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HixNews Subscribers Name & Class List We have an organized online spreadsheet that presents our current membership: available by clicking here If you wish to add, subtract, or modify an entry on this list, send an email to: editors@hixnews.com People Looking for People List We have an organized online spreadsheet that presents our current list: available by clicking here. If you wish to add, subtract, or modify an entry on this list, send an email to: editors@hixnews.com A mini reunion for the class of 1961 was held at the Smokey Bones Cafe in Ronkonkoma on Sunday, April 10, 2011. Pictures from that event can be viewed by going to the Photo Gallery. Access to that page can be gained by clicking on Photo Gallery in the Header at the top of the Home Page. We would also like to extend a hearty "Thank You" to Katie Kennedy for coming aboard following the death of Bob Wesley and helping to transform presentation aspects of HixNews. Katie is leaving because she has some new commitments starting in June that precludes her continuing with the great job she's been doing.
Patricia Koziuk DriscollTwo 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 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.
Pat here with Marty Watkins, a special person who made her life believable
Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial Project Update 65 new names were added in April, for a new total is 1,412!
April's contribution again came largely from the work of one of our alumni in collaboration with the Hicksville Public Library Historian. With the continuation of this effort and the additional contributions of the entire alumni readership of HixNews, we expect the list will continue to grow in the months ahead. Please see the Veteran's Section of this issue for the latest project information and List of Veteran's Names and what you can continue to do to help its success. It's also more important than ever (even if you don't have new names to send us) to review the list for missing information or information shown in red that needs correction or clarification. Please send me an email if you can help us fill in the blanks. High school class year has been specifically noted, where we have it, to make this review easier for you to scan the list for people you may know. We made good progress in filling in the blank information once again in April, so let's all pitch in to continue this effort! On behalf of the Project Team, Joe Carfora, HHS '62 Welcome Aboard Val Pakaluk and David Rubin Val
Zalewski Pakaluk graduated Hicksville High in 1951 and currently is
the Executive Assistant to the Director of Meetings & Courses at Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory. One responsibility is to coordinate meetings
throughout the year in the Val co-authored a book
published by Arcadia Press with Dave Morrison about LIRR stations and edited
the book on Hicksville with Dick Evers who was Val is President of the Hicksville Public Library Board, outgoing president of the Hicksville Community Council, Treasurer of the Hicksville Boys & Girls Club, a member of the Hicksville Chamber of Commerce and, in her spare time, is Secretary to a Men's Tennis League. Val is married to Mike, a graduate from the class of 1948. The couple had three children, Michael, June and Jim. Jim passed away in 2009. All the children attended Hicksville High. OBTW...Val was named a
Woman of Distinction by the Town of
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Rubin
graduated from Hicksville High in 1982. He Attended Rennselaer Polytechnic
Institute (RPI) in It was the interesting
challenge of chemicals that prompted a career change.
David realized that his real life would be better served working in
something less volatile. He switched to a life of computers, specifically
database technologies. After working for several big consulting firms, he
created and is owner of Data Futures (www.data-futures.com), a database
consulting firm, since 1995 in David met his wife, Beth
DesLauriers, in
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