May 22, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 27 Mahwah Minutes Lonegan to address Republicans Steve Lonegan of Americans for Prosperity - New Jersey will present a program on advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity at the May 22 meeting of the Mahwah Republican Club. This 7 p.m. meeting will be held at the Mahwah Senior Center located at 475 Corporate Drive in Mahwah. All registered Republicans and new and prospective members are invited. Membership dues are $30. For more information, contact Tracy Miceli at tracy@mahwahgop.com or visit www.mahwahgop.com. Register for nursery school Registration for the 2013-14 school year is now in progress at Holy Cross Lutheran Nursery School, 125 Glasgow Terrace in Mahwah. The school offers classes for children ages two-and-a-half to five years of age. A Mommy and Me class is available for children ages 16 months through two-and-a-half years. To make an appointment to see the school, call (201) 529-2117. Cub Scouts welcome new members Cub Scout Pack 258 will host a meeting for prospective members on Friday, June 7. Boys in grades one through five and their parents are invited to visit with the pack from 6 to 8 p.m. at Joyce Kilmer School. Scouting offers an engaging, activity-based experience with the goals of building character, citizenship, and healthy living based on friendship, civic responsibility, and leadership. For more information, contact Michelle Crowe Paz at (201) 529-4447 or michellecrowepaz@gmail.com. Library hosts programs for adults The Mahwah Public Library provides free programs for adults. The programs begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are not necessary; seating is available on a “first come” basis. Catherine Sprague will present “The Palace of Versailles and its Music” on May 28. This 90-minute, multimedia program covers the history of Versailles Palace and music composed there from 1635 through the French Revolution. Originally a hunting lodge for Louis XIII, Versailles evolved into a palace widely imitated throughout Europe. The program will feature music by Lully, Rameau, Couperin, Mozart, and Gluck with authentic instruments. A documentary video shows the “Sun King,” Louis XIV, walking through his new Hall of Mirrors, and his vast gardens with fountains. The program includes footage of the private rooms of Marie Antoinette, which are not shown on public tours, and a virtual visit to the Royal Chapel of Versailles. Sprague studied music at Mount Holyoke College and Indiana University and took piano classes with Russian master Malvina Potop. On May 29, Rick Feingold will present a program on the Shelburn Line, a World War II escape network in occupied France that returned 136 allied servicemen to England. The French Resistance located downed airmen and hid them from the Nazis using a series of safe-houses. Once a month -- during dark of the moon -- the men were transported to the Brittany coast to meet a motor gun boat that would return them to England. Feingold, a travel writer for Boston Herald and Christian Science Monitor, will recount the story of how his father escaped from behind enemy lines. “Operation Bonaparte” tells the story of Lt. Louis Feingold, a B-17 U.S. Army Air Corp navigator, who escaped Nazi capture. Lt. Feingold flew 20 bombing missions with the United States Air Corps during World War II. During a dogfight with seven Nazi fighters, his plane was shot down over occupied France. Feingold’s escape story is told using letters, maps, photos, and the original fake identity cards. The library is located at 100 Ridge Road in Mahwah. Call (201) 529-READ. Clothing Closet plans Bag Sale The Clothing Closet Ministry, located at the Ramapo Reformed Church, will hold a Bag Sale on Saturday, June 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Select from a wide variety of clothing for adults and children, including T-shirts, jeans, shorts, shirts, blouses, summer dresses, sneakers, shoes, and more for $3 per bag. Shoppers will receive a free jacket or coat with every bag purchased. All proceeds from the sale will benefit the ongoing community ministry of Ramapo Reformed Church. The church is located at 100 Island Road in Mahwah. Annual Fishing Contest set Mahwah Recreation will host its 24th Annual Fishing Contest on Saturday, May 25. The event will be held at 10 a.m. at Silver Creek Pond, located at the intersection of Airmont Avenue and Airmount Road. This catch and release contest is open to Mahwah residents ages five through 13. Proof of residency is required at registration. Prizes will be awarded. The event will take place rain or shine. Adult soccer teams seek participants The Mahwah Recreation Committee will hold registration for its 7V7 Coed Adult Soccer League on Thursday, May 23. Prospective players may sign up from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the recreation building at 70 East Ramapo Avenue. The season will run from June 4 through mid August. Games will be played at Continental Soldiers Field or at Mahwah High School on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This program is open to Mahwah residents. Participants must be 18 years of age or older before June 4, 2013. Firsttime players must register in person and show proof of residency. (A copy of a driver’s license is preferred.) The fee to participate is $40. Returning players may mail the signed form and payment to the recreation office. The registration form is available at www.mahwahtwp.org. The deadline is May 23. Crossroads (continued from page 5) of the residents’ committee, advised that his group hopes to eliminate the two big-box stores and to reduce the theater to a two-plex in order to minimize the impact the mall might have on traffic. He said the developer only offered to plant some trees behind the big-box store buildings. Jaworski said his client offered to plant $50,000 worth of landscaping behind the two big-box store buildings to shield their view from residential properties on the other side of the adjacent Ramapo River, but the demands of the residents’ committee did not fit his client’s business plan. He said that, if their demands were granted, they would represent a significant change to the plans, which would not comply with the zoning ordinance now in effect for the property. Jaworski confirmed that, if Judge Carver rules there was a conflict of interest and nullifies the rezoning ordinance, his client will appeal that decision to the Appellate Division of Superior Court. If the judge dismisses the conflict of interest case against Crossroads, the public hearing of the plans currently before the planning board will continue. However, if Carver invalidates the ordinance that rescinded the original rezoning ordinance, that would open up the possibility of making changes to the plans such as the potential purchase of the Suburban Propane property to provide a better access to the retail mall. Fede said he attended the settlement conferences mostly as an observer because the township would not consider any action until and unless there was a settlement agreement between the residents’ committee and the developer. In addition, he explained that any action the council might take would depend on the specifics of any settlement.