Village Offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 2.

There will be no residential garbage or compost collection on this date. The "revised" collection schedule for the holiday week is as follows:

* If your usual collection days are Monday and Thursday, garbage and compost will be collected on Tuesday and Thursday.

* If your usual collection days are Tuesday and Friday, your garbage and compost will be collected on Wednesday and Friday.

The next meeting of the Board of Trustees will be on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m. This meeting will be at the Village Hall, 155 Washington Avenue. The public is invited to attend. The Vic Vincent Group will be performing "Oldies but Goodies" at the library at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28. As of Saturday, Aug. 24, the pool hours will be adjusted to 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. daily. The pool closes for the season on Labor Day, Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. The Fall Session for the village's senior recreation program is scheduled to begin the first week in October. We are planning to offer such courses as Yoga, Tai Chi, Group Dancing, and Make and Take Crafts. Registration will be done by mail. If you are not on our mailing list for this program please call Kyle Teemsma at 746-0753. Please see next week's column for additional information.

The Mineola American will be publishing its 50th Anniversary Edition on Oct. 2.

This edition will "...highlight the newspaper's role in community life over the past 50 years."

If you have " recollections" that you wish to share, please call the editor at 747-8282 well before the deadline of Sept. 19 for this edition.

Your library will on Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. feature a presentation by Master Gardener, Vincent Drzewucki, re: planting and planning tips for bulbs in your garden.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program is a resource which all home gardeners will find to be of great help in planning and planting.

Cornell's website which you will find to be of assistance is: www.explore.cornell.edu/svene.cfm?scene=home%20gardening

A sample of what is available for your review is:

* Lawn Care Library

* Designing Flower Gardens

* How to Grow Flowers and/or Vegetables

The Long Island Rail Road's "One-Day Getaways" program continues into the fall.

On Sept. 15, Oct. 5 and on the 26th you may wish to cruise aboard a rear wheel paddle steamer on the Great South Bay.

There will be waterfront dining at the Snapper Inn as well as a self-guided tour at Bayard Cutting Arboretum which is located along the Connetquot River.

An " airship" left Mineola on July 9, 1919 to return to England with mail.

The Social Security website (www.ssa.gov) has a listing of the

"...top 1000 names of 2001."

Why Social Security would have such a list was at first, uncertain. However, since even babies have Social Security cards, the "mystery' was solved.

The "Most Popular" names for births in 2001 were:

Male		Female
Jacob		Emily
Michael	Hannah
Joshua	Madison
Matthew	Samantha
Andrew	Ashley
Joseph	Sarah
Nicholas	Elizabeth
Anthony	Kayla
Tyler		Alexis
Daniel	Abigail

The "Most Popular" names of the 1930s and '40s were:

1930s

Robert	Mary
James		Betty
John		Barbara

1940s

James		Mary
Robert	Linda
John		Barbara