Ardeth Hoebermann of Dow Avenue enjoyed a visit to Las Vegas where she visited her daughter Christine Drew, who grew up in Mineola, and her grandson Bobby. Ardeth hardly ever goes on vacation and this was the first in many years. It's always good to hear from faithful readers like Dena Miller and Arlene Olson.

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Always good to see Barbara Damon of Houston Avenue. She has a daughter Patty in college and a son Matt who plays football for Pace University.

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Sarah and Larry Cascio of White Road have been Eucharistic Ministers at Corpus Christi for many years.

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Jim Bruno of E. Washington Avenue sure gets around great on his electric scooter. He used to conduct the bingo games at the K of C.

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Frank Syracuse, the meter man, is so interesting to talk to about the terrorist threat against our country. The rest of the meter crew is Lori McCarron, Florence Peterson, Ron Rental, Stuart Goldstein and Stan Stone.

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Good to see former Chief of Detectives Ed Curran in the office. Ed is still active in police affairs.

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Bill Kaiser of Andrews Road plays a big part in the Mustang Run.

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Mr. Hai, sacristan at Corpus Christi on the weekends, is retiring after 25 years. Some hears ago Mr. Hai, who was an officer in the Vietnamese Army, saved the money in the collection basket which was being stolen by a thief. In the scuffle he was stabbed. Later he was honored for this heroic deed.

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So many kids in great costumes came to our house on Halloween. the only ones we recognized for sure were Connor Smith and Cody and Tighe Duffy.

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With the departure of Koeppel Ford, Mineola now has no car dealers. We remember we used to have a Packard dealer, Studebaker dealer, as well as Buick, Plymouth, Dodge, Oldsmobile, Nash, Rambler dealers, Chevrolet and Mercury.

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Tony Valente of Beebe Road predicts that we will have a record collection of fallen leaves this season.

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And to start off this collection Maria Valfiadis of White Road has the biggest pile so far.

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Our friends, the rare black squirrels are in and about Mineola again.

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Helen Brandi of Williston Park celebrated her 91st Birthday - lunch at the Jericho Diner with her daughter Pam Borra (Borra Electric) Mineola.