May 14, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 21 Wyckoff Wanderings Memorial Day events planned Wyckoff’s Memorial Day Ceremonies and Parade will be held on Monday, May 26. This year’s parade theme is “Gone but not Forgotten.” The Firefighters’ Memorial Service will be held at 9 a.m. at Firehouse #1. At 10 a.m., the community will gather on the green of the Wyckoff Reformed Church on Wyckoff Avenue, site of the township’s war memorial, for the annual memorial ser- vice for veterans. All local Gold Star Mothers, Blue Star Mothers, military veterans, and members of the commu- nity are invited to attend the service and parade. Wyckoff resident Erik Ruebenacker of Midland Park- Wyckoff VFW Post 7086 will serve as master of ceremo- nies for the veterans’ service and Mayor Douglas J. Christie will give the welcoming address. The memorial address will be given by Lieutenant Colo- nel Matt Noble, USMCR. Noble is still in active reserve status and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The invo- cation and benediction will be delivered by Pastor Jeff Riley of Powerhouse Christian Church. Matthew Fairchild of Powerhouse Christian Church will be the vocalist. New to the memorial service this year will be the read- ing of the award-winning essay written by Wyckoff resi- dent Kathleen Roughgarden. Her essay was selected as the winner of the Midland Park-Wyckoff VFW Post 7086 Patriot’s Pen Contest. This year’s parade grand marshal is United States Army WWII Veteran Arthur “Art” Coppe. The parade will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Cornerstone Church, located at the intersec- tion of Wyckoff and Russell avenues. Parade participants will assemble behind the church. The parade will proceed left onto Wyckoff Avenue, right onto Main Street, right onto Franklin Avenue, and onto Scott Plaza. The parade will conclude at the ambulance corps building. Refreshments will be provided behind Fire Company #1 courtesy of the Wyckoff Township Committee and the Parade Committee. In the event of rain, the parade will be canceled and the memorial service will be held inside Wyckoff Reformed Church. Chamber to host Stephen Borg The Wyckoff Chamber of Commerce will meet at 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, May 15. The group will gather at the Larkin House located at 691 Wyckoff Avenue. The meeting will be hosted by the Wyckoff YMCA. Coffee and a light breakfast will be catered by Nicholas Markets. Stephen Borg, president of North Jersey Media and publisher of The Record will be the guest speaker. Borg will discuss the newspaper industry and the effects of social media on businesses. RSVP to www.wyckoffcham- ber.com. Addiction and recovery program set The Christian Health Care Center, Wyckoff Municipal Alliance, and the Wyckoff Health Department will sponsor a special presentation, “The Road to Recovery: Stories of Addiction,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This program will be held May 15 in the Christian Health Care Center Auditorium at 700 Mountain Avenue, Wyckoff. The program may not be appropriate for children under 12 years of age. Alumnae of Spring House, Bergen County’s halfway house for women recovering from alcohol and drug abuse, will share their stories. Following the presentation, experts from Spring House and Christian Health Care Counseling Center will be available to answer questions. Representa- tives from the Center for Alcohol and Drug Resources, and Balance and Thrive Therapy Center will also be present. Refreshments will be served. To RSVP, or for more information, e-mail khockstein@chccnj.org or call (201) 848-4463. For more information, visit ChristianHealth- Care.org. Neiberg to discuss ‘Massive Missteps’ Michael S. Neiberg, author of “Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I,” will present “Massive Missteps: Lessons Learned from World War I” at the Wyckoff Public Library on Thursday, May 15. The program will be held at 7 p.m. To commemorate the centennial of the start of the Great War, Neiberg, a professor of history in the Department of Operation Take Back tops in county Wyckoff recently participated in the United States Drug Enforcement Agency’s Operation Take Back, and earned the top statistics in Bergen County, according to Wyckoff Police Department Detective Mike Musto. “Wyckoff submitted the highest total number of pounds of drugs collected in the program (held recently) in Bergen County,” said Musto, who reported that Wyckoff collected 159 pounds of medication. Musto theorized that the take back poundage would have been even higher had residents not participated so enthusiastically in the previous Operation Take Back campaigns held since 2010. The operations have been collectively credited with taking 1,428 pounds of expired National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War Col- lege in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, will look at the mispercep- tions that started it. Neiberg will be available to sign copies of his book afterward. To register, call the reference desk at (201) 891- 4866, extension 2, or visit www.wyckofflibrary.org. The library is located at 200 Woodland Avenue. Spend Monday at the movies The Wyckoff Public Library, located at 200 Woodland Avenue, presents free screenings of movies on Mondays at 2 p.m. There will be a screening of “Sergeant York” (1941) on May 19. Starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan, “Ser- geant York” is the true story of Alvin P. York, who evolved from a wild, undisciplined hillbilly to a pacifist and one of the most celebrated American heroes of World War I. Cooper won the first of his two Best Actor Oscars for his portrayal of York. This film is not rated and is 134 minutes long. Frech to exhibit at the YMCA Local artist Sandra Frech will exhibit her paintings, mixed media works, and prints at the Wyckoff YMCA, 691 Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff, through May 23. The exhibit is open to the public during the Y’s regular busi- ness hours. Frech studied at the Art Students League in New York City, the Art Center of Northern New Jersey, the New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, the Minneapolis Art Museum, and the Jocelyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. She has lived abroad and continued her art education at the Atelier Vaudou in Paris, France and the Santa Reparata Studio in Florence, Italy. She has received numerous awards, including a grand prize juried by noted painter Phillip Pearlstein at the New Jersey Center of Visual Arts, and the Grumbacher Gold Medallion from the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club at the National Arts Club in New York City. Frech is a member and past vice president of SALUTE to Women in the Arts, and the National Association of Women Artists. She has exhibited in SOHO galleries, and at the “Salon des Independants” at the Grand Palais in Paris. She is also a member of Painting Affiliates and Printmaking Affiliates at the Art Center of Northern New Jersey. Wyckoff Day festivities announced The Wyckoff Family YMCA will host its Fifth Annual Wyckoff Day on Saturday, June 7 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Y’s 14-acre campus at 691 Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff. The day will include vendors and local merchants from the area, food, live music, amusement rides and carnival games, and the “Duckie Derby.” Back by popular demand is the Wyckoff Chamber of Commerce “Chili Cook-Off” benefitting the Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department and the Wyckoff Ambulance Corps. New this year is a Cookie Bake-Off and sale that will also benefit Wyckoff’s volun- teers. The lineup of live entertainment includes: Evan Tot, 11 a.m.; The Kootz, noon; Mike Fox of the Mighty Spectrum Band, 1 p.m.; Cleopatra Club, 2 p.m.; Jersey Royale, 3 p.m.; and No Time Lost, 4 p.m. Sponsorships are still available. This year’s supporters include: Shop Rite/Inserra Supermarkets Inc., Diamond; Stop & Shop, Platinum; Nicholas Markets Foodtown North or unneeded prescription drugs out of medicine cabinets -- and out of the reach of people who might have poisoned themselves or otherwise misused the medications. Police report that misuse of prescription drugs by accident or with the intent to intoxicate have killed more Americans in recent years than street narcotics sold by pushers with the intention of illegal drug abuse. The DEA collected the prescriptions and contain- ers from Wyckoff and incinerated them, protecting the privacy of the people who drop them off. The Wyckoff Township Committee thanked the police for their effi- ciency and the residents for their cooperation. J. KOSTER Haledon, and 3 Chicas Mexican Kitchen, Silver; and Power Training Center of Wyckoff Martial Arts, Columbia Bank, Wyckoff Florist and Gifts, Devon Fine Jewelers, Christian Health Care Center, Boiling Springs Savings Bank, Hori- zon Landscape Co., Millers Pharmacy, and Yee Medicine and Pediatrics. For more information, visit www.wyckoffymca.org or call (201) 891-2081. YMCA presents ‘Applause’ The Wyckoff Family YMCA will host the Shining Star Express 20 th Anniversary Show, “Applause” on Saturday, May 17. The program will be held at 1 p.m. at the Y, 691 Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff. The public is invited to attend this free performance. Shining Star Express is a social, cultural program with a multi-disciplinary and expressive arts approach that pro- vides programs for the special needs community through a variety of classes for everyone from age eight to adult. For more information, call Nina C. Reisman at (201) 891-2081. 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