FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com june 12, 2014 • The Queens Courier 19 Have a heart, get involved BY ISABELA TAXILAGA This year I learned lessons about heartfulness. It is a lot like mindfulness because you have to take a breath and a moment to think. But what’s most important is knowing the Golden Rule: treat people the way you want to be treated. Imagine if you saw a kid being bullied. You would want to stop him or her, but would you say something mean? Maybe you thought about it and you still felt like saying something mean. A Better Kind of Cancer Care Instead, you took a deep breath and thought about something better to say. Imagine how that kid might feel that was being bullied, he or she was hurt by that bully. You don’t want to become a bully too. When you see something like that don’t just walk away, remember the Golden Rule and do something about it. Always think: what’s the right thing to do? I hope you do that! I hope you learned a lot about mindfulness and heartfulness! Thank you very much Ms. Lupoli for all of these lessons. ISABELA Isabella Taxilaga was the grand prize winner of the Be Kind People Project’s nationals student writing contest. My name is Isabella and I am in the first grade at P.S. 122 in Astoria. My favorite things to do are reading, writing and drawing. I love to write poems, songs and stories about my family and what I feel. I really love doing this job and I’m very happy and proud to write for everybody. “I came to Winthrop because treating pancreatic cancer absolutely requires a collaborative, team approach.” Dr. John D. Allendorf is head of Winthrop’s Pancreatic Cancer Program and Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery. He joined Winthrop from the largest university hospital in New York City. A renowned pancreatic surgeon and innovator in robotic surgery, Dr. Allendorf and his team are giving new hope to pancreatic cancer patients. “What’s important is to have a group of specialists that are expert in their respective elds and dedicated to a common problem. Physicians, nurses and other providers who work well together in an institution that encourages teamwork. Here at Winthrop we have six to eight physicians from di erent specialties all focused on each individual cancer patient. That is uncommon across the country and unique on Long Island. “I really believe that at Winthrop-University Hospital, we’re delivering a better kind of cancer care.” ‚ƒ„ First Street, Mineola, New York ŠŠƒ‹Š • Š.Ž‘‘.WINTHROP • winthrop.org MTA INCREASES G TRAIN SERVICE BY CRIS TABELLE TUMOLA ctumola@queenscourier.com @CristabelleT G train riders can now expect an easier commute after local lawmakers and transit advocates pushed for better service. On June 9, the MTA started boosting weekday service on the subway line, which connects Queens to Brooklyn, between 3 and 9 p.m. Trains will operate every 8 minutes instead of every 10 minutes. “This added service will address increased ridership and demand along a growing corridor between Brooklyn and Queens,” the transit agency said. The MTA is also adding public announcement systems to 12 G train stations that currently do not have them, according to an agency spokesman. The G train changes are the result of the MTA’s full-line review of the subway line that was requested by state Senators Daniel Squadron and Martin Malavé Dilan. “Today the G rarely means the beginning of a great ride,” Squadron said. “These improvements will help commutes on this important line — and hopefully make lives a little easier for the riders who depend on it.” Other G train changes expected as a result of the review include stopping the four-car train at the same place on the platform at all times, marking where on the platform the train will stop with clear signage and running morning trains at more evenly spaced intervals, according to the Riders Alliance, a grassroots organization of subway and bus riders, which made recommendations that were incorporated into the review. John Blesso, a Riders Alliance member who lives off of the Broadway G train stop, said the implementations are “a solid first step by the MTA and hopefully many more will follow.” “The G train is increasingly becoming a major artery for Brooklyn and Queens residents,” he said, “and we need to make sure that service keeps up with ridership on the line.” File photo The G train increased weekday service starting June 9.
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