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imothy Charon has a dream.

He is committed to fulfilling what he remembers hearing as a 7-year-old when he watched the movie “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” Charon, 37, said he wants to shine “a bright light in a world of darkness.” And he is sure he will succeed, through the volunteer effort Bayville Cares, which he founded with his wife, Kimberly, two years ago.

Bayville Cares was created to help people, Charon explained, and for that reason it does not have nonprofit status, or a bank account. If it did, he reasoned, he would not be able to do simple tasks for people, like rake their leaves or move furniture.

The volunteer effort has committed to helping local businesses too.

Charon reached out to local restaurants, delicatessens and the Food Basket grocery store to arrange for residents to purchase gift cards. People who want to help a neighbor can buy a gift card and give it to Bayville Cares, which will then give it to people who are in need.

Bayville Cares is but one way that Charon has volunteered in his community.

He has always been there to help, whether it be a personal act of kindness or assisting another group’s endeavor, like a church’s food pantry.

Charon is a consummate volunteer who truly cares. We believe that he is the perfect choice for Herald Guardian 2020 Person of the Year.

Originally from Glen Cove, he moved to Bayville in 2009. Even though he is not a lifelong resident, many in the tight-knit community seem to know him — perhaps not personally, but they are aware of what he does, they say, which is a great deal for his community.

Perhaps they remember when Charon, new to politics, was elected as a village

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trustee, receiving 1,322 votes, which was more than any other candidate. He served from 2014 to 2018, deciding not to run again because, he said, he had other ideas on how he could help.

Some are familiar with Charon through his work on his subsequent endeavor, the now defunct nonprofit Friends and Families of Bayville. In existence from 2015 to 2017, its purpose, he said, was to fund the things in town that he had wanted to get done when he was a trustee.

“I put $4,000 into it, but in the long run, it wasn’t worth it,” he said. “I decided I didn’t want a board and to have people ask what we’re doing with the money. With Bayville Cares we don’t handle money.”

Another way that people may know of Charon is his commitment to keeping institutions of faith functioning, which has been difficult during the coronavirus pandemic. If they go under, Charon warned, we will have a problem in society, because these institutions provide much, not only spiritual guidance but also food pantries, help for the homeless, even spaces to hold Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Charon has his own construction company, SiteTech NYC. Many people in the community met him when he offered to use his construction skills voluntarily to build what was needed to make the shuttered Boy Scout rooms Americans with Disability Act compliant. Ultimately he was unable to help the scouts, which he said was a disappointment, because the building is village owned. The work could not be done voluntarily, he was told.

There are many who know Charon on a more personal level. Lois Nadler, 84, described her neighbor as “someone who is too good to be true.” Charon had helped Nadler on many occasions, she said.

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Tim Charon, a co-founder of Bayville Cares, is dedicated to the community, and his volunteer work is a family affair that includes his wife, Kim, Madison, 9, and Parker, 7.

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‘A bright light in a world of darkness’ One summer afternoon, Nadler was enjoying the beach, as was Charon. He told her that he was looking forward to going away for the weekend with his family. Nadler remembers expressing concern about the weekend’s predicted hurricane.

“I said I wished I had a generator,” she recalled.“ Tim said, ‘You don’t need one. We have one. and I’m giving you the keys to my house.’”

Nadler didn’t end up taking Charon up on his offer, but she remains thankful for his kind ways. “It’s a secure feeling to have someone like him around here,” she said. “But he didn’t single me out like he needed to adopt a grandmother. He helps everyone.”

Bill Charon, Tim’s father, said he raised his six sons to help people. Tim is the second youngest. Every Sunday after church, Bill’s children would cut the lawn or rake the leaves for the elderly from Trinity Lutheran Church.

“I could always count on Tim to be there,” said Bill, who has lived in Glen Cove for 42 years.

“He’s a worker kind of guy. He always knew the right thing to do was help people in need.”

Kim Charon described her husband as a “people person.” She met him at a party in her hometown of Merrick when she was 16. Tim, a senior, asked her to his prom three weeks later.

And then they began dating.

“There was something special about Tim, and I knew it from the first time I met him,” Kim said. “We’ve grown up together. I’ve seen him go through so many phases of life, and it’s always positive.”

Bayville Cares is a family affair, she said.

Their children, Madison, 9 and Parker, 7, help bag groceries for food drives and accompany Kim and Tim when they drop the groceries off, remaining in the car. “It was like road tripping around Bayville for our children,” Kim said.

“Everything we do for Bayville Cares brings us closer as a family.”

Charon started Bayville Cares in 2018, after he read several posts on Facebook. People were upset about the garbage on West Shore Road, a county road that leads into Bayville.

Kim said her husband is one of the most Charon got a group of residents together, but compassionate and giving people that she’s the country requested that he not move for- ever known. “He always looks for the good for ward. So he had the group clean other places, the community,” she said, “and never takes no like the beach, where Charon said they found for an answer. He doesn’t care what other peoneedles that had washed up onto the shore. ple think. He will always do the right thing for “Then I found out that a woman in Texas the greater good.” was looking for a handyman for her elderly Heide Leuthner Decker volunteered with mother who lived in Bayville,” Charon before the pandemic, he said. “Kim and I said she helping Bayville seniors. “What shouldn’t have to pay for that.

Tim is doing is needed everyWe helped her.” where,” she said.“We need more There are so many people kindness and we all need each OF THE who need help, Charon said, other. I love that he’s also teacheven without the complications ing his children to give back.” of the coronavirus Bayville Cares has helped Barbara Garriel, of Bayville, roughly 40 families during the had been trying to help people in the com- pandemic, Kim said. Her husband said he munity too. With an email list of only 35, she wants to expand its efforts. He is working on decided to reach out to a program for other Charon, who had a large communities to follow, Facebook following. a blueprint similar to Bayville Cares “I wanted to help Bayville Cares. He said For more information and to get the businesses who’ve he would like to put a involved, email had a rough time,” GarBayville Cares program bayvillecares@gmail.com riel said. “Tim put inforin every community mation up on his Faceacross America. That book page about our way, he would be shinefforts at Village Church ing that bright light out of Bayville’s food pantry. Although I don’t know into the world. him personally, I can see that he is very gracious, accommodating and generous.”

Courtesy Kim Charon Charon said he was happy to help the Vil- Tim Charon loves the beach, and introduced Parker, left, and lage Church. He wants Bayville Cares to serve Madison to it when they were young. as a network to promote church’s and organiBy the time Kim invited Tim to go to her prom in 2002, they zations’ efforts to help the community. were a couple.

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A new year, and a new Oyster Bay town government Hundreds of people crowded Massapequa High School on Jan. 6 for the swearing-in of the Town of Oyster Bay’s newest government officials. Councilwomen Vicki Walsh and Laura Maier, Town Clerk Richard LaMarca and Receiver of Taxes Jeffrey P. Pravato all received rousing ovations as they took their oaths.

Incumbent Supervisor Joseph Saladino, beginning his

second term, and Councilman Steve Labriola, beginning his first full term, celebrated their re-elections alongside their new colleagues, and all six spoke of their readiness and willingness to do what is best for the town in the coming years.

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vision focused on every resident and every corner of this great town,” Saladino said. “We are committed to keeping taxpayers first and foremost in our minds and will continue to look at new ways to cut costs while ever improving town services.”

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Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino — joined by Halina Howlett, center, and Ginny Ewen — was sworn in to his second term on Jan. 6.

Trump names Oyster Bay refuge after Wolff The Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge was named for former U.S. Rep. Lester Wolff. As a House of Representatives member, he created the wetland sanctuary more than a

half-century ago. President Trump on Jan. 27 signed legislation, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, naming the refuge for the now 101-year-old Wolff, who served in the House from 1965 to 1981.

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The ‘20s start with a roar at Crescent Beach Club Toasts, laughs and cheers of all kinds boomed through the Crescent Beach Club on New Year’s Eve as dozens of people from throughout the North Shore celebrated the start of 2020. With guests dressed in their finest suits and flapper attire, they harkened back to the Roaring ‘20s from a century ago, reliving the Gatsby-esque glory days of the Gold Coast.

With drinks, dances and delicious

food all contributing to the fun, the 2020s could not have gotten off to a better start. The festivities proved to be an incredible time for all, serving as the perfect opening to a brand new decade.

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Glen Cove Hospital has plan in place for coronavirus The novel coronavirus, dubbed COVID-19 by the World Health Organization on Feb. 11, had infected more than 70,600 people in China and killed more than 1,770 as of Feb. 16, according to the WHO. The Chinese government built two hospitals in 10 days this month, an indication that the medical crisis would continue.

Although there were no reported cases in New York at this time, 15 people across the U.S. had been infected, prompting medical facilities, including Glen Cove Hospital, to prepare for the appearance of COVID-19 on the North Shore. Northwell Health prepared all 23 of its hospitals, including Glen Cove, for the pandemic.

A specialized treatment unit was created on the third floor of the hospi-

tal during the Ebola outbreak in 2015 but was never used. Dr. Barbara Keber, the hospital’s chair of family medicine and Northwell’s vice chair of family medicine, said that patients with Covid-19 wouldn’t fit the criteria to use the treatment unit, and that the rest of the floor would be used instead.

DeNatale wins state title

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His routine for his 2019-20 mainly stayed the same.

“Looking at how much work I’ve put in, I started believing in myself more. I really gained a lot more confidence,” Gage De Natale said.

The Falcons’ senior rifled through opponents in the regular season before earning a trip back to the Nassau County Division II Championships. There, he utilized a stellar top-game to keep himself in control of matches and earn impressive victories. In the county champion-

ship, De Natale defeated Andrew Volpi for a bid back to the state tournament.

“I looked at the counties as a business trip,” DeNatale said. “I needed to win to make it back to states. I showed up with a plan and executed that plan.

I ended up [tech-falling Volpi] at the beginning of the third period.”

De Natale capped his magical season with a 6-4 victory in the state final.

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Locust Valley’s Gage De Natale walked off the mats at the state championship meet last winter after being pinned in the quarterfinals.

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Village of Bayville’s codes reviewed A proposal for codification services to ridiculous. That’s how old these codes review the Village of Bayville’s codes was are.” introduced by the Board of Trustees at the De Natale said the village is not lookFeb. 24 meeting, an effort to ing to make drastic changes. It is begin a lengthy process that hoping to update existing could update the codes for codes to make them curthe entire village. General rent with what is typical Code, a company in in other municipalities.

Rochester that has After General Code IN worked with municicompletes its study it palities for decades, was will make recommenhired to conduct the inidations that the village tial study. Mayor Bob De can consider, De Natale Natale estimated that to said. redo the codes it would cost roughly $100,000.

Herald file photo “The codes are redundant and anti- A decision was made by the Bayville Village Board quated,” he said.“Codes like that we can’t of Trustees on Feb. 24 to move forward with a have a blacksmith shop in the village are review of the village’s codes.

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A coronavirus self-quarantine that would not end An Oyster Bay man shared what it just returned from another trip, he was like to be quarantined because of said. When he called, he was referred exposure to the coronavirus. Charles, to an on-call public-health nurse. who preferred not to use his real “I got a call right back,” name, was exposed to Charles said in a phone someone who tested interview. “The nurse told positive for the virus on me I was sitting next to Feb. 26, while on a somone who tested flight from Tampa to positive. Turns out, she IN New York. said, the person was Charles, who had patient zero, the attorno symptoms, first ney from New learned of his exposure Rochelle.” on March 3, when his The attorney, wife told him he had Lawrence Garbuz, was received a letter from the Courtesy WikiMedia Nassau County Department of Health requesting that he contact the An Oyster Bay man exposed to Covid-19 was one of the first to quarantine in the hamlet. agency. He called that evening, having

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Spreading happiness and hope amid the coronavirus People on the North Shore found positive and often creative ways to manage their lives at a distance from one another amid the coronavirus pandemic. For some, it was simply drawing rainbows on sidewalks with chalk. Others found innovative ways to socialize with friends, while some reached out to the elderly. The members of one local family left their house and now live on a boat.

Nassau County officials asked residents to “chalk their

walks,” drawing or writing encouraging messages on driveways or sidewalks. Many people in Oyster Bay took part, joining those responding to another idea making the rounds on Facebook: Rainbows over Nassau and Suffolk County and Beyond. The page, which had 27,000 members, encouraged people to create rainbows and share them in windows. Then participants were encouraged to take a walk or a drive and count the rainbows they saw. Both activities were intended to

spread happiness and hope during what was for most a difficult time.

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Jen Loayza, a nurse from East Norwich, played Chalk Your Walk with her daughters Madison, center, and Isabelle last weekend.

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Top-seeded Floral Park and No. 2 Locust Valley brought a combined 42 wins and no losses into last Saturday’s Nassau Class A girls’ basketball championship game, but only one could remain perfect and claim county supremacy.

After trailing by 7 points early, Locust Valley carried a 14-point lead into the fourth quarter, when it took Floral Park’s best punch before senior Paige O’Brien scored the Lady Falcons’ last 8 points to secure a 43-34 victory in front of a crowd of roughly 2,500 at Farmingdale State.

O’Brien (18 points) and sophomore Lindsay Hogan (12) hit four 3-pointers apiece as the Lady Falcons (23-0) captured their first county title in 10 years and the third in program history. They’re to visit Suffolk champ Westhampton for the Long Island Class A crown at a date and time to be determined. Senior Julia Sabatino had 6 points, sophomore Amber Linden added 4, and freshman Payton Tini chipped in 3.

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The Lady Falcons celebrated their first Nassau County championship in a decade last Saturday after defeating Floral Park, 43-34, in the Class A final at Farmingdale State University.

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Covid puts North Shore Little Leagues on hold for now Although there are several Little League organizations on the North Shore, their administrators all expressed the same sentiments about the potential of a lost season: Spring won’t be the same without youth baseball.

Little Leagues across the state shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic, leaving thousands of young players without the national pastime. Darren Gerbosi, president of the Oyster Bay Baseball & Softball Little League, said he and others involved in the league were disappointed to miss their opening day, which was scheduled for March 28. But Gerbosi emphasized that the health and safety of those involved in the league is most important.

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Little Leaguers from Bayville’s tee ball A team from years ago practiced catching and fielding. Other boys may not have that opportunity this year.

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Funeral homes watch families grieve alone Everything has been different during the coronavirus pandemic, including funerals and burials. Business has increased dramatically, local funeral directors acknowledge, because of Covid-19.

Given the dictates of social distancing, at the peak of the pandemic there were no longer traditional viewing hours at funeral homes, regardless of whether Covid-19 was the cause of death. And members of the clergy, for the most part, were not leading prayers or offering words of comfort to grieving families at the facilities.

Funeral Masses were not permitted inside churches. Some clergy offered

prayers at burial sites, but that was not allowed at some cemeteries.

And not even family members were permitted to attend burials at national cemeteries, like Calverton and the Long Island National Cemetery, which allowed only a funeral director to be present.

All of this took an emotional toll not only on families, but also on those working in the death care industry.

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Cemeteries did not have uniform rules when it came to burials at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

High School spring sports cancelled It was game over for public high County Executive Director Pat Pizzarelli school spring sports on Long Island for said.“Long Island is one of the areas most 2020. Any hopes for even a modified sea- affected by this terrible pandemic, so son were dashed April 21 when both section VIII and Section XI health and safety concerns have made this very difficult led athletic administrators decision.” and school superintenNassau County’s dents in Nassau and Athletic Council, which IN Suffolk counties to includes superintenannounced the canceldents, principals and ation of the spring officials, met on April 20 sports season. Section and was unanimous in VIII athletics conference its decision. Athletic governs Nassau County, directors met the following and Section XI, Suffolk County. morning and agreed.

“For the safety for our student athletes, Section VIII has made the difficult J. Heck/Herald decision to cancel spring sports for our Nassau County spring sports never happened due high schools and middle schools.” Nassau to Covid-19.

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For Glen Cove Hospital E.R. doctor, the work seems endless

Dr. John Colletta said that his Centerport neighbors considered him something akin to a leper. They knew he worked in the emergency room at Glen Cove Hospital. As the chair of Emergency Medicine, he was on the front lines of the pandemic, working around the clock to manage the emergency room, where almost all of the patients had Covid-19.

Although the volume of virus patients was decreasing — there have been 233 cases by the second week of

April — Colletta said that those who were admitted were acutely ill. Some were tested before at the hospital and returned much sicker, he said. The majority of patients he was seeing had severe shortness of breath, and not all are senior citizens.

It’s hard to know exactly how many people died of the virus, he added, because when there was a shortage of tests the hospital didn’t want to waste them on those who had already died.

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Glen Cove Hospital Emergency Medicine chair.

Oyster Bay Cove teen raises over $57K for PPE In early March, Sabrina Guo said She started a GoFundMe collecting she became alarmed by the escalating roughly $10,000 in the first two weeks.

Covid-19 pandemic. A shortage of per- Then she donated $40,000 of her colsonal protective equipment lege savings to the cause. She caused health care workers told her parents that she to reuse masks and don wanted to pay tribute to garbage bags for prohealth care workers, tection. along with the security Deciding that she guards, cooks and janIN had to do something, itors in health care Sabrina started a facilities, by donating fundraising effort on her own money.

March 23, calling it the Long Island Laboring Courtesy Sabrina Guo Against Covid-19, or LILAC, Spencer Guo, left, Sabrina Guo and to purchase masks and Eva Wang, as a family, coordinated the distribution of PPEs to health care facilities and first gloves to be donated to hospitals, senior care facilities and first respond- responders. The PPEs were purchased through a fundraiser on Gofundme and money that came er teams.

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With sirens blaring and horns honkThe Class of 2020 Drive Through — ing, Oyster Bay High School seniors drove coordinated by Oyster Bay High School down Main Street, on May 25, in cars fes- Principal Sharon Lasher and Kevin tooned with balloons and purTrentowski, the director of health, ple and gold decorations. physical education & athletThey followed a fleet of fire ics, along with Board of engines from area fire Education President departments, a stream Todd Cronin, who orgaof red and white metal nized the fire compaIN reflecting brightly in nies — kicked off the the midday sun. As the first of several celebramotorcade neared tory events that honOBHS, seniors were ored graduating seniors greeted by their teachers, safely during the Covid-19 parents and community pandemic. members who, wearing masks, Courtesy OBENCSD waved and cheered for them, lifting the Oyster Bay High School senior Giselle Grassi was posters they created a little higher for the very happy to see her teachers again during the seniors to read as they passed by. high school’s Drive Through on May 25.

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Glen Cove Hospital opened the term care to ICU patients who dependAcute Ventilator Recovery Unit, occu- ed on ventilators so they could evenpying a once dormant wing of the tually be moved to more traditional hospital to help coronavirus rehabilitation facilities and make patients make the transia full recovery. It was difficult tion from ventilators to to predict the length of a breathing without patient’s recovery in the mechanical assistance. unit because medical The unit, which cost experts were still IN roughly $1 million to learning about Covidconstruct, provides 19, but the hospital up to 16 patients at a hoped to move time with respiratory patients to the next and physical therapy, level of care within two along with round-theweeks of their arrival. clock care by physicians, nursCourtesy GCH es and dietitians.

The AVRU was the first unit of its DR.. CASE,, DR. Sherman and Kerri kind in the country, providing short- Scanlon, in the new unit.

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Wedding bells for an O.B. couple amidst Covid-19 The bride wore white, a dress she bought on the internet, and her wedding band was her grandmother’s. The groom’s ring arrived in the mail courtesy of his father, who lives in Arizona. And a friend brought a beautiful bouquet of flowers because the florists were all closed. When the actual ceremony was held it was beautiful, even amidst the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps because love conquers all.

Valerie Yarczower and Ron Becker were married on May 17, in the gazebo outside Town Hall, with Town Clerk Richard LaMarca officiating. The skies were sunny and the couple were surrounded by IN a small group of loving relatives. The wedding ended up being a magical day, Before the coronavirus, weddings were held in the Town Board room but during the pandemic they were performed in Theodore Roosevelt Park or the gazebo. Yarczower and Becker chose the latter, because of the possibility of rain and they said the park is often crowded.

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Graduation goes on as planned and asked what their top three priorities were for the end of the year. The majority said graduation, prom and Flags For Freedom.

While members of the class of 2020 had a senior year, they will no doubt always remember it for the unique circumstances.

Graduation focused on hope and the opportunities waiting for each of them in the future.

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The Town of Oyster Bay sent out a request for proposals in June that could cause some major changes in the ways shellfish are grown and harvested in town-owned areas on the bottom of Oyster Bay. Currently, commercial shellfishing company Frank M. Flower & Sons Inc. leases 1,500 acres in the Long Island Sound in which it farms clams and oysters. The lease is set to end in 2024. Under the town’s RFP, only 800 acres would be available for private firms, with a provision

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Bill Painter, president of the association, said he was most concerned with the environmental impact of Flower & Sons’ harvesting methods.The company’s main means of harvesting clams, Painter said, is hydraulic dredging. This kind of dredging, Painter said is not safe for the environment.

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Locust Valley High School graduates experienced a unique graduation on June 19, but some components of the day remained the same. Seniors wore caps and gowns and were accompanied by their families, though this year guests were limited, and as the graduates made their way to their seats outside the high school they did so socially distanced.

There were four graduation ceremonies, and each included speeches, praise for the graduates’ achievements and advice to help them meet their goals.

Many traditional events had to be eliminated when the coronavirus pandemic caused schools to abruptly close.

The seniors were contacted by the district

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H.S. sports delayed until 2021 Nassau County High School student-athletes will have to wait until 2021 to compete in sports.

At an emergency meeting held Aug. 26, Nassau school superintendents voted to postpone high school sports until Jan. 4, becoming the first of the state’s 11 sections to move its fall season. The following day, superintendents released a letter stating they may reassess the decision prior to Sept. 20.

“I believe other sections will follow and pull the plug, but I can’t speak for anyone else,” Section VIII (Nassau) Executive Director of Athletics Pat Pizzarelli said Aug. 26. “We felt strong enough to make this decision now,” he added.“We took the cautious route, but we believe it’s in everyone’s best inter-

ests. There are too many unknowns.

“It’s just not time to allow kids to play sports,” he continued.

The decision came two days after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo issued guidance permitting lower-risk high school fall sports (soccer, tennis, swimming, field hockey and crosscountry) to begin practice and play on Sept. 21, while noting football and volleyball could begin practice but not play.

However, Nassau’s superintendents did not consider the current conditions safe enough to conduct any fall sports.

After George Floyd, 46, was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on camera, Arianna Chetram, 20, knew what she needed to do to fight for equality.

She founded PWR N NOISE in early June to inspire change in small communities, including her hometown of Oyster Bay. The nonfor-profit organization, which Chetram is the president of, works to promote equal opportunity in education.

She has discussed the state of education on Long Island with parents, teachers and school officials across

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Nassau County postponed fall high school sports from September to January.

Oyster Bay marks 19th year of honoring Sept. 11 victims Marta Waisman’s daughter, Gabriela, had volunteered to work in an office at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

Marta could not remember much about the type of work her daughter was doing or what floor she was on that day. The details, she said, don’t really matter anymore. The pain from the loss of her 33-year-old daughter is what consumes her, as it has for the past 19 years.

“For me it is like yesterday,” Marta said, her eyes filling with tears. “The sadness gets worse and worse every year. Gabriela was a very sweet girl.”

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And it made her feel good to see that people still remember the victims of 9/11.

different communities to provide more opportunities for young people.

She said she hopes to meet with OBEN district officials to pitch a student organization that would raise money for scholarships for students of color and the LGBTQIA+ community.

She also hopes to raise money to bring in authors and business people of color and the LGBTQIA+ community to speak to the students.

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At Oyster Bay’s Sept. 11 commemoration, there was a display of photographs of residents from the hamlet who died, including that of Gabriela Waisman.

Locust Valley High School seniors Emily Barosin and Jenna Halpin were named National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists for their exceptional scores on the PSAT as juniors.

Emily is an International Baccalaureate Diploma candidate with varied interests and skills in math and science as well as reading and politics.

She envisions earning an engineering degree that would allow her to focus on policy from a scientific perspective.

Jenna takes International Baccalaureate classes and is active in many school organizations with leadership experience. She is the Back the Blue Club Vice President, Athletic Council Concession manager, Varsity Field Hockey captain and founder of the Student Leadership Activities Club.

She is a member of the N.Y.state Public High School Athletic Association Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

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Emily Barosin, left, and Jenna Halpin, juniors at Locust Valley High School, were named National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists.

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‘The team behind the dream’ share pandemic nutrition tips Dr. Bradley Sherman, the medical director at Glen Cove Hospital, said that patients gained a great deal of weight during the pandemic, which he attributed to several factors, including people’s tendency to be more sedentary, especially when they were told to stay home.

Cyndy Ergan, of Bayville, a Spanish interpreter in the Locust Valley Central School District who works part-time at the Bayville Library, and Paolo Diaz, the ESL outreach coordinator at

the Locust Valley Library wanted to help the Spanish-speaking residents. They asked Eugenia Cuadra, the community nutrition educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County, to teach a nutrition class at Locust Valley Library.

The class offers information on portion control, food safety and how to prepare healthy meals for children. Cuadra, who emails recipes to the women, also presents one of her healthy recipes during each class. Because the class is on Zoom, several

of the participants make the recipe following her lead.

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Cyndy Ergan, who works part-time at the Bayville Library, far left, with Eugenia Cuadra, who teaches classes on nutrition, and Paola Diaz, the ESL outreach coordinator at the Locust Valley Library. They present a program to help the Spanish-speaking community learn about nutrition.

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Suozzi, Gaughran come from behind to win re-election

St. Gertrude’s the quaint, hillside more of an interest than just a job.”

Catholic church in Bayville underwent a The project was the biggest in church massive refurbishment, a project that was history. St. Gertrude’s Church was built started a year ago. Specific updates between 1909-1910 as part of St. included adding a new bathDominic’s Parish. In 1937 the worroom, refurbishing the pews, shippers nearly doubled and replacing the roof and in 1959 St. Gertrude’s upgrading to LED lightbecame its own parish. ing, among other things.

The building has seen The project ran small upgrades over IN smoothly, said Al Staab, the years since then but one of the two parishnothing of any subioners in charge of constance had [been] done struction. He said this since 1937. was due to using local construction companies.

“The local guys have really saved us a lot,” he said. “Not just money Courtesy Adam Flash but the job they’ve done has been incred- St. Gertrude Pastor Robert O. Morrissey is pleased ible. They get parishioners, so they have with the progress that is being made in the church.

When U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi held a Gaughran, a Democrat from Northport, news conference on Nov. 17 in Glen announced on Nov. 19 that he had Cove, he said he was confident he been re-elected after absentee ballots would win his bid for re-election were counted. On Election Day, but wasn’t ready to claim Gaughran had just 44 pervictory. Less than 24 cent of the Nassau hours later, he was, after County vote, while his absentee ballots were Republican challenger, counted.

Edmund Smyth, had IN Suozzi, the 56 percent.

Democratic incumThere were more bent, was behind in absentee ballots this the vote count on elecyear then ever before. tion night, with 49 perCourtesy Congressman Suozzi cent, while George Santos, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi voted with his his Republican challenger, wife, Helene, and their youngest son, Michael, on Election Day. After most of the absentee garnered 51 percent, based on inballots were counted, Suozzi was declared the winperson voting.

Incumbent State Sen. Jim ner of the 3rd Congressional District race on

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CP Nassau fights for its fair share

Vaccine on its way to North Shore

This spring, employees at the away for reasons like hospital or family Cerebral Palsy Nassau home in Bayville, visits. donning garbage bags for gowns and Staff members are advocates for used, week-old masks, were tending to hospitalized residents, many of whom the 37 of 46 residents who had devel- are unable to speak for themselves. oped Covid-19. Five of those resiWith the funding cuts, families have dents died. been informed that CP Nassau CP Nassau faced anothstaff may no longer be able er challenge — cuts in to accompany residents, funding from the state leaving care up to famiand federal governlies and hospital staff.

IN ments. On Aug. 17 Cuts in funding there was a 20 perhave forced CP cent withholding on Nassau to lay off staff all state paid services, members after they with the exception of worked during the panindependent support serdemic’s peak. vices, housing subsidies and environmental modifications like Courtesy CP Nassau wheelchair ramps. On Oct. 1, there was The staff and patients at CP Nassau Bayville are a cut in payments from the state to considered to be heroes by the county after experiresidential homes when residents are encing an outbreak of Covid-19.

Nassau County hospital officials and the highest numbers of Covid cases will elected leaders were moving fast to get the vaccine first, and Pernice said. prepare for distribution of the first None of the vaccines use the live doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine virus, according to the Centers for after federal emergency-use authoriza- Disease Control and Prevention.Instead, tion for it was approved on Dec. they give “your body the blue11. print for making the antiAt Glen Cove Hospital, bodies without you havMelonie Pernice, associing to be exposed to the ate executive director infection itself,” of operations, will explained Dr. Dave IN direct the vaccine’s Neubert, emergency disbursement. There medical director for are 12 vaccine sites in the Town of the Northwell Health Hempstead and an system, including GCH. attending emergency Pernice said the hospital physician at NYU Winthrop was ready and waiting for the Hospital in Mineola. go-ahead from the state Department of Health.

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Town of Oyster Bay denies all proposals. What’s next?

Frank M. Flower & Sons, a commercial shellfishing company, has leased roughly 1,400 acres of underwater land from the Town of Oyster Bay since 1994. The company’s 30-year lease will expire in 2024, prompting the town to issue a request for new proposal. Flower, along with Mitch Kramer and Thomas Thornton, Oyster Bay residents from the Oyster Bay Shellfish Company and the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association, independent baymen, submitted applications to the town. All were recently denied.

George Baptista Jr., the town’s deputy commissioner of environmental resources, said the applications were deficient because they did not contain financial specifics. The

town, he said, wants to be certain that whoever it grants a lease to is financially sound and can generate revenue.

“The submission process has changed,” Baptista said, “to protect the taxpayer.”

The board of directors at Friends of the Bay, a nonprofit that advocates protecting the harbor, wrote in a statement that the town’s decision to begin creation of a bay management plan before it makes decisions on issuing new licenses, permits or leases for large scale commercial shellfishing is a major plus.

“The town’s decision to reject the initial RFP responses reverses a cart-before-the-horse situation,” the statement

said.“The bay management plan has to look at more than shellfishing and needs to be a science-based study that addresses the long-standing protection and health of the bay environment and looks at issues such as runoff, cesspools, development regulations, habitat loss, etc.”

The new RFP requires 1,500 clam seeds per licenses acre. The town is not requiring a hatchery. The reason, Baptista said, is that the town does not want to get involved in running someone’s business.

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There is concern that the shortage of oysters in Oyster Bay Harbor may worsen if changes to leasing do not happen soon.

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n a year when so much has gone awry — so many lives lost, businesses battered, jobs vanished — it strains the imagination to think what we might be thankful for, particularly as the nation enters its second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The coming months will likely be, as President-elect Joseph Biden has said, a “dark winter.”

Thanksgiving is, however, all about the audacious nature of hope.

The holiday, first celebrated in the fall of 1621, commemorates the struggle that the original Pilgrims faced and, against all odds, overcame in the New World — and the kinship they felt with the Native Americans who rescued them, helping to provide sustenance to a relatively small band of people who otherwise might have starved. The roughly 50 colonists at the original harvest celebration in Plymouth, Mass., were outnumbered by Native Americans two to one, according to History.com.

The 100 Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower had seen much death between 1620 and 1621: Some 78 percent of the women died during the first winter. Yet they persevered, and survived.

So shall the American people today — thanks in no small measure to our heroes

— the doctors, nurses, EMTS, firefighters, police officers, teachers, teachers’ aides, sanitation workers, railroad workers, subway and bus drivers, custodians, cooks, waiters and waitresses, supermarket employees and so many others — who have kept us safe, our education system up and running, and our economy moving. When many others were able to work from home, they put their lives on the line to do their jobs.

As a society, we should take a moment and reflect on their sacrifices over the past nine months.

We can also be thankful for our family and friends. We may not be able to shower them with hugs and kisses as we might want, but we can keep them in our thoughts and close to our hearts.

And we can be thankful for the miracles of modern science. Only 100 years ago, the 1918 pandemic ran wild for two years, killing 50 million worldwide, including 675,000 in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Thanks to technology that allows many of us to work remotely and socially distance, to date we have seen a tenth of the 500 million cases that the world did in

1918-19, and because of modern medical technology, the death toll thus far is onefiftieth what it was then.

So, while the number of infections and deaths today is unacceptably high, it is not close to the level of suffering experienced a hundred years ago — and let us hope and pray that it remains that way.

Likely, it will. On Saturday, the innovative New York company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals received emergency-use authorization for its experimental antibody treatment for the coronavirus. President Trump received the treatment, and by all accounts it was highly effective. The drug is designed to prevent patients from becoming severely ill by imitating the body’s natural defense system. We can only say, wow!

If all goes well, the Regeneron treatment should prevent many deaths, enabling health officials to safely roll out at least one of the vaccines now in the pipeline without undue political pressure. By April, we could indeed round the corner on this terrible pandemic, says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Yes, there has been much despair this year, but there is much hope as well.

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e are pleased that Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is once again promoting small businesses ahead of the holiday season — which is vital this pandemic year.

Last Friday, Curran and county Industrial Development Agency Chairman Richard Kessel came to Rockville Centre to promote an innovative contest, aptly titled the Shop Safe, Shop Local Scavenger Hunt, and we are encouraging readers to take part in it.

The contest, which will be held for one week starting Saturday, will work like this: Complete four of eight tasks in your community, like buying breakfast at a local eat-

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ery or making a purchase at a local shop, and take a photo of yourself — masked — at each location, along with the product you purchased and your receipt. Then email it to scavengerhunt@nassaucountyny.gov or share it on Facebook.

The first person who finishes all four tasks and registers them on each day of the contest will receive a $100 gift card.

All purchases must be made at small businesses in a single community on the day of the contest. Online and delivery orders are eligible. The complete set of

instructions can be found at www.nassaucountygov/shoplocal.

As we noted in last week’s editorial, “Remember to shop locally this holiday season”: “Despite the crisis, we encourage you to consider patronizing our mom-and-pop shops, many of which now offer their goods online. Abandoning our local businesses would be devastating on so many levels.”

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he coronavirus pandemic has created a variety of hardships that have left families and children in distress. Social isolation. A mounting death toll. An estimated 8 million Americans falling into poverty. We have entered uncharted territory, and uncertainty continues as cases continue to rise across the U.S. Grief is a normal reaction — grieving not just the loss of life, but also the loss of normalcy and freedom when a disaster occurs. So what happens when we add even more stress to families sharon and their children, skariah particularly when schools close?

The trickledown effect of all this misfortune can dramatically weigh on kids, especially if they don’t have access to mental health resources at home. Typically, mental health symptoms are identified at school, by their teachers and peers, social workers and guidance counselors.

Children need a routine and consistency. Remote learning and social isolation will continue to uproot them. Children

with autism also face challenges with irritability, anxiety and behavioral disturbances. And the erratic nature of schools’ opening and closing (albeit temporarily) can have a lasting effect.

A recent study in JAMA Pediatrics showed that more than 22 percent of students in the Hubei province of China reported symptoms of depression, and more than 18 percent had anxiety symptoms, when schools closed for over a month. A second study, in the Journal of Pediatrics, determined that younger children (ages 3 to 6) were more inclined to show fear or clinginess, where older kids (6 to 18) were more likely to show inattention and persistent inquiry.

Clinging, inattention and irritability were the severe psychological conditions demonstrated by children in all age groups.

School closures — short or long — are unfortunately bound to happen until a safe and effective vaccine is available.

Prepare to take care of your child now.

First, children need outlets. In early childhood, play is important for development in the physical, verbal and emotional domains. Build that imaginary fort,

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LeTTers of the virus. The time for these selfish and greedy individuals to be reasoned with has long passed.

These people should be penalized for their actions, which continue to put the rest of us at even greater risk of acquiring the disease, and severe penalties should also be meted out to participants in these gatherings, not just their greed-bound organizers.

If anything, these miscreants should consider the 17th-century English poet John Donne’s poem, telling us not to ask “for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.” They might also be reminded that, indeed, “no man is an island,” as Donne wrote. It appears, though, that they do not realize or accept this concept, even though we are all in this fight — together.

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Fourth — and most important — pay attention. Younger children can’t always express their distress, anxiety or fear.

Their behavior may regress. Look for the signs, which include an increase in crying or neediness, more temper tantrums or somatic symptoms (headaches, stomach aches) than normal. Older children may also show increased anger and irritability.

If you think your children or adolescents may need a mental health professional, don’t hesitate. They are acting that way because they need help. So watch out for them to verbalize any suicidal thoughts, ongoing sleep disturbances, a decline in overall functioning (hygiene, grooming), aggression or worsening substance use. If you see these signs, seek treatment.

Following these steps may help keep children mentally fit during one of our harshest times. Nothing can replace life as we knew it pre-Covid, but you can manage this new normal and keep your kids safe, too.

Special features The op-ed, or opposite the editorial, page features a weekly Framework photo, which is chosen by our photo editor. The Framework offers a creative, at times humorous outlet for our photography staff. In this spot, we also publish photos sent to us by readers, featuring them on vacation, reading the Herald at various international landmarks. We call it Herald Around the World.

At times, a correction box might appear on the op-ed page. We strive each week for the highest standards of accuracy and accountability. When we make mistakes in our reporting, we believe we must own up to them and correct the record.

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the United States, and amid big treatment strides, the disease continues to ravage African-American and other minority communities with a particular vengeance.

Black, Asian, Native American and Hispanic patients still die far more frequently than white patients, even as death rates have plummeted for all races and age groups.”

As Covid-19 continues to spread aggressively nationwide, it is crucial that government officials at all levels — federal, state and local — address the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on people of color. Immediate attention should be paid to issues such as the availability of testing facilities in communities of color, access to health care, inequitable treatment once access is provided and priorities for providing vaccines once they are available. The evidence is clear: Government owes it to all Americans to ensure fair and equal access to health care, regardless of race, in this pandemic — and always.

To the Editor: The Washington Post last Friday published a new analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on people of color. It reported, “Nearly nine months after the virus exploded in

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encourage storytelling, toast s’mores in your backyard. For adolescents, it’s important that they develop their own sense of identity but also explore peer relationships. Encourage this — in a socially distanced, safe way.

Second, seek normalcy. The goal is to foster continued development, even if your children can’t attend school in person. They want to feel safe — an important tool for parents to use during the crisis. Make sure you provide protection and consistency in an otherwise uncertain time. Talk to them about their feelings. Ensure their safety by creating an atmosphere of stability.

Third, adapt to the environment. Summer may be gone, but you can still enjoy the outdoors safely during the fall, and even on some nice winter days. When the extreme cold sets in, continue building on the elements of safety and fun you have already introduced. Have family game nights. Schedule a movie night. Cook and bake together as a family. Designate a reading hour.

Although it may be colder, it’s important to get exercise, so go for a walk or a hike or a brisk bike ride. There are also online exercises for kids, like yoga and others.

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