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Box 96, Midland Park, NJ 07432-0096 Total Window & Wall Fashions 7 Kim/Janine HalliganElecFrontPage(2-26-14) rev2 Page 2 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • August 6, 2014 Villadom Happenings Waldwick Lions host Annual Carnival The Waldwick Lions Club Family Days Carnival will be held Aug. 5 through 9. Everyone is welcome to attend and enjoy games, rides, fireworks, and tasty treats – all while helping support the Lions’ mission. The carnival will be held next to the Forum School on Wyckoff Avenue in Waldwick. The event will be open Tuesday through Friday, Aug. 5 through 8 from 7 to 11 p.m. and on Saturday, Aug. 9 from 5 to 11 p.m. Wristband Nights are planned for Tues- day, Thursday, and Saturday. Those who purchase a $25 wristband on those nights will have unlimited access to the rides that evening. On Wednesday and Friday nights, carnival visitors may view the fireworks displays. The fireworks are spon- sored by Atlantic Stewardship and Pascack Community banks. The carnival will also feature games, food, and more. Summer Concert Series continues The Holland Christian Home welcomes the public to enjoy a 7 p.m. performance by the Ramapo Valley Ram- blers on Aug. 12. The concert will be held at the gazebo located on the Holland Christian Home campus at 151 Graham Avenue in North Haledon. Complimentary refreshments will be served. In the event of rain, the con- cert will be held in the chapel. For more information, call (973) 427-4087 or visit www.hollandchristianhome.org. Visit New Jersey State Fair The New Jersey State Fair, the largest agricultural fair in New Jersey, will be open daily through Aug. 11. Located at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, the fair includes entertainment and activities for the entire family. The agriculture area includes six livestock barns, a milking parlor, hands on activities, and a scavenger hunt. Visitors will be able to get up close to the animals entered in the best of breed shows. The family entertainment area features acrobats and jugglers, a petting zoo, diving dogs, chainsaw artists, and racing pigs. The outdoor entertainment area features monster truck rides, demolition derbies, bull riding, and horse show tournaments. The horse show classes run day and night in the area’s three rings. The carnival area comes to life every day at noon. Fair hours will be 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Aug. 10 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 11. For admission prices and schedules, visit www.njstatefair.org. NHRHS Class of 1970 plans reunion The Northern Highlands Regional High School Class of 1970 will host its 44th reunion Sept 12 through 14 in Asbury Park. Reunion weekend events will include a Friday night beach bonfire, bike rides on the board- walk, and a big Saturday night private party. Visit www. NHRHS1970.com to RSVP for the private party and to access contact information. CHCC announces Car Show Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff will host a Family Fun Night and Classic Car Show from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15. (Rain date: Aug. 22.) The event will feature a variety of classic cars, and cars from the All American Corvette Club. There will be entertainment, activities, and prizes. Admission is free, and all are wel- come to bring lawn chairs and blankets and relax. Hot dogs, hamburgers, and finger food will be available for a nominal charge. For more information, or to enter a classic car, call (201) 848-5796. The Christian Health Care Center is located at 301 Sicomac Avenue in Wyckoff. Chamber hosts events The Mahwah Regional Chamber of Commerce’s August luncheon will feature Michael Weinstein’s “Dis- tractions While Driving,” which highlights driving safety tips. The luncheon will be held Aug. 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mahwah Bar & Grill at 2 Island Road in Mahwah. MRCC members will meet under the trees in the courtyard (weather permitting). A full luncheon will be Rainbow Day tradition continues The Oakland/Franklin Lakes Rotary Club hosted the 16th annual Rainbow Day at Lenape Meadows School in Mahwah. This year, 150 children were able to attend. Club President Walter Janeczek explained that the program is part of Region I summer school for children with disabilities who attend school in Oakland, Franklin Lakes, Wyckoff, Ramsey, Mahwah, and Waldwick. The day of fun began in 1998 and has been sponsored by the Rotary Club each year. The children are treated to a Moonwalk ride, a magic show, and an appearance by a superhero or popular character. The event also includes food and music for all to enjoy. For Rotary Club membership information, contact Walter Janeczek at (201) 560-0100. served with a choice of entrée. The cost is $35 for Chamber members and $50 for non-members. Advance registration is preferred; an addi- tional $5 processing fee will be charged if paid the day of event. On Wednesday, Aug. 27, the Chamber will host a Young Professionals Network event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Brady’s at the Station located at 5-7 West Main Street in Ramsey. This event will include a cash bar and authentic Irish and traditional American favorite samplings. First-time attendees will be able to introduce themselves and their businesses. Business people under 40 are invited. The cost is $20. To make a reservation for either event or other infor- mation, call the Chamber office at (201) 529-5566 or visit Mahwah.com. Sale to benefit RBARI The Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge, Inc. will hold a Gift Sale at the Copper Tree Mall, 350 Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202) in Oakland, on Aug.15 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Aug. 16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Find a wide range of beautiful gifts, seasonal, and household items, some of which are animal-related. Proceeds will benefit the animals of RBARI. For more information, visit www. rbari.org. HealingSPACE Volunteer Training set HealingSPACE at YWCA Bergen County (formerly the YWCA Rape Crisis Center) will conduct Volunteer Training beginning Sept. 2. This free 48-hour, seven- week program is required for those interested in volun- teering as a sexual violence advocate or assisting with community outreach. This standardized training program is presented at all New Jersey Rape Crisis Centers and prepares volunteer advocates to provide service at any center in the state. HealingSPACE training sessions will be held in Hack- ensack every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. (continued on page 38) August 6, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 3 Area Mowell pleads guilty in water pollution case by John Koster William Mowell, a former Ridgewood Water Company engineer and a Wyckoff resident, has reportedly pleaded guilty to second degree conspiracy to manipulate test results and falsely report lower levels of a regulated contaminant in drinking water supplied to customers of the East Orange Water Commission than those that turned Students receive scholarships RealSource Treasurer Jeanine Soderlund, RealSource President Dorothea Bello, scholarship recipient Brittany Jeffers, scholarship recipient Brendon Perry, RealSource Past President Ed Thor, RealSource CEO Elsie Abramo, and RealSource President-elect Andy Emery. The New Jersey Association of Realtors Educational Foundation has announced that Brittany Jeffers of Wyckoff and Bren- don Perry of Ramsey were among 39 stu- dents who received scholarships for their academic achievements. The scholarships, which are awarded annually, range from $1,000 to $3,500 and were presented at the NJAR Board of Direc- tors meeting. “Year after year, we are very impressed (continued on page 7) up during mandated testing. Sentencing has been scheduled for Nov. 7 by Superior Court Judge Carolyn Wright of Essex County and the state will report- edly recommend that Mowell be given a three-year prison sentence. The guilty plea was entered in Superior Court of Essex County July 25. “Mowell had a duty to ensure the qual- ity and safety of the drinking water sup- plied to tens of thousands of residents, and instead he deliberately falsified test results to cover up elevated levels of a potential carcinogen,” said Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman. “He showed a complete disregard for the people he served and the harm that might have resulted from his conduct.” Mowell was working as the assistant executive director and engineer for the East Orange Water Commission when the offenses took place. The original indict- ment handed down on Feb. 12, 2013, included charges against the executive director of the water company, Harry L. Mansmann, who has since died. By plead- ing guilty, Mowell reportedly admitted that he had conspired with Mansmann to fal- sify mandatory testing records of the East Orange water supply and to hide elevated levels of the contaminant tetraclorethene, an industrial solvent used for dry cleaning and other purposes and classified as a prob- able carcinogen. The false results violated both the New Jersey Safe Drinking Water Act and the New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act, according to the office of the New Jersey Attorney General. Mowell had worked for the Ridgewood Water Company, which supplies water to Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Midland Park, and Wyckoff before a series of layoffs due to local budgetary issues four years ago. Ridgewood had 34 employees either fur- loughed or urged to take early retirement at that time. Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 6, 2014 FLOW Area Six incumbents file nominating petitions for six seats by Frank J. McMahon Six incumbent Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education trustees have filed nominating petitions and will seek elec- tion unopposed on Nov. 4. Eric David Becker, a Wyckoff representative on the regional school board, has filed for a full three-year term, while Wyckoff representative Thomas Madigan filed for a two-year unexpired term. Jane Castor, an Oakland repre- sentative, has filed for a one-year unexpired term, while Oakland trustees Teresa Kilday and Sadie Quinlan filed for full three-year terms. Lisa Sciancalepore, a Franklin Lakes representative, will be running for a one-year unexpired term. Becker has been a Wyckoff resident for 21 years and his oldest son is a 2011 graduate of Indian Hills High School. He has two sons who are currently students at Indian Hills and his wife is a Ramapo High School graduate. He is a 1993 graduate of Villanova University School of Law and received a BA in political science from Wheaton College in 1987. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army and was a distinguished military graduate. Since March 2009, he has been working at his general practice law firm, which he founded. He specializes in commercial and residential real estate, land use, zoning, and municipal matters. Previously, he was employed by the law firm of Jeffer, Hopkinson & Vogel in Hawthorne and was a law clerk to the Honorable Robert E. Hamer in the Superior Court of New Jersey- Law Division (Civil Part) in Hackensack. He served in the United States Army from February 1988 to August 1990 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant on May 17, 1987, promoted to first lieuten- ant in September 1989, and promoted to captain while in the Reserves. He was awarded the Army Commenda- tion Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Combat Patch, Army Achievement Medal, and the United States Army Parachutist Badge. Becker was head coach of the Middle School Boys’ Basketball Team at Eastern Christian Middle School in Wyckoff from December 2009 to March 2011. He was also head coach of one of the junior football teams consisting of middle school boys. In addition, he was an assistant coach of a boys’ traveling lacrosse team, and head coach of the seventh grade boys’ traveling select basketball team. He also served as a member of the board of trustees of the Christian Health Care Center Foundation and he was a founding board member of the Wyckoff Parks and Recre- ation Foundation, and a member of the Elder Board and chairman of the Board Cornerstone Christian Church in Wyckoff. Castor has lived in Oakland since 1990 and she has two sons who are graduates of Indian Hills. She has been a trustee since 2008 and served on the Policy Committee and Crisis Management Committee. She also served on and chaired the Education and Personnel committees, and was the liaison representative between the board and the Indian Hills High School Parent Teacher Student Organization, and the board’s representative on the student administra- tive council. Kilday graduated from Indian Hills High School in 1982 after growing up in Oakland. She returned to Oak- land in 1994 and immediately became involved in commu- nity activities as a part of the Public Events Committee and the Oakland Historical Society. When she had children, she turned her focus to her church and her children’s school. Currently a Ramsey High School guidance counselor, she serves as a trustee at Our Lady of Perpetual Help R.C. Church in Oakland, where she is a parishioner. She has been a catechist for the religious education and RCIA programs at her church for the past 15 years, volunteer opportunities from which she recently retired. She also serves as a lector, Eucharistic minister, and as a baptism team member. Two of her three teenage children attend Ramapo High School. When they were in elementary school, she served as the Dogwood Hill PTA/PTO vice president and presi- dent after serving on various committees. She has also served on the Oakland Public Library Board of Trustees for the past seven years. From 2005-12, she managed the Ramsey Youth Sports Association Wildcat teams that her two boys played on while her husband coached their teams. While her oldest child was at Indian Hills, she was active with the Marching Band Parents and the Performing Arts Association. She is currently a member of the Ramapo Music Parents Associa- tion and active with the Ramapo boys’ soccer program. Madigan has been married for 37 years and is the father of seven children and six grandchildren. His education includes a BA degree summa cum laude from Stonehill College. He is currently an accounts executive for Orange Packaging in Newburgh, New York. Madigan was a 12-year member of the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional Board of Education, during which he served as the board’s president and chairman of Facilities and Finance committees. His community service includes being a volunteer coach in baseball, softball, soccer, and basketball for the Wyckoff recreation program. He is also a past member of the Wyckoff Recreation Board and a liaison to the township’s Master Plan Committee in 2010. He is currently a board member of the Wyckoff Parks and Recreation Foundation. Madigan is also a past member of the Wyckoff Township Committee and the township’s zoning board of adjustment. He is currently a planning board member He was also the president of Wyckoff/Midland Park Rotary and his family served as the host family for four children from overseas who received life-saving open heart surgery for which he is the recipient of Gift of Life Humanitarian Award. Active in numerous support activities at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Wyckoff, including Men’s Cornerstone and St. Martin’s Soup Kitchen in Jersey City, Madigan is also director of the Elizabeth “Bitsy” Madigan Scholarship Fund that has awarded over $12,000 to students from the (continued on page 10) August 6, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 5 Midland Park Shared court administrator’s contract extended Waldwick and Midland Park will continue sharing a court administrator for another year. The interlocal services agreement between the two communities has been in place for the past five years. At its last meeting, the Waldwick Coun- cil agreed to extend the contract, which had officially expired at the end of 2013, through Dec. 31, 2014. The arrangement, which initially started as a six month on- the-job feasibility study period in 2009, has been termed successful by both municipalities. “It continues to work really well. We share the expenses as well as the services,” said Councilman Don Sciolaro. Wald- wick’s share for 2014 is $47,405, including salary and fringe benefits. Under the terms of the joint venture, Midland Park’s Court Administrator Alli- son Blau divides her time between the two towns and administers two court sessions per month in each borough. During regu- lar business hours, each office is able to transact business for both municipalities, take phone calls, accept payments, answer questions, and any other reasonable and customary activities associated with the statutory responsibilities of a court office relating to either borough. Each bor- ough maintains its separate court office and court officers, judge, prosecutor, and public defender. The separate courts remain in their respective boroughs. Both towns have a proud history of pro- moting opportunities to develop shared personnel, facilities, equipment, and com- modities. At present the towns share the police pistol range and the well child clinic as well as the regional board of health, which also includes Mahwah, Wyckoff and other northern Bergen County towns. Volunteers to provide baseball dugouts A group of Midland Park High School baseball parents has gotten together to build dugouts on the high school var- sity baseball field. According to school trustee Rich Formicola the work will be done before school starts in September so as not to conflict with any scheduled school activities. The board of education has approved the proposal. The project, expected to cost about $5,000-$6,000, will be done with volun- teer labor and donations of materials and experienced work crews. Plans call for the two structures to be built adjacent to the existing benches on the side of the field. They will have a roof and clear sides, as well as built-in batting and helmet boxes. Cinder block construction was considered but rejected, Formicola said. Trustee William Sullivan cautioned that appropriate drainage be provided to avoid flooding. Formicola said adjust- ments have been made to the plans to reflect his concern. Formicola said some parents always felt dugouts should be built to replace ones removed many years ago due to their poor condition. The plan finally came together this year. He said former Baseball Asso- ciation President Dana Weisbrot is head- ing the project. In anticipation of the project, Formi- cola said, the benches were donated by the softball association a number of years ago. He said the organization had been able to get a good deal on additional benches when the softball field was upgraded, and locating them on the baseball field seemed a natural. Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 6, 2014 Wyckoff Police: Man fenced his own grandmother’s car The Wyckoff Police Department arrested a 22-year-old Wyckoff man who reportedly stole his own grandmother’s car from a church parking lot on June 3 and fenced it in Paterson for cash and heroin. “This crime highlights the ever-growing heroin addic- tion problem recently called ‘an absolute epidemic’ by the Bergen County Prosecutor,” said Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox. “Sadly, persons addicted will let nothing stand in their way to obtain heroin -- not even thefts from family members.” Wyckoff Detective Sergeant Michael Musto filed charges after an extensive investigation with the help of Wyckoff Detective Sergeant Joseph Soto. The 1999 Lincoln Town Car was stolen from the parking lot of the Cedar Hill Reformed Church while the owner was serving as an election worker. The car was discovered a week later in Paterson when a license plate reader detected that it was a stolen car. The car was returned to its owner with the assistance of the Paterson Police Department. A Paterson man was arrested and jailed for possession of stolen property when the stolen car was first detected. He said at the time that he had bought the car from a man he did not know personally. Wyckoff police detectives visited the man in jail and interviewed him, and this led them to the 22-year-old Wyckoff man, who reportedly admitted that he had stolen his grandmother’s car from the Wyckoff church lot and fenced it in Paterson for $200 cash and $150 worth of heroin. He told police that he had obtained a spare set of keys from his grandmother, with whom he lives, and had stolen the car. He was charged with auto theft in the third degree and released on his own recognizance. His case was referred to Bergen County Superior Court. In other news, Wyckoff Sergeant Jack McEwan and Patrolman Mark Tagliereni responded to a call about an intoxicated person in the roadway at the intersection of Sicomac Avenue and Cedar Hill Avenue on July 24 at 6:08 p.m. Their investigation disclosed that a 45-year-old Frank- lin Lakes man had been driving and stopped his car in the intersection, which obstructed traffic. He was helped from his car by citizens and he was reported to be incapacitated from intoxication. He was transported for medical treat- ment, and later was charged with driving while intoxicated, obstructing traffic, and consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle. During the early morning hours of July 25, two Wyckoff businesses reported burglaries by break and entry. Sunrise Bagels on Goffle Road and Godwin Lukoil on Godwin Avenue reported that burglars smashed in the front doors and carried off the cash registers with cash inside. Patrol- man Ryan Noon and Patrolman Kyle Ferreira investigated. Incumbents running unopposed Wyckoff Board of Education incumbents Anthony Robert Francin and Louisa Martone are seeking will be seeking re-election to the two available seats on Wyckoff’s K-8 school board. Francin and Martone were the only can- didates to file for the November election by last week’s deadline. First appointed to full vacancies due to resignations in 2010, Francin and Martone were elected to their first full three-year terms in 2011. Francin, an attorney, has served as labor counsel for A&P Foods, and is a member of the Bergen County Child Placement Review Board. He is also a former president of the Manchester Regional Board of Education and has lived in Wyckoff since 2003. Martone is an adjunct professor at Monmouth Univer- sity, where she supervises student teachers. She has served as president of the Lincoln School PTO and has been active in Cub Scout activities in Wyckoff. She served as New Jersey State Director of the Academic Decathlon for eight years, and she and her husband have lived in Wyckoff for 15 years. J. KOSTER Grace announces Vacation Bible School Grace United Methodist Church will host its Vacation Bible School, “Wilderness Escape: Where God Guides and Provides,” Aug. 18 through 22. The program will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. each day. Attendees will participate in skits about Moses, experi- ence Passover, travel through the Red Sea, escape into the desert, learn the 10 Commandments, make Israelite crafts, play games, and snack on manna. There will be classes for three- and four-year-olds in pre-K, youngsters ages five and six who are in kindergarten and first grade, those ages seven and eight who are in grades two and three. The fee for the five-day program is $25 for one child, $20 for the second child in a family, and $15 for a third family member. Each participant will receive a T-shirt. To register, call Mrs. Cauda at (201) 891-4595. The church is located at 555 Russell Avenue in Wyckoff. August 6, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 7 Area Board of adjustment approves CHCC expansion by John Koster The Hawthorne Board of Adjustment has approved The Vista, a 17-acre expansion of the Christian Health Care Center, which will permit construction of a 199-unit proj- ect on land owned by the center within the borders of both the Township of Wyckoff and the Borough of Hawthorne. Christian Health Care Center is located at 301 Sicomac Avenue in Wyckoff and has an entrance on Mountain Avenue. The Wyckoff Board of Adjustment approved plans for the project, after considerable changes by mutual agree- ment, in 2013. The plan shows 51 of the 199 units located within the borders of Hawthorne, which meant Hawthorne officials also had to approve the plan. The construction will be located in an R-1 residential zone. Variances had been sought for a three-story struc- ture in a zone where 2.5-story structures are permitted, for retaining walls and setbacks, larger parking spaces, and slope issues. The Vista is intended to meet the needs of residents 65 years of age or older who do not need full-time care, but do not wish to reside in large single-family houses with no assisted care at all. Hawthorne will reportedly receive some credit as a community for those units labeled as affordable, although most of the affordable units will be constructed in Wyckoff. Christian Health Care Center President Douglas Struyk said that the plans, now approved by Wyckoff and by Haw- thorne, will go to the New Jersey Department of Commu- nity Affairs and that active marketing can now begin. Some nearby residents, including those organized as Save the Woods, were disappointed with the votes in Haw- thorne and in Wyckoff, since the development will result in the loss of many trees. According to savethewoods.org, a group of concerned citizens banded together with the goal of saving one the woodlands from development and create a nature preserve. The hearings in Wyckoff, which were held over a period of seven years, had been contentious as residents contested, among other things, why tenants who were still substantially capable should receive special variance consideration to reside in the 199 units. The Christian Health Care Center asserted that people who would shop in Wyckoff and pay taxes there would be an asset to the township’s finances. Scholarships (continued from page 3) by the outstanding accomplishments of these deserving students,” said RealSource Association of Realtors Presi- dent Dorothea Bello of Wyckoff. “These students should be rewarded for their hard work, and RealSource Realtors are proud to be able to help them continue their educational success.” The NJAR Educational Foundation provides scholar- ships to members of the New Jersey Association of Real- tors or their relatives living in the State of New Jersey. Scholarships are given to high school seniors who will be attending an undergraduate four-year institution, students currently enrolled in undergraduate four-year institutions, and students pursuing graduate studies in real estate or related fields. Students are selected based on criteria such as academic achievements, financial need, interest in real estate endeavors, and contributions to family, school, and community. RealSource Association of Realtors is a not-for-profit Realtor Trade Association in Waldwick, serving over 3,000 real estate professionals. The mission of RealSource is to provide real estate-related education, information, and vital tools to real estate agents and the local community. Real- Source helped to fund a portion of the scholarships. Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 6, 2014 Franklin Lakes Seven K-8 BOE candidates file nominating petitions by Frank J. McMahon Seven candidates will be competing for the three Frank- lin Lakes Board of Education seats that will be available in the Nov. 4 election. Incumbent trustees Laurence Loprete and Susan McGowan are up for election and filed nominating peti- tions by last week’s deadline. A third seat will be available since current trustee Craig Urciuoli will not seek re-elec- tion to the local school board. The non-incumbent candidates who have filed nomi- nating petitions are Randy Lee Dixon of Ashmont Road, Michael P. Esposito of Aztec Trail, Victoria E. Holst of Pulis Avenue, Peter John Koulikoureis of Shirley Avenue, and Jennifer Marcus of Shinnecock Trail. Some of their biographies were not available at the deadline for publica- tion of this edition. Dixon has lived in Franklin Lakes for 15 years, after living in Connecticut, New York City, and Washington, D.C. He holds degree in sociology from Towson University and he has two children, a daughter entering seventh grade at the Franklin Avenue Middle School and a son entering third grade as the Woodside Avenue School. He is presently the business manager/director of sales for the Ivanka Trump Footwear division of Marc Fisher Footwear, a position he has held since the product launch in 2010. Prior to joining Marc Fisher, he was employed by Nina Footwear as a vice president for 11 years. Dixon has been a Parent Teacher Association member at the Colonial Road School, Woodside Avenue School, and the middle school, and participated in many school activi- ties. He is also a member of the Central Unitarian Church in Paramus, and served in various roles. He currently teaches Sunday school. He is involved in the annual Central Unitarian Church outreach auction that raises funds for Bergen County chari- ties such as Shelter Our Sisters, Habitat for Humanity, and The Center for Food Action. Holst, 46, has been a Franklin Lakes resident since 2007. Her husband, Bernie, and she have twins who will be entering third grade at Woodside Avenue Elementary School. She holds a BS in marketing and journalism from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Her career in mar- keting and sales has been primarily in the pest management industry, where she served for over 12 years as technical representative in Canada and the northeastern U.S., grow- ing multi-million dollar territories, teaching continuing education, and serving on the boards of the New Jersey and Massachusetts Pest Management Associations. She cur- rently manages her own business, Twin Grove Marketing, which provides pest control products and consulting to the pest management industry. Holst was on the board of the Twins’ Mothers Club of Bergen County for several years, including two years as president. She is an active member of Midland Park Chris- tian Reformed Church, where Holst serves on the Hospi- tality and Community Outreach committees, volunteers regularly at Woodside Avenue School, and belongs to the Franklin Lakes Newcomers and Neighbors Club. In her spare time, Holst enjoys family time in the outdoors gar- dening, hiking, skiing, and kayaking. Loprete, the current president of the Franklin Lakes Board of Education, has served as a trustee for the past four years, having been appointed in September 2010 and then elected to a full three-term in April 2011. He became the board’s president in May of 2013. He has also been the vice president and he serves as an ex officio member of all the board’s committees. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Providence College in 1986 and he currently works as a senior director in the McGraw-Hill Financial Compliance Department in New York City, where he has been since 2009. Prior to that, he was the chief administrative officer of the Equities Distri- bution Division at Citigroup, and has held managerial posi- tions within the Compliance Department for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Solomon Brothers, and the American Stock Exchange during his 28-year career on Wall Street. Loprete and his wife Mary have lived in Franklin Lakes for 11 years with their two sons. Their oldest son currently attends Regis High School in New York City and their younger son attends Franklin Avenue Middle School. The Lopretes are parishioners of the Most Blessed Sacrament Church. McGowan has served as a Franklin Lakes School Board Trustee for the past four years, having been appointed in August 2010 and elected to a full three-term in April 2011. This spring, she received the prestigious Janet S. Lobsenz Award from the Bergen County School Board Association for her continued commitment to professional develop- ment and school governance on the local, county, and state levels. As a trustee, she was selected to serve on the New Jersey School Boards Association’s Legislative Committee in Trenton. She is chairperson of the Policy Committee, NJSBA/BCSBA representative, PTA liaison, and serves on the board’s Technology and Personnel committees. McGowan has served as board president and on the board’s Curriculum, Instruction, and Negotiations committees, and was the board’s Municipal Alliance representative. McGowan earned a BA in economics from LaSalle Uni- versity and her career included seven years as accounting supervisor for Simpson Thacher and Bartlett in New York, and human resource analyst for KPMG in Montvale for two years. She has been an active member of the High Mountain Road School and Franklin Avenue Middle School com- munities for many years, having served as Brownie troop leader, class parent, library volunteer, and chairperson for the Fall Book Fair and bagel sales. She has also volunteered at numerous PTA events and fundraisers. She is a member of Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Franklin Lakes and the Franklin Lakes Republican Club. Along with her dog Archie, she volunteers with the Bright and Beautiful Ther- apy Dogs. McGowan and her husband P.J. have lived in Franklin Lakes for 10 years. Their two daughters will be attending Franklin Avenue Middle School in the fall. August 6, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 9 Midland Park Town to seek third DOT grant for Highwood Avenue Midland Park will ask the NJ Department of Transporta- tion to fund a third phase of the Highwood Avenue / Spruce Street reconstruction project under the 2015 Transportation Trust Fund Municipal Aid Program. The application is due to the DOT in October. The borough received $150,000 from the trust fund in 2013 and $149,000 in 2014, but officials said that amount is not enough to complete what needs to be done to the busy street. The entire project is expected to cost about $450,000. “We’re hoping once they see we have a long-range pro- gram and can’t finish it with what we have received, the DOT will give us the balance to complete the project,” said Borough Administrator Addie Hanna. The borough decided to combine the 2013 and 2014 grants before starting the project, and last month put the wheels in motion to begin the work. At its last meeting, the council authorized Stantec, the borough engineering firm, to complete the plans and specifications for the project and perform the related construction observation services. Hanna said work is expected to begin in mid-September and be completed by year’s end. Funds from the first phase must be expended by Dec. 31. Hanna said curbs and drainage will be installed along all of Highwood Avenue and part of Spruce to control flood- ing. New curbs will delineate the edge of the pavement for added safety and to control storm water flow. DPW Super- intendent Rudy Gnehm said lack of storm drains in the lower Spruce Street area causes serious flooding of road- way and private property as the water rushes down High- wood with no place to go. Storm drains have already been installed up street on Spruce through the years. No new sidewalks are proposed because of the limited width of the street and the additional cost. The administrator said repaving the street would not be done until one year after the drainage project is completed. Funds would come from the grant, if any are left. Other- wise, the work would be done from the town’s annual road paving budget. The mile-long connector roadway is used by motorists as a shortcut between Prospect Street and Glen Avenue. Girls of summer It is heavily traveled and in poor condition due to lack of drainage. Known as “The Estates”, the housing develop- ment was built after World War II with no storm drainage system. After an exciting 10-inning game against River Edge, the Midland Park Panthers 12U girls softball team won the Bergen County Girls Summer Softball League 2014 Championship title by a score of 3-2. Back row: Manager Neal Lein, Alexandra Hartman, Theresa Olson, Coach Fran Patterson, and Coach Trish Olson. Middle row: Mia Farinella, Mackenzie Cleary, Leah Tashian, Mairead Campbell, Lizzie Patterson, and Rachael Balala. Kneeling: Olivia Memmelaar, Alyssa Genao, Allison Vree- land, Emma Lein, and Nicole Passero. Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 6, 2014 Wyckoff Valente becomes Troop 77’s newest Eagle Scout Jacob Valente has become Wyckoff Boy Scout Troop 77’s newest Eagle Scout. The ceremony was held at Beth- any Church. A Wayne resident, Valente has been a member of Troop 77 for six-and-a-half years. He has held various leadership roles within the troop and has completed a total of 36 merit badges. He is a brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow. Valente is a staff member of the National Youth Leadership Training Program for Northern NJ Council and a starting member of Ventur- ing Crew 1204. He attended the National Jamboree in 2010 as a participant and as a staff member in 2013. In addition to attending summer camps at Turrell and Rodney, he experienced canoeing and hiking at Floodwood Moun- tain Reservation. Valente has a strong interest in science, and focused on an education-based Eagle service project. He decided to provide a new garden shed and clean up and repair an existing fish pond, planters, picnic tables, and bird- houses in an open courtyard at Westmoreland Elemen- tary School in Fair Lawn. This courtyard is used as a science outdoor lab facility for teaching all grade levels. With over 200 hours of work, many volunteers, and donations, the courtyard was transformed into a func- tional, educational, and fun learning area. The volunteers also moved stacking rock and built small walls around the shrubs in the front of the school and flagpole and beautified the entrance to the school. Now 17, Valente just completed his junior year at Wayne Valley High School. Outside of Scouting, he is active member of Student Council and the National Honor Society. He participates in marching band and was selected drum major for his junior and senior years. He is also a member of the swim team and pole vaults with the spring track team. Incumbents file nominating petitions Jacob Valente (continued from page 4) Ramapo Indian Hills High School District since 2000. Sciancalepore has been a resident of the borough for 24 years. Her husband is a Ramapo High alumnus. Her son graduated from Indian Hills in 2012 and her daugh- ter graduated from Ramapo High in June. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from Rutgers University, a BA in political science from the University of Colorado, and teaching certification for grades K-8 and K-12 social studies from William Pater- son University. She is deputy clerk for the Bergen County Freeholder Board. Previously, she was president of the Woodside Avenue School Parent Teacher Association and a member of the executive boards of the Parent Teacher Student Organization at Indian Hills and the Association of Par- ents Teachers and Students at Ramapo High. Quinlan has been an Oakland resident since 1986. She is married and has three sons, all of whom are graduates of the Oakland K-8 schools and Indian Hills. In addi- tion to being a school trustee, she serves on the Oakland Library Board. She was president of the Dogwood Hill Parent Teacher Association and president of the Oak- land Newcomers Club. She has also served on the Valley Middle School and IHHS Parent Teacher Organization executive boards. In addition, she has been a member of the Oakland Mothers’ Club and the Oakland Woman’s Club and she is a parishioner at Most Blessed Sacrament in Franklin Lakes, where she served many years as a member of the baptismal team and as an active Confraternity of Chris- tian Doctrine volunteer. A trustee on the RIHBOE since 2005, she is currently vice president of the board. She has also served as presi- dent of the board and chairperson of the Facilities, Edu- cation, and Crisis Management committees. She has also been a member of the Technology, Finance, Negotiations, Personnel, Goals, and Evaluation committees. Quinlan has also been a parent teacher organization liaison and the Oakland Board of Education representative. August 6, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 11 Franklin Lakes Borough planning addition to police headquarters By Frank J. McMahon The Borough of Franklin Lakes is plan- ning to fund the construction of an addi- tion to the police headquarters building on DeKorte Drive and the replacement of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system, and other improvements to that building. Plans show a 1,517 square foot addi- tion on the west side of the building The ground floor of that addition will contain a separate secure room where prisoners will be brought in before interrogation and pro- cessing, two jail cells, and two bathrooms. Renovations will also be made to the exist- ing closet, soft interrogation room, work area, and storage room in the existing Police Department Report Franklin Lakes Police Officers Gerard Gansel and William Zangara made a motor vehicle stop on Franklin Avenue on July 18 that resulted in the arrest of a 35-year-old New City, New York man for outstanding warrants emanating out of the Paramus, Weehawken, and Alpine munici- pal courts. On July 20 at 1:40 p.m., as a result of a motor vehicle stop on Ewing Avenue, a 20 year-old Franklin Lakes man was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, posses- sion of CDS in a motor vehicle, improper passing, and failure to have the vehicle inspected. Detective Sergeant Jeffrey Jost and Officers Donald Wilson and Gregory Albert investigated. Stop & Shop Loss Prevention filed shoplifting complaints against a 30-year- old Ogdensburg man and a 28 year-old Sussex woman on July 21. The complaint alleges that both subjects are responsible for the theft of approximately $1,000 worth of razor blade refills and white strips on July 18. Detective Sergeant Jeffrey Jost investigated. Also on July 21, a Terrace Road resi- dent reported that unknown persons had fraudulently used his credit card account. A fraudulent credit card was opened using the victim’s personal identification. Offi- cer Jon Rynander investigated. On July 22, an Old Franklin Lake Road resident reported that unknown persons had stolen four tires and rims from his property. The total value of property is estimated at $800. Detective Sergeant Jef- frey Jost investigated. At 10:34 p.m. on July 28, the Franklin Lakes Police Department received a com- plaint of a large party on Ewing Avenue. Officers discovered an unsupervised party involving underage consumption of alcohol. Approximately 50 teenagers were present. The homeowner, a 44-year- old Franklin Lakes woman, was charged with maintaining a nuisance. A 17-year- old female Franklin Lakes resident was charged with underage possession of alco- hol. Sergeant Andrew Cacciatore, Officer Mark McCombs, Officer Donald Wilson, and Officer Gregory Albert investigated. On July 29 at 10:39 p.m., police inves- tigated a reported motor vehicle crash on McCoy Road. As the result of that investi- gation, a 65-year-old Oakland woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, failure to maintain lane, and open alcohol container in a motor vehicle. The driver was traveling North on McCoy Road when her vehicle ran off of the roadway, damaging a mail- box and striking a stone wall before crash- ing into a utility pole. Sergeant Andrew Cacciatore, Officer Mark McCombs, Offi- cer Donald Wilson, and Officer Gregory Albert investigated. building where the jail cells are currently located. The basement below the addition will contain two large unassigned rooms. The borough council has introduced a $652,000 bond ordinance that would authorize capital improvements to police headquarters. That ordinance will be con- sidered for adoption at the Aug. 19 public council meeting. According to the ordinance, the bond issue would include a cost of $525,000 for the building addition, $67,500 for the HVAC replacement, and $52,500 for architectural services. Franklin Lakes Borough Administrator Gregory Hart advised at that public meet- ing that $300,000 will be reimbursed to the borough by private donations, and the borough has raised $36,970 in its Public Safety Trust Fund. He said the borough will receive a $100,000 donation before the ordinance is adopted and that money will be used as a down payment so it will not be necessary to borrow more than $552,000. Mayor Frank Bivona asked if any of the borough’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund money could be used for this project. Hart said that could not be done at this time, but if that were possible, it would reduce the amount to be borrowed. The administra- tor said he would look into that possibil- ity. Hart also advised that this bond issue would take care of most of the issues in police headquarters, including the indoor air quality, but the cost of removing some ceiling tiles to address a mold issue and a past rodent problem would not be sub- stantial and could possibly be covered by money from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The borough council has been consid- ering improvements to police headquarters since early 2012, when Bivona suggested the establishment of a Public Safety Trust Fund in order to collect private donations to be put toward the cost of public safety items or projects in the borough. Bivona said at the time that he wanted to start to plan fundraising for public safety capi- tal items with the objective of instituting a regular process of soliciting funds in support of the purchase or construction of large capital items that support public safety in the borough, especially in light of the state’s two percent cap on any increase in the borough’s tax levy, and the desire to lower outstanding borough debt levels. Bivona cited the urgent need for large capital items and stated it was clear the borough must begin a multi-year program to raise funds to meet the borough’s goals. He recommended a Public Safety Trust Fund be formed under the control of the borough council, but to be used only for public safety capital purchases. He also recommended that a PSTF advisory group, made up of residents who have a keen interest in public safety and/or who are large potential donors, should be formed to help guide fundraising activities and the use of the funds. That has led to donations to the bor- ough, and fundraising at various events in the borough such as the annual Oktober- fest event. Page 12 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 6, 2014 FLOW Area Frank Ceurvels appointed president of NJASBO Frank Ceurvels Ramapo Indian Hills School District Board of Education Business Adminis- trator/Board Secretary Frank Ceurvels will serve as president of the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials during the 2014-15 school year. Ceurvels has served on the NJASBO Executive Committee since the 2011- 2012 school year. A member of ASBO International, he also is a past president of Bergen County ASBO and has served on a number of BCASBO and NJASBO committees. Prior to joining the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District in 2004, Ceurvels served as the business administrator for Maywood and New Mil- ford school districts. He began his career in 1991 as assistant business administrator for Wayne Public Schools, where he later was appointed business administrator. A qualified purchasing agent, Ceurvels is a former trustee of the Northeast Bergen School Board Insurance Group and the North Jersey School Health Insurance Fund. He has served as a member of the Paterson School District External Audit- ing Team and was a founding member of the Bergen County Banking Consortium. Ceurvels enjoys an active lifestyle and participates in a number of outdoor activi- ties. He is an avid skier and a member of the National Ski Patrol. Ceurvels and his wife Cheryl reside in Cedar Grove. NJASBO is a professional association that promotes the highest standards of ethics and efficiency, provides its mem- bership with professional development and support, and collaborates with enti- ties that affect public education. The orga- nization is comprised of professionals who administer or supervise a variety of operations within the school district such as accounting, budgeting, data process- ing, environmental issues, food service management, maintenance, negotiations, payroll, purchasing, and transportation. Goodell Highway proposed District 40 Legislators Senator Kevin O’Toole and Assemblymen David Russo and Scott Rumana last week introduced legislation to rename the section of State Route 17 in Waldwick, the “Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway” in memory of the fallen hero. “The Goodell family and the police department think it’s an incredible honor,” said Police Chief Mark Messner. “Chris spent a lot of time on that highway in an effort to make it a safer place for the resi- dents of Waldwick and the motorists who were passing through,” he added. “I think this is a great honor for Police Officer Christopher Goodell. His memory of service to our community will always be remembered. His spirit of protect- ing our community will live on for all to remember,” echoed Mayor Thomas Gior- dano. “The profound sadness shared by people all across District 40 has not miti- gated since this senseless tragedy, since we all lost a true local hero and his family lost their beloved son,” explained Senator O’Toole of the decision to seek the renam- ing. “This act can instill the lasting honor that Christopher deserves in memory of his selfless service and sacrifices for us all.” Waldwick Police Officer Goodell, a former U.S. Marine, was killed in the line of duty on July 17, when a tractor trailer struck the 32-year-old while he was operat- ing radar on Route 17. The Waldwick High School graduate of 2000 was engaged to be married. “Words cannot describe the remorse everyone feels over the tragic loss of Offi- cer Goodell,” said Russo, who lives in Ridgewood. “He was the epitome of self- less public service. Commemorating his name is one way no one will ever forget the honor with which he served.” “Officer Goodell’s life was marked by service,” said Rumana. “Whether putting himself in harm’s way in the military or serving as a police officer, his life was dedicated to protecting others. His dedi- cation to keeping us safe will never be forgotten as we fittingly pay tribute to a fallen hero.” The Bergen legislators took advantage of a special session of the Legislature called by Governor Christie to address bail reform to introduce their bill, which now must be reviewed by committees of both houses and approved by the full Leg- islature before taking effect. According to the bill, signage costs will have to be borne by private donations. 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The event will be held Nov. 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Seasons in Washington Township. Proceeds from the event will support the auxiliary’s $1.5 million pledge for expansion of The Valley Hospital Breast Surgery Program at Luckow Pavilion, including a dedicated mammography suite and ultrasound suite; and to support Valley Home Care’s Butterflies program, a pallia- tive care and hospice program for children. Now in its 70 th year, the Valley Hospital Auxiliary pro- vides support to the hospital through fundraising, volun- teerism, and community outreach. To date, the auxiliary has raised and donated over $17 million in support of dozens of hospital programs and community services. For more information, contact Dorothy at (201) 337-1686 by Sept. 15. Teen programs planned The Franklin Lakes Library will host programs for teens throughout the month of August. Registration is required and may be completed online at www.franklinlakeslibrary. com or by calling (201) 891-2224. Registration may also be completed at the library, which is located at 470 DeKorte Drive. Play Teen Jeopardy on Wednesday, Aug. 6 from 2 to 4 p.m. Teens in grades five and up are invited to test their knowledge of pop singers, music, teen fiction, celebrities, and more. Prizes will be awarded. On Aug. 13, learn to cook fresh with Chef Andrea from 3 to 4 p.m. Kids will be in the library’s kitchen creating fresh, tasty treats to enjoy. All materials will be supplied. The class is open to students in grade six and up. Teens in grades six and up are invited to learn how to talk to a robot on Aug. 18 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Learn to use BASIC software code to move robots through an obstacle course in this friendly competition. On Aug. 21, teens are welcome to make a scrapbook from 2 to 3 p.m. at Scrapbooking with Ms. Jacque. Partici- pants are asked to bring five to 10 photos and any embel- lishments they desire. All other materials will be provided. The library will host a Drop in Movie on Aug. 22. Stu- dents may visit the library from 2 to 4 p.m. for a feature length, PG-rated movie. A Board Game Day is planned for Tuesday, Aug. 26. Teens are welcome to play board games including chess, checkers, Apples to Apples, Stratego, Life, Scrabble, cards, Bingo, and others from 2 to 4 p.m. Snacks will be pro- vided. Teens are welcome to visit the Teen Room each Friday for a drop-in craft program. The library has a personalized reading list service for teens, Yn5 (Your Next Five). E-mail frlk.library@gmail. com with a brief description of favorite authors or books and the library will send suggestions for five new books. Register for Paws for Reading Paws for Reading will return to the Franklin Lakes Library in August. Beginning and accomplished readers in grades one through five are invited to read aloud to well- behaved dogs to polish their reading and public speaking skills. Children are invited to participate for 10-minute ses- sions between the hours of 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Aug. 11 and 25. Registration is required. To schedule a reading session, call (201) 891-2224 or visit the library at 470 DeKorte Drive during regular hours. Bible Camp registration under way High Mountain Presbyterian Church, located at 730 Franklin Lake Road in Franklin Lakes, invites children in pre-K through grade six to its Vacation Bible Camp, “Weird Animals.” From Aug. 13 through 15, the free camp will meet from 9 a.m. to noon and will feature crazy crit- ters, games, music, snacks, and more. Pre-registration is required. Visit www.pcfl.org. Students who will be entering seventh grade in the fall through adults are welcome to volunteer with the program. Contact Patricia Pastás at (201) 891-0511 or patpastas@msn. com. Children’s programs set The Franklin Lakes Public Library will host a variety of art programs for children during the month of August. Pro- grams are open to Franklin Lakes residents. Registration is required and may be completed by calling (201) 891-2224 or visiting the library at 470 DeKorte Drive during regular hours. Franklin Lakes children who will be entering grades two through five are invited to “Art Kids Academy” on Thursday, Aug. 7 at 2 p.m. Participants will use oil pastels to create a collage of their very own solar system. Registra- tion is under way. On Aug. 12, children in grades one through four may make Crafts around the Campfire at 2 p.m. while listening to summer stories. Junior chefs are invited to Cooking Fresh with Chef Andrea on Aug. 13. All materials will be supplied. Chil- dren in grades two through four are invited to create fresh, simple, tasty snacks from 2 to 3 p.m. Students in grades five may attend from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Children who will be entering grades three through five are invited to Scrapbooking with Ms. Jacque on Thursday, Aug. 21. The program will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Par- ticipants should bring five to 10 photos and embellishments to use to create a scrapbook. All other materials will be provided. Children entering kindergarten through grade five are welcome to celebrate the end of the Summer Reading Club with Mr. Twister on Wednesday, Aug. 20. Mr. Twister will transform balloons into fantastic sculptures. Children entering kindergarten through second grade are invited from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Students in grades three through five may attend from 3:15 to 4 p.m. Meals on Wheels seeks volunteers Franklin Lakes Meals on Wheels is seeking volunteers to assist with delivery of hot and cold meals to shut-ins and elderly residents. Drivers and deliverers of food prepared by Christian Health Care Center are needed. Volunteers are asked to commit to one day a month, Monday through Friday, between 10:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. For more information, contact MOW Volunteer Coordi- nator, Tracey Gerber at (201) 891-9070 or enroll by e-mail at gvenner@optonline.net. Page 30 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 6, 2014 People kill & so do guns Ever wonder whether what you read in the newspapers or electronic news sources is true? I do. People often tell me, “I don’t always agree with your opinions, but I always know we were at the same meeting.” These days, that state- ment is something of an endorsement. One of America’s favorite arguments today is whether guns kill people or people kill people. The fact is that people who should never be trusted with a gun use guns to kill people they might or might not kill by other methods. When I was a young man, I sometimes worked the Sat- urday night shift for a daily newspaper that covered all of Bergen County and parts of Rockland, Passaic, and Hudson counties. Cheap handguns used to be called Saturday Night Specials. I got to follow their tracks and I can tell you that the edited versions of most homicides or attempted homi- cides bore little relationship to what actually happened. Shooting Number 1: I followed up in person a report of a guy being shot and taken to the hospital. I met some young guys standing around at the scene and discussed the details. These guys were “trade” -- guys who thought of themselves as straight, but sometimes worked gay people for money. The gay people cruised by in cars flirting with them and trying to pick them up. This is part of a regular subculture. In this case, words were exchanged and one of the gay guys who was cruising for “trade” shot one of the “trade” guys who sassed him. Family newspapers do not usually discuss these antics, but they figure in a large pro- portion of street crimes involving guns. Shooting Number 2: In a working man’s bar in a some- what better neighborhood, a gay guy came on to a straight guy, and the straight guy told him to get lost in no uncertain terms. When the straight guy walked out of the bar, the gay guy was hiding outside in ambush and blasted the straight guy with a shotgun fired from inside a truck’s cab. Shooting Number 3: In a somewhat diffuse bar in an eminently respectable town, two straight guys got into an argument over a woman neither of them knew very well. She made her choice. The loser stomped off, perhaps to some quiet ridicule. When the ostensible winner came out of the bar, the loser shot him with a spear gun of the type used for fishing. Shootings 3, 4, and 5: One winter night in a semi-urban, semi-suburban town, two plainclothes detectives caught three burglars during a break-and-entry. One of the bur- glars shot one of the detectives in the chest. The bullet pen- etrated the detective’s leather jacket and the thick sweater underneath, but only the tip of the slug entered his thorax. He pulled the bullet out with his fingers. The other detec- tive fired his gun at the burglar and shot him in the body, but not fatally. The wounded burglar was rushed to Bergen Pines where, after medical treatment, he was left to recover from a fairly serious gunshot wound in the detention ward. In the dead of night, the wounded burglar woke up, slipped up on a guard who was asleep, pointlessly murdered him with his own service revolver, and got out of the building carrying the revolver, but collapsed a short distance away. Both detectives were heard to say they wished they had killed him at the scene of the burglary. Shooting Number 6: A physician barricaded himself in his house, held his terrified estranged wife at gunpoint, and then let her escape. It was my last night on the job. I sat out- side my car just outside the police cordon until I head the single fatal shot. The physician had killed himself. Every one of these deaths or serious injuries could have been prevented if guns did not exist -- unless, of course, the perpetrators used knives or baseball bats, as violent crimi- nals do in countries where guns are hard to get. Every phy- sician knows how to take life painlessly. People who are not doctors or police also kill themselves with guns -- but some of them also kill themselves, and others, with deliberate bad driving, which places innocent motorists and pedestri- ans at risk. Every other shooting I covered could also have been prevented if the instigators were not predisposed to violent action and what might, in a more innocent era, be called anti-social behavior. In the mass shootings such as those in Columbine, Vir- ginia Tech, the Sikh temple, and the school in Connecticut, one sane person with a handgun and a steady hand could have saved most of the victims if he had taken out the killer or killers. We honor soldiers who do that, without much regard to the merit of the overseas cause. What gives mani- acs the right to murder unarmed Americans until they get their psychiatric hearing and their day in court? How many innocent lives would have been saved if there had been sky marshals on the aircraft used for the Sept. 11 attack -- or perhaps a few off-duty police or service personnel with legally concealed weapons? The aircraft, in fact, might have gone down, but they would never have reached the World Trade Center or the Pentagon. One group of utterly heroic passengers probably saved the White House when they tackled the terrorists with martial arts and fisticuffs. If two or three of them had been carrying concealed weapons, they and the other passengers might also have survived. The problem, of course, is discrimination. Most honest police chiefs can predict with a fair degree of accuracy which citizens can own a rifle or shotgun without trouble, which citizens can carry a concealed weapon without crim- inal intent, and which people should never be allowed to own any kind of firearm whatsoever. Some of them, how- ever, may let racial or other issues influence their decisions to the point where the decisions become questionable. That would prompt lawsuits and the whole thing would become a political hot potato. Consider this: Every college graduate over 21 and every high school graduate over 25 who wants a rifle, shotgun, or handgun has to prove he or she has a clean clinical record and was never treated for mental health issues, alcohol, or heroin, and is not a sex maniac -- straight or gay -- in drastic denial. A brief test by a psychologist can determine whether or not he or she falls into a category of “armed is danger- ous.” The academic graduations are important because they indicate good impulse control -- though some bright people are also nuts, these are fewer than some people like to think -- and at least suggest an IQ over the cutoff point for denying applications for military service. The people who carried out the mass shootings of recent years, one and all, were obviously either suffering from mental health issues or seriously stupid, or both, and should never have owned a gun. Let us save our mourning for the victims. The people who could have dropped the killers in their tracks and saved most of the victims should not have been com- pelled by law or custom to be kept unarmed. Letters to the Editor Trustee to step down Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank those who have supported me as a trustee on the Franklin Lakes K-8 Board of Education. It was your words of encouragement that provided me the strength to complete this journey over the past three-plus years of my life. A special thanks to my wife, Elizabeth, and my two boys for being so understand- ing during this time. I have decided not to seek re-election as a school trustee. I’m proud to be a part of the progress that we have made, and the role that I played, but it is now time for someone else to continue this forward. Working together with my fellow trustees, we have achieved so much, but the two accomplishments that I am most proud of are the identifi- cation and selection of new leadership for our district, and the prudent fiscal responsibility to taxpayers. During my tenure, the K-8 board has saved taxpayers $1.1 million by Otto visits The North Jersey Foundation for Safety’s Otto the Auto recently visited the students of Franklin Lakes Safety Town. Otto spoke to the students about pedestrian safety. The chil- dren also watched the American Automobile Association’s pedestrian safety film ‘See and Be Seen.’ Pictured are Safety Town students Katie Mainwald, Mia Bielen, Shane Papaccioli, and Christopher Kerin with Officer Denny Knubel. operating under the two-percent tax cap levy that is per- missible by law, including a net tax increase of $0 for the upcoming 2014-15 school year. I was happy to learn that my colleagues, Ms. Susan McGowan and Mr. Larry Loprete have decided to seek re- election, each of whom has played a vital part in our prog- ress to date. I am looking forward to the next chapter of my life, spending more time with my family, as well as focus- ing on various philanthropic endeavors through my private charitable foundation, www.urciuoli.org, whose mission is education based. Enjoy the rest of the summer, and see you in Septem- ber. The opinions above are my own, and not those of the Franklin Lakes Board of Education. Craig Urciuoli Franklin Lakes August 6, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 31 Park Windmill Seventh grade Bagel Breakfast set Midland Park students who will be entering seventh grade this fall are invited to a Bagel Breakfast on Wednes- day, Aug. 27. This morning mixer will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. in Memorial Hall at Midland Park High School, 250 Prospect Street in Midland Park. Gospel Hall announces VBS Midland Park Gospel Hall will hold its 2014 Vacation Bible School Aug. 11 through 15 at the church located at 61 Prospect Street. Children from the community are wel- come to enjoy daily activities from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This free program will feature Bible lessons, music, crafts, games, and snacks. This year’s program, which is open to youngsters in kindergarten through grade 12, will have an Athenian theme. Visit mpvbs.org or call (201) 447-0654 to register or to learn more. Summer prevention program sets hours The Midland Park School District will provide student assistance program summer prevention hours. Student Assistance Counselor Craig Rush will be available to meet with Midland Park students or parents on July 30 and Aug. 6, 13, and 27. Rush will be available for appointments from noon to 4 p.m. at Midland Park High School, 250 Prospect Street in Midland Park. Students or parents may set up an appointment by calling (201) 444-7400, extension 206 or by sending an e-mail to Crush@mpsnj.org. MPPEF to host its first 5K Run and 1-Mile Walk Midland Park’s Community Day on Saturday, Sept. 6 this year will be a full day event, with the Midland Park Public Education Foundation starting off the day with a 5K Run. MPPEF’s First Annual 5K Run and 1-Mile Walk will kick off at 9:30 a.m. at the DePhillips Center, 50 Dairy Street; the 1-Mile Walk will begin at 10:30 a.m. If regis- tered by Aug. 25, the individual fee for the 5K Run is $25, and participants are guaranteed a race day T-shirt. Regis- tration fees for the 1-Mile Walk begin at $15 prior to Aug. 25, with a $60 family maximum. Community Day takes place on the field from 1 to 5 p.m. Businesses and family sponsorships are available. Busi- ness sponsorship opportunities range from Bronze to Plati- num levels. Families can show their support for the event by signing up for a family sponsorship, which includes a family lawn sign with their name on it and a free entry in the 1-Mile Walk. Proceeds from the event will help the MPPEF continue its commitment to bring innovative, sustainable programs designed to enhance the academic quality of Midland Park schools. To register for the 1 st Annual Midland Park 5K Run and 1-Mile Walk, or to inquire about sponsorship opportuni- ties, visit www.mppef.org. The Midland Park Public Education Foundation raises money to fund grants that will strengthen the school system. By sharing in this goal, the community serves as a vital partner with the district administration, board of edu- cation and faculty in providing the tools they need to bring academic excellence to the children. The Midland Park Public Education Foundation is an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization that enhances and supports new curriculum initiatives and enrichment oppor- tunities within Midland Park’s public school system. Summer programs for children announced Midland Park Continuing Education will provide summer classes for students. Classes will be held at Mid- land Park High School at 250 Prospect Street. Young seamstresses may register for Fashion Sewing Camp Aug. 11 through 15. Camps are open to those ages eight through 13. Call (201) 444-2030 or visit www.mpsnj.org and click on Continuing Ed to register or for more information. Sponsors sought The Midland Park Ambulance Corps will host an Open House on Sept. 27 from 3 to 7 p.m. The community is invited to visit the corps’ new building at 471 Godwin Avenue, meet the members, and view the corps’ equipment. To mark the occasion, the ambulance corps is offering spon- sorship opportunities for its souvenir journal. Prospective sponsors may contact the corps at mptxmom@optonline. net for more information. The deadline to reserve journal space is Sept. 5. Ambulance corps seeks volunteers The Midland Park Ambulance Corps has openings for retirees and those who work part-time. Training programs are available at two convenient county schools and the addition of Hybrid courses allow for learning online. The corps is also seeking members who may already have EMT certification. Members would be allowed to sign up for shifts that meet their personal schedules, and could sign up through a smartphone app. The ambulance corps is now located at 445 Godwin Avenue. E-mail jfa07432@yahoo.com for details. Special Needs Story time set The Midland Park Memorial Library, located at 250 Godwin Avenue, will host story times for special needs children on Mondays in August from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. All ages are welcome. Saturday special needs story times will begin in the fall. Volunteers for the special needs programs are always welcome. For more information, contact Miss Emily at childrens@midlandpark.bccls.org. Preschoolers invited to soccer clinic This fall, the Midland Park Soccer Association will hold a new soccer clinic for four- and five-year-olds. The six- week program is open to children who will be attending kindergarten in September. The clinic is part of the in-town recreation program. Players will meet at 9 a.m. on Satur- days from Sept. 6 through Oct. 11. Sign up at www.midlandparksoccer.com. Registration is $30 and includes a shirt and a ball. For more information, e-mail midlandparksoccer@gmail.com or call Chris Salge at csalge5@hotmail.com or Carl Krag at (201) 612- 9811. Page 32 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 6, 2014 Obituaries Mary Elizabeth Faist Mary Elizabeth Faist, nee Kerr, of Melbourne, Florida, formerly of Ridgewood and Norwood, died July 26.She was 90. She attended Ridgewood High School. Upon her graduation in the midst of World War II, she worked for the British Ministry of War Transport in New York City, administering the convoy shipments of goods to England under the Lend-Lease Program. After the war, she worked for Furness Withy shipping company, now Cunard, in New York. She worked as a leasing sales manager for Volvo of America in Rockleigh from 1971 until her retirement in 1986. She is survived by her children Suzan Marie Jagger of Goshen, Connecticut; James Allan Faist of Arlington, Virginia; and Paul William Faist of Bogota. She is also survived by eight grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Harold Peter Faist. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Faith Viera Lutheran Church, 5550 Faith Drive, Rockledge, FL 32955. Kathleen Ann Fitzpatrick Kathleen Ann Fitzpatrick of Macon, Georgia, formerly of Midland Park, died July 28. She was 66. She is survived by her husband Rod Fitzpatrick, her children Kelly Riedel of the Township of Washington, and Rob Fitzpatrick of Macon, Georgia, and five grandchildren. She is also sur- vived by her father Andrew Reardon and his companion Marilyn Lavender of Matawan and her siblings Jackie Harz of Hewitt and Andrew Reardon of Wilton Manors, Florida. Arrangements were made by Becker Funeral Home in Westwood. Vera Gorloff, DMD She was predeceased by her parents Joseph and Catherine Hill. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider- Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. William Irwin William Irwin of Ramsey died July 24. He was 94. He was a member of numerous musical groups, a former Ramsey School Board member, past vice president of the Ramsey Historical Association, past Grand Master of the Hawthorne Fortitude Masonic Lodge 200 of Ramsey, and a member of Destroyer Escort Society of America. He is survived by his children Judy King of Bow, New Hampshire, Bill Irwin III of Ramsey, and Patty Watts of West Milford. He is also survived by four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Charlotte Brett. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice. Roy H. Johnson Roy H. Johnson of Glen Rock died July 26. He was 83. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in New York. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd of Glen Rock. Before retiring, he was a computer programmer with RCA in New York City for many years. He is survived by his wife Anita (Carlson) Johnson and his children Lori Ann Stanczak, Carl John- son, and Roy H. Johnson II. He is also survived by six grandchildren and his sister Nancy Carlson. Arrange- ments were made by Vander Plaat-Caggiano Funeral Home in Fair Lawn. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O BOX 1000, Department 142, Memphis, TN 38148. Ida R. Meyer Vera Gorloff, DMD, nee Voitovitch, of Wyckoff died July 24. She was 46. Born in Ternopil, Ukraine, she came to the United States in 1989 and resided in New York City before moving to Wyckoff. She was a dentist in New City, New York. She was a member of Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Ascension Church in Clifton. She is survived by her husband Victor Gorloff, MD and her sons Alexander Gor- loff and Matthew Gorloff, both of Wyckoff. She is also survived by her mother Zinaida (nee Kalinska) Voitovitch of Wyckoff and her siblings Ivan Voitovitch of Ternopil, Ukraine and Oksana of Kiev, Ukraine. She was prede- ceased by her father Yaroslav Voitovitch. Arrangements were made by Bizub-Quinlan Funeral Home in Clifton. Ida R. Meyer, nee Reich, of Ridgewood died July 28. She was 98. She was a 1934 graduate of Bristol High School in Connecticut. She was a member of the Beth- lehem Lutheran Church in Ridgewood. She is survived by her children Louis C. Meyer Jr. of Harwich, Massa- chusetts; Elisabeth Meyer of Ridgewood; Mark Meyer of Lowell, Massachusetts; and Deborah Meyer of Mahwah. She is also survived by two grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Rev- erend Louis Meyer. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Donations in her memory may be made to a charity of choice. A memo- rial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 10 at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Ridgewood. Katherine Mary Hill of Ramsey died July 27. She was 86. She was a graduate of the High School of Music and Art of New York City, Barnard College, and William Paterson University. She taught in France and Germany for the Armed Forces Dependents Schools and was later employed by the Ramsey Board of Education until her retirement. She is survived by her brother Robert, her nephew John, her niece Patricia, and one grand-niece. Neil J. McCauley of Encinitas, California, formerly of Wyckoff, died June 17. He was 90. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a recipient of the Purple Heart and was a member of the VFW in Ho-Ho-Kus. He is survived by his son Kevin and his family; Connie Yoke; and the Yoke, Klinert, and Snyder families. Memo- rial donations may be made to Saint Elizabeth’s Church in Wyckoff. Services will be held at Arlington National Katherine Mary Hill Neil J. McCauley Cemetery in the spring. Lora Anne McCutcheon Lora Anne McCutcheon of Mahwah died July 25. She was 85. She graduated from Ohio University. She mar- ried actor Bill McCutcheon and ran their business, Merle Norman Cosmetics. She was instrumental in starting the first girls’ softball league, the first community the- ater with her sister Carol, and the first Senior Citizen Center in Mahwah. She was active in many organizations and causes. She is survived by her children, grandchil- dren, and her sister. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to the Mahwah Public Library, c/o Business Office, 100 Ridge Road, Mahwah, NJ 07430. Edward J. ‘Ted’ Smith Sr. Edward J. “Ted” Smith Sr. of Wyckoff died July 25. He was 83. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Before retiring in 1991, he had a long career as a logistics engineer for Singer-Kearfott. He was a volunteer with the Red Cross for over 35 years and was the recipient of the Red Cross Hero of the Year Award in 2014. He is survived by his sons Edward, David, and Daniel; three grandchildren; one great-grandson; and his siblings Robert, Donald, Polly, Joyce, and Barbara. He was predeceased by his wife Lorraine (Benson). Arrangements were made by M. John Scanlan Funeral Home in Pompton Plains. John H. ‘Jack’ Smith Jr. John H. “Jack” Smith Jr. of Ramsey died July 24. He was 85. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War and the Marine Corps Reserve. He attended Storm King School in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York and was a 1950 graduate of Harvard University. Before retiring in 1989, he was an executive for Mobil Corp. in New York City for 40 years. He is survived by his wife Phyllis (nee Saladin) Smith of Ramsey and his daughter Susan Smith Beward of West Milford. He is also survived by three grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son John H. Smith III and his sister Betty Smith Lawrence. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to the American Lung Association of New Jersey, 1031 Route 22 West, Suite 203, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 or Fardale Trinity Church, 73 Chapel Road, Mahwah, NJ 07430. William H. ‘Bill’ Zajicek William H. “Bill” Zajicek of Wyckoff died July 25. He was 59. He graduated from Ramapo High School and attended Lynchburg College in Virginia. He was the vice president of sales operations at DGBZ, Inc. in New York for over 20 years. He is survived by his wife Marilynn G. (March) Zajicek, his mother Joan D. (Norro) Zajicek, his sister Judith Zajicek, and one niece. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memo- rial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, Bergen Unit, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Midland Park August 6, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 33 Residents boogie at third concert in summer series Midland Park residents and friends boogied to the sound of Epic Soul last Wednesday at the third event of the Summer Con- cert Series organized by the Friends of the Midland Park Memorial Library and the Midland Park Chamber of Commerce. The harmony-rich group entertained with favorite Jersey hits, including songs from Sinatra and the DooWop era. Concert goers across the generations attended the concert series that took place on the lawn of the lawn of the Midland Park Library. Page 34 THE VILLADOM TIMES I & III • August 6, 2014 Braff brothers’ ‘Wish I Was Here’ tells original story by Dennis Seuling In “Wish I Was Here,” Aidan Bloom (Zach Braff) is a struggling actor whose wife, Sarah (Kate Hudson), basically supports the family. Aidan’s caustic father (Mandy Patinkin) wants his grandchildren raised as orthodox Jews and pays their tuition at a yeshiva. Upon learning that his cancer has taken a turn for the worse, the grandfather enrolls in a costly experimental pro- gram and can no longer afford the tuition. Meanwhile, Sarah toils at a dull job and endures sexual harassment from a coworker. Because the job is essential to the family, she is torn between coping with the unpleasantness herself or reporting it to man- agement. Unaware of his wife’s uncomfortable work situation, Aidan continues to go on auditions that lead nowhere. Aidan’s brother, Noah (Josh Gad), lives reclusively in a trailer by the ocean and focuses on winning a Comic Con costume competition. Both brothers resent many of their father’s parenting choices, but while Aidan deals with the imminent death of their dad, Noah closes him- self off to it. In summer, it is a pleasure to see a movie about real people undergoing realistic conflicts rather than mega- budget flicks about alien invasions, trucks that trans- form into marauding robots, superhero angst, and odd slants on Biblical stories. The beauty of “Wish I Was Here” is its smallness — not in dramatic substance, but in filmmaking restraint. Braff, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Adam and directed, focuses on a set of solid characters rather than cinematic dazzle to involve viewers. The story, which Braff claims is semi-autobiographical, is about choices, realizations, and dreams — not fantasies, but achievable goals. Aidan wants to be a successful actor, but there is enormous competition and he has not worked in some time. Even as his family situation is thrown a curve- ball, he forges ahead, ever hoping that the next audition will lift him from anonymity to fame. Aidan is likable but selfish, considering the support of the family is not equally shared. He clings to acting, which he refers to as “my dream,” despite the financial strain, kids who might have to be put into public school mid-term, a dying father, an unsympathetic rabbi, and an over- stressed life. It is to Braff’s credit as actor that he manages to elicit sympathy for Aidan. He projects a likable personality and much of his charm from the TV series “Scrubs” comes through here. As director, he elicits uniformly first-rate performances. Joey King, who plays Aidan’s teenage daughter, Grace, turns in a particularly moving performance. As writer, however, he allows some awk- ward lapses in logic. Aidan’s attempts to home-school his kids until the end of the term are meant to show, comically, his ineptness as an educator. His choices simply do not make sense and appear what they are - - contrivances. Gad, in a quirky role with little dialogue, makes Noah real. He is funny, yes, but also has inner pain. Viewers laugh at Noah’s preoccupation with tasks that might be more appropriate to 12-year-olds, yet see him as a sad, troubled adult in a key scene late in the picture. It is in this scene that Noah becomes more than a visual gag. Hudson does some of her best screen work as Sarah. Braff has made her a major character rather than merely a wifely presence. Sarah is loving, smart, supportive, worried, frustrated, sympathetic, and wise — a combi- nation of elements Hudson conveys beautifully. She is the family’s rock. A hospital scene between Hudson and Patinkin stands out. She imparts wisdom to a stubborn, dying man in a scene that avoids sentimentality by its easy naturalness. Patinkin neatly steals every scene he is in with his strong, austere presence. He has some of the film’s best one-liners, delivered in a low-key, casual manner. This style is a marked contrast to movie comedies in which actors ham up tepid lines to give the dialogue extra oomph. Patinkin fully inhabits the character of a man who has not been the best dad and regrets much, but does not know how to make things right with his sons. His comments are biting, yet amusing in their cyni- cism. Rated R, “Wish I Was Here” is that rare cinematic achievement: a triple threat. With Braff as co-writer, director, and star, he must bear nearly full responsibility for the picture’s success or failure. Fortunately, he has crafted an involving movie lightened with humor in just the right doses, and manages to tell an original story. Viewers who are tired of the usual noisy summer spe- cial-effects extravaganzas will find “Wish I Was Here” a veritable oasis. Zach Braff, Kate Hudson, and Pierce Gagnon in ‘Wish I Was Here.’ August 6, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I & III • Page 35 Woodstock: Revisiting a landmark event after 40 years by Dennis Seuling “Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music” (Warner Home Video) comes to Blu-ray in a 40th Anniversary Edition filled with bonuses. This three-disc release contains the four-hour Director’s Cut of the Oscar-winning documentary about the landmark music event that featured some of the greatest rock performers of the period. The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was held on Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, New York on a rain-soaked weekend in August 1969. Half a million people came by car, truck, and even helicopter. Most ended up trekking beyond the impassable traffic jam to what turned out to be the most famous contemporary music festival in history, an event later hailed by “Rolling Stone” magazine as one of the “50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock ’n’ Roll.” Thirty-two acts appeared, including Jef- ferson Airplane, Joan Baez, Melanie, Santana, Sha Na Na, The Who, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Sly and The Family Stone, and Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Among the extras is “Woodstock: Untold Stories,” which con- tains over two hours of additional musical performances by artists including Paul But- terfield, Johnny Winter, Mountain, and The Grateful Dead. The picture quality is amazing con- sidering the original footage was shot on 16-millimeter film with a wide array of lighting situations since the concert contin- ued day and night no matter the weather. Some shots were very dark, others grainy, and still others bright and crisp. Assorted aspect ratios were used to allow split- and triple-screen images. Warner has done a great job restoring the footage to give the picture a uniformly high visual quality and has taken pains to convert the original eight-track source material to Dolby True HD and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. The experience is like being in the midst of the music. Bonuses also include “Woodstock: From Festival to Feature,” which contains inter- views of those who were at the festival, including concert-goers, promoters, crew, and musicians. Also included are an iron- on Woodstock patch, a reproduction of an Aug. 29, 1969 excerpt from “Life” maga- zine, and reproductions of 1969 newspaper clippings about the festival. “A Trip to Bountiful” (Lionsgate) stars Cicely Tyson in a recreation of her Broad- way role of Carrie Watts, who grudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie (Blair Underwood), and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae (Vanessa Wil- liams). Unable to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she begs Ludie to take her on The original poster advertising ‘Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music.’ a visit to her hometown of Bountiful. When he refuses, Carrie escapes to the local bus station and embarks on a nostalgic journey. Featuring the same cast that appeared on Broadway, “A Trip to Bountiful” is an out- standing star turn for Tyson and a touching character study. The cast is first-rate, but Tyson effortlessly shoulders the dramatic weight of the film. She communicates not only through her dialogue, but also via her expressive face. This performer brings a lifetime worth of acting know-how to a showcase role. Williams plays a materialistic woman whose values are morally shallow. She finds Carrie a burden and an intrusion into her life with Ludie. Underwood never really inhabits the character of Ludie, and looks more like a 1940s fashion model than a stressed man torn between the needs of two strong-willed women. This film is a “must see” for Tyson’s rich, textured performance. There are no bonuses on the widescreen DVD release. “The Big Chill” (The Criterion Collec- tion) might be the definitive film portraying baby boomer angst. After the shocking sui- cide of their friend, several 30-somethings reunite for his funeral and end up spending the weekend together, reminiscing about their shared past and confronting the uncer- tainty of their lives. They have discovered that not everything they wanted is possible. Their goals have shifted, sometimes seismically, and reality has replaced the idealism of their younger days. Director Lawrence Kasdan presents a multiple character study in a decidedly non- cinematic movie. There is a lot of talking (continued on Crossword page) Page 36 THE VILLADOM TIMES I & III • August 6, 2014 DVD releases (continued from Restaurant page) with little location variation, giving the picture a claus- trophobic feel. What allows it to grab and sustain view- ers’ attention is the terrific ensemble cast (Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams) and a soundtrack featuring Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Isley Brothers, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Lesley Gore, The Mamas and The Papas, and others. The three-disc Blu-ray/DVD dual edition contains a new restoration approved by Lawrence Kasdan, a new interview with Kasdan, a reunion of cast and crew from the 2103 Toronto International Film Festival, a making- of documentary, deleted scenes, and a booklet featuring a critical essay. “Need for Speed” (Touchstone), based on a popu- lar racing video game franchise, attempts to capture the excitement of the game in a real-world setting. The story features a near-impossible cross-country race against time. In a last attempt to save his struggling garage, mechanic Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad”) — who with his team skillfully builds and races muscle cars on the side — reluctantly partners with wealthy, arrogant ex- NASCAR driver Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper). Just as a major sale to car broker Julia Bonet (Imogen Poot) looks as if it will save the business, a disastrous, unsanctioned race results in Dino framing Tobey for manslaughter. The exciting racing sequences are far superior to the script. Paul, excellent as Jesse Pinkman in the “Breaking Bad” series, is wasted here and given so little to work with that he resorts to gritting his teeth and glowering. Car chase fans may enjoy the action, but don’t look for a solid plot and believable characters. Bonuses include a digital copy, deleted scenes, audio commentary, and several fea- turettes that focus on the stunts and action sequences. “I’ll Follow You Down” (Well Go USA) is a science fiction exploration of wormholes, parallel universes, love, and the possibility of starting over. An accomplished physicist (Rufus Sewell) mysteriously disappears on a business trip. His wife (Gillian Anderson, “The X Files”) and son Erol struggle to get by. Years later, now a young scientist himself, Erol (Haley Joel Osment, “The Sixth Sense”) uncovers papers, formulas, a machine, and an amazing possibility. Erol is determined to find his father and restore his family, and he believes time travel is the answer. This is not a mega-budget Hollywood extravaganza. This film is theatrical in style, featuring simple locations and extensive, though fascinating, dialogue about the philosophical ramifications of time travel. 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Pray whether you believe or not. Publish the 9th day. “May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised, adored & glorified today & every day.” Request will be granted no matter how impossible it seems. Pub- lication must be promised. Thank you for answering my prayer. kr continued on next page Page 38 THE VILLADOM TIMES I & III • August 6, 2014 CLASSIFIED RELIGIOUS RELIGIOUS Prayer to the Blessed Virgin (Never known to fail) Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel, fruitful vine, splen- dor of heaven, Mother of the Son of God. Immacu- late Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me, herein you are my mother. Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth! I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity There are none that can withstand your power. Oh, show me herein, you are my mother. Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (3x). Holy Mother, I place this cause in your hands (3x). Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goals. You who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances in my life you are with me, I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things as you confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you in eternal glory. Thank you for your mercy toward me and mine. The person must say this prayer 3 consecu- tive days. After 3 days, the request will be granted. This prayer must be published after the favor is granted. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Thank you for answering my prayers. mb RELIGIOUS Prayer to St. Jude cont. from preceding page Prayer to St. Clare Oh, Holy St. Jude, apostle and martyr. Great in virtue and rich in miracles; near kinsman of Jesus Christ; faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need. To you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present urgent petition. In return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. St. Jude, pray for us all who invoke your aid. Amen. Say three Our Fathers, Hail Marys and Glorias. Publication must be promised. This novena has never been known to fail. This novena must be said for 9 consecutive days. My prayers were answered. Thank you, St. Jude. jw Ask St. Clare for 3 favors, 1 business, 2 impossible. Say 9 Hail Marys for 9 days with lighted candles. Pray whether you believe or not. Publish the 9th day. “May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised, adored & glori- fied today & every day.” Request will be granted no matter how impossible it seems. Publication must be promised. 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This novena has never been known to fail. This novena must be said for 9 consecutive days. My prayers were answered. Thank you, St. Jude.av Prayer to St. Clare Prayer to the Blessed Virgin 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. Publication must be promised. 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Fans are encouraged to like, comment, and share their votes to promote their favorites using #RockBarclaysGolf. The winning bands will be announced on or before Aug. 10. For more information, or to purchase tickets, contact Darcy Bickert at (201) 848-5796 or dbickert@chccnj.org. Spend Monday at the movies The Wyckoff Public Library, located at 200 Woodland Avenue, presents free movies on Mondays at 2 p.m. On Aug. 11, see “Desk Set” (1957) starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. It’s humans v. computers at the research department of a TV network, with Hepburn sparring wittily against Tracy in their eighth film together. This film is not rated and is 103 minutes long. “Kon-Tiki “(2012) will be presented on Aug. 18. This film stars Pal Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Chris- Fire department sets fundraiser The 57th Annual Wyckoff Fire Department Fire- works Display and Band Concert Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, Aug. 30 on Memorial Field behind Wyckoff Memorial Town Hall at 340 Franklin Avenue in Wyckoff. (Rain date: Sept. 1.) The volunteer fire department’s fundraiser has become an annual tradition in Wyckoff. This year, attendees are encouraged to arrive early and enjoy dancing to music provided by a DJ beginning at 4 p.m. The event will feature activities for children, and child identification kits provided by New York Life. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. The fireworks are scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. There will also be a cash prize contest. Tickets are $10 each. Children under age 10 will be admitted free. Tickets may be purchased online at www.wyckoff- fireworks.org or at the following locations: the Wyckoff Clerk’s office, 340 Franklin Avenue; Wyckoff YMCA, tiansen, and Tobias Santelmann and relates the story of explorer/anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl’s epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific in 1947. Heyerdahl took his trip on a balsawood raft to show that it was possible for South Americans to have settled in Polynesia before Columbus crossed the Atlantic. The movie is rated PG-13 and runs for 118 minutes. The Aug. 25 feature will be “Journey to the Center of the Earth” with Brendan Fraser, Anita Briem, and Josh Hutcherson. On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew, and their moun- tain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth. This is a faithful, yet modern retell- ing of the Jules Verne classic. The 2008 movie is rated PG and is 93 minutes long. Library hosts Summer Night Cinema The community is invited to the Wyckoff Public Library’s Summer Night Cinema series on Thursday, Aug. 7. The selection will be “Night at the Museum” (2006) star- ring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, and Dick Van Dyke. The new, naive night security guard at the American Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits to come to life and wreak havoc. The film is rated PG and will be shown at 7 p.m. in the Shotmeyer Room. The library is located at 200 Woodland Avenue in Wyckoff. There is no charge for this event Half-marathon & 5K benefit planned The Wyckoff Family YMCA and the Franklin Lakes Mayor’s Wellness Campaign will hold the Second Annual 695 Wyckoff Avenue; Blue Moon Mexican Café, 327 Franklin Avenue; Market Basket’s Wyckoff location, 300 Sicomac Avenue; Yudin’s, 378 Main Street; Waldwick Prime Meats, 384 Main Street; and Parkwood Deli, 342 Erie Avenue in Midland Park. Tickets may also be purchased by mail. Checks should be made payable to the Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Depart- ment and mailed to P.O. Box 6, Wyckoff, NJ 07481. The Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department has been serving the community for 106 years. In 2013, the vol- unteer firefighters responded to 472 alarms, devoted 27,126 man-hours responding to emergency alarms, and attended 11,584 hours of training. The department trains every Monday night. Prospective members are invited to stop by their local firehouse between 7 and 9 p.m. for more information. The fire department reminds residents the fireworks display is a fundraiser for the department and not an event funded by their property taxes. Franklin Lakes Scenic Half-Marathon & 5K on Sept. 28. Both routes will wind throughout Franklin Lakes beginning and ending at the municipal complex on DeKorte Drive. Proceeds from the race will benefit the Franklin Lakes Mayor’s Wellness Campaign and the Wyckoff Y’s Pietro Maugeri Fund, which helps families navigate and cope with the financial challenges of critical illness and injury. For registration and sponsorship information, visit www. wyckoffymca.org. Barclays ticket sales support the Y Golf fans may purchase tickets for The Barclays and support the Wyckoff Y at the same time. The tournament, which is part of the PGA Tour, will be played Aug. 19 through 24 at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus. Adam Scott, Justin Rose, Tiger Woods, and Gary Wood- land are all scheduled to play. One-day tickets are $65 and Weekly Grounds tickets are $125. The Y will receive 75 percent of the net proceeds of tickets purchased at www.buytfc.com when the pur- chaser chooses the Wyckoff Y as their charity of choice. For more information, call Ellen Gifford at the Y at (201) 891-2081, extension 150. Preschoolers welcome at camp Camp Little Feet at Temple Beth Rishon in Wyckoff still has openings for its preschool summer program. Camp will be in session through Aug. 22. For more infor- mation, visit bethrishon.org or call Debby Landesman at (201) 891-6074. Temple Beth Rishon is located at 585 Rus- sell Avenue. Page 40 THE VILLADOM TIMES I & III • August 6, 2014