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  • August 2026: Volume 26 - Issue 11

    newHickLogoThank you to Kenneth Arnold, Class of 1965, for contacting us. Although the biography was hidden on the website, we thought our readers would like to read about The Dynamics, so we are featuring it here this month. We have a new article from Dr. Kumpikas and a new addition to Ron Wencer's Ancient Hixtory: an article about Leon Galloway! The Hicksville Gregory Museum is in financial distress. Thank you to Ryan Vicino for the article and information about how you can help.  We are happy our readers are using the Member Comments, and they appear at the end of this month's newsletter.  When you are logged into the site, scroll to the bottom of an article and leave us a comment! If you want to share articles, announcements, or pictures, contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Where do you live currently? Flushing in Queens

Known In Hicksville High as: Joe but now known as "Tahiti Joe"

Spouse/Partner: Hye Kyong (Jiny)

Were you classmates at HHS? No!!!

Where did you meet? How long ago? We met 19 years ago in a Korean restaurant

Married How Long? Date Married: 10 Years, March 20, 2002

Children/Grandchildren: I have two children from my first marriage and a total of 5 grand children

Occupation/Trade/Profession: Retired from NYSDOT...but now do part time bartending

Education Beyond High School: Some College

Military Service: United States Army Military Policeman from 1964-1966

Hobbies/Pastimes: Travel, Sailing and sports until I'm too old to participate

Now, the hard one. Tell us what we need to know. Give us 50 years in the space below:

Worked 35 years with New York State Department of Transportation on all state funded LIRR projects. The first task was the elevation of the tracks in Hicksville . I was two years in the army before I started work with NYS. After my third marriage, I finally got it right! I sailed up and down the east coast as delivery crew on an ocean racer. Took a 54 foot motor yacht to Florida on the Intra-Coastal. Did a lot of travelling; Caribbean trips; 5 vacations in Europe; Canary Islands, Hawaii , Korea and trips to Tahiti (paradise).

Finally, if you had to do it all over again, I would...not change very much. Everything, both good and bad, makes for a good learning experience.

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