Letter: Vote Brenda Judson For Hicksville BOE Trustee

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Letter: Vote Brenda Judson For Hicksville BOE Trustee

Friday, 04 May 2012 00:00

I have known Brenda Judson for the past 10 years as both a close personal friend and colleague working together during my tenure with the Hicksville Middle School PTA.

Ms. Judson is a very talented, hard-working professional and a dedicated mother to her two daughters – Jane and Shannon. She has an outstanding ability to focus on challenges, thoroughly analyze problems and provide creative solutions. Ms. Judson also possesses great interpersonal and communication skills. During her seven years of serving as PTA presidents for various Hicksville PTA units, Ms. Judson worked well with all parents in these PTA units and continues be very well respected by all within the Hicksville school community.

Ms. Judson continuously volunteers to serve young people and their families through her community work on the PTA, as a 12-year Girl Scout leader and Gold Award troop advisor and through her professional life organizing countless events for employees’ children.

When you cast your vote on May 15 please vote for Brenda Judson (Row 1A) for these reasons:

-She is smart, reasonable and a critical thinker.

-She is not bashful about expressing her views and holding others accountable.

-She has a passion for education and a clear vision of what she can bring to the Hicksville school community as a BOE trustee.

-She has the professional expertise as a 36-year Federal senior executive to get the job done.

-She has worked with children and families from a wide range of racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds.

-She has the energy and is eager to devote her time and resources to giving back to Hicksville what the community has provided to her and her family the past 32 years.

Ms. Judson is the right person, at the right time, for the right reason to serve as Hicksville’s Board of Education trustee.

Vivian Karouzakis
Hicksville resident

News

Hicksville Native Wins FIT Award

Thursday, 23 May 2013 00:00

Hicksville native Jae Lee recently rose to the top of his senior class at New York Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), winning the Critic Award for sportswear. But fashion wasn’t the path that Lee originally chose.

In high school, Lee excelled in art classes and thought that he wanted to go to college and major in fine arts. However, he said, it was while watching an episode of “Project Runway” that he had a revelation. “All of a sudden I was thinking that it was something I could/should do and that’s what kind of led to it,” he said. He made up his mind that he was going to apply to fashion school and enlisted the help of one of his art teachers in school to help him. “We really scrambled and put together this presentation in about two weeks, where other people, I’m sure, worked on theirs for months,” he said. Lee said that when he went to present his portfolio, he didn’t think the meeting went well at all. “Everyone was really well prepared,” he said. But, he admitted, it must have gone better than he thought, because he was accepted to FIT.

WWII Armor Museum Opens

Thursday, 23 May 2013 00:00

In the face of cancelled air shows and the downgrading of NYC’s Fleet Week, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announced on May 9, that American soldiers will be forever honored on Long Island through the creation of the Museum of American Armor to be built at Old Bethpage Village Restoration thanks, in part, to a million dollar gift from Lawrence Kadish.

“We are watching powerful tributes to our American military reduced or eliminated across the nation and its just plain wrong,” stated County Executive Mangano. “Fortunately, the Memorial Day weekend air show at Jones Beach will be held regardless of the loss of the Thunderbirds, but Fleet Week in New York City will be greatly diminished and across the country air shows are being cancelled weekly. Nassau County is moving in another direction. An armor museum that honors every American soldier will be created on county property this year which will not only pay tribute to those who have defended our nation but will also strengthen the county’s tourism and destination industry and provide a new source of revenue.”

Sports

For The Love Of Tennis

Thursday, 23 May 2013 00:00

Hicksville residents honored by tennis association

The U.S. Tennis Association Long Island Region has recognized several Hicksville residents for their tennis playing or volunteering achievements. The group was honored at the USTA Long Island Region’s 23rd Annual Awards Dinner, which recognizes superior efforts both on and off the tennis court.

Terry Fontana received the Vitas Gerulaitis for the Love of Tennis award. She has been a longtime fixture in the Hicksville tennis community and is the driving force behind the Hicksville Community Tennis Association (CTA), which, since 1995, has been promoting the development of tennis as a means of healthy recreation and physical fitness and to create a community resource for physical activity throughout the area.

Lady Comets Honor Departing Seniors

Thursday, 23 May 2013 00:00

It was a cold season for softball this year, colder than usual. Anyone who knows the sport recognizes that the weather can be changeable, but this softball season was fraught with snow, pouring rain, cancelled games, frigid temperatures, and blowing winds that would cause any team to crave the warmth of indoors.

That wasn’t the case with the Hicksville High School Lady Comets Varsity Softball team. They played through it all like champions, and endured the rough weather like superstars.