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Jacklyn Beviano of the 4-H Dog Obedience Club (right) and Susan Gruskos paint snowmen door stops at the Union County 4-H Holiday Gift Night last month. Both girls are residents of Linden.  Gift Night is an annual event open to all children in Union County. For information on the Dog Obedience Club and many other Union County 4-H clubs and activities for children, contact 4-H Agent James Nichnadowicz at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County offices, 908-654-9854 or nichnadowicz@njaes.rutgers.edu.

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ELIZABETH, NJ – The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders is pleased to present an exhibit of paintings by Martha Noriette Garcia of Union in the gallery space at the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, located at 633 Pearl Street in Elizabeth. A selection of Ms. Garcia’s paintings entitled “Journey and Imagination with Nature” is on display at the Pearl Street Gallery until January 30. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

“The talent and diversity of our county artists ensure an inspiring and interesting variety of exhibitions at the Pearl Street Gallery,” said Freeholder Bette Jane Kowalski, liaison to the Union County Cultural and Heritage Programs Advisory Board. “We are pleased to display this exhibit of intriguing paintings by Ms. Garcia.”

Martha Noriette Garcia graduated Magna Cum Laude from Montclair State University in May, 2011. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in art education with a minor in business and a New Jersey Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced Standing in Art Education (K-12).

Ms. Garcia studied on-site painting at the Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy, where she exhibited her paintings in 2009. Last year she was a featured artist at Gallery 3.5 at MSU and one of her paintings was published in “The Normal Review,” Montclair State’s literary arts magazine.

As a current AmeriCorps member, Ms. Garcia is an assistant teacher in the visual arts and language arts departments at Glenfield Middle School in Montclair. She has enjoyed being a Club Leader in the 4-H Club in Westfield since 2008 and was a volunteer instructor last year in the Art Backpacks Program in Newark, working with fourth graders in visual arts and language literacy. While painting is Ms. Garcia’s primary creative outlet, she also is skilled in photography, jewelry making, ceramics and printmaking. Visit her website: https://sites.google.com/site/arteducationmnghome/ .

“I create art because it is my passion, my outlet, and my vision,” Ms. Garcia said. “My current series of oil on canvas paintings consists of painterly brushstrokes to convey a sense of movement. The tactile texture of the layers of paint interests me as much as the composition itself. I like to create other ways of achieving texture and volume by using other material on the canvas.”

Union County artists (whose works can be hung on a wall) interested in exhibiting in the gallery space are welcome to apply. For more information about the Pearl Street Gallery or to learn about other programs and services please contact the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, 633 Pearl Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07202. Telephone (908) 558-2550. NJ Relay users dial 711. E-mail to:culturalinfo@ucnj.org.

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Union County Freeholder Linda Carter (L) congratulates Maya Nisani on being named the 2011 Municipal Volunteer of the Year from Springfield by the Local Advisory Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (LACADA) at the group’s annual volunteer recognition dinner in Clark. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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Union County Freeholder Linda Carter (L) congratulates Amy Reithel on being named the 2011 Municipal Volunteer of the Year from Kenilworth by the Local Advisory Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (LACADA) at the group’s annual volunteer recognition dinner in Clark. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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Union County Freeholder Linda Carter (L) congratulates Queen King on being named the 2011 Municipal Volunteer of the Year from Hillside by the Local Advisory Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (LACADA) at the group’s annual volunteer recognition dinner in Clark. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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Union County Freeholder Linda Carter congratulates the Rev. Manuel Donelson on being named the 2011 Municipal Volunteer of the Year from Linden by the Local Advisory Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (LACADA) at the group’s annual volunteer recognition dinner in Clark. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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Union County Freeholders Angel G. Estrada and Nancy Ward, and her daughter Josielee, met with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Union County Menorah and Tree Lighting Celebration during the 28th annual Holiday Nature Craft Show at Trailside Nature and Science Center in Mountainside. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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Union County Freeholder Linda Carter presents a resolution to Tennyson Moore, 98, thanking him for his military service and recognizing him as Plainfield’s oldest living veteran. Moore is U.S. navy veteran who was in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked the American naval base there.  (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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ROSELLE, N.J. – The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders announces that the 29th Annual George T. Cron High School Hockey Tournament will begin Monday evening, December 5, at 6:00 p.m. at the Warinanco Ice Skating Center in Roselle. Seven of the best high school hockey teams in New Jersey will compete at the Warinanco rink, located in Warinanco Park, a facility of the Union County Department of Parks and Community Renewal.

The First Round schedule is as follows:

Westfield High School, the top-seeded team in this year’s tournament, has a bye in the first round.

The Second Round of the tournament will begin with one game on

Thursday, Dec. 8, at 6:00 p.m.
and two games on
Monday, Dec. 12, at 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

The Semi-Final Round will be a single game on

Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 6:00 p.m.

The Finals will be played on

Wednesday, Dec. 14, with games at 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Spectator admission to the tournament is $5.00 for adults and $4.00 for youths 17 years of age
and under.

The Warinanco Ice Skating Center is located off Thompson and Seventh avenues in Roselle and can also be approached from the St. Georges Avenue and Park Street entrances to Warinanco Park.
For further directions and recorded information about skating classes, hockey clinics and special events at the Warinanco Ice Skating Center, please call 908-298-7850.

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Every holiday season for 14 years, Union County Sheriff’s Officers have set up their “Tree of Hope” in the courthouse seeking donations of toys and clothing for needy children throughout the county. Each year the response has been overwhelming.

The “Tree of Hope” was first planted in 1997 when officers approached Sheriff Ralph Froehlich and related troubling stories of children who were going to experience a less than happy holiday season. The children the officers encountered were homeless or living in shelters, were victims of domestic violence or medically fragile.  Their parents or guardians did not have the financial ability to provide holiday gifts.

Every year since the Sheriff and the “Tree of Hope” committee have erected a tree in the Union County Courthouse featuring paper ornaments. Volunteers make the ornaments and write a particular gift on each one.

“These caring officers do a tremendous job in helping these children,” Sheriff Froehlich said. “Even during tough economic and personal times, it is important not to forget those kids who are less fortunate.”

Monetary donations to help provide additional gifts are also being sought.

Contributions of money (tax-deductible), toys and clothing can be sent to: Union County Sheriff’s Officers Tree of Hope, Union County Courthouse, 2 Broad Street, Elizabeth, N.J., 07207. For more information, call the “Tree of Hope” hotline at 908-629-2158.

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For more information on any Union County press release, please contact Sebastian D’Elia, Communications Director for the County of Union, or a designee listed at the top of this press release.   Please join the County of Union online at www.ucnj.org On Facebook at www.ucnj.org/facebook On Twitter athttp://twitter.com/countyofunionnj