Jean Majkowski has been a resident of Mineola for 65 years. She paid a visit to her birthplace, Johnstown, PA, which was the scene of the terrible flood in the early years of the last century. Johnstown is a great city today and the home of Penn State University.

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Former Trustee Warren Brinker works out on a daily basis. No wonder he always looks so trim.

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Bill and Rose Gresalfi have lived on Westbury Avenue for many years. Bill has been a member of the Mineola Fire Department for 31 years.

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Vicki Sheridan enjoyed breakfast at the Jericho Diner. Vicki works for I.J. Kostynick.

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Great original poster at the Davenport Restaurant put out by Pancho Villa inviting gringos (that's us) to cross over the border to Mexico and join Villa's revolutionary army. "Ride with Pancho Villa, all payments made in gold. Enlistment taken at Juarez" shouts the 1915 placard.

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Perky Lisa Jordan is back waitressing at JB's Pub. Her kids, John Michael and Nicole live with mom on Linden Road. Believe it or not, Lisa is dreaming of a job with Fed Ex where she can drive a truck. Lisa has always wanted to drive some kind of large vehicle.

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Frank Muller of Mineola Boulevard is getting around town with a cane. Frank suffered a bad fall while working at the Country Glen Center.

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Pat and Margaret McDonald are back from a visit to County Kerry, Ireland. Pat is the popular owner of the Shamrock Station on Herricks Road.

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Teddy McCormack, Vera Barrick, MaryJane Deignan, Marion McCormack, Olga McLees and Eileen Leone shared time together for breakfast at the Jericho.

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Good to see Joe Mannix out and around with his aide and a walker.

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Nancy Portoguese Bauer of Mineola is a member of the Pool Board and is a real estate broker and specializes in property management.

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Father Robert Batule of Corpus Christi was quoted recently in the L.I. Catholic as he enlarged on St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians regarding relations between husbands and wives.

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A great place to eat is Claudio's in Greenport. Claudio's opened in 1870 and is the oldest family-owned restaurant in America.

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While in Greenport, saw nine majestic looking swans pass by our room on the Sound. The birds emerged from the water and spent awhile on the beach drawing a crowd of onlookers.

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While in the same village, we met Ron Ziel, the author of a number of books on the Spanish-American War. Ron says the 1898 War was one of the most important in our history since we took from Spain, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines, Guam and the Pacific Islands, establishing us as a world power.

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Pete Roth of Jefferson Avenue lives in the same house where he was born 76 years ago.

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That F14 Fighter plane, which is at Grumman's old field in Calverton, looks like a smaller version of the Concorde.

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A fine nature trail can be found at Orient State Park. If you like walking along a quiet beach, biking, picnicking or just plain swimming, it's all there.

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