Newsletter for the Alumni and Friends of
Hicksville High School Hicksville, New York

The Editors:
Buffalo Bob Casale '61	Linda (Piccerelli) Hayden '60
Pat (Koziuk) Driscoll '56	Bob (Gleason) Wesley '61

Contributing Editors: Bob Gillette & Walter Schmidt

Webmaster: Roger Whitaker

To contact the editors, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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The Staff of the Hicksville Newsletter Wishes everyone A Very Happy and Safe Thanksgiving

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Attention All HixNews Readers!!

Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial Project Update

Thirty-nine (39) names were added in September, putting us on a roll as we enter the Fall Season with a new total of 592 names!!

Please see the Veteran's Section of this issue for the latest information on the project and what you can continue to do to help its success.

Even if you don't have new names to send us, please review the list for missing information or information shown in red that needs correction or clarification and send me an email if you can help us with it.

Thank you,
Joe Carfora, HHS '62 for the Project Team

Mid Life Crisis Band is Back

SAVE THE DATE - Saturday November 6^th

We rock and will entertain you with classic rock tunes everyone loves!!!

Come to Callahan's located on Hempstead Turnpike in the Modell's Strip a mile West of Wantagh Parkway or a mile East of Meadowbrook Parkway. Admission is free & there is ample parking available. Come on down for a fun evening. Call 516-542-0723 for details.

I'm back at the Casa Rustica on Thursdays from 6:30-9:30. The wedding went great and we are now trying to get back to normal (whatever that is). There are also some new trio dates coming up: On Oct 16 and 23 we will be at Willy Parkers at 71 Hillside Avenue in Williston Park. The number there is 516 750-8125. Our playtime is from 9pm until 1am, so, for those night owls who like coming out late, we finally have a gig for you. On November 2, we will be back at Qustzalcoatl on Main Street in Huntington. Those hours are 6:00 - 9:00. Many choices we hope to see you at some. Help support live music on Long Island.

Art Romeo '60

p.s. We just picked up another one. Oct. 27 7-10 at Fork and Wine in Glenhead. A great place you should check it out.
Artie

Hi, everyone; Stardust, my a cappella doo wop group, is performing 2 shows at Mangia's Restaurant, Sunday, November 7.
Please call 631-661-6188 for reservations.
I hope that Hicksville will be well represented at our shows.

Bob Masone '62

Mangia Pizza & Italian Restaurant

785 Deer Park Avenue, North Babylon , New York 11703

(Located opposite from the Marion G. Veddar Grammar School )

Phone: (631)661-6188
Fax:(631)661-6239

Save the date September 17, 2011 For The Class of 1961 50-YEAR REUNION !

Islandia Marriott Long Island, 3635 Express Drive North, Islandia , New York 11749 USA
Phone: 1-631-232-3000
Fax: 1-631-232-3029
Toll-free: 1-800-228-9290

The Reunion Committee includes:

• Diana Urena Carasa
• Dennis Naso
• Vincent Luna
• Ann Cassese Costantino
• Pam McAlarney

For information, write to Dennis This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The "Glass Menagerie Chorus' " Winter Concert will be held Saturday, December the 11th. Starting time is 8 p.m. and tickets are still only $ 20.00 at the door. The concert will be held at St. Joesph's church on the corner of Washington Pl. and 6th Ave. in Manhattan.

Selections from Carmina Burana, Carol of the Bells, and other seasonally appropriate numbers will be performed. And don't forget about our famous holiday sing along to help get the spirit into you.

I hope to see you there. Oh, if you're not sure what I look like, well, I'm the extremely handsome tenor. You can't miss me.

Happy Holidays to all...
David Teitel '68

The Newsletter

Photo Gallery

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Honoring our Veterans

From left) LTC John Chadbourne, PFC Heidi Gregory, SPC Ernesto Garcia and CSM Harry Jeffries pose in front of the newly-painted sign in front of the 703rd Brigade Support Battalion headquarters at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq.  Picture courtesy of SGT James Hunter

Airman 1st Class Christopher Hunter, one of the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavement and heavy equipment flight's Dirt Boyz, spreads concrete with a modified rake on the flightline. Spreading out the concrete helps to prevent waste and over flow onto the existing pad. Airman Hunter is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Germany . Picture courtesy of Senior Airman Julianne Showalter

CPL Kristina Andersen, a military police Soldier with the 401st Military Police Company, 716th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, and native of Orlando, Fla., helps an Iraqi policeman disassemble an SA-58 rifle during Day 2 of the two week on the job training at the Jamia IP Station. The training consisted of weapons familiarization, how to clear the SA-58, how to assemble and disassemble the SA-58 and how to do a functions check on the weapon. Picture courtesy of SGT Daniel Blottenberger

Joint force service members who volunteered their time to help with the United Service Organizations grand opening event pose in front of the first USO in Iraq . The grand opening event was attended by Army Gen. David Petraeus, commanding general of Multi-National Force-Iraq, as well as the USO Board of Governors. Picture courtesy of Senior Airman Julianne Showalter

Pfc. Kevin Smith of Los Angeles , with 2nd Platoon, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), talks with Iraqi children at their home in Iskandariyah , Iraq . Picture courtesy of SGT James Hunter

SPC Mark Parrish, left, an unmanned aerial systems mechanic, and SSG Terry Rust, maintenance noncommissioned officer in charge, both with the 4th Infantry Division's UAS Platoon, Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, attached to Company G, Task Force 12, prepare an RQ7B Shadow 200 to be launched at the launch and recovery site at Camp Taji, Iraq. ( Picture courtesy of PFC April Campbell

SSG Roberson, from C Company, 492nd Civil Affairs Battalion, surveys the Al-Ghazaly Electrical Service Station which provides power to the 143 residents of Muhallah , Iraq , in east Baghdad , Iraq , during an area patrol. Routine patrols and checkups on utility stations such as this help provide consistently reliable services to Iraqis. Picture courtesy of SPC Nicholas Hernandez

Memory Lane

Comet Newspaper Clippings

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Casale's Corner

A Mother's Love

by unknown author

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper. He handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on the apron she was wearing, she read the note and this is what it said:

• For cutting the grass: $5.00
• For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00
• For going to the store for you: $.50
• Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $.25
• Taking out the garbage: $1.00
• For getting a good report card: $5.00
• For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00
• Total owed: $14.75

Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

• For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me: No Charge
• For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you: No Charge
• For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years: No Charge
• For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead: No Charge
• For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose: No Charge
• Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is: No Charge.

When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes. He looked straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: "PAID IN FULL".