If you like pancakes, and who doesn't, the annual County Seat Kiwanis Club breakfast was the place to be. Among those we had a chance to talk to were: Jack Baker, Mike Capoziello, Robbin Valentine, Harry Peters, Steve Parmett, Tony and Marion Bellissimo, Ralph and Barbara Innella, Grace and Walter Crosby, Flore and Jim Rowe, Rose and Clem Virari, Jackie Carway, Joe and Pat Rudolph, Dorothy Rudolph and children Matthew and Sarah, Jose Carvalho, Steve DeFranco, John and John Paul Macedo, John DaVanzo, Pete Owens, Jeff and Janice Miller, Maurizio and Vicki Arena and family, Tommy and Susan Gizzi, Michael and Debbie Garrick and family, Rich and Joan Ciliotta, Don and Josephine Ciliotta, Pat Tobin, John O'Shea, Larry Speciner, Carol Haynes and son Eric, Keith Ciliotta.

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Father Tomaz Gomide of Corpus Christi Church visited Australia and New Zealand.

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Speaking of that church the pastor Father James Bowman urged parishioners to support the diocesan appeal noting that the monies go to health care, senior citizen services, Catholic Charities, aid to the poor, religious instruction, prison and Hispanic ministries. He also said that a portion is returned to the parish.

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That towering water tank bearing the word "Mineola" on Elm Place at the Water Department is a good ad for the village as it can be seen at a great distance.

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Police Officer Tom Rudolph is a fine fellow except that he roots for the wrong team, the Jersey Devils, instead of my beloved Islanders.

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Teresa Richards, Mineola High School teacher and former president of their union and Mary Lee Corliss of the New York State Teachers Union lunched at the Jericho Diner.

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Vicky and Kevin Sheridan of Richlee Court enjoyed a 10-day cruise to Acapulco.

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Gerard Terry, the Democratic leader, had lunch at the Jericho Diner. Gerard was a classmate at Mineola High of Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli and Judy Randall, editor of the Staten Island Advance.

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Mary Agnes Bornhoeft of Marcellus Road is a campaign worker for the Mineola First Party.

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What an election Mineola has coming up this month with three people running for mayor, incumbent John Colbert, Maryanne Warnecke and Jack Martins and six people running for two trustee seats. We now have four parties in contention. When we started the Mineola American 50 years ago there was only one party, the Citizens, which had been in power for years. We used to plead for an opposition just to give people a choice. After years of editorially working for a two-party election it finally came. Some change today.

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Corpus Christi has four sextons Andrew Martone, John Reedy, Louis Gonzalez and Tim Warnecke.

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We were sorry to learn of the death of Jerry Cappellani, a longtime resident of the village. He was a charter member of the old West End Civic Association, a member of the Kiwanis Club and a MAA coach. On the same day Elizabeth Kearney passed away. She and her husband Peter owned Kearney Office Machines on Mineola Boulevard and later on Jericho Turnpike.

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After all that work to clean the sump in Memorial Park it is again filled with trash and garbage. The battle against littering seems to be a never-ending struggle.

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Wolfgang and Eva Porte have lived on Horton Highway for 30 years. He is retired from IBM.

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What a treat is the Nassau County Museum in Roslyn. We recently saw the exhibit on the life of Teddy Roosevelt. TR was the first president to be called by his initials. He was a great hunter and leader of the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War. His first foray into politics was when he was named police commissioner of New York City. He later ran for mayor but was defeated. Elected to the legislature, he was on the way to becoming governor of New York state. He was elected vice-president in 1900. When President McKinley was assassinated he became the youngest president, 42, in US history. He was elected president on the Republican ticket in 1904.

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Dissatisfied with the way the Republican Howard Taft was handling affairs he started the "Bull Moose Party" in 1912 as a third party. The Democrat Wilson won the election but Teddy came in ahead of the Republican incumbent Taft. During his campaign he was shot and wounded by a would-be assassin but did not stop his speech, continuing for another hour while bleeding from his wound. What a man he was.

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The Cradle of Aviation Museum at Mitchel Field is something to see. The Wright Brothers' first flight from Kitty Hawk lasted 12 seconds but changed the world forever. The first planes evolved out of flying kites and gliders. The museum traces aviation history through Glenn Curtis, Earle Ovington, Eddie Rickenbacker and the other early fliers up to Lindy and his history-making adventure. Women are not forgotten either when we remember Anne Morrow and the first mail carrier Harriet Quimby. The museum goes up to the Space Age. We only saw a bit of it and hope to return to see the rest.

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Joe Pimenta, Jack and Karen Gayson, Rusty and Debbie Becker and Jack Martins all enjoyed lunch at Churrasqueira.