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SWR Displays Social Distancing Plans, Includes Reopening Briarcliff

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Shoreham-Wading River Central School District came out of the gate this week with the ambitious goal to bring every kid back in school every day safely while still meeting state health standards.

The New York State Education Department has released reopening guidelines for schools, while the state Department of Health issued guidance on July 13. The district has released two videos on its website and Facebook page explaining new plans in greater detail.

“I think the opportunity is there for us and, having students in school every day is the best possible option for our students academically and for their social and emotional well-being,” said Superintendent Gerard Poole.

One of the big reveals of SWR’s special meeting July 23 discussing reopening was the district’s plans to reopen the former Briarcliff Elementary School for kindergarten. The district had been in the process of selling the building for the past year. The district said without using Briarcliff, Miller Avenue elementary school would be at or near max occupancy for social distancing and would lack an isolation room for symptomatic students.

However, reopening the old building in Shoreham, along with reconfiguring existing buildings for all students to come in, could come with a hefty price tag of $1,439,000. Reopening Briarcliff for one year could cost approximately $992,000. It will also require clerical, health, administrative and other staff to move over to the old kindergarten building.

To pay these costs, the school board would have to vote to authorize nearly half of the district’s unassigned fund balance, which currently has $3,086,000 in its coffers.

These plans to keep kids socially distanced at 6 feet and still learning would also mandate the district use all available space for instruction, including gyms, libraries, all-purpose rooms and cafeterias. School officials said this was calculated by measuring the space within different rooms compared with square footage that supported 6-foot separation.

Officials were adamant that utilizing every inch of space would allow all students to be in school to learn Monday through Friday, though each room’s class size would be significantly smaller. A regular sized room in Miller Avenue could have around 12 students or 14 in Wading River. The district also said it could have an average of 11 students in the middle school or around 15 on average in the high school, though using both those buildings would man-

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Many of the walls in both the middle and high schools are paneled that can be taken down.

“In order to do this well, Briarcliff would be a part of those plans,” Poole said. “I am going to repeat it is possible with Briarcliff and the use of multiple-instructional spaces, it is possible to have all our students sit in classrooms, at a desk, learning spaced out by 6 feet of separation inside of school every day.”

Students will return to school Sept. 3 for an “orientation day.” Though students will be back during the day, some extracurriculars will look different than before. Those taking band will need to be spaced 12 feet apart for all practices and will require multiple periods. Theater will be postponed or potentially adapted in a virtual way.

Otherwise, students are expected to wear masks in common areas such as entryways and hallways. Masks will be provided to those who don’t have them. The school will put visual aids down on floors to illustrate traffic flow in hallways and promote social distancing. Otherwise, shared equipment will be limited and visitors are limited in all school buildings.

“One can imagine when the school year starts we will have to take some time, make sure everyone knows how to move around the building,” Poole said. “That can happen within a smaller class size.”

Transportation may be the most difficult aspect schools are dealing with, but Poole said SWR plans to have buses disinfected daily and only siblings are allowed to sit together.

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If children or households receive benefits under Assistance Programs or Other Source Categorically Eligible Programs and are not listed on the notice of eligibility and are not notified by the School Food Authority of their free meal benefits, the parent or guardian should contact the school or should submit an income application.

ANNUAL RELEASEa -free PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Shoreham-Wading River Central School District NEWS today announced and reduced price meal (Free Milk) policy for ShorehamWading River area school children. Local school officials have adopted the following family eligibility criteria to assist them in Shoreham-Wading River Central School District today announced a free and reduced price meal (Free Milk) policy for Shorehamdetermining eligibility:

Other Households: Households with income the same or below the amounts listed above for family size may be eligible for and are urged to apply for free and/or reduced price meals (or free milk). They may do so by completing the application sent home with the letter to parents.

One application for all children in the household should be submitted. Additional copies are available at the principal's office in each school.

Applications may be submitted any time during the school year to Mr. Glen Arcuri, Assistant Superintendent for Finance & Operations. Please contact Mr. Arcuri at 631-821-8120 with any questions regarding the application process.

Wading River area school children. Local school officials have adopted the following family eligibility criteria to assist them in determining eligibility: 2020-2021 INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES

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Households may apply for benefits at any time throughout the school year. Children of parents or guardians who become unemployed or experience a financial hardship mid-year may become eligible for free and reduced price meals or free milk at any point during the school year.

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Other Source Categorical Eligibility: When known to the School Food Authority, households will be notified of any child’s eligibility for free meals based on the individual child’s designation as Other Source Categorically Eligible, as defined by law. Children are determined Other Source Categorically Eligible if they are Homeless, Migrant, Runaway, A foster child, or Enrolled in Head Start or an eligible pre-kindergarten program.

For up to 30 operating days into the new school year (or until a new eligibility determination is made, whichever comes first) an individual child’s free or reduced price eligibility status from the previous year will continue within the same SFA. When the carryover period ends, unless the household is notified that their children are directly certified or the household submits an application that is approved, the children’s meals must be claimed at the paid rate. Though encouraged to do so, the SFA is not required to send a reminder or a notice of expired eligibility.

The information provided on the application will be confidential and will be used for determining eligibility. The names and eligibility status of participants may also be used for the allocation of funds to federal education programs such as Title I and National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), State health or State education programs, provided the State agency or local education agency administers the programs, and for federal, State or local means-tested nutrition programs with eligibility standards comparable to the NSLP. Eligibility information may also be released to programs authorized under the National School Lunch Act (NSLA) or the Child Nutrition Act (CNA). The release of information to any program or entity not specifically authorized by the NSLA will require a written consent statement from the parent or guardian.

The School Food Authority does, however, have the right to verify at any time during the school year the information on the application. If a parent does not give the school this information, the child/children will no longer be able to receive free or reduced price meals (free milk).

Foster children are eligible for free meal benefits. A separate application for a foster child is no longer necessary. Foster children may be listed on the application as a member of the family where they reside. Applications must include the foster child's name and personal use income.

Under the provisions of the policy, the designated official will review applications and determine eligibility. If a parent is dissatisfied with the ruling of the designated official, he/she may make a request either orally or in writing for a hearing to appeal the decision. Mr. Glen Arcuri, Assistant Superintendent for Finance & Operations, whose address is 250B Route 25A, Shoreham, NY 11786 has been designated as the Hearing Official. Hearing procedures are outlined in the policy. However, prior to initiating the hearing procedure, the parent or School Food Authority may request a conference to provide an opportunity for the parent and official to discuss the situation, present information, and obtain an explanation of the data submitted in the application or the decisions rendered. The request for a conference shall not in any way prejudice or diminish the right to a fair hearing.

Only complete applications can be approved. This includes complete and accurate information regarding: the SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR case number; the names of all household members; on an income application, the last four digits of the social security number of the person who signs the form or an indication that the adult does not have one, and the amount and source of income received by each household member.

In addition, the parent or guardian must sign the application form, certifying the information is true and correct.

Beginning July 1, 2019, students in New York State that are approved for reduced price meals will receive breakfast and lunch meals at no charge.

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Shoreham

High School Sweethearts Fight Cancer Together

BY ODEYA ROSENBAND DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Kim and Bruce Bardes, husband and wife, of Shoreham are in need of support, as one after the other have now been diagnosed with cancer.

A friend of the family has started a GoFundMe campaign that has raised $24,100 of its $50,000 goal, as of July 28.

“Back in April, Bruce noticed that one of his legs was swollen,” Kim said. “But he didn’t want to go to the hospital because of COVID-19.”

After eventually visiting the emergency room when the swelling worsened, Bruce was told he had a blood clot in one of his legs but was quickly discharged due to coronavirus guidelines. On May 6, after gardening in the backyard — one of his favorite activities, according to his wife — Bruce suffered a heart attack and stroke in the family home. When he was found unresponsive, his son ran to the neighbor’s house who was trained in CPR. Doctors suspected Bruce had cancer, and a week later, May 21, Bruce was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic lung cancer.

Nearly two months after Bruce’s diagnosis, the family received more devastating news.

Kim was diagnosed with aggressive inflammatory breast cancer.

“It was seven weeks of me just getting my mindset around the fact that this was happening, trying to be his supporter and his support

system, taking care of all of his medical needs — doing what any wife would do — when I had noticed one day that my left breast felt different in one area.”

With a “funky family history,” Kim had gotten routine mammograms since she was 30 years old. When she visited her doctor June 30, she received a diagnosis for a type of breast cancer she had never even heard of.

Bruce began his chemotherapy treatments in May, and Kim started hers July 28.

“I know our condition is going to get even worse because now I’m not just going to be tired from running my husband around and taking care of home, now, I got to add myself to this scenario somehow. And I don’t know how I’m going to feel from the treatments,” she said.

With a crackling voice, Kim describes their “love story turned tragedy,” as she calls it. They met at 15 years old, as sophomores at Half Hollow Hills East in Dix Hills. The basketball player and cheerleader were locker neighbors and a year later — thanks to Bruce’s persistence — they were a couple. They started dating when they were 16 years old, 34 years ago. High school sweethearts, Bruce and Kim got married in 1995 and had their first son, Austin, in 1996 and their second, Tanner, in 1999.

“We met 35 years ago and never had a fight,” Bruce jokingly adds from the next room. “If we can’t joke, then we cry. And we’ve already done too much crying.”

Brookhaven Supervisor Considering New Ashfill Site Option

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The inevitable closure of the Brookhaven Landfill in 2024 looms large on Long Island and the surrounding region. The burden of how to dispose of millions of solid waste still remains unresolved. The Town of Brookhaven has been considering its options, and one of them could be a new ashfill just east of where the current landfill is located in Brookhaven hamlet.

Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said 500 acres of additional land owned by the town could be used for such a site.

“There are probably 200 acres that we could take a look at for a regional ashfill,” he said.

“We are looking to get feedback from other municipalities, we are in the premature stages.”

The site would handle only ash, and the town would not take any construction and

Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine said the town is considering a new ash waste fill. File photo by Kyle Barr

demolition debris. While the money brought in from an ash site would bring in much-needed funds to Brookhaven, Romaine said it still ASHFILL Continued on A10

Kim Bardes, right, and her husband Bruce just before she started her first round of chemotherapy July 28. Both she and her husband have recently been diagnosed with two different types of cancer. Photo from Bruce Bardes’ Facebook

“Anybody would describe my husband as the kindest person they have ever met,” Kim said. According to their GoFundMe, Bruce coached youth basketball and baseball teams in Long Island for many years. Although he has been on disability leave since 2013 due to back injuries, he continues to be remembered as a beloved coach and has a “huge baseball family that has been giving them a lot of support,” Kim added. Kim, whose eBay business was already struggling due to the pandemic, had to halt her sales in order to care full time for her husband.

“I don’t have a job where I can take sick leave,” Kim expressed. Now, the family has no source of income.

“We were so excited for this year — we were turning 50, celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary, and were looking forward to the second half of our lives,” she said. “Our kids are now grown up and we were getting back to being us again … we even talked about moving to Florida.”

Kim added, “I feel blessed that we have never been hit this hard, but I didn’t expect that when we would be hit, it would be this hard.”

Overall, Bruce has been feeling better following his chemotherapy treatments.

“He hasn’t lost a stitch of hair, which I’m definitely going to be jealous of,” Kim joked.

The hardest part is going through their doctors’ visits alone, due to coronavirus guidelines.

“COVID is making it 10 times harder because we can’t have any normalcy even if we try to,” she said. “It’s a weird feeling to ask for help because that’s not who I am, ever. But I’ve had to put my pride aside a little bit .... I can’t do it all.”

Kim, whose extended family describes her as the “matriarch,” had adopted the role of hosting Thanksgivings and annual Fourth of July

celebrations. Now, without the time or energy, she’s struggling to adapt to her new normal that doesn’t include her regular hobbies like cooking and hosting.

“This isn’t the life we had, not even close to it,” Kim said. “It seems like somebody else’s life.”

Kim and Bruce’s family, friends and Shoreham community have been great supporters — in addition to the GoFundMe — offering their services, giving gift cards to local restaurants and writing letters.

“Our younger son is now a shadow and doesn’t leave us alone,” Kim said.

Their older son moved back home from Brooklyn in order to help. Kim’s mom and dad, who are 75 and 78, respectively, live in an apartment attached to the Bardes’ house and have also been significant supporters. Kim is one of three children who have all had cancer. Her sister is a nurse and has been instrumental in assisting the family, especially with their medical needs. Kim’s brother passed away at 33 years old from lymphoma.

“You do the best you can for people and try to do the right thing and it doesn’t matter who you are but sometimes life just attacks you. It feels like we are under attack … and I don’t know why,” she said.

A statement on their GoFundMe reads: “As you may know, medical expenses and life expenses add up quickly and the family needs to make financial decisions based on the best prognosis and not the cost of care ... If you are able to support the family during this time please donate. But if not, that's okay, please join them in prayer.”

The GoFundMe is available at: https://www. gofundme.com/f/nqp2qt-help-bruce039s-fightagainst-cancer.

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Perspective

Your Turn: It’s Time for Long Island to Come Together The rhetoric around the reopening of us. We must unify and address a major issue schools in September is as heated and intense clearly rooted in the pandemic. Simply stated, every Long Islander needs as any school-related issue in to actively advocate for a recent memory. The intensity significant increase in federal reflects the high stakes. support leading to additional We’ve dealt with many state aid for schools to controversial school-related respond to the pandemic. issues in recent years — Almost every state-mandated school shootings, Common response to the pandemic Core, property taxes, state aid, increases the cost of reopening accountability, standardized our schools. Social distancing testing, and economic and requirements on buses and social inequities based on in classrooms will result in zip code have all been in the increased transportation and public eye during this time. staffing costs.

These issues tend to divide Think about it, if we us because public opinion is put half the number of kids largely determined by how Gary Bixhorn on each bus and in each individuals view the issue’s classroom, we will need more root cause. As a result, seemingly reasonable responses can drive a buses and teachers regardless of how creative we are with our scheduling. If our schools wedge between neighbors and friends.

We cannot allow the array of issues need to be continually cleaned and disinfected, involved in the reopening of schools to divide we will need more custodial staff around the

clock. If we are going to conduct daily health screenings and isolate children who are sick, the responsibilities of school nurses will be dramatically expanded and they too will require additional support. The list goes on.

Nearly every aspect of school operations will become more expensive as we make our school buildings safer for students, staff and their families.

No one can argue with the current New York State guidelines for school reopening.

Every recommended measure makes sense and deserves attention. These measures will make our children safer and contribute to the health and welfare of every resident of our region.

We must speak with a strong, unified voice when advocating for increased federal aid to backfill the significant shortfall in state revenues resulting from the pandemic. Our communities continue to do their part to support our schools.

Despite growing economic challenges, in the midst of the stress generated by the pandemic, only three of 125 school budgets islandwide were rejected. This success occurred despite

LEGALS ACCOUNTING CITATION File No.: 2019-875/B SURROGATE’S COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Duffy & Posillico, as Agent for The Hanover Insurance Company; Richard Boyd Zsa Zsa Tokar; Gabriella M. McDonald; Jakus Sandorne; NYS Attorney General The distributees, heirs at law and next of kin of ETEL CHIANTELLA, deceased, if any be living; and if any be dead, their respective distributees, heirs at law, next of kin, legatees, devisees, executors, administrators, assigns and successors in interest, all of whose names, whereabouts and addresses are unknown and cannot be ascertained with due diligence, being any persons interested in the estate of ETEL CHIANTELLA, deceased, as distributees or otherwise.

A petition and an account having been duly filed by the Public Administrator of

repeated warnings from Albany that the state might significantly cut aid midyear.

This year our school districts need more than yes votes — they need us to be advocates. They need us to stand up and tell our representatives in Washington and Albany to do everything within their power to assure that our schools can meet community expectations. They need more financial support appropriated by Congress and signed into law by the president.

Equally important, we need our representatives to make certain that the increased funding reaches New York State and our region. Long Island cannot afford to be shortchanged.

It’s essential that we stand together at this critical time. We need to make certain that our schools have the needed resources to effectively implement the measures necessary to respond to the pandemic.

Gary Bixhorn is a retired district superintendent and the executive director of the Suffolk County School Superintendents Association.

To Place A Legal Notice

Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com Suffolk County, whose office is located at 300 Center Drive, Riverhead, New York 11901 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Suffolk County, at 320 Center Drive, Riverhead, New York on September 15, 2020, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why the account of the Public Administrator of Suffolk County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of ETEL CHIANTELLA, should not be judicially settled; and that the court approve payment to the Petitioner herein of commissions pursuant to SCPA 2307 in the amount of $17,330.00 and additional commissions pursuant to SCPA 1207(4) in the amount of $7,497.78; and that the court further approve the payment of legal fees to ERNEST R. WRUCK, the Petitioner’s attorney, in the amount of $30,600.00 and reimbursement for disbursements in the amount of $1,250.00, totaling $31,850.00; and that the amount of $2,500.00 be retained by the Administrator for the preparation and filing of income tax returns;

and that there be paid to Richard Boyd, the sum of $26,600.00 in payment in full of the outstanding fees owed to him by the decedent; and that the remaining assets of the estate, plus accrued interest, after the payment of administration expenses pertaining thereto, be paid as follows:

result in an assumption that you do not object to the Court granting the relief in this matter and no further notice will be given to you.

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100% to THE NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER on behalf of unknown distributees.

THIS IS A VIRTUAL COURT APPEARANCE DATE. NO INPERSON APPEARANCE IS REQUIRED OR PERMITTED. If you oppose the Court granting the relief requested on this citation, you must file verified objections, with the appropriate filing fee, or inform the Court in writing of your intention to file verified objections using New York State Courts Electronic Filing (NYSCEF), except that unrepresented parties may file verified objections, with the appropriate filing fee, or respond indicating such intent by mail provided that the Court receives the verified objections or response on or before the date listed above. Failure to do so will

HON. THERESA WHELAN, Surrogate

The Board of Education of the Rocky Point Union Free School District at Rocky Point, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York hereby invites sealed bids for:

Any bid submitted will be binding for Forty Five (45) days after the formal opening thereof, and no bid shall be withdrawn during that time, pending the decision of the Board of Education.

Dated, Attested and Sealed, March 26, 2020

Schedule No. : 21-08 Boiler Maintenance & Repair

Michael Cipollino, Chief Clerk

as specified in the contract documents.

Name of Attorney: ERNEST R. WRUCK Telephone Number: 631-475-3100 Address of Attorney: 1 Station Court, Bellport, New York 11713

Bids will be received until 9:30am prevailing time, on Thursday, August 13, 2020, at the District Administrative Office, 90 Rocky PointYaphank Road, Rocky Point, New York 11778, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Vendors wishing to publicly view the bid opening must wear a face covering to gain entry.

The contract documents, including specifications may be obtained between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M., Monday through Thursday at the District Administrative Office at 90 Rocky PointYaphank Rd., Rocky Point, NY 11778 or by emailing the Purchasing Agent at dhoffman@rockypoint.k12. ny.us, beginning Thursday, July 30, 2020.

[NOTE: THE CITATION IS TO BE SERVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COURT’S ANNEXED ORDER DIRECTING ALTERNATIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS. YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MAY REQUEST A COPY OF THE FULL ACCOUNT FROM THE PETITIONER OR PETITIONER’S ATTORNEY.] 685 7/16 4x vbr ADVERTISEMENT INVITATION TO BIDDERS

Bid title should be clearly marked on each envelope, along with the date and time of the bid opening.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to accept that bid which in its judgment is in the best interest of the School District.

BY ORDER OF THE; Board of Education Rocky Point Union Free School District At Rocky Point, Town of Brookhaven Suffolk County, New York By: Debra Hoffman Purchasing Agent DATED: July 30, 2020 731 7/30 1x vbr

Fuentes si son indigentes, migrantes, se escaparon de su hogar, son adoptados o están inscritos en Head Start o en un programa elegible previo al jardín de niños.

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LEGALS

To Place A Legal Notice

LIBERACIÓN DEDE NOTICIAS ANUALES - ANUNCIO PÚBLICO LIBERACIÓN NOTICIAS ANUALES - ANUNCIO PÚBLICO

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$ $ $ Por cada Por cada 57,356 $ 4,780 $ 2,390 $ 2,206 $ 1,103 persona 81,622 $ 6,802 $ 3,401 $ 3,140 1,570 8 8 persona 8adiciona$ 57,356 8 $ 81,622 $ 6,802 $ 3,401 $ 3,140 $ 1,570 $ $ 4,780 $ 2,390 $ 2,206 $ 1,103 adicional cada 5,824 cada $ 8,288 l,Por añadir añadir $ 486 $ 243 $ 224 $ 112 ,Por $ 691 $ 346 $ 319 $ 160 persona Por cada Por persona cada $ adiciona adicional persona persona l, añadir 5,824 , añadir $ 8,288 $ 486 $ 243 $ 224 $ 112adicional, $ 691 $ 346 $ 319 $ 160 adicional, Familias en SNAP/TANF/FDPIR: Las familias que actualmente incluyen que reciben ayuda del Programa de Asistencia añadir añadir niños $ 5,824 $ 486 $ 243 $ 224 $ 112 $ 8,288 $ 691 $ 346 $ 319 $ 160 Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP), pero que no se encontraron durante el Proceso de Compatibilidad de Certificación Directa (DCMP) o familias que actualmente reciben Asistencia Temporal para Familias Necesitadas (TANF) o el Programa de Familias ende SNAP/TANF/FDPIR: Las familias que actualmente incluyen que reciben del Programa Distribución Alimentos en Reservaciones Indígenas (FDPIR) deben llenarniños una solicitud que ayuda mencione el nombre de delAsistencia niño, un Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP), que no durante el de Proceso de Compatibilidad de edad.

Certificación Directa Familias en caso SNAP/TANF/FDPIR: Laspero familias queyseactualmente incluyen niños que reciben ayuda del Programa deLa Asistencia número de válido de SNAP, TANF o FDPIR laencontraron firma de un miembro la familia que sea mayor de elegibilidad (DCMP) o alimentos familias que actualmente (TANF) o el de Programa de Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP), pero que se Asistencia encontraron duranteTANF elpara Proceso de Compatibilidad de Certificación Directa para obtener gratuitos basada enreciben lanoparticipación enTemporal SNAP, oFamilias FDPIR seNecesitadas extiende a todos los niños la familia.

Distribución de Alimentos en Reservaciones Indígenas (FDPIR) deben una solicitud que mencione elelnombre del obtener niño, (DCMP) familias que actualmente reciben se Asistencia Temporal parallenar Familias Necesitadas (TANF)de osus Programa de un Cuando lao Autoridad de Alimentos Escolares entere, las familias serán notificadas de la elegibilidad niños para número de de caso válido deenSNAP, TANF o Indígenas FDPIR y la firma de un miembro la familia sea mayor de edad.delLaniño, elegibilidad Distribución Alimentos Reservaciones (FDPIR) deben llenar unadesolicitud queque mencione el nombre un No es necesaria unaelegibilidad solicitud si la alimentos gratuitos en TANF subasada participación programas de SNAP, o FDPIR. para obtener alimentos gratuitos en la participación TANF o familia FDPIR se extiende a todos los La niños de la familia. número de caso válidocon debase SNAP, o FDPIR yenla los firma deenunSNAP, miembro de laTANF que sea mayor de edad. familia fue notificada por SFA basada que sus han sido directamente certificados.

Si se la extiende familia no tiene los ladecerteza niños han para obtener alimentos gratuitos enniños la participación en SNAP, FDPIR a todos niños desi lasuspara familia.

Cuando la Autoridad de Alimentos Escolares se entere, las familiasTANF seránonotificadas de la elegibilidad sus niños obtener sido directamente debería ponerse en contacto con la escuela.

Cuando la Autoridadcertificados, Escolares se entere, las familias notificadas de la elegibilidad de sus niños para obtener alimentos gratuitos de conAlimentos base en su participación en los programasserán de SNAP, TANF o FDPIR. No es necesaria una solicitud si la familia fue notificada SFA quefuentes sus niños han sido directamente certificados.

Si la familia no tiene la certezaserán si susnotificadas niños han Elegibilidad categóricaporpor otras Cuando la Autoridad de Alimentos Escolares se entere, las familias sido directamente certificados, ponerse en contacto la escuela. de cualquier elegibilidad de sudebería niño para recibir alimentoscon gratuitos según la designación individual del niño como Elegible Elegibilidad categórica por otras fuentes Cuando la Autoridad de Alimentos Escolares se entere, las familias serán notificadas de cualquier elegibilidad de su niño para recibir alimentos gratuitos según la designación individual del niño como Elegible Categóricamente por Otras Fuentes, según lo defina la ley. Los niños se determinan como Elegibles Categóricamente por Otras Fuentes si son indigentes, migrantes, se escaparon de su hogar, son adoptados o están inscritos en Head Start o en un programa elegible previo al jardín de niños.

Si los niños o las familias reciben beneficios bajo programas de asistencia u otros programas donde son Elegibles Categóricamente por Otras Fuentes y no están incluidos en el aviso de elegibilidad y no son notificados por la Autoridad de Alimentos Escolares sobre sus beneficios de alimentos gratuitos, el padre de familia o tutor debería ponerse en contacto con la escuela o debería enviar una solicitud de ingresos.

Otras familias: Las familias con ingresos similares o menores a los montos indicados abajo por tamaño de familia pueden ser elegibles y se les exhorta a que apliquen para recibir alimentos gratuitos y/o a precio reducido (o leche gratuita). Pueden hacerlo llenando la solicitud que le enviaron a casa con la carta a los padres. Se debería enviar una solicitud para todos los niños de la familia. Hay copias adicionales disponibles en la oficina del director de cada escuela. Las solicitudes se pueden enviar en cualquier momento durante el año escolar a Mr. Glen Arcuri, Asistente Superintendente para Finanzas & Operaciones, SWRCSD, 250B Route 25A, Shoreham, NY 11786. Póngase en contacto con Mr. Arcuri en 631-821-8120 si tiene preguntas sobre el proceso de aplicación.

Otras familias: Las familias con ingresos similares o menores a los montos indicados por tamaño de familia pueden ser Email:abajo legals@tbrnewsmedia.com elegibles y se les exhorta a que apliquen para recibir alimentos gratuitos y/o a precio reducido (o leche gratuita). Pueden hacerlo llenando la solicitud que le enviaron a casa con la carta a los padres. Se debería enviar una solicitud para todos los niños de la familia. Hay copias adicionales disponibles en la oficina del director de cada escuela. Las solicitudes se pueden enviar en cualquier momento durante el año escolar a Mr. Glen Arcuri, Asistente Superintendente para Finanzas & Operaciones, SWRCSD, 250B Route 25A, Shoreham, NY 11786. Póngase en contacto con Mr. Arcuri en 631-821-8120 si tiene preguntas sobre el proceso de aplicación.

Las familias notificadas sobre la elegibilidad de sus niños deben ponerse en contacto con la Autoridad de Alimentos Escolares si optan por rechazar los beneficios de alimentos gratuitos. Las familias pueden aplicar para obtener beneficios en cualquier momento durante el año escolar. Los niños cuyos padres o tutores se queden sin empleo o experimenten una dificultad financiera a mediados de año podrán ser elegibles para recibir alimentos gratuitos y a precio reducido o leche gratuita en cualquier punto durante el año escolar.

Por hasta 30 días operativos del nuevo año escolar (o hasta que se tome una nueva determinación de elegibilidad, lo que ocurra primero) el estado de elegibilidad de cada niño para recibir beneficios gratuitos o a precio reducido del año pasado continuará dentro del mismo SFA. Cuando termine el período remanente, a menos que la familia sea notificada de que sus niños están directamente certificados o la familia presente una solicitud que sea aprobada, los alimentos de los niños deberán ser reclamados a la tarifa pagada. Aunque se le exhorta a hacer esto, SFA no está obligado a enviar un recordatorio o un aviso de la expiración de la elegibilidad.

La información proporcionada en la solicitud será confidencial y se usará para determinar la elegibilidad. Los nombres y el estado de elegibilidad de los participantes también se puede usar para la asignación de fondos para los programas federales de educación como Título I y la Evaluación Nacional del Progreso Educativo (NAEP), programas estatales de salud o de educación, siempre que la agencia estatal o la agencia local de educación administren los programas, y para programas de nutrición basados en recursos federales, estatales o locales con normas de elegibilidad comparables a las del NSLP. La información de elegibilidad también podrá ser divulgada a programas autorizados bajo la Ley Nacional de Almuerzos Escolares (NSLA) o la Ley de Nutrición Infantil (CNA). La divulgación de información a cualquier programa o entidad no específicamente autorizada por la NSLA requerirá una carta de consentimiento por escrito del padre de familia o tutor.

Sin embargo, la Autoridad de Alimentos Escolares tiene el derecho de verificar en cualquier momento, durante el año escolar, la información de la solicitud. Si un padre no proporciona a la escuela esta información, el niño (o niños) ya no podrán seguir recibiendo alimentos gratuitos o a precio reducido (o leche gratuita).

Los niños adoptados son elegibles para recibir beneficios de alimentos gratuitos. Ya no es necesaria una solicitud por separado para un niño adoptado. Los niños adoptados pueden incluirse en la solicitud como miembros de la familia donde residen. Las solicitudes deben incluir el nombre del niño adoptado y los ingresos de uso personal.

Según las disposiciones de la política, el funcionario designado revisará las solicitudes y determinará la elegibilidad. Si un padre de familia no está satisfecho con la resolución del funcionario designado, puede hacer una petición de manera oral o escrita para una audiencia y apelar la decisión. Mr. Glen Arcuri, Asistente Superintendente para Finanzas & Operaciones, cuya dirección es 250 Route 25A, Shoreham, NY 11786 ha sido designado como funcionario de audiencias. Los procedimientos de audiencia están descritos en la política. Sin embargo, antes de iniciar un procedimiento de audiencia, el padre de familia o la Autoridad de Alimentos Escolares pueden solicitar una conferencia para darle una oportunidad al padre de familia y al funcionario para que discutan la situación, presenten información y obtengan una explicación sobre los datos presentados en la solicitud o las decisiones tomadas. La petición de una conferencia, de ninguna forma, perjudicará o reducirá el derecho a una audiencia justa.

Solamente se podrán aprobar las solicitudes que estén completas. Esto incluye información completa y precisa sobre: el número de caso de SNAP, TANF o FDPIR; los nombres de todos los miembros de la familia; en una solicitud de ingresos, los últimos cuatro dígitos del número de seguridad social de la persona que firma el formulario o una indicación de que el adulto no cuenta con seguridad social, y el monto y el origen de los ingresos percibidos de cada miembro de la familia. Además, el padre de familia o tutor debe firmar la solicitud, certificando que la información es verdadera y correcta.

A partir del 1 de julio de 2019, en el estado de Nueva York, los niños aprobados y elegibles para recibir alimentos a precio reducido recibirán desayunos y almuerzos completos reembolsables sin costo.

Declaración de no discriminación: Esto explica qué hacer si cree que ha sido tratado de manera injusta.

De acuerdo con las regulaciones y las políticas de la ley federal de los derechos civiles y de los derechos civiles del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos, (USDA), el USDA, sus agencias, oficinas y empleados, e instituciones que participan en o que administran programas del USDA tienen prohibido discriminar con base en la raza, color, nacionalidad, sexo, discapacidad, edad o tomar represalias por actividades previas sobre derechos civiles en cualquier programa o actividad llevada a cabo o que sea financiada por el USDA. Las personas con discapacidades que requieran medios de comunicación alternos para obtener información del programa (por ejemplo, Braille, impresión en letras grandes, cintas de audio, lenguaje americano de señas, etc.), deberían ponerse en contacto con la agencia (estatal o local) donde aplicaron para obtener beneficios. Las personas con sordera, dificultades para escuchar o con discapacidad del habla pueden contactar al USDA a través del Servicio Federal de Transmisión al (800) 877-8339. Además, la información del programa se puede poner a disposición en otros idiomas aparte del inglés.

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Under the program, revenues from a 0.25% sales tax are divided between sewers land preservation, property tax stabilization and water quality funds.

“This is one of the most important environmental programs in Suffolk County,” said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment. “[Water quality] is not a partisan issue, everyone needs clean water and they benefit from this program.”

Still, the loss of this potential referendum leaves Suffolk County in potentially dire straits.

A report of both Nassau and Suffolk finances released in early July said Long Island lost 270,000 jobs during the peak of the pandemic.

Total job losses could eclipse 375,000 compared to pre-COVID levels. County leaders have constantly petitioned people to reach out to federal representatives to beg for budgetary relief.

The subsequent withdrawal and earlier ballot approval on the sewer fund is the latest instance of the county attempting to divert money from environmental protection funds.

Back in 2011, the county borrowed $29.4 million from the sewer fund in order to balance the budget under former County Executive Steve Levy. The Pine Barrens Society sued the county, and won. The move was deemed illegal by the state appeals court in 2012 because the county failed to get voter approval.

The county appealed that decision and lost again. The Appellate Division in Brooklyn ordered the county repay the funds last year.

Amper said the county is using the environmental programs as its piggy bank and sees voters as a way to “legally” take funds away.

“The county doesn’t manage its fiscal affairs very well, they’re billions of dollars in debt,” he said. “The public put that money aside for a reason.”

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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) and the county Legislature agreed to withdraw a resolution that would have diverted money from the land preservation program over a three-year period to help to close the county’s budget gap.

The ballot measure called for increasing the percentage of sales tax that is allocated to the Suffolk County Taxpayers Trust Fund and decreasing the percentage of sales tax that is allocated for the Suffolk County Environmental Programs Trust Fund. Bellone withdrew the bill an hour or so before the Legislature was set to vote on it in a July 28 special meeting.

Richard Amper, executive director of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, said that the decision was a good result for the people of Suffolk County.

“It took him [Bellone] a long time to reach a simple conclusion,” he said. “It would have killed a program that has been around for over 30 years. It is a commitment to water quality and land preservation.”

In the past month, the county executive has criticized Amper during calls with press for what he said was a misrepresentation of what the bill would do, and that Suffolk County would need to cover budget gaps due to the pandemic or suffer dire consequences.

The decision comes after the Legislature last week voted 14-3 to approve another ballot measure that would transfer excess funds from the county’s sewer stabilization reserve fund to the general fund in an effort to budget deficits from the coronavirus pandemic. That referendum will come in front of voters Nov. 3.

Amper said he felt the Bellone administration was so concerned with the possibility both propositions could be lost when residents voted on them in November that the administration chose to stick with one instead of being “left with nothing.”

Bellone confirmed this assessment in a statement.

“We have come to an agreement to withdraw this resolution in order to focus our efforts on ensuring the passage of the ballot referendum regarding the Assessment Stabilization Reserve Fund,” he said. “I am also pleased that several key players within the environmental advocacy community have indicated that they will not jeopardize the approval of this pending ballot measure and instead leave it in the hands of the voters.”

Environmental groups were concerned that taking away funds from the drinking water protection program would cause more harm than good. The program was established through a

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County Area Hospitals Say ‘It’s Safe to Come Back,’ Open for Patient Care

BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Suffolk hospitals are slowly getting back to some normalcy as the number of COVID-19 patients continue to decrease on Long Island.

As hospitals have gotten past the peak of the pandemic, they are now facing the challenge of reassuring the public that their facilities are safe.

“I think it is incredibly important that people feel comfortable and safe whether it’s seeing their personal physician or coming to the hospital,” said Dr. Susan Donelan, medical director, Department of Infectious Diseases, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University.

Donelan said SBU Hospital has implemented a number of protocols to ensure worker and patient safety. For individuals that are going to outpatient centers and physician offices, they are advised to remain in their vehicles and complete their normal check-in process using their cellphones. Waiting rooms are arranged to allow for optimal social distancing.

The medical director said they hope to quell any fears patients may have.

“Patients shouldn’t suspend any routine health procedures — I think it is a safe and a good time to come back,” Donelan said.

For those that come to the hospital for a pro-

cedure, patients will have a conversation with a triage nurse over the phone before they come in. They will undergo temperature checks and screened for COVID symptoms. Patients suspected of having coronavirus are separated from other patients.

“We’ve increased our cleaning frequency, we want to make sure our patients and workers are entering a safe environment,” Donelan said.

Like other facilities, SBU Hospital has made adjustments to its visitor policy in an effort to limit potential exposure. Currently, only one visitor can visit a patient and are only allowed a three-hour time window.

Donelan said the feedback they’ve gotten from staff and patients on their safety measures has been positive.

“We’ve been pleased with the feedback, they have appreciated our aggressive approach and attention to detail,” she said.

Dr. Nick Fitterman, executive director of Huntington Hospital, said they are trying to get word out to the public that its facilities are safe and stressed the need for individuals to seek out medical care.

“March and April, we were all hands on deck,” he said. “We went from having around 300 COVID-19 cases to now only having six.”

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returning but said they have created essentially a “hospital within a hospital,” where COVID patients are isolated in another section of the building away from non-COVID patients.

“COVID patients are assigned nurses and doctors that only treat them, they do not see any

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Just recently graduated Shoreham-Wading River High School student Julia Marsala took part in an online exhibition of her work through her photography class at Gary D. Bixhorn Technical Center.

Julia, who graduated with the Class of 2020 in June, had three pieces included in “A Community in Crisis - A Visual Journal,” a

Nancy Axelrod, of Old Field, braved post-COVID Huntington Hospital to get knee replacement surgery.

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collaboration of the Sag Harbor Express, the John Jermain Library in Sag Harbor and the Sag Harbor School District, in which students from the technical center were invited to submit their work. She was among 11 students who showcased their artistic talents, creating a visual diary and documentation of life during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Continued from A6 leaves them with the issue of the construction and demolition debris, adding that with the closure of the landfill and no alternative for an on-Island site accepting that refuse, it would cause a crisis in the construction and building industry.

Currently, the Brookhaven Landfill handles over 350,000 tons of ash annually from energy-from-waste facilities, in addition to handling 720,000 tons of solid waste. Each day 2,000 trucks transport waste off the Island Romaine said he hasn’t had any direct conversations with state officials or the state Department of Environmental Conservation on the idea of a new ashfill site. Though he mentioned some members of his staff may have had conversations on the matter.

For such a site there would be the need for an environmental impact study as well as DEC approval. The Town Board would also have to make a decision as well.

Though news about what could be another site of dumping in an area that has already complained about odor issues has not gone well with town critics.

Will Ferraro, activist and a 2019 Democratic candidate for Brookhaven supervisor, has created a petition against the proposed ashfill site. He said an ashfill site does nothing to

other patients,” Fitterman said.

The hospital has implemented thermal cameras used to help check temperatures of staff, patients and visitors. Workers are screened daily for COVID symptoms. Fitterman said that they are limiting visiting hours and allow only one visitor per patient.

“It is important not only to protect the patients but to protect our staff as well,” he said.

Nancy Axelrod, of Old Field, said she can attest to the hospital’s safety protocols. With elective surgeries allowed again, Axelrod was able to get right knee replacement surgery last month. She underwent left knee replacement surgery right before COVID hit Long Island.

“It was something I needed to get done, I’ve suffered from severe arthritis,” she said.

“From talking to the doctors, I felt strongly that I was safe.”

Huntington Hospital had about 1,000 surgeries that were put on hold. In an effort to keep patients safe, they have installed a separate “pathway” for them when they get to the hospital.

Axelrod said she had to go through a number of tests and screening before the surgery.

“I would tell people not to put off seeing your doctor or getting an important surgery,” she said.

“The time to do it is now — I feel that the hospital is doing an awful lot to ensure patient safety.” solve long-term fiscal problems.

“Instead of making a proposal to solve our long-term solid waste crisis and the serious environmental health issues related to it, this will only exacerbate the threats to our air quality and groundwater,” he said.

Ferraro created the petition following a Newsday blog post discussing the potential ashfill site. His petition, “Say No to a Second Landfill in Brookhaven,” begs the Town Board to reject any proposals relating to a second landfill or ashfill site, as well as to develop a “comprehensive proposal to deal with our solid waste crisis, that can be brought to our regional partners at the state, county and town levels,” among other demands.

Romaine reiterated that the town is not considering a second landfill, but only an ashfill.

Back in February at a Long Island Regional Planning Council panel, the Brookhaven supervisor called for collaboration to solve what he called a “regional crisis.”

In a June 15 letter to the council, Romaine reaffirmed his stance by urging it to work with the 13 towns, two counties, two cities and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to develop solutions.

“Even if we are able to do so now, it will still take several years to implement any changes,” he said, adding, “If we don’t address this issue now, it is going to be yet another thing that will make Long Island a less desirable place to live and work.”

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Bars/Restaurants on North Shore Struggle to Comply with Restrictions

BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Over the past weekend, 84 restaurants and bars in downstate New York were cited with violations to COVID-19 guidelines by the State Liquor Authority. A total of 10 establishments on western Long Island and New York City had liquor licenses removed.

Though Monday Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Long Island and New York City are stepping up their enforcement, it’s a new point in the continuing contention between bars and New York State over social distancing restrictions. While other states across the country see record spikes,the governor has mentioned the possibility of scaling back reopening of bars and pubs, though owners say that would kill their businesses.

Documents released by the state reveal 16 of the 443 establishments which were cited for distancing violations from March to July 22 were in Suffolk County, though none were issued in this most recent round of investigations. Among those on the North Shore, only Danfords Hotel &, Marina in Port Jefferson and Pancho Villa’s in Huntington have previously been cited. This was out of 1,080 SLA investigations in New York, according to a release from the governor’s office. That office has not responded to requests for comment about the specifics of those citations, or about where the 84 new violations have

Bench Warmers Tavern & Grill in Mount Sinai has an outdoor deck, to the left of the artwork, built specifically to help comply with state orders. Owner of the sports bar Jim Dunn said nobody uses it because of the heat. Photo by Kyle Barr

come from this past weekend’s efforts.

“We are very proud of what New Yorkers did to flatten the curve of the virus, but we have to protect our progress because no one wants to do that again,” Cuomo said in a release July 24.

On Monday, the governor said there had been no summonses on businesses failing to follow coronavirus guidelines.

Earlier in July, Cuomo announced a socalled “Three Strikes and You’re Closed” initia-

tive that means any business that receives three violations or shows an egregious disregard for the guidelines could be closed or have its license revoked. This weekend’s investigations of these establishments showed people not social distancing or wearing masks in a kind of “party-like” atmosphere, according to the governor’s office. During the pandemic, 40 establishments have had their liquor licenses revoked in total, as of July 27. Cuomo cited young people as the

a.m. drink.”

Data from police have shown the number of opioid overdoses, both nonfatal and fatal, have increased dramatically since the start of the pandemic, rolling back almost two years of decreases.

At the press conference, Bellone and Curran said they believe the long road to recovery ahead for Long Islanders requires the ongoing support of services like LICADD and the Hempstead-based Family & Children’s Association.

Bellone said he and Curran were heading to Washington to make it clear “we’re talking about people’s lives and families in crisis.”

These type of services, including public safety, public health, social services and mental health, are “even more important today” and will be critical as “we seek to recover from this over the next several years.”

Long Island has been battling an opioid crisis that has wreaked havoc throughout the region. The pandemic has increased the risks from opioids, among other drugs, even as Nassau and Suffolk are “still dealing with the direct impacts.”

Jeffrey Reynolds, the president and CEO of Family & Children’s Association, suggested that it “makes no sense to help save someone’s life

from COVID-19 only to have them die from a fatal overdose or suicide.”

He called the current challenges among Long Island’s “darkest hour,” which is “exactly what we are seeing on the ground.”

Reynolds noted that social isolation has strained the mental health of individuals and families. In the last two weeks, Reynolds has seen three overdoses, including one of his former staff members.

Reynolds urged Washington to recognize the need for mental health services is just as critical as the need to protect people from viral infection.

“Nobody in Washington or in Albany, from either side of the aisle, would dare say, for the second, third or fourth wave of COVID that we don’t have enough money” for personal protective equipment. “This is the same. Untreated social anxiety and mental health conditions rank right up there and need our full attention.”

In an interview, Chassman added that residents have also self-medicated through other outlets, including gambling, online spending, emotional eating and sexually acting out.

“These are unhealthy coping mechanisms for fear, anxiety and stress,” Chassman said.

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main reason these bars are packed and not conforming to distancing guidelines.

“That’s not unique to New York — it’s a national problem — and even the president of the United States said young people shouldn’t go into packed bars,” Cuomo said.

Danfords was cited on the Fourth of July for failing to conform to distancing guidelines. A representative of The Crest Group, which owns Danfords, did not respond to requests for comment.

Pancho Villa’s was cited June 26. Restaurant owners could not be reached for comment.

The governor indicated last week that if we see more failure to social distance in bars, the state may roll back reopening regarding these establishments.

It’s a hard line to follow, especially as New York hovers over a 1 percent regional infection rate. If that number increases past 5 percent, schools will not be able to reopen in the fall. Above 9 percent, the governor will start to roll back on the reopening process that counties across the state managed to make over the past two months.

But for bars and other restaurants that sell alcohol, it’s a roller coaster bringing them undue anxiety, even as they try to make guidelines.

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Mr. Bellone Goes to Washington, Urges Federal Aid for Mental Health

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM During a press conference July 28 at the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran (D) made the case for what’s at stake for Long Island the day before heading to Washington to urge the congressional delegation to provide financial support for the area.

In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, which claimed the lives of close to 2,000 Suffolk County residents, Bellone and Curran urged the federal government to appreciate what was at stake as residents continued to deal with the mental health consequences of a deadly virus, job losses, and ongoing fear and uncertainty.

Indeed, the 64-year-old LICADD has had a 20 percent uptick in calls as people grapple with mental health problems and anxiety, Steve Chassman, the executive director of LICADD said.

“Many people have crossed an imaginary line, where the 6 p.m. drink became the 2 p.m. drink,” Chassman said in an interview.

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County Executive Steve Bellone said Suffolk desperately needs federal support in both budget and in mental health/drug services. File photo

Reynolds offered support to the county executives as they head to Washington.

Turning to Bellone and Curran, Reynolds said, “You have our voice and our good wishes as you go forward” to make sure “these vital services” remain available to Long Islanders.

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Not a Moment, But a Movement: Protesters on North Shore Show Stamina

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BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM While 2020 will be remembered for the coronavirus, this year’s summer will be recorded in the history books for the millions of voices speaking out against injustice and police brutality across the country.

The H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge will be the site of a rally this Saturday, Aug. 1, where activist group Long Island Fight for Equality intends to host an event to speak out against racial injustice and inequality from 2 to 6 p.m. The rally as well as a march comes more than two months after George Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer which reignited outrage over police brutality in the U.S. The summer has been filled with hundreds of Black Lives Matter protests such as in Hauppauge, Port Jefferson Station, Stony Brook and multiple ones through the streets of Smithtown and Huntington in June and July.

While most have been peaceful, some have seen the conflict between protester and cop escalate, such as when at a recent Babylon protest, three participants from Black White Brown United were arrested, including a Stony Brook resident charged with harassment, according to Suffolk County police.

Couple Ashley Payano, 23, and Ian Atkinson, 26, are organizing the Aug. 1 Hauppauge rally and march. Together, they have helped assemble as well as attend about half-a-dozen protests and rallies in the last couple of months. Atkinson lives in Farmingville, while Payano splits her time between the Bronx and Long Island, with plans to move to the Island in the future. They are just two among scores of protest leaders, but having attended many such protests on Long Island, they said momentum is still strong.

“As a young Black person, these struggles affect me and my family directly so I couldn’t

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Considering there still could be a drop in state aid sometime later in the year, the district said there are contingent salary funds for things like elementary tutors or teaching coaches can be redirected for health and custodial aids.

“We will be maximizing the use of contingent salary funds,” Poole said.

Videos of the latest board meetings and more details about reopening plans can be found on the district’s Facebook page.

More school districts will be releasing their reopening plans in the coming days.

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imagine not taking part in it,” Payano said.

Atkinson said the number of people at these protests has varied. At one in Stony Brook near the Smith Haven Mall, there were more than 1,000 attendees, while a Port Jeff Station protest saw around 150 people at its peak.

Payano said a fundraising aspect has been added to many of the rallies, with protesters asked to bring canned goods and hygiene products to be donated to those in need.

Payano said she feels this is an extension of the civil rights movement and believes that the passion will lead to actual change.

“I think that instead of this being about protests, I think this is a movement,” she said. “It is for change. I think it’s important to continue to practice civil disobedience and civil unrest.”

Atkinson said he is driven by frustration because he feels many have not experienced the freedom and equality that the country stands for.

“Clearly, it hasn’t been the way it’s supposed to be for certain populations,” he said. “African Americans, minorities, are not treated fairly or equally in this country.”

He said he also believes that the civil rights movement leaders didn’t get everything they were fighting for.

“We know what we’re fighting for and we’re not looking to stop until we’ve gotten it,” he said.

Several weeks after the start of the BLM protests, a counter movement, largely either called pro-police rallies or Blue Lives Matter rallies have garnered hundreds of participants, such as one in Port Jefferson Station June 22.

Though many of these rallies have been led by and have featured conservative figures such as U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) and former Suffolk GOP chairman John Jay LaValle, participants have called on people to support police, who they say have been attacked unfairly.

Atkinson said the Blue Lives Matter rallies have added to his frustrations.

“They’re completely missing the point,” he said. “They don’t stand for anything. It’s just frustrating because they’re kind of going against the belief that everyone should be equal.”

Payano, who has been involved in music,

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follow what has been, from the ground level, seemingly haphazard orders from New York State. Business has been hard, he said, even after reopening. He’s gone from 10 tables in the dining area to four and from 12 barstools to six along the bar with only three bar tables. He built a deck patio that now has five tables on it, but with the recent heat wave, very few customers have dared sit outside

Ashley Payano, left, and Ian Atkinson, right, have been active in the recent protests on Long Island such as the one that took place in Stony Brook June 7. Left photo by Mike Reilly; right by Rebecca Kassay

acting and real estate, and is planning to take some college courses this school year, said she has been politically active since age 15, as her father spoke out often about housing issues in the Bronx. She said she has been part of similar efforts through the years when a young Black person’s death was followed by protests, but she hasn’t seen them last as long as they have now.

The Bronx native said the more she comes to Long Island the more she notices de facto segregation and the impact of redlining, which has disturbed her. She said she also notices that people will sometimes stare at her when she and Atkinson are on Long Island. However, she added that she has seen a diverse group of people of all different backgrounds and ages at rallies throughout the Island, except in Brentwood where there were more attendees of color.

“It’s really nice to meet people from all backgrounds who believe in the same thing,” she said. “And the people who honk their cars and pass by, it showed me there are more people in support of this movement than not.”

Atkinson, who works with the and eat.

Though he said he’s been doing everything to comply with state regulations, the constant changes have been disruptive. The worst order for his restaurant, he said, has been the requirement that people must order food if they are to order drinks.

“A guy who’s a contractor can’t just come in and have a beer after work, because he has to have a beer with dinner,” Dunn said.

“They’re trying to put the restaurant business out of business — every week there’s a different thing with this governor.”

developmentally disabled to help them adapt to everyday life, is looking toward a future with Payano, who he met at a paint night in Manhattan. The Long Islander said he hopes to see their children grow up in a different environment.

“I don’t want them to grow up in a community where they’re not looked at like everyone else,” he said.

Atkinson and Payano said in all the protests they’ve been part of, everyone has been asked to wear a mask and stay home if they are immunocompromised. So far, the majority have seemed to comply. The couple have also encountered counter protesters, but Atkinson said they welcome conversation, even though at times it can be scary after hearing of stories such as a Black Lives Matter protester being attacked or having water thrown on them.

“We welcome the discussion as long as they are willing to hear us out,” he said.

Payano said while some discussions are disheartening, she understands why it’s hard for people to believe that their loved ones or even themselves “have been practicing bigotry.” She said she looks at the debates from a sociological standpoint.

“Our brain is programmed to protect us from things that will hurt us whether it’s emotionally or our sense of self or identity or belief system that we have ingrained in us, which is very well capable of growth of change,” she said. “But a lot of people have a belief system, and they would prefer to avoid the instability of having to start from scratch.”

Regarding change, Payano is optimistic.

“It’s going to take a while, but I believe it’s possible,” she said.

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Miller Place

Miller Place High School Hosts Five Distanced Graduations Waiting to see if New York would eventually change its restrictions on graduations, of a max 150 people per event, Miller Place School District finally held its commencement ceremonies July 24 at the high school football field, its scorebord emblazoned with 20:20.

Five separate ceremonies were conducted throughout the day, and though rain drizzled on and off in the morning hours, students sat through hour long ceremonies while spaced across the field. The 9 a.m. group of graduate listen to inspiring words by salutatorian Larry Davis and valedictorian Joseph Bisiani before each individually walked up to receive their diplomas.

Obituary

Dean Brian Scott

Past owner of DEKS American Restaurant & Taproom and one of the North Shore’s most colorful restaurateurs, Dean Brian Scott passed away July 19. He was 70.

Scott was owner of DEKS, a landmark pub in the famous historic Hallock House on Route 25A in Rocky Point. He was the owner for 40 years.

Last year in February, Scott closed the establishment, and on its last night he was surrounded by family, friends and restaurant regulars to reminisce. That night, he told TBR News Media the best thing about the restaurant was “the people, of course, it’s the people.”

After the restaurant closed, Scott moved to Delray Beach, Florida, where he passed away

A Tribute to Dean Brian Scott

To all my friends and family, With a heavy heart, I’m so very sorry to let you know that Dean Scott, My Love and Best Friend of 25 years passed away. He had an unfortunate series of events after a bad fall. He died of complications during his stay in the hospital, and ultimately pneumonia. His memory will be treasured by family, friends and the hundreds, if not thousands, of people who knew him over his four decades as one of Long Island’s most colorful characters and restaurateurs.

His passions were many: food, wine, craft beer, cigars, good music, travel, the ocean, everything beautiful and humorous. He was a man of many talents and interests, from cu-

linary to orchid growing, and everything creative and fun in between. A frustrated actor, the restaurant was his stage, where he entertained his patrons nightly with ghost stories from DEKS American Restaurant, located in Rocky Point’s oldest commercial building, the historic Hallock House.

He is survived by his loving family, partner Diane Lieberwitz, daughter Danya Scott, brother and restaurant partner Kevin Scott and brother Eric Scott.

He will not be forgotten by anyone who’s life he touched, and I’m sure he’s “raising hell in heaven!” … “YaKnow…YaKnow.”

— Diane Lieberwitz

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SERV ICES MR SEWERMAN CESSPOOL SERVICE All types of cesspool servicing, all work guaranteed, family owned and operated since 1985, 631-924-7502.

Licensed and Insured.

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Clean-Ups LET STEVE DO IT Clean-ups, yards, basements, whole house, painting, tree work, local moving and anything else. Totally overwhelmed?

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Decks DECKS ONLY BUILDERS & DESIGNERS Of Outdoor Living By Northern Construction of LI. Decks, Patios/Hardscapes, Pergolas, Outdoor Kitchens and Lighting.

Since 1995. Lic/Ins. 3rd Party Financing Available.

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Residential/Commercial, Free Estimates. Ins/Lic#57478-ME. Owner Operator, 631-828-4675 See our Display Ad in the Home Services Directory

Exterminating Scientific Exterminating Services let’s all stay safe, ecological protection, ticks, ants, mosquitoes, termites, Natural Organic products 631-265-5252-See Display ad for more information.

Fences SMITHPOINT FENCE. DEER PROBLEM? WE CAN HELP! Wood, PVC, Chain Link, Stockade. Free estimates.

Now offering 12 month interest free financing.

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J. BRENZINSKI INC. Landscape Material Delivery Service. MULCH, SOIL, STONE. Delivery 7 days a week. Prompt and courteous service. Call with your Material Needs. 631-566-1826

BLUSTAR CONSTRUCTION The North Shore’s Most Trusted Renovation Experts.

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SCREENED TOP SOIL Mulch, compost, decorative and driveway stone, concrete pavers, sand/block/portland.

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Theme Gardens. Residential & Commercial. Lic/Ins. 631-928-2110

Miscellaneous DISH TV $59.99 For 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote. Some restrictions apply. 1-888-609-9405 GET DIRECTV! ONLY $35/month! 155 Channels & 1000s of Shows/Movies on Demand. (w/SELECT All Included Package). PLUS Stream on Up to FIVE Screens Simultaneously at No Additional Cost. Call DIRECTV, 1-888-534-6918

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631-744-8859 COUNTY-WIDE PAINTING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Painting/Staining. Quality workmanship. Living and Serving Three Village Area for over 30 years. Lic#37153-H. 631-751-8280 LaROTONDA PAINTING & DESIGN Interior/exterior, sheetrock repairs, taping/spackling, wallpaper removal, Faux, decorative finishings. Free estimates.

Lic.#53278-H/Ins. Ross LaRotonda 631-689-5998 THE PAINT PROFESSIONALS Three Generations of Excellence. Interior and exterior services, residential and commercial. A+ rating with BBB. 631-682-9506. See Display Ad for more information.

WORTH PAINTING “PAINTING WITH PRIDE” Interiors/exteriors. Staining & deck restoration, power-washing, wallpaper removal, sheetrocktape/spackling, carpentry/trimwork. Lead paint certified. References. Free estimates. Lic./Ins. SINCE 1989 Ryan Southworth. See Display Ad. 631-331-5556

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Squeaky Clean Property Solutions 631-387-2156 www.SqueakyCleanli.com WORKING & LIVING IN THE THREE VILLAGES FOR 30 YEARS. Owner does the work, guarantees satisfaction. COUNTY-WIDE, Lic/Ins. 37153-H, 631-751-8280

Power Washing POWERWASHING PETE Sanitize your home professionally- house, deck, fence, roof, driveway, pavers and outdoor furniture. $50 off any job! Free Estimates. Call 631-240-3313.

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Editorial Letters to the Editor What Has Become Political Voting Is Not Grocery Shopping Take the time for a second to think about all the things you know you can’t talk about in a public space.

Think about it hard. However much you like to talk to strangers, imagine what should happen if one dares to speak about the upcoming election. Envisage the shouting matches over recent protests. Have you feared what should happen if you kindly ask the person waiting in line at checkout to please put on a mask?

As reporters, we have seen just how reserved people can be on the hot-button topics of the day. Sending a reporter out to ask people their opinions on an issue such as the possibility of war with Iran back in January — remember when that was the big story of the day? — results in a paltry mix of opinions. Out of more than a dozen people, you may get one willing to speak their thoughts and offer their names on the record.

Yes, you’ll get more answers to the tame question of “what are you most excited to do this summer?” but so few people want their opinion shared. If you ask, the majority will say they do not want their thoughts laid bare for all to see on the internet and on social media.

Though we rarely share them, it seems the antipathy and staunchness of those same opinions is only hardening as time goes.

Polls by Gallup and the Pew Research Center in 2017 show the mean identity for being either strictly Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, has only increased over the past two decades. The partisan gap on issues such as immigration started with a percentage gap of little more than 10 percent has become 40. Worries about climate change have only become starker on the political line.

The thing is, most people know and would acknowledge said political polarization. Students at the top of their class at recent social distancing graduations like one in Miller Place spoke about that same political gulf. Indeed, everybody seems to confirm it, but at the same time, nobody seems to work to bridge those same divides.

People have made apolitical things political. Climate change is not a political issue. The debate has long centered on whether climate change is really happening. It is happening, it is being caused by humanity, and the debate should not center on the “is it” but more on the “what we need to do about it.”

We on Long Island have to be acutely aware of it, because rising sea levels will impact us immensely.

This pandemic has also made such a divide even starker.

Asking to wear masks, in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19, has been transformed into an assault on personal freedoms.

This thought isn’t helped with the constant barrage of false info and conspiracy theories spread through social media, especially about the virus. Last week’s article about local social media pages cited a Pew Research Center report that a frightening number of individuals believe unproven conspiracy theories about the ongoing pandemic.

Indeed, with national politics being what they are, it’s often better to think about local issues. We at TBR News Media do our best to report on issues that impact us right here at home, issues of beach erosion, flooding, the state of our small businesses. Instead of basing the conversation on grander topics of political infighting, focus on what works or doesn’t work. These conversations can (though not always) be much calmer and sincere than anything concerning who’s behind will occupy the White House throne come Nov. 3.

Leave animosity at the door, and concern yourself with you, your neighbors and your community. That is where the best of us can be found.

Recently, memes on social media and letters to the editor have argued that mail-in voting is unnecessary because people can go to the grocery store, implying that voting is no different. This is a weak argument.

In each household, only one person needs to shop. For voting, every adult must show up. All households with two or more adults (married couples, roommates, adult children at home) necessarily multiply the number of people to be accommodated for voting. Moreover, there are multiple grocery stores and people can shop once a week, once a month, have friends do it or use a service. Voting locations are assigned and every registered voter must show up on the same day during the same limited number of hours. Furthermore, some people are only at the store to buy a few items while others are filling two carts. Every voter follows the same process and utilizes all the services offered.

Stores limiting the number of people inside a building experience long lines, and these are people choosing whether they are willing to wait. Voters have no such luxury. They are assigned their location and, if employed, may only have a short time available to wait. If they cannot vote in that window, they lose that right. They cannot “come back tomorrow” or “hit a place

closer to home.” Even with early voting, many voters cannot get to these locations due to the distance from their homes.

Mail-in voting is safe. The primary showed we can achieve accurate, timely results with greater participation and little fraud. Unlike the alleged instance of a ballot being issued to a cat (“Mail-in Voting Should Be a No Go,” The Village Beacon Record, July 23), multiple articles from trustworthy sources have reported that little voter fraud occurs with mail-in voting. There are numerous safety protocols. Mail-in votes are signed, and the signatures checked against those on file.

Ballots are not counted if not printed on the correct paper. Mail-in voting is not a risk to the validity of election results.

Citizens should be allowed to vote in person if they so choose, but given that people have shown they cannot be trusted to maintain social distance or wear masks, every registered voter should receive the opportunity to vote by mail rather than risk their life, or someone else’s, because they carry or were exposed to COVID-19. We are not picking ice cream. We are picking leaders.

Mary Hobson Miller Place

A letter to the editor [“Not So ‘Middle-Class-Joe’”] recently appearing in this newspaper contained several statements about Nancy Pelosi that are false. These falsehoods originated in a doctored Wikipedia entry. Unfortunately, by the time a Wikipedia editor removed the doctored entry as “not verified” and “unsourced,” the damage had been done. Less reputable right-wing internet sites had picked it up and continued to spread it. These in turn were sources for multiple letters to the editor in a variety of newspapers.

First of all there is the accusation that Pelosi created a special exemption in the minimum wage bill of 2007 for American Samoa, to benefit the Star-Kist tuna processing plant there, because her husband “owned $17 million of Star-Kist stock.”

There was no such thing as Star-Kist stock.

In 2007 Star-Kist was owned by Del Monte, which in turn was majority owned by

H.J. Heinz. Pelosi’s husband did not own any H.J. Heinz stock, according to 10 years of financial disclosure forms (which carry severe penalties for false statements).

Second the statement that Pelosi personally exempted American Samoa from the minimum wage increase is false.

There is zero evidence for this. In fact, prior to 2007, the U.S. territories of Northern Marianas and American Samoa were always exempt from federal minimum wage standards. The original minimum wage bill of 2007 (H.R. 2) removed this exemption from the Northern Marianas but not American Samoa. This was per the request of the nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from American Samoa, Eni Faleomavaega.

Third, the statement that Samoans received no pay increase is false. Because of Republican objections over the special treatment of American Samoa, the

exemption was removed and the bill that ultimately passed in the House and was signed into law (H.R. 2206) raised the minimum wage in American Samoa to the same level as elsewhere in the U.S. Without commenting on the rest of this letter to the editor (except to say that I find the claim that Hitler and Mussolini said they were “taking from the rich to give to the poor” dubious, to say the least), it’s a classic example of the harmful spreading of false information. Now, more than ever, and especially as the campaign of 2020 heats up, and America is being targeted with disinformation by foreign adversaries, I would implore every writer, of whatever political stripe, to please, please, please check your facts carefully so as to avoid spreading falsehoods. It’s the patriotic thing to do.

David Friedman St. James

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JULY 30, 2020 • THE VILLAGE BEACON RECORD • PAGE A23

Opinion

College Packing Lists Include New Items This Year

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ike it or not, ready or not, we will be starting August at the end of this week. That means many students and faculty will be returning to college, for those schools that are welcoming students back to campus and for however long those young learners will be allowed to remain there.

So, what should be on the shopping list?

Well, for startD. None ers, the kids will of the above need masks and

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF abundant quantities of hand sanitizer. Sure, colleges are promising to have some of each scattered around the facilities students will have to take turns using, but, to the extent we can find and afford it, we should include these health care items on

our packing list.

They’ll probably need their own thermometers, just so they can respond, at a moment’s notice, to the question of how they are feeling and whether they’ve had any fever. In fact, they should carry the thermometer to every class.

Of course, this often isn’t sufficient in the age of COVID-19, in large part because so many people, particularly those who are our children’s age, don’t have a fever even if they are carriers and potential superspreaders of the virus.

They’ll also need plenty of cleaning supplies because they may prefer to clean their rooms and common spaces like bathrooms themselves or because schools may be reluctant to send other people into their suite or hallway bathrooms.

We might want to add a laminated card that includes critical phone numbers and addresses. If they are far enough from home, they might need a safe place to stay in case they have to vacate campus immediately, like an antiseptic barn or a never-used

cabin in the woods. They also might need to know the name and phone number of a local doctor or a doctor from home who can talk them through any medical challenges through telemedicine. Waiting at university health services, urgent care facilities, or hospitals may create undo stress and raise exposure to the virus.

Now, how many weeks or months of clothing to pack has become a matter of opinion. Some people, like my daughter, are listening to their school suggestion and are planning to pack for a total of three weeks.

In that case, one or even one-and-a half suitcases may be sufficient.

Okay, what else? Well, they’ll need electronics and chargers, so they can do most of their work from their dorm room or a pre-reserved room in a library or any other space students can reserve that is cleaned in between study sessions.

Given that the gym, where they might go to run or lift weights, is likely on restricted hours or is only available for school athletes, they might also want to bring a few

light weights, just to get some exercise in the room.

Even though they may only be there for three weeks, they’ll need plenty of air freshener and bug spray. If these students and their roommates spend most if not all of their time in their rooms, they may eat most, if not all, of their meals in this small space.

Unless they take regular, exercise-inducing trips to remove their trash, the leftovers will likely start to smell within a few days, particularly in hotter rooms that don’t have air conditioners.

These students will also need cameras and plenty of memory in their electronic devices. If they only get three weeks or less of time on campus, they’re probably going to want to document as much as possible of their campus life, before they do all of their learning remotely.

Oh, and they might need a few notebooks, pencils and pens. Then again, if they do everything online, those antiquated items might be unnecessary in a year of unknowns.

Send a Photo to Celebrate Your Grandparents Amid COVID-19

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hat’s it like to be a grandparent?

Most of us would say it’s totally wonderful. But it’s not automatic. It’s a club we can’t join on our own. Only through our children’s actions can we be admitted, and for some people, their children are reticent to provide admission. Getting married in one’s 20s and shortly thereafter starting to have children is not the automatic course of events it once was in the last and previous centuries. For others Between with no children of their own, the you and me surrogate route is

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF available, and that can be deeply satisfying.

I can share with you some of the personal

satisfactions. I am grandmother to four, who are in their teens and early 20s. Watching them grow and flower has been as much a miracle to me as their births, and they have expanded my horizons even as they have found their own paths. From my oldest grandson, I have learned a bit about making films since he has become a filmmaker. As you may know, we have even teamed up and collaborated on his movie, “One Life to Give,” about Benjamin Tallmadge, Nathan Hale and the Culper Spy ring.

From my second grandson’s work, I am thrilled to hear how music is made and then distributed to the public. This is his chosen career and our family is enjoying every note.

My granddaughter is in college and expresses an interest in psychology, a field in which I have, to my regret, never taken any courses and am eager to learn more about. She is also a marvel to me because she is the first daughter among a team of sons to come along in a couple of generations.

And my youngest grandson, still in high school, and I share a passion for baseball. Our only difference: he plays, I watch. And cheer.

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Perhaps a less generally articulated satisfaction of being a grandparent is watching our children become parents. They have moved into those roles with the same eagerness and trepidation that their father and I felt. They now know what it is like to put aside their lives for another. As they have done so, they have understood and, I believe, come to appreciate their father and me, which is a nice aside.

Grandparents get to love their grandchildren without any baggage. We can enjoy their development without as much ego and effort as the first time around. We can play with them when they are little, then give them back to their parents when they need some attention. The remarkable thing about that relationship is how much they seem to love us, right from their first breaths on earth.

Grandparents also are the repositories of the culture, origins and values of the family.

They offer a link between past and present, and often it is they who bring together families and community with their Sunday dinners and holiday gatherings.

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Leah S. Dunaief GENERAL MANAGER Johness Kuisel MANAGING EDITOR Kyle Barr EDITOR Kyle Barr

LEISURE EDITOR Heidi Sutton ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Kathleen Gobos ART AND PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Beth Heller Mason

Where are the grandparents now and how are they doing?

Grandparents have been perhaps the most isolated by COVID-19. In the age group deemed most likely to die from the disease, they have been the most careful about staying at home.

As a result, grandparents have become almost invisible over the past four months. The only respite for some has been FaceTime or Zoom.

If they have the technology, at least they can connect with family and friends digitally.

To honor grandparents and make them more visible during the pandemic, we are producing a special publication in time for Grandparents Day, a national holiday started by Marian McQuade of West Virginia and made official by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. We are inviting residents to send in pictures of their grandparents, and we will print them in the issue of Sept. 10.

September was considered appropriate for such a celebration by the Carter administration since grandparents are in the autumn of their lives.

And we consider it appropriate to salute them now for their difficult sheltering-in-place.

INTERNET STRATEGY DIRECTOR Rob Alfano CLASSIFIEDS DIRECTOR Sheila Murray BUSINESS MANAGER Sandi Gross

CREDIT MANAGER Diane Wattecamps CIRCULATION MANAGER Courtney Biondo SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER Sheila Murray

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