Being a meter person is not an easy job. Irate motorists are often bitter when issued a summons. Stuart Goldstein was recently involved in a physical confrontation which resulted in the police being called to make an arrest. Laurie McCarron has been subjected to verbal abuse and the other meter people Frank Syracuse, Stan Stone and Florence Peterson have had similar experiences. The five of them do a great job by keeping traffic moving and adding to the village revenues.

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This is a notable time for retired cop Les Teemsma of Andrews Road. In December he will be married to Muriel Hoffman and he has just become a member of the Knights of Columbus. His son Bob followed in his dad's footsteps and has been a 3rd Precinct cop for 31 years. Bob's wife Kyle is the manager of the Mineola pool.

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John and Lisa Berning of Penn Avenue are the owners of the Hawthorne Service Station in Williston Park.

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That happy-looking busboy at the Jericho Diner is Julio Quijada. His parents are here from El Salvador to visit him for a month. They have a small farm back home and have relatives taking care of the horses, cows and goats. Julian and Erlinda are very proud of their son who has learned to speak English and hopes to become a US citizen some day. Julio sends money home to mom and pop every month.

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Vivian Schilling is a much-traveled lady. Since moving from Grant Avenue many years ago she has lived in Tennessee and Virginia and is now back on Long Island in Hicksville. She worked for many years in the nursing department at Winthrop Hospital.

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Father Bob Batule is one of 13 priests appointed by Bishop McHugh as an associate vocation director for the diocese. This is right up Father Batule's alley because of his work with the religious education program at Corpus Christi.

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Nick Fiore and his wife Connie of White Road have lived in town for 24 years. Nick is a retired airplane mechanic for Eastern Airlines. His work used to take him all over the east coast of the US.

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Peggy Forero of Jericho, formerly of Columbus Parkway, is the sister of Tom Cooke, owner of TK's Gifts. Peggy was introduced to me by Phyliss Afiere, the manager of TK's. Peggy looks great probably because she jogs four miles a day. Tom, by the way, was injured on his job and is walking with a cane

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On a routine visit to the doctors we met Domingos Lopes, a contractor of McKinley Parkway.

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Manuel Estevinho and his wife Maria live on Maple Place. Manuel has many things wrong with him and doctors have given up on him as almost dead a couple of times. But here he is today walking all over the village smiling and happy.

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Ed Paley, assistant director of Mineola Youth and Family Services, was in the office with news of his fine organization.

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Jerry Schmidt, the happy-go-lucky locksmith, can be spotted after work biking all around town. His mom, Denise, was the former owner of Love Story Beauty Salon in the East End. Denise now lives in Canada.

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Memorial Park has a family of four geese who have been living there since spring. Despite their droppings on their excursions from the sump they do give the park a touch of class.

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Deacon Brian Mannix in a recent homily at Corpus Christi spoke of the Farmingville problem where Hispanic men gather on street corners hoping to be hired by contractors. These men are subjected to verbal and sometimes physical abuse by local residents. The deacon asked us to recall the words of Jesus, "What you do to the least of these you do to me."

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Scott and Kathleen Holliday of Penn Avenue enjoyed lunch at our favorite diner.