16 The Queens Courier • may 15, 2014 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com Whitestone Bridge art contest winners announced BY LIAM LA GUERRE [email protected] @liamlaguerre The winners of the Welcome to Whitestone Civic Association’s Bronx- Whitestone Bridge drawing contest were announced and honored in Councilman Paul Vallone’s office on May 12. More than 300 elementary students entered the art competition, which honored the 75th anniversary of the bridge, but only five were selected as winners. P.S. 79 fourth-graders Athena Koutsothanasis, Mei Jiang and Joanna Li were winners, as well as P.S. 193 fifthgrader Nicholas Berry and Ellie Choe of P.S. 209. “It was kind of scary, because I didn’t know if I would get it,” Nicholas said about the contest. “I was really surprised that I was able to win.” The art competition challenged Whitestone elementary schools students to draw — in any form — a version of the bridge on an 8.5-by-11 sheet of paper. They also had to include a reference to the 75th anniversary in their artwork. Each winner received a City Council citation from Vallone, a $50 check from Welcome to Whitestone and a $10 gift card from Dunkin’ Donuts. The winners were judged by Devon Michael O’Connor, founder of Welcome to Whitestone, MTA’s Director of Bridges East Raymond Webb and Vallone. All of the entries in the contest will be on display in the Queens Library’s Whitestone Branch for the public to view. URGENT CARE URGENT Five elementary CARE school students were winners of the Welcome to Whitestone Civic Association’s Bronx-Whitestone Bridge drawing contest. CARE THE COURIER/Photo by Liam La Guerre URGENT CARE CARE IMMEDIATE GRAND OPENING FIRST CHOICE 718-229-718-Our Services Include: Acute Care • Accidents • Illness Physicals (Work, School And And Camp) Camp) Pre-Operative Clearance EKG’s, PFT’s, Blood Blood Work Work Vaccines • Flu Shots Low Low Radiation Radiation X-X-Ray Ray NO APPOINTMENT OR REFERRAL NEEDED MEDIICAL OPENING CHOICE Camp) WALK--IIN MEDIICAL CARE 210-12 Northern Blvd. Bayside, NY 11361 CARE 11361 Monday-Friday 8am-8pm • Saturday & Sunday 9am-5pm Most Insurance Plans Accepted Free Valet Parking • M-F 3pm-8pm GRAND FIRST 718-229-2273 Our Services Acute Care Physicals Pre-Operative EKG’s, Vaccines Low Radiation Most Insurance Plans Accepted • www.firstchoiceurgentcare.com • Free Valet Parking M-F 3pm-8pm
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