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PORT TIMES RECORD P O R T J E F F E R S O N • B E L L E T E R R E • P O R T J E F F E R S O N S TAT I O N • T E R R Y V I L L E

Vol. 33, No. 24

May 7, 2020

Local leaders thank the multitudes of people helping others during crisis A4 Port Jeff video series explores how village businesses brave the storm A5 PJ father says governor should prioritize testing at long term care facilities A8

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Who Local Leaders are Thankful for Helping During Pandemic BY KYLE BARR AND RITA J. EGAN KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM, RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

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Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai) wished to thank Heritage Trust and the Mount Sinai Congregational Church for their food drives, which each raised thousands of food and toiletries items that will go to those who need it. She also thanked essential workers including law enforcement, health department and Department of Social Services. Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) said she’s grateful for a range of people. “Like so many others, my gratitude goes first Brookhaven Town Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) to our health care and frontline workers,” she pointed to Lighthouse Mission, which despite said. “Their courage and devotion is the brightall the constant pressure and expanding need est star in this dark time. I’m grateful that people has kept up its mission to give food to those in our community are staying home, following who need it. In April, the town gave Lighthouse social distancing guidelines, and wearing face Mission the green light to start delivering food coverings in public so we can all help slow the and toiletries directly to homebound residents. advance of this invisible enemy. We all have that With volunteers which has included a few elect- essential role to lower the toll COVID-19 takes by being responsible.” ed town council members, Hahn also pointed out they have been delivering the importance of mental upwards of 100s of meals ‘Through their professionals. a day, Romaine said. courageous commitment health “I am grateful too for The supervisor also the mental health profeslooked to thank the town to service, essential sionals providing counpersonnel who are deliver- workers have enabled seling, guidance and emoing close to 425 hot meals tional support for domestic to seniors who were in the the rest of us to do our violence victims, as well town’s congregate nutripart by staying home.’ as the many among us who tion program. That is 425 —Steve Englebright are struggling to hold on meals each and every day. to hope and the tattered “People feel like someshreds of what was a norbody still cares,” Romaine said. Along with that, he also thanked all the peo- mal life just a few short months ago,” she said. ple who are continuing to operate the many food “As someone with a social work background, I know for certain that these caring individuals pantries in the town of Brookhaven. “They are doing God’s work — they are are critical to the wellbeing of our community. helping people in desperate need,” he said. “No- We need their skills and their caring hearts now more than ever.” body should go hungry.” Hahn added that the community has played Town of Brookhaven Councilwoman Valerie an important role to help fight the pandemic. Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) said she was “From people making masks for others, dethankful for many “hometown heroes.” “I am incredibly thankful for the essential livering food to seniors and neighbors in need, workers who are diligently providing support to journalists bringing us the facts and stories or to individuals and families, including those the lost and to the families teaching their kids most vulnerable, in our community during the at home, I see bravery and love everywhere,” COVID pandemic,” she said. “Without their she said. “It gives me hope that we will come commitment, none of us could be safe. In ad- through this stronger than ever.” dition to our outstanding health care and med- New York State ical professionals, I would like to highlight and State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Sethank the janitors, custodial, and maintenance tauket) is thankful for several local residents. staffs that are keeping our essential facilities “We owe a debt of gratitude to the members and businesses running, as well as the grocery of our community who, week after week, have workers, the United States Postal Service and shown up for their jobs — our health care workthe many delivery drivers who continue to en- ers, first responders, grocery workers and all the sure that we receive the food, medicine and oth- others who have provided the crucial services er supplies that we need during this time. A final we need to get through this shutdown. Through thank you goes to all those hometown heroes their courageous commitment to service, essenin our community, too numerous to name, who tial workers have enabled the rest of us to do our have stepped up to fill a community need during part by staying home.” With so much going on day to day, with people stuck at home and fearing for the future, there are consistent hopes provided by the men and women doing more to help the people most in need. Whether it’s people making masks for essential workers or meals for hospital employees on the front lines, we asked local officials, business and civic leaders who they would like to thank during this time of crisis.

Margaritas Cafe in Port Jefferson Station, along with the owners’ other franchise The Cuban in Patchogue, is just one of many examples of businesses supplying food to hospital workers during the ongoing crisis. Photo from Facebook

Englebright was grateful also for those doing their part at home. “For those of us at home, it is hard to reconcile that staying put is actually doing something important,” he said. “But by working from home, helping our children with their schooling, social distancing and wearing masks when out in public, our responsible behavior has worked to flatten the curve and slow down the transmission of the coronavirus. So, my gratitude goes to everyone who responded so admirably to the challenge before us. Your collective actions combined with others around the state have literally helped save thousands of lives.”

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Barbara Ransome, executive director of the Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce, thanked A Cake in Time and its owner Sherry Sobel, who after a donation to help her business, took that money and made cookies and then made arrangements to have them delivered to the underserved. She thanked other individual businesses including the Fifth Season Restaurant, with owners John and Deb Urbinati and Steam Room manager Vinnie Seiter who have been supplying lunches and dinners to the Welcome Friends Kitchen without any compensation. Indu Kaur, who with The Curry Club’s Feed the #HealthCareHeroes Campaign has been raising money and donating meals since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis back in March. They have donated 2,000 meals thus far and hope to continue our work and feed the homeless shelters, and families that lost their jobs due to the pandemic. Carolyn Benson, a musician and singer, partnered in The Journey Home Project to support veterans through the pandemic. People can go

to www.carolynbenson.us to buy a shirt which now through May 31 all proceeds are going to The Journey Home Project, which assists nonprofits aiding vets. Front Porch Photographer Andrew Theodorakis of Yellow House Images has been taking front porch photos and setting up a Gofundme page to then donate that money for meals for the underserved through the PJ Chamber. Rebecca Kassay of Suffolk County Creators of Covid-19 Medical Supplies and her team of volunteers have been making facial masks by the hundreds. Debbie and Jerry Bowling, the owners of Pasta Pasta, have been cooking countless meals donated to charitable causes, hospitals, women shelters. Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Chamber of Commerce Community Liaison Joan Nickeson named several chamber and non-chamber community members alike, including Jennifer Dzvonar, owner of Bass Electric and president of the chamber who helped purchase nearly $700 in groceries for the needy in the community; Jackie Kirsch, of PJS, who has been making masks for a variety of organizations since March; and Toni St. John of PJS, who is sewing as part of Facebook page Operation Headband making the straps hospital workers use to hold masks to their face, taking the stress away from their ears. St. John is also one of the costume designers down at Theatre Three. She also wished to thank Debra Quigley, a trained Literacy Suffolk volunteer — who while in-person Comsewogue Library ESL classes have been cancelled, she has managed to offer ESL classes virtually through the library. “Our parents in this community are diversified,” Nickeson said.

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Village of Port Jefferson

Port Jeff’s Online Business Promotions Showcase Resilience of Village Community BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Thinking of ways to help promote the struggling Port Jeff village businesses, the Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce and Business Improvement District came up with the idea to host online video meetings between the mayor and owners to talk about what services they offer and how they’re getting by. But what surprised Mayor Margot Garant, she said, was just how much the business community has worked not just to support themselves, but support fellow businesses and the wider community during a time of crisis. “I’m just hearing all these wonderful stories,” Garant said. “Everybody’s trying to help each other … everybody’s finding their way to give back.” As part of the village’s Open Today portion of their website, which displays which businesses are open and what services they offer during the ongoing COVID-19 shutdown, the videos have offered a candid glimpse into the minds of local business owners. Many stores are offering curbside pickup, not just eateries. Marianne Ketcham, the owner of Home

Kingdom which has been a near 16-year village staple, is offering curbside pickup of its stock, with people able to look at items through the shop’s website and Facebook page. Joey Zangrillo of Joey Z’s on Main Street said they have been doing curbside pickup as well as home delivery. While they were inspecting different locations on Long Island for pizza shops, the pandemic put a squash to that, though now that he’s making and selling pizzas in house, which have been “flying out the door.” The Amazing Olive on Main Street has focused more on its online shop, shipping to anywhere in the country, but owner Steve Munoz and his family has also taken to doing home delivery of products from nearly anywhere on the Island to save on shipping. They have been sharing customized bottles and labels, such as one for Mother’s Day. In a time where many businesses are threatened with huge drops in revenue, the desire to give back is proving an even greater incentive. Kristine and Brian Viscount, the owners of the Kilwins shop on Main Street, talked about their curbside pickup. Though their preordered Easter Baskets were a success, they partnered with community members to help ship around 60 baskets full of chocolate to the Infant Jesus

Mayor Margot Garant speaks with Debra Bowling, the owner of Pasta Pasta in Port Jeff. Photo from Zooming with the Mayor

R.C. Church food pantry for them to hand out to people who needed it. It has worked both ways as well. Locals who know their favorite shops are struggling have been making sure they get some business, desperately trying to make sure they stay solvent. Debra Bowling, who owns Pasta Pasta along with her husband, has been serving their full menu seven days a week. Though she has been in her position for about 15 months, the restaurant is coming up on its 30-year anniver-

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sary. Bowling said one customer bought all the products they would have for the couple’s 50th anniversary, and each who would have gone to the party had the same meal at their own house. “They just say thank you for being here,” she said. “It is the most amazing town with the most amazing loyal customers.” To look at the full breadth of Port Jeff Open Today, visit portjeff.com/zoomingwiththemayor/. Businesses can email business@portjeff. com to schedule a slot.

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Comsewogue Students Notice the Good Amidst the Bad from Inside Quarantine

It goes without saying that these are difficult times and many things going on that we have never witnessed before. Many articles and news stories appear daily about some pretty bad things going on. However, the focus of this article will be to look at some of the positive things we are seeing; from the eyes ofboth the young and old.

An Intro By Andrew Harris

Recently, I have seen so many things going on on during this crisis that I haven’t seen in many years. Some of these happenings have been positive, and I wanted to take the time to stop and point some of them out. The first thing I noticed was something that used to be more common, but I have not heard in many years. It was the sounds of playful laughter of young children outside in their backyards almost on a daily basis. I started to notice more and more positive things that are going on and wanted to focus on these things and see if some of our students might see some positivity for a younger persons perspective. I was impressed by what they were noticing, like how helping others helps to take any negative focus off yourself, how young people are staying connected and supporting each other and finally how our environment seems to be improving on a daily basis.

Helping Others By Gianna Pellela

In this time of crisis, it can be very easy to focus on the negatives in our lives. My family and I have tried to find ways to both occupy ourselves and help others even though we can’t physically see too many people. Being able to focus on the positives makes this quarantined time a lot easier. The situation we are in can really be a good time of self reflection and personal improvement. It can also be used to be a time of unity amongst all of our communities. While I have done many things to keep up with my own well being, I have also helped in a food drive. This food drive was held at the cafe owned by my church. Throughout the week, the community dropped off food and supplies that all got disinfected. My family and I went to the cafe where we were alone, and we divided these foods and supplies into bags for the community members in need. We also filled bags for nurses and medical workers. These bags had items such as bonnets, masks, waters and more. Then, people drove through the parking lot one at a time and opened their trunks so that we could place the bags into their cars. This was an amazing event that allowed me to give back even considering the circumstances.

Gianna Pellela and her family volunteering for those in need. Photo from Pellela

Unity in Distance By Daniela Galvez-Cepeda

Despite the fact that physical contact has been cut off from us during the quarantine, it is important to remember that we are not alone. Through different social media apps and discussion boards, high school seniors are communicating with others about an array of topics. I have experienced this first hand. Along with my Student Government co-president, we figured it was important to let our whole community know the talent the Comsewogue Class of 2020 holds. That is why we created the @wogue.2020 Instagram page, which posts pictures of seniors and the colleges they are going to. Classmates “liking” and “commenting” on each other’s posts really shows that we can still be connected despite the distance. Not only are our Comsewogue seniors interacting online with one another, but they are also meeting the people they will go to college with. Since campus tours and visits aren’t available right now, colleges have created special channels for their incoming students to learn about the school they are going to. Students can send a quick text or email to an upperclassman or dean knowing that they will get a response in a matter of minutes. I, personally, have been connected with so many current students and future classmates from my college that it has made my decision to go there so much easier. These cases show that, even though we are going through some rough times, we can still find alternative ways to build new relationships and make new lifelong connections.

Noticing Improvements in the Environment By Ashley Doxey and Alyssa Morturano

Since it started, the coronavirus outbreak has devastated most of the world. On Dec. 31, 2019, the government in Wuhan, China, confirmed that health authorities were treating dozens of cases. Since then, there have been outbreaks in 210 countries and almost 200,000 deaths. But the outbreak is also having an intriguing impact on Earth’s environment, as nations restrict the movement of people. The coronavirus has halted tourism. Since the lack of boat traffic, the Venice canals are thriving and are clear enough to see the fish swimming below. This lack of boat traffic has allowed for fish, like mosquito fish, to roam the canals. There is still a lack of water purity, but all of the sediment has settled to the bottom. Even swans and dolphins have been spotted in the nearby port. Now, the canal is filled with tiny fish, scuttling crabs, and an array of multicoloured plants. Since the coronavirus outbreak, the arrival of fish in Venice isn’t the only improvement COMSEWOGUE STUDENTS Continued on A8

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When Quarantine Ends, the Clean Air Should Not Port BY SAPPHIRE PERERA DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a temporary solution for the climate crisis. For many years, people have sought out various approaches to bring down greenhouse gas emissions and improve the environment through renewable energy sources. However, the coronavirus pandemic has proved to be the most effective solution yet. The earth is finally being allowed to breathe. Many scientists are calling this pandemic a temporary solution to the climate crisis but I believe that we can continue to have air with lower carbon dioxide levels, water that is clear and clean and a healthy environment if we all worked hard to change our daily routine. The COVID-19 started healing the environment in China: the most polluted country on earth. Due to the forced closings of factories, shut-downs of manufacturing plants and man-

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datory quarantines for its citizens, there were reductions in coal and crude oil usage. It resulted in a reduction in CO2 emissions of 25 percent or more, which is approximately six percent of total global emissions. Italy was the country next in line to feel the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic. However, with everyone in quarantine, Italy followed China in terms of environmental revival. In only a few months, the people of Venice were able to see the fish and the bottom of the canals that were once murky and polluted. In India, similar improvements were being seen. The beautiful snow-covered Himalayas were once hidden by smog but after months of quarantine and a strict curfew, they could be seen by the Jalandhar citizens from more than one hundred miles away; they claim that it’s the first time in 30 years that they’ve clearly seen the Himalayas. These changes to the environment are being seen all across the world. However, once quar-

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Main Street in Port Jefferson empty of traffic due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by Sapphire Perera

antine ends, the earth will be suffocated by humans once again. To prevent this, I believe that more time and resources should be invested in the search for permanent solutions that would ameliorate the climate crisis. In terms of individual change, I know that there are hundreds of

ways for us to stop partaking in the activities that Port Je promote the oil industry and fossil fuel industry.Kevin live For instance, we can stop using cruise ships andthe develo motorboats for personal entertainment. Accord-as intellec ing to the 2016 Pacific Standard report, “eachautism, be CLEAN AIR Continued on A8 tally delay chair. Due 21-year-ol the facility municate w Hoey said “Look side that l The is knowing. Knolls, o Long Isla of current have teste has been ment, they in receivin “Kids not able “They ha ing, coug never hav The Po created a Andrew C Above, Bud Conway and Kalpana Astras outside the to Massac camper where Nic Astras is staying during the ongoing term care pandemic; right, drawings Kalpana’s daughter drew for and nursin her father. Photos by Kyle Barr The cuomo-sa with the family. “Yesterday he said they excavated some pa-homes-ne tients, which is good news — it’s a flicker ofalready ra good news,” Kalpana said. “It’s really to booststarted Fr The si his morale, to keep him home with us.” Inside the camper, a number of index cardsState Offi lay on the table in the suffused light. They showDisabilitie pictures of rainbows, hearts and messages say-tions for f ing, “We love You” and “Your Our Hero,” all Camill ment and from his kids. “My 10-year-old, her way of coping is withcompany, art,” Kalpana said. “Every time I come in withservice ex food, she does artwork, and he just collects themMarch 17 the necess on the table.”

LI Resident Donates RV to Setauket Doc Working Long Shifts at Hospital BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM At the end of a grueling 12 hour shift as an internal medicine resident at Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue, Setauket resident Nicolas Astras can’t simply enter his home, put his feet up on the couch and relax, not anymore, not since the pandemic hit Long Island hospitals like a tidal wave. He has a wife and three kids, ages 13, 10 and 5. For all he knows, he is covered in COVID-19. If he wanted to go in and take off his clothes and shower, he knows he could potentially spread the virus to other parts of the house and to his family members. Astras’ wife, Kalpana, said her husband had few choices. He could have lived in an unused hotel room or house, but that would have been a bitter and depressing pill to swallow, having nobody to come home to, nobody to talk to. Then, Kalpana said after friends referred her to Facebook group RVs 4 MDs, the family was given a third option, one that while nowhere near as good as getting to be home with the family, it would offer a degree of separation and homeliness, despite the need to be separated. “It has given us an area where he can be secluded from us so he cannot give us anything,” Kalpana said. “It makes him feel safe that he’s not spreading it.” From the street, it seems like the Grey Wolf camper parked in Nicolas and Kalpana Astras’ Setauket driveway would just be a summer get-

away vehicle. Though now it has become a saving grace. It belongs to Bud Conway, a Farmingville resident who heard about the Facebook group through a family member. Not having an account, he signed up and put his name down as having a camper. Soon, he was linked with the Astras family, and that was that. Kalpana, who herself is still working full time at a clinical trials company, takes in her husband’s clothes to be washed, trying to be careful around them. She also stocks up the fridge and makes meals for the doctor when he goes to work. Every time she enters the camper, she wears an N95 mask and is careful when touching anything. Though it’s not completely isolated. The daughters bedroom overlooks the driveway on the second floor, and when the husband walks out to get air in the morning, the daughter talks with him and connects. Despite how thankful the family is, Conway said it wasn’t much, even with him and an electrician friend traveling there to help fix the camper when something was broken. With him not using it, he said it was the least he could do. “I’m not the hero here,” he said. “It’s just a camper, not a kidney.” RVs 4 MDs started March 24 as just Texan Emily Phillips, the wife of an emergency room physician, was convinced to ask the community if anyone had an RV for her husband. Days later she founded the Facebook group,which has since blown out into a nation-spanning movement to connect camper and trailer owners to

doctors who need to be able to self-quarantine. But over a month since that started, as the number of hospitalized patients decline in the county, officials say there is some hope on the horizon. But for hospital workers still in the midst of it, the silver linings usually come not from thinking of work, but with communicating

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Village of Port Jefferson Not Port Jeff Father of Son with Down Syndrome Demands Testing Be Done at Residential Facilities BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

Richard Hoey’s son Kevin lives in a Central Islip residential home, and he said its high time facilities like his son’s receives targeted testing. Photo from Hoey

Port Jefferson resident Richard Hoey’s son Kevin lives in a Central Islip residential home for the developmentally disabled. Kevin is diagnosed as intellectually disabled with Down syndrome, autism, behavioral disorders and is developmentally delayed. His mobility is confined to a wheelchair. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, 21-year-old Kevin has been largely confined to the facility. Family has only been able to communicate with their son via video chat, in which Hoey said Kevin’s attention span is “minimal.” “Look to see him, he doesn’t recognize inside that little square TV screen,” Hoey said. The issue, the parent said, is simply not knowing. Though he said the facility, Eaton Knolls, one run by United Cerebral Palsy of Long Island, has largely been communicative of current goings-on, two staff and one resident have tested positive for the virus. Though staff has been wearing personal protective equipment, they have been “low on the totem pole” in receiving masks and gloves. “Kids in residential homes, they are all not able to protect themselves,” Hoey said. “They have no idea the dangers with sneezing, coughing or licking things. And they’ll never have any idea about it.” The Port Jeff resident and his family have created a Change.org petition saying that Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) should take similar action to Massachusetts and mandate testing at longterm care facilities, such as residential, veteran and nursing homes, for all staff and residents. The petition, change.org/p/andrew-mcuomo-save-my-son-s-life-new-york-grouphomes-need-mandatory-covid-19-testing, has already raised over 1,000 signatures since it started Friday, May 1. The site is operated through the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, which sets the rules and regulations for facilities such as UCPLI. Camille Schramm, the director of development and public relations for UCPLI, said her company, which was mandated to close every service except for the residential homes since March 17, has struggled to get their hands on the necessary PPE. Through donations and req-

uisitions they’ve managed to procure enough masks and gloves for now, but they have struggled to receive the necessary number of gowns. Otherwise, facilities like hers “should be in the top 10” of long-term care organizations that need targeted testing. Residents cannot simply go to the local pharmacy to get tested, a plan the governor said is currently in the works. Many have major communication problems and mobility issues. Many are confined to wheelchairs. UCP would not release the number of people at their 31 facilities who have tested positive for the virus, citing resident and family confidentiality, though she said they have fared better than others in the field. “We’ve been hit, but not as hard as some of the other agencies on the Island due to the safety protocols and precautions we have in place,” Schramm said. Currently, the policy for staff who present symptoms isthat they are sent home for at least two weeks and they require a doctor’s note to be allowed back in. After learning of a positive case, UCPLI brought in a company to clean and sanitize the facility, which Schramm said is “costly, especially considering the number of homes we have.” For residents that start to show symptoms, they are self-isolated in their rooms. Though if they start to display problems with breathing, they are sent to hospitals where many remain because many also have compromised immunities. “They are part of an underserved demographic population that are very challenged by something like this,” Schramm said. At the end of March, Massachusetts deployed National Guard technicians to long-term care facilities to attempt to test all workers and residents across the state, though things have only ramped up since then. After an April 27 $130,000 state funding plan, the National Guard has completed more than 28,000 tests at 525 care facilities in Massachusetts, according to The Boston Globe. Though the Bay State is ranked 10th in overall nursing home population, currently New York is ranked at the top with over 101,000 patients. The OPWDD issued a statement saying testing is being prioritized for people receiving supFACILITIES TESTING Continued on A9

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this world has seen. People are using less oil, and carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions are falling too. This leads to better air quality. More animals are roaming the empty city streets. The coronavirus pandemic is terrible, but in this time of hardship, we must look at the positives. These environmental benefits are another reason for us to stay indoors. These are some of the positive things we are seeing from the current situation. Focusing on helping others helps us not be so self-centered and only concerned with ourselves. Learning new ways to connect with others, even virtually, can be positive and even when things get back to normal may help us make new and more connections. Finally, we are all breathing in cleaner air and seeing new environmental improvements all around us. Perhaps this can remind us to turn off the television, stop watching all the negativity and start seeing and creating more positive things out of all of this.

Family, My Silver Lining Derek Order

Quarantine. Who would have ever thought at any point in my life I’d be held to a quarantine. I have only heard of quarantines in movies and television. No friends. No girlfriend. No trip to Europe. No gym. My senior fashion show was

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Continued from A7 passenger’s carbon footprint while cruising is roughly three-times it would be on land”. In addition to regulating our carbon footprint through marine activities, we can also start placing more emphasis on alternative sports that don’t require corporate culture producers who promote environmentally unfriendly functions and corporations. Also, while this last one might be a small change, it can have a great impact. This change requires us to use less of our private vehicles to get places, and more of the public transport system. Transport makes up about 72 percent of the transport sector’s greenhouse gas emissions. If public transportation is increased to the point that families are taking buses and trains more than their own cars, we might be able to significantly reduce the percentage of gas emissions that come from driving. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (DNY-14 Bronx) Green New Deal reinforces some of these ideas and has already shown results through the pandemic. Some proposals in the Green New Deal include high-speed rail, removing combustible engines from the road, upgrading all existing buildings, and retraining coal workers. One very important aspect of this Green New Deal is to reduce air travel. Many people find that to be too drastic a step towards fixing climate change, but is it really? According to a Center for Biological Diversity report, airplanes will generate about forty-three gigatonnes of

cancelled, and both my graduation and senior prom are to be determined. Unbelievable. From the beginning, my mom has told me to try to find the silver lining. There is always a silver lining? How could there be a silver lining when my senior year is ruined? I am going to college in the fall, and this is how I am going to spend my last few months; quarantined with my family? And then it occurred to me. Family is my silver lining. I have spent these two months with the most important people in the world. My mom has taught me to cook. I’ve spent countless hours in Monopoly tournaments with my brothers. I caught up on some classic television with my Dad. Entering this quarantine, I thought it would be miserable, but it is not. It is actually a blessing.

Outro: An Addendum By Andrew Harris

The students who wrote this article did so completely voluntarily and out of the goodness of their own hearts. The additional writing they do is purely on their own and not part of their normal heavy and challenging workload. They continue to impress me during these challenging times. All people are hit hard with what we are going through, but as a student the new normal has changed dramatically. Learning online can be extremely difficult to navigate. Having your sports, graduation and all your in-person socialization cancelled, as a teenager, is difficult to say the least. I applaud them. planet-warming pollution through 2050. But with the current travel restrictions and just a few months of limited air travel, we are seeing clouds of nitrogen dioxide begin to evaporate from places above Italy and China. In addition to being less dependent on air travel, we are now less dependent on the coal mining industries. This has resulted in a dramatic decrease in the employment of coal workers; over 34,000 coal mining jobs have disappeared in the U.S. in the past decade. Fortunately, the Green New Deal focuses on training the coal workers in occupations pertaining to renewable and clean energy, and infrastructure. By eliminating the coal mining industry we would be making great leaps in the fight against the climate crisis. Ever since the green revolution, humanity has been taking more than they need from the environment. We have abused Earth’s natural resources and expanded into territories that were inhabited by other species. I hope that this coronavirus pandemic has shown us that humanity doesn’t have to behave like a virus. We don’t have to continue worsening the climate crisis but instead, we could learn from this pandemic and start implementing regulations such as limited air travel and increased public transportations. We can turn consumerism to conservation, capitalism to socialism, and industrialism to environmentalism. Sapphire Perera is a junior at Port Jefferson high school. The “Turtle Island,” as the name for this ongoing column refers to the Native American mythology about North America existing on the back of a great turtle that bears every living being on its spine.

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Port Jefferson School District Left, fifth-grader Júlia Lima De Oliveira Gomes; right, fifth-grader Deia Colosi. Photos from PJSD

Port Jeff Orchestra Students Perform Alone, Together Port Jefferson School District orchestra students are performing alone, together while studying their music at home. Taking a daily brain break, dozens of students entertain family, friends and neighbors when they play their instruments in their homes, on their front porches and backyards.

Organized and encouraged by music teacher Vanessa Salzman, the students in grades 4 through 6 take to their instruments every afternoon to practice. Salzman created the challenge to inspire daily performance in support of local frontline workers in Port Jefferson’s two hospitals.

Second grader Bridget Grossman and Hazard, the inspiration for her poetry assignment. Photo from PJSD

Port Jefferson Second Graders Create and Collaborate with Poetry

As students throughout the Port Jefferson School District work to navigate their online distance learning lessons, second graders in Darlene Wells’ class at Edna Louise Spear Elementary School are currently in the poetry unit for reading and writing. Along with co-teacher Kristen Neubert, the duo created video lessons for the students. They joined online, and the students read their favorite

poems on Flipgrid, an educational website where the teachers create grids to facilitate video discussions. The students also wrote poems on an interactive digital bulletin board. The students chose topics including springtime, kayaks, pets and thunderstorms among others and embraced the different style of writing while they explored verse structure, rhyming and phonetics.

ports from OPWDD or service providers who display symptoms, adding that the state “continues to expand testing opportunities as new tests and locations become available.” “OPWDD is taking the threat of COVID-19 to the people we support and the broader community very seriously and has activated our emergency response team to closely monitor all reports of possible contact within our system across the state,” the statement read. “All staff are fully trained on infection control practices and OPWDD has released guidance to staff and voluntary provider agencies regarding visitation, PPE use and quarantine protocols at our facilities. OPWDD monitors levels of PPE in all of our community residences, both state and pro-

Obituaries Anna Gladysz Lepore

Anna Gladysz Lepore, of Terryville, passed away April 16, just weeks before her 90th birthday. Lepore was the youngest child of Steven and Tekla Gladysz of Gladysz Farms in Terryville. She started her career in banking, but left to raise her five children – Elizabeth Christofferson, Annette Brownell, Salvatore Jr., Steven and Stanley. She was a creative and generous person who loved to sew and embroider. Her creative handiwork was admired by and gifted to many. For a number of years, she and her sister ran a small gift shop called the Happy Holiday Shoppe formerly adjacent to the Meadow Club in Port Jefferson Station. In addition to her creativity, Anna was an avid baseball fan. She was preceded in death by her brothers John, Joseph, Stephen, Max and Theodore and most recently by her sister Tessie Mazik. Anna was also preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Salvatore F. Lepore, in 2005. Anna is survived by her five children; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Lovingly remembered, she will be greatly missed. Private interment was held at St. James RC Church Cemetery in Setauket.

Laura Jean Glover

Laura Jean Glover died peacefully at Jefferson’s Ferry in South Setauket May 3. She was 94, and passed due to the COVID-19 virus. Laura Jean was born in 1925 in Tuxedo

vider operated, and has created a 24-hour emergency services number for providers and staff to contact when issues arise.” Residential facilities, mostly nursing homes of adult care facilities, have come under severe scrutiny since it was revealed a huge portion of COVID-19-related deaths have come from these places that house some of the most atrisk populations. As of May 5, New York State reported nearly 20 percent, or 4,813 deaths, in New York have come from these locations. Suffolk County has suffered 593, but many suspect COVID-19 deaths have gone unreported at these locations, and deaths may be even higher. Hoey said targeted testing is the best way to stymie the growing number of deaths at these facilities. “That will knock down the death rates,” he said. “The only reason [Cuomo is] not doing it because there’s no pressure for him to do this. “

Park to Charles Glover, a live-in chauffeur for a Manhattan family that summered there, and Alice, a homemaker. In life, she was happiest when she was acting in service to others, especially as one of the “greatest generation” who trained as a nurse during World War II. A registered nurse by profession, she retired from the Visiting Nurse Service of New York in 1986 after 42 years of providing care and comfort to the least fortunate among us. She moved from Bricktown, New Jersey to Port Jefferson in 1986 to live with her dear sister Peggy Capon. Known as Jean by her family, she volunteered at Mather Hospital for over 25 years and was a longtime member of the Mather Auxiliary, including serving as correspondence secretary. In 2001, she moved to Jefferson’s Ferry as a founding resident and was active in several resident committees. She was preceded in death by her older sister Shirley and younger sister Peggy. She is survived by ten nieces and nephews who have fond memories of her generosity and wonderful disposition. An avid knitter and baker, Laura Jean was loved by all who knew her as a person of immense kindness and compassion. She always had encouraging words and focused on the positive things in life. She will be sorely missed. Funeral arrangements are being entrusted to O.B. Davis in Port Jefferson. Donations may be made to the Visiting Nurse Service of New York at www.vnsny.org/giving/. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.

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She was working even when she wasn’t. After coming home from her job as a secretary for an attorney in Riverhead, my mom would fret about what my family was going to eat for dinner. It didn’t matter if most of the people left in the house were self-sufficient, Mom was going to make something for everyone, she was going to vacuum the floor, she was going to start the laundry, and by 10 p.m. she would be snoring on From left to right: Kyle Barr (right) with mom Deborah and brother Kris; Caroline Biondo with her grandmother Johness Kuisel; Daniel Dunaief with mother Leah; and the couch, as if her batteries were depleted and no amount of Rita J. Egan with mom Rita M. Egan coaxing would get her to restart without a recharge. I think I’ve got my sensibilities toward work from you, for either good or ill. By your example, I finish what I start, even in times like this. I don’t do things halfway, because each thing should be treated with care. That is, at work, at least. I know you would still be ashamed to see the way I keep my home.

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Courtney and Caroline Biondo - Johness Kuisel

To us, Johness is Mom and Granny. My mom is the driving force not only of my life, but for 44 years has been the heart and soul of Times Beacon Record newspapers. She is the epitome of class. She teaches me to always be my very best and always put forth my very best effort, more importantly as a mother myself. Our Granny is the one to watch college football with on Saturdays, the NFL on Sundays and basketball during the week. Granny is always up for a trip to the beach to lounge in the sun and collect shells. Granny likes to sit with a cat in her lap after a long day and sip a Bloody Mary. Granny teaches us to never give up, because you’re often closest to succeeding when you want to forfeit. She teaches us to explore through travel and to always be eager to learn new things.

Daniel Dunaief - Leah Dunaief

When I was young, my mother started these papers. When I called her at work, Mrs. Kuisel answered, much as she does now. “Can I speak to my mom?” I asked. Mrs. Kuisel asked me who my mother was because so many mothers worked at the papers. The question is one I’m happy to answer every day. I’m proud to say that who I am and who my brothers are begins with being numbers 1, 2 and 3 sons of Leah Dunaief. Sure, my younger brother and I might argue about the order of importance, but we are all grateful to have learned numerous important lessons, including never to wear jeans in the ocean or to use apple juice to clean our faces, from a woman we’re fortunate to call mom. I wish her and all the other moms dealing with the ever-fluid new normal a happy Mother’s Day.

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When I was a kid in Queens, more mothers were beginning to go to work full time, outside of the home. My mother was no different. At first, she worked as a cashier at Alexander’s Department Store, but she knew she needed to make more money, and she soon took a night class to brush up on her typing and shorthand. After a few different jobs, she eventually found herself working for Con Edison in its transportation department. She lived in Queens when she first began working there but eventually moved out to Smithtown. She would be up before the sun, even leaving before sunrise to catch the train, and while she soon became part of a carpool, the more convenient ride didn’t stop the early morning rush to be at the office by 7 a.m. I may not have inherited my mother’s knack for getting up before the crack of dawn, but I would like to think I take after her when it comes to getting up every morning and doing whatever it is that needs to be done, even when times are rough. While Mother’s Day may be celebrated a little bit differently this year, here’s hoping we can all find some way to celebrate all the special women in our lives.

The Inequalities of Quarantine Protesters The overwhelming majority of folks protesting around the country against quarantine are white. Many of my friends in the black and brown communities have made the comment, “Imagine if that was us?” The truth is that we don’t have to imagine. Tamir Rice, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Trayvon Martin, Stephon Clarke and Eric Garner are just a few examples of what happens to people of color. It is curious to me that the armed protesters in Michigan, breaking into a government building, were not arrested and did not get fined, despite clearly breaking the law. Why does white skin too often mean a free pass for transgression? Why does black or brown skin too often mean a death sentence? Also telling is that politicians like U. S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY-1), who has publicly disparaged Colin Kaepernick taking a knee, have been silent about their base,

who are violating the law with public protests, not observing social distancing or wearing masks, as we witnessed in Commack last week. These men and women are endangering themselves and others with their actions. Congressman Lee Zeldin has referred to protesters he disagrees with as “unhinged,” an “angry mob,” a group of “paid protesters,” but is silent over the actions of his base, whose behavior is a public health threat. It is hypocrisy at its finest. I have organized and participated in peaceful protests on numerous occasions over the years, taking great pains to remain within the law, coordinating with law enforcement and respecting the parameters that come with exercising First Amendment rights. There is plenty to protest right now: the Trump administration’s downplaying of this virus; the racist rhetoric that has endangered Asian Americans; lack of personal protective equipment for

essential workers; the broken patchwork health care system that leaves millions without health care during a global pandemic; the inadequate safety net for the 40 percent of Americans who live paycheck to paycheck, to name a few. But I will not take to the streets and endanger lives. This moment is about looking out for one another, and prioritizing communal health. It is shameful that the right does not recognize this, and that their leaders don’t take them to task. It perpetuates a hypocritical and biased system, one that unfairly discriminates against communities of color and minorities. I call upon Mr. Zeldin to repudiate his base’s dangerous actions and ask them to stay home, where we all belong right now. Shoshana Hershkowitz Founder, Suffolk Progressives South Setauket

I cringed when I read last week’s letter praising Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) as having performed with “grace, empathy, intelligence, fortitude, patience and a humanity that has been sorely lacking.” It contained no reference of his lack of empathy for our most vulnerable citizens, the elderly and veterans. As a health care professional, I do not believe Cuomo knows first thing about infection control. Nursing homes are not hospitals. Would anyone go to a nursing home first in the case of sudden illness or an emergency? These facilities had next to no warning about the incoming coronavirus patients, nor did they have sufficient personnel, equipment, and medication needed. Cuomo said, “It’s not the state’s job to provide the state nursing homes with PPEs.” He recently had the temerity to state

with a straight face that he plans to investigate nursing homes over fatalities when he was the one that ordered sick people to go there, where those with the most fragile health live. In the aftermath, he stated that the nursing homes owners were to blame for the deaths and that they were “greedy.” He gave a snarky answer when asked by a reporter about the situation saying, “ohhh money” implying that the homes held onto their residents because if they didn’t, they would “no longer be getting paid.” He threatened their licenses stating, “They have to do the job they’re paid to do, and if they’re not doing their job ... they’re violating state regulations.” Cuomo likes to sing his own praises only to follow it by whining that he needed thousands upon thousands of ventilators, or that the state is broke, and he needs help

from the federal government after wasting hundreds of millions on failed ideas instead of preparing for a pandemic when he had the opportunity. President Donald Trump (R) sent New York the USNS Comfort and converted the Javits Center to a hospital. At Cuomo’s request, the Comfort was modified to accept coronavirus patients. Why didn’t he send coronavirus patients to these mostly empty facilities? My aunt recently died in a Staten Island nursing home from the coronavirus. I am sure Cuomo would have never done what he did if his mother, Matilda, was in any of them. When it comes to the death of our most vulnerable, the person that most needs to be investigated is Gov. Cuomo. Susan Kerr Stony Brook

Cuomo’s Nursing Home Orders Have Caused Harm

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Opinion

People Share Lockdown Habits, Both Healthy and Unhealthy

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erek has eaten more pizza in the past six weeks than he has in the previous three years. Heather feels like an insect, trapped late in the night in the electric glow of her screen. Steve drinks too much Coke Zero and Eliene stays up way too late and wears the same pants too often. In response to email questions, several Long Islanders shared their healthiest and least healthy habits during the D. None lockdown. of the above Derek Poppe, BY DANIEL DUNAIEF who is a spokesman for County Executive Steve Bellone (D), has been able to work off some of the pizza he’s eating at lunch by running outside, which he started doing after the gym he has attended for seven years closed

seven weeks ago. “I have also tried my hand at meditation which has been incredible since, really, from the time we wake up to when we go to bed, we are surrounded by all things COVID-19,” Poppe wrote in an email. Bellone, meanwhile, rides his Peloton stationary bike early in the morning or late at night. The county executive also sometimes runs at 10:30 p.m. before beginning to prepare for the next morning’s meetings and radio calls. Bellone’s least healthy habits include ramping up his consumption of Coke Zero. Sara Roncero-Menendez from Stony Brook, meanwhile, walks around her neighborhood on sunny days. When the weather gets rough, she does YouTube yoga. She’s also been crocheting and cross-stitching, getting a head start on holiday gifts. “It’s been a good way to keep busy and actually have something to show for it at the end,” Roncero-Menendez wrote. Like many others in New York and around the world, Roncero-Menendez has spent too

much time glued to her screens and also hasn’t been sleeping well. Karen McNulty-Walsh from Islip does 30 minutes of yoga, takes her dog for walks, and gets out of bed regularly between 6 and 7 a.m. each morning. Pete Genzer from Port Jefferson Station has been cooking dinner every night, which is “good in terms of eating healthy food, and I also really enjoy cooking so it’s mentally stimulating and relaxing.” Genzer’s least healthy habit is “sitting in the same, non-ergonomic chair all day long doing work and attending virtual meeting after virtual meeting.” Larry Swanson and his wife Dana, who live in Head of the Harbor, enjoy their daily walks with their aging Chesapeake Bay retriever Lily. Dana is growing food in the yard and has found it a “new, interesting and nice experience being with her grumpy old husband for so much for the time,” Larry Swanson wrote. Indeed, in the 56 years of their marriage, the Swansons have never spent as much time as

they have together during lockdown. Dana’s unhealthiest habit is watching the news. Heather Lynch from Port Jefferson said she feels like the insect trapped in the glowing screen. On the positive side, she continues to work out every day, which she describe as more of an addiction than a habit. Eliene Augenbaum, who lives in the Bronx and works on Long Island, has eaten homecooked food and had deep conversations with friends. On the unhealthy side, she stays up too late, wears the same pants, and shops for vacations and shoes that are of little use during lockdown. A friend from New York City, who makes her own meals and walks her dogs, takes her temperature several times a day, has eaten her emergency, huge bag of Chex mix in one sitting and obsesses over why everyone else has medical-style masks on the street while she’s seeking viral protection behind a pillowcase wrapped around her head.

Memories of My Mother and Lilacs

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hen Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” is a poem written by the great Walt Whitman as an elegy for the great Abe Lincoln, who died around this time in May of 1865. For me, it too honors my mother, whom I also regard as great, as I guess we all do our mothers, if in a more personal context. I think of my mother whenever lilacs bloom because she loved the flower, with its Between heart-shaped leaves and its perfume you and me fragrance, and beBY LEAH S. DUNAIEF cause she died right around Mother’s Day when, to me also in her honor, lilacs bloom.

My mother grew up in the earliest years of the 20th century in Corona, a then-countrified section of Queens in New York City. She told us that on her way to elementary school, she sometimes had to wait for the cows in front of her to finish crossing the road, which is certainly a different picture than what I saw of the neighborhood when I was shown the house in which she and her siblings, parents and maiden aunt lived. (That last is an expression from a century ago.) She also lovingly described the backyard as “completely filled with lilac bushes whose scent filled the entire block.” My mother was the bridge for her parents and older siblings between the Ukraine, from which they emigrated, speaking not a word of English, and America, the repository of their dreams. She was probably 4 years old when they arrived and moved into the house on Corona Avenue, and she was sent off to school where she learned the language and brought it home, along with the ways of the new country. That she was bright must have been apparent to the teachers because she was skipped grades twice during those early

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years and graduated from junior high or middle school when she was 11. Although she yearned to go on to high school and college, her father had suffered a debilitating stroke, and she, along with her older brother and sister, were obligated to work and support the family of nine. She won a scholarship to what was then called a “business school,” where she learned in record time to be a credentialed bookkeeper and was hired as such by a man named Mr. Mosler, a member of the well-known family that made Mosler Safes and Vaults. My mother worked all her life, arranging her work hours somehow around the responsibilities of caring for my father and three children. She was well ahead of her time, of course, as a “businesswoman,” but apparently neither she nor my father thought it odd that she should have a work life outside the home. It was apparent to me at an early age that she was different from the mothers of my friends. She didn’t bake cakes or cookies, was a terrible cook — except during holidays when she focused on preparing delicious meals — didn’t knit and didn’t seem

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interested in stylish clothes. Indeed, it would have been strange had she been restricted to the home for all her adult life since she was both worldly and had a manner that I would today call “commanding,” despite her short stature. She was occasionally asked if she were a lawyer. For all of that veneer, my mother was generous, warm and affectionate with all of us, had a great laugh, had a close and supportive relationship with my father, and together they provided a safe and nurturing home in which we were raised. My mother reaches the level akin to sainthood, in my opinion, because of the way she welcomed and raised my younger sister, who had Down syndrome. Despite the prevailing attitudes then, in 1942 when my sister was born, of stigma and institutionalization, my mother insisted that my sister had a right to a “normal” life within the family and to learn and grow to the fullest extent of her capability. Again, my mother was way ahead of her time.

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