18 The Courier sun • MAY 15, 2014 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com MOTHER’S DAY BY ISABELLA TAXILAGA Once a year on the second Sunday of May it is Mother’s Day. It is a great day, I love it! Also it is a day when you give your mom a present. Mother’s Day is special because it is a day to celebrate your mom or an important woman in your life. Even though you should celebrate your mom every day, on Mother’s Day you should help her and make sure she feels loved and appreciated. By doing this you celebrate every mom in the world! Mother’s Day is a really special day to me and my mom. It has been around for many years. People all over celebrate this day in different ways. This year I made my mom an ice cream shaped card at school and a picture frame with photos of me inside. I also made her a newsletter that describes my mom and how I feel about her. I wrote, “My mom is #1 because she cooks for me and helps me all the time. Also she knows how to do really, really, really hard things.” Then my whole family went to eat at a restaurant. We went with my Grandma, she’s a mom too! My mom said it was the best Mother’s Day ever. How did you celebrate Mother’s Day? Isabella was the grand prize winner of The Be Kind People Project’s national student writing contest. BIOGRAPHY: My name is Isabella Taxilaga 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. Anyone can write as much as they want and become really good — I did that, too. Writing makes me really happy, I hope it makes you feel wonderful, too! Jackson Heights filmmaker looking to ‘Kickstart’ movie BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO [email protected]/@aaltamirano28 Actor Alex Webb has gone behind the camera to write, direct and produce award-winning films. Now, he is turning to Kickstarter to get his new film rolling. The Jackson Heights resident has worked with actors such Meryl Streep, Kevin Spacey and Ben Affleck and has appeared in the Netflix series “House of Cards” and HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.” Aside from acting, Webb began working on film production with his first picture “The Girl in 2C,” which received a silver medal at WorldFest, an international indie film festival in Houston. His most recent short film “Hove (The Wind)” received the Panavision New Filmmaker Award and was selected for several international film festivals. “The interesting thing I didn’t realize is that all along I had writing and directing right in my pocket,” Webb said. “I was much happier when those times came to be creative and start creating your own work.” Webb decided the next step in his production career would be to create a full-length feature and came up with his newest thriller and dark comedy flick called “To The Flame.” “I wanted to try to make a story that is super intriguing, weird and surprising and — on the production end — simple,” Webb said. “Make a film that would really lend itself to a micro-budget.” On May 7, Webb created a 30-day Kickstarter project to help raise $25,000 in funds to make his feature film a reality. The money raised would go toward production equipment and hiring the remaining cast and crew members, as well as helping to keep location and travel needs to a minimum. “The great thing about Kickstarter is you are raising Photo Courtesy of Alex Webb Jackson Heights actor and filmmaker Alex Webb has turned to Kickstarter to help raise funds to begin production on his thriller/dark comedy feature film “To The Flame.” awareness about your project before even starting it,” Webb said. “You get these people already hooked on the project and you’re getting an audience before it even starts.” The film, which already has Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis and actor Bob Balaban slotted for cameos, was inspired by the works of directors Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch. It follows two college students, Kyle and Penny, and their interaction with two neighbors, played by Webb and his wife Shirleyann Kaladjian, for a school assignment. The project then takes the students into the couple’s “dark and twisted world,” Webb said. Shooting for the film is expected to begin in early July, with some scenes possibly shot in Queens, and a release date is slated for late this year or early 2015. To watch a teaser for “To The Flame” and donate to the Kickstarter, which ends June 6, visit www.kickstarter. com/projects/738845600/to-the-flame. A Pooled Trust is Your Solution When a Private Trust is Not the Right Option At Life’s WORC we have been helping families find innovative solutions to support their loved ones with disabilities for more than 40 years. When your client’s family includes a child or adult with disabilities, Traumatic brain injury or Autism you can count on Life’s WORC Pooled Trusts. 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