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HixNews Subscribers Name & Class List We have
an organized online spreadsheet that presents our current membership:
available by clicking
here People Looking for People List We have an organized online spreadsheet that presents
our current list: available by clicking
here.
HICKSVILLE VIETNAM WAR ERA
MEMORIAL - PROJECT UPDATE
We are still providing a report this month,
especially for those of you who may have been too preoccupied with the
world situation to read last month's issue.
This is a frustrating time period for all of
us! Especially frustrating for your Project Team as the Memorial
is complete and just needs its official dedication ceremony to be
finalized!
Given the Pandemic, it still makes no sense
to set a dedication date until we have the "all clear" from
the Federal Government and NY State for gatherings of more than ten
people. Once we have a dedication date it will
be published both in HixNews and
on the Hicksville Facebook pages.
We
still can't report on March or April donations as Bill Walden, our
treasurer, remains quarantined in his out of state vacation home, but we
can tell you it is still not too late to donate!! At this
point, Bill states he may not be back until June, which likely will not
enable us to provide a donations update, since February, until the July
issue of HixNews.
For full UPDATE, including how to make your
donation, please click on the Honoring
Our Veterans tab of this newsletter.
We
trust all readers are staying safe at this difficult time. As
always, should you wish to make any comments on the Update, please
email me at jcar4a@aol.com.
On behalf of the Project
Team,
Joe Carfora
HHS 1962
HixNews
started out as a two or three page email that was sent to some 100 or so
readers in October of 2000. Eventually, it evolved into a multi-page
newsletter that was placed onto its own website in 2005 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 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 provided 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 HixNews 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 the beginning of each month. Pat
was surrounded by family when she was summoned by a higher authority. This
was not at all unusual because family was her life. She spent many hours
enjoying those she loved most.
Each month, we
profile a former student that has submitted a biographical sketch of
their life. This month we have highlighted Robert
Lucania from
the class of 1973. Many of you have not used the opportunity of
sharing precious moments with other classmates. It's not too late to
submit a sketch to be included in the Alumni
Bio Section (click
the link on the left to go to the bios section) of the newsletter. We
are including a writeable document that you can fill in on you
computer and, after completing the document, forward to editors@hixnews.com
CLASS OF 1980 CLASS REUNION August 8, 2020
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