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July 29, 2021

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BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM TPG Hotels, Resorts & Marinas — a Rhode Island-based hospitality group with hotels and resorts across the country — announced last week that it acquired Port Jefferson’s Danfords Hotel, Marina & Spa, located on the harbor in the village.

Originally established in 1986 as Danfords Inn, it boasts 92 guest rooms and suites. Its marina features more than 100 slips and over 1,000 feet of side to tie with the capacity to accommodate vessels up to 250 feet in length. Hotel stayers and locals visit its onsite restaurant and lounge, WAVE. Some of the buildings on the property date back to the 1800s, when Port Jefferson was a bustling shipbuilding community.

“Danfords Hotel, Marina & Spa in Port Jefferson is a remarkable destination located in one of the highest barriers-to-entry markets in all of North America,” said Robert Leven, chief investment officer of Procaccianti Companies, in a statement. “Danfords is a perfect fit as we accelerate the growth of our recently launched marina platform. We have several more acquisitions in the pipeline and intend to have a

significant concentration of East Coast marina properties by the end of 2021.”

The transaction is one of three acquisitions in the last seven months in TPG’s newly launched marina platform. In Rhode Island, TPG acquired both Dutch Harbor Boat Yard in Jamestown this June, and Champlin’s Hotel, Resort and Marina on Block Island in December 2020. The latter property is currently undergoing extensive renovations as part of a comprehensive improvement plan.

“It is not common to find the perfect buyer, but in this case we have achieved success,” Enrico Scarda, managing partner of The Crest Group, said in a statement.

Additionally, as part of the transaction, TPG will also manage catering operations at The Waterview restaurant located at the Port Jefferson Country Club.

TPG will embark on a property improvement plan at Danfords, including resortwide modernization, which includes the lodging and slip reservation systems and a full renovation of the resort’s guest rooms.

Additional renovations and improvements are also planned for the marina facilities.

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Suffolk unveils new website dedicated to addiction and mental health resources

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

A new website dedicated to addiction and mental health resources has been unveiled to provide residents with easy-to-access services for those who are struggling.

On Thursday, July 22, Suffolk County legislator and chairwoman of the county Legislature Health Committee, Sarah Anker (D-Mount Sinai), joined county Department of Health Services Commissioner Gregson Pigott, county Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services Director Cari Faith Besserman, together with members of the county Department of Information Technology and the county Addiction Prevention and Support Advisory Panel outside the William H. Rogers Building in Hauppauge to announce the launch of the website suffolkstopaddiction.org.

The webpage was created by Resolution No. 34-2021, introduced by Anker and unanimously passed earlier this year.

The legislation directed the county Department of Information Technology and the Department of Health to collaborate to create a comprehensive webpage dedicated to addiction, mental health, substance use disorder prevention and rehabilitation services.

The webpage features sections that include important emergency numbers, substance use disorder and mental health information and resources, and a list of treatment providers compiled by the county Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services.

“I want to thank the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, the Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services and the Department of Information Technology for their tireless work they put into creating this webpage,” Anker said. “With the concerning rise in addiction and mental health issues after a challenging year, our hope is that this webpage will help increase the accessibility of the possibly life-saving resources that are available through the Suffolk County Health Department and improve our ability to reach those who are in need of help in our county.”

Anker sponsored the resolution in response to the growing opioid and substance abuse epidemic in the county and across the U.S. During an October public hearing, Victoria Sunseri, a Suffolk County constituent in the medical field, noted that it was difficult for providers to locate mental health and/or addiction resources for their patients. The panel members echoed the importance of providers being able to connect a person to treatment options and for residents to find important information in a user-friendly way. In response, Anker facilitated the creation of the webpage singularly dedicated to addiction and mental health resources and services.

Leg. Sarah Anker joined local officals on July 22 to talk about Suffolk’s new webpage dedicated to helping people with addiction. Photo by Julianne Mosher

“Throughout the pandemic, we have received a surge in calls from individuals seeking mental health resources from crisis intervention to addiction rehabilitation,” Sunseri said. “This mental health hub will serve to empower individuals by reducing the time and frustration they might experience while seeking help appropriate to their needs and by streamlining reception of services through increasing the salience of who does what, where and how.”

This comes just days after the county Legislature convened July 12 to consider and vote on certificates of necessity concerning settlements with several defendants in the county’s pending opioid litigation. These certificates were approved promptly after legislators met in executive session to discuss details related to the litigation.

On Feb. 3, 2015, county legislator and current presiding officer, Rob Calarco (D-Patchogue), introduced legislation to establish a six-member committee to determine the viability of legal action against drug manufacturers and ascertain Suffolk’s costs due to the over-prescription of opioids.

Following this study, Calarco spearheaded the resolution that authorized the special counsel to commence legal action(s) against all responsible parties. The law firm of Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC was retained, on a contingency basis, to represent the County of

Suffolk in this complex litigation.

Suffolk County was one of the first three counties in the United States to act against opioid manufacturers in 2015. The counties of Orange and Santa Clara in California and the city of Chicago took similar action in that same period. These settlement dollars will be used in accordance with any requirements outlined in relation to such settlement and, in all likelihood, will be put toward educational programming, treatment and other related efforts to remedy the impacts of this crisis.

According to a Calarco press release following the July 12 special meeting, settlements were approved with Rite Aid of New York $1.5 million; CVS $3.5 million plus the additional amount of $500,000 if certain settlements are reached with other defendants; Walmart $3,062,500; Walgreens $5 million; Johnson & Johnson a sum between $8.4 million and $19.8 million over 10 years “to be used for restitution and abatement and agreeing not to manufacture, sell or promote opioids going forward”; and between approximately $10.4 million and $19.6 million over nine years from the Purdue/Sackler family.

“When we began to experience this crisis, it quickly became apparent that our constituents were being overprescribed opioids, and this negligence is what led to the widespread addiction in our community,” Calarco said. “Pharmacies

had a responsibility to track the distribution of these medications carefully. Their failure to do so furthered the impact of this crisis by allowing individuals to pharmacy shop to obtain more of these powerful drugs. The pharmaceutical companies and their affiliates knew that they were pushing a highly addictive drug that was unsafe for long-term use. Yet, they proceeded anyway, all in the name of turning a profit.”

He added that while these settlements cannot repair the damage done or bring back those who we lost to the grips of this epidemic, it has already made a substantial impact. Doctors are now prescribing medication differently, and two of the major manufacturers of these dangerous medications will cease production for good.

“With this settlement, we are going to have substantial resources that we’re going to be able to put into this epidemic that’s been plaguing our county for so long, and to be able to make sure that our residents had the ability to get connected to treatment services to prevention services,” Calarco said at last Thursday’s press conference.

“There are windows of time, where you have clarity, and you recognize that you need help. …

We need to make sure that we have the resources there for you at those windows, so you can take advantage of that help. That’s what this resource guide is about — it’s about making sure that you know where to go.”

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Ronald McDonald Family Room waits for green light to reopen

fil-A and McDonald’s deliver food that the volunteers would serve to the families of the sick children. The lounge offered breakfast, The Ronald McDonald Family Room — lunch and dinner. a part of Stony Brook Children’s Hospital Providing emotional support for families — has served as a sanctuary for parents and is another key aspect of the volunteer work. family members who have a child that is in Having a person to talk to could serve prolonged care of the facility. as a stress reliever for the unfortunate Officially opening in 2013, the purpose circumstances going on in a parent’s life.

“I remember one day of the family room is to I was sitting in the room provide a respite space and this one woman was for parents to spend their folding her laundry and she downtime while their child asked, ‘Could I just sit and is being treated in the talk to you because talking hospital, whether that be to someone while folding long or short term. laundry feels normal’ so it However, since the really is more of a solace pandemic began, the room,” Telemaque said. lounge promptly shut down According to her, the and is currently awaiting children admitted in the the green light from the hospital also have siblings hospital to reopen. who come to the lounge and “It is sad because are often forgotten about. it shut down a great The volunteers make sure resource room,” said Tricia there are plenty of books Telemaque, host and board toys to play with, not member of the family —Tricia Telemaque and only for the child admitted room. “When we open but for their siblings too. really depends on the day“The intent is to not to-day and what happens have any white coats with COVID. However, we are on alert and ready to go back full force.” [doctors] in the lounge,” Telemaque said.

The lounge emulates an apartment-style “So, it’s not a place where doctors and nurses environment with countless amenities for can come in.”

One of the biggest goals for Ronald family members such as a fully stocked kitchen, McDonald House Charities is to bring awareness private showers and laundry machines.

Pre-pandemic, volunteers would solicit to Long Islanders about what the lounge is and the community to have restaurants, pizza its purpose for the families that use it.

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‘It is sad because it shut down a great resource room. When we open really depends on the day-to-day and what happens with COVID.’

The Ronald McDonald Family Room at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, below, has an area where families can sit and talk. Coffee and snacks, above and below, are available, and snacks have been individually wrapped during the pandemic.

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organization has continued to work hard for families who were suffering through the COVID period. However, donations of food have become more complicated due to the need to have items individually wrapped such as chips and granola bars.

The family room relies fully on donations from the surrounding community and businesses, as it serves approximately 3,600 families a year, so fundraising is essential for their need to remain active.

“When I started working in the room, I was amazed at how few of my friends knew that there was a Ronald McDonald [room] here in Stony Brook,” Telemaque said. “So simple awareness that there is such a need for something like this is very important and I think that is an underserved opportunity.”

Among many parents who have used the family room, Karen Maher said using the room has been a huge stress reliever on both her and her daughter, who is undergoing cancer treatment.

“I look at the Ronald McDonald House as a blessing,” Maher said. “They really helped my daughter’s treatment go much easier for me and her. They’d bring little gifts for her too, something as simple as a teddy or a blankie.”

With the help of the lounge and their

conveniences, Maher was finally able to get the rest and relaxation she needed.

For more information on how to donate to the Ronald McDonald Family Room in Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, visit www. rmhcnym.org or call 516-775-5683.

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Alleged gang member indicted for attempted murder in connection with Port Jeff shooting

Town Board honors the life of Glenn Campbell At the July 15 town board meeting, Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) presented a proclamation to Maryellen Campbell, wife of the late Glenn Campbell, who recently passed away at age 50. Campbell was a lawyer, a disabilities advocate and the first chairman of the Town of Brookhaven’s Disability Task Force.

At the age of 16, he was involved in a bicycle accident that left him a quadriplegic. The injuries

didn’t stop him from attending college and law school, becoming an attorney focusing on disability law, discrimination, elder law, wills, trusts and estates.

In addition to his law practice, Campbell was active on several advisory boards including the Suffolk County Disability Advisory Board and the Association of Mental Health and Awareness.

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Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini (D) announced last week the indictment of an alleged gang member for attempted murder for shooting two victims in Port Jefferson Village.

“This was a senseless act of gun violence committed by a dangerous individual,” Sini said. “Both victims have been left with severe lasting impacts as a result of the shooting.

My Office will continue to hold gang members and perpetrators of gun violence accountable.”

Ethan Ladd, 20, is charged with two counts of attempted murder, a class B violent felony; two counts of assault in the first degree, a class B violent felony; criminal use of a firearm in the first degree, a class B violent felony; and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, a class C violent felony.

Ladd has been identified by law enforcement as a member of the Just Chasing Money (“JCM”) gang.

At approximately 2 a.m. on June 19, Ladd entered a restaurant near 109 Main Street in Port Jefferson where he encountered a 23-year-old man and a 20-year old man and allegedly became engaged in an argument with one of the men.

Ladd, the two men and several other individuals moved to a nearby parking lot

where a physical altercation ensued with one of the men.

Ladd allegedly retrieved a .380 caliber handgun from his vehicle and shot one of the men in the abdomen. He then allegedly shot the other man twice in the leg and once in the arm at close range before fleeing the scene in his vehicle.

Both victims were transported to a local hospital with serious physical injuries.

Following an investigation by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and the Suffolk County Police Department, Ladd was arrested on June 20.

If convicted of the top counts, Ladd faces a maximum sentence of 50 years in prison.

Ladd was arraigned on the indictment today by Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei.

The people requested that bail be set in the amount of $1 million cash or $5 million bond. The court transferred bail from Ladd’s arraignment in Suffolk County District Court in the amount of $25,000, which Ladd previously posted.

He is due back in court on Aug. 26 and is being represented by Steven Politi.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Sheetal Shetty, of the Felony Offense Bureau.

Man in critical condition after swimming pool drowning Suffolk County Police 6th Squad detectives are investigating the near drowning of a man in a swimming pool in Mount Sinai on Saturday, July 24.

Police officers responded to the residence at 49 North Country Road after a 911 caller reported a man at the bottom of a backyard

swimming pool. Sixth Precinct Officer Brian Christopher was first to arrive at the scene.

Officer Christopher jumped into the pool, removed the victim, and began CPR. The victim, a 33-year-old male, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital where he is in critical condition.

Mount Sinai man killed in Holtsville motorcycle accident From left to right: Elizabeth Malafi, Sal DiVincenzo, Maryellen Ferretti and Sophia Serlis-McPhillips. Photo from MCPL

TD bank supports the Miller Business Center TD Bank has provided a generous grant of $5,000 to the Middle Country Library Foundation in support of a new series focused on business and personal finance

and the annual Women’s EXPO, the library’s educational and supportive venue where local women entrepreneurs and artists gain valuable tradeshow experience.

Suffolk County Police 5th Squad detectives are investigating a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Holtsville on Saturday, July 24.

Luis Cancio was driving a 2021 Volkswagen Atlas eastbound on Fairview Avenue, attempting to make a left turn onto Country Road 83, when his vehicle was struck by a 2021 Ducati motorcycle

traveling southbound on County Road 83 at approximately 11:25 p.m.

The operator of the motorcycle, Frank Shepard, 28, of Mount Sinai, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Cancio, 41, of Glen Head, was not injured.

Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks.

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Long Islanders need to be mindful

We thought that the end was near with the coronavirus, but unfortunately the new Delta variant has people across the country concerned.

While many people — 68% of New Yorkers ages 18 and older — have been fully vaccinated, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said this week that 21 Long Island zip codes have low vaccination rates. The state will spend $15 million to target these communities in an effort to get more people vaccinated.

During his press conference on Monday, Cuomo said that new daily cases have been jumping due to the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus.

Cuomo added that about 75% of adults in the state have received at least one dose of the vaccine, but 25% have not — which is a total of 3.5 million people. Only 0.15% of people in the state who are vaccinated have become infected with the virus.

While things have opened up again, and life seems to be back to normal, the Delta variant can change that quickly. In areas that Cuomo named, which included parts of Rocky Point, Miller Place, Selden, Port Jefferson Station and Lake Grove, the $15 million funding from the state budget will be used to strengthen communication, expand public education and enhance ongoing outreach efforts throughout diverse communities.

But that isn’t enough.

The fact that so many people are choosing not to get vaccinated, and who are not being careful in doing so, is concerning. We understand that there are people who have extreme health issues that prevent them from getting the jab, and we respect that. We understand that everyone has the right to choose to be vaccinated, but when there is a public health crisis that has taken the lives of so many innocent people, how could one not choose to get the shot?

There is a lot of false information out there, and it’s sad to see that no one trusts science anymore. What happened to March 2020 when everyone was in this together? Why did something like a shot to prevent getting sick become so polarizing? Why are people fighting in supermarkets if they choose to wear a mask for protection, and someone who is anti-mask disagrees?

Of all the new and recent COVID-19 cases statewide, 72% come from the Delta variant. Don’t we want to get back to normal? Weddings are finally allowed to include more than 50 people. Meetings are in-person again.

We have a lot to look forward to, and it would be so disappointing to fall back to where we were last year because of fear or misinformation.

Protect yourself. Protect your friends and family.

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Letters to the Editor Port Jefferson Station – a great place

Martin Buchman’s recent letter in the July 22 edition highlighting the special value of the Greenway Trail [“Fears regarding Greenway Trail unfounded”] was an important reminder to all of us of this unique North Shore amenity.

I’d like to add my voice to his and emphasize that the eastern trailhead of the Greenway — the Port Jefferson Station and Terryville area — is a great place to live!

A hardworking, middle-class community, it has wonderful schools, terrific shopping and is just a stone’s throw away from two major hospitals. Port Jefferson Station and Terryville residents have easy access to major highways, their own rail station and, of course, the Greenway Trail.

At a July “quality of life” meeting sponsored by the local PJS/T civic association, many residents voiced dismay at a perceived rising tide of problems: homelessness, trash, noise, vacant stores and governmental inaction.

While the police assured community residents at this meeting that crime was down in almost every category, a “tipping point” for many residents was a nighttime stabbing at the entrance to the Greenway Trail, resulting in the death of a young man.

Unfortunately, no arrest has been made at the time of this writing.

No one should talk badly about the Port Jefferson Station area. It is and will remain a wonderful place — defined by its residents working together to make it even better. In fact, it was the foresight of so many area residents working cooperatively for many, many years, along with a host of elected officials, that led to the New York State Department of Transportation abandoning plans to build a bypass for cars and trucks, and, instead, make the 3.2-mile corridor a multiuse path for pedestrians and bicyclists.

Today, the Greenway Trail is arguably the most used year-around recreational facility in the Port Jefferson Station-Three Village area. Each week, thousands of local residents walk, bicycle, jog and run on the trail. Some travel a small section, others go the entire length. The Greenway Trail is, and will, remain an integral part of a better, stronger and vibrant Port Jefferson Station!

Herb Mones Stony Brook Herb Mones is active in Friends of the Greenway, Three Village Community Trust and Three Village Civic Association.

He co-chaired, for 10 years, the Greenway Task Force that helped plan and design the Greenway.

Matters of scientific fact, observation

The letter by Desmond O’Sullivan in the July 15 edition [“Cherry-picking does a disservice”] accusing Shoshana Hershkowitz and Adam Fisher of “cherrypicking whatever fits one’s own narratives” made me laugh. That’s because it seems Mr. O’Sullivan has been picking a few very ripe cherries of his own.

He writes that medical opinion supporting vaccination is “disputed by extremely competent medical professionals.” Who exactly are these “extremely competent medical professionals?” Are they specialists in the field of epidemiology, immunology or public health? Or are they heart specialists, oncologists or chiropodists? Looks like Mr. O’Sullivan has picked a somewhat rotten cherry here, since the overwhelming consensus among all medical professionals is that vaccination, particularly against COVID-19, is essential if we are to have any realistic hope of emerging from this pandemic without the virus evolving into yet more contagious, deadly and possibly vaccine-proof variants first.

One doesn’t even have to be an extremely competent medical professional to be aware of some basic facts. Up until the 19th century, smallpox was one of the most common and deadly diseases afflicting humanity. What enabled humanity to end this scourge? The very first vaccine developed! Polio was a major scourge within living memory.

What enabled us to eliminate it except for a few areas in the world where resistance to vaccination is encouraged? A vaccine. In 2000 measles was declared eliminated from the U.S. However, 14 years later an outbreak occurred centered on Disneyland, California.

What allowed measles to regain a foothold in the U.S.? Failure to vaccinate against it.

You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to reach the obvious conclusion about vaccination and deadly contagious diseases.

These are not cherry-picked facts; they’re matters of observation and scientific fact.

As for U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY1], it’s not cherry-picking facts to point out he’s far more interested in advancing his political career than in doing what’s best for his constituents. As part of the Republican majority when the tax bill of 2017 was passed cutting the SALT deduction to the detriment of many of his constituents, what did Zeldin do? He had bargaining power then. Did he use it? No, he was afraid of angering the leaders of his party including former President Donald Trump [R]. Why does Zeldin vote against every effort to reduce greenhouse gases, including measures to

reduce methane emissions at oil and gas wells? Must be the oil and gas industry has a huge presence on Long Island, creating thousands of jobs. Oh wait — that’s not true.

And it’s not like we on Long Island, being surrounded by water and with an elevation for the most part of below 50 feet, have nothing to fear from global warming.

I’m not cherry-picking Zeldin’s record of pleasing bigwigs of his party at the expense of his constituents; there are plenty more examples, but space doesn’t permit. But anybody who’s been following his political career knows what the score is.

David Friedman St. James

Get up already

I agree with the letter written by Art Billadello of East Setauket in the July 8 edition, “Are you awake or woke.”

Pragmatically speaking, this letter was “right on the money.” In my opinion, it cannot be debated among sanethinking, patriotic, law-abiding citizens of America.

For example: Say bye-bye to the statue of Lewis and Clark featuring Sacagawea [in Charlottesville, Virginia].

Down it comes! Why? Because she was depicted as crouching behind two white men. To some it is disparaging. On the other hand, to some she is looked upon as their guide doing her job, looking down and tracking. And what about the statue of Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson [of the Brooklyn Dodgers, located in Coney Island], two of America’s greatest baseball players, working together as a team — one a white man and the other an African American. Is this woke because these two men were united, instead of being divided? And what about the statue of the three women consisting of Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Central Park, one African American woman and two white women. Three women working in unity instead of division in the struggle for women’s rights. Will this too be considered woke at some point?

Time out people! Start working together instead of looking for reasons not to work together. Aren’t you tired of acting like children instead of grownups? I know it’s easy to go along in order to get along, but I bet most of you are fed up with this ridiculous word woke, but don’t have the fortitude to admit it. I remember when woke meant when you got up! So why don’t all of you get up already?

Rhoda Angelier Port Jefferson Station

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Opinion

Parenting milestones: from a deer in the headlights to planning vacations for two

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No, not exactly. It’s a long journey filled with skinned knees, ripped tee shirts — don’t ask -— eye rolling and muttering between clenched teeth. Still, here we are, as our kids prepare to move on from the educational minor leagues. Along the way, we went through numerous milestones.

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BY DANIEL DUNAIEF deer in my headlights.

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when we first brought our children home is that the deer’s eyes are open much wider.

We almost instantly became sleep-deprived.

Other than that, we had that frozen not-surewhere-to-move feeling, knowing we had to do something, but not exactly sure what or in what order to take care of those needs.

— Hating everyone. People meant well back in the days when our children were young and cried. Numerous people, who didn’t live with or even know our needy infants, offered unsolicited advice about what this scream or that scream meant. Strangers would tell us how our daughter’s cry meant she had gas, was hungry, needed her diaper changed, or was hot or cold. Yes, thanks, those are the options. Thanks for the help!

— Cooking the plastics. Yup, back in the early days, I was so sleep deprived that I put plastic bottles in a pot of boiling water to sterilize them and fell asleep. It wasn’t until I smelled the burning plastic that I realized how long I’d been out.

— Carrying everything: We couldn’t go four blocks without a diaper bag filled with everything, including the special toy each of them needed, diapers, wipes, ointment, sunscreen, bug spray, rain jackets, boots, and extra clothing.

— Straining our backs: Picking the kids up and playing with them was fun when they were under 20 pounds. When they reached 50 and above, holding them the entire length of a ski slope became impossible.

— Crazy sports parents: This phase lasted much longer than it should have. It was only when the kids reached late middle school that I appreciated the fresh air, the sparkling sunlight and the excitement of the moment.

Exercise and making friends are the goal.

Everything else, including winning, is gravy.

— Giving them space (aka, it’s not about us). As they reached adolescence, our children needed to make their own decisions. Tempting as it was to jump in and redirect them or even to kiss them before they left the car for middle

school, we bit our tongues as often as we could, leaving us feeling lonely and nostalgic in our cars as they joined their friends.

— Beautiful naps: Giving them space allowed us to do what we wanted. After years of living our lives while monitoring and helping theirs, we had a chance to do exactly what we wanted, which started with restorative naps.

— Sending them into space. We aren’t putting them in a Jeff Bezos rocket ship or sending them to the International Space Station, but we are preparing to give them an opportunity to explore the world outside our house.

— Looking at the calendar differently. With both of them on the way to their futures, we can choose places to visit that didn’t interest them.

We can visit these places when school is in session, which should mean lower costs for us.

— Telling other people how to take care of their kids: With our free time, we see parents struggling with young children. We, of course, know better. Or maybe not.

What could be worse than COVID-19?

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t this time of renewed attention to COVID-19, I recommend escapism. I have managed it, and this is how I did it. I immersed myself in two books, one after the other. They weren’t great classics, just handme-downs from a person whose reading tastes I respect. He gave me both books, and like a magic carpet ride, they took me to a different time and place with interesting characters for travel companions.

I enjoy historical fiction, and interestingly enough, both books use the siege of Leningrad by the Nazis during World War II as a critical Between context for their plots. you and me Although we are being

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF laid siege today by a malevolent virus, that act of war almost exactly 80 years ago was far different. Hitler wanted

to bomb the city into oblivion, believing that Eastern Europeans were worthless, and survivors were to be starved to death. The German army was under orders not to accept any truce offer that might be extended to them by the city leadership.

The siege began on Sept. 8, 1941, and ended, after 872 days of torment, on Jan. 27, 1944.

The pre-war population of about two and a half million was reduced at the end to about 800,000 by extreme famine, disease and artillery strikes, one of the most destructive blockades in history.

To make matters even worse, that first winter saw temperatures plummet as low as - 40 degrees.

The dead piled up in the streets. There were even instances of cannibalism. The survivors were marked forever.

This is a major catalyst of the first book, “Winter Garden,” by best-selling author, Kristin Hannah. It is the story of the relationship between a mother and her two daughters, and between the daughters themselves, that bears the aftereffects of what has been termed by historians as attempted genocide in Leningrad.

Anya is a cold and disapproving mother to

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her children, and they feel cast out to survive emotionally, each in their own way as they grow up. The glue that holds the family together is the father, and when he becomes terminally ill, the dysfunction of the women is clearly revealed. The writing is dramatic and manages to sustain a heart-rending pathos as the plot builds. I tried to keep a dry eye as I read, but in vain. Each continuing episode tugged at my heart and my tears flowed anew with just about every chapter. The surprise ending is a stunner.

Having barely recovered from Hannah’s epic story, I plowed into “City of Thieves,” by David Benioff. Unlike “Winter Garden,” in which the siege of Leningrad is considered for its profound and intergenerational consequences half a century later, Benioff’s main characters deal with the horror as it is unfolding. Seventeen-year-old Lev and 20-year-old Kolya somehow manage to make this into a coming-of-age story, with some laugh-out-loud dialogue even as they are fighting to survive. But don’t be misled. This account of the tragedy of Leningrad is, if anything, more brutal for its contemporaneous setting.

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The two young men, through a bit of incredible yet somehow acceptable events, are sent off by a Soviet colonel amidst a starving city in search of a dozen eggs. It might as well be the holy grail for Arthurian medieval knights. In the course of the quest, they see and sometimes experience some of the individual terrors of the siege in what Benioff claims is historically accurate fashion. Benioff has delineated the plot according to specifics in Harrison Salisbury’s book, “The 900 Days,” and Curzio Malaparte’s “Kaputt.”

The latter, a novel published in 1946 by an Italian war correspondent, is about the descent of European civilization on the Eastern Front during World War II, and the former, written in 1969, is by the respected American journalist detailing the definitive story of the prolonged battle. Benioff cites them as sources for his novel.

They were hardly light reading, these two books my friend gave me, but they certainly kept my attention. They also taught me a bit, as good books do.

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