HICKSVILLE TIDBITS JANUARY
2009
O’Brien
Elected Fire Commissioner
Gerard “Jerry”
O’Brien defeated seated Fire Commissioner Charles Hearon in an
election held on December 9th. Votes polled
for O’Brien, 670. Votes for Hearon, 618.
Jerry O’Brien will be
sworn in at the fire district’s reorganization meeting on January 6th,
2009.
Hicksville
School District Audit
Results of a Hicksville
School District audit found no violations or illegal activity. During
a 22 month period that started in July of 2006 and ended in April of
2008, it was determined that procurement of goods and services was
handled in a stellar manner.
Additionally, it verified
that purchases were made, goods were received and claims were
processed as authorized. It was also determined that Requests For
Proposal (RFP’s) were solicited by the district and that payments
were made according to contractual terms.
The Controller’s audit
maintained the district, however, did not use “prudent business
practices” when they paid over 2.7 million for services without
using a competitive bidding process.
Oyster
Bay Town Mulling Over Parking Garage Options
It has been recommended
that the site where the Oyster Bay parking garage was demolished over
the summer on Newbridge Road, on the corner of Duffy Avenue, near to
the Hicksville train station, should be used. You may remember the
garage was closed in June when cracks were found in structural support
“T” beams.
The proposed structure
would cost $40 million. The structure would have a brick face with a
10 foot ceiling that would accommodate 1,400 vehicles. Additionally,
the proposal calls for the construction of a solid south side wall and
a screened top level along with a pedestrian bridge over Duffy Avenue.
Many Hicksville residents
do not support the proposal. One resident suggested building a parking
garage in Syosset or Woodbury. “There are train stations there,”
the resident suggested.
Hicksville
Firefighter Dies Helping Friend
FDNY firefighter Thomas
Orlando, 45, of Hicksville narrowly escaped death while rescuing
people on 9/11 only to die seven years later while helping a friend.
Orlando died after a fall while installing solar panels on his
friend’s Hicksville home.
He is survived by his
wife, Nancy, and two children, Meghan and Thomas.
A funeral mass was held at
St Ignatius in Hicksville and internment was at Holy Rood in Westbury.
False
Alarm At Red Lobster
On November 26th,
the Hicksville Fire Department responded to a report of an explosion
on the roof of the Red Lobster on North Broadway, adjacent to the
Sears parking lot.
Upon arrival, Ladder #931
set up in the parking lot. Two firefighters checked the roof area
while others checked inside. No fire was found.
A problem with the alarm
system may have caused the alarm to go off.
County
Law Prohibits Texting, Emailing While Driving
Last month, the 19 member
Nassau County Legislature unanimously passed Local Law No. 11-2008
prohibiting text messaging and/or emailing while driving within the
county.
Studies have shown that
texting while driving is extremely dangerous and that motorists who
engage in this activity are a danger to themselves and everyone else
on the road.
This ruling takes effect
December 27th. A similar law was passed in
Suffolk in May of 2008.
According to a Liberty
Mutual Insurance Group study, instant and text messaging while driving
leads the list as the biggest distraction while driving amongst teens.
The test was conducted using 900 teens from 26 high schools
nationwide.
1st
Lieutenant Voley Martin Deployed To Iraq
Hicksville High School
graduate Voley John Martin left the states on November 22nd
to join his unit in Iraq. Martin attended Stetson University in
Florida for two years before returning to New York and earning a
degree from Cortland.
Martin completed flight
training in the Blackhawk Helicopter at Fort Rucker, Alabama and is a
member of the 42nd Aviation Battalion which
is based out of Macarthur Airport.
Family, friends and fellow
neighbors are proud of Voley’s many accomplishments, including his
band, Bulletproof Messenger, which recently began working on their
second album.
Please keep him in your
prayers.
Neighbor
Rescues Woman From Burning Home
The upstairs tenant in a
home located on Wishing Lane escaped the burning house and ran to the
house next door. Michael Muth was asleep and the pounding on his door
awakened him. This was at about 6am in the morning. The tenant said
the house next door was on fire.
According to Muth, the
home was engulfed in flames and smoke and he was told the elderly
owner was still inside. Muth rushed toward the burning structure. He
kicked in the front door and entered the burning house all the while
fighting back severe smoke. Muth found the woman lying unconscious on
the kitchen floor. With the assistance of off-duty correction officer
Kevin Imm, the pair was able to get the woman safely out of the
burning structure.
She was transported to
Nassau County Medical Center by the Hicksville Fire Department
Ambulance. She was treated for smoke inhalation and released.
The fire was contained by
the Hicksville Fire Department with assistance from Bethpage.
THIS MONTH’S HUMOR FROM
PAT KOZIUK DRISCOLL
TRIVIAL PURSUIT
1. Who cast himself as the
lead in Deconstructing Harry after Robert
DeNiro and Dustin
Hoffman rejected
the role?
2. What type of reaction
results from heating hydrogen to 180 million degrees Fahrenheit in a tokamak?
3. What
nasty nickname did
NFL tackle Anthony McFarland get stuck with?
4. What
art-rich Russian
city saw a tenfold increase in art thefts from 1992 to 1997?
5. What Las Vegas
entrepreneur woke up safe in the knowledge that Mike
Tyson lived in the
estate next door, in 2001?
6. What U.S.
state has nature
areas named Gumbo Limbo, Blowing Rocks and Ding Darling?
7. What European
golfer became the
LPGA’s all-time career money leader in 2001?
8. What restaurant chain
was sued in 2001 for promising a contest-winner a Toyota but delivered
a “toy
Yoda”?
9. What Harry Potter arch
enemy is often referred to as “you
know who”?
10. What formula one
driver made $59 million in 2000…$6
million more than
Tiger Woods?
Answers to
Trivial Pursuit.
1. Woody
Allen
2, Fusion
3. “BOOGER”
4. St.
Petersburg
5. Wayne
Newton
6. Florida
7. Annika
Sorenstam
8. Hooters!
9. Lord
Voldemort
10, Michael
Schumacher
I would like to start a Recipe of the Month Column for several
reasons.
Beginning next April, Ted
Swedalla (class of ’64) and me, Buffalo Bob Casale are planning a
bike trip from Florida to Maine. Ted is going to do the hard
part…the pedaling. I am going to stay ahead of him in my motor home
and set up camp. When he arrives, I will have prepared dinner.
So, it will be nice for me
to have lotsa recipes sent to me by our alumni so I can be prepared.
Thanks
Love Yah
Buffalo Bob Casale
Recipe of the Month Column
GROUND
TURKEY MEATBALLS |
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1
lb. ground turkey
1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg
1/2 tsp. dried basil leaves
1/2 c. bread crumbs (fine)
1/4 c. fresh or 1 tbsp. dry parsley
1/2 tsp. dried oregano
Mix
and shape into 1 1/2-inch meatballs. Saute in large
skillet until browned and no longer pink.
SAUCE:
1 (16 oz.)
can whole tomatoes, cut up
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 tsp. sugar
1 1/4 c. chicken broth
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
1 clove garlic, minced
Add
all the sauce ingredients to meatball mixture. Bring
to boil. Simmer covered until sauce thickens, about
30 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve over hot
pasta.
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