Sausages, French toast, pancakes, bacon and many more delectables for only $6 were available at the Annual LI Portuguese Lions Club breakfast held on Palm Sunday. Among the many attendees we talked to were: Tony Pires, Joe Pomada, Mayor Jack Martins, Maria Joao Leitao, Fatima Carlos, Victoria Dovale, Esmeralda Justino, Dr. Elliot Martin, Thomas and Marie Donna O'Reilly, John Da Vanzo, Anthony and Marion Bellissimo, Walter and Grace Crosby, Flore and Jim Rowe, Dick and Marguerite O'Callaghan, Frank Caetano, Thomas Forte, Gladys Forte, Joan Kanyuk, Rick Kanyuk, Rose Bernardo, Tony Bernardo, Edward Hajduk, Manuel Delgado, Fatima Delgado, Sylvia Gomes, Maria doCarmo Correia, Liliane Correia, Manuel and Maria Julia Valente, Domingos Amador, Maria Amador and Manuel Melin.

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Joyce Gorycki and daughter Karen of Wardwell Road like to eat at the Sparta.

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Dan and Tom Flynn of Kennilworth Road introduced me to their good friends Edwin and Cathy Freed of Lincoln Avenue.

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Herb and Mrs. Jahn of Main Street Hardware had breakfast at the Jericho Diner.

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Fran Dempsey of Latham Road, widow of the late Judge William Dempsey, is a good customer of Hair Designs on Nassau Boulevard, Garden City. Hair Designs is owned by Jay and Roseann who live on Horton Highway.

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Speaking hair stylists, Cheryl Williams of Pennsylvania Avenue is a customer of Le Salon.

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John Barnardes, president of Encore Capital Corp. lives on Raff Avenue and his chief lieutenant Dan Correia resides on Pennsylvania Avenue.

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John Hayden of Bradley Court has a fine voice and can sing some great old Irish songs.

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Tom and Dorothy Rudolph of Marcellus Road enjoyed breakfast at the Jericho Diner. Tom is a city cop and a big fan of the Devils and the Mets. Dorothy recently ran for village trustee.

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It was good to see Mayor Jack Martins at the Chamber of Commerce meeting. Jack says he hopes to attend many of the meetings. Also from the village board were Larry Werther and Linda Fairgrieve. The guest speaker was Vince Muscarnera, police commander of the 3rd Precinct and the in-house speaker was Bill Henley of Gorilla Alarms. Next chamber meeting will be May 20 at which the new officers will be installed. This meeting is free to all members of the business community whether they are members or not. It was announced that the annual Mineola Fair will be held May 17 rain or shine. A crowd of about 10,000 is expected.

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Ann Hull of Sheridan Boulevard and several friends dined at Cugini's.

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It was good to see long absent member of the business community Robert Seewaldt and wife Cathy with their daughter Cathy Whitley at the last Chamber meeting.

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Andrew Hurley of McAtee Place works at Jonathan's restaurant. His mother is Ann Hurley of the Friends of the Mineola Library.

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Something should be done about these street corner florists. Always before a big holiday like Easter and Mother's Day they open and sell flowers at discounted prices. This is unfair competition to the florists who must pay rent, salaries, taxes and insurance.

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The New York Sun marked its first anniversary last month. This is a continuation of the old NY Sun of Clarence Day which was started in the 1850s and was made famous by Virginia's letter to Santa Claus. We seldom agree with the editorial slant of the NY Sun but are still happy to see a new daily newspaper.

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Ronnie and Joann Annette live on Roselle Street. In fact Ronnie was born in Mineola and he and his wife are planning to open a kid's party store in Westbury.

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We express our sincere sympathy to Alice and Stan Grom of Arlington Street on the death of their daughter.

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