20 The queens Courier • january 3, 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com WHAT A YEAR! Ourjobis 2012. What a year it was. And what a An out-of-control truck created car- making sure years ever. onto subway tracks and were killed.And two more people were pushednage on the LIE.Over the summer, I was in Breezyfinish to one of the busiest and newsiest that waste and tore through a beach club. Little did SpaceX, launched at Kennedy SpaceI saw a spacecraft,I was witness to some extraordinaryevents this year.a twister touched downPoint, stunned by what Mother Naturehad conjured up: nolonger goes ing later in the year. - Timothy Dolan was elevated to Cardinal.I was in St. Peter’s Basilica whenI interviewed a woman who gave birthCenter.In one night alone, the night Sandywe know that this would be made trulyinsignificant compared to what was com to waste. Park, and a major hospital was evacu- parkways, -The New York sports world was wackito twins, on the side of two Long Islandroared ashore, a crane collapsed on 57thStreet, water lapped up and over Battery Find out more at ThinkGreen.com in Manhattan. ing soap-opera, and their season ended-The Jets became the ongoer than ever.And that was only what happenedated. At the same time, the > PoLitiCs fittingly. The Giants, who south shore of Long won the Superbowl last Island and the Jersey DICK year, didn’t even make it to Shore were being dev- the playoffs. astated by the storm brennan Johan Santana brought surge. And the tri- [email protected] the Mets to new heights state area will take with the team’s first no- years to recover. hitter. But that was the only highlight of Energy creation. Recycling programs. Sandy was followed by Sandy the season. Closed-loop solutions. Hook. A nut with a gun terrorized us The Yanks seemed to be ready to Those are just afew of the innovationswe’re deliveringfor customers once again. And the debate over guns, steamroll, but fell short even with their and communities alike. We live in a worldwhere thingscan no longer go and what to do with the mentally dis- electrifying new addition, Ichiro. to waste. That’s why Waste Management is working to getthe most from turbed people who gain access to them The Nets opened the Barclays center, rages on. but have already fired their head coach. resources. It’s good for business and the environment. In New York City, a spate of shootings The Knicks are making us all think seemed to make it feel like it was the of the glory days of Clyde and Earl the 1970s again. A gunman opened fire out- Pearl. side the Empire State Building. A man After all that happened in 2012, we was executed in broad daylight on 58th could use a few quiet months. But of Street. A serial gunman was arrested course, good luck with that. after killing three Brooklyn shop-owners. Here’s to good news in 2013. ©2012WasteManagement, Inc. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AT THE SAMUEL FIELD Y Little Neck Bay Terrace Center 718.225.6750 x246 718.423.6111 x225 AT BOTH OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN LITTLE NECK AND BAY TERRACEJANUARY 13, 2013 10:00 AM - NOONSUMMER CAMP & NURSERY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSEEDUCATIONALLY ENRICHING PROGRAMNURTURING, STIMULATING & Exceptional Experiences for FULL DAY CHILDCARE SUMMER PROGRAMSUniversal Pre-Kindergarten AvailableTODDLER PROGRAMS NURSERY SCHOOLChildren, 2-5 years old 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY 11362 212-00 23 Avenue, Bayside, NY 11360 www.sfy.org
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