A free concert at Chaminade will start our yearlong celebration of our 100th year on Jan. 29 with Lou Panacciulli's Nassau Pops orchestra. Neil Young and Margaret Ann Castrigno are working hard on the historical journal. They have collected many old photos of the village from years back and are now taking pictures of the same sites today to give you a now and then perspective. The Showtime Revue with Maryann O'Brien in charge will be held May 11, 12 and 13. Players will present skits showing each decade of the last century. Many actors and actresses are needed, no experience is required. Get in on the fun. The parade on Oct. 1, 2006 will have floats, bands, dancers and antique cars followed by fireworks behind the pool. The village ball will be on Nov. 17, 2006 at the Jericho Terrace. Sandy Pusey is in charge of the fashion show with many beautiful models to be held at the Knights Hall. A 1906 caboose will be placed in Memorial Park for the entire year. John Broder is in charge of fundraising. Merchants can advertise on banners on any of the 200 poles in the village. These banners will mark our centennial and will say sponsored by Willis Hobbies for example. The price of a banner is just $125 and the banner will stay on the pole for 18 months. Bob Hinck, John DaVanzo and Candie Maia are the chairpersons and Carl Marchese is in charge of finances. Tom Raad is planning the journal and tells me that ads are coming in at a rapid rate. The recently found time capsule will be opened in July 2006. Bill Uranek is getting a Vietnam helicopter to do a fly-over. Grace Jurek, the secretary, will announce the next meeting.

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Teddy McCormack, Kay Murphy, Frank Dempsey, Mary Calfapietro, Eileen Leone, Mary Jane Deiganan and Vera Barrick had breakfast at the Jericho Diner. At the same time we met Brian McCann of Maple Place with his sons Kevin and Connor, both college freshmen. Brian is with the FDNY.

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Lucia Vidal of Emory Road works for an aerospace company and her husband Benny has his own business. They are parishioners of Corpus Christi Church.

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Trustee John DaVanzo and daughter Terry breakfasted at our favorite diner.

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I found the marker in Memorial Park of our neighbor Tom DeLuca of White Road. Tom was killed in action in Vietnam. He was 23 years old.

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Glen Kearney, formerly of Mineola, is now president of the New York State Auxiliary Police.

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Mike and Jill Dougherty visited their son and daughter-in-law in Seattle.

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The guys at Vincent's Barber Shop on Willis Ave., who are big supporters of the wolf population, will be glad to know that the gray wolf population in the Northern Rockies is up to 912 from 835 last year.

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Olga Gerstner formerly of Mineola is now a customer of the Cuttin Club. Laura the owners find her business really growing since the closing of the Richard James Salon.

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Paula Walsh, her daughter Lolly and waitress Shelly are doing a great job at the new Hudson Diner on East Second St.

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That proud granddad was Lou Gagliano pushing the baby carriage with 2-year-old Jessica.

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Lino Pereiria is a successful gardener and a tree surgeon. He and his crew go up to great heights with the chainsaws. Lino has 65 customers, 14 in Mineola and the rest in Williston, Roslyn and Manhasset. He and his wife Maria live on Dow Avenue.

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Frank and Josephine DePrima of Foch Blvd. celebrated their 60th Sept. 15.

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Corpus Christi Church collected $28,000 for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

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Ralph and Mary Lockhart of Birchwood Ct. He worked at Sperry Rand. They were enjoying lunch at the Jericho Diner with their daughter Valerie.

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Herb Markham of Mineola teaches bowling especially to seniors. He has been an instructor for 20 years and a bowler for 63 years.

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Fernanda Costas has worked at Winthrop Hospital for 17 years as a nurse's aide. Her husband Manuel works at Entenmann's Bakery. They have lived on Andrews Road for 37 years.