2020! This Sunrise Photo Was One of the Last Photos Taken of the Brightwaters Canal in 2019
THE 70th Year, Issue 17 THURSDAY JANUARY 2, 2020 | www.islipbulletin.net | | 75¢ She has military, town, Welcome to 2020! This sunrise photo was one of the last photos taken of the Brightwaters Canal in 2019. Local photographer Bob Maxner, of East Islip, captured the event signifying the close of the decade and the start of the new. Happy New Year! and educational Photo Courtesy Bob Maxner, East Islip accomplishments Democrat Jackie Gordon goes two children, son Augustus and daugh- ter Kerrianne, who is a captain in the U.S. for Peter King’s seat Air Force. Islip Bulletin: What was your decid- By LINDA LEUZZI ing factor to run? INSPIRATION JG: What made me decide to run was Jacqueline Gordon, a Copiague res- the same reason I joined the Army. It was ident, filed her statement of candida- a commercial that said, “In the Army, we cy as a Democrat for Rep. Peter King’s do more before 9 a.m. than most people AWARDS congressional seat, New York District do all day.” They were all working hard, 2, on May 15 last year, months before working together, accomplishing their King announced his retirement on Nov. mission and goals, and when I saw that 11. Gordon served 29 years in the Unit- commercial, I knew that’s where I wanted ed States Army Reserve with four de- to be. I’ve lived my life by setting goals, ployments; platoon leader in Germany identifying problems, creating solutions, during Operation Desert Storm; opera- accomplishing goals. And last year, what tions officer at Guantanamo Bay during I saw in Congress and locally—because Each year, The Islip Bulletin recognizes the volunteer work of outstanding local the Global War on Terror; battle captain Peter King is also local—congestion and residents and organizations.
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