Etcetera for October 2025
Congratulations to the Hicksville High School Girls Varsity Tennis team for capturing the 2025 Conference 3A Championship with an incredible 13-1 record, winning 80 matches and losing just 18! Congratulations!
In Memoriam
Mrs. Karen Warner, Hicksville HS Math Teacher, passed Sept. 22, 2025.
Patricia "Patty" Ruggero-Porter, Class of 1975, passed on Sept. 30, 2025.
In this issue, you will read about a fire at the House of Donuts. Here is a submission from Ron Wencer about another fire and subsequent fundraising:
The recent Hicksville fire and consequent fundraising response have reminded me of a 1956 fire on Broadway. It started in a laundry -- a careless customer had tossed a lighted cigarette butt into a waste basket -- and spread to the adjacent buildings. The laundry was destroyed, leaving the owner -- a recently widowed immigrant -- with no income with which to support himself and his young daughter.
Hicksvillians donated more than $800 -- the equivalent today of about $10,000 -- to a fund organized by the Mid-Island Herald. In addition, the man and his child appeared on TV on Strike It Rich, a daytime show on which viewers could hear the stories of people in need and respond by phoning in contributions.
I hope that today's Hicksvillians come through as well as their predecessors did.
Ron Wencer
HHS Class of 1964
