Former Carle Place Resident Celebrates 104th Birthday
Friday, 07 December 2012 00:00
Ida Zipkis, a former Carle Place resident and current resident of the Bristal Assisted Living Community in Westbury, recently celebrated her 104th birthday with her daughter Roberta and son-in-law Jay Katzeff and fellow residents of the Bristal. Zipkis’ wish as she blew out the candles was “health and happiness for everyone.”
The key to longevity, she said, is simple, “just leave it to God.”
Born in Brooklyn on Nov. 28, 1908 to a poor immigrant family from Poland, she dropped out of high school when she was 16 and took a job as a bookkeeper to help her parents support her and her four siblings.
Zipkis met her husband, William, at work. Their first date was at the 1939 World’s Fair. They married in 1939 and raised their children in Mineola and Carle Place. They were happily married for 52 years until William’s passing in 1991.
News
Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:00
From now on, those looking to work in Westbury’s Recreation Department will undergo more rigorous scrutiny.
The village code was amended at a recent board meeting to require that all new village parks and recreation department employees that work closely with children take background and toxicology tests. While new CDL operators underwent background and drug and alcohol testing, no such system was in place for hires at the recreation department.
Wednesday, 19 June 2013 00:00
After a year of filling the role as an interim, Mary Lagnado was appointed permanent superintendent of the Westbury Board of Education effective July 1, 2013.
Sports
Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:00
The Carle Place High School Varsity Field Hockey Team recently won first in the Dowling College Tournament. The team beat Sayville, Harborfields, Comsewogue, and West Islip to get to the Finals vs. Rocky Point. The final game was tied at the end of regulation time, but the team won in overtime on Shannon McGuinness’ goal and the outstanding goal keeping of Lydia Rice.
Thursday, 13 June 2013 00:00
Deidree Golbourne has been running track and field all four years she has been at Westbury High School. Her passion for the sport comes from knowing that “you can put your all into it. It’s not a team sport where you have to depend on other people. You get out as much as you put into it.”
Golbourne is also seeded fourth in the state for discus throwing. She says that when she initially picked up discus her freshman year, she wasn’t a fan.
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