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<strong>PA</strong> <strong>NEWS</strong><br />
Published weekly for <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Authority</strong> and <strong>PA</strong>TH employees April 21, 2011/Volume 10/Number 16<br />
Staff Update<br />
Steven Plate named<br />
Deputy Chief of Capital<br />
Planning/Director,<br />
World Trade Center<br />
Construction; formerly<br />
Director, World Trade<br />
Center Construction.<br />
Retirement News<br />
You can wish a happy retirement to<br />
<strong>PA</strong>PD’s George Albin, Charles Torres,<br />
Susan Durett, Kevin Feeley, Rich Ruiz,<br />
and Dave Hanna at Fiesta in Wood-Ridge<br />
from 7:30 p.m. to midnight on Friday,<br />
May 6.<br />
The retirement celebration for <strong>PA</strong>PD<br />
Assistant Chief Robert Sbarra takes<br />
place on Tuesday, May 17, 6 to 10 p.m.,<br />
at the Landmark in East Rutherford.<br />
See Employee Bulletins on<br />
EmployeeNet for details.<br />
It’s Fun to Stay at<br />
The YMCA (Dinner)<br />
2011 LT Challenge<br />
Is a Record-Breaker<br />
In Memory of a Marine<br />
“On your mark,” (from left) Bill Baroni, Mayor Turner, and<br />
Keith Walcott.<br />
The <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Authority</strong>, the<br />
<strong>PA</strong>PD, and 3,600<br />
friends raised<br />
$210,000 for Special<br />
Olympics New Jersey at the<br />
Lincoln Tunnel Challenge<br />
on Sunday.<br />
The race was started by<br />
Deputy Executive Director<br />
Bill Baroni, <strong>PA</strong>PD Deputy<br />
Chief Keith Walcott, and<br />
Weehawken Mayor Richard<br />
Turner. LT Tunnel and<br />
Bridge Agent Mark Mellea<br />
finished 2nd in the Males<br />
40 to 49 Division and 22nd overall.<br />
Detective Larry Mays, the race<br />
organizer, said, “Everything went<br />
smoothly and wonderfully. Everyone<br />
involved in the preparation of the<br />
LT Challenge went above and<br />
beyond to make this a recordbreaking,<br />
successful event.<br />
“On behalf of the more than<br />
19,000 athletes of Special Olympics<br />
New Jersey, thank you to the <strong>Port</strong><br />
<strong>Authority</strong> and the <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Authority</strong> Police<br />
for the opportunity to do this.”<br />
James Sepp<br />
Joining award winner Russell Jordan<br />
(center) at the Harlem YMCA’s Black<br />
Achievers in Industry Awards Dinner last<br />
month are (from left) his friend, Amber<br />
Cartwright; his mother, Sheila Jordan;<br />
TB&T/<strong>PA</strong>TH Marketing Manager Audrey<br />
Mancher; and Marketing General<br />
Manager David McGrath. Mr. Jordan was<br />
honored for “outstanding contributions at<br />
the workplace and in the community.”<br />
Gerald Peart<br />
Director of Public Safety/<br />
Superintendent of<br />
Police Michael<br />
Fedorko presented a $30,000<br />
bond to the son of the late<br />
<strong>Port</strong> <strong>Authority</strong> Police Officer<br />
David Tellado on April 1 at<br />
Police Headquarters.<br />
The bond was donated by the<br />
Marine Corps Law Enforcement<br />
Foundation to help Officer<br />
Tellado’s son further his education.<br />
Mr. Fedorko serves on the<br />
foundation’s Board of Directors.<br />
Officer Tellado served in Iraq with<br />
the Marines.<br />
With Mr. Fedorko are Officer Tellado’s son,<br />
David W.; his wife, Tamia (right); and his mother,<br />
Debbie Ziptko.<br />
Nancy Farrell
Celebrating Sustainability at SWF<br />
Stewart International Airport got a<br />
jump on Earth Day this week with<br />
an exhibition of the <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Authority</strong>’s<br />
various sustainability initiatives at the<br />
airport and sustainability programs in<br />
the community. It included hands-on<br />
displays of solar energy, electric cars,<br />
and porous pavement, which the <strong>PA</strong><br />
used in adding more than 800 spaces<br />
to SWF’s main parking lot. It allows<br />
rainwater to be collected for reuse<br />
in landscaping. Thirteen regional<br />
organizations provided information<br />
on green achievements at the airport<br />
and in the community. On hand for the event (front row, from left): Aviation’s<br />
Ed Knoesel, Derek Martin, and Greg Reszka, (back row) Evan Stankunas of AvPORTS,<br />
James Taylor of Taylor BioMass, Rubi Rajbanshi of the <strong>PA</strong>’s Office of Environmental and<br />
Energy Programs, Aviation’s Arlyn Purcell, and OEEP’s Christine Weydig and Mike Hyams.<br />
Earth Day is April 22.<br />
Employee Profile: Mark Mackey<br />
Title: Crew<br />
Chief/Senior Tunnel<br />
and Bridge Agent,<br />
Lincoln Tunnel.<br />
Residence:<br />
Rockaway, NJ.<br />
Joined the <strong>Port</strong><br />
<strong>Authority</strong>: September<br />
1979.<br />
First job: “I started<br />
as a toll collector,<br />
then became a<br />
Facility Operations Agent, which is<br />
now Tunnel and Bridge Agent, then<br />
Airport Operations Agent, then Senior<br />
TBA.”<br />
Duties: “Responding to vehicular<br />
stoppages, assisting customers, and<br />
operating emergency equipment at<br />
the tunnel and bridge facilities.<br />
I’m the Crew Chief at emergency<br />
situations inside the tunnel and the<br />
highways leading to our facilities.<br />
I'm responsible for the operation of<br />
the emergency equipment, the tow<br />
trucks that also carry our vehicle<br />
firefighting system, and the emergency<br />
response vehicle, which carries<br />
the vehicle extrication tools, airbags,<br />
and hazmat kits, as well as all our<br />
medical equipment, such as the<br />
2 <strong>PA</strong> News / April 21, 2011<br />
automated external<br />
defibrillator, oxygen,<br />
and other life-saving<br />
devices.”<br />
Most challenging<br />
aspects:<br />
“Implementing our<br />
extensive training at a<br />
scene under, at times,<br />
stressful conditions.<br />
It is very challenging<br />
dealing with people<br />
trapped and seriously<br />
hurt in motor vehicle accidents. Also,<br />
driving into the tunnel with very heavy<br />
smoke because of a fully involved<br />
vehicle fire. You have to trust your<br />
instincts. Also, stopping a fire from<br />
either spreading to other vehicles or<br />
damaging the tunnel.”<br />
James Calabrese<br />
Personal interests: “Fishing –<br />
and I was just introduced to skeet<br />
shooting. And the Yankees.”<br />
Thoughts about the job:<br />
“It is just amazing to see all the men<br />
and women in the TBA units come<br />
together at a very big accident. Also,<br />
all the different things that happen,<br />
from delivering babies to wrangling<br />
horses from those hansom carriages<br />
running through the tunnel.”<br />
Barry Henck<br />
Calendar<br />
Shomrim Meeting<br />
The <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Authority</strong> Shomrim Society<br />
will meet on Wednesday, May 4, 6 p.m.,<br />
at Broadway Jerusalem 2 Pizza, 1375<br />
Broadway between 37th and 38th streets<br />
in Manhattan.<br />
If you plan to attend, RSVP to Shomrim<br />
Society Secretary Betty Astrizky by May 2<br />
and mention any topics you’d like to<br />
discuss.<br />
<strong>PA</strong> Employe Golf Outing<br />
The 45th Annual <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Authority</strong><br />
Employee Golf Outing is set for Monday,<br />
June 6, at LaTourette Golf Course on<br />
Staten Island.<br />
Registration and box lunch at noon,<br />
shotgun start at 1:30, dinner and prizes<br />
after the golf. See Employee Bulletins for<br />
more details.<br />
NBE Fundraiser<br />
The <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Authority</strong> Network of Black<br />
Employees will hold its Carl Creque<br />
Scholarship Fundraiser at the Culinary<br />
Conference Center in Jersey City on Friday,<br />
April 29, 6 to 10 p.m. RSVP by April 22.<br />
See Employee Bulletins for details.<br />
Retired Engineers Meet<br />
The Long Island <strong>PA</strong> Retired Engineers<br />
Luncheon will be held at noon on Thursday,<br />
May 5, at the Pompei Restaurant in West<br />
Hempstead.<br />
For more information, contact Mike<br />
D’Angelo at mike11803@hotmail.com<br />
by April 28.<br />
Bike for Cause<br />
Voices of September 11th – a charity<br />
that provides information, support services,<br />
and annual commemorative events for<br />
9/11 families, rescue workers, and survivors<br />
– is looking for riders to participate on its<br />
behalf in the upcoming TD 5 Boro Bike<br />
Tour on May 1.<br />
The tour covers 42 miles through the<br />
five boroughs, taking in views of iconic city<br />
landmarks.<br />
Visit voicesofseptember11.org/dev/<br />
events/2011/fiveborobiketour.html to register.<br />
Last Wednesday<br />
The Last Wednesday of the Month Club<br />
of <strong>PA</strong> retirees will meet at noon on April 27<br />
at In Napoli Restaurant in Fort Lee. Active<br />
employees are welcome. Contact Bob<br />
Parisi at bobp106@optonline.net for<br />
more information.