The following is a list of events scheduled for the Village Community Center for the month of May:

Friday, May 5 - Basketball ­ Kids - 7 p.m. ­ 9 p.m.

Saturday, May 6 - Basketball ­ Adults - 7 p.m. ­ 9 p.m.

Friday, May 12 - Soccer ­ Kids - 7 p.m. ­ 9 p.m.; Library Movie ­ Bowfinger - 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 13 - Volleyball ­ Adults - 7 p.m. ­ 9 p.m.

Friday, May 19 - Kickball ­ Kids - 7 p.m. ­ 9 p.m.

Saturday, May 20 - Basketball ­ Adults - 7 p.m. ­ 9 p.m.

Friday, May 26 - Wiffleball ­ Kids - 7 p.m. ­ 9 p.m.; Library Movie ­ The Winslow Boy - 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 27 - Volleyball ­ Adults - 7 p.m. ­ 9 p.m.

The Mineola Summer Recreation Program will be entering its 13th year and we are looking forward to having another great year. Camp will take place beginning on Wednesday, July 5 and end on Friday, Aug. 11. The cost of the program is $55 for the first child, $25 for the second child and $20 for every child thereafter. Children are eligible to participate in the program if they are entering 2nd through 8th grade in September. I am pleased to announce that applications are now available for pickup at Village Hall. There is also a medical form that needs to be filled out and signed by a physician. The completed application and medical form, accompanied by a check made payable to the Village of Mineola, must be returned to Village Hall no later than Friday, June 9. The next meeting of the Board of Trustees is Wednesday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Village Hall, 155 Washington Avenue.

The Board of Zoning and Appeals will hold public hearings on Thursday, May 18, at 8 p.m. at the Village Hall regarding the following:

1. 150 Washington Avenue ­ Application for a zoning variance to maintain a two family dwelling in a B-1 Business District.

2. 84 Main Street ­ Application to construct a rear yard addition with insufficient off-street parking.

3. 46 Plymouth Avenue ­ Application to maintain a 5 foot high chain link fence that extends past the end of the dwelling.

Please call the Building Department at 746-0752 on the 18th in order that they might advise if any of these cases have been adjourned or withdrawn.

The Junior Fire Department is again conducting a food drive throughout the Village of Mineola on May 6.

They will be collecting canned goods and other non-perishable foods, as well as paper goods and toiletries.

Please place your donation on your front step no later than 10:30 a.m. on this date.

Assemblywoman Maureen O'Connell is pleased to announce that for veterans of World War II, the eligibility for the Conspicuous Service Cross has been expanded.

Please call her office at 222-0007 for more particulars.

Any and all calls from unknown persons are an intrusion of your privacy. You don't have to talk to these callers. You are not being rude by hanging up.

These unsolicited phone calls are, nine times out of 10, trying to sell you something or trying to have you donate monies to a charity.

The callers "pitch" to get you to part with your money is often very convincing. The longer you stay on the phone with these callers, the greater the chance that they will be successful in getting you to either buy the item being pitched or contributing to the "charity." Don't be tempted. Hang up on all such calls.

Many parents are all too familiar with the routine ­ it's bedtime for your child, yet your child has trouble falling asleep or sleeping through the night. This is both frustrating for the parents and unsettling for the children. There are "strategies" that may help you get your child to sleep and stay asleep throughout the night. Winthrop-University Hospital's Parenting Today will present a free lecture, "Sleep Problems in Young Children" on Wednesday, May 3. The program will be held at 7 p.m. at the Winthrop Conference Center, located at 101 Mineola Boulevard in Mineola.

Claudia Meininger Gold, MD, Behavioral Pediatrician at Winthrop Pediatrics Associates, will discuss what you can do about the endless bedtime routine, frequent night walking, and the child who will not stay in bed. The discussion will be followed by a question and answer period.

Please call 663-8302 to make a reservation.

The Junior Fire Department is sponsoring its Annual Car Wash at the Community Center parking lot from 9 a.m. ­ 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 13. Donations are $4 per car. One of the websites that has information regarding scholarships is www.collegenet.com.