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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 III • Page 3 Ho-Ho-Kus Chief Wanamaker planning December 1 retirement by Jennifer Crusco Chief John Wanamaker, who has spent the last three decades of his career with the Ho-Ho-Kus Police Depart- ment, has announced that he will retire on Dec. 1. “Thirty-one years is a long time for this type of work,” Wanamaker told Villadom TIMES last week. “I’m look- ing forward to starting a new career in something else.” He did not specify what career path he might pursue. Ho-Ho-Kus Mayor Thomas Randall said, “Chief Wanamaker has been a key member of our department over the years, and has served in a number of important roles as he rose through the ranks to head the department. As chief, he has continued to maintain high morale among the officers and has made the tough decisions necessary to ensure that Ho-Ho-Kus has a professional department which is prepared to deal with future challenges faced by law enforcement. He will be missed.” Wanamaker became chief of police in Ho-Ho-Kus in 2011. Wanamaker, who was named captain in May 2010, became officer in charge of the department on Dec. 1, 2010, one day after Gregory Kallenberg retired from the chief’s post. Wanamaker began his career in Ho-Ho-Kus as a dis- patcher. He later became a patrolman, and served as a ser- geant from 2000 to 2002, when he was promoted to the lieutenant’s post. During Wanamaker’s tenure as chief, he successfully advocated for a Halloween curfew, and promoted the use of social media to disseminate information to the public. As a Ho-Ho-Kus police officer, Wanamaker received two Life-Saving Awards: one for assisting a man who was experiencing cardiac arrest while working out at Wanamaker’s gym, and another for assisting in the armed standoff on Hollywood Avenue in 2009. His file includes numerous commendations, multiple physical fitness awards, the END DWI Award, and letters of gratitude from those he has assisted over the years. Wanamaker was head of the Ho-Ho-Kus Traffic Bureau for approximately 10 years. He also served as the termi- nal access coordinator, handled in-service training for the department’s personnel, scheduled classes for Ho-Ho-Kus Council pursues accreditation grant The Ho-Ho-Kus Council has approved a grant applica- tion to help fund the cost of either state or national accred- itation for the borough’s police department. At press time, borough officials, including Ho-Ho-Kus Police Chief John Wanamaker, planned to meet this week with representatives from the Rogers Group, an agency that conducts departmental evaluations. Ho-Ho-Kus Borough Administrator Don Cirulli explained that the application, which was provided by the Joint Insurance Fund, acts as the application for both the $25,000 grant and the grant agreement. According to the application, the Commission on the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies and the State of New Jersey Association of Chiefs of Police offer accreditation programs. JIF provides grants, not to exceed $25,000, as a means of encouraging police departments to pursue accreditation. The application also states that JIF provides reduced liability insurance premiums to police departments that successfully attain accreditation. In addition, accreditation helps a municipality manage its liability and workers compensation insurance exposure, the document states. The department will have two years from the date of the agreement to achieve accreditation. If the department does not achieve accreditation within that timeframe, the borough would have three years to return the grant funds to JIF. If the municipality decides to leave JIF before the grant is repaid, the entire balance would be due on the date the borough terminated its relationship with JIF. “The municipality understands that the JIF shall not be responsible nor will it commit to provide any additional funding to achieve or maintain said accreditation,” the application states. Ho-Ho-Kus officials decided last month to take another look at accreditation. Ho-Ho-Kus Borough Attorney David Bole advised the governing body in June that he and Ho-Ho-Kus Chief Financial Officer Joseph Citro had (continued on page 15) Mayor Randall (left) with John and Meg Wanamaker. officers who wanted to attend courses at the Law & Public Safety Institute in Mahwah, and scheduled all shifts for the department. Wanamaker is a graduate of Waldwick High School, where he met his wife Meg. The Wanamakers are the par- ents of two sons. Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • July 24, 2013 Waldwick Resident begins Peace Corps service in Cambodia Mary Walsh, 24, of Waldwick, recently departed for Cambodia, where she is train- ing as a community health volunteer for the Peace Corps. Walsh will be living and working in a community to assist residents in the most beneficial manner, and further the Peace Corps’ mission. “I’ve been volunteering since I was 10, and the thought of going to another country to volunteer was even better,” said Walsh. “So throughout college I strengthened my volunteer background, and it just made me want to do it more. I went to Tanza- nia in 2009 with Support for International Change, and that just solidified it. I knew I was going to do it after that.” Walsh is the daughter of Brian and Lynn Walsh and a graduate of Paramus Catholic High School in Paramus. She then attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in 2011. During the first three months of her ser- vice, Walsh will live with a host family in Cambodia to become fully immersed in the country’s language and culture. After acquiring the language and cultural skills necessary to assist her community, Walsh will be sworn into service and be assigned to a community in Cambodia, where she will live and work for two years. “It’s very cliché, but I’m looking forward Mary Walsh to helping people. Also, I’ve never learned a language where it didn’t have English let- ters. Even with Swahili, you can write in our letters. But Khmer? It’s a completely different experience!” Walsh joins the 185 New Jersey resi- dents currently serving in the Peace Corps and more than 4,773 New Jersey residents who have served in the Peace Corps since 1961. More than 255 Peace Corps volunteers have served in Cambodia since the pro- gram was established in 2007. Currently, 114 volunteers serve in Cambodia. Volun- teers work in the areas of education and health. Volunteers are trained and work in the Khmer language. Since President John F. Kennedy estab- lished the Peace Corps by executive order on March 1, 1961, more than 210,000 Americans have served in 139 host coun- tries. Today, 8,073 volunteers are working with local communities in 76 host coun- tries in agriculture, community economic development, education, environment, health, and youth in development. Peace Corps volunteers must be U.S. citizens and at least 18 years of age. Peace Corps service is a 27-month commitment and the agency’s mission is to promote world peace and friendship and a better understanding between Americans and people of other countries. Visit www.peacecorps.gov for more information. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 5 Waldwick Twice-a-week garbage collections will continue Waldwick residents will continue with twice-a-week garbage collection as they have presently. The borough council at its last meeting decided not the change the current practice when the garbage collection contract expires on Dec. 31. A new contract will be put out to bid next month, said Borough Administrator Gary Kratz, because by state law, bidders must have 60 days to prepare their bids, a unique requirement not found in any other pur- chase or service. “Based on our previous discussions, the cost savings are not worth the sacrifice,” said Councilman Don Sciolaro. “It doesn’t make sense to change.” Kratz said that when the change to once-a-week pickups from Oct. 1 through March 31was last discussed, the sav- ings would have been $40,000 over a three-year period. He Display of dolls Life-long Waldwick resident Doris Wagner proudly shows off her collection of Annalee Dolls which will be on dis- play at the Waldwick Library, 19 East Prospect Street, through the end of August. Wagner is a long-time col- lector of the felt-bodied, hand painted dolls originally produced in New Hamp- shire by company founder Barbara Annalee Davis. For more information and library hours, call (201) 652-5104. explained that the contract is priced based on the amount of garbage that is picked up, and that if the collection is combined into one day a week, the scavenger has to put out an extra truck. “It’s not worth it for $15,000 a year savings,” Kratz told the council. “We owe it to our residents to give them the service. Keep it the way it is,” said Mayor Thomas Giordano. The current contract with Gaeta to pick up from the 3,600 households in town costs the borough $260,000 a year. The contract is typically awarded for one year, with two extensions. Pick up of commingled recyclables is also up for renewal and will be bid in October, since the 60-day advance notice does not apply. Glass, aluminum, bi-metal and plastic con- tainers are collected at curbside every other week. Although Gaeta also holds the contract to pick up recy- clables, Kratz said that it is possible two different compa- nies will be the low bidder for each contract. He said that while having the same contractor works out well, two dif- ferent contractors might make it more obvious to residents that garbage and recyclables are separated. “It would dispel the perception that everything goes in the garbage,” Kratz said, noting that the borough gets paid for dumping the recyclables. Newsprint is collected at curbside once a month by the local Boy Scout troop, which has been doing the job for generations as a fundraiser. “They do a really great job for us. We appreciate the relationship we’ve had with them and look forward to it continuing for many more generations,” Kratz said. Magazines, junk mail and corrugated cardboard must be taken to the borough’s recycling center located behind the DPW Garage, 19 Industrial Way. It is open Mon.-Fri. from 7 a.m.- 3 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Commingled recyclables may also be taken to the recycling center and separated into the appropriate containers. Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • July 24, 2013 Waldwick Architect hired for gym, roofing projects The Waldwick Board of Education is going ahead with two capital projects and hopes to receive state funds to underwrite some of the costs. At its last meeting, the board authorized its architect, Di Cara/Rubino Architects, to prepare plans and specifica- tions for bidding to make improvements to the Waldwick High School gym and reroof the administration offices at Traphagen Elementary School. Di Cara/Rubino will also prepare the necessary grant applications to be submitted to the NJ State Department of Education and provide construction administration. Their fee for the gym project will be $9,500. The fee for the roof- ing job and one alternate will be $9,000, with an additional $7,000 if a third alternate is added. At Waldwick High School, plans are to replace the bleachers and refinish the gym floor. At Traphagen the base bid would be for replacing the board offices’ roof. The board would also bid an alternate to replace the roof over the canopy and the conference center. A third alternate would reroof the music/art room if an investigation deter- mines it to be necessary. The roofing and bleacher replacement projects may qualify for the NJDOT’s School Facilities Grant Program for Regular Operating Districts (RODs), a $455 million ini- tiative announced in May by the Christie administration. The grant program uses funds from previous bond issues to fund about 40 percent of renovation and construction proj- ects in school districts previously ineligible for such grants, which went to poorer districts. The deadline for submitting ROD applications is Sept. 4. When the ROD grant program was announced, School Business Administrator John Griffin tried to get the boiler replacement project at the middle school/high school com- plex, then already in the works, to be accepted as a quali- fied project. He was unsuccessful in getting retroactive eligibility. He said at the time that the project had to be completed over the summer months when school is not in session. It is due for completion in August. On June 20, Detective Sergeant Doug Moore arrested a 24-year-old Waldwick resident and charged him with criminal sexual contact. The arrest was made after a female victim reported that she was inappropriately touched by one of her housemates. The defendant was remanded to the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail. Officer Chris Goodell arrested a 20-year-old Allendale man on June 28. The man was charged with driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit to breath tests, and reckless driving. The arrest occurred on Franklin Turnpike after the defendant’s vehicle was stopped for an equipment viola- tion. On June 30, Officer Brian Finale arrested a 22-year-old Waldwick resident and charged him with DWI, DWI within 1,000 feet of a school zone, reckless driving, and driving while suspended. The arrest was made following a motor vehicle stop on East Prospect Street. Sergeant Thomas Dowling arrested a Waldwick resi- dent, 60, on July 2. The man was charged with DWI after Dowling investigated a motor vehicle crash in a parking lot on Crescent Avenue. An Adams, Massachusetts resident, 31, was arrested for DWI, reckless driving, and unsafe lane change. Offi- cer Finale made the arrest July 6 following a multi-vehicle crash on Route 17 South near the Sheridan Avenue exit. On July 12, Officer Adam Garcia arrested a 19-year-old Waldwick resident and charged him with DWI, refusal to submit to breath tests, and reckless driving. The defendant was arrested after his vehicle was stopped for a violation on Franklin Turnpike. On July 13, Officer Kyle Moore arrested a 25-year- old Ridgewood resident and charged her with DWI, DWI within 1,000 feet of a school zone, and reckless driving. The arrest was made after Officer Moore observed the defendant’s vehicle exit the roadway and damage two prop- erties on Wyckoff Avenue. Borough Police Department Report Three arrests announced Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced the June 28 arrests of three Morristown men on aggra- vated sexual assault charges. The arrests came about as a result of an investigation conducted by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, under the direction of Chief Steven Cucciniello and the Waldwick Police Department, under the direction of Chief Mark Messner. On Friday, June 28, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Waldwick Police Department, with assistance from Morristown Police, arrested Emanuel Brice, Myron Damus, and Frank- lin Simmons after an alleged sexual assault involving a 24-year-old female they met at a bar in Teaneck in early June. Immediately following the sexual assault, the victim, who was later treated at Hackensack University Medical Center, contacted the Waldwick Police Department who then contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit. After a three week-long investiga- tion, the three men were arrested without incident at their respective homes. Each man was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault, a first degree crime. Bail was set by Judge Edward A. Jerejian, J.S.C. at $250,000, no 10 percent option and no contact with the victim. The three men were subsequently remanded to the Bergen County Jail in lieu of bail. Prosecutor Molinelli stated that the charges are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 7 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. Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • July 24, 2013 Allendale Committee seeks contributions for WTC Steel Memorial A committee of Allendale officials, residents and busi- ness owners has been working on erecting a 9/11 memo- rial using a steel artifact from the Sept. 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Comprised of Mayor Vince Barra, Councilwoman Amy Wilczynski, Mike Bertelli, Mike and Mary Scro, Bill McEntee, John Dalo, Mark Borst, Terry McMahon, John Yakimik, and Steve Sasso as treasurer, the committee is raising funds to make the project a reality in time for a September 11, 2013 dedication. The commit- tee has already met on several occasions and preliminary designs have been reviewed, according to the mayor. It will be sited near the upper pond at Crestwood Lake. “The memorial will be a lasting tribute to our friends and relatives as well as first responders who lost their lives that day, and will represent a crucial piece of history for future generations,” said Mayor Barra. “The Allendale 9/11 Steel Memorial will be a place of quiet reflection to remember those lost and the impact of the terrorists’ attack on our way of life,” he added. The steel beam measures 192 in. long by 30 in. wide by 10 in. high and weighs 1,875 lbs. “The artifact was painstakingly preserved and is one of the few remaining remnants of a site that will be forever etched in the minds of all America,” said the mayor. “It is the goal of the committee to display the artifact in a respectful manner and provide the public with a greater appreciation of exactly what transpired on that fateful day. Also, it is intended to educate our younger generations, many of whom were not yet born on 9/11.” Donations for the project are being sought immedi- ately. Please make checks payable to the “Borough of Allendale” and include “WTC Steel Memorial” in the memo section. All donations are tax deductible. Anyone with questions may contact Mayor Vince Barra at vincebarra@allendalenj.gov or Councilwoman Amy Wilczynski at amywilczynski@allendalenj.gov. Vacation Bible School announced The First Presbyterian Church of Ramsey and High- lands Presbyterian Church of Allendale invite children from age three through fifth grade to Vacation Bible School, which will be held Aug. 19 through 23. Operation Overboard: Dare to Go Deep with God will meet from 9:30 a.m. to noon at First Presbyterian Church located at 15 Shuart Lane in Ramsey. Participants will explore and experience God’s underwater universe. Adventures will include regular Deep Sea Voyages into Bible fun and cre- ative crafts, hands-on mission work, water science, and great music. The cost to attend is $20 per child. To register, call Meg at (201) 327-3879. Fond farewell The Allendale Education Association recently held a retirement dinner for Diane Aronsky, special education teacher in the Allendale schools. Aronsky served for 38 years and is a resident of Upper Saddle River. Pictured are Anastasia Maroulis, Hillside School principal; Bruce Winkelstein, Brookside School principal; Aronsky; and AEA Vice President Kelly Goodwin. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 9 Ho-Ho-Kus Gil and Kirsch sworn in as police officers Communications Center in Mahwah and as a Class 1 police officer in Ridgefield. Ho-Ho-Kus Police Chief John Wanamaker explained that Class 1 is the highest degree an auxiliary police offi- cer can achieve. He said that, while auxiliary police are not authorized to carry weapons, they are certified for duties that include event work and supplemental patrols. Randall referred to the occasion as a renewal. Several members of the police department who are eligible for retirement are now exercising that option, including Chief (continued on page 13) Left: Michael Gil takes the oath of office as his mother Carol Gil holds the Bible and his father Edward Gill looks on. Right: Mayor Randall administers to oath to Jessica Kirsch as her mother Lorraine Campeau holds the Bible and her father William Kirsch, a retired Haworth police sergeant, looks on. by Jennifer Crusco Jessica Kirsch and Michael Gil have been sworn in as the newest members of the Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department. Both took their oaths of office last week before a capacity crowd at borough hall. “I am pleased to welcome our two new officers to our police force, and look forward to residents meeting them as well,” Ho-Ho-Kus Mayor Thomas Randall said after the meeting. “I am confident that they will serve our commu- nity well over course their careers in Ho-Ho-Kus.” Randall noted that both candidates were highly recom- mended. Before he administered the oaths of office, the mayor took a moment to introduce the new officers to the community. Gil is a resident of Washington Township and a 2005 graduate of Westwood High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Rowan University in 2009. He put himself through the Bergen County Police Academy in 2010, and is currently an auxiliary police officer. Gil has been a dispatcher for the Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department for the last two years. Kirsch, who resides in Dumont, earned a bachelor’s degree from Stockton University in 2011. In 2010, she was an intern at the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. She has been serving as a 911 dispatcher at the Bergen County Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • July 24, 2013 Area NJBG Summer Concert Series features The Dalton Gang 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 Botanical Garden. (Photo courtesy of the The Dalton Gang.) 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 dona- tions 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 cus- tomers and staff to take one of the bank’s special bags, fill it, and return it to any Ori- tani branch. Hunger remains a major issue in Amer- ica. 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 Founda- tion 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 com- munity bank based in the Township of Washington. For more information, call 888-ORITANI, or visit www.oritani.com. 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 record- ings and performances with such artists as Buddy Rich, Machito, Lionel Hamp- ton, 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 Car- riage House Visitor Center. Participants are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the music in these magnificent surroundings. The con- cert is sponsored by TD Bank. A donation of $5 is requested. On Aug. 9, Rave On! will perform clas- sic 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/songwriter/poet Sole- bello’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 Song- writing Competition. Her musical back- ground also includes work with Red Molly. This project is funded, in part, by the Pas- saic County Cultural and Heritage Council at Passaic County Community 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 holidays and weekends from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day; weekday parking is free year-round. Since 1976, NJBG/Skylands Associa- tion, an incorporated, member-supported non-profit organization, has worked with the state to preserve and protect Skylands and its historic structures. NJBG spon- sors 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. ATTENTION: HORIZON BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD MEMBERS: July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 11 Waldwick Planner hired for master plan re-examination The Waldwick Master Plan is in the process of being updated to comply with state requirements. The borough council earlier this month authorized the borough planner, Paul Grygiel of Phillips, Priess Grygiel LLC, to prepare the re-examination report required to be done every 10 years. Grygiel will be paid $7,500 for the work, last done in 2003. “A lot of the work is done already,” said Borough Administrator Gary Kratz referring to land use and zoning regulations adopted last year, the first comprehensive revi- sion to the zoning ordinance since 1976. That document relaxed parking requirements and added provisions for mixed uses in commercial zones, limited oversized houses and temporary portable storage units in residential areas, and expanded sections on definitions, banks and signage. It also brought the land use development provisions up to date vis a vis the New Jersey Municipal Land Use law and the Residential Site Improvement Standards. Solar energy sys- tems and wind energy conversion systems (WECS) were also addressed. Kratz said that among the items left to address in the reexamination would be mixed uses, discussed but not resolved at that time. Chamber shares 5K profits The Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps was one of the recipients of the proceeds from the 2013 5K Run, sponsored by the Waldwick Chamber of Commerce, with Massage Envy Spa as the Presenting Sponsor. Above, WVAC Vice President Dave Barthold (second from left) receives a check from Chamber President Christine Figliuolo as Run Director Stan Kowalski and Massage Envy owner Sol Glastein look on. The run attracted 800 participants and netted $18,000 to be distributed to heart- related charities and local organizations. Page 12 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • July 24, 2013 Ho-Ho-Kus Nine Troop 178 Girl Scouts earn Bronze Award Nine fourth grade girls from Ho-Ho-Kus Girl Scout Troop 178 recently earned their Bronze Award by complet- ing a makeover of the Ho-Ho-Kus Public School’s teach- ers’ lounge. The community service project was funded by fundraisers, including the sale of cookies, baked goods, and teacher appreciation wristbands. The Scouts were aided in the project with donations of paint from Waldwick Paint and Wallpaper Co. and expertise and labor from Jerry Koenig of Paint Troopers and Koenig Contracting. The girls painted, cleaned, furnished, and stocked the room with new leather chairs, a rug, tables, window treat- ments, a TV, a new coffee maker and coffee, and a good supply of Girl Scout Cookies. Above and left: Bronze Award winners from Troop 178. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES Allendale Notebook Register for Cub Scouts Boys in grades one through five are invited to register for Allendale Cub Scouts. Scout programs foster leader- ship, confidence, and character as participants embark on a variety of adventures. For more information, contact Glenn Gramsch by e-mail at ggbaker50@gmail.com. Community invited to activities at Fell House The John Fell House, located at 475 Franklin Avenue in Allendale, will host several events over the coming months. A John Fell House Summer Night will be held at the Allendale Bar & Grill on Aug. 26. Members of the com- munity are invited to enjoy a meal with friends and family at AB&G, and a percentage of the proceeds will be donated to the John Fell House. The John Fell House will host “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Aug. 10. The Saddle River Youth Theater will perform on the Great Lawn at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tick- ets are $14 each for general admission. There will be lim- ited chair seating available. Those who plan to attend are encouraged to bring chairs or blankets and enjoy a little Shakespeare in the Park right in Allendale. To order tick- ets, contact the SRYT at (201) 825-8805 or srytheater@aol. com. The next John Fell House Afternoon Tea will be held Sept. 10 from noon to 2:30 p.m. All Afternoon Teas are held in the historic John Fell House in the tradition of Lady Anna Maria Russell Stanhope, Duchess of Bedford. The Duchess, a life-long friend of Queen Victoria, is credited with evolving the Afternoon Tea from a simple meal to the social event of the day. The September tea will include a luncheon of tea sand- wich towers and scones with clotted cream and preserves, and a decadent dessert all prepared by the Passport Café of West Milford. To RSVP, contact Theresa Salameno at (201) 825-2840 or Linda Schropp at lschropp@optonline. net. A check for $45 made out to Concerned Citizens of Allendale will hold a reservation and is non-refundable. Additional upcoming dates include Oct. 5 and the Annual Holiday Tea on Dec. 6, when the Fell House will be beauti- fully decorated for the holidays. The John Fell House is owned, operated, and main- tained by the Concerned Citizens of Allendale, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to the preservation of the John Fell House as a self-sustaining community center through grants, fundraisers, and private donations. For more infor- mation about these events, or anything related to the John Fell House and the CCA, e-mail Susanne Lovisolo at TheFellHouse@gmail.com. Book Sale benefits library The Lee Memorial Library holds an ongoing sale of used books in the lobby during regular hours. Fiction, non- fiction, children’s books, tapes, and videos are available at bargain prices. The books are priced from 25 cents to $1. The sale is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Proceeds go directly to the library for purchase of new materials. XYZ Club meets The XYZ Senior Citizens Club of Allendale meets on the first and third Friday of the month at the Calvary Lutheran Church, 165 West Crescent Avenue at 11 a.m. Allendale residents who would like to participate in club activities are welcome. Volunteers sought The volunteer nursing home outreach program, Grow- ing Relationships and Making Memories, is seeking vol- unteers to form relationships with socially isolated nursing home residents. Many nursing home residents have no one to visit them. Similar to a Big Brother/Big Sister philosophy, GRAMM builds individual relationships through activities such as sharing stories, playing games, reading, watching sports/ television, sitting outside, writing letters, or just offering companionship. GRAMM is seeking volunteers who can visit one hour a week for eight weeks. The program is held at the Allen- dale Nursing Home in Allendale. Call Maryann Greco at (201) 934-6174 or e-mail gramm07@verizon.net. Knitters and crocheters welcome new members Knitters and crocheters are invited to Stitch n’ Chat III • Page 13 at the Lee Memorial Library on the third Monday of the month. The group meets at 7 p.m. in the loft. Participants of all skill levels are welcome to bring their projects. Refresh- ments are served. The library is located at 500 West Crescent Avenue in Allendale. Shmoop now available The Lee Memorial Library at 500 West Crescent Avenue in Allendale now offers the Shmoop database. Shmoop allows residents to prep for the SAT, ACT, and AP exams, and offers study guides for literature, Bible, poetry, Shakespeare, mythology, best-sellers, Dr. Seuss, pre-algebra, algebra, algebra II, geometry, biology, U.S. history flashcards, DMV, and careers. Students may take full-length practice exams, and review the results with in- depth answer explanations. For more information, contact Samantha McCoy at (201) 327-4338 or mccoy@bccls.org. Library offers investment research center The Lee Memorial Library now has Morningstar, Inc. online available to Lee Memorial Library patrons. This investment research center offers an extensive line of products and services for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. Designed specifically for libraries, Morn- ingstar Investment Research Center is an easy-to-navigate online database with comprehensive data and analysis of over 41,000 investments. To access the program from home, visit allendale.bccls. org or visit the library to use the resource from a public computer. The library is located at 500 West Crescent Avenue. New officers (continued from page 9) Wanamaker. Another officer is expected to retire Oct. 1, the chief indicated. The hiring of Gil and Kirsch will allow the police department to maintain its current level of 16 active mem- bers, Chief Wanamaker told Villadom TIMES, although he acknowledged that two men, Pete Tiernan and Eugene Schultz, are currently injured and are not being scheduled for duty. However, the chief pointed out that when Kirsch and Gil complete their training at the Law & Public Safety Institute in Mahwah, they will be stepping into two vacan- cies being created by retirements. As a result, the depart- ment will continue to have 16 members, he said. Page 14 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • 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 threatened 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 mastered 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 states- men 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 grandfa- ther 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 Spit- fire’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 daugh- ter Emily read the entire Bobbsey Twins series and most of the Nancy Drew books when she was of kindergarten 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, corresponded with the author, and read the books Lord recommended. 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 show- ing 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 differ- ence 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 projector. 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. Allendale AWC supports Family Promise The Allendale Woman’s Club recently presented Family Promise of Bergen County with the proceeds from this year’s Spring Promise Fashion Show. Proceeds from the Allendale Woman’s Club will help Family Promise pave the road to independent living for working families in Bergen County who have become homeless. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 15 Saddle River Valley Notes Party Dolls to perform Upper Saddle River residents are invited to a free out- door concert in Lions Park on Wednesday, July 31. The concert will feature The Party Dolls, which is comprised of three female vocalists who sport mini-skirts, go-go boots, and funky diva garb. The show includes medleys from the ‘60s (Supremes, Aretha Franklin), ‘70s (Donna Summer, Earth, Wind and Fire) and ‘80s (Madonna, The Go-Go’s) and more. The concert will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, and picnic baskets. In the event of rain, the concert will be held at the Upper Saddle River Library at 245 Lake Street. The event is sponsored by the Upper Saddle River Recreation Commis- sion and the Friends of the Upper Saddle River Library. Midnight Toast to appear The Borough of Saddle River’s Summer Concert Series will conclude on July 25 with Midnight Toast. The 7 p.m. concert will be held at the Rindlaub Park Band Shell at 96 East Allendale Road in Saddle River. Attendees are encour- aged to bring blankets and chairs. Admission is free. Church to host Tailgate & Calypso Party The Church of the Presentation will host a Tailgate & Calypso Party on Friday, July 26 from 6 to 10 p.m. The church is located at 271 West Saddle River Road in Upper Saddle River. Music will be provided by Group Therapy. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs, food, and beverages. Bar- becue grills and blenders will be provided. The event will be held rain or shine. For more information, call (201) 327-1313. Robin Sloan to discuss book On July 24, Robin Sloan, author of “Mr. Penumbra’s 24- Hour Bookstore,” will discuss her book via Skype with the members of the Novels at Night book group. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Upper Saddle River Library. All are invited. The library is located at 245 Lake Street. For more infor- mation, call (201) 327-2583. CareerWorks meets at Bergen Highlands Bergen Highlands United Methodist Church hosts the CareerWorks Catalyst Job Club on the first and third Sunday of the month. The group meets at 10:15 a.m. at the church located at 318 West Saddle River Road in Upper Saddle River. Members receive suggestions and direction based on individual employment or unemployment situations. The club is open to everyone. Registration is required. Call (201) 327-3960 or e-mail www.gbgm-umc.org/bergenhigh- lands to confirm that the group is meeting. Lions announce Golf Outing The Saddle River Valley Lions Club will sponsor a Golf Outing at Spook Rock Golf Course on Sept. 16. The day will feature food, golf, and prizes. Proceeds from these events will benefit charities that support the visually impaired and other local organiza- tions. This year, the club expects to reach the goal of $2,000,000. Visit www.srvlions.org for further information. Tennis permits available Tennis permits for the use of the Upper Saddle River Tennis Courts are now available at borough hall, 376 West Saddle River Road, and at the courts, which are located on West Saddle River Road in front of Reynolds School. Those who purchase permits at the courts should ask for Tennis Pro Sharron Mattiace. A family membership is $40 and an individual mem- bership is $25. All residents must have a permit and must display that permit on the new sign up board located at the entrance to the courts. For more information, con- tact the USR Recreation Department at (201) 327-3634 or USRRecreation@aol.com. Visit the borough website at www.USRtoday.org for information about all recreation programs. Library offers investment research center The Upper Saddle River Library now has Morning- star Online available to Upper Saddle River cardholders. This investment research center offers information on over 23,000 stocks and mutual funds. The program allows cardholders to download the user guide, view the online tutorial videos to learn more about the database and how to navigate particular features, and access the most-popular newsletters from mutual funds, stocks, and strategists. To access the program, visit www. uppersaddleriverlibrary.org. There is no fee for Upper Saddle River library cardholders. For details, call the library at (201) 327-2583. Council seeks accreditation grant (continued from page 3) discussed the possibility. Describing the accreditation process, Bole said profes- sionals visit a police department for an extensive evalua- tion that includes reviews of police procedures, bylaws, and promotion policies. He said the accreditation proce- dure is usually put out to bid, adding that an organization known as the Rogers Group generally conducts the evalu- ations. Bole said the entire cost of accreditation could be $35,000 to $39,000, and reported that Citro indicated that funds are available to cover the balance. In 2010, Ho-Ho-Kus resident Leo Strauss asked bor- ough officials to review what benefits could be realized by having the police department pursue national accredita- tion through CALEA. At that time, Mahwah Police Chief James N. Batelli told Villadom TIMES about the process his department followed in attaining accreditation, and outlined some of the related costs and benefits. At that time, Batelli said the department was paying $12,590 every three years, which included the approximate cost of the on-site assessment. Last week, Chief Batelli said that cost was still approx- imately the same. However, he said the savings on annual liability insurance premiums has increased from $7,000 three years ago to approximately $15,000. Accredited departments must have detailed, written policies and procedures for officers to follow. The atten- tion to this type of detail results in less successful negli- gence litigation within accredited agencies. Mahwah’s initial accreditation process took two years, and began with the department’s enrollment in the Law Enforcement Accreditation Program. The department then began its self-assessment, which included compliance with applicable standards, the development of proofs of compliance, and preparation for the on-site visit. CALEA then provided an initial visit during which trained asses- sors reviewed the department’s operations. Assessors examined recruiting procedures, manage- ment, security in the jail, how prisoners are handled, and how the department’s budget is produced. Members of the public are invited to participate in the process by making relevant statements, positive or nega- tive, about the department. Assessors ride with the officers, and the department must show proof that policy is being followed on a daily basis. While concerns have been raised about the cost and efficiency of having one police officer handle the respon- sibilities associated with accreditation, Mahwah has found an effective solution. Batelli said last week that his depart- ment previously had an accreditation manager who kept the department up-to-date so the reaccreditation process would run smoothly. In recent years, he said, the accredi- tation manager’s responsibilities were distributed to a number of officers and supervisors. “It has worked out well. Now eight or nine officers have input into the process,” Batelli said. J. CRUSCO Page 16 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • 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. her children Joseph, Stephen, Paul, Peter, and Janet. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren, eight great-grandchil- dren, and her sister Marie Forsberg. She was predeceased by her parents Mathew and Margaret and her brother Bar- tholomew. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh- Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675. Eleanor Serafini Jean Capuano-Leoncavallo 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. Grace Marie Miller 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. 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 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. Kenneth S. Ronai Kenneth S. Ronai, formerly of Ridgewood, died July 14. He was 90. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Queens College. He earned his master’s degree in organic chemistry at New York University, and pursued post-graduate work in biochemistry at Brooklyn Polytech Institute. He worked as a chemist in the food industry for much of his profes- sional career at Sunshine Biscuit, National Dairy Research Labs, General Foods, National Starch, and Nabisco. He was an author of many industry publications and held several patents that helped revolutionize protein use in foods and aided in helping food production in third world countries. He spent many years coaching for the Ridgewood Base- ball and Softball Association, the CYO, and intramural basketball. He is survived by his children Bob Ronai, Liz Fontanella, and Tom Ronai, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. He was predeceased by his wife Cecilia (Mezowicz), his grandson James Ronai, his parents George and Margaret Ronai, and his sister Patricia Reilly. Arrange- ments were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Kathryn M. Rose Kathryn M. Rose, nee Bascio, of Mahwah, formerly of Ridgewood and Glen Rock, died July 16. She was 78. Before retiring in 2007, she was a registered nurse for Bergen Pines/Regional Medical Center for 29 years. During her retirement, she volunteered and worked at the Mahwah Library. She was a parishioner of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Mahwah. She is survived by Christopher Nicholas Tselepis 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. July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 17 Waldwick Watch Chamber holds Family Fun Night On July 31, the Waldwick Chamber of Commerce will host a Family Fun Night at Center Court Plaza at 10 Frank- lin Turnpike. The event will feature games, crafts, music, dancing, and more. The evening will begin at 7 p.m. Sponsors include Center Court Café, Pascack Com- munity Bank, and Entertainment on Wheels. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, call (201) 444-0045. Junior Cheerleading Camp set Waldwick Junior Cheerleading camp will be held Aug. 12 through 15 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at ENA Gymnastics in Paramus. The program is open to girls in grades one through eight. Participants will learn new cheers and gym- nastic skills. The cost is $70 per cheerleader and includes an ENA/ Waldwick T-shirt. The deadline for registration is Aug. 5. Registration forms are available at www.waldwickjrfoot- ball.org. Tennis badges available Waldwick residents who are age 18 or older may obtain a tennis badge from the Waldwick Borough Clerk’s office at 63 Franklin Turnpike. The tennis badge fee is $20 and is valid for one calendar year. Municipal Pool open The Waldwick Municipal Pool will be open through Labor Day, Sept. 2. The facility includes a main pool, a wading pool, a concession stand, and a swing set for young patrons. The municipal pool, located at Hopper Avenue and West Prospect Street, will be open from noon to 8 p.m. on weekdays, and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends. Swim lessons are available Monday through Friday. The fee for a two-week session is $30 for one student, with a family maximum of $75. Residents who wish to renew their badges may down- load the registration form at www.waldwicknj.org/forms/ poolrenewal.pdf. The completed form and fee may be mailed to: Waldwick Borough Clerk, 63 Franklin Turnpike, Waldwick, NJ 07463. A limited number of non-resident badges are available on a first come basis. Needleworkers sought Knitters, crocheters, and needlepointers are invited to the Waldwick Library, 19 East Prospect Street in Waldwick, on Tuesdays at 1 p.m. to practice their craft and socialize with other needlework enthusiasts. The Wicked Stitches group will meet in the library’s new meeting room. Needlework- ers at all levels of mastery are welcome. The group plans to periodically include a professional guest instructor. For more information, call (201) 652-5104. Sports poster sponsors sought The athletic department at Waldwick High School is seeking community sponsors for its sports poster program. Funds raised by the sale of the posters will benefit athletics at the school. All American Sports Posters has been contracted to produce the posters. For more information about becoming a sponsor, contact Michael Clancy, assistant principal/ath- letic director, at (201) 652-9000 or All American Posters at (800) 556-1380. Ambulance corps seeks volunteers The Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps is seeking new members for its ranks. The corps provides emergency medical services to Waldwick residents and businesses and the surrounding communities. Residents may apply to the corps at age 16. The 120-hour emergency medical training course, pro- vided to the volunteer at no cost, qualifies for three college credits. Visit waldwickems.com to download an application, or call (201) 445-8772 for additional information. We welcome press releases from our readers. Items may be sent to editorial@villadom.com. Deadline is Wednes- day at noon the week prior to publication. Huber supported Robert Huber, a 2013 graduate of Waldwick High School has received a $1,000 scholarship from Pascack Community Bank at 64 Crescent Avenue in Waldwick.The scholarship was awarded based on Huber’s academic achievements and desire to continue his education in the field of business or finance. Huber has provided community service as a member of the Saint Luke’s Youth Council and PALS Program. He was named to Honor Roll and served as Class Council during his years at high school. ‘Financial literacy is a lifetime commit- ment and it is a sincere pleasure to support the ongoing edu- cation of students in our community while helping to ease the burden of the high cost of tuition,’ said Nancy E. Graves, president and CEO, Pascack Community Bank. Page 18 THE VILLADOM TIMES III & IV • 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. 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Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me, herein you are my mother. Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth! I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity There are none that can withstand your power. Oh, show me herein, you are my mother. Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (3x). Holy Mother, I place this cause in your hands (3x). Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goals. You who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances in my life you are with me, I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things as you confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you in eternal glory. Thank you for your mercy toward me and mine. The person must say this prayer 3 consecu- tive days. After 3 days, the request will be granted. This prayer must be published after the favor is granted. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Thank you for answering my prayers. kv Prayer to St. Clare Ask St. Clare for 3 favors, 1 business, 2 impossible. Say 9 Hail Marys for 9 days with lighted candles. Pray whether you believe or not. Publish the 9th day. “May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised, adored & glori- fied today & every day.” Request will be granted no matter how impossible it seems. Publication must be promised. Thank you for answering my prayer. jr Prayer to St. Jude Oh, Holy St. Jude, apostle and martyr. Great in virtue and rich in miracles; near kinsman of Jesus Christ; faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need. To you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present urgent petition. In return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. St. Jude, pray for us all who invoke your aid. Amen. 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Scout programs foster lead- ership, confidence, and character as participants embark on a variety of adventures. For a registration form, or more information, contact Michael Holt at mjholt9@gmail.com. VFW welcomes new members The Ho-Ho-Kus VFW Post 192, which serves Ho-Ho- Kus and Ridgewood, welcomes new members. The group meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the Post Home, 620 Cliff Street, Ho-Ho-Kus. For additional information, call (201) 675-7669. Memorabilia sought Area residents are asked to provide photos, newspaper clippings, post cards, maps, aerial photos, and similar items featuring the area surrounding VFW Post 192 on Cliff Street and the Hopper-Zabriskie Cemetery on First Street in Ho-Ho-Kus, prior to 1966. These items will be used for a local history project. All materials will be returned after scanning and copying. Contact Stanley Kober at (201) 445- 1121. Summer hours at borough hall During the summer months, hours at Ho-Ho-Kus Bor- ough Hall will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Hours will remain 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Monday through Thursday. Police offer announcements via Twitter The Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department is now featuring special announcements that will be available to the public via Twitter. The link to Twitter may be found on the depart- ment’s website, www.ho-ho-kuspolice.com. Messages will cover various non-emergency situations, such as road clos- ings and delayed school openings. Emergency information and other situations that affect the community will still be disseminated via Reverse 911. Greetings from the Girl Scouts Several local Girl Scout Troops recently served cookies and drinks and greeted people, at the Worth-Pinkham Memo- rial Library in Ho-Ho-Kus. Everyone enjoyed the refreshing drinks and the treats that were provided. The following girls helped serve throughout the day: Troop 759 members Mary, Danielle, and Claire; Troop 178 members Christina, Annie, Claire, Reese, Mary Virginia, Annie, and Mariko; and Troop 201 member Kelli. The library was celebrating its new summer hours: Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. These new hours are for the months of July and August only. The library is also celebrating the start of the Summer Reading Club with this year’s theme of ‘Dig into Reading.’ The children’s room is decorated with that theme in mind. Page 24 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • July 24, 2013