Ramsey May 29, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 7 Ramsey’s Republican primary will be uncontested this year. Incumbent council members Vanessa Jachzel and Harry Weber will be seeking voters’ endorsement on June 4. No other candidates from either the Republican or the Democratic party filed by last week’s deadline. Independent candidates have until the day of the primary to announce their candidacy. The winners of the primary will then move on to the November general election, when voters will select two representatives to the borough council. Jachzel is a life-long Bergen County resident and has lived in Ramsey for the nine years. She has three school-aged sons. The councilwoman received a bachelor’s degree in English magna cum laude from Montclair State College and a JD cum laude from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She has a busy solo law practice dedicated exclusively to representing families of children with learning disabilities. In addition, she serves as Of Counsel to a New York State law firm, where she represents students in special education proceedings. She began her law career by clerking for an Appellate Division judge. She subsequently spent eight years in private practice at a New Jersey law firm, specializing in commercial litigation and public finance, before taking time off to raise her sons. She is also a small business owner of a retail GOP candidates run in uncontested race computer service business in Midland Park that employs one full-time technician and one part-time assistant. Jachzel began her service on the council in 2008. She is currently the chairwoman of the council’s Finance and Administration Committee. She is responsible for preparing the borough’s annual budget and managing allocation of capital expenditure funds. She is also a member of the council’s Building, Planning, and Zoning Committee, liaison to the Ramsey Board of Adjustment, and a member of the Public and Governmental Relations Committee, which she chaired from 2010 to 2012. In 2012, she served as council president. Her accomplishments on the council include helping to develop the Ramsey Farmers Market, re-launching The Ramsey Journal, and introducing the Taste of Ramsey event to the borough. She helped develop last year’s first Softball for Veterans event as part of Ramsey’s Independence Day celebration. Jachzel is also a member of the Greater Ramsey UNICO Board of Directors and serves on the group’s various subcommittees, including the General Counsel, Public Relations, and Charity di Vino committees. She was a member of the Ramsey Junior Woman’s Club from 2006 to 2012 and a member of the Ramsey Centennial Committee from 2007 to 2009. (continued on page 11) Poppy purchase Ramsey Mayor Chris Botta (right) purchased this year’s first poppy from VFW Post 682 poppy girl Rebecca Fogelson and World War II veteran George Halik. The Poppy movement was inspired by Canadian Army Colonel John McCrae’s poem, ‘In Flanders Fields.’ Since 1922, the Buddy Poppy has been an integral part of the VFW community. As VFW’s official memorial flower, the poppy represents the blood shed by American service members. It reiterates that the VFW will not forget their sacrifices. All proceeds from distribution are used for veterans’ welfare, the well-being of their needy dependents, and orphans of veterans.