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Austin South Asian | November 2020
How To Give Out Halloween Candy Safely During Pandemic By Sumaiya Malik There is no perfect way to dole out candy on Halloween on October 31 during Covid-19 pandemic, as there is a risk of disease transmission in the process. Parents certainly don’t want neighbors to open their doors to everyone. Neither do they want to let their kids knock on every door in the neighborhood, but they do want their children to experience the annual tradition in a safe way. We scoured online and asked people for suggestions. Here is what we put together for you. 1. Have candy grams in small Ziploc bags ready and on a table outside. Place each bag a few inches
away from the other so that the children who stop by just pick up their own in a socially distant way.
dress up and be scared in a fun way. • Create a candy scavenger hunt inside your home (or outside if you have room).
2. One magazine actually suggested catapulting the candy to the kids. Not sure if that is the best way.
• Scary movies, ghost stories and more can make the night fun, too. Get out the popcorn, Halloween candy and blankets and find some classics on Netflix.
3. Make a pod plan. If there are certain kids in your kids pods who you have started meeting with the assurance that they too are being socially distant to others, the children could intermingle and have a family Halloween celebration. 4. Skip the trick or treat and just carve out jack-o-lanterns. Beth Lawton came up with some ideas in her article “What about Halloween? Parents look for alter-
Whatever you do, remain safe, wear a mask and come back and immediately clean up.
natives to traditional trick-or-treating,” in Alexandria magazine. •Leave a bowl of candy (and hand sanitizer) at the end of your driveway, and wave at trick-or-treaters
from your front door. • Set up a piñata for your children in your own yard. • Set up a haunted house for your children at home. They can still
I am not too sure about the candy the kids bring home. Kids could be gifted candy of their own choice upon return.
Writers Of Interest At The 25th Year Of Texas Book Festival How To Choose The Best Texas Book Festival is celebrating its 25th year this November and writers of interest to South Asian audience are part of the schedule. The festival is virtual which means one can attend it for free from the comfort of one’s own home starting Nov. 6 and going on till Nov. 15. Here’s our pick:
Observer and Prairie Fire magazine. Aria is her first novel.
by A. Kendra Greene. She lives in Texas.
Fowzia Karimi is a writer and an illustrator. Her work explores the
Muhammad H. Zaman is the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health at Boston University.
Kavitha A. Davidson is a sportswriter and host of The Lead, an in-depth daily sports news podcast produced by The Athletic. She is on the board of directors at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center. She was a writer with ESPNW and ESPN The Magazine and a sports columnist at Bloomberg covering the intersections of sports and society, culture, politics, race, gender, and business. Her work has also appeared in NBC THINK, the Guardian, and Rolling Stone. Nazanine Hozar was born in Tehran, Iran, and lives in British Columbia, Canada. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in the Vancouver
correspondence on the page between the written and the visual arts. Her illuminated debut novel Above Us the Milky Way was released in April 2020. She is a recipient of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award and has illustrated The Brick House by Micheline Aharonian Marcom and Vagrants & Uncommon Visitors
He has won numerous awards for his research and teaching from IEEE, FEBS, the American Society for Engineering Education, USAID, the US National Academy of Sciences, the University of Texas System, Boston University, and other national and international organizations. Most recently, he was named Howard Hughes Professor by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and was elected as a Fellow of American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering.
Insurance Policy For You
(Continued From Page 08) if someone is injured on your property and decides to sue. Experts advise that homeowners have a basic policy that covers the full cost
of rebuilding their home, while a homeowners liability policy should cover at least $300,000. • Car insurance. If you cause a car accident and injure someone, you could be sued for damages and medical expenses. Car insurance will help you cover these costs. It is generally recommended that you get a policy with liability limits of at least $300,000 per
person, $300,000 per accident and $100,000 for property damage. A Certified Financial Planner professional is a great resource to help clarify why coverage may or may
not be necessary and what insurance options are available. To find a CFP professional near you, visit LetsMakeaAPlan.org. Developing a comprehensive financial plan will help you map out an insurance strategy that efficiently and effectively covers your basic needs and financial goals. (StatePoint)