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Box 96, Midland Park, NJ 07432-0096 Total Window & Wall Fashions 7 Page 2 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • September 25, 2013 Villadom Happenings Bank hosts educational program for women On Wednesday, Oct. 16, Atlantic Stewardship Bank will present the third in its series “Take Control of Your Finances,” an educational program for women. The presen- tation will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the bank’s Midland Park headquarters at 630 Godwin Avenue. The guest speaker will be attorney Regina Spielberg of Schenk, Price, Smith & Kline, LLP, who will present “Wise Women, Smart Strategies, Perfect Planning.” This program about estate planning from a woman’s perspective will include informa- tion about trusts, powers of attorney, what happens if one doesn’t plan, probate, and estate taxes. Light refreshments will be served. Seating is limited. RSVP by calling (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 com- munity 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. ‘Music in the Park’ slated The Midland Park High School Performing Arts Par- ents announce that the annual “Music in the Park XVI” will be held on Sunday, Oct. 13 at the Ramapo Regional High School football field on Franklin Lake Road in Franklin Lakes. In case of rain, the event will be held indoors at the Midland Park High School located at 250 Prospect Street in Midland Park. Visit the MPHS Performing Arts Parents website for show location and parking/shuttle bus service at www.mphsarts.org. The MPHS Marching Band will present its 2013 show “Revitalized: The Music of Break of Reality.” In addi- tion, high school marching bands from Elmwood Park, Hawthorne, Hackensack, Indian Hills, Lakeland Regional, Paramus, Ramapo, Waldwick, and Wayne Hills will be par- ticipating. The Rutgers University Marching Band, the Scar- let Knights, will be performing at this event as will Latin Express. The gates will open at 12:30 p.m. with the Mid- land Park Highland School Band performing the national anthem at 1 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, and $5 for Midland Park residents, senior citizens, and students. Thrift Shop announces special hours The Thrift Shop at Archer United Methodist Church will be open Thursday, Sept. 26 and Friday, Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will participate in the Allendale Town- wide Garage Sale on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Rain date: Sept. 29.) The Thrift Shop currently has designer name brand clothing for women, men, and children; several designer handbags; early to mid-1900s antique dishes; and several pieces of furniture. The shop is also selling Archer’s home- made apple pies for $10 per pie. Located in the Archer United Methodist Church, 37 East Birds of a feather Allendale residents Stiles Thomas and Jim Wright will be the featured speakers at the Sept. 27 meeting of the Fyke Nature Association. The 8 p.m. program will be held at the Allendale Municipal Building, 500 Crescent Avenue in Allendale. Thomas will exhibit his recent bird carvings and Wright will discuss his new book, ‘The Nature of the Mead- owlands,’ and will present a slide show. A reception for Thomas and refreshments will follow. For more information, contact Jim Wright at (201) 469-7349. Allendale Avenue in Allendale, the shop accepts donations and new and gently-used items during regular business hours. Proceeds fund Archer United Methodist Church and its missions. Inventory that is not sold within a period of time is donated to local charities. Medicare 101 for Baby Boomers offered The Northwest Bergen Senior Activity Center, located at 46-50 Center Street in Midland Park, will host Medicare 101 for Baby Boomers on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Sheila Brogan, eldercare coordinator for Children’s Aid and Family Ser- vices, will present information on Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D and other insurance options. To reserve a seat at this program, call (201)445-5690. Learn to control blood pressure The Valley Hospital Community Health Education Department will host a free educational program, “Making the DASH to Good Health,” on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at The Ridgewood Public Library, 125 North Maple Avenue in Ridgewood. The program will begin at 9:30 a.m. High blood pressure affects one in three American adults, but can be controlled with lifestyle modifications. Join Kathy Smolen, R.N., B.S.N., public health nurse, and Danielle Cinnante, M.S., health educator, The Valley Hos- pital, for this informative and educational presentation. Learn about different “superfoods” and the health benefits (continued on page 24) September 25, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 3 Upper Saddle River Church earns ground-breaking GreenFaith honors On Oct. 20, the Church of the Presen- tation in Upper Saddle River will become the first Catholic religious institution in the United States to be certified as a GreenFaith Sanctuary. Presentation is also the largest religious institution of any denomination to receive this distinction. GreenFaith (www.greenfaith.org) is an interfaith coalition for the environment that was founded in 1992. GreenFaith’s mission is to inspire, educate, and mobilize people of diverse religious backgrounds for envi- ronmental leadership. The group’s work is based on beliefs shared by the world’s great religions: protecting the earth is a religious value, and environmental stewardship is a moral responsibility. The GreenFaith designation acknowl- edges religious-environmental leaders who have carried out a range of initiatives to integrate environmental themes into their worship, religious education for adults and children, facility maintenance, and social outreach over a two-year period. “The Church of the Presentation entered into the rigorous GreenFaith certification process because it aligns with our beliefs that a Creator God has called us to be responsible stewards for our planet’s ongo- ing health and life,” said Father Bob Stagg, Presentation’s pastor. “Becoming a Green- Faith Sanctuary marks the beginning of our ongoing efforts to bring about awareness, acceptance, and action for this responsibil- ity.” GreenFaith Executive Director Rev. Fletcher Harper said, “Presentation is the largest parish, to date, to receive the Green- Faith Sanctuary designation. We have been impressed with the considerable effort that the community put into achieving this sig- nificant designation.” A GreenFaith Team was established to organize and track progress toward the requirements for the certification designa- tion. These requirements were focused on three categories: spirit, stewardship, and environmental justice. Subcommittees were created for each of these areas. The Spirit Subcommittee undertook fos- tering eco-themed worship services each year, along with other spiritually related activities. Three classes were designed for various age groups: adults, teenagers, and children in the various religious education programs. Outdoor religious environmental activities were held by a number of groups in the community of nearly 4,000 families. The Stewardship Subcommittee over- saw the integration of environmental con- servation and the use of environmentally sensitive products. This included a focus on energy, food, water, waste, toxics, and transportation along with ground mainte- nance initiatives in all of these areas. The parish has undertaken a number of initia- tives such as installing solar panels on the roof of the church, putting in eco-friendly and energy-efficient bathroom facilities, and lessening the use of Styrofoam and plas- tic water bottles. Presentation also installed five beehives on church property. The Environmental Justice Ministry brought educational programs to the parish and advocated for environmental justice on (continued on page 25) Pastor Bob Stagg offers a blessing over the solar panels on the church roof. The panels are part of Presentation’s wider energy conservation program. Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • September 25, 2013 Area Don Bosco Prep students named AP Scholars Don Bosco Prep, located at 492 North Franklin Turn- pike in Ramsey, is pleased to announce that 45 students have been named 2013 Advanced Placement Scholars by the College Board. The AP Program offers several AP Scholar Awards to recognize high school students who have demonstrated college-level achievement through AP courses and exams. Thirteen Don Bosco Prep students have been recog- nized as 2013 AP Scholars with Distinction. This desig- nation is granted to students who receive scores of 3.5 or higher (on a scale of one through five) on five of more AP Exams. The honorees are Isaac T. Abraham, West Nyack, NY; Youngil Cho, Norwood; Andrew Dawd, Carlstadt; Anthony T. Delzotto, Woodcliff Lake; Mike Q. Gaffey, (continued on page 25) Top row: Dylan Amador, Dylan Magee, Eric Cole, Justin DeVuono, Timothy Marcotte, Joseph Pellicano, Jack Baines, and DBP Principal John Stanczak. Middle row: Adam Ramos, Kevin Ramos, Patrick Piza, Michael Lennon, Charles Raboli, and Steven Seeberger. Front row: Kang Woo Kim, Kevin Quimbo, and Joseph Chung. September 25, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 5 Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • September 25, 2013 September 25, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 7 Ho-Ho-Kus Municipalities explore shared service options by Jennifer Crusco Representatives from three local munic- ipalities, who did not wish to be identified, have approached Ho-Ho-Kus Borough Administrator Don Cirulli concerning pro- posals for shared service agreements. The outreach came after a state-level official stressed that New Jersey is encouraging municipalities to pursue interlocal service agreements that involve department merg- ers that will result in reduced costs and increased efficiency. Cirulli indicated that he had spoken with New Jersey Department of Commu- nity Affairs Director of Shared Services Nancy Malool. Malool was addressing a joint meeting of mayors and administra- tors from the 13 municipalities that belong to the Northwest Bergen Shared Services Group. In addition to Ho-Ho-Kus, that group includes Allendale, Franklin Lakes, Glen Rock, Mahwah, Midland Park, Oak- land, Ramsey, Ridgewood, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, and Wyckoff. In his recent report to the Ho-Ho-Kus Council, Cirulli said the director “spoke to us in no uncertain terms about the need to create new shared service agreements on an ongoing basis.” When he told Malool that Ho-Ho-Kus currently participates in 17 shared service agreements, the direc- tor clarified that the state is referring to department mergers. Cirulli further noted (continued on page 19) McKee selected for Jazz at Lincoln Center Workshop Through competitive auditions with high school students throughout the metro- politan area, William McKee of Ho-Ho-Kus was selected to participate in a high school- level jazz ensemble at Lincoln Center for 2013-14. The ensemble will participate in Sunday workshops and will benefit from master classes by members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and other world- class artists. This new ensemble will also perform during the year. McKee, who plays the alto saxophone, is a freshman at Northern Highlands. He attri- butes his early musical successes to Ho- Ho-Kus Public School Instrumental Music Director Timothy Takagi, and wind instru- ment instructor Carolyn Talan of Hoboken. Now 15, McKee started to play the alto saxophone in fifth grade at the Ho-Ho- Kus Public School. Over his middle school years, he played in the Jazz Band, Wind Ensemble, and Concert Band under the direction of Takagi. McKee won an Eighth Grade Instrumental Music Award and, in 2013, earned the position of first chair of the alto saxophone section for the 2013 NJAJE Regional Jazz Ensemble. William McKee Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • September 25, 2013 Waldwick Local author casts critical eye at government Richard Muti, a former Bergen County assistant pros- ecutor and former mayor of his hometown of Ramsey, will read and sign his fourth book, “Essays for My Father: A Legacy of Passion, Politics, and Patriotism in Small-town America,” on Oct. 3. This event will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Waldwick Library at 19 East Prospect Street. The event is, in part, a fundraiser for the library. After the presentation, copies of “Essays for My Father” will be sold to interested individuals and Muti will be available to sign the books. For each copy purchased at the signing, Muti will donate $5 to the library. “Essays for my Father” is a collection of essays not just about Governor Chris Christie and New Jersey politics, but also about the national political scene, unnecessary wars, rare displays of political courage, not-so-rare displays of political cowardice, an Italian-American heritage shared by Gold Award winner stirs citizens to vote Kimberly Marsden (center) with representatives from the League of Women Voters of New Jersey. Kimberly Marsden of Waldwick recently completed her Girl Scout Gold Award by giving presentations about the importance of voting to middle school classes and senior citizen groups. The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout can earn and requires the completion of a leadership project of at least 80 hours. Each girl must discover an issue in the community, connect with experts and community members, and take action to effect positive change. (continued on page 19) 17 million Americans, public employee unions, and other public policy issues that challenge state and federal govern- ment. No politician, regardless of political party, or govern- ment policy is safe from the author’s scrutiny. Governor Christie, whom the author has dubbed “The New Colossus of Trenton” for the way he has dominated national and New Jersey politics, has a whole section of this book devoted to him and his in-your-face style of govern- ment. Christie enjoys a 72% approval rating among voters, the highest level attained by any governor in the state’s his- tory, but he still evokes passionate feelings from supporters and foes alike. In the end, the author comes down on the side of a “yes” vote for Christie, but only after pointing out what he considers flaws Christie exhibited in his Cinder- ella-like rise to national prominence. “I look forward to once again doing a book presentation in Waldwick,” Muti said about his upcoming event. “The Waldwick Library hosted one of the best attended book lectures we did last year, which was especially gratifying, in that my mother was born and raised in that beautiful community.” The author appeared at the Waldwick Library in Novem- ber 2012 to discuss “The Charmer,” his true crime book about a famous Bergen County murder case. That book was an award finalist in the 2012 USA Book News Best Book competition. Muti spent 19 years as a successful trial prosecutor and has taught writing, American government and politics, criminal justice, and history at three New Jersey universi- ties. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Harvard Business School, and Rutgers Law School. He is a former Navy pilot. Visit www.richardmuti.com. September 25, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES Upper Saddle River III • Page 9 Walkathon to boost funding for Arya’s Kids Arya’s Kids invites the community to fight pediatric cancer by taking part in the group’s month-long fundrais- ing effort, which will be capped with the Third Annual iWalk for Arya on Sunday, Oct. 13. The walk will take place from 9 a.m. until noon at Lions Park in Upper Saddle River. This event is a tribute to the memory of Arya Majum- der, a resident of Upper Saddle River and Cavallini Middle School student who lost his battle with cancer in 2010, and to all the kids who have fallen victim to child- hood cancer. Participants walk in the park, listen to the music, and take part in a host of activities. This year’s special attraction will be a Balloon Festival in honor of the departed souls. Balloons emblazoned with the names of loved ones will be sent heavenward. Anyone who cannot attend the walkathon is welcome to make a donation to Arya’s Kids online at www.aryas- kids.org. All of the funds raised are used toward fulfilling the missions of the charity. The iWalk event is Arya’s Kids primary fundraiser and is designed to bring together those in the community who were positively influenced by Arya and his indomitable joy for living. Arya’s Kids Foundation to Fight Childhood Cancer was created by his parents, Swati and Kumud, as a tribute to their son. Through this philanthropic effort, Arya’s friends and families are working together not only at finding a cure for childhood cancer but also at initia- tives that are designed to make the lives of children living with cancer easier. “We are hoping to find more advanced treatments with fewer and milder side effects,” said Arya’s father, Kumud Majumder. “Since its formation, the foundation raised and put to work over $200,000 toward these initiatives.” This year, Arya’s Kids set a fundraising goal of $50,000. This amount will fund clinical trials consistent Arya Majumder with the foundation’s mission. Project goals include help for children with leukemia who have failed chemother- apy and children with leukemia who have failed a bone marrow transplant. Arya’s Kids is committed to donate $1 million to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center by the end of 2015 to support immunotherapy based research for leu- kemia and brain tumors. The first clinical trial for immunotherapy-based treat- ments for kids with leukemia who have failed chemother- apy and bone marrow transplants was recently approved by FDA. Unlike traditional chemotherapy, immunother- apy is designed to attack only the cancer cells, leaving the normal cells intact. This therapy has already made a big impact for some adult patients with acute lympho- blastic leukemia. The pediatric trial opened May 19, and patient registration commenced in July 2013. Arya’s Kids is funding the pediatric trial. “In addition, one of our goals is to make the lives of our young patients as tolerable as possible during their difficult treatment period,” Majumder added. “To that end, we have donated money to Memorial Sloan Ket- tering Cancer Center, New York for purchase of gaming consoles (X-Box), pool table supplies, gifts, toys, and candy for kids undergoing treatment at MSKCC. Further grants and donations will be made as more funds become available.” The Arya’s Kids Board of Directors includes Swati Majumder, Ph.D., president and treasurer; Kumud Majumder, Ph.D., vice president; Louisa Quarto, MBA, secretary; and John B. Georges, Ph.D., director. To learn more, or to make a donation, visit www.aryaskids.org. “Like” Arya’s Kids on www.facebook.com/AryasKids. Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • September 25, 2013 Rohsler’s Nursery marks Founder’s Day Now commemorating 100 years in busi- ness, Rohsler’s Allendale Nursery and Flo- rist will pull out all the stops on Founder’s Day Weekend: Saturday, Sept. 28 and Sunday, Sept. 29. Activities will be in full swing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This two-day event is just one of the highlights of Rohsler’s year-long schedule, which has included monthly weekend pro- grams; a cancer benefit; seminars on topics such as organic gardening, children’s gar- dening, and pond startups; and special sav- ings on seasonal plants and trees, ceramic pottery, outdoor furniture, and water fea- tures. On Founder’s Day Weekend, Rohsler’s will offer pony rides and old fashioned hay- rides. The community is invited to enjoy free hot dogs and birch beer on tap begin- ning at 11 a.m. As always, the nursery will be decked out in its finest, with pumpkins, mums, scarecrows, and Halloween decorations. There will be fresh pressed cider, candy apples, and more. Rohsler’s Nursery has been family- owned and operated for five generations. It all began in 1913, when an Austrian immigrant named Herman George Rohsler started growing ornamental plants for land- scapes, inaugurating a successful family business that provides nursery, landscape, and floral services. Today, Bruce Rohsler and his siblings, Robyn and Mark, are the fourth generation of Rohslers to manage the 16-acre busi- ness at 100 Franklin Turnpike in Allendale and Saddle River, and a fifth generation is already working within the business. The triumvirate navigates the constant currents of change by looking back as often as they look forward. For more information, call (201) 327- 3156. Allendale Notebook Library to dedicate gazebo be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, visit www.allendalenj.gov. Scouts sponsor Handbag Drive Allendale Girl Scout Troop 1149 will sponsor a Handbag Drive from Sept. 25 through Oct. 11. The girls are collecting new or gently-used handbags to benefit the women at Oasis. Handbags may be dropped off at the collection box at the Lee Memo- rial Library at 500 West Crescent Avenue or at Troop 1149’s table at the Oct. 5 Allendale Day festivities. For details, contact Jennifer Pataki at jenpataki@hotmail.com or (201) 995-1120. The Lee Memorial Library invites the community to the dedication of the new gazebo in honor of longtime Friend of the Library Dot Ade on Saturday, Sept. 28. The event will begin at noon. Refreshments will be served. The library is located at 500 West Crescent Avenue in Allendale. For more information, call (201) 327- 4338. Guardian Angel sets Oktoberfest Guardian Angel Church, located at 320 Franklin Turnpike in Allendale, will host an Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 12 from 7 to 11 p.m. in the parish auditorium. The event will include an authentic German meal and live polka music. Those who attend should bring their own beverages. Attendees may participate in the “Community Chest” where they exchange a beer of their own from a selec- tion of German beers. The cost is $40 per person. Tickets to this adults-only event are available for pur- chase by sending a check payable to Guard- ian Angel Church to 320 Franklin Turnpike, Allendale NJ 07401 or by contacting Janet Keating at (201) 321-9678. Borough to host Shredding Day The Allendale Department of Public Works and Recycling will host a Document Shredding Day on Saturday, Oct. 12 in the parking lot of borough hall located at 500 West Crescent Avenue. Allendale residents are invited to bring their personal and con- fidential papers to be shredded. Hours will Newcomers announce events The Allendale Newcomers Club will host a morning coffee on Oct. 17 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. New residents and members are invited to hear about the club’s upcoming events. Children are welcome. The Newcomers Bookmarks Club will discuss Cathy Marie Buchanan’s “The Painted Girls” on Oct. 21. This historical fiction novel tells the story of two sisters who join the Paris Ballet and the paths they take. Copies of the book are available at the circulation desk of the Lee Memorial Library at 500 West Crescent Avenue in Allendale. The club will host a Kids Day Out Hay- ride on Oct. 21 at Abma’s Farm in Wyckoff. The event will begin at 3:30 p.m. The cost is $10 and includes the hayride, pumpkin picking, doughnuts, and juice. To RSVP for the events listed above, e- mail welcominganc@gmail.com. For infor- mation about upcoming activities, e-mail MembershipANC@gmail.com or stop by the Newcomers Club’s booth on Allendale Day, Oct. 5. Chamber plans dinner meeting The Allendale Chamber of Commerce will host a dinner meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 8. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Louie’s Place, 29 West Allendale Avenue in Allendale. RSVP to Adrienne Tenbekjian at (201) 327-8411. The Chamber meets the second Tuesday of the month. Finalizing festival plans The Allendale Festival Day Committee of the Allendale Chamber of Commerce met recently to finalize plans for the annual fun day and car show, scheduled this year on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on West Allendale Avenue. In photo above, Chair- persons Zach Lisella and Ashley Tenbekjian, front, are flanked by, from left: Ester Vier- heilig, Villadom Times; Joe Blondin, Allendale Ambulance Corps; Adrienne Tenbekjian, Jumbleiah; Sandy Molzan, Abbott & Caserta Realtors; Nickie Lisella, Terrie O’Connor Realtors; Chris Greimel, Architect; and Dan Zettler, Barnstable Mortgage. In additions to booths and food sponsored by chamber members and local organizations, vendors and a vintage car show, the festival will also include the Farmers Market, a food collection for the Center for Food Action and the kickoff of the ‘Dress in Pink’ campaign to highlight Breast Cancer Awareness Month. September 25, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 11 Page 12 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • September 25, 2013 Lions Club’s Family Fun Day, Ducky Derby set The Waldwick Lions Club is planning an afternoon chock full of activities this Sunday, Sept 29, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Borough Park. At noon, a cupola plaque dedication ceremony will be held in memory of Art Bar- thold. Waldwick Lions Ducky Derby/Fun Family Day will feature music, face painting, karate and remote control car demonstrations, the balloon twister, David Lima, ven- dors, food and beverages, and other attractions. The day will include a Pie Eating Contest sponsored by L.A. Street Vans and Plaza Jewelry at 1 p.m., a dem- onstration by Master Cha’s Martial Arts at 1:45 p.m., a performance by the Waldwick High School Band at 2:30 p.m., and a Cruzin R/C demonstration at 3 p.m. The Waldwick Fire Department will announce the winner of its generator contest during the festivities. The fun will center around the Lions’ traditional Ducky Derby, set to swim off at 3:30 p.m. in the brook. Participants pay $5 per duck (6 for $25), and the top 10 winners receive prizes. All proceeds go to support the Lions Club’s charitable causes. Many of the ducks have already been presold, according to Jim Zumbano of Plaza Jewelers. Plaza Jewelers, located at 10 East Prospect Street, and L.A. Street Vans, located at 149 North Frank- lin Turnpike, still have plenty more to sell. Ducks may also be purchased at the event. Left and above: Scenes from last year’s Family Fun Day/Ducky Derby. September 25, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 13 Police to turn field lights off Waldwick police officers will be turning off the high- power lights at the high school athletic field when they are left on after play is completed. “I’m glad the police will be involved with the lights – finally,” said Waldwick Board of Education President Patti Levine at the board’s last meeting. The unnecessary use of electricity at the field had been a topic of discussion at previous meetings. Police Chief Mark Messner said Athletic Director Michael Clancy had asked him last month if his department would be willing to help out. “I said, sure. We were working out a way to do it,” Messner said. “We haven’t turned them off yet because we Ethan wins big! Ethan was the winner of the Waldwick Library’s Summer Reading Club prize: this giant stuffed dog. This year’s club participants created works of art, snacked on treats, and enjoyed the company of other young patrons. have not finalized the procedure. Once enacted we would be the ‘safety valve’ so to speak if the last group off the field forgets to shut the lights down,” he added. The chief said his concern was his officers would turn the lights off prematurely when another group that had yet to show up was scheduled to use the field. “I figured that might prompt an unhappy phone call,” Messner said. School Business Administrator John Griffin said the lights had been donated by the sports groups who collabo- rated in bringing the project to fruition. He said the com- pany that installed the fixtures did maintenance on them and replaced bulbs over the summer under guarantee. Page 14 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • September 25, 2013 Golden Club welcomes fall, elects new leadership The Waldwick Golden Club members recently gathered at Borough Park for their annual fall picnic. Pictured at bottom, right, Mayor Tom Giordano swears in co-presidents Gery Cappola and Michele Colettis, standing, (who replaced long-time presi- dent John Livesey), Trea- surer Marge Wilks, and Recording Secretary Shirley Andre. Colettis said her team expects to put together an excit- ing year for the group’s 103 members, includ- ing lining up interesting speakers for meetings and revising the bylaws, besides building upon the present successful programs. September 25, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 15 WCA awarded another historic preservation grant The Waldwick Community Alliance was notified recently that it has been awarded a historic preservation grant from the 1772 Foundation for the second year in a row towards its efforts to restore the his- toric Waldwick Train Station. This year’s grant in the amount of $11,882 is slightly lower than last year’s $15,000 gift. The award must be matched 50/50. The 1772 Foundation provides finan- cial support for endangered properties, including African American History, his- toric preservation in NJ, CT, and RI and agriculture and sustainable food systems. The station project was recommended to the foundation by the New Jersey Historic Trust Board of Trustees. To date the WCA has received a grand total of $515,838 in grants for the proj- ect. These include $293,862 in 2010 and $195,094 in 2011 from the Bergen County Historic Preservation Trust Fund in addi- tion to the $26,882 from the 1772 Founda- tion. According to WCA Vice President Douglas Cowie, however, between money currently available and grant commit- ments, the WCA needs to raise another $50,000 to complete the restoration proj- ect and be able to open the “Waldwick Museum of Local History.” “The grants are not simply checks that are written to the WCA. It is a reimburse- ment grant which means that the WCA must come up with and spend the money first. Once the specified work is complete and approved, the county then refunds the WCA 75 percent of the amount spent. For this reason, the WCA needs to continue its fundraising efforts,” Cowie stressed. He said the organization has scheduled sev- eral events in the coming months which are expected to net $20,000 – $22,000. These include a Beefsteak Dinner and Silent Auction on Saturday, Nov. 23; a Wine Tasting social on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 (Tickets on sale now for both events); and the Annual Car Show and Concert on Sunday, June 1, 2014. The WCA is in the process of applying for a General Operations Grant through Bergen County which provides up to $4,000 per year for qualified entities for operating expenses such as insurance, utilities, fundraising and for museum dis- plays. “This is a tremendous stream of fund- ing which helps reduce the burden of over- head,” Cowie noted. Now that contractual issues have been settled with the previous contractor and with some moneys in place, the WCA has scheduled a bid opening on Oct. 3 for the next phase of the restoration project, at which time a new contractor will be selected. Only the contractor will be new; the previous architect and architectural historian will continue through the end of the project. Work in Phase II will include repairs The Waldwick Train Station in its current state of restoration. to exterior trim, the restoration of all win- dows, replacement of all exterior doors, interior and exterior painting, a completely new electrical system, lighting, heating and cooling systems, flooring, exterior site work, new drainage systems, fencing, exterior stairs, an ADA compliant ramp, and landscaping. “We will not know if the current grant commitments coupled with the $50,000 fundraising goal we be enough until after bids come back on the specified work. I am optimistic that with the unforeseen ele- ments of the project now out of the way, pricing for Phase II should come in sub- stantially lower than Phase I,” Cowie said. He added that depending on the pricing, the WCA fully expects to have the Waldwick Museum of Local History open next fall. As the completion goal nears, Cowie said the organization is looking for busi- ness and corporate sponsors as well as res- idents to help raise the additional $50,000 needed in the home stretch. “WCA asks local businesses to donate any way they can; whether it be monetarily through sponsorships or through their ser- vices. Every bit helps. And the WCA is a 501(c)3 non-profit charity organization, so we can offer a tax deductible receipt for the amount of the donation,” Cowie added. Contact Cowie at 201-873-8919 for sponsorship information and prices and/or to help with the museum. Page 16 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • September 25, 2013 Waldwick Watch Shelter Our Sisters is a non-profit agency that provides temporary housing for women and children who are vic- tims of domestic violence. the pipes and is not harmful. However, the water department recommends not doing any laundry during these hours. For more information, call (201) 652-5300, extension 240. The Kootz to perform The Kootz Rock ‘n Roll with Fiber will perform at the Waldwick Public Library on Thursday, Sept. 26. The con- cert will begin at 7:30. From Woodstock to London, The Kootz share their pas- sion for the unforgettable songs that ushered in a new era in music and moved a generation. Their repertoire will take the audience back to the heyday of rock ‘n roll and great songwriting. Call (201) 652-5104 to reserve a seat or for more infor- mation. The library is located at 19 East Prospect Street. Republicans to host barbecue Waldwick Republicans are invited to a free “Dawgs and Beer BBQ” at Waldwick Borough Park under the pavilion on Saturday, Oct. 5. Attendees are welcome to share their thoughts and meet fellow Republicans. The event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m., rain or shine. This event is sponsored by the Waldwick Republican Committee. Classic Movie Series under way The Waldwick Public Library, located at 19 East Prospect Street, presents screenings of classic films on Thursdays at 2 p.m. The topic for September is “Favorite Actors.” The schedule will include: “Singin’ in the Rain” (1953) featuring Gene Kelly, Sept. 26. The films are free and open to the general public. Arrival before 2 p.m. is advised. For details, call (201) 652-5104. Girl Scouts welcome new members Waldwick Girl Scouts will hold a fall registration on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the ambulance corps building at 20 Whites Lane. Registration is open to girls of various ages, beginning with those who will be entering kindergarten in the fall. Adults who are interested in becoming troop leaders are also welcome. For more information, contact Denise Lev- itzke at (201) 264-0766 or Nina Mullens at (201) 841-9928. Chamber to host Charity Dance The Waldwick Chamber of Commerce will host a Char- ity Dance on Oct. 4 to benefit Shelter Our Sisters. The event will feature music by the disco tribute band “Dancin’ Machine.” From 7 to 11 p.m., attendees will dance the night away in the Saint Luke’s gymnasium, 340 North Franklin Turnpike in Ho-Ho-Kus. The cost is $35 per person and includes one ticket for the prize basket fundraiser. Additional tickets are available for purchase. This is a bring your own everything event, and participants should plan to bring food and bever- ages. To purchase tickets or reserve a table for 10, send checks made payable to Waldwick Chamber of Commerce, to P.O. Box 323, Waldwick, NJ 07463. RSVP by Oct. 1. The Chamber is seeking donations of prizes for this fundraiser. To donate an item or service, contact Kim at (201) 286-1627 or info@waldwickchamber.com. Library offers yoga and Zumba The Waldwick Public Library will offer free yoga and Zumba Gold classes this fall. The sessions will run for eight weeks. Yoga will meet on Mondays at 11 a.m. starting Sept. 30 and is open to participants at all levels. Designed for active older adults, Zumba Gold is for people with no exercise experience and those with limited physical abil- ity. Classes will meet on Thursdays at 11:45 a.m. beginning Oct. 3. Participants in both classes should bring bottled water and a hand towel. Those taking yoga should also bring a yoga mat. The library is located at 19 East Prospect Street. Call (201) 652-5104 to register. Space is limited. Waldwick residents will be given preference. Learn to crochet The Waldwick Public Library will host a crochet class with Sally Ann from Oct. 1 through Nov. 19. The class will meet at 7:15 p.m. at the library at 19 East Prospect Street. Students of all skill levels are welcome. Participants will be given individual instruction tailored to their needs. Experi- enced crocheters are welcome to sit in with the class. Class size is limited and pre-registration is required. For infor- mation and registration, call (201) 652-5104. Water department warns of discoloration The Borough of Waldwick advises resident that the water department will be flushing fire hydrants in voting Districts 4 and 6 on weekdays through Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Flushing will cause brown water on and off through- out the day. The discolored water results from sediment in Church seeks vendors for fair The Waldwick United Methodist Church is seeking ven- dors for is 50 th Annual Country Fair scheduled for Dec. 7. The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the church located at 25 Franklin Turnpike in Waldwick. Gourmet delights, jewelry, gift baskets, handmade crafts, collect- ibles, baked goods, and other items will be for sale. For details, or to reserve a table, call (201) 447-6425. 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. 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. September 25, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES The comfort women & the uncomfortable truth As you read this, thousands of young Korean women and girls are being coerced into lives as prostitutes and concubines. The perpetrators this time are Chinese. Hannah Song, a graduate of Northern Highlands Regional High School is now the president and CEO of LINK (Liberty in North Korea), a group based in Cali- fornia that helps rescue and resettle North Koreans who flee to northern China and find themselves confronted with prostitution of one type or another. The alternative is being sent back to North Korea for torture, execution, or prison camps that have lasted, in Song’s own words, twice as long as the Soviet Gulag and five times as long as the Nazi death camps. How do the Chinese cope with Song and her one- woman onslaught of honesty, backed by a number of other Korean-Americans and sympathetic white Yalies? They dug up and dusted off a Japanese outrage that took place in the middle of the last century and promoted it as typical of the culture that gave the world Pearl Harbor along with Hello Kitty, Totoro, Midori, and half of Alan Gilbert. Around Bergen County and in various places in Cali- fornia, pressure groups are asking that monuments be authorized to the “comfort women,” Korean and other Asian women coerced into military brothels by the Japa- nese during World War II. The comfort women are generally described as “sex slaves.” The idea generated is that Japanese soldiers swooped down on villages and carried off young girls for a life of prostitution, probably followed by murder. This is hokum. The Japanese did recruit women as prostitutes, but the prime booking agents were the Korean National Police and the debt-ridden families of the girls. Bruce Cumings, an American college professor at the University of Chicago is married to a Korean woman. Cumings is a critic of both North and South Korea, and gave the comfort woman issue three pages in his book, “Korea’s Place in the Sun.” Cumings, no friend of Japan, alluded to the fact that no Korean woman was handed over to Japanese custody without the compliance of fellow Koreans. Contract prostitution for family debt was an old, ugly part of Asian culture in China and Japan in the years before the Japanese annexed Korea. The Koreans circa 1910 were not as familiar with pros- titution as the Chinese or the Japanese were. In traditional Korea, family contract marriage generally conferred mar- riageable daughters on mature men of any age who seemed respectable and offered financial inducement to the girls’ parents. Men with no money were out of luck, while rich men sometimes had any number of lawful wives. Independent Korea had many harems and not many brothels, though both existed before the Japanese arrived. The Japanese outlawed polygamy in 1880, and the ban for- mally fell on Korea in 1910, though it was widely ignored in both countries. The ban and its aftermath -- more broth- els and fewer harems -- was part of the Japanese coloniza- tion of Korea that also opened the first hospitals, banks, and public schools Korea had ever seen. The Koreans sang sad songs about the brothels, but studied hard in the schools. What was the life of a comfort woman like? A U.S. Army technical corporal named Alex Yorichi interviewed 20 comfort women at the Ledo Stockade in Burma in 1944 after they were captured while serving with the Japanese Army. The report is available online. Yorichi was a Japa- nese-American, but the fact that he joined the U.S. Army when 110,000 of his fellow Japanese-Americans were behind barbed wire in American Relocation Camps shows whose side he was on. “The majority of the girls were ignorant and unedu- cated, though a few had been connected with ‘the oldest profession on earth’ before...the contract they signed bound them to Army regulations and to the ‘house master’ for a period of from six months to a year depending on the family debt for which they were advanced...They lived well because their food and material (were) not heavily rationed and they had plenty of money with which to purchase desired articles...They were able to buy clothes, shoes, cigarettes, and cosmetics to supplement the many gifts given to them by soldiers who had received ‘comfort bags’ from home...While in Burma they amused them- selves by participating in sports events with both officers and men, and attended picnics, entertainment, and social dinners. They had a phonograph, and in the towns they were allowed to go shopping.” The girls soon learned what they were there for, and the conditions were arduous. “The girls were allowed the prerogative of refusing a customer,” Yorichi wrote. “In the later part of 1943 the army issued orders that certain girls who had paid their debt could return home…The interrogations showed that the health of these girls was good...There were numerous cases of proposals of marriage and in certain cases mar- riages actually took place.” How did an ugly fact of life in most Asian countries get recycled into the kidnapping, rape, and murder of a whole nation of innocents? Some contemporary Japanese newsmen discovered that most Koreans they spoke to in California were rather apathetic about the whole thing. The organizational support came from a Chinese-sup- ported organization known in English as The Alliance for Preserving the Truth about the Sino-Japanese War. This group apparently came to life shortly after the Chinese suffered the international embarrassment of Tianamen Square. The first fruits of Tianamen in terms of Chinese pro- paganda was the revitalized interest in the 1937 Japanese Rape of Nanking, a staple of U.S. propaganda during World War II which Iris Chang, a Chinese-American, described as “The Forgotten Holocaust of the Pacific.” The Alliance for Preserving the Truth about the Sino-Japanese War takes pride in having provided Chang with much of her information. Since much of the source material was either III • Page 17 in Japanese or German, and Chang could not read those languages, they essentially took over her literary life. The Chinese numbers for murders and rapes are impossible. The Nanking Safety Zone Committee of American, Brit- ish, German, and Danish humanitarians who were there -- the Chinese Nationalist generals ran for it and abandoned their own soldiers -- signed off on 360 rapes and 25,000 deaths either from battle or the massacre of soldier prison- ers caught out of uniform. Chinese figures are 300,000 murders -- not battle deaths -- and 20,000 to 80,000 rapes. There were 200,000 people in Nanking, and most of them lived. Do the math. Chang claimed the Japanese never apologized for Nanking and that Nanking had never been mentioned in Japanese schoolbooks. A couple of Japanese report- ers sleuthed into a public gathering where Chang was speaking to hundreds of Chinese-American admirers and showed everybody present a number of Japanese middle- school schoolbooks that mentioned the Nanking Massacre in considerable detail. Japan apologized four times and the officer deemed responsible was hanged. One of the confessed Japanese Nanking rapists shortly turned out to have been an eccentric leftist drafted in 1940. He was still in Japan when Nanking fell. A key Japanese historian who supported the Nanking story was demonstrably anti-American and called the U.S. war in Vietnam an act of genocide. Some of the Nanking atrocity photos in the book were taken elsewhere and others were obvious fakes. After having an autistic child and suffering from overwork on another Japan-bashing book, Chang, who probably initially believed what her communist Chinese handlers told her, shot herself. The current comfort woman imbroglio is more of the same. The Japanese outrage should never have happened, but it was consistent with Asian culture at that time. Kore- ans were widely complicit. The details and the numbers are simulated. The stimulus is probably the widespread Chinese sexual mistreatment of North Korean refugees and the general dissatisfaction many thinking Chinese feel for their government. A recent PBS show depicted two Chinese freelance newsmen, “Temple Tiger” and “Zola,” who use cell phone cameras and texting to produce honest news reports about environmental catastrophes and abuse of citizens. These two risk evictions, beatings, and “disappearance” to do so. They are real heroes. People who want to bring comfort to the modern “com- fort women” stranded in China should support LINK, not build monuments to dubiously reported events that took place 75 years ago in another country. Finger-pointing, like finger-painting, is best outgrown -- especially when the “facts” come from foreign propa- gandists. Watch out for one-sided atrocity stories. Only one side needs them. Letters to the Editor Superintendent speaks out Dear Editor: Most local taxpayers are aware that much of the tax money we send to Trenton goes to subsidize other school districts. Coming up very soon, we will have an opportu- nity to vote to use some of the state funds on a project in our own district. On Tuesday, Sept. 24, we will vote on funding a new roof for Northern Highlands Regional High School. The total cost of removing and completely replacing the roof is $2.76 million, but the state has committed to contribute 40 percent of the cost, a total of $1.1 million, through debt service aid. If we don’t approve this new roof, we will lose this opportunity and this state money. Because the number of questions I’ve been asked, I want to provide some further information about the state of the school’s roof and the reason we need to move forward now to take care of the problem. Here are some important facts about the current roof: It dates from 1965, when the build- ing was erected, and 1974 when the school was expanded, making it far beyond its useful life span. There are dozens of large puddles of standing water on the roof and quanti- ties of plant growth, including moss and algae. Although the four-acre roof has been repeatedly patched, leaks have caused major damage to rugs, ceiling tiles, wiring, and floors, especially in the library and auditorium, where buckets are a common sight. The old roof will be completely removed and the new roof will be energy-efficient, solar-ready, and equipped with a 35-year warranty. Please join me in supporting this much-needed improvement that will maintain our facility as one of the premier schools in Bergen County and keep your tax dollars here in your school district where they belong. John Keenan, Superintendent Northern Highlands Regional High School Allendale Supports school roof referendum Dear Editor: We are writing as parents of children in Reynolds and Bogert schools, school leaders, and sales associates at a reputable local real estate company (Terrie O’Connor Real Estate). We acknowledge that there are many factors that go into a family’s decision to purchase a home in a specific area, and the quality of the local schools is a large factor. The fact that Northern Highlands Regional High School is one of New Jersey’s top rated high schools is well known. We both know firsthand that homes are purchased in the four towns because of Highlands’ superb reputation. That being said, the safety and well-being of the students in the school cannot be overlooked. The roof at the school is over 50 years old and is beyond repair. There has been significant damage to rugs, ceiling tiles, wiring, and floors with major leaks in the library, auditorium, hallways, stair- wells, and cafeteria. Whenever one leak is repaired, (continued on page 18) Page 18 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • September 25, 2013 Obituaries Gail Marie Dobi Gail Marie Dobi of Ridgewood, formerly of Hasbrouck Heights, died Sept. 15. She was 61. She graduated from William Paterson College in 1973 with a BA in account- ing and physical education. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C. Church in Ridgewood. She is survived by her husband James R. of Ridgewood and her sons Nicholas J. of Mahwah and Christopher J. of Coppell, Texas. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Ruth M. Dougherty Ruth M. Dougherty of Wyckoff, formerly of Midland Park, died Sept. 18. She was 95. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Wyckoff. She is sur- vived by several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Carlton S. Dougherty. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, 555 Russell Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481. Bruce Adam Holz Bruce Adam Holz of Franklin Lakes, formerly of Edison and Oakland, died Sept. 18. He was 66. He was a 1965 graduate of Ridgefield Park High School and a 1969 graduate of Rutgers University, where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. Before retiring, he was executive vice president for Reinsurance Management Ser- vices in Wayne. He was a member of the Bogota Racquet and Oritani Tennis clubs. He is survived by his wife Marcia Holz (nee Fecanin) of Franklin Lakes and his children Adam, Brian, Alexander and Nicholas Holz. He is also sur- vived by his siblings George Holz, Judy Guevin, and Gail Cerelli and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents George and Amelia Holz. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Vermeulen Memorial Home in Franklin Lakes. Memorial donations may be made to the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge, Inc., 2 Shelter Lane, Oak- land, NJ 07436 or the American Diabetes Association, 1160 Route 22 East, Suite 103, Bridgewater, NJ 08807. William J. Hufnagel William J. Hufnagel of Franklin Lakes and Vero Beach, Florida, formerly of Waldwick, died Sept. 18, 2013. He was 89. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He received his bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall University. In 1969, he became a Burger King franchisee and the founder of Food Service Properties Corp. in Elmwood Park. He was honored as a pioneer by the Burger King Corporation for all of his accomplishments building restaurants in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Seattle, Washington. He was a parishioner of Most Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church in Franklin Lakes and Holy Cross Church in Vero Beach, Florida. He was a Knight in the Church of the Holy Sep- ulcher. He was a member of the Arcola Country Club and a past member of the Indian Trail Club in Franklin Lakes and of the Vero Beach Country Club and Moorings Club in Florida. He is survived by his wife Eleanor Y. Hufnagel (nee Young) of Franklin Lakes and his children Elizabeth O’Brien of North Wales, Pennsylvania, James Hufnagel of Franklin Lakes, and Diann H. Isola of Kinnelon. He is also survived by five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and one niece. He was predeceased by his sister Florance Reid. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat-Vermeu- len Memorial Home in Franklin Lakes. Memorial donations may be made to the Valerie Fund, 2101 Millburn Avenue, Maplewood, NJ 07040. Gloria C. Joy Gloria C. Joy, nee Dieckmann, of Park Ridge, formerly of Mahwah, West Nyack (New York), and Maywood, died Sept. 15. She was 84. She is survived by her children James, Patricia Brantner, and Eileen Schlaier, and 10 grandchil- dren. She is also survived by seven great-grandchildren, and her sister Mildred Simmons of Hiawassee, Geor- gia. She was predeceased by her husband James, her son Michael, and her parents Louise and Henry Dieckmann. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Per- nice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Stanley M. Kuchar Stanley M. Kuchar of Saddle River, formerly of River Vale, died Sept. 17. He was 63. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was born in Jersey City to Stan- ley and Mary Kuchar. He was the founder and president of Can Am Consulting in Mahwah. He was a parishioner of Our Lady of Mercy R.C. Church in Park Ridge. He is sur- vived by his wife Maureen Kuchar and his children Jason and Erin Kuchar. He is also survived by his siblings Al, Mary, John, Michael, and Anne. He was predeceased by his brother Stephen. Arrangements were made Becker Funeral Home in Westwood. Memorial donations may be made to Standard Bred Retirement or to the Special Olympics. John J. Kuiper John J. Kuiper of Wyckoff died Sept. 14. He was 91. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He attended North Carolina State University. He was the proprietor of John Kuiper, Inc. in Hawthorne for many years before his retirement. He was a member Wyckoff Reformed Church in Wyckoff. He is survived by his wife Grace (nee Hardinge) of Wyckoff, his son Jerry A. Kuiper of Quakertown, and stepdaughter Elizabeth Ward of Las Vegas, Nevada. He is also survived by three grandchildren, one step-grandchild, eight great- grandchildren, and two nieces. He was predeceased by his first wife Ruth Mary (nee Hazlett) and his son John R. Kuiper. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to the Wyckoff Reformed Church, 580 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481. Jacqueline H. Lindloff Jacqueline H. Lindloff, nee Patault, of Wyckoff died Sept. 13. She was 92. She was born in Pargny-les-Reims, France and emigrated as a war bride in 1946. She was edu- cated in England and in France before World War II. She was a homemaker and French tutor. She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Midland Park, where she served on the Guild Committee. She served as a volun- teer at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, and shared her cul- ture with the Alliance Française of Bergen County. She is survived by her daughters Virginia Kimball of Ridgewood and Janine Morgan of Saddle River, and two grandsons. She is also survived by her sister Odette Gaulon and a nephew in France. She was predeceased by her husband Martin. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to Christ Episcopal Church, 105 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 (Outreach Fund) or to MGH Center for Regenera- tive Medicine, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114. Eric W. Patton Eric W. Patton of Mahwah, formerly of Ridgefield, died Sept. 17. He was 43. He was a teacher at Lady Liberty Academy in Newark, and a parishioner of Saint Elizabeth’s Church in Wyckoff. He was the Cub Master for Mahwah Cub Scout Pack 197. He is survived by his wife Susan C. (Servis) Patton and his children Grace Patricia, Anthony Edward, and Eric Warner Jr. He is also survived by his mother Virginia Patton, his siblings Edward W. Patton and Jennifer J. O’Donnell, and one nephew. He was prede- ceased by his father Edward W. Patton. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Walter Van Savage Walter Van Savage of Saddle River died Sept. 16. He was 89. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was a salesman for IBM for many years. He was a parishioner of Saint Gabriel R.C. Church in Saddle River. He is survived by his wife Jean (nee Cos- grove), his sister Anne Rutkowski, and numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Gabriel’s Foundation, 88 East Saddle River Road, Saddle River, NJ 07458. Letters to the Editor (continued from page 17) another one pops up. A permanent solution is necessary to ensure the safety of the student body. The bottom line is we need to stop wasting money on ineffective repairs to the roof. The “band aids” are no longer working. We urge you to go to the polls on Sept. 24 and vote “yes” for the Highlands roof project. Diane Cookson, President Upper Saddle River Educational Foundation Karen Fusaro Upper Saddle River Board of Education Note: These views are personal to Cookson and Fusaro and do not necessarily reflect those of other members of the USREF, USR BOE, or Terrie O’Connor Realtors. September 25, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES Ho-Ho-Kus Jottings Registration open for Richard’s Run The 10 th Annual Richard’s Run Ho-Ho-Kus 5K will be held Sunday, Oct. 6. The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. and is a single loop located entirely within Ho-Ho-Kus. Runners, walkers, and stroller are welcome. Individual registration is $25 before Oct. 5 and $30 afterward. Family registration is $60 before Oct. 5 and $65 afterward. A 100 cash prize will be awarded to the overall male and female winners. Medals will also be awarded in individual age groups. Save time on Race Day: Race packet and chip pickup will be available on Saturday, Oct. 5 at Ridgewood Cycle Shop, 35 North Broad Street in Ridgewood, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and at Ho-Ho-Kus Borough Hall, 333 Warren Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus, from 3 to 5 p.m. Check in on the day of race is from 7 to 8 a.m. at borough hall. To register, visit RunSignUp.com. Proceeds from Richard’s Run Ho-Ho-Kus 5K will be donated to the Go4theGoal Foundation, which supports pediatric cancer research and programs throughout the country. Story time under way Story time at the Worth-Pinkham Library is under way. The program meets on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. and Wednes- days at 11:45 a.m. and will continue through December. Registration is not required. For more information, call (201) 445-8078. The library is located at 91 Warren Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus. Torino to address club The Woman’s Club of Ho-Ho-Kus will meet on Monday, Oct. 7. The group will gather at 11 a.m. in Saint Bartholomew Church Hall located at 78 Sheridan Avenue in Ho-Ho-Kus. Lunch will be served, and the public is welcome. Dan Torino, president of the Bergen County Audu- bon Society, will present a program about protecting and observing wildlife in the Northeast. For more information, call (201) 652-2236. Gold Star Mothers to be honored On Sunday, Sept. 29, the United States will honor Gold Star Mothers and families. In Ridgewood, the Gold Star Mother’s Day Committee will commemorate Gold Star Mother’s Day at Van Neste Park, where luminaria will be lit from 7 to 9 p.m. to honor Gold Star Mothers and their families. However, the com- mittee’s goal is to have thousands of other luminaria lit Shared services (continued from page 7) that Malool remarked that “the state feels that no munici- pality with a population under 5,000 or so should even exist if it is unwilling to create some meaningful interlo- cal agreements as she had just described. “More than ever, the emphasis is on the creation of new interlocal shared service agreements,” Cirulli told the council, pointing out that he had just reviewed the state’s 2013 Best Practices survey. Cirulli noted that this year’s 50-question survey specifically asks New Jersey munici- palities, “In the last year, did you participate in any type of strategic planning process designed to help you restruc- ture to reduce costs?” Ho-Ho-Kus and Waldwick now share leaf grinding and trucking services (which constitute two interlocal agreements) and the Well Baby Clinic, which is a child- hood immunization program. Ho-Ho-Kus and Bergen III • Page 19 throughout Ridgewood on Sept. 29 to honor the Gold Star Mothers and families. American Legion Post 53 (Ridgewood), Washington Elm Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 192 (Ho-Ho-Kus/ Ridgewood), and Ridgewood’s Blue Star Families are committed to bringing awareness to the community and to commemorating the sacrifices these mothers and their families have made for the country. The community is invited to join in the event at Van Neste Park. County share the Social Services programs. Ho-Ho-Kus and Ridgewood have agreements that cover bacteriologi- cal analysis of the water supply, provide an Adult Health Clinic, and allow Ho-Ho-Kus residents to use Ridge- wood’s Graydon Pool swimming facilities. Ho-Ho-Kus shares a tax assessor and recreation depart- ment director with Upper Saddle River, a municipal court administrator with Allendale, and a health officer with Fair Lawn. Paramus performs mechanical maintenance on fire trucks from Ho-Ho-Kus and is the public safety answering point for 911 calls emanating from Ho-Ho-Kus. Midland Park purchases gasoline and diesel fuel from Ho-Ho-Kus, and Midland Park’s construction department issues permits for Ho-Ho-Kus’ elected officials. Ho-Ho- Kus belongs to the Northwest Bergen Shared Services Group that handles street resurfacing contracts for the member municipalities, and the borough shares a school resource officer (Police Officer Sean Leonard) with the Ho-Ho-Kus Board of Education. “We are looking into different possibilities and keep- ing our options open,” Cirulli told the council. Gold Award (continued from page 8) As part of the project, representatives from the League of Women Voters also gave a presentation to the senior class at Waldwick High School and helped students reg- ister to vote. In addition, Marsden had actors reenact a debate between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who were political adversaries, to underscore the importance and significance of political discourse. “Voting is very important and citizens need to see that,” Marsden said. Marsden has been a Girl Scout in Troop 846 since kin- dergarten. A 2013 graduate of Waldwick High, she currently attends Marist College where she is studying psychology. “Through Girl Scouting, I discovered that I love helping others and I want to continue doing so throughout my life,” she said. Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES III & IV • September 25, 2013 Family in witness protection can’t keep low profile by Dennis Seuling “The Family” is the story of the Manzonis, an Ameri- can family hidden in a small French town through the witness protection program. Giovanni Manzoni (Robert De Niro) has testified against big time mob bosses and now has a price of $20 million on his head. Agent Robert Stansfield (Tommy Lee Jones) is responsible for protecting Giovanni -- now called Fred Blake -- and family, making sure they don’t draw undue attention to themselves. While not exactly thrilled with their new home, wife Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer), daughter Belle (Diana Agron), and son Warren (John D’Leo) try their best to acclimate. Dropping old ways is tough, though, and none of the family members is much good at keeping a low profile. Before long, Giovanni is beating people up, Michelle is blowing up the local supermarket because of anti-Ameri- can comments she hears, and Belle and Warren are figur- ing the angles and manipulating the ecosystem at the local high school. To complicate matters, Giovanni/Fred has assumed the guise of an author and decided to write his memoirs as a means of self-administered therapy to see what drove him to the life he chose. Director Luc Besson (“The Professional,” “La Femme Nikita”) seesaws between dark comedy and graphic vio- lence as he chronicles the family’s adventures. Because viewers never see what Giovanni’s crimes were, he comes Giovanni Manzoni (Robert De Niro) holds one of his persuasive devices in ‘The Family.’ off more as a cranky curmudgeon than a monster. With De Niro playing him with a “Who me?” twinkle in his eye, Giovanni is almost a teddy bear or anyone’s eccentric uncle. When he does lash out, prompted by his perception of being treated disrespectfully or taken advantage of, it is quick and violent. Sometimes, viewers see what he would like to do in brief glimpses into his imagination. At other times, he actually engages in violence with nonchalant abandon. Maggie has more self-control. To keep tabs on the fam- ily’s safety level, she has befriended two FBI agents across the street and even cooks Italian dishes for them. She is no timid soul, however, and shares her husband’s intolerance of those who look down on her and her family. Jones, who seems to be channeling several previous movie roles, is less intense as a man frustrated by this family. In fact, his Stansfield is pretty ineffective at pro- tecting them from themselves. He and De Niro share a key scene in which “Mr. Blake,” in his identity as writer, has been invited to speak at a film screening and becomes a hit with the audience when he can’t refrain from recounting gripping incidents from his own background. “The Family” works primarily because of its cast. Both De Niro and Pfeiffer -- no newcomers to crime films -- balance lighter moments with more intense scenes. Agron (from TV’s “Glee”) and D’Leo both shoulder their share of the picture’s weight and offer an interesting, even touch- ing, portrait of siblings caught in a life not of their choos- ing but determined not only to survive but to rise above it. Though the film is set entirely in France, Besson has the locals speak in French-accented English, which dimin- ishes credibility and ignores the question, “How can this English-speaking family understand all these French people so easily?” Subtitles would have added credibility, but risked alienating those who don’t fancy reading movies and skew the film into jokes about language confusion. Although “The Family” is being marketed as a comedy, this R-rated movie has a lot of strong language and vio- lence. The concept is funny: placing a larcenous, mur- derous family in a completely unlikely setting where it is impossible for them to blend in and they can’t keep from resorting to the only means they know to get things done, whether as simple as having clean tap water or as compli- cated as disposing of a body. September 25, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 21 ‘Friday the 13 th ’ is a horror fan’s dream release by Dennis Seuling When “Friday the 13th” hit movie screens in 1980, few suspected that this low-budget horror flick would be the genesis of a hugely successful franchise. Now, Warner Bros. and Paramount have joined forces to offer an impres- sive 10-disc Blu-ray set, “Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection.” “Friday the 13th” focuses on Jason Voorhees, who drowned as a young child at Camp Crystal Lake because of the inattentiveness of the camp counselors. Many years later, the camp becomes the scene of several murders, all of which are either committed or motivated by the avenging Jason, who forever lurks at Crystal Lake with his machete or other sharp weapons in hand. The key to the franchise’s success is the elaborately staged killings, one more grisly than the next, as a series of attractive but dumb teenagers insist on venturing into secluded places, investigating mysterious noises, and lin- gering alone in unfamiliar territory. With Michael Myers from the “Halloween” movies and Freddy Kreuger from the “Nightmare on Elm Street” series, Jason completes the famous trilogy of modern-day “mon- sters,” ranking in popularity with Dracula, the Franken- stein monster, and the Wolf Man from previous decades. The “Friday the 13th” horror series is one of the longest- running and most successful in film history. This collec- tion includes all 12 films, with seven titles making their Blu-ray debut, and a bonus disc of special features on the making of the famous franchise. The set is packaged in a sturdy tin case with 11 hours of previously released fea- tures and a 40-page book excerpted from “Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th,” the The masked Jason Voorhees is featured in the new Blu-ray release, ‘Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection.’ definitive volume on the series. It contains highlights from 200 interviews, 600 photos, storyboards and concept art, and a Camp Crystal Lake embroidered Counselor Patch. “In the House” (Cohen Media Group) is a suspense drama from director Francois Ozon. Sixteen-year-old Claude Garcia (Ernest Umhauer) is a student in a writ- ing class taught by bored, middle-aged Germain (Fabrice Luchini). Germain becomes fascinated with a story Claude has written about how he has schemed his way into the house of a schoolmate, Rapha (Bastien Ughetto), and seen things not meant for outsiders’ eyes. Germain at first scolds the boy, but then becomes seduced by his ongoing tale, in which he reveals his attraction to Rapha’s mother (Emman- uelle Seigner) and details Rapha’s father’s problems. The film is reminiscent of “Swimming Pool,” with its cinematic treatment of a writer’s creative process, as it deals with the theme of reality as filtered through the imagina- tion. The characters are well drawn and the performances are uniformly effective. Blu-ray features include a making- of featurette, bloopers, and deleted scenes. The film is in French with English subtitles. “Redemption” (Lionsgate) stars Jason Statham as Joey Jones, who returns from the Afghan war a shattered man. Broke, homeless, and lost in a haze of drugs and alcohol, he attempts to piece his life together with the help of Sister Cristina (Agata Buzek), a nun who works in an inner- city parish. Joey’s expert training as a soldier marks him as a valuable asset to the mob and he soon finds himself employed in the dark web of London’s criminal underworld. When Joey finds out his girlfriend was brutally murdered by ruthless kingpins, he seeks revenge, even if it promises to destroy him completely. As Statham movies go, “Redemption” is ambitious, though the plot is all over the place. The Steven Knight script attempts to explore the ambiguity of a broken man seeking redemption who cannot leave behind the vio- lence he has known and is his only talent. The relationship between Jones and Sister Cristina never rings true when he (continued on Crossword page) Page 22 THE VILLADOM TIMES III & IV • September 25, 2013 DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) becomes her benefactor. Though well intentioned, “Redemption” never achieves the gravity to which it aspires and comes off as a slightly above-average action flick. “Unfinished Song” (Anchor Bay) is the story of two people deeply in love. Terence Stamp is Arthur, a retiree whose wife Marion (Vanessa Redgrave) is suffering from a recurrence of cancer. He takes meticulous care of her but cannot bring himself to tell her how much she means to him. He brings her to rehearsals of a community choir led by Elizabeth (Gemma Arterton). He complains that his son (Christopher Eccleston) doesn’t visit more often, but mostly he watches Marion find joy in the choir, wondering why he can’t do the same. Stamp and Redgrave are terrific together, and this is the main reason to see “Unfinished Song.” It is a pleasure to behold two veteran actors who have honed their craft so the acting is effortless and realistic. The magic evaporates and flaws in the writing are magnified when a few sub- plots are explored. However, when the camera focuses on the stars, the screen sparkles. The film is an interesting counterpart to last year’s “Amour,” which covered similar ground but had a more somber tone. Character studies are rare these days in mainstream Hollywood films, which tend to be fast-paced and sketchy on character development. With “Unfinished Song,” writer/director Paul Andrew Williams takes his time showing viewers this couple in their natural habitat as they interact and go about their lives while facing the uncertainty of a dread disease. Still, the movie is never grim or maudlin. It treats Arthur and Marion intelligently as individuals with dignity. DVD bonuses include deleted scenes and outtakes. “South Park: The Complete Sixteenth Season” (Para- mount/Comedy Central) contains 14 episodes on this two- disc Blu-ray release. Named “one of the All-Time Greatest TV Shows” by “Entertainment Weekly,” “South Park” premiered on Aug. 13, 1997. 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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. mr RELIGIOUS Prayer to St. Clare cont. from preceding page Thank You St. Jude 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. 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Club announces events The Saddle River Valley Residents Club offers a wide range of events and activities for members. The club wel- comes residents of Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, and neighboring towns. Monthly events include the Coffee Social, Out to Lunch, Sociable Suppers, and the Interna- tional Club plus other programs and activities throughout the year. Upcoming events will include an Out to Lunch event on Wednesday, Sept. 25 and a Wine Tasting on Friday, Oct. 18. For further information about events and membership, visit srvrc.org or e-mail membership@srvrc.org. Friends hold Book Sale The Friends of the Upper Saddle River Library will hold the first Book Sale of the season on Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the library at 245 Lake Street. Members of the Friends may come at 9:30 a.m. Mem- berships are available at the library the morning of the sale. The shelves will be stocked with gently-used books, fiction and non-fiction for all ages, and a wide variety of children’s books. There will be many CDs, DVDs, and other audio- visual items available. Blessing of the Animals set Bergen Highlands United Methodist Church invites members of the community to bring their pets to a Blessing of the Animals on Sunday, Oct. 6. This 4 p.m. event will be held in the church at 318 West Saddle River Road in Upper Saddle River. All animals (on leashes or in pet carriers) are welcome. Attendees are invited to bring photos of deceased pets for remembrance. For details, call (201) 327-3960. ESL classes available The Upper Saddle River Library offers an ongoing ESL (English as a Second Language) Program. The free ses- sions provide instruction for area adults. Local residents, who are specially trained tutors, teach foreign-born adults on a one-to-one basis to speak, read, and write English. All groups meet at the library at 245 Lake Street at prearranged times. Applications are available at the library’s circulation desk. To register for lessons or to learn more about becoming a tutor, contact Rosemarie Manganaro at (201) 327-2583. Safety Night scheduled The Upper Saddle River Fire Department invites the public to its Eighth Annual Fire Prevention and Safety Night on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The event will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Upper Saddle River Fire Headquarters at 375 West Saddle River Road. Programs will include vehicle extrication demonstrations, fire truck rides, and a fire safety house. In addition to the exhibits, there will be refreshments and giveaways. The event will be held rain or shine. SRV Residents Club hosts events The Saddle River Valley Residents Club offers a wide range of events and activities for members. The club wel- comes residents of Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, and neighboring towns. Monthly events include the Coffee Social, Out to Lunch, Sociable Suppers, and the Interna- tional Club plus other programs and activities throughout the year. Upcoming events will include an Out to Lunch event on Wednesday, Sept. 25 and a Wine Tasting on Friday, Oct. 18. For details about events and membership, visit srvrc.org or e-mail membership@srvrc.org. Library offers programs for adults The Upper Saddle River Library, located at 245 Lake Street, offers a variety of programs for adults. An Introduction to Metaphysics: Spirit Communication and Meditation will be held Oct. 5 and 12. Trish Woods, spiritualist medium, will present the two-part program and teach the basic principals of auras, spirit helpers, psychic guides, psychic senses, and super conscious meditation and GreenFaith certification (continued from page 3) the regional and international levels. “While we have been blessed by the rich resources and bounty of our nation, we have come to confess that it is often our consumer-driven ways that result in the impov- erishment of those whose natural resources are being over- used or destroyed,” Father Bob emphasized. “The Green Team approach attempts to educate Presentation parishio- ners about the religious principles and ethical and moral implications that will help us to continue to become more conscious of the sacredness of the Earth as God’s creation. It strives to make our parish more aware of its responsibili- ties to protect our environment for future generations.” The GreenFaith Sanctuary certificate will be presented to the Church of the Presentation parish by a representative of GreenFaith at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Oct. 20. Located at 271 West Saddle River Road, the Church of the Presentation (www.churchofpresentation.org) was founded on July 9, 1961. This Catholic parish has grown from the original 270 families to almost 4,000 families today. Nurturing spiritual growth, being better stewards of the earth and continuing its mission of outreach to those in need are the hallmarks of the church known for its energy, joy, and commitment to serve others and to welcome all. reading. The sessions will meet from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fee is $100 and registration is required. On Oct. 8, learn about popular social media platforms at 7 p.m. Programs to be discussed include LinkedIn, Face- book, Twitter, and Instagram. Registration is required. A lecture about John Singer Sargent and his painting “Madame X” will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Dis- cover the story behind the famous painting, the identity of Madame X, how the two individuals became connected, and the role the City of Paris played in their lives. The lec- ture will begin at 7 p.m. For more information, or to register for programs, call (201) 327-2583. AP Scholars (continued from page 4) Glen Rock; Alexander S. Gulati, Township of Washington; Daniel A. Jacobini, Ridgewood; Corey W. Meyer, Totowa; Brendan T. Mullen, Totowa; Damian O’Sullivan, Suf- fern, NY; Matthew W. Owens, Pearl River, NY; David E. Rameau, New City, NY; and Michael W. Sielski, Wayne. Four Don Bosco Prep students have been named 2013 AP Scholars with Honor. This designation is granted to students who receive scores of 3.25 or higher on four of more AP Exams. The recognized students include Jona- than B. Bochicchio, Montebello, NY; John A. Brunner, Mahwah; Eric Cole, Fort Lee; and Anthony Gallo, West Nyack, NY. Twenty-five Don Bosco students have been named 2013 AP Scholars, a designation granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three of more AP Exams. Don Bosco’s AP Scholars include Dylan J. Amador, Ringwood; Jack T. Baines, Mahwah; Joseph C. Chung, Fort Lee; Justin V. DeVuono, West Nyack, NY; Michael D. Forlini, West Nyack, NY; Tristan J. Hollenbaugh, Stony Point, NY; Kang Woo Kim, Paramus; Michael J. Lennon, Lincoln Park; Michael Leone, Glen Rock; Joseph F. Luongo, Lodi; Dylan P. Magee, Chestnut Ridge; Timo- thy J. Marcotte, Monroe, NY; Robert E. Matts, Oakland; Cameron R. McMath, Paramus; Anthony G. Orosz, East Rutherford; Joseph M. Pellicano, Park Ridge; Patrick A. Piza, Bloomfield; Kevin P. Quimbo, Woodcliff Lake; Charles P. Rabolli, Mahwah; Adam W. Ramos, Franklin Lakes; Kevin A. Ramos, Franklin Lakes; Andrew Scerbo, Oakland; Steven R. Seeberger, Airmont, NY; Robert D. Smith, Paramus; Kevin C. Teel, Monroe, NY; Thomas P. Whittam, Allendale; Albert H. Wunsch, Englewood Cliffs; and Brian D. Zied, Glen Rock. Don Bosco Prep, founded in 1915, is a private, Catholic college preparatory high school for young men. Dedicated to empowering young men, the school provides rigorous academics at the AP, honors and college prep levels, and encourages participation in extracurricular activities, clubs, athletics, and arts. Administered by the Salesians of Saint John Bosco, a religious order of priests and brothers, Don Bosco Prep is solidly founded on Catholic philoso- phy. Accredited by The Middle States Association of Col- leges and Schools, Don Bosco Prep is a member of The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Develop- ment, The National Catholic Education Association, The National Association of Secondary School Principals, The National Honor Society, The New Jersey State Interscho- lastic Athletic Association, and The Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League. Page 26 THE VILLADOM TIMES III & IV • September 25, 2013 How to increase storage in tight spaces Cozy, quaint homes attract many buyers and renters. Be it a cottage-style house or a studio apartment, smaller living spaces often involve getting creative with storage. People live in a smaller homes for a variety of reasons. Some choose to live in a smaller home so they can be right in the thick of things in a city or urban center. Others scale back on living space to save money. However, storage space in small quarters is often at a premium, and thinking cre- atively is a necessity to keep the home tidy and items out of view. Rainy or chilly days are the perfect times to tackle indoor organization projects. When the outdoors isn’t beckoning, it’s easier to devote attention to addressing storage issues inside the home. To begin, take inventory, going through possessions and determining what can stay and what can go. Part with anything that has not been used in quite some time. The next step is to sort items and get organized. Then find a place for everything. For example, someone who has a dozen bath towels but only one sauce pot will need to find more room for linens than kitchen cookware. It may be necessary to borrow space from one area of the home to give to another area. The following are some additional tips to increase space in an otherwise cramped home. Add shelves. Increase cabinet and closet space by adding shelves. This may double or even triple the amount of usable space, especially if the shelving is customized to fit storage containers being used to hold everything from shoes to craft items. Opt for dual-purpose furniture. Benches with lids that lift up and sofas that convert into guest beds are just a few of the many ways to keep a small home neat and increase storage space. An ottoman is a great place to store extra blankets and linens, while a trunk or crate with a sturdy top can be used in lieu of a traditional coffee table to hold books or board games. Think vertically. When floor space is at a premium, look up. Frequently-used pots and pans can be hung from a decorative rack in the kitchen. Use magnets on jars to store a spice rack on the wall. Racks above cabinets or on doors can be used to store everything from shoes to jewelry to toiletries. Shelving in children’s rooms can store lesser- used toys away from the floor. Empty walls are valuable real estate in a small home, and tall bookshelves can house a number of different things. Take advantage of oddly-shaped crevices. If there is space under a staircase or a spot by a dormer or in an attic eave, use the space to store items. It might be necessary to add a door and small closet into the staircase, but such spaces make practical storage areas and add character to a home. Use see-through storage containers. Many people find that plastic storage bins are neater and more stackable than boxes. See-through bins make it easy to quickly find items so no one needs to search around the house for lost items -- and create a bigger mess along the way. Clear storage containers also work in the refrigerator. It’s easier to spot leftovers, and uniform stacking containers free up more room for bulkier items. Make use of space beneath the bed. There likely is ample room to store more things than just dust bunnies under the bed. A bed frame with built-in drawers is the perfect place to keep bed linens and out-of-season clothes. Beds can be raised on blocks to create more space underneath for stor- ing rolling plastic containers and even seldom-used suit- cases. Opt for an armoire. Armoires are not just for bedrooms. Armoires can be used in dining spaces or dens to store items out of sight. An armoire can be used when retrofit- ted with a pull-out shelf as a laptop desk, storing all office items behind closed doors when not needed. Improve storage in the bathroom. Try to choose a vanity that has under-the-sink storage so there will be a place to store some toiletries. Look for cabinets and etageres that can be placed above the toilet tank as a storage space for bath- room items. In the shower, hang a second tension-loaded shower curtain rod on the inside of the shower enclosure that can be used to hold bags of kids’ bath toys and other toiletries, keeping them off the tub ledges. Creative thinking will help anyone maximize storage space, even in a small home. September 25, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 27 Create a lighting scheme that works for the kitchen When designing a kitchen, homeowners typically give substantial consideration to many elements of their dream design, including cabinet and countertop materials and which brand of appliances they most prefer. Few, however, spend as much time considering the lighting for the room. Lighting is an important consideration in any room, but most especially in the kitchen, where people tend to spend a good portion of their time. The right lighting can have a dramatic effect on the functionality of the kitchen, includ- ing how the space feels. The right blend of lights can create a vibrant mood, and light can be adjusted according to what needs to get done in the space. Establishing a lighting plan in a kitchen requires a com- bination of different lights. The main focus should be on three distinct lighting types: task lighting, ambient light- ing, and accent lighting. Task light is beneficial anywhere a person will need to perform tasks that require close concentration, such as chopping vegetables. Task lighting shines direct light onto a surface, illuminating it thoroughly, and it can be turned off when it is not needed. Task lighting is generally placed above counters and islands where one will be slicing vegetables and prepar- ing food. There may be lighting over the sink to illuminate dirty dishes. If a kitchen has a desk area, lighting above the desk will make that area more functional. Many task light- ing designs include lights under cabinetry to shine down onto counters and eliminate shadowed recesses. Under- cabinet lighting is a relatively inexpensive add-on for exist- ing kitchens. Homeowners can add lighting afterward to focus more light onto countertops. Ambient lighting is another name for all-over lighting that fills a room. During the day, ambient light may stream in from windows and skylights. At night, ambient light- ing is created by different light fixtures in a room. In the kitchen, overhead fixtures are a popular choice for ambi- ent lighting. A blend of hanging pendant lamps, chande- liers, and recessed lighting can create the amount of light needed. Homeowners should pay special attention to the bulbs and fixtures they choose, as not all produce the same amount of light. Those concerned about energy efficiency also must give mind to whether the bulbs will use a lot of energy or last a long time. Compact fluorescent bulbs and LED lighting are long-lasting and do not use as much energy as incandescent bulbs. Indirect ambient lighting softens shadows in a room, creating a warm, inviting glow. It is an important layer of light that is often overlooked in the kitchen. Setting ambi- ent lighting on a dimmer enables homeowners to cast a mood that is desired when the kitchen is not being used for prep work. If there are key elements around the kitchen that a person would like to highlight, such as a china set, accent lighting can do the trick. Spotlights can be used to show off collectibles, while a subtle strip of lighting can illuminate a wall of artwork. Many people like to install accent lighting inside cabinetry to create dramatic focal points. Some homeowners may want to incorporate decorative lighting in their kitchens. This is the use of ornate chande- liers, hanging pendants, and other eye-catching fixtures. Decorative lighting should be considered in proportion to the size of the kitchen. Therefore, smaller kitchens will have smaller fixtures and vice versa. Decorative lighting may be the most expensive type of kitchen lighting, so some homeowners prefer to plan ahead for the inclusion of decorative accents by having the wiring ready and adding the fixtures over time. Lighting in a kitchen can be just as important as which appliances and other accessories homeowners choose. Without the right mix of lighting, the kitchen may not be functional or inviting. Page 28 THE VILLADOM TIMES III & IV • September 25, 2013