We were very sorry to lear of the death of Lennie Kazdan of Colonial Aveue. Lennie was a diabetic and fought the illness his entire life. It affected his eyesight but, believe it or not, Lennie was still able to ski downhill. He could be seen most days walking through the village with his cane. He was a real fighter and fought to the end. He was a Korean War veteran and a graduate of the University of Connecticut. He was active in the Sperry Ski Club, Scouting, Police Boys Club of Mineola, Mineola AA and volunteered at Winthrop Hospital. He was a board member of Congregation Beth Sholom for 30 years. His wife, Ruth, was the ace reporter for the Mineola American for many years, covering village meetings of both Mineola and Williston Park and, also, school board meetings.

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Received a letter recently from Al and Peggy Ford of Florida, former residents of the President Apts. on Mineola Boulevard. They expect to visit Mineola in April to help celebrate a grandaughter's "Sweet Sixteen" birthday.

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Charlotte and Bill Wehlau of White Road have been Mineola residents for 45 years.

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Tom Egan of Latham Road is one funny guy. When I asked him if he had a wife, he said, "No, I'm one of the lucky ones."

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Always good to see Charlie and Sally Paterson around the village.

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Here's hoping Ann Galente, Receiver of Taxes, will soon be up and about on her mended broken ankle.

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Ester and Elba Crutty of Geranium Avenue dined at the Jericho.

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Our condolences to Ron and Kathy Woyciechowski of Beebe Road on the death recently of Ron's mother, Sarah. Ron is retired from the NYC Correctional Dept. and now drives a school bus part time.

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Manny and Janet Losquardo live in Albertson, but buy their newspapers at TK Gifts. They also own Hy-Grade Oil Co.

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Philip Siegel of the Fairhaven Apts. likes to shop at Gourmet Foods on Jericho Tpke.

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John Valentine of Mineola has been signed by the NY Mets. Great ball player.

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Diane Guylas of Roselle St. is Mineola's biggest fan of the Mineola Pool.

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Artie Epstein of Randi Cleaners is a man who gets things done. He has collected over 9,200 coats for the "Coats for Kids" Program.

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Veronica Staiano does well with her walker. She and her husband Louis live on Emory Road.

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Mary McGregor of Beebe Road is a longtime resident of our village. She is active n Corpus Christi Church as was her late husband, Jim.

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Former Mayor Ed Smith and wife, Evelyne have celebrated 55 years of married life. Congratulations.

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Recently met a young lady with a lot of Mineola connections, although she lives in Smithtown. She is Maria Irace Odnoha, daughter of Marjorie and Izzy Irace. Maria and our daughter, Sr. Annmarie many years ago were students at Marguerite Gainey's Dance School. One time Corpus Chrisi had a talent show and Maria and Annmarie entered as a dancing duet. None of us remember exactly what they did, but there were four very proud parents in the audience.

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Suzanne Skaflestad and Ed Paley do a great job with the Mineola Family Services.

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Dining at the Jericho were Dom Fresto, and Mr. and Ms. Waring, owners of Nassau Chrome, and Mrs. Ackerman.

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Maryann Guarino and Phyllis Alfiere of TK Gifts have a common interest in acquiring the new quarters of each state as they are available.

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Jean and Earl Baker enjoyed a late lunch recently at the Jericho Diner.