Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • March 6, 2013 Mahwah Minutes Essay contest announced The Mahwah Republican Club invites high school students residing in Mahwah to enter its essay contest. The essay topic is “How can an average American citizen preserve the American Dream?” Entries are due May 1. The first-place winner will receive a $500 U.S. Treasury I-bond; the secondplace winner will receive a $250 bond; and the third-place contestant will receive a $100 bond. Applicants must be residents of Mahwah in grades nine through 12. Entries should be submitted to the Mahwah Republican Club, P.O. Box 481, Mahwah, NJ 07430. For further details and an application, visit www.mahwahgop. com/news. For more information, e-mail essaycontest@mahwahgop.com. The Mahwah Republican Club is a group of township residents who share a mutual love of America and a strong belief in the principles of the founding fathers. Club meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of the month. The group meets at 7 p.m. at the Mahwah Senior Center at 475 Corporate Drive. Meetings are open to club members and registered Republicans. Annual dues are $30. ‘Not By Bread Alone’ to meet At 5 p.m. on March 24, “Not By Bread Alone” will discuss Pope Benedict XVI’s “Jesus, the Apostles and the Early Church” at Panera Bread, 1300 Route 17 in Ramsey. Pope Benedict recounts the drama of Jesus’ first disciples, his Apostles and their associates, and how they spread Jesus’ message throughout the ancient world. This book discussion group will consider the history of Christianity as presented by Pope Benedict XVI. This program is sponsored by the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Mahwah. All are welcome. Attendees are encouraged to read the book in advance. For more information, contact Jennifer Edwards at Jennifer.EdwardsICC@gmail.com or (201) 327-1276. Library offers programs for adults During the month of March, the Mahwah Library will offer a variety of free programs for adults. No tickets are necessary. Seats are on a “first come” basis. In case of inclement weather call (201) 529-READ. The library is located at 100 Ridge Road. Catherine Sprague will present “The Palace of Versailles and its Music” on March 6 at 7 p.m. This 90-minute multimedia program covers the history of Versailles Palace and music composed there from 1635 through the French Revolution. Originally begun as a hunting lodge by Louis XIII, Versailles soon evolved into a palace widely imitated throughout Europe. The documentary video shows the “Sun King,” Louis XIV walking through his new Hall of Mirrors, and his vast gardens with fountains. The film includes footage of the private rooms of Marie Antoinette, which are not seen on public tours, and a virtual online visit to the Royal Chapel of Versailles showcases baroque church music. Sprague studied music at Mount Holyoke College and Indiana University followed by piano classes with Russian master Malvina Potop of Edison. Mike Plunkett will present “Paddy Has Gone for a Soldier: Songs of the IrishAmerican Soldier in the Civil War” on Saturday, March 9 at 2 p.m. Through stories and songs, Plunkett brings to life the experience of the Irish immigrants who became American patriots. Performing in period uniform, he plays songs ranging from old Irish ballads to Civil War era songs of both the North and the South on guitar, mandolin, and octave mandolin. Stories are drawn from research into the daily lives of Irish American soldiers. On March 11, the library will celebrate Women’s History Month with a presentation on New Jersey suffragette Alice Paul’s life and work. The program will begin at 7 p.m. and will be presented by a representative from the Alice Paul Institute. Alice Stokes Paul (1885-1977) is New Jersey’s most famous suffragist. She was author of the Equal Rights Amendment, founder of the National Women’s Party, and a lifelong activist for women’s equality. Her birthplace and family home, Paulsdale in Mount Laurel, is a National Historic Landmark. Sunday music concert series will continue at public library The Mahwah Public Library, located at 100 Ridge Road, hosts free concerts on Sunday afternoons. The 2 p.m. programs are free and tickets are not required. Seating is available on a “first come” basis. The library’s Chamber Music Series will wind up with the Madison String Quartet and pianist Itay Goren performing Beethoven’s “String Quartet Op. 18, No.2” and Schumann’s “Piano Quintet Op. 44” on March 10. On March 17, Swingadelic will present “One More for My Baby: The Songs of Johnny Mercer.” From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most popular hits of the time. He wrote the lyrics to more than 1,500 songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received 19 Academy Award nominations, and won four. His classics include “One More for My Baby,” “Too Marvelous for Words,” “The Old Black Magic,” “Come Rain or Come Shine,” “Moon River,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive,” and many more. In the event of inclement weather, call (201) 529-7323 for any information regarding library closings. Board of health to meet The Mahwah Board of Health will meet on Tuesday, March 12. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal building located at 475 Corporate Drive. Ukrainian egg decorating workshop to be held at library Instructor Patty DeAngelo will present a Ukrainian Egg Decorating Workshop on Saturday, March 16 at the Mahwah Public Library. Attendees at the three-hour workshop will get hands-on experience and decorate their own egg with materials provided. This workshop is open to all adults. Registration is required and may be completed at the circulation desk. Space is limited to 20 participants. There will be a $20 non-refundable supply fee that must be paid at the time of registration. The workshop will be cancelled and the supply fee will be refunded if there are too few preregistered participants. DeAngelo, an award-winning artist whose decorated egg was displayed at the White House and is now part of the White House Museum, was featured on “Unwrapped” on the Food Network. She has over 20 years of experience as a working artist and teacher. She is first prize winner in the Emuzine Magazine 2000 Contest, featured artist in the August 2000 issue of Eggsculptor magazine, and author of articles on the art of psyanky. DeAngelo has had an article published in The Psyanka magazine. For details, call (201) 529-READ. The library is located at 100 Ridge Road. Morning Book Club to discuss ‘Oscar and Lucinda’ The Mahwah Public Library’s Morning Book Club will discuss Peter Carey’s “Oscar and Lucinda” on Monday, March 18. The group will meet at 10:30 a.m. Winner of the Book Prize, this sweeping, irrepressibly inventive novel is a romance, but a romance of the sort that could only take place in 19th century Australia. Only on that sprawling continent could a nervous Anglican minister who gambles on the instructions of the Divine become allied with a teenaged heiress who buys a glassworks to help liberate her sex. Only the prodigious imagination of Carey could implicate Oscar and Lucinda in a narrative of love and commerce, religion and colonialism that culminates in a half-mad expedition to transport a glass church across the Outback. The group welcomes new members. For more information, call (201) 529-READ. The library is located at 100 Ridge Road. Church hosts Saint Patrick’s Day dinner The Ramapo Reformed Church will hold a Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner of corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and dessert, on Saturday, March 16. Dinner will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets for this eat-in or takeout dinner are $10 and must be purchased in advance. The cost for a child’s meal is $5. Children may request corned beef or chicken. To purchase tickets, call the church office at (201) 529-3075 or visit www.ramaporefeormed church.org. The church is located at 100 Island Road. Williams, who is originally from Woodcliff Lake, has lived in Ramsey for 20 years with her husband, John Ware. Her son is a graduate of Ramsey High School and her twin daughters are juniors at Ramsey High. The incumbent trustee holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Denver and is currently the director of operations for an estate planning firm. She has served on the Ramsey Board of Education for the past six years and is the current vice president. She is the former president of the Ramsey Education Foundation and has chaired various PTO committees. She sits on the board at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Montvale and has been teaching Sunday school for 10 years. Ramsey BOE (continued from page 3) School graduates, and two grandchildren. She currently chairs the Negotiations Committee and the Policy Committee and serves as a member of the Personnel Committee. She previously served as chair of the “Who’s Who” publication that used to be published for the Borough of Ramsey. She served two terms on the Ramsey Golf & Country Club Board of Directors and served on the Ramsey Junior Football Board. She also chaired the Facilities Committee that did the ground work for the building of the new Dater School.