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Town of Smithtown Supervisor Ed Wehrheim (R) invited elected officials from across Suffolk County and from all levels of government to join him Monday, Sept. 14, on the front steps of Town Hall to send a plea for help to the capital as Congress members prepare to negotiate the next federal COVID-19 package. On hand was U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1), who along with Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-NY19) introduced the Direct Support for Communities Act in the House of Representatives. The bill was also introduced in the Senate by New York Sens. Chuck Schumer (D) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D). Wehrheim said the legislators are calling on Congress for direct coronavirus funding while their municipalities face historic financial shortfalls. He thanked Zeldin for working across the aisle and advocating for a bipartisan proposal for the funding that local governments could use for essential services and to offset lost revenues during the ongoing pandemic. Zeldin said while there has been legislation to

Local legislators joined U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R) at a press conference Sept. 14 in Smithtown. Photo by Rita J. Egan

provide relief for families, small businesses and for state and local governments under the CARES Act, there was still more that needed to be done. He gave the example of the Town of Brookhaven, which was excluded from the last relief package. The congressman said for a town to receive CARES Act funding directly it needed a population of more than 500,000.

Brookhaven has just under that number. The town had requested $12 million from the federal government, according to Zeldin. “The formula of how that CARES Act money was distributed was very strict to ensure that the money could only be used for COVID-19 related expenses,” he said. “It’s important for there not only to be more funding for state and

local governments, but also more flexibility in how that money is spent.” The legislation introduced recently by Zeldin would allow a new formula to disperse relief funding based on population. Under the new guidelines, if the act is passed, Brookhaven could potentially receive the $12 million. Zeldin said with the new formula half the money would go to the counties based on population and the other half to towns, cities and villages. “It’s very important that if and when Congress provides additional support for state and local governments, that the money that is sent from D.C. to Albany actually makes its way to the constituents represented by the men and women who are here,” the congressman said. During his speech, four protesters jeered Zeldin as he spoke and held up signs, one of which read, “Lazy Lee Must Go! CD1 Deserves Better!” Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) also spoke at the press conference. He said the pandemic has shut down the economy and the effects will reverberate for the next 100 years. He thanked Zeldin for his help with what WASHINGTON Continued on A8

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Student-Athletes Protest to Get Some Fall Playing Time social media campaign. The two spoke at the event along with state Assemblyman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-St. James). North Shore students say they want to play. Halpin said students were excited after More than a hundred young athletes and Cuomo’s August announcement. their parents rallied in front of 180 E. Main St. “We texted our teammates, we dusted off in Smithtown Sept. 15. The building houses the our gear and got ready to play, something we offices of Section XI, which manages Suffolk were waiting five months to do,” Halpin said. County high school sports. Purpura said she wonders why surrounding states have Last week the athletic figured out how school sports council voted to postpone can continue during the the fall sports season and pandemic but not Long Island. condense all three seasons She added how playing sports to run from January through is good for mental health, June next year. The Nassau serving as an outlet for pent-up County Council of School energy or emotions. She said Superintendents had already many times during a bad day at decided to postpone sports, school she has imagined being both councils citing the on the field, and it’s a way for potential for increased many to express themselves positive cases of COVID-19 like others may do with music as well as the costs associated and art. with meeting coronavirus “There’s more to sports than restrictions at games. The —Jenna Halpin competition, championships decision is contrary to Gov. and making friends,” she said. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) August “It goes way deeper than that announcement stating schools and serves a greater purpose.” could allow certain sports to Fitzpatrick said Cuomo and other state practice and compete starting in September, such as cross country, track and soccer, which officials have stated it’s important to follow have been deemed low to medium risk. Sports the science. “The science has shown that we can do that were originally excluded from a fall start sports and other activities safely,” Fitzpatrick included football and volleyball. The Sept. 15 rally was organized by field said, adding that practices such as social hockey players Carolena Purpura, a 12th- distancing, wearing masks and other safety grader at Harborfields High School, and Jenna protocols can be incorporated so students can Halpin, a high school senior from Locust Valley play sports like they are doing in other states. Fitzpatrick, a former student basketball High School. Halpin started the Let Them Play BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

‘We texted our teammates, we dusted off our gear and got ready to play, something we were waiting five months to do.’

Student-athletes and parents from across Suffolk County showed up at the Section XI offices Sept. 15 to protest the council’s decision to push fall sports into next year. Photos by Rita J. Egan

player, encouraged the attendees to contact their elected officials on the state, county and town levels to put pressure on Section XI to let them play. Athletes from several school districts including Miller Place, Comsewogue, Three Village, Smithtown, Hauppauge, Central Islip and more were on hand. Hauppauge’s Jamie Devine, a 12th-grader who plays soccer and basketball, said if other states are able to practice sports and local students can attend classes in person, she doesn’t understand why Long Islanders can’t participate in sports, especially soccer which is played outside. The high school senior said she played in basketball tournaments in Pennsylvania this summer where everyone wore masks to the games, and everyone was fine. “Not being able to play is really upsetting to me, because I’ve worked hard since I was little and to never get to play again upsets me,” she said. Ward Melville cross country team members Katelyn Giordano, Alexis Bell and Julia Bell said they were training all summer. Finding out they couldn’t compete this fall, they said, was disappointing, especially when last season was cut short and they weren’t able to go to winter nationals or compete in the spring. Miller Place High School senior Jonathan Flannery, who plays football, wrestling and lacrosse, said he feels robbed.

“Everyone has been dreaming of their senior year of football since we were [little], and it just feels so abrupt, and it’s just not right,” he said. “I’ll come back in the middle of the summer just to play a season. I don’t care. I didn’t play my last game yet.”

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History

A Look Back at 19th-Century Three Village BY BEVERLY C. TYLER DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Just before the turn of the 20th century, the Three Village area presented a vastly different appearance than it does now. The shipbuilding era had been over for more than three decades and the industries that manufactured pianos and rubber goods had come and gone. The community had only the tourist trade and some coastwise shipping and fishing to supplement the farming that had been its backbone since 1655. The roads through the villages were unpaved and in the late winter, the narrow streets would be rutted and muddy. When it rained it was sometimes difficult, often impossible, for a horse and carriage to travel the loam and clay roads. Where the roadway passed near an underground spring it was also often flooded. Traveling by foot was more common than today and a necessity when the roads were impassable. The local area had fewer homes and they were often unpainted. The older shinglecovered houses presented a light gray, somewhat drab appearance as they stood alongside the uneven winding roadways. Farms dominated the landscape through the early years of the 20th century, and the fields were occasionally broken by small areas of woodland or meadow and by orchards of apple trees. Throughout the 19th-century trees were cut to be used as firewood. Most of this wood was cut into cords and shipped to New York City to heat the many homes there. The areas where the trees were cut down were cleared of stumps, plowed and planted. Some fields were left as meadow for grazing or to recover from

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too many years of farming. In most places, you could look from wherever you stood to where the field disappeared over a hill. The view would be broken only by a house or a small stand of trees. The village of East Setauket consisted of a group of small stores and a few homes. Surrounding the small village were fields and meadows sloping gently down to the harbor. The creek that still runs under the road divided the little village almost in half and was crossed

by a narrow wooden bridge that provided an unobstructed view of the stream below. At the east end of the village, on the south side of the road, were three homes belonging to members of the Jones family. Two of the homes, still standing in their original locations just east of the Three Village Church belonged to Capt. Benjamin Jones and his brother Walter Jones Jr. Benjamin had been master of many ships including the Mary and Louisa which was built in Setauket and which sailed on a threeyear cruise to China while he was her captain. Benjamin and Walter were both sons of Walter Jones Sr. and Charity Smith Jones. Their home, known as Old Shinglesides was built in 1754. It was bought in 1760 by Ebenezer Jones, Walter’s father. Walter lived there from the time he was married Jan. 28, 1824, until he died March 23, 1877. As detailed in the Three Village Guidebook, “the house was called the Mansion House by members of the Jones family because it was the home of Walter Sr., the then patriarch of the clan.” In 1895 Charity Smith Jones, then in her 90th year, was still living in the home where she raised her family. The Mansion House was still an impressive structure both inside and outside. The kitchen included a brick oven and a black settle. The dining room and sitting room were both lined with wainscoting. The sitting room included deep window seats, a number of cozy chairs and a big fireplace. The

parlor, across the entry hall from the sitting room, was elegantly paneled on the ceiling and three walls with a large fireplace on the west wall. In this parlor Charity Jones, who was described in an article in “Popular Monthly” as, “a sweet-faced old lady who is the pink of antique perfection from her spotless black cloth slippers to the white handkerchief over her head,” talked about her life. “I was born in 1806, and Captain Jones brought me to this house when I was a bride of eighteen. That was in 1824, and the house was just as old then as it is now. Yes,” she adds, with a snap of pride in the faded eyes, “I have lived in this house bride, wife and widow for seventy years, and when Captain Jones died he left it all to me.” The Mansion House stood on its original site until 1962 when it was moved to make room for the construction of the post office (now Tai Show North Restaurant). Restored by philanthropist Ward Melville, the house now sits comfortably by Gnarled Hollow Road overlooking a small pond. Charity Jones died Aug. 11, 1897, in the 92nd year of her life. She is buried in the Presbyterian Churchyard in company with many other, even older, local residents. Beverly C. Tyler is a Three Village Historical Society historian and author of books available from the society at 93 North Country Road, Setauket. For more information, call 631-7513730 or visit www.tvhs.org.

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Head of the Harbor’s Fischer Balances Finances with Philanthropy BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Setauket recently welcomed a new financial services office to the area, but the company’s president is no stranger to the Three Village community. Harlan Fischer, president of Branch Financial Services, recently moved his offices from Smithtown to Setauket. His business, which was located on Route 111 for 25 years, and before that, for 21 years in Hauppauge, has now found a home at 21 Bennetts Road. The Head of the Harbor resident and his wife of almost 47 years, Olivia, are known for their involvement in the art community across the North Shore, and both are familiar names at The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook. For the past three years, the couple has sponsored a monthly concert series at the music venue and museum, which is currently closed due to the coronavirus. Loft founder Tom Manuel said the Fischers were its first donors. The musician still remembers the day in 2015 when he was in Stony Brook village performing to raise money for the renovation of the venue’s future home. He said a man with a dog walked up to him and they began talking about jazz. The man turned out to be Fischer. “I was just thinking, ‘Wow, how interesting that there’s this guy that kind of digs what we’re trying to do,’” Manuel said. “Little did I know he’d already read about us, and he came there on purpose. I just thought he was passing by.” He said Fischer gave him an envelope

with a check inside, but Manuel didn’t open it until he was home, thinking it was maybe worth $50. Later he opened the envelope and found the check was for $1,000. “My eyes were as big as saucers,” he said. The Jazz Loft founder said that with Fischer’s interest in jazz and the couple’s love of art, the venue is a perfect match for them. “They’re doing it because it’s a passion,” he said. “It’s not just that they’re looking for a place to make a tax-deductible donation.” Fischer and his wife’s philanthropy goes beyond The Jazz Loft. While the financial adviser spends the day discussing finances with clients — people from all over Long Island as well as 26 states — his interests lie elsewhere when the workday has ended. Both he and Olivia through the decades have developed a shared love of art. Fischer said, for him, it began after a 1988 car accident when he was hit by a drunk driver. He realized he could have been killed, and up until that point his life was mostly about work. “All of a sudden it got me in touch with my mortality,” he said. He was talking to his physical therapist who told him about the Rotary club. Not only did he join the organization, but he also went on to become the president of Smithtown Rotary from 1997to 98. Through the Rotary he became involved in various community projects, but when a friend told him how the Smithtown Township Arts Council was looking for a board member, that’s when he found one of his true passions. Fischer told his friend he knew nothing about art, but it turned out the board was looking for

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a businessperson like him. Fischer decided to build a dog park that bears their name, the to join and a year later became its president. Olivia and Harlan Fischer Recreational and During his five-year tenure, he said he Development Park. The Fischers have also learned a lot about art, thanks to Norma Co- backed Little Shelter Animal Rescue’s annual hen, who was director of the Pet-A-Palooza in Huntington. council back then. He and Fischer, who is in his early his wife began collecting 70s, said he feels 10 years artwork, especially contemyounger and has no plans to porary studio art glass pieces retire, especially in his new that fill the couple’s Head of office that features some of his the Harbor home. art collection. He added that Olivia Fischer said the he’s fortunate to work with good couple’s interest in art grew people too, which helps with together and the two began leading a busy life. raising money for various “I can’t ask for more than organizations, including hosting —Harlan Fischer that,” he said. fundraisers in their home. Success and enjoyment in life Through the years, are something he believes people the Fischers have been find when they feel passionate members of many art organizations as well about what they are doing. He also believes as sponsored many events. Among their in good timing, which has become a common philanthropic activities have been being theme in his life not only with finding ways to members of The Long Island Museum’s give back but also in his career life. Directors Advisory Circle and sponsoring After spending four years in the Air Force the East End Arts Music Masters Mentorship and almost a year in Vietnam, he wound Program for high schoolers. The financial up in retail despite having an engineering adviser is also a former board president of degree from Northeastern University. He was the Art League of Long Island, and in 2000, running the Levitz Furniture & Showroom he was named The Times of Smithtown Man in Farmingdale when he told someone he of the Year in Business. no longer wanted to be in retail, and it was In addition to their work in the world recommended he consider the financial field. of the arts, the Fischers have rescued dogs “Timing is everything in life,” he said. and are in the process of adopting their 11th “Just being at the right place at the right time one. In late 2018, the Town of Smithtown and saying the right thing. You make a right recognized them for their $7,600 donation turn instead of a left turn, your whole life can which enabled the Smithtown Animal Shelter be different.”

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Incumbents Retain Seats in Local Villages Election results were announced in both the villages of Old Field and Poquott after ballots were tallied Sept. 15

Dee Parrish and trustee Jacqueline Taylor won the two open trustee seats with 231 and 217, respectively. Stevens garnered 55 votes and Chillak received 61.

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Historic All Souls Church Opens Its Doors To All BY DANIEL KERR Throughout the difficult time of the pandemic, All Souls Episcopal Church in Stony Brook village has kept its doors open every day. Several visitors have signed the guest book expressing their appreciation that the national landmark, Stanford Whitedesigned chapel provided them a place for silent reflection and refuge during the COVID-19 storm. Although the doors remained open for daily visitation, all of the community service programs (Saturdays at Six concerts, Second Saturdays poetry readings, Gregorian Chant, Native American Drumming and midweek interfaith Morning Prayer) have been suspended since early March. All Souls resumed a Zoom version of the Second Saturday poetry readings in June, and the church is pleased to announce the resumption of the several of its live, inperson programs for the community — with appropriate social distancing and sanitizing protocols. Weekly Tuesday Morning Prayer

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Editorial

Who Decides Reforming Police

When Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) announced the 30-member police reform task force last Wednesday, Sept. 9, there was not much in the way of fanfare for what should be a big moment for the general police reform movement. Like the sound of a flat trumpet announcing the arrival of the king, it did not create any kinds of sensation other than pursed lips and a general groan from the community at large. The news has left people on both entrenched sides of the police debate uncomfortable. One side probably thinks it is a dangerous waste of time, the other believes it to be an attempt at lip service, one piloted by the same people advocates accused of sustaining bad practices within departments. The muted and sometimes hostile response to the new task force is likely due to how long it took the county to actually release its own plans. It has been over three months since Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) released his first executive order mandating that the government actually looks into this. Police reform advocates have hounded his heels since then but the county exec stood mum. Perhaps he, like others, was confused by what the county should have been doing to prepare for what is likely seen as another unfunded mandate from New York State. But this is bigger than that, or at least, it should be. Bellone and other police officials should have been upfront about what they were going to do and how they would do it. At least then they wouldn’t have been in a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation as they are now. Especially because without a plan, Cuomo has promised municipalities’ police departments could lose state funding. Suffolk County police officials throughout the entirety of the police debate have touted recent advancements in anti-bias training and department reform that was happening even before Minneapolis man George Floyd was killed at the hands of police. And to say there haven’t been significant efforts would be a disservice to the several notable people within the police department who have strived to increase inclusivity and enact change for the better. Most times, however, it’s better to let the people themselves tell you if that change has been enough, rather than just sitting in the echo chamber that is bureaucracy. The 30-person task force is effectively evenly split between Suffolk County officials/police reps and other religious, racial and community groups. This disparate set of characters plans to hold eight meetings, one for each precinct plus the East End, then using another large survey the county has announced alongside the task force, craft some sort of policy plan. The Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association will of course advocate for no changes to police budgets or personnel. Their leadership has been staunch supporters of Blue Lives Matter rallies and have routinely decried any and all Black Lives Matter protests, even though in the county the vast majority have been peaceful and civil. That’s not to say police don’t have the right to speak up for themselves. We know just how much work goes into serving a community as an officer — from the holidays not spent with families to the danger they put themselves in every day. But we need to listen to communities, especially the large communities of color, for whether they feel police actually treat them the way many of us on the North Shore feel we are positively reflected. We at TBR News Media think there should be a minority report, or potentially multiple minority reports, to go along with whatever result gets crafted before the governor’s April 2021 deadline. That way we can see what was left on the cutting room floor and, more importantly, how either police reps or reform advocates feel things should be done if they had their way. It’s time to stop thinking of this task force as an afterthought and move toward some consensus that leads to real change.

Letters to the Editor

Going Over Trump’s Alleged Accomplishments

On Sept. 10, a letter by George Altemose was published [“Democratic Convention Held No Surprises”] touting the supposed “great accomplishments” of President Donald Trump [R] in his first term and stoking fear based on falsehoods about former Vice President Joe Biden [D]. First, about Trump’s alleged accomplishments. The letter writer trumpets “the lowest unemployment rate ever for African Americans and Hispanic Americans.” The problem with this is that these rates were falling long before Trump took office. The decline didn’t pick up speed on his watch. In fact, starting August 2019 Black unemployment started creeping back up. An even bigger problem is that unemployment among all groups is now much, much higher than when Trump took office. No doubt Trump would say, as he did March 13 of this year, “No, I don’t take responsibility at all.” He’d blame it all on the pandemic, which he had nothing to do with, just sitting in the Oval Office minding his own business — or tweeting. President Harry Truman [D] he’s not. So, what has Trump really accomplished? Well, the U.S. is certainly No. 1 in COVID-19 deaths. With 4% of the world’s population, the U.S. has 22% of the world’s COVID-19 deaths. Under Trump an American passport has

essentially become worthless because other countries are afraid to let us in. It’s not that we don’t have good scientists, doctors or hospitals. Our wretched response to the pandemic is the result of Trump’s incompetence. He doesn’t know anything and doesn’t want to know anything, except what will help him politically. So much for keeping us safe. As for his other “accomplishments,” what happened to the wall Mexico was going to pay for? Guess who’s actually paid for the tiny stretch of wall that’s been built: military personnel and their families. That’s because Trump grabbed funds allocated for schools and day care centers for military families to pay for wall construction when Congress wouldn’t give him the money. Then there’s his tax cut showering more money on people like himself and his wealthy pals, giving the rest of us peanuts or nothing or less than nothing. Health care — what health care? After failing to ram his pathetic health plan through a Republican Congress, he’s chosen to vindictively ask the Supreme Court to do what he couldn’t do legislatively, namely take away health care insurance from 20 million Americans in the midst of a pandemic. Other accomplishments: weaken rules against water and air pollution — check. Accelerate global warming — check.

Reduce American prestige, influence and power abroad — check. The letter writer darkly warns of chaos and mayhem if Biden is elected. He leaves out just two little facts that get in the way. One is that Biden has made his position quite clear: “Rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting. It’s lawlessness, plain and simple.” The other is this: Trump actually is the president and this turmoil is occurring on his watch. It’s Trump who’s been the great divider. It’s Trump who’s preached violence and vitriol his whole presidency. Even now he refuses to condemn killing if the perpetrator is a political supporter. It’s Trump who’s set American against American. It’s Trump who brands anybody who dares to call him out an enemy, whether it’s the news media, Democrats, our American national security agencies or just ordinary people tired of his corruption, falsehoods and incompetence. Biden has made it clear that if elected he will be a president for all Americans, even those who didn’t vote for him. We cannot afford another four years of Trump. In the biblical words of our greatest president [Abraham Lincoln]: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” David Friedman St. James

We Should Be Proud of What Gyrodyne Is Building Over the past several months, the proposed development on the Gyrodyne property has undergone a range of public hearings, community outreach and commentary by our local elected officials. Throughout this process, the team at Gyrodyne has been listening and making revisions to the project to accommodate for different needs and desires. The final proposal is one that not only exceeds the requirements of our state and local government — but one that honors our neighborhood and the community of Smithtown, while benefiting the Long Island region as a whole. On the environment: The proposal includes the construction of a new stateof-the-art advanced wastewater treatment plant that could reduce the nitrogen concentration of incoming wastewater by over 85%. The Gyrodyne team is also working with the Town of Smithtown and the Lake Avenue business area [in St. James] to potentially connect them to

the plant to reduce the amount of nitrogen being dumped into Stony Brook Harbor. The wastewater treatment plant will help to restore and protect the health of the Long Island Sound, as well as the wildlife, ecosystems and regional industries that rely on it. On the economy: The construction itself will create 1,500 jobs in the short term. As the coronavirus pandemic threatens to eliminate 28% of Long Island jobs by the end of the year according to one report, these could not come at a better time. Once built, the development which includes an assisted-living facility, a commercial/ medical office building and a hotel, will generate an estimated $127.7 million in economic output and provide hundreds of permanent jobs for current and prospective Suffolk County residents. The jobs that will be made available at this site can help build taxable revenue and a thriving community for generations to come. For our neighbors: The Gyrodyne

team has responsibly designed this project to account for the issues we’ve raised throughout the process including traffic, historical and cultural preservation, and overall quality of life. As a result of our communities’ comments the project includes new traffic lights on 25A at the intersections of Mills Pond and Stony Brook roads that will improve area traffic flow and safety. The team is also maintaining the historical scenic perspective by keeping the tree line intact and keeping the buildings low and unseen from the road. Gyrodyne has called Smithtown home for decades, and we should be proud of what it is building here. We look forward to continuing this process alongside our partners and neighbors, and seeing a final development we can all be proud of — together. Christopher McNamara, President, Smithtown Chamber of Commerce

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Opinion

Readers, Please Share Stories about Grace in the Community

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ormally, I’d build towards my request, but I know you’re busy. So, here’s the request: please send stories about your observations of graceful actions in our community. When I get enough of them, I’ll put them together in an article. If they keep coming, I’ll put together additional columns. Now, onto the pitch: the challenges of today and in the uncertain times ahead continue to increase even as we are now only a few D. None months away from of the above the countdown to BY DANIEL DUNAIEF 2021. What kind of Halloween will we have this year? What kind of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or, if you’re

a fan of the show Seinfeld, Festivus, awaits? We know we can’t plan for the kinds of things that we used to, like seeing friends and family in large groups, snuggling up close to watch movies or to tell stories of the triumphs of our children or our companies. As of the date of this week’s paper, we have 47 days between now and the election and who knows how much longer between now and when an already-contested national election is actually decided. That means we will hear the word “disgraceful” bandied about as if it were the best way to take down the other side. Democrats and Republicans will call the acts, thoughts and plans of the other side “disgraceful.” While you may agree with one person or party about how your favorite politician’s opponent is, indeed, completely lacking in grace and has ideas, thoughts or expressions that are as close to an abomination as you can imagine, those words and accusations don’t elevate your hero or you, for that matter.

Sure, it feels good to find targets for the frustrations and disappointments of a difficult year. However, during challenging times such as these, how about if we share the grace with which people are handling these challenges? Teachers, principals, janitors and everyone else associated with schools are operating under extremely difficult conditions. Surely you must have seen one of the people in the education world come up with a graceful solution to these maddening moments? Then there are all the people involved in health care, from first responders, to nurses, to doctors. I suspect we could create a wall of stories that reveal the grace under pressure that not only inspired you over the course of this difficult year, but also could inspire other readers looking for positive messages. Police officers, fire fighters and other emergency services workers never know exactly what they’ll face in a day, from a cat stuck in a tree to an unstable domestic violence incident, to an escalating confrontation among protesters

on opposite sides of a boiling nation. The grace some of these people demonstrate can lower the temperature and restore calm and peace. Speaking of grace, religious leaders can and do lead by example, writing sermons and acting with patience and dignity that encourage us to find the best of ourselves. While it’s tempting to write that Mrs. Smith is a graceful teacher, please think about what she does that’s so endearing. When you show us the story, by providing an anecdote about how Mrs. Smith defused a bullying situation or encouraged your daughter to stop sucking her thumb with subtle hand gestures, you are taking our hand and leading us into that socially-distanced classroom full of masked learners. Hopefully, whatever stories you share, if you have the time, will motivate us to follow the examples of others who have found a way, despite circumstances that may seem out of their control, to reveal the kind of grace that soothes the soul and brings meaning to each day.

on the rocky island as fell on London during the Blitz. No business was discussed there because Roosevelt did not want to give the impression that the two were ganging up on Stalin. Churchill, 70 and the oldest, was also accompanied by his daughter, Sarah. The two English-speaking leaders, surrounded by heavy security from both countries, then flew on to Saki, in the Crimea, in separate planes. From there, they set out for the milder climate of Yalta in cars, some 90 miles away. The road was so filled with potholes from bombings that one of the Admirals traveling with Roosevelt complained the ride, which lasted for five hours, “was breaking every bone in his body.” Stalin, 65, made the 1000 mile trip by rail from Moscow. He disliked flying because his only experience had been a white-knuckled flight across the Caspian Sea to the Tehran Conference, the big three’s previous rendezvous. Both he and Churchill were short and stout, with Roosevelt measuring over six feet when standing. Foreign diplomats were surprised by the dictator’s seeming charm, the softness of his voice and how, unlike others, especially Churchill, he often

seemed prepared to listen to what they had to say rather than to speak himself. They concluded the conference liking him. Of the three, he was probably the healthiest. Roosevelt had two main goals that he wished to obtain from the meeting. He was determined to set the architecture for a lasting peace through the creation of a United Nations. And he desperately wanted the Russian military to join in the fighting against Japan when the war in Europe was won, which happened in April. The American casualties at Iwo Jima were huge and foreshadowed the terrible cost in lives of an attack on the Japanese homelands. He achieved both but at a loss of Eastern European countries to the Soviet Union. And as it turned out, the United States did not need Russian help in defeating Japan, although as time went on, Stalin hastened to join the fighting, so as to share in the post-war spoils. The President clearly did not understand the coming power of the atomic bomb, which was dropped on Hiroshima only six months later. There are, according to the author, disconcerting similarities between Stalin and Putin.

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omehow reading about other troubled times makes for good escapism at this weird COVID-19 period of our existence. I just finished a wonderful, non-fiction, carefully researched book by Diana Preston, “Eight Days at Yalta,” and I recommend it for your next page turner. Even though we all know how WWII came out and how the leaders of the Allies met at Between Yalta in Crimea to work out the you and me details of the BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF war’s conclusion and the postwar map, the story is still fascinating. The characterizations of Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt, their interactions, their motivations

and their deceptions make for riveting reading. And incidentally, those decisions still affect us today. Originally scheduled for the end of 1944, the meeting was postponed until February 4-11 of the following year at Roosevelt’s request. He wanted it to happen after he was inaugurated in January for his unprecedented fourth term. Despite his obvious illness, he agreed to travel thousands of miles in the middle of winter, and he got there via train, ship, plane and limo. He was the youngest of the three leaders, at 63, and would die barely two months later. His fragile condition was noted by many of the participants, and he was accompanied by his only daughter, Anna Boettiger, who tried valiantly to protect her father’s health and help him conserve his energies. Churchill insisted on first meeting Roosevelt at Malta, where the President’s ship, the USS Quincy, delivered him and his entourage to Europe. Though just 17 miles long and nine miles wide, Malta served as a strategic position in the British supply line. As a result, it was subject to constant air raids day and night by German and Italian pilots. Twice the amount of bombs fell

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