Clinton Township Newsletter

2 1 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 8 Victor A. Rotolo is a long-time resident of Clinton Township and the founder of Rotolo Karch Law. Call Rotolo Karch Law today: 908.534.7900 to discuss any legal situation confronting you. Your half-hour consultation is free of charge! Their attorneys and staff are ready to serve your legal needs. Rotolo Karch Law • 502 US 22 West, Lebanon, NJ 08833. www.RotoloKarchLaw.com t h e ' S h I m m e r S C a m ' – W h a t I t I S a n d h o W t o p r o t e C t a g a I n S t I t Does anyone carry cash around with them these days? It doesn't seem so. Even those of us who reserve our credit cards for major purchases are quick to pull out our debit cards for small, everyday transactions. It's convenient and it's safer . . . or so we thought. First there was the "skimmer scam" where thieves attached devices onto ATMs and other card readers to skim information from the card's magnetic strip. Just when we learned how to detect and protect ourselves against skimmers, thieves came up with a new way to steal our information – the "shimmer scam." Scammers now are inserting shimmers inside ATMs and card readers, rather than on top of them. Shimmers are paper-thin, card-sized, and almost impossible to detect, making them more dangerous than skimmers. These devices steal and store your payment information from your card's chip with use of a microchip and flash storage. Your PIN and card number can then be used to make fraudulent purchases. Fortunately, this scam is not widespread. Chip cards can't be cloned in the way magnetic strip cards could. The stolen information can be used to produce a traditional magnetic strip card, but these only work at merchants who haven't adapted to the new chip technology. Still, you want to take some precautions so that your personal financial information doesn't fall into the wrong hands. • When possible, use contactless payment methods like the "tap-and-go" feature on your card, or mobile services like Apple Pay or Samsung Pay. • If you feel resistance when you swipe or insert your card into a card reader, consider cancelling the transaction. • Try using an ATM inside a bank rather than a stand-alone machine when withdrawing cash. Better still, go to a teller. • Monitor your bank and credit accounts closely and immediately report any suspicious transactions. Be sure to use the customer service number printed on your card so you know you're not reporting information to an imposter. With knowledge and a little bit of caution, we can beat the bad guys. – Victor Rotolo d o n ' t m I S S t h e F o h C l ' S t r I C k y t r a y b a S k e t r a F F l e F u n d r a I S e r ! The Friends of the Hunterdon County Library (FOHCL) is sponsoring their annual Tricky Tray Basket Raffle fundraiser on Saturday, October 13 at the Flemington Elks Lodge at 165 Rt. 31 in Flemington. FOHCL is accepting donations of new/unused items for this event (through 9/15/18). Donations will be used as a raffle prize or combined with other donations into a themed basket raffle prize. Examples of past donations include wine/liquor, coffee, tea, kitchen/household/cleaning items, gift cards (include amount), baskets, jewelry, etc. Past themed baskets include Birds, Sports, Sangria, Activities, Puzzles, Gift Wrap, Holiday, Beach, etc. Donations can be dropped off at the Reference Departments at Headquarters Library, Flemington; North County Library, Clinton; and South County Library, Lambertville/Ringoes. Donation receipts are available. The doors will open for this event at 12:30 pm; the raffle drawings will begin at 2:45 pm. Admission for the event is $15 in advance/ $20 at the door and includes a light snack. More details are available at: www.HCLibrary.us/pdfs/friends/ trickytray.pdf. FOHCL is an all-volunteer group which promotes Library use, Library public support and fundraising to support Library programs for the community. FOHCL sponsors/directly funds the free Museum Pass Program, Movie Nights, Music Concerts, Friendship Gardens, Outreach Program and Books for the College Bound Scholarships. Proceeds from the Tricky Tray will help support a new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Programming Library initiative (2019), current Museum Pass Programs and will augment library funding of the mobile library catalog which provides library patrons access to ebooks. If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please contact us. Volunteers are needed for event set-up/clean-up, ticket sales, prize runners and to solicit donations. For more information, and answers to questions, email us at: fohcltrickytray@gmail.com, or call: 908.303.6927. We hope to see you in October. Thank you for your support! J u r I S t S S e l e C t e d F o r t h e 2 7 t h J u r I e d a r t e x h I b I t I o n Joel Popadics and Julie Goetz will serve as Jurists for the 27th Tewksbury Juried Art Exhibition presented by the Tewksbury Historical Society. It takes place Friday, October 11 through Saturday, October 20. at the Zion Lutheran Church, Christian Education Center, 16 Miller Ave., Oldwick, 08858. The show and sale includes juried, small works and portfolio areas. Media includes oils, acrylics, paper (pastels, watercolors, mixed media collages), Hand pulled prints (etching, silk screen, lithographs) and photography (analog and digital). Subjects include Animals, Abstracts, Landscape, Floral and Still-Life. A "Mocktail" Reception will be held Thursday evening, Oct. 10, 6-8 PM. Advance tickets at $25 can be purchased at www.tewksburyhistory.net; tickets at the door are $30. Awards will be based on "Best in Show", "Best of Tewksbury", "Marion Katnack Award - Tewksbury Landscape", plus 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place Honorable Mentions in each category. Joel Popadics, Judge of Selection and resident of Wayne, earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and studied painting with Arthur F. Maynard and John Phillip Osborne. He is a member of the American Watercolor Society and recipient of many national awards including the Hudson Valley Art Association's Edgar A. Whitney Memorial Award, the N J Watercolor Society Silver Medal of Honor and the California Watercolor Society Grumbacher Gold Medal. He has been featured in the magazines "American Artist" and "The Artist' Magazine". He is Past President of the NJ Watercolor Society. He is an Executive Board Member and Education Director of the Ridgewood Art Institute where he teaches painting and drawing. His works are in varied collections, including the University Medical Center of Princeton, the Hamilton House in Clifton, NJ, the Ridgewood Art Institute Permanent Collection and the United Methodist Church in Ridgewood. Julie Goetz, Judge of Awards and resident of Bedminster, received a BFA from the Carnegie-Mellon University. A member of the Society of Illustrators, she has conducted workshops at the Center of Contemporary Art, Bank Street College, The School of Visual Arts and The Stable Drawing Workshop. She has received grants from the New York Council on the Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, Raritan Headwaters Association and residences of Purnell School. Specializing in animals painted on panels, paper and canvas using oils, acrylics and gouache, her works have been exhibited at the McGuffey Art Center, the New York Public Library, the Morristown Museum, the Riverside Studio and the Bundy Modern. For show details visit: www.TewksburyHistory.net or call: 908.832.6734.

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