Father’s Day was celebrated at JFKids Port on June 18th in grand style. Each one of the little students was invited to bring his or her father, uncle, or guardian to participate in this special day. In the afternoon on that Friday the children sat with their dads and painted decorative tiles. All ages participated, refreshments were served, and a delightful array of artwork was produced. The art is on display at the school! JFKids Port still has openings for summer camp on a full time or part time basis. Interested families may call Judy Walia, the Educational Director, at 718-553-5437.
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John F. Kennedy International Airport wins top award from leading cargo trade publication in Asia.
John F. Kennedy International Airport has been named the best cargo-handling airport in North America by more than 12,500 readers of Cargonews Asia, an industry trade publication . Port Authority Shanghai Representative Mu Lan accepted the award on behalf of the bi-state agency. The survey voters–shippers, importers and exporters who use freight transport services – based their selections on criteria including “suitable cargo-related infrastructure; cargo-friendly, cost-competitive, fee regime; timely and adequate investment in new infrastructure to meet future demand; and facilitation of ancillary services, including logistics and freight forwarding facilities.” Roughly half the size of Manhattan, JFK has ample room for cargo infrastructure
more development and is capable of handling any type of commodity from fresh fish to farm animals. Its 4.4

millionsquare feet of cargo buildings accommodate the needs of more than 80 scheduled airlines that serve the JFK air cargo market. Situated in the world’s largest air cargo market, the Port Authority’s airports handle more than 2.5 million tons of air cargo in a typical year.

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All to often, the only things we read about regarding TSA and Homeland Security are negative articles about things they have missed, or not done, or just plain negativity about anything done in the war on terrorism. There are a lot of Monday morning quarterbacks, but very few willing to take on the responsibility of taking on the threats that face our nation. The following photos from TSA Archives are just a few of the articles taken from passengers by screeners at our airports. TSA Screeners in Orlando discovered a loaded handgun stuffed inside a plush teddy bear as it was being x-rayed the morning of July 12. (The bear belonged to a 10-year-old boy who received it as a gift from a stranger.)

The Essex County Country Club was the setting for the Newark Airport’s 33rd Annual Golf Tournament on June 14th, 2004. A shotgun start following lunch, the outing ended with a dinner reception and prizes. Co-Chaired by Bob Cook of CA One Services and Ron DeLucia of Omni Serv, this year’s outing honored the Newark Liberty International Airport Chaplaincy. The Chaplaincy has served the people of the Newark Airport Community for

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With a degree in mathematics and a high degree of youthful enthusiasm, Joanne Paternoster began her Port Authority career as a computer programmer in the Comptroller’s Department back in 1970. Behind her were her school days in Brooklyn and Manhattan; ahead of her was a trailblazing assistant directorship at The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. After a 34-year career with the agency, Joanne retired this past month to begin a new career as an aviation and customer service consultant. Bill DeCota, Director of Aviation, calls Joanne, “an incredibly smart person full of ideas who steadfastly refuses to give up on turning her convictions into reality. The results of her efforts are evident throughout our airports, from our customer care program, which has resulted in