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2020 Elections

With Weeks of Counting Left, Some Races Closer than Others BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

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Despite Election Day being Nov. 3, local races have a week or more to settle on the final count. Suffolk County Republican Board of Elections commissioner, Nick LaLota, said via email they hope counting will be finished before Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, though there is no way

to know when everything will be finalized. Republican candidates took leads in every local state and congressional race based on in-person ballots as the BOE started its absentee ballot count Nov. 16. Election experts have repeatedly said on average more Democrats used absentee ballots than Republicans did, though races will largely depend on unaffiliated voters. With that said, it will still be hard going for

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many Democrats in a few of the most hotly contested races. The U.S. Congressional District 1 race between U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) and his Democratic opponent Nancy Goroff still remains out, though Zeldin currently holds a 65,120-vote lead. There are still over 89,000 absentee ballots left in that race, but Goroff would need to reportedly take all non-GOP registered votes in order to gain the upper hand. On Nov, 17, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (DNY3) said his opponent George Santos called him to concede. In a statement, Santos credited grassroots supporters and donors for the close race. “I am proud that we gained the support of every PBA and first responder organization that endorsed this cycle,” Santos said. Santos said there may be more announcements in the near future regarding his next steps. “I would like to congratulate Congressman Tom Suozzi,” Santos said. “We wish him well going forward for the benefit of our district and constituents.” As for the race for State Senate District 2 between Republican Mario Mattera and

Democrat Mike Siderakis is heavily favoring red, as there is a 35,109 difference in votes favoring Mattera with less than 43,000 votes to count. There are a few confirmed elections. State Assemblyman Mike Fitzpatrick (RSt. James), with his lead of 23,419 with inperson ballots, is so far ahead of his young Democratic opponent Dylan Rice even the over-17,000 absentee ballots could not make a dent in the District 8 race. State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) declared victory Nov. 18 against his Republican opponent Ed Smyth. This came after absentee votes already counted in both Nassau and Suffolk put him over the edge. In Assembly District 10, incumbent Steve Stern (D) currently has 24,141 votes, while his opponent Jamie Silvestri has 24,197 votes. Absentee ballots for the district are 18,529. In Assembly District 12, both candidates were newcomers. Republican Keith Brown so far has received 30,638 votes and Democrat Michael Marcantonio 22,908 votes. At press time there were 15,906 absentee ballots to count.

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Reicherts Make New Center Possible for Hospital Caregiver Program BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Thanks to Charles and Helen Reichert, a center for a new caregiver program at Huntington Hospital, part of Northwell Health, will be ready by the first quarter of next year. To be named the Reichert Family Caregiver Center, the philanthropic gift came this month

to give the new program a space to help patients, their families and the community. “The program was designed to support the family caregiver — the people taking care of their own loved ones that carry with them the stress, possible burden, the need for information and resources or emotional support,” said Cheryl Miranda, the hospital’s director of patient and customer experience. “For them, it’s almost like CPR for the family.” She said the families dealing with their loved ones who are in the hospital are known as the silent patients. “They do an amazing job to try to take care of their family members,” she added. The caregiver program was implemented before COVID as a pilot, which is made up of different components, all to connect those caring for the chronically ill with programs and resources that can relieve their burden. The center will work within the hospital to help families with ongoing care after discharge. “Once we have the new center, we’ll have the ability to give people space in real time,” Miranda said. “Someone will be there to be with them, hold their hands and let them cry.” From emotional support to other resources like food delivery options, the center plans on walking the family through whatever they need when they leave the hospital. “Our social workers and case managers, as great a job as they do with the patients and their families, it’s a short time they’re with them,” Miranda said. “This allows us to be connected with them and bring continual support throughout this community.”

Huntington Hospital, above, will soon be home to a new caregiver program center due to a philanthropic gift from Charles and Helen Reichert, left. Photos from Northwell Health

And because of the Reichert family, the hospital can now fund the center and a fullsalaried social worker to help out. Known for their philanthropy throughout the community, the Reicherts have been instrumental in implementing new technologies and services throughout Northwell Health. Previously the Reicherts donated to Northwell Health Reichert Family Imaging at Huntington in Greenlawn and the reception area of the Huntington Hospital Emergency Department, as well as supporting the

hospital’s Center for Mothers and Babies. The Reichert family’s donations also funded the purchase of the hospital’s first 3D mammography machine. “The Charles and Helen Reichert Family Foundation is committed to building stronger and healthier communities,” Charles Reichert said. “We are proud to partner with Huntington Hospital to create this much-needed program that will provide support, assistance and respite. You don’t realize how important a caregiver is until you become one.”

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Trotta Seeks Removal of Spencer from County Legislature Committees BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A Suffolk County legislator has asked for the removal of one of his colleagues from the three committees he serves on in the Legislature. Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) requested that Legislator William “Doc” Spencer (D-Centerport) be removed from the Public Safety, Health and Ways & Means committees, during the Nov. 12 Public Safety committee meeting, according to a press release from Trotta’s office. The request comes after the Oct. 20 arrest of Spencer, 53. According to police, the legislator was in a county-issued vehicle when officers arrested him. Police said he allegedly planned to meet a prostitute in the parking lot of a Goodwill store in Elwood to trade sex for the pills, which were reportedly oxycodone, a legal form of an opioid. The arrest was part of an undercover operation. Spencer also serves on the county’s opioid task force. “It is not about my personal feelings for Doc Spencer, but it is about upholding the integrity of the office of a legislator and the perception the taxpayers have of him and the office,” Trotta said. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s

At a recent county meeting, Legislator Rob Trotta, left, asked presiding officer Rob Calarco to remove William “Doc” Spencer, right, from the county legislature committees he belongs to. File photos

Office said Spencer had a handgun on him when he was arrested and had a permit for the gun. He handed it over after his arraignment. Trotta said such an action could have put police in danger. “Spencer’s illegal behavior could have jeopardized the safety of the officers involved, given the fact he was carrying a handgun,” he said. “Officers have a split second in which to make a decision when they come upon a scene with a gun involved. It could have ended very differently.” The decision to remove a legislator from a committee is up to presiding officer Rob Calarco (D-Patchogue). Calarco said at this point in time there are two legislators who are facing felony charges. Rudy Sunderman (R-Mastic Beach) is

also facing charges after being indicted in July 2019 for alleged perjury, ethics violations and other offenses in connection with his work as the former district manager of the Centereach Fire District that continued after he became legislator in 2018. The presiding officer said both legislators believe their charges are not appropriate. Just like he hasn’t removed Sunderman from his committees, he said, he will not be removing Spencer. “I think it’s important for me to treat every legislator equally,” Calarco said. “So, I have not and will not be removing Legislator Spencer from his committee assignments for the remainder of the year.”

He said it was important for both men to have the opportunity to make their cases in court and have the judicial process unfold. However, Calarco said while Spencer remains on the committees, he is no longer chair of the Health committee. He also no longer serves as vice chair of the Ways & Means committee. The DA has charged Spencer with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, a class B felony, and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, a class B felony. He was arraigned Oct. 21 at the John P. Cohalan Jr. Courthouse in Central Islip. Spencer is due back in court on Feb. 26. If convicted of the top count, he could face a maximum of up to nine years in prison. In addition to his legislative duties, Spencer runs a private practice, Long Island Otolaryngology & Pediatric Airway in Huntington. After his arrests, Huntington Hospital temporarily suspended his privileges pending further investigation. Spencer is not required to step down as legislator, according to county law. A representative from Spencer’s office did not return requests for statements about his arrest and Trotta’s announcement.

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Obituaries Margaret Melia

Margaret Mary Melia, of Centerport, died Nov. 1. She was 91. Margaret (née Luskey) was born Feb. 10, 1929, to George and Margaret (Murphy) Luskey on the family farm in Tyrone Township in Le Sueur County, Minnesota. She was raised in Le Sueur and graduated from Le Sueur High School in 1946. She secured a standard teaching certificate in 1949 and taught elementary education in oneroom schoolhouses over the next five years in Scott County, Spring Valley, Mahtomedi, Belle Plaine and Fairmont, Minnesota. All the while she was accumulating credits each summer until she eventually earned a bachelor’s degree in 1954 from Mankato State Teachers College. In 1955, she applied for an overseas teaching opportunity with the U.S. Armed Forces and was accepted. She was offered her choice of placements — she could either teach children of U.S. Air Force personnel in Morocco or U.S. Army service members’ kids in Germany. She chose Kitzingen and arrived in the summer of 1955 and soon met Thomas R. Melia, a fellow teacher and the love of her life. They married

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in 1956 and soon started a family. They had four sons overseas (Thomas, Timothy, Patrick and Terrence) and then moved back to the U.S. and landed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1963. A year later, they had their only daughter (Kathleen “Kay”). Margaret stopped teaching to raise the five children and then resumed her career in 1976. After moving from Boston to Stratford, Connecticut, and eventually to Huntington, she earned her certification in Special Education from Hofstra University and began working with children with learning disabilities in the Connetquot Central School District in Bohemia where she taught until retirement in 1994. A devout Catholic, avid bowler, golfer and competitive bridge player, and diehard fan of TV’s “Wheel of Fortune,” Margaret loved to travel throughout the U.S. and see her extended family as much as she could. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Tom in 1989, her daughter Kay in 2019, and four of her six siblings: Georgianna Johnson, Thomas Luskey, Edward Luskey and Anne Schmidt. Margaret is survived by her four sons Tom (Amy) of Annapolis, Maryland; Tim (Debbie) of Potomac Falls, Virginia; Pat (Kathleen) of Centerport; and Terry of Oceanside, California; nine grandchildren Casey, Paddy, Sean, Erin, Alanna, Hannah, Kieran, Tomás and Dylan; one great grandchild Will (Casey); and her two

Clare C. DuBois, of Centerport, died suddenly Nov. 8. She was 75. She was a retired Teacher from the Kings Park School District and the beloved wife of the late William. She was also the boving mother of Thomas (Kelly) DuBois, Brooke (Ted) Benzing, and Lindsay DuBois. Cherished grandmother of Will, Dylan and Patrick Benzing, she was also the dear sister of Nancy (Gene) Kinney and Ellen DaSilva. She was dearly loved by her many nieces and nephews.

Thomas J. Bernhardt

Thomas J. Bernhardt, of Northport, died Nov. 10. He was 58. The son of Nicholas and Maria Bernhardt, he was the beloved husband of Teresa. He was also the loving father of Nicholas, Anthony, Cheryl, Michelle, Greg and Matt, and the cherished grandfather, best “Poppy” in the world, to Emma, Kaitlyn and Lucy. Brother of Michael Bernhardt. Uncle of Caitlyn, Lindsay and Chris. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Nolan Funeral Home in Northport. Visitation was held Nov. 15 and a funeral Mass Nov. 16 Sunday at St. Philip Neri Church in Northport. Burial followed at Northport Rural Cemetery.

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County People Still Giving Thanks During COVID Despite New Restrictions BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Despite new state restrictions on gatherings, some local small businesses are thankful this year for all the support they’ve received at the start of the holiday season. In pre-COVID times, a typical Thanksgiving dinner could host a dozen or even more people. But as of last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced new guidelines for the upcoming holidays, asking people to host small gatherings of 10 people or less. But small groups aren’t stopping people from spending time with their loved ones — just less of them this year. And with the tradition of family get-togethers comes the big Thanksgiving meal, full of sides, pies and of course, turkey. Cathy Raleigh-Boylan, co-owner of Raleigh’s Poultry Farm in Kings Park, said sales have actually increased this year, much to her surprise. “There are a lot of people asking for small or medium sized turkeys, but people are still having Thanksgiving,” she said. “Even if they’re not having a large gathering, they still want a big bird and just have a lot of leftovers.” The farm has been a staple to the Smithtown community for more than 61 years, she said, and usually people come from all over to pick up their Thanksgiving meats. This year is a little different, but not necessarily in a bad way. “With COVID, we’re realizing a lot more people are eating at home with families and teaching the young kids how to cook,” she said. “Generations are going back a bit. As

bad as COVID was, a lot more family time came out of it.” Raleigh’s also sells pies, making it a one-stop shop for local Thanksgiving needs. “We’ve sold more pies than ever,” she said. “I think people just want to make Thanksgiving special this year. We can’t do a lot of things right now, so people are looking for some normalcy.” Some people are opting not for the bird this year, and are switching it up. At Cow Palace in Rocky Point, owner Debbie Teitjen said there are other options they offer. “A lot of people are doing turkey breast or turkey London broil,” she said. “We’re doing tons of catering for smaller events and a lot of curbside catering.” But Arthur Worthington, of Miloski’s Poultry Farm on Middle Country Road in Calverton, said many of his customers are choosing to size down. “There definitely are still a lot of people going along with the tradition,” he said. “There are a lot of inquiries similar from years before.” He said customers who still want the bird are preferring smaller ones for this year’s dinner. “They’re looking for the 12 to 16 pound range, which is tough because everything we do with raising turkeys, we have to plan years in advance,” he said. But over in Huntington, Nick Voulgaris III, owner of Kerbers Farm on West Pulaski Road, said it’s been busier than typically this time of the year. “This is normally the busiest time of the year for us,” he said. “We’re slightly above normal, which is a good thing especially

Turkeys waddle around Raleigh’s Poultry Farm in Kings Park as customers stop by looking for potential Thanksgiving meals. Photo by Julianne Mosher

during the current economic climate.” Voulgaris said people are gravitating toward smaller birds for smaller groups, but as of right now, they have completely sold out of turkeys for the holiday. “We’ve seen a 20% increase in sales over the last six months, or so,” he said. While they’re out of birds for the upcoming holiday, they still have plenty of pies to preorder before Sunday Nov. 20, he said. Lisa Harris, owner of Torte Jeff Pie Co. on East Main Street in Port Jefferson, said her shop has been down about 25% in sales from last year because gatherings are smaller, but people are still looking to celebrate with their

favorite pies for the holiday. “We’re selling less pies, but to the same amount of people,” she said. “We have definitely had a request for smaller pies.” Although it’s a small hit to her business, she’s still happy people want to shop small. Some, she said, are starting new traditions ordering and bringing home her savory Thanksgiving Day pie. “It’s everything you would have on Thanksgiving in a traditional pie,” she said. “That’s becoming really popular.” To deal with COVID-19, Harris implemented online ordering through Nov. 20 on a new portal on the shop’s website.

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Editorial Letters to the Editor Is Thanksgiving Canceled? There Is Only One Truth There’s no good way to put this. We know in a year of hardship so many of us crave the companionship and familial connection of a traditional Thanksgiving, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s something we simply can’t have this year. Yes, we fought through the worst of the virus in New York, but cases are rising again all over the country. Suffolk stands as a positive test rate of 3.4% as of Nov. 17. Just a few weeks ago we were bragging about how well we were doing at 1%. Experts have repeatedly said we will enter a second wave of the virus as the weather cools and more people spend time indoors, where the virus can spread more easily. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced new limits on several businesses and gatherings. Bars, restaurants and gyms are mandated to close by 10 p.m. for everything barring takeouts. The state also limited in-person gatherings to 10 people, though it excludes households with residents already numbering 10 or more. Some have questioned the point of the latter restriction, especially whether the state even has the ability to restrict the number of people in a family home. Though there are residents who have reported large gatherings in backyards, the order should be taken more as a notice and reminder. It’s easy to guess just how quickly COVID-19 spreads when there are 20 or more people sitting shoulder to shoulder shoveling Thanksgiving delights into maskless mouths. We only have to look at recent superspreader events to know just how dangerous maskless gatherings can be. A Sweet 16 event at the Miller Place Inn in September caused 37 people to come down with the virus, some of whom weren’t even at the event, while a reported 270 were required to quarantine. Local officials have already cited Halloween parties for an increase in positive cases. One can only think holidays like Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year will do even more harm if we don’t take the initiative now. With that said, there are still many local businesses who depend on Thanksgiving sales, whether it’s the local butcher or bakery. We ask people to still patronize your neighboring establishments even if you might not need as much this year as previous. I mean, don’t we all look forward to Thanksgiving leftover sandwiches? But likely more people are concerned about not seeing their family sitting around the table as they do every year. There’s no way around it, no, you shouldn’t. Keeping it to household members only will be hard, but there are ways to talk to friends and family through video and phone. We know some people in our office will offer toasts over Zoom and other facilities. And we know that we will be toasting the many people who work and continue to work, making sure people are safe during an unprecedented time. We also need to thank the many volunteers providing food for the needy during an especially difficult time, and hope all those hungry people find some meal and companionship this holiday. So, combined with people still traveling home for Thanksgiving, with more visitors likely to come from out of state, we are left with few good options. Some people say something to the effect that “we can’t let the virus control our lives.” We would counter that thought with the following: If every single one of us having a smaller Thanksgiving for one year saves even just one life, then it would have been worth it. Is Thanksgiving canceled? Maybe a traditional one is, but the spirit of the holiday certainly won’t be, not if our goal is to keep those around us safe and healthy.

There is only one truth. Everything else is falsehood. Many of us will remember when there were real journalists in the nationally broadcast mainstream media. Unfortunately, journalistic malpractice by activists-posing-as-journalists is prevalent in most of the so-called “news” media today. There seems to be little or no journalistic integrity among employees of most mass media outlets; they get paid to tell us what their onesided, double-standard employers want them to tell us, even if totally untrue. Real journalists used to investigate and fact check unbiased sources and tell us what they found. And it was up to us to digest that information and think for ourselves. Now, they attempt to tell us what to think by pushing whatever biased narrative they are told to push, no matter how false. As long as they collect a paycheck, it’s OK. For example, these so-called journalists, phony to the core, have been telling us that former Vice President

Joe Biden [D] has been president-elect since Nov. 3 and, because of that false narrative, millions of people believe it to be true. That is simply untrue, because votes are still being counted, scrutinized, removed due to being illegitimate, etc. That is an example of how they can manipulate a gullible populace into believing falsehoods. And that is dangerous to a constitutional republic such as ours. There is nothing in our Constitution which states that the media elects someone to public office. Yet, they are repeatedly insinuating that we have a president-elect while, as of this writing, there are enough electoral votes pending in states which are still in contention that may change the result. In a free republic, we must have an honest media, and their dishonesty is detrimental to our freedom. Is it any wonder why President Donald Trump [R] refers to the mainstream (lamestream) media as “fake news”? Social media is no exception

to the problem of spouting falsehoods. In fact, by continuing to censor views which they don’t agree with, thereby eliminating our constitutional right to freedom of speech, big tech has become more like Big Brother in George Orwell’s novel, “1984.” See the pattern here? The media in all formats has become more influential and, through modern technology, has ramped up the spreading of half-truths and outright lies. If they can’t or won’t be held accountable, those who control it will be akin to the former Soviet-run Pravda newspaper; informing us of only what they want us to digest. Of course, all that one has to do in order to see how Democratic National Committee/media corruption is so well entrenched in the Washington, D.C., “swamp” is to look at how truths are completely ignored, and falsehoods are unabashedly promoted. Art Billadello East Setauket

Finding Solutions for Making Voting Better I am an 88-year-old citizen of Suffolk County who thinks we can make things better. Your editorial of Nov. 12 [“Voting for Better”] advocated for making voting more accessible and easier, especially given the large number of engaged voters and current challenges of outdated voting practices. Solutions will require all of us, including government officials, to bring our thinking into the 21st century. But solutions are possible. I would like to share one practical change that could be implemented prior to the next election cycle. Ballots can safely and securely be mailed to all registered voters prior to the election. Other states successfully mail ballots and official government documents such as from social security are safely mailed all the time. Ballots can then be returned in three ways — by mail, at a polling location, or via a

protected drop-box. As seen this year, the slowing of postal delivery and the dearth of polling places made the first two options difficult for many. To address this, I am suggesting that the Suffolk County Board of Elections install drop boxes at a secure building located in every Suffolk community — the local fire department. Fire district buildings are secure and often monitored by video. They are conveniently located. A community fire station drop-box would mean that each ballot would be handled only by the voter, the vetted board of elections representative picking up and delivering the ballot, and the person responsible for receiving and entering the ballot data. If this proposal were to be implemented the following would have to happen: • All Suffolk fire districts (which are taxpayer funded) would agree to

provide a secure area for the dropbox in their station, accessible during determined voting days and hours. • The Suffolk County Board of Elections would supply and install the secure drop-boxes. • The Suffolk County Board of Elections would provide vetted personnel to pick up the ballots from the drop-boxes and deliver them securely to election headquarters. This proposed revision should improve the voting system by providing safe mailed ballots and easy return of ballots, relieving the burdens on the post office and most importantly, avoiding long lines at polling places. I have served as a firefighter in my local fire district for over 50 years, and I know that with forward thinking we can make this happen. Al Kopcienski Mount Sinai

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re we coming apart together, coming together apart or just coming apart? The first in that list, coming apart together, gives us a chance to feel connected to others. By coming apart together, we are acknowledging the challenging year we’ve had and continue to have. Without offering specific solutions, it helps to know we’re not alone and that, perhaps, through the together part, D. None we can manage of the above through conditions that are far from BY DANIEL DUNAIEF optimal, including the separation we feel from so many people we need in our lives.

Now, if we’re coming together apart, we are focusing on the fact that we can be, and are, together first, before we also admit that we may be hundreds or even thousands of miles away from people whose hugs, smiles and laughter fill the rooms we share. Zoom, FaceTime and other modern conveniences make it possible for us to see each other’s faces, even though the image of the other person can feel flat compared to the reality of sharing time and space. The third of those possibilities, just plain coming apart, enables us to throw up our arms and acknowledge the reality of our world. Many children are home most, or all, the time. Parents are still working through Zoom, looking at small squares of people on computer screens for way too many hours during the day. The sameness of each day can become tedious and wear on our nerves, especially during this time when we’d typically plan for family visits. And, of course, without passing any specific judgment, the hot button election continues

to drive wedges among families, friends and neighbors, who can’t imagine how the other side fails to see the obvious realities their favorite anchors or faux news and commentary shows echo each day. It’s agonizing to see how the differences between camps have become a defining feature and have stirred a sense of frustration and antipathy for the other camp. Where are the adults in the room? For so long, the country brought together people from different backgrounds, uniting us under the umbrella of an American Dream that was available to anyone who worked hard enough for it. Our sports-crazed culture believed in the winners they cheered for and used their teams as an inspiration to get ahead, to put more into their craft and to try to win the battle for original ideas. Even fans of hated rivals acknowledged the skills and remarkable games they witnessed from their rivals during heated playoff series. I always rooted against Red Sox

great Carl Yastrzemski, but I also recognized his incredible talent. Will a vaccine enable us to come together, together? I hope so. Next year at this time, if we have returned to some level of normalcy that allowed us to visit with our friends, to celebrate weddings, graduations, birthdays, and newborns, we will have the structural opportunities to spend time indoors, even in crowded rooms, and support each other. Between now and then, ideally we’d plant the seeds that enable us to move forward together. We are not an archipelago nation, separated from each other by the ideological, religious or other labels. We do best when we play to the strengths of a workforce dedicated to getting ahead, to providing for our children and to helping the country even as we help ourselves. While many of us are physically apart, we can try to reach out to family, friends, and neighbors, even if their ideas temporarily baffle us. We can come together if we are there for each other and if we listen to views outside our own.

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razy time.” That was the message a friend in California texted me yesterday. And she certainly summed up perfectly these days of our lives. Let us together count the ways we have gone off the rails. For starters, can you imagine a time when you had to decline a visit from your children at Thanksgiving Between in order to ensure you and me your health and theirs? BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF I suspect the same for you; gathering around the table at Thanksgiving and appreciating our lives with our family and close friends has been a tradition for us as long as I can remember. After my children married and joined their wives’ families with ours, we have even traded off

other holidays for Thanksgiving at our home every year. I guess we can include thanks this time for and via Zoom. Could you imagine a political stalemate over the election at the presidential level like the one playing out in the courts in different states across the country? Yes, the 2000 vote was a handwringer, but it pales in drama when compared with this election. Back then, the decision hung on 537 votes. This time, with vital information withheld and with a pandemic raging, more is at stake than the outcome of the election. We are vulnerable to attack as a nation. And as for that pandemic, as direly predicted this past spring, it is rearing its ugly head now that the weather has cooled and we are living more indoors and closer together. We have learned some things since the affliction started. Masks make a difference in protecting others and also ourselves from the spread of the virus. Fresh air, social distancing and hand washing continue to be vital. HEPA filters are powerful allies. And broad scale testing, followed by tracing, matter. Still, people are hospitalized, emergency rooms and ICU beds fill up and even some patients die, as we wait to be rescued by

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science. Incredible progress has been made developing a vaccine, and by more than one laboratory, but distribution to and acceptance by the general public of the vaccines will not happen during this imminent winter. Weather has also been a villain. Violent storms and hurricanes, the ferocity of which has been unleashed, we are told, by climate change, have disrupted life for many in the United States and across the globe, even in the midst of desperate efforts to fight the pandemic. And further complicating rescue are the unprecedented fires burning in California and the far west. Then throw in assorted mudslides and tornados for good measure. Tragic! The economy continues to worsen for many as it excels for the few businesses that benefit from the consequences of the virus. Restaurants, hotels, travel, transportation, formal entertainment, cultural events, retail, health care, child care, education — all have suffered huge financial blows. And the effects are not, curiously, shared equally among men and women. Most of the jobs in those industries are filled by women, who now have no jobs because of shutdowns, or have

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jobs they cannot get to because of child care responsibilities. This one issue is being viewed as a significant setback for women in the workplace, and for society as a whole, for years to come. Meanwhile construction, renovation, manufacturing and high tech, that makes Zoom and countless other products now deemed a necessity possible, are mushrooming. The tenor of watershed events in people’s lives is tarnished. Weddings, graduations, significant and not-so-significant birthday parties, reunions, baptisms, funerals — all are put on hold or otherwise unwillingly altered in timing and attendance. Even an entitlement as innocent as looking forward to a thrilling freshman year in college has now morphed into a two-dimensional, remote experience. And returning college students are considered risks for households and communities. There is no point in complaining. It will not alter this bizarre year and the troubles it has brought. The one thought I could offer my friend on a return text: “we will be able to say, as we someday will tell the tale, that we lived through it.”

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