On a pleasant Sunday in late March, the cafeteria at Holy Name of Mary School in Valley Stream came alive with the energy and enthusiasm created by people sharing a common purpose. Holy Name of Mary STEWFORKIDS and the Kiwanis Club of LaGuardia Airport organized an event called “Kids Helping Kids with Packages for Peace”. STEWFORKIDS is a group of Holy Name of Mary parish children who are learning the concept of good Stewardship in their every day lives. This project began back in December 2003 when Lt. Col. Vincent Montera was on active duty in Iraq. Vin is a member of the Kiwanis Club and serves on the Board of Directors along with Richard Lotti, who is a parishioner of Holy Name of Mary. Rich asked Vin if there was anything our soldiers needed to make their tour of duty.

While most of us were sleeping at 5 AM on March 28th, a man was jumping a fence to gain AOA access. But FJC's Agent Edward Garcia already had him under surveillance and notified his control center who immediately notified the Port Authority Police and FJC's Agent Momoh. While being pursued, the intruder left the ramp and temporarily disappeared into the US Air Shuttle building. "Temporarily" because a few minutes later, FJC's Agent Harris advised all concerned that two (2)
legs were protruding from the ceiling. While his final position was to say the least "funny to look at", his breach of our AOA was not funny at all, as he will find out.

Mr. Shek was presented with a plaque in appreciation of his contributions. The JFK Dispatch & Operations Managers Group is made up of predominantly foreign flag carriers management and the airport authorities, meet four times per year to discuss operational concerns, both on the ground and in the air at JFK Airport. Mr. Shek held the Chairmanship from 1992 to 2004. His successor will be Mauri J. Leppala, Area Manager, the Americas, Finnair. Mr. Shek also retired from Lufthansa after more than 30 years of service, of which 17 years he was based in JFK.

he was promoted to Detective Lieutenant of the Criminal Investigations Bureau, where he spent the next eighteen years supervising detective squads at the sprawling airport. He supervised investigations into homicides, robberies, thefts, a plane hijacking and many aircraft disasters. His efforts with members of the JFK/FBI. See DEP CHIEF RETIRES on page 10