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ELIZABETH, NJ – The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders is pleased to present an exhibit of paintings by Gail Winbury of Westfield in the gallery space at the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, located at 633 Pearl Street in Elizabeth. A selection of Winbury’s paintings entitled “What Pushes Out of the Earth” is on display at the Pearl Street Gallery until June 3. 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 an exhibit of beautiful and intriguing paintings by Gail Winbury.”

Gail Winbury is an artist and psychologist in private practice in Westfield, New Je
rsey. Her studies in art began in 1998 at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in Summit. She attended classes at the Montclair Museum School, Castle Hill Center for the Arts (Truro, Massachusetts), Provincetown Art Museum School, The School of Visual Arts in NYC, and also in New Mexico and Italy. Her first solo show was in Summit in 2001, followed by group shows at the New Jersey Society for Watercolors, the Marlboro Public Library and the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, where she received the Curtis Hilliard Award for Watercolors.

Similar to her work as a psychologist, Ms. Winbury is interested in a transitional area encompassing the interplay between what is shown on the surface and that which lies below, what is conscious and that which is unconscious. Her aesthetic concerns both what is present and what is absent. There is a sense of light emanating through her work. Gail permits the “under painting” to reveal itself by leaving line, graphite marks, or transparent layers of paint. She allows torn edges to be seen and to become an integral part of the art as if implying that art or wholeness must include mistakes and imperfections.

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 711. E-mail to: culturalinfo@ucnj.org

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Attention caregivers, do you feel tired? Are you overwhelmed and stressed? Caring for a loved one can bring on those feelings. You are not alone. Become a part of the Caregiver & Alzheimer’s Family Support Group at RUNNELLS Specialized Hospital of Union County in Berkeley Heights. Get together with others who share your difficulties and receive the reassurance as well as the knowledge that is found in a support group.

The group’s meetings, which are open to the public, are held in Room C318 on the third floor at RUNNELLS on the third Thursday of each month from 1 to 2 p.m. The meetings, facilitated by Liz Carabuena, L.S.W., a RUNNELLS Specialized Hospital licensed social worker, are free of charge for all attendees.

“If you are a caregiver, meet with others in similar situations,” said Union County Freeholder Mohamed S. Jalloh, Freeholder liaison to RUNNELLS Specialized Hospital. The Caregiver & Alzheimer’s Family Support Group at RUNNELLS shares information on dementia related diseases and available resources, researches updates, discusses practical care techniques and presents new ways to cope on a day-to-day basis. An especially important part of the meeting is the time set aside for participants to discuss the frustrations they feel in caring for those with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.”

RUNNELLS Specialized Hospital of Union County sponsors the meetings in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s Association – Greater New Jersey Chapter, an organization whose mission is to enhance care and support for individuals, their families and caregivers, and to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research.

The Caregiver & Alzheimer’s Family Support Group at RUNNELLS’ schedule for 2011 follows:

April 21, May 19, June 16, July 21, August 18, September 15, October 20, November 17 and December 15.

RUNNELLS, Central New Jersey’s premier provider of care for individuals with dementia, also provides long-term, short-term, post acute, palliative and respite care in their nursing care center.

The facility is located at 40 Watchung Way, Berkeley Heights. Anyone who would like further information on this wheelchair accessible program or if you would like to attend, call 908-771-5828.

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Union County Freeholder Angel G. Estrada (L) presents resolutions to jazz musician Paquito D’Rivera and Future City Inc CEO Michelle Doran McBean congratulating them on being honored by the Dr. Orlando Edreira Scholarship Fund on April 3 in Union. They are joined by Dr. Edreira (R). (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ – Trailside Nature & Science Center is offering families a unique opportunity to learn foraging techniques from “Wildman” Steve Brill, America’s go-to guy for foraging wild edible plants.

The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Department of Parks and Community Renewal are pleased to announce two upcoming dates at Trailside for this novel and exciting class on foraging: Saturday, April 16, or Saturday, May 28. Each class will run from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. and is recommended for adults and families with children, ages 6 and older.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for people to learn about wild edibles from a noted expert and to see what is growing in the Watchung Reservation, as well as in many of our own backyards,” said Freeholder Daniel Sullivan, liaison to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.

The fee per person is $10 for adults, ages 18 and older, and $5 per child, ages 6-17. Pre-registration is preferred but walk-ins will be accommodated as space permits.

Participants in this class will be introduced to world famous naturalist and author, “Wildman” Steve Brill, who has led thousands of foraging tours and is best known for his many tours in Central Park in New York City. This class is a unique opportunity to join the “Wildman” for a two-hour foraging tour of the Watchung Reservation.

Attendees will learn to identify, harvest ecologically and use many of the common, tasty, healthful, overlooked renewable mid-spring shoots, greens and herbs, otherwise considered “weeds.” The class will culminate with a tasting menu of such unwanted plants as lamb’s quarters, curly dock, common milkweed, pokeweed, sassafras, burdock and many more.

To register for a foraging class or for information on any other programs or upcoming events at Trailside, call908-789-3670 or visit us on the web at www.ucnj.org/trailsidehttps://ucnj.org/trailside. Trailside Nature & Science Center is located at 452 New Providence Road in Mountainside and is a service of the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

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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.orghttps://ucnj.org, on Facebook atwww.ucnj.org/facebookhttps://ucnj.org/facebook, and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/countyofunionnj .

Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi reports that beginning on Friday, April 1, all United States birth certificates submitted for minor or adult passport applications must contain the name of the parent or parents in addition to the previous requirements.

“According to the State Department, birth certificates that do not include the name of the parents will not be acceptable as evidence of citizenship,” Ms. Rajoppi said.

The criteria for a birth certificate to be acceptable when applying for a U.S. passport include:

• Show the full name of the parents;
• Be issued by the office of vital statistics of the state, county, or city where the birth occurred;
• Show the full name of the child at birth;
• Indicate the date and place of birth;
• Bear the embossed, impressed, multi-colored, or seal and signature of the issuing authority;
• Indicate a registration or file date that is within one year of the birth; and
• Be an original and certified document (notarized photocopies are not accepted).

“As of April 1, United States birth certificates that do not meet these standards will not be accepted by passport application acceptance agents,” Ms. Rajoppi added.

Passport application forms may be obtained at the Union County Clerk’s main office, 2 Broad Street in Elizabeth, and at the County Clerk’s office annex, 300 North Avenue East, in Westfield. Applications for passports and related information also can be found online at www.ucnj.org/government/county-clerk/passports

U.S. citizens may also obtain passport information by phone, in English and Spanish, by calling the National Passport Information Center toll-free at 1-877-487-2778.

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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, and on Twitter athttp://twitter.com/countyofunionnj.

Union County Freeholders Daniel Sullivan (L), Mohamed Jalloh and Christopher Hudak (R) present a resolution to Roselle Catholic High School student Joe Gramiak of Elizabeth congratulating him on becoming the Union County Bowling Tournament Champion. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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The Union County Sheriff’s Office will offer an orientation/safety course to members of the public who would like to use the Union County Sheriff’s Office Pistol Range. The firearms facility will be open to the public on Sundays beginning May 1st.

The half-hour long course is designed to inform civilian shooters of the policies and standard operation procedures at the Union County Sheriff’s Office Pistol Range in order to provide the safest environment for recreational shooting. It is not a firearms training course.

A valid firearms identification card and a valid form of photo identification are required in order to attend the orientation/safety course which is mandatory for anyone wishing to use the range. Other safety courses or the NJ Division of Fish and Game Hunter Safety Course do not qualify as substitutes for the range course.

Upon completion of the course, participants will receive a Union County Sheriff’s Office Pistol Range Safety Card which must be presented during each visit to the range.

The range orientation/safety course will be held on April 14th, 18th, 21st and 25th at 7p.m. at the Union County Sheriff’s Office Pistol Range located at 301 Shunpike Road in Springfield.

The course will also be offered on the first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. at the range. No class will be held in July.

The fee for the course and safety identification card is $20 for Union County residents. The fee is $10 for Union County senior citizens and youths between 12 and 17 years old. For non-county residents the fee is $30 and $15 for out-of-county seniors and youths. These fees do no include range time which is $10 per hour.

The Union Sheriff’s Office Pistol Range will be open for public use on Sundays from 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. from May through December. Shooters must present their Sheriff’s Office Pistol Range Safety Card and valid NJ Firearms ID card. Shooters must also provide their own targets, target frame/hanger and ammunition. Handguns are not to be greater than .45 in caliber. Magnum ammunition is not allowed. Only rifles of .22 caliber may be used.

For more information, contact the Union County Sheriff’s Office at (908) 273-1129.

Union County Freeholders Christopher Hudak (L), Daniel Sullivan (2nd L) and Mohamed Jalloh (R) present resolutions to the Roselle Catholic High School Boys Track Team congratulating them on winning the 2011 State Title. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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Union County Freeholders Christopher Hudak (L), Daniel Sullivan (2nd L) and Mohamed Jalloh (R) present resolutions to the Roselle Catholic High School Girls Basketball Team congratulating them on becoming the 2011 Union County Tournament Champions. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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Union County Freeholder Chairman Deborah Scanlon presents a resolution to Dennis Kobitz of Hillside congratulating him on becoming the President of the New Jersey Association of Election Officials. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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