Palm Sunday always brings that fine Portuguese breakfast held at the club. With sausages, bacon, pancakes, eggs, doughnuts and coffee, all for $7, no wonder it's such a winner. While there we met Tony Martins, the mayor's twin brother, Virginia Silva, Marie Costa, Claudia, Steven, Cecilia and Joan Teixeira, Samantha Mota, Cesario Goncalves, Nicholas Vale, Sabrina Mota, Lazaro Pereira, Adelino Carlos, Victor Donvale, Custodio Cerqueia, Jose DaSilva, Lions Club president, Joe Valente, the past president; Roger Justino, Herbert and Flor Farrell, Dick and Marguerite O'Callaghan, Maria and David Martins, Rick and Joan Kanyuk, Tom and Gladys Forte, Forest Moulton, Rose Barnardo, Ed Hajduk, Manuel Andrade, Manuel Delgado, Luis and Sylvia Gomes, Manuel Gonsalves, Cidalia and Angeline Dovale, Candi Maia, Maria Cergueira, Dolores and Carlos Martins, Danielle and Rocky Valenzisi, Stefanie Ribeiro, Patricia Mendes, Fernando and Kevin Amendoeira, Antonio and Marlene Barreira, Fancisco Leao and Victor Fleitas. The breakfast is sponsored by the Portuguese Lions Club.

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The granddaughter of Michael Vezzi of Mineola will be studying in Florence, Italy this summer. Amanda Rose D'Orazi is in her junior year at NY Tech in Westbury majoring in interior design.

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Marge Hill and Eleanor Donahue lunched at theWilliston Town House.

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Ed and Marie Schultz have lived on Arlington Street for 35 years. He is a electrical contractor.

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Tom McGee is a freelance photographer living on Liberty Avenue and enjoys breakfast at the nearby "Kiss the Chef."

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As the politician said, "Before I give my speech I want to say something."

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Tommy Swartwood is a letter carrier. He and wife, Rose, reside on Fairfield Avenue. He was eating at the Jericho Diner.

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You know where that expression, "It's raining cats and dogs comes from?" The streets in the northern English industrial city of Manchester were so filthy, that when it would pour rain, the gutters would flow with garbage and the carcasses of dogs and cats; the Irish writer, Jonathan Spitz, noted that fact in a 1709 essay.

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Joe Zolezzi was enjoying lunch at the Williston Town House. He and his wife, Nancy, own Zolezzi Auto Body.

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The downfall of Eliot Spitzer will mean that the star of Tom Suozzi will be rising in the Democratic Party. They fought it out for the governorship in the election.

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With the closing of the Jericho Diner I lose a good news source. A diner has been at that spot for some 65 years, first as the old RR-style diner called the Dixie, which was torn down to build the Dorian, which after it was sold became the Jericho Diner.

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The Downtown Restaurant on Mineola Boulevard is a good place to eat. Guillermina and Victor Garcia are the owners, aided by their daughter and son, Sandra and Victor. The family used to live on Burkhardt Avenue.

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There was a good turnout for the annual Junior Fire Dept. dinner held at the Village Hall. Among those,there were: Betty McMahon, Rose Vilnoni, Nancy Kelly, Antoinetta Cavezza, Anella DeLuca, Carmela and Nunzio Vetrano, Ed and Lillian Barnola, Lou Reyes, Kenneth Williams, Louise Kotowski, Marlyn Mott, Joan Mieczkowski, Virginia Bonventre, Agnes Delaportes, Marion Bellissimo, Pat and Donald McMahon, Virginia Moore, Alice Kist, Nancy Yngstrom, Pat and Tom Genovese, Iris Yonda, Scott and Linda Fairgrieve, Nancy Marmo, Nina Costales, Dennis Madden, Maggie Savage, Joan McKeon, Frank Tonino, Judy Schroeder, Elayne Pleines, Rosemary Grossi, George Rohleder, Donna and Gary Montavano, Barbara and Dick Formont, Kathy and Jennifer Dalton, Mayor Martins and trustees Larry Werther and Tom Kennedy.

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We were sorry to hear that the worthy Corpus Christi choir conductor, Troy Gordon, is leaving. He will be a hard act to follow.

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Pat Conlon is a nurse at First Med on Herricks Road. She also serves on Corpus Christi parish's Outreach Program.