The mayors of three villages were among the 450 people who attended the "Taste of Mineola" at the Jericho Terrace, sponsored by the Mineola Chamber of Commerce: Mayor Jack Martins and his wife Paula, Williston Mayor Lud Odierna and Mayor Nancy Zollezi of East Williston. Others that we had a chance to talk to were Ruth Kazdan; John DaVanzo; Sally and Charles Patterson; Rita Bartscherer; Martha and Paul Becker; Mary Fitton; Dara and Jon Perlow; Bernadette Vaskas; Vito Giuseppe and Angela Mossa; Domenic Scalera; Charles Sleefe; Carol Tuzzolo; Gus Anzalone; Edward Hajduk; Jerry Mehlman; Dorothy Campbell; Bill and Layne Greene; Ray Sikorski; Bob Rosenthal; John and Carolina Macedo; John, Paula and Sara Herling; Gabe Parajos; Frank and Lisa Lao; Betty Vazquez; Manny Carvalho; Harry and Camille Zapiti; Christy Lavelle; Maura Clancy; Ed Escobar, the principal of Mineola High School; Lawrence Jones; Larry Werther; Eileen and Andy Murphy; Leah Cappadona; Ken Solosky; and Dora and Dick Dimler. The presence of "Mr. Met" and long ago Met player Art Shamsky helped make the evening a great success. The "Taste" two years ago drew 250; this year's figure is almost double.

Congratulations to Martins, Werther and DaVanzo on their landslide election victory. Linda Fairgrieve and Peggy May fought hard but for them it was not to be.

The "Little Peoples" school which was formerly held at the Church of the Nativity is now located at the First Presbyterian Church. Jannie Mandera, formerly of Foch Boulevard, is the director and Virginia Braster is a teacher. She and her husband Kevin live on Marcellus Road. Dan Mason of the Presbyterian Church was with the ladies at the Chamber of Commerce meeting.

Father Paul Dolan of Corpus Christi Church has recovered from his recent hospital stay. He says he occasionally visits different churches including a Baptist church whose woman minister has long been a friend of his and sometimes an Eastern Orthodox Church. He likes to see what other Christian faiths are doing.

Islander enforcer and now suspended Chris Simon lives on Foch Boulevard in Williston Park.

Megan Greene of Jerome Avenue has been named to the Dean's List at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. The president, Dennis Murray, congratulated Megan for her great work. She is the daughter of Bill and Layne Greene.

The famed "Unit" Nancy Doyle, Maureen Clark and Peggy Forero enjoyed lunch at the Jericho Diner.

Always good to meet Amelia (Goldsmith) Fitterer around town. Amelia's late husband Joe was the former postmaster of Mineola.

One good thing about being an old guy in a young neighborhood is that during the recent ice storm the young lads came over and shoveled me out. I thank Gavin Duffy, Tim Denzler, John Fucci and once again, Sean Burke - a great bunch of guys.

Bob and Chris Walker really like to have dinner at Cugini's. They go there a lot.

George and Helena Sommer like to shop at CVS. They live on Skelly Place and walk to CVS.

Alexandria Mormile was 14 years old on March 17. She is the granddaughter of Bob and Pat Hinck. Her parents are Jackie and Ken.

Marge and Howie Hill of Roosevelt Avenue had dinner at Cugini's. Howie is active in senior volleyball tournaments and Marge volunteers at Winthrop Hospital.

Calvin Singletary works the night shuttle bus at the Baltimore Washington Airport (BWI). Instead of just driving in silence or listening to the radio or talking on his cell phone he talks to his passengers. He tells them of all the free services available for them at BWI and he adds a few jokes and makes the ride a cheery experience. Our daughter Sister Annmarie was very impressed by this man who takes pride in his work and tries to make the world a little better place. Other nuns who have ridden his shuttle have also noted that he leaves people with a good feeling.