Community News from Elmwood Park, New Jersey • A27

27 Animal Refuge hosts a beefsteak benefit The Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge, Inc. will sponsor a benefit beefsteak dinner 7 p.m. March 22 at the Oakland Elks Club on Route 202, Oakland. Admission is $40 per person and includes beefsteak, IS3 CO Louis D'Arminio went to great lengths to state that the appointment of recreation commissioners had nothing to do with politics. The obvious "double talk" was met with snickers from the audience.

Rodriguez spoke at great length of his right to "free speech," but clearly stated that comments made by Mr. Wright at a softball meeting tolled the beginning of the end of his term as commissioner. More "double talk" was apparent in the March 5 edition of The Shopper News. Rodriguez speaks of a "resolution" to make recreation appointments for only one year. However, in the same interview he states that he was, "looking for a long-term person to take over the sport." When all is said and done, the township has lost a valued asset to the recreation community and gained nothing but confusion as to the agenda with regard to recreation.

Does a commissioner dare speak out without fear of future termination? Is the township looking for shepherds to guide our children or sheep to blindly follow the whims of D'Arminio and Rodriguez? Andrew M. Cimiluca Saddle Brook Bring Your Wagons Be Prepared To Buy Double talk leads to rec. confusion Dear Editor: I attended the Feb. 13 Saddle Brook Council meeting, which was expected to be a public discussion of the settlement of the township's Mount Laurel litigation. While this issue was touched upon, a vast majority of the meeting was devoted to the issue of the termination of the township's girls Softball commissioner, Jim Wright.

Friends, family members and even the Saddle Brook High School softball coach all spoke on Jim's behalf, outraged at his swift dismissal, without the courtesy of any meeting with the mayor or with the "committee" appointed by the mayor with regard to the township's recreation department. Jim also spoke, requesting but never obtaining a specific answer as to the reason for his termination after devoting almost a decade to building the program into one of the most respected in the area. It was interesting to note that Councilman Omar Rodriguez's initial statement was that all recreation positions are "political." This was met with jeers from those in attendance. However, when questioned on this issue, Mayor Mel Zupnick, Auctioneer, Sells LETTERS FROM PAGE 19 includes equipment rental companies, set production and prop companies, caterers and other businesses. It has been estimated that the film and television industry brings $63 million to local economies in our state.

This is many times more than the $406,000 the commission receives in funding from the State of New Jersey. By anyone's standards this makes for a very sound investment with a huge payback. As a businessman, I would find it very easy to build a "business case" that would justify funding and maintaining the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission. The business case would detail how the commission operates as a "Profit Center" for the state and that the commission is fully self-funded. Hopefully Gov.

McGreevey will consider the continuation of support for this important and profitable organization. If funding to the commission must be cut, perhaps the state would continue funding for a short period of time until the commission could be reorganized as a not-for-profit corporation. The governor is not in an enviable position. Peter Knipe President, Board of Trustees Bergen Museum of Art Science Balance of Merchandise Not Sold at Auction No Reasonable Offer Refused Dining Rooms Bedrooms Living Rooms Chairs Teen Age Furniture End Tables Tables Dinette Sets Bedding Bar Stools -Floor Lamps Table Lamps Wall Units -Curios Desks Pictures Statues Plaques -Mirrors Wall Clocks Hide-A-Beds pasta, fries, desserts, beer, wine and soda. Entertainment will be provided by The Boisterous Banjo Band performing old-fashioned music with audience participant.

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