Page 2 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • April 3, 2013 Villadom Happenings Fyke sets annual Celery Farm Cleanup Fyke Nature Association will hold the annual Celery Farm Nature Preserve Cleanup on April 6. Participants are invited to meet at 9 a.m. at the end of Green Way in Allendale for a few hours of active conservation. All are welcome to join Fyke volunteers to spruce up the preserve. Participants are encouraged to wear boots and bring work gloves and rakes. (Rain date: April 13.) Breakfast to benefit Wounded Warrior team The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team is coming to New Jersey for the first time. The team will play a celebrity softball doubleheader at Yogi Berra Stadium on June 8 against the Comedy Central and CBS Sports Softball teams. A Pancake Breakfast to benefit the W.W.A.S.T. will be held at The Brick House, 179 Godwin Avenue in Wyckoff, on Sunday, April 14. The breakfast will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Brick House owner Aldo Cascio has graciously donated the food for fundraiser. Tickets are $25. To purchase tickets to the breakfast, or to become a game sponsor for the team, contact Dennis at (201) 891-3349 or Rich at (201) 843-6930, extension 133. Fell House Friends hold Open House Friends of the Historic John Fell House invite the community to an Open House on April 22 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Attendees may tour the house, learn its history, and hear the Concerned Citizens of Allendale’s vision and plans for the future. The CCA will include an overview of past events, and preview some great coming attractions. Light refresh- ments will be served. Concerned Citizens of Allendale is a 501c3 non-profit that owns, operates, and maintains the house and surrounding three acres of property. The CCA is now celebrating the third year anniversary of the purchase of the house, and commemorating the 236th anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of John Fell by a band of Loyalist raiders. Dedicated to restoring and preserving this historic landmark while educating the public concerning its amazing history, the CCA encourage all those interested in this historic place to get involved. Anyone with a skill or interest in local and American history, landscaping, interior decorating, education, the environment, public relations, marketing, or business can join one of the organization’s committees, or help out at events. The John Fell House is located at 475 Franklin Turnpike in Allendale. For more information, e-mail Susanne Lovisolo at info@fellhouse.org. Women invited to workshop On Wednesday, April 17, Atlantic Stewardship Bank will present the second program in its “Take Control of Your Finances” series for women. The presentation will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the bank’s Midland Park headquarters located at 630 Godwin Avenue. Guest speaker Regina Poznansky of the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of New Jersey, Inc. will present information every woman should know about managing money wisely. Topics will include how to set goals and actions plans, needs versus wants, how to put together a spending plan, budgeting, motivation, and more. The presentation will answer questions and provide general information to women at every stage in life. Light refreshments will be served. Seating is limited. To register, call (201) 444-7100, extension 7525 or e-mail customerservice@asbnow.com. Atlantic Stewardship Bank maintains banking locations in Midland Park, Montville, North Haledon, Pequannock, Ridgewood, Waldwick, Westwood, Wyckoff, Hawthorne, and Wayne. Established in 1985, ASB is a full-service community bank serving both individuals and businesses. The bank is a subsidiary of Stewardship Financial Corporation trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol SSFN. The bank’s website is www.asbnow.com. Employment workshop scheduled Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church’s Career Resources Ministry, in its continuing effort to provide help to people seeking employment, will present the third of a four-part series of workshops on Sunday, April 14 at 1 p.m. The workshop will be held in the meeting room in the lower church and is open to anyone seeking employment and those who anticipate possible unemployment. The workshops are free and parish membership is not required. Workshops are presented by the Career Resources Ministry, whose members are dedicated to helping those seeking employment. Professionals in the field will present the workshop and will be on hand to give advice. This workshop topic is “Get Your Message Out -- Networking.” Participants should bring a recent resume or job experience information. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served. For more information, call Tom Lewis at (201) 445-1864 or Carol Shea at (201) 447-4215. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is located at 1 Passaic Street in Ridgewood. Seniors: Learn about e-mail The Northwest Bergen Senior Activity Center in Midland Park is offering an e-mail class for seniors ages 60 and up. This six-week course will be held on Mondays at 10:30 a.m., and will begin April 22. The program is designed for seniors who would like to know how to use e-mail. Participants are required to know how to copy, move, cut, and paste text before taking this class. Using Yahoo mail, instructor Melissa Parente will show seniors how to reply and forward e-mails, send e-mails with attachments, download and save attachments, use the contact list, create groups to send bulk e-mails, send links, and more. (continued on page 28) Police train in active shooter response Left: Ridgewood Det. Jeff Casson displays simulation gun and bullets. Right: Waldwick Det. Sgt. Doug Moore, Waldwick Ptl. Michael Sinclair and Midland Park Ptl. Steve Vander Pyl use a defensive shield. Area police officers received active shooter response training last week in a collaborative effort between several area law enforcement entities. Led by Ridgewood Det. Jeff Casson, the eight-hour class at the Eastern Christian School in Midland Park included police officers from the Ridgewood, Midland Park, Ho-Ho-Kus, Waldwick and Washington Township police departments and the Bergen County Police Bomb Squad. Midland Park Police Chief Michael Marra said it was more practical and cost effective to collaborate locally to conduct the training instead of hiring an outside company. The class was repeated over a four-day period to accommodate the largest number of officers – 80 this time around. “We recreate the stressful environment of someone shooting at you using simunitions (dye detergent bullets),” Casson explained. “We mix the teams up throughout the day so that it’s truly a cooperative effort. In case of an incident, it’s guaranteed that the affected town will be asking for help. It’s important that they’ve had the training to work cooperatively,” he added. Casson has been conducting the training for the Ridgewood officers for the past two years, but his department decided to extend the opportunity to other towns in the wake of last year’s Connecticut school massacre. “This course adds another element to the police officer’s training. It makes them more aware and better able to respond in an emergency,” said Bergen County Police Sgt. John LaDUCA from the bomb squad. “The police agencies are working well together.” Casson said school officials were invited to view the sessions “so they can understand our side of the lockdown.” High School Principal Nick Capuano, who attended one of the sessions, had high praise for the program and said he recommends it for other school administrators. “It’s an excellent opportunity for school administrators to see from the police perspective what’s involved for an emergency crew. It helps administrators know what the objective is and what’s expected of them in such situations so as to be able to adjust accordingly and work collaboratively,” said Capuano. “I have a new respect level for law enforcement officers now that I’ve seen how they trained and the intensity of it,” Capuano said of his experience.