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Hicksville
Tidbits March 2009 Boiler
Fire, Fuel Spill At High School The
Hicksville Fire Department received an automatic alarm at 6:30pm on
February 16th for a fire at the high school. According to
Chief Edward Korona, when the department arrived, heavy smoke was
pushing from the base of the chimney. Further investigation revealed a
fire in the boiler room. The fire caused a fuel tank to rupture and
about 500 gallons of diesel fuel was spilled. The fire was
contained within 20 minutes thanks to help from surrounding community
departments; Bethpage, Farmingdale, Westbury, Plainview and East Meadow. There was
extensive damage to the building’s electrical, heating and plumbing
systems as well as minor damage to the roof. The classrooms were not
damaged. School was
in recess at the time. The district anticipates the building to be open
when classes resume on February 23rd. TOB
Residents Encouraged to Donate Blood at March 5 Drive In the face
of a critical shortage of blood on Long Island, Oyster Bay Town
Supervisor John Venditto and councilmembers Joe Muscarella and Rose
Marie Walker urge residents to participate in the town’s semi annual
blood drive scheduled for Thursday, March 5th. There is an
almost constant shortage of blood in our area due to an increase in the
number of medical procedures that require blood transfusions. The United
States can no longer depend on blood shipped in from Europe because of
concerns about Mad Cow Disease and other diseases. Locations
for the blood drive on March 5th: Town Hall South Conference
Room, 977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa (10am to 3:30pm); Town Hall North
at the Blood Mobile, 54 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay (9am to 2:30pm) and
the Department of Public Works War Room (Highway), 150 Miller Place
(11am to 3:30pm. All blood
types are needed, especially “O” Positive and “O” Negative. “Please
help make this blood drive a huge success,” Venditto stated. For more
information, please call Maryann Hughes at 624-6493. Sarah
Grace Memorial Blood Drive Another
blood drive to benefit the Sarah Grace Foundation for Children with
Cancer, Inc. will be held on Saturday, March 28 from 10:30am until
2:30pm in the Hicksville Public Library’s Kenneth Barnes Community
Room. For more
info, contact Matthew or Marissa Weippert at 433-9745 or email matt.weippert@thesarahgracefoundation.org You can also
call the New York Blood Center at 1-800-688-0900. 19th
Annual Flower and Garden Show Hicks
Nurseries’ 19th annual Flower and Garden show will be held
at the Westbury location starting on Friday, March 13th and
will run through Sunday March 22nd. This is a
free, 10 day event. Featured will be beautiful indoor display gardens in
bloom, gardening seminars, cooking demos and many activities for
children. Parking and
admission is free and hours during the show are 8am to 6pm daily, and
Friday until 8pm. For more
info, call 334-0066 or visit http://www.hicksnurseries.com
Hicks
Nurseries is located on Jericho Turnpike. Help
Girl Scouts Send Cookies to Troops Operation
Cookie will be held again this year. Purchase a
box or a case and donate the cookies to be shipped directly to our
troops overseas. This could not be possible were it not for the
generosity of DHL who donates their shipping services to the Girl Scouts
of Nassau County. Last year, 30,000 boxes of cookies were sent to our
soldiers. Don’t
forget the Cooke Military Weekend on March 14-15 and be sure to make
your donation to remind our military troops of home. For more
info, visit http://www.gsnc.org or
call 741-2550 or contact a Girl Scout in your neighborhood. Night
At The Races March 7th Holy Family
Council, Knights of Columbus, will host a Night at the Races on
Saturday, March 7th at 7pm. The event will be held at the
Holy Family School Cafeteria, 25 Fordham Avenue, Hicksville. Admission
for this fundraiser is $10.00. The pre-registration fee of $8.00 can be
made at kofc11227@aol.com or call
for further info at 796-2039. Hofstra
Continuing Education Hosts Sportscasting Information Session Veteran
sports broadcaster Ed Ingles is the director of the Sportscasting
Institute at Hofstra University. The Continuing Education program will
present a free entry into the Sportscasting world with an information
session at Dempster Hall, South Campus on Wednesday February 11th
from 6 to 7:30pm. If you’ve
ever dreamed about being a sportscaster, join the session to learn more
about the workshops. The Teen
Sportscasting Workshop is offered July 20th to the 24th.
The Adult Sportscasting Workshop is offered August 3rd
through the 8th. Other
well-known sportscasters are on the teaching staff including Len Berman,
Samantha Ryan, Sam Rosen, Mike Breen, John Discepolo, Kenny Albert and
others to be announced. Computer
Resource Center To Be Closed The Computer
Resource Center (CRC) located at 101 Jerusalem Avenue (across Old
Country Road near the library) was opened in the fall of 2006. There was
a need to provide patrons computer and Internet access at the time and
the main library could not handle the task. After more
than a year monitoring usage, it was determined that the CRC is no
longer a viable entity. The patronage was not sufficient to support
continuation. So, the library board recently announced the facility has
been put up for sale and is listed with the Hicksville based Montana
Agency, Inc. for $2.5 million. The building is approximately 8,000
square feet. Should the
building be sold successfully, the proceeds will be used to provide much
needed changes to the main library. The
Hicksville Public Library Computer Resource Center will remain open
until sold. New
Parking Garage Will Be Built at Current Site The on
again, off again parking garage is on again. Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
John Venditto announced that a new, state of the art, parking garage
will be back again at the corner of Duffy Avenue and Newbridge Road. There were
many residents that didn’t want anything built again because of
aesthetic consideration. No one really wants to look out their window
and see a building…a park maybe….a building, no. So, serious
consideration is being given to building a significant portion of the
garage underground. This would reduce the traumatic visual impact
tremendously. The town
will bid this proposal and others considered previously. Your guess
is as good as mine as to the outcome??!! “The
Hicksville train station is at a critical location, right in the heart
of the Town of Oyster Bay,” Venditto said. “We recognize that
commuters rely on obtaining a parking space to get to work. This
alternative, if feasible, meets their needs while balancing the concerns
of nearby residents.” Little
Shelter Animal Adoption Center The state of
the economy has everyone wondering what catastrophe will happen next to
screw up their life. Losing jobs, losing homes, watching life savings
disappear is not what we want, of course. We want the best for our
families…our kids…our friends. We can only pray for a huge
turnaround. Another
catastrophe that has a dramatic effect is the treatment of our pets.
Hey, if it comes down to feeding my kids, I have to then make a serious
decision. It isn’t fair to punish a pet by not feeding him or her. So
many people are doing the right thing by offering their pet for
adoption. However, many are just abandoning their pets and that just
ain’t right. I remember
years ago when my wife, Joyce moved to Pennsylvania. I would travel and
spend weekends relaxing at our home. One night I heard a noise and
opened the curtain in the living room and saw a wild animal standing on
our upstairs deck. We had the lights on but on a dimmer. I turned the
dimmer up, but the animal took off. It looked like a dog but I
couldn’t be sure. Joyce said,
“what if it is a dog, and it has no place to live?” So, being
the wonderful person she was, she put out food, and the creature did
return. We watched the animal eat and got to take a good look at what it
was. It turns out
it was a she and she was a mixture of husky and shepherd. A beautiful
dog. She would
return every day, then magically disappear. When I talked to Joyce
during the week, she said that she named the dog “Magic” because she
would appear then disappear. Joyce and I
liked to walk the mountains and Magic would appear and walk with us,
always keeping her distance. She got
brave and started to get closer to us, sometimes nudging us with her
muzzle, then running away. This went on for awhile. Joyce talked
to security and they said that dog had been dumped in the community
weeks prior and just went around looking for food. Several people were
feeding her, including us. She got
pretty comfortable sometimes taking a nap near the deck. We don’t know
where she slept at night, but she was not in anyone’s house. Joyce had
the notion to capture her and make her a pet. She worked with security
and they said if we captured her, she would have to be taken to the
shelter. They would keep her there for awhile and if no one claimed her,
then we could have her. To make a
long story short, we would up with Magic and she became a wonderful pet. She is alive
an living with Joyce in Augusta. So, if you
have an inclination to adopt, go to Little Shelter Animal Adoption
Center at 33 Warner Road, Huntington, NY 11743 or call 631-368-8770, Ext
206 or visit the web at http://www.littleshelter.com
You can also
check the local shelters in your area to adopt a pet. Thanks Buffalo Bob
Casale
Class of 1958 visits HHS in September 2008
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