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

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To all our alumni...

Due to a lack of interest in HixNews Profiles, we've decided to change the heading in the taskbar to Alumni of the Month. We have chosen Tommy Sullivan from the class of 1963 as the first recipient for this honor. There are so many successful alumni who have gone above and beyond in their lives over the years that deserve to be honored in subsequent issues of the newsletter.

The editors ask that you not only make a recommendation, but please put together a sketch of the life of the person you believe should be highlighted. The profile for Tommy was done in a word perfect format. You can do it in a PDF format if that is your preference.

The editors have been asked by Tommy about any upcoming reunions for the class of 1963. We checked with Classmates and saw the following.

I think we should have a 50 year class reunion in 2013 and would like to know if anyone would be interested in attending. Would also like to hear your ideas on when, where and how much you would like this to happen. It might be fun to include the 1962 and 1964 classes to attend. We all knew people from both those classes. Please let me know what you think.
Reunion organizer: Diane McGuinness This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

p.s. Tommy said he would be glad to provide the music for the evening. His thought was to get his high school band together once again.

Thanks
love da buff

Eileen ScherzingerTHIS SUMMER 2012! Class of 1977 35th. Year Reunion
Saturday August 4, 2012
Contact: Eileen Goldstein Scherzinger (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, October 6th, 2012
Class of 1962 50-Year Reunion
7PM -12AM  HOLIDAY INN, Plainview , N.Y.
Please be sure Karen Hubner Jenkins has your current e-mail address ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
Our Reunion Website  62.hixreunion.com

Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial - PROJECT UPDATE

Two names were added in April for a new total of 1,776; a very fitting yet coincidental number as we remember this month those who paid the ultimate price to defend this nation of ours that was founded nearly 236 years ago.

This past month we concluded that we have all but completed our search for new names.  Our research now turns to filling in missing data for the names we already have.  Our objective remains to not miss anyone who meets the qualifications and deserves to be included in the Memorial and you can still help make this happen. 

On behalf of The Project Team,
Joe Carfora, HHS '62

The Newsletter

Photo Gallery

The Final Flight of Discovery

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Memory Lane

Patricia Koziuk Driscoll: 1938 - 2009

Three years ago, Hicksville Newsletter, and the community lost a true friend who worked diligently on providing former alumni with much sought after nostalgia. Pat Koziuk Driscoll, who graduated Hicksville High in 1956, compiled most of the material that was included in each issue of HixNews. She spent countless hours copying and pasting information on multiple pages.

HixNews started out as a two or three page email that was sent to some 100 or so readers. Eventually, it evolved into a multi page newsletter that was placed onto its own website and was supported with many special features. It was fortunate that Pat saw many of the changes that surfaced over the years.

Most probably never knew that Pat was not in the best of health because she was never looking for sympathy or an "attaboy!" She didn't complain but just kept going like the energizer bunny. Pat shared time with her Florida pals shopping and fraternizing despite needing special consideration over the years. Pat spent most of her last year on oxygen 24/7. She loved her portable transportation (a golf cart) that allowed the mobility she lacked because of her dependence on oxygen. Her death created a void that exists today.

Pat's efforts brought many hours of joy to the readers who waited patiently each month for tidbits of information. Pat, along with Linda Piccerelli Hayden, a 1960 graduate, were the pioneers of HixNews. They spent many hours scouring through emails from former students gathering information that was typed into an email and sent out at the beginning of the new month.

Pat was surrounded by family when she was summoned by a higher authority. Not an unusual thing because family was her life. She spent many hours enjoying those she loved most.

Casale's Corner

PONDERISMS 

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. 

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. 

There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead. 

Life is sexually transmitted.

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

The only difference between a groove and a grave is the depth. 

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. 

Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to? 

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again

All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. 

In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.  Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal. 

How is it one careless match can start a  bushfire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire? 

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer? 

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him? 

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride; he sticks his head out the window? 

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? 

If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how does Teflon stick to the pan?