Ridgewood Parks and Recreation Department at (201) 670-5560 or visit 259 North Maple Avenue. Church hosts Summer Choir School Children of all denominations are invited to partici- pate in the West Side Presbyterian Church Summer Choir School. The program, now in its 41 st year, will be held at the church Aug. 19 through 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The week will culminate with a Friday evening service at 7:30 p.m. that is open to the public. The program is open to all youths who have completed grades two through eight. Activities are geared toward sing- ing in both small and large groups and Bible study. Electives are available and include painting, cooking, handbells, Orff instruments, dance, daily newspaper, sports, and games. Instrumentalists, winds, brass, and strings, may participate in the Joyful Noise Ensemble Monday through Thursday from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. The registration fee is $70 for the first child and $60 for each additional child in a family. Registration forms and additional information are available at website www.west- side.org. The Choir School is led by Joanne Harris Rodland and Deborah Holden-Holloway, minister and associate minister of music at West Side. Other staff members include youths and adults from West Side and musicians and teachers from the surrounding communities. For more information, contact Lisa Stitt at (201) 652- 1966, extension 39 or lisa@westside.org, or Cheryl Mensing at (201) 445-9364. The church is located at 6 South Monroe Street in Ridgewood. Register for Vacation Musical Theatre Camp Arkeology, the musical, will be the theme for this year’s Vacation Musical Theatre Camp at Christ Episcopal Church. Camp will be held from Aug. 19 through 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. Children ages four through 12 are invited to hear the story of Noah from the animals’ perspective. Participants will have the opportunity to sing, dance, act, create set designs, and work on related crafts. Camp is $50 for the week. The registration deadline is Aug. 1. To register, visit www.christchurchridgewood.org or call (201) 652-2350. The camp is open to the commu- nity. All are welcome. The church is located at 105 Cottage Place in Ridgewood. Garden space available The Ridgewood Parks and Recreation Department invites residents to join the Community Garden. During the summer, residents are invited to use the 10’x12’ parcel at Maple East Park to plant flowers, vegetables, and herbs, and be responsible for the garden’s upkeep. For more infor- mation, call (201) 670-5560. To register for a garden plot, visit The Stable at 259 North Maple Avenue and fill out a registration form. The cost to participate is $50 per plot. Kovach exhibits ‘Regions of New Jersey’ Artist Steve Kovach will present “Regions of New Jersey,” at the Stable Gallery during the month of August. Kovach creates custom fine art murals, trompe l’oeil effects, faux marble, and faux graining. His works feature quiet, tranquil landscapes of both well known and hidden regions of New Jersey. Kovach’s work has been included in juried competitions throughout the United States, earning him numerous awards over the years. The Stable Art Gallery is located at 259 North Maple Avenue. The gallery is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or by appointment. Call (201) 670-5560. Learn about cord blood banking The Valley Hospital’s Center for Family Education will present “What Is Cord Blood Banking?” on Aug. 13. This class will cover cord blood banking, the collection and stor- age of the stem cells in a newborn’s umbilical cord. Cord blood stem cells have been used successfully in the treat- ment of over 70 life-threatening diseases. Those who bank their babies’ cord blood make a choice that could poten- tially provide a life saving treatment for a family member. This class will be held from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. at the Des- tination Maternity’s Learning Studio located at Neptune Plaza, 332 Route 4 East, second floor, Paramus. To register online, visit www.ValleyHealth.com/FamilyEducation. For additional information, call (201) 291-6151. Page 32 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • August 7, 2013 Obituaries made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Louise H. ‘Tishie’ Bertholf Joseph A. Kowkabany Sr. of Ridgewood died July 30. He was 95. He was an administrator for Burns & Roe Engi- neering and Construction for many years before he retired. He was a member of Activities Unlimited in Haworth. He is survived by his children Valerie A. Kowkabany of High- land Mills, New York and Joseph Jr. of Jackson. He is also survived by three grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and his sister Gladys Helow. He was predeceased by his wife Yvonne. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to the Christian Health Care Senior Day Center, 301 Sicomac Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481. Louise H. “Tishie” Bertholf, nee Harrington, of Ridgewood died July 26. She was 89. She had worked at McHugh’s in Ridgewood for over 30 years. She is sur- vived by her daughter Karen L. Bertholf of Ridgewood, one grandchild, and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother William E. Harrington. She was predeceased by her husband William H. Bertholf Jr., her daughter Gale S. Bertholf/Harper, and her brother Albert (“Bert”) Harrington. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to the Bergen County Animal Shelter, 100 United Lane, Teterboro, NJ 07604 or The Lustgarten Foundation, 1111 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714. José Figueroa Grajo José Figueroa Grajo of Glen Rock and Quezon City, Philippines died Feb. 18. Born in the Philippines, he came to the United States in 1966. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of the East in the Philip- pines and worked for various companies in the Philippines and in the United States. He is survived by children Dr. Joseph, Christine, Theresa, and Eric, and three grandchil- dren. He is also survived by his siblings Maria Clara Villan- ueva, Salud Alegre, Esmeralda Duckett, Ramón, Petronio, and Ruben Balane. He was predeceased by his wife Ofelia, his sister Azucena Uranza, and his brother Crisostomo. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Aug. 10 at 10:45 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 1 Passaic Street in Ridgewood. Thomas C. Kent Thomas C. Kent of Wyckoff, formerly of Ho-Ho-Kus, died July 31. He was 82. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He attended Fordham University, Ford- ham Law School, and New York University School of Law. Before retiring in 1995, he was a senior tax attorney with Thalen, Reid, and Priest in New York, New York. He was a member of the New York Bar Association. He was a parish- ioner of Saint Luke’s R.C. Church in Ho-Ho-Kus. He is sur- vived by his wife Charlotte M. (nee Rice) Kent of Wyckoff, his children Ginny Dorris of Brooklyn, New York, Jus- tine Kent of Skillman, and Lawrence Kent of Seattle, Washington. He is also survived by eight grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Joseph’s Wayne Hospital Foundation, 224 Hamburg Turn- pike, Wayne, NJ 07470. Andrew P. Kohler Andrew P. Kohler of Toms River, formerly of Mahwah, died July 29. He was 69. He had a career in aviation, and had worked for Associated Aircraft Group in Dutchess County, New York, prior to retiring in 2012. He is survived by his wife Helen, his children Denise Domer and Andrew C. Kohler, and two grandchildren. Arrangements were Joseph A. Kowkabany Senior Charles D. Metzler Charles D. Metzler of Glen Rock died July 22. He was 73. He was a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College. He is survived by his wife Barbara (Breisch), his children Scott of Haddonfield and Kim (Desmond) of Frankfurt, Ger- many, and four grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat-Caggiano Funeral Home in Fair Lawn. Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association. Jo Ann Nowack Jo Ann Nowack, nee DeZurney, of Mahwah died July 30. She was 66. She was a graduate of Mahwah High School, and went on to have a life-long career as a certified nurse assistant. Her last assignment was at Milford Manor in West Milford. She is survived by her children Derek Nowack, Brandon Nowack, and Maggi Mann. She is also survived by four grandchildren and her sister Marlene Kwak. She was predeceased by her parents John (“Pal”) and Margaret DeZurney. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh- Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial dona- tions may be made to Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Jeremiah ‘Jeff’ Purtell Jeremiah “Jeff” Purtell of Arlington, Virginia, formerly of Allendale, Fair Lawn, Bronx, New York, and Pawleys Island, South Carolina, died July 20. He was 83. He was a U.S. Army and Army Reserve veteran. He graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School and Manhattan College in the Bronx. He retired from AT&T (formerly Western Electric) in 1995 after 38 years of service. During his career, he served in New York City and Newark, conducting wage and salary studies, and was a consultant in labor relations for manufacturing locations nationwide. As president of the New Jersey Self Insurers Association, he chaired a coalition that successfully achieved major reforms in New Jersey’s workers’ compensation law, and received the New Jersey Assembly’s highest commendation for the outstand- ing work he rendered to the workers and the business com- munity. He was appointed by Governor Tom Kean to a task force to review workers’ compensation benefits. He was a life member and treasurer of the Holiday Observers, committee chairman for Boy Scouts of America Troop 59, baseball and soccer coach for the Allendale Athletic Asso- ciation, and lector at Guardian Angel R.C. Church in Allen- dale. He was a member of the Precious Blood R.C. Church in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. He is survived by his wife Brenda, his children Maureen Malloy of West Ches- ter, Pennsylvania, Patrick Purtell of Arlington, Virginia, Michael Purtell of Glenside, Pennsylvania, Jeremy Purtell of Alexandria, Virginia, Meghan Ballatt of Mountainside, and Dan Purtell of Arlington, Virginia. He is also survived by 12 grandchildren. He was predeceased by his siblings Thomas Purtell and Margaret Purtell. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Louise Samuels Louise Samuels, nee Burnett, of Ridgewood died July 29. She was 95. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ridgewood, and a member of Springfield Mora- vian Church in Jamaica. She is survived by her children Victor, Stanley, Winston, and Fay Reid, 18 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 20 great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her siblings Reginald, Ebineezer, and Daniel Burnett. She was predeceased by her husband Frederick Samuels, her son Franklin Samuels, and her sib- lings Joseph, Lynford, Charlie, and Kingsley Burnett, and Rheta Hill. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Otto Seel Otto Seel, formerly of Ramsey, died July 10. He was 92. He is survived by his children Margaret Moffitt of Roanoke, Virginia, George Seel of Belgrade, Maine, and four grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to Wounded Warrior Project or Angels of Assisi. A memo- rial service will be held on Aug. 17 at Saint Paul’s Church, 193 Wyckoff Avenue in Ramsey. The service will begin at 10:30 a.m. Robert Sergeant Robert Sergeant of Hawthorne, formerly of Midland Park, died July 30. He was 59. He received a bachelor’s degree from Ramapo College. He is survived by his sister Amy Cortazzo, his niece and nephew, Sara and Thomas Shortway, and one great-nephew. He was predeceased by his parents Robert and Betty (nee Ward) Sergeant. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to The Valley Hospital, 223 North Van Dien Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Alice T. Sheahan Alice T. Sheahan of Ridgewood, formerly of Bronx, New York, died July 26. She was 89. She had been a clerk with New York Life Insurance for many years. She is sur- vived by her children Eileen Ludwig of Mandeville, Loui- siana and Peggy Sheahan Knee of Ridgewood. She is also survived by five grandchildren and her sisters Marion Scholz and Cecilia Murphy. She was predeceased by her husband Michael. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to the New York Botanical Gardens, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458. August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 33 Visitors from Onomachi Glen Rock Roundup Child care available The Glen Rock Community School invites community members to register for its School Aged Child Care pro- gram for the 2013-14 academic year. Registration is ongo- ing throughout the school year; however, students in need of before or after care beginning on the first day of school on Sept. 9 must be enrolled by Aug. 24. Registration may be completed online at www.grcson- line.com. For more information, call (201) 389-5011. Group to discuss ‘Three Junes’ The Tea at Two Book Club will discuss Julia Glass’s “Three Junes” on Aug. 13. The group meets at 2 p.m. at the Glen Rock Public Library, 315 Rock Road in Glen Rock. Copies of the book are available at reference desk. Regis- tration is not required. Tea and cookies will be served. Left: Ryuya Yoshida and Yuga Aida enjoy pizza and sushi at the Glen Rock Annex. Right: Middle school students from Onomachi get their first look at Glen Rock as they get off the bus from the airport. (continued from page 7) hosted, by ones and twos, with Glen Rock families who took them to favorite locations. The Japanese students also toured Glen Rock with the library and police department staff and Mayor John van Keuren, visited the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and New York City’s Chinatown on two day trips to New York. They visited the Jersey Shore for a day, and then departed for a week at rustic Camp Hilltop in Hancock, New York. They will return to Onomachi, a town in central Honshu, on Aug. 8. Mayor van Keuren and Onomachi School Board member Yoshida each made speeches thanking Kristen and Steve O’Brien and the host families for making the visit possible. Mari Aral acted as Glen Rock’s volunteer interpreter as she has for some years. The O’Briens, both of whom are 1987 graduates of Glen Rock High School, worked out the plan for the visits with Mayor Akira Owada of Onomachi after Kristen had taught in Onomachi. Mayor Owada wanted to foster peace through friendship and mutual understanding between peoples. “This is all about you, you host families who offer your homes,” said Mayor van Keuren, one of the strongest supporters of the annual summer visits. “You’re giving a beautiful gift, both to the children of Onomachi and to yourselves.” Some host families were first-timers, while others have been welcoming the children and chaperones for a decade or more. Some local host families have visited Onomachi and stayed with the families of the children they had previ- ously hosted. “This is the first time I visit Glen Rock,” said Yoshida. “I know very well that you are very kind and that Glen Rock is a great town.” Seniors plan trips The Glen Rock Seniors will travel to Ehrhardt’s on Lake Wallenpaupack in Pennsylvania on Aug. 22. The group will enjoy lunch and a live show, Rockin’ Renaissance. The cost to attend is $45 for members and $48 for non-members. On Sept. 18, the seniors will visit Mount Airy Casino in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. The cost is $28 for members and $30 for non-members. Attendees will receive $25 for the slots and a $10 voucher for food. The bus for both trips will depart at 9 a.m. For details, or to reserve a seat, contact Ed at (201) 445-9238. Library announces summer hours The Glen Rock Public Library, located at 315 Rock Road, has instituted its summer schedule. The library is open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Tuesdays and Fridays, hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On Saturdays, the library is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There are no Sunday hours during July and August. For more information, call (201)670-3970. Page 34 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 ‘The Wolverine’ goes beyond muscles and mayhem by Dennis Seuling One of the problems faced by filmmakers who work on franchises is playing to both the franchise’s fan base and the general audience. There is no sense alienating either of those audience segments, since box office dol- lars are at stake. It is the rare franchise picture that fits the mythos and still works as a stand-alone entity. “The Wolverine,” an extremely literate superhero movie, is one of those films. Wandering the Yukon in a self-imposed exile after killing his beloved Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) to save the world, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is summoned to Tokyo by Yashida (Hal Yamanouchi), the dying Japa- nese billionaire Wolverine rescued from atomic annihi- lation in Nagasaki. Now facing unfamiliar surroundings and a different culture, he is doubly the outsider as both a mutant and a fish out of water. Logan, Wolverine’s alter ego, must acclimate himself to customs and rituals that go directly against his savage instincts. Along the way, Wolver- ine contends with an assortment of ninjas, samurais, yakuza, and a mysterious blonde named Viper (Svetlana Khodchenkova), who might be a mutant. In the midst of new adversaries, Wolverine must rely on new means to defend himself. When one of his most important powers is lost, he becomes particularly vulnerable. Hugh Jackman in a scene from ‘The Wolverine.’ Jackman is especially effective in this, his sixth outing as the clawed mutant. With muscles bulging and veins popping, he has turned himself into the picture’s primary special effect by means of rigorous physical conditioning and a special diet that has bulked him up, making him a comic book illustration come to life. His pained expression and scowls often make him look like a constipated bodybuilder. “The Wolverine” is one of the more character-driven superhero films of the last few years. Without bogging down the pace, it spends time delving into Logan’s inner demons, guilt, and sense of honor. This is one conflicted mutant, and his personal turmoil makes him all the more engaging and intriguing. Jackman does some first-rate acting. Director James Mangold provides plenty of action, particularly a wild scene staged in, and on top of, a bullet train racing at hundreds of miles per hour. This is a text- book example of how to use computer generated images to enhance and advance a story rather than merely show- case technology. There are also meticulously choreo- graphed fight scenes throughout which Wolverine gets to bare his claws and cause some serious chaos. The plot, which is filled with twists, deceit, conflict, and drama, ultimately builds to a loud crescendo. At this point, Mangold resorts to a number of clichés, but by then the viewer is hooked and goes along for the ride. The film’s primary flaw is a gratuitous romantic subplot between Logan and Yashida’s granddaughter, Mariko (Tao Okamoto). This is an odd choice in a movie clearly geared to appeal to fans of action and adventure. Admittedly, there are some very good roles in “The Wol- verine” for women, but the romance seems purposefully tacked on to widen the flick’s appeal to a female audi- ence. Rated PG-13, “The Wolverine” is a pleasant surprise, particularly in light of the far inferior “X-Men Ori- gins: Wolverine” from 2009. Mangold and Jackman are responsible for an intelligent, solid tale that goes beneath the muscles and mayhem to explore a mutant who is mighty physically but fragile psychologically. August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • Page 35 DVD collection features Biggers’ popular detective by Dennis Seuling “The Charlie Chan Collection” (Warner Home Video) is a four-disc DVD box set featuring the famous Asian-American detective Charlie Chan. Made in the late 1940s, these films are among the last pro- duced in a long-running franchise begun in 1931 with Warner Oland, who starred in 16 Charlie Chan pictures. This collec- tion contains four films starring two sub- sequent movie Chans: Sidney Toler, who made 22 films in the series; and Roland Winters, who made six. Charlie Chan was created by Earl Derr Biggers, who based the character on Honolulu detective Chang Apana. Big- gers’ Chan is benevolent, gentlemanly, and heroic, with an apt aphorism for any occa- sion. Although he works for the Honolulu police, his adventures take him to various parts of the world. In “Shadows over Chinatown,” Chan (Toler) heads for San Francisco on a murder case, where he encounters a mother trying to find her missing daughter and a young man searching for his missing girlfriend. Chan determines they are both looking for the same person and soon uncovers a gang that has been benefitting illegally from the insurance of the dead. In “The Golden Eye,” an Arizona gold mine is suddenly making a huge amount of money. The mine’s owner confides to Chan (Winters) that something is wrong and he fears for his life. When Charlie goes to the mine, pretending to be a visi- tor, he learns that the mine is being used as a cover for some major crimes and that someone will soon be murdered. Roland Winters stars in ‘The Charlie Chan Collection.’ The other two films in the set -- “Docks of New Orleans” and “Shanghai Chest” -- both star Winters. There are no extras. “Oblivion” (Universal Studios Home Entertainment) is set after an invasion of Earth by aliens who blew up the moon. Narrator Jack (Tom Cruise) tells view- ers, “We won the war, but lost the planet,” since the nuclear weapons used against the aliens also devastated the world. Now, survivors are being gathered and sent to the Saturn moon Titan to begin anew. A few people, Jack and Victoria (Andrea Riseborough) among them, have been assigned to stay behind to monitor and repair drones that hunt out lingering Fiona’s: New name; same owner Fiona’s Restaurateur Eddie Meto has changed the name of his new restaurant in Midland Park from Casa Bellisima to Fiona’s. Located at 118 Godwin Avenue, the former site of Legend’s Steakhouse, Fiona’s features fine Italian cuisine and excellent service. “It’s the same ownership, quality food and efficient service customers have come to expect since we opened in May, but with a new name,” said Meto. Fiona is his daughter’s name. Diners are invited to bring their own wine to complement their meal. The name change, Meto said, was made to avoid any confusion with his former Montvale restaurant, Bellissimo, which he sold to his nephew this year. “There is no connection now,” Meto said, noting that Jimmy Zeba, a former waiter at Portobello in Oakland, is his partner at Fiona’s. Call 201-857-5800. aliens, called Scavengers. Director Joseph Kosinski has fash- ioned an antiseptic-looking film that draws upon sci-fi clichés and better films, particularly “Planet of the Apes,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Dark City,” and “Star Wars.” The human characters act much like the robots they mind, and seem to have given up emotion. The tone is deadly serious -- even somber -- and the movie’s sense of self-importance soon becomes grating. This is a movie that thinks it is profound, but is not. Cruise continues to pursue action hero roles even though the time may have come for him to seek out more challenging, age- appropriate roles. There is a sad sameness and predictability to his performances of late. The two female leads are bland at best, and fail to create believable portrayals or elicit empathy. Both are as cold and lifeless as the dying planet they inhabit. Morgan Freeman, as the leader of a group of human survivors, brings to mind his body of work as a wise old codger. “Oblivion” attempts far too much, with expectations that the audience will go along for the ride and buy into all the plot tendrils. A lackluster, overly long picture that fails to provide ample payoff, it slogs along, sterile and lifeless, trying hard to be something more than it is. Extras on the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack include feature commentary with Cruise and Kosinski, deleted scenes, iso- lated score, and a multi-part making-of featurette. “Ishtar” (Sony Pictures Home Enter- tainment), written and directed by Elaine May, is a comic tale of two inept songwrit- ers, Rogers and Clarke (Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman), down on their luck and desperate for money. Taking the advice of their shifty agent (Jack Weston), they are whisked off on a tour of the mystical republic of Ishtar where, upon arrival, they are separately recruited into spying for opposing sides of a planned revolution, while simultaneously vying for the atten- tion of a gorgeous female freedom fighter (Isabelle Adjani). Clarke and Rogers, however, make worse spies than they do songwriters, and soon they are stranded in the desert with only a blind camel and several CIA assassins for company. Intended as an homage to the Bing Crosby/Bob Hope “road” pictures, “Ishtar” falls flat with lame jokes, two miscast leads, running gags that are more annoying than amusing, and Paul Wil- liams songs that are intentionally bad. The film was a costly bomb at the box office. These days, the movie doesn’t seem that bad, but it does wear out its welcome (continued on Crossword page) Page 36 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013 DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) quickly. There are no extras on this Blu-ray director’s cut release. “The Sapphires” (Anchor Bay), inspired by a true story, is about four smart, gutsy young aboriginal Aus- tralian women who become unlikely stars in the most unlikely of places, with the most unlikely of allies. Set in 1968, the film follows Gail (Deborah Mailman), Cynthia (Miranda Tapsell), Julie (Jessica Mauboy), and Kay (Shari Sebbens) as they seize a risky, but irresist- ible, chance to launch a professional career singing for U.S. troops in Vietnam. Under the guidance of an R&B- loving Irish musician, Dave Lovelace (Chris O’Dowd), the girls transform themselves into a sizzling soul act and set out to make a name for themselves hundreds of miles from home. Racial tensions play a significant role in director Wayne Blair’s adaptation of Tony Briggs’ stage play. The serious consequences of their choice are emphasized as the girls and their manager witness the realities of the war firsthand. The movie works equally well as drama and comedy. Extras on the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack include a making-of featurette, interview with the original Sapphires, and a look at the music in the film. “The Sword in the Stone” (Disney Home Enter- tainment) is the Disney Company’s 1963 take on the Arthurian legend. The film has just been released in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack 50th Anniversary edition. In the midst of the Dark Ages, when England has no rightful ruler, a sword imbedded in a stone mysteriously appears in a London churchyard bearing the inscription, “Whoso pulleth out the sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of England.” Scores of would-be kings travel to London to attempt the feat and thereby claim the throne. They all fail. Years later, in the English countryside, an 11-year-old squire nicknamed Wart is devotedly helping his foster brother Kay train to be a knight when he meets the great magician Merlin, who declares himself Wart’s mentor and claims he will lead the boy to his destiny. 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The Mahwah Museum is located at Brochure. 1-800-264-8330. 201 Franklin Turnpike in Mahwah. Benjamin Franklin High School www.diplomafromhome.com August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 39 Ridgewood Sweet Adelines International Bowling for Barbershop This July, thousands of Sweet Adelines International members have been “Bowling for Barbershop” in bowling centers across the globe. Nine members of Harmony Celebration Chorus of Ridgewood (known as HCC), cheered on by many of their fellow chorus members, recently participated in this very enjoyable event. Team members dressed up in their glitzy finest and bowled at Brunswick Lanes in Fair Lawn. They also intermittently broke into spontaneous song in four-part harmony, delighting fellow bowlers, many of whom cheered and recorded the performers on their smartphones. For the past two months, local Sweet Adelines members from Harmony Celebration Chorus have raised donations online and within the community to help HCC raise money for the upcoming Sweet Adelines International Competi- tion which will take place in Baltimore in November of 2014. Thus far, they have raised $4,995, half of which will go to Sweet Adelines International and half of which will go toward funding the Baltimore competition for HCC. Sweet Adelines International is a worldwide women’s singing organization committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education, com- petition and performance. With more than 23,000 mem- bers, Sweet Adelines International brings harmony and music education to women’s lives, schools and communi- ties across the world. For more information about Harmony Celebra- tion Chorus, call (201) 689-6896, e-mail harmony. celebration@gmail.com or visit HCC on the web at www. harmonycelebration.com. Above: Team Glitz Blitz: Melissa Prew (Ossining), Heather Collins (Midland Park), Alexis DePersia-Norelli (Purchase), and Sharon Schubert (Teaneck). Right: Team Split Hap- pens - Front row: Elizabeth Harris (Parsippany) and Kat Britt (Warren). Back row: Marilyn Fiordaliso (Livingston), Janet Rowley-Cebula (Clark), and Tricia Martini (Ho-Ho-Kus). Page 40 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 7, 2013