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September 10, 2020

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Stony Brook Resident Walks Away from Popular Show with $52.5K at first, she was trailing behind the other two contestants, who had about $11,000 each, and she made a couple of mistakes solving puzzles.

One Three Village woman is finally able to With one round, she admitted she forgot to take talk about a lucky winter trip. the clue into consideration. She added that it’s At the end of February, Celeste Wells and easier to solve the puzzles at home watching, her husband, Bill, traveled to which she has done for more California after she was chosen than 30 years. to be a contestant on the game “Now I’m a little more show “Wheel of Fortune.” Like sympathetic with the players all participants on the show, when they make mistakes,” Wells, along with her husband Wells said. and two friends who attended Soon her luck changed the taping, had to keep quiet and her total climbed to about how well she did. $15,500, even though she was unaware she had taken the lead While she taped the show until host Pat Sajak started Feb. 27, the episode didn’t approaching her. air until Sept. 3 as production “I hadn’t even realized it shut down soon after her visit until Pat walked over to me because of the pandemic and that I was the winner, and I was the episode took longer to air going to go to the bonus round,” than usual. The Stony Brook resident of 15 years, who lived —Celeste Wells she said. “I was in shock.”

In that bonus round, Wells in Kings Park for 30 years solved the puzzle correctly by prior, said it was difficult to guessing “group of wild boars.” keep her winnings a secret with everyone asking her questions about how she did. She then picked an envelope with her prize, The night of the airing, Wells’ son Bill and which turned out to be $37,000. The amount his family came over to see the results. She commemorates the 37th season in syndication of said she turned off her answering machine to “Wheel of Fortune.”

“It was nerve-wracking but, once you get make sure her daughter Suzanne, who lives in Rochester, and other relatives who would see the into it, your adrenaline kicks in and you’re show earlier due to different broadcasting times excited and you want to win,” she said.

Wells said she wasn’t sure she would make in other areas, wouldn’t call and give anything the Feb. 27 taping due to a scheduled trip to away before her son’s family saw the show.

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‘It was nervewracking but, once you get into it, your adrenaline kicks in and you’re excited and you want to win.’

able to work it out and flew to California Feb. 26. Wells said the staff produces six episodes a day. She arrived at 7:30 a.m. and had the opportunity to meet the show’s hostess Vanna White before filming.

She and other contestants practiced spinning the wheel, which weighs about 2,400 pounds, before taping. Standing 4 feet, 11 inches tall and weighing in at 108 pounds, she was afraid she wasn’t going to be able to turn it. While it was difficult, Wells said as she practiced, the crew adjusted the small platform she was standing on. She also tried each hand spinning the wheel until she could give it a good spin.

“The entire staff at ‘Wheel’ is just marvelous,” she said. “They can’t do enough for you. They make you feel like a queen for a day when you’re there. They pamper you. They’re constantly touching up your makeup, bringing you water.

Pat and Vanna are kind and really humble people that just make you feel so comfortable.”

Wells is still shocked she won or even made it past auditions. More than 10,000 “Wheel of Fortune” fans audition each year and only 600 are chosen to compete.

“That in itself was monumental that they chose me,” she said, adding it was a years-long journey that began when she sent in a video in 2012.

After sending the video, she was asked to audition in Brooklyn twice. Both times 50 applicants took part in two practice games, and then were narrowed down. She made it to the second round both times. Last year, she attended an audition in Manhattan and received a letter shortly after saying she made it.

While contestants pay for their own trip,

Celeste Wells smiles on the set of “Wheel of Fortune.”

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Wells said everyone walks away with $1,000, which helps with airfare. With her winnings, she is hoping to take a family trip after the pandemic passes with her husband, children, their spouses and her three grandchildren.

Wells had advice for other game show fans.

She said everyone who is interested in being a contestant should try out.

“Even if you only win $1,000, it’s a wonderful experience,” she said. “And, don’t give up. Even if you don’t make it the first time, keep going. I’m that kind of person. When I’m determined to do something, I don’t give up.”

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LEGALS Notice of formation of Forever Strong Personal Training, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on August 17, 2020. Office located in Suffolk County.

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823 9/10 6x ts NOTICE OF BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE SMITHTOWN SPECIAL LIBRARY DISTRICT TOWN OF SMITHTOWN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the resident qualified voters of the Smithtown Special Library District (Town of Smithtown) that a Library Budget Vote and Trustee Election will be held at the belowdesignated polling places on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 9:30 AM, prevailing time, to vote upon the following propositions: 1.

To adopt the Annual Budget of the Smithtown Special Library District for the calendar year commencing January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2021 in the amount of $15,634,303.00 (which includes the annual financing costs of the bond previously approved by the electorate) with the requisite portion thereof to be raised by a levy upon the taxable property of the Library District.

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To elect two members of the Board of Trustees of the Smithtown Special Library District for terms commencing January 1, 2021 and expiring on December 31, 2023 and to elect one member for a term commencing October 27, 2020 and expiring on December 31, 2022 to fill a vacated seat.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that voting at such Budget Vote/Election will be by paper ballots only; the polls will be open between the hours of 9:30 AM and 9:00 PM, prevailing time, on October 13, 2020.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that voting shall take place in per-

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Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com son at the following four (4) polling places: 1.

Smithtown Main Building Library patrons who are qualified voters residing: within zip code 11780; within zip code 11788 who reside SOUTH of Route 347, Nesconset Highway; within zip code 11787 who live EAST of Blydenburgh County Park, Caleb Smith State Park and Route 25A (St. Johnland Road) and SOUTH of Landing Road (NOTE: homeowners who reside in the area serviced by the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library CANNOT vote in this election) will vote at the Smithtown Main Building, located at One North Country Road, Smithtown, NY. 2.

Kings Park Branch Library patrons who are qualified voters residing: within zip code 11754 or 11768; and within zip code 11787 who reside NORTH of Route 25, Old Northport Road and Landing Road, WEST of Route 25A (St. Johnland Road) and EAST of Plymouth Boulevard will vote at the Kings Park Branch, located at One Church Street, Kings Park, NY. 3.

Commack Branch Library patrons who are qualified voters residing: within zip code 11725; within zip code 11788 who reside SOUTH of Veterans Memorial Highway; and within zip code 11787 who live WEST of Blydenburgh County Park, Caleb Smith State Park and Plymouth Boulevard will vote at the Commack Branch, located at 3 Indian Head Road, Commack, NY. 4.

Nesconset Branch Library patrons who are qualified voters residing: within zip code 11767; who live SOUTH of Route 25 from the Smithtown-Brookhaven border to Southern Boulevard; EAST of Southern Blvd. from Route 25 to Route 347, Nesconset Highway; SOUTH of Route 347, Nesconset Highway from Southern Boulevard to the Smithtown Greenbelt Town Park; EAST of the Smithtown Greenbelt Town Park from Route 347 Nesconset Highway to the SmithtownIslip border (residents in the area serviced by the Sachem School and Library Districts CANNOT vote in this election) will vote at the Nesconset Branch, located at 148 Smithtown Boulevard, Nesconset, NY.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that every qualified voter of the Town of Smithtown who resides within the Smithtown Special Library District and is otherwise qualified to vote at a General Town Election shall be qualified to vote at the October 13, 2020 Budget Vote and Board of Trustees election.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots are available commencing September 4, 2020 at every library building within the Smithtown Special Library District during regular business hours. Such application must be received by the Clerk of the Election at least seven (7) days prior to the October 13, 2020 vote/election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter; or the last business day before the vote/election if the ballot is to be personally delivered to the voter. Qualified voters who wish to personally obtain an absentee ballot may do so at the Community Relations Department in the Nesconset Building, located at 148 Smithtown Boulevard, Nesconset, NY, on days the Library is open to the public between the hours of 9:30 AM and 5:00 PM (except Saturday, Sunday and holidays) commencing September 18, 2020. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be posted in the Administration Office in the Nesconset Building on each of the five (5) days prior to the October 13, 2020 vote/ election between the hours of 9:30 AM and 5:00 PM, except Saturday, Sunday and holidays. No absentee ballot shall be canvassed unless it shall have been received by the Clerk of the Election not later than 5:00 PM on the day of the vote/election.

By order of the Board of Trustees of the Smithtown Special Library District, Smithtown, NY. 9/4/2020 Lauren Gunderson Clerk of the Election Smithtown Special Library District 830 091020 2x ts AVISO DE VOTO DE PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN PARA EL DISTRITO ESPECIAL DE BIBLIOTECA DE SMITHTOWN

CIUDAD DE SMITHTOWN, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK POR LA PRESENTE SE AVISA a los votante calificados residentes de Distrito Especial de Biblioteca de Smithtown (Ciudad de Smithtown) que se llevará a cabo un Voto de Presupuesto de la Biblioteca y una Elección de Miembros de la Junta en los lugares de votación designados a continuación el martes 13 de octubre de 2020 a las 9:30 a. m., hora local, para votar sobre las siguientes propuestas: 1.

Adoptar el Presupuesto Anual de Distrito Especial de Biblioteca de Smithtown para el año calendario que comienza el 1° de enero de 2021 y termina el 31 de diciembre de 2021 por un monto de $15,634,303.00 (que incluye los costos anuales de financiamiento del bono previamente aprobado por el electorado) con la porción requerida del mismo que será recaudada por medio de un impuesto sobre la propiedad gravable del Distrito de Bibliotecas.

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Elegir a dos miembros de la Junta Directiva de Distrito Especial de Biblioteca de Smithtown para los períodos que comienzan el 1° de enero de 2021 y finalizan el 31 de diciembre de 2023, y elegir a un miembro por un período que comienza el 27 de octubre de 2020 y termina el 31 de diciembre de 2022 para llenar un puesto vacante.

Y POR LA PRESENTE TAMBIÉN SE AVISA, que la votación en dicha Elección / Votación del Presupuesto se realizará únicamente mediante boletas de papel; Las urnas estarán abiertas entre las 9:30 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m., hora predominante, el 13 de octubre de 2020.

Y POR LA PRESENTE TAMBIÉN SE AVISA, que la votación tendrá lugar en los siguientes cuatro (4) lugares de votación: 1.

Usuarios de Smithtown Main Building Library que son votantes calificados que residen: dentro del código postal 11780; dentro del código postal 11788 que viven al SUR de Route 347, Nesconset Highway; dentro del código postal 11787 que viven al ESTE de Blydenburgh County Park, Caleb Smith State Park

y Route 25A (St. Johnland Road) y al SUR de Landing Road (NOTA: los propietarios de viviendas que residen en la zona y que reciben los servicios de Emma S. Clark Memorial Library NO PUEDEN votar en esta elección) votarán en el Smithtown Main Building, ubicado en One North Country Road, Smithtown, NY. 2.

Usuarios de Kings Park Branch Library que son votantes calificados que residen: dentro del código postal 11754 u 11768; y dentro del código postal 11787 que viven al NORTE de Route 25, Old Northport Road y Landing Road, al OESTE de Route 25A (St. Johnland Road) y al ESTE de Plymouth Boulevard votarán en Kings Park Branch, ubicada en One Church Street, Kings Park, NY. 3.

Usuarios de Commack Branch Library que son votantes calificados que residen: dentro del código postal 11725; dentro del código postal 11788 que viven al SUR de Veterans Memorial Highway; y dentro del código postal 11787 que viven al OESTE de Blydenburgh County Park, Caleb Smith State Park y Plymouth Boulevard votarán en Commack Branch, ubicada en 3 Indian Head Road, Commack, NY. 4.

Usuarios de Nesconset Branch Library que son votantes calificados que residen: dentro del código postal 11767; que viven al SUR de Route 25 desde el límite de Smithtown-Brookhaven hasta Southern Boulevard; al ESTE del Southern Blvd. desde Route 25 a Route 347, Nesconset Highway; al SUR de Route 347, Nesconset Highway desde Southern Boulevard hasta Smithtown Greenbelt Town Park; al ESTE de Smithtown Greenbelt Town Park desde Route 347 Nesconset Highway hasta el límite de Smithtown-Islip (los propietarios que residen en las zonas que reciben los servicios de Sachem School y Library Districts NO PUEDEN votar en esta elección) votarán Nesconset Branch, ubicada en 148 Smithtown Boulevard, Nesconset, NY. Y POR LA PRESENTE TAMBIÉN SE AVISA, que cada votante calificado de la Ciudad de Smithtown que reside dentro de Distrito Especial de Biblioteca de Smithtown y que de otra manera

está calificado para votar en una Elección General de la Ciudad estará calificado para votar en el Voto de Presupuesto y la elección de Miembros de la Junta Directiva del 13 de octubre de 2020.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que las solicitudes para boletas de voto ausente están disponibles ahora en todos los edificios de la biblioteca dentro del Distrito de Bibliotecas Especiales de Smithtown durante el horario comercial habitual. El Secretario de la Elección debe recibir dicha solicitud al menos siete (7) días antes de la votación/ elección del 13 de octubre de 2020 si la boleta debe enviarse por correo al votante; o el último día hábil antes de la votación / elección si el votante va a recoger personalmente la boleta. Los votantes calificados que deseen recoger personalmente una boleta de voto ausente pueden hacerlo en el Departamento de Relaciones Comunitarias en el Edificio Nesconset, ubicado en 148 Smithtown Boulevard, Nesconset, NY, los días que la Biblioteca está abierta al público entre las 9:30 horas. A. M. Y 5:00 p. M. (Excepto sábados, domingos y feriados) a partir del 18 de septiembre de 2020.

Se publicará una lista de todas las personas a las que se les han emitido boletas de voto ausente en la Oficina de Administración en el edificio Nesconset en cada una de las cinco (5 ) días antes de la votación / elección del 13 de octubre de 2020 entre las 9:30 a.m. y las 5:00 p.m., excepto sábados, domingos y feriados. No se procederá al escrutinio de ninguna boleta de votante ausente a menos que el Secretario de Elecciones la haya recibido a más tardar a las 5:00 PM del día de la votación/ elección.

Por orden de la Junta Directiva de Distrito Especial de Biblioteca de Smithtown, Smithtown, NY. 9/4/2020 Lauren Gunderson Secretaria Electoral Distrito Especial de Biblioteca de Smithtown 831 091020 2x ts

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Police

Command of the Material: 4th Precinct Police Commander Addresses Community for First Time Since Pandemic Disruption

BY STEVEN ZAITZ DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Inspector Michael Romagnoli, commanding officer of Suffolk County’s 4th Precinct in Hauppauge, presided over a community meeting outside the precinct Sept.

1, covering a wide array of topics relevant to businesses and residents within the area. It was the first such meeting since March.

The coronavirus pandemic has been a seemingly endless backdrop of everyday life, and has caused economic hardship, job losses and business closures across Suffolk County and elsewhere. As these conditions inevitably lead to crime, Romagnoli has a simple piece of advice for the residents of Smithtown.

“Lock your doors,” he said, almost putting an exclamation point after each of these three small words.

“Your cars, your side doors, your back doors, your shed and your garages — lock them all.”

This warning is in reference to the spate of attempted car break-ins and — Michael petty larcenies in the early morning hours of Aug. 26.

However, he stressed that it would be a mistake to consider this a crime wave.

“There is no pattern that I can see here,” the inspector said. “These are just some people who are looking for opportunity. We are keeping a careful eye on it, but we need to see more than one occurrence to formulate a method of operation.”

He did acknowledge that cars and outdoor sheds were broken into on or near Harvard Avenue near Maple, and at least one generator was taken, along with various valuable power tools, video equipment and scooters.

“We are going to go through some of the Ring [video] doorbell footage, and we strongly encourage anyone who has footage to contact us immediately,” Romagnoli said.

Contacting the police was another topic of conversation, which community liaison officer Sue Laveglia discussed with the audience of about 30 interested listeners, who were assembled outside the precinct, wearing masks and seated in a socially distant manner.

“With COVID-19 still a presence in our community, we encourage people to use [our] website to file a nonemergency

police report,” Laveglia said. “We hope this encourages the reporting of incidents and at the same time limits officer and civilian exposure to the coronavirus.”

The link to making a police report online is: suffolkpd.org/onlinereporting.aspx. The officers ask that you review and adhere to the criteria listed before submitting a report.

Thirty-seven officers have required quarantine since the pandemic started, and one officer actually had three separate exposures. The precinct has taken ergonomic measures and provides masks and hand sanitizers in an effort to mitigate exposure.

Not wanting to play second fiddle to COVID-19, protest marches have been and still are on Romagnoli’s docket. He has had to deploy manpower, manage morale and devise traffic-control procedures. It does not make it an easier task when many of these protests are a direct attack on, and call for reform on, his profession and the men and women he oversees.

“When I put on that uniform, I represent every person in this community,” Romagnoli he said. “Every one of my officers has sworn to uphold the constitution, and I try to stress that to them every day. This job is not easy.

We’re human and when people are yelling the most vile things about what they think of you, your profession and sometimes your family members, it’s difficult. People are angry. I get it. My job is to turn down the temperature and train my officers to do this as well, despite what you hear.”

He had some simple strategies for doing this.

“Rotate officers back off the line when I sensed they’ve had enough that week,” he said. “I strongly encourage them to take time off and always give them a good idea of what they are facing.”

Romagnoli estimated the number of protests to be in the 40s and counting, with over 5,000 people combined to have marched in the streets of Smithtown. This accounts for about 20-25% of the protest activity in the county, he said. The majority of these were focused on the Black Lives Matter movement, but some were abortion, Blue Lives Matter and reopen New York-related as well.

Other topics were discussed at the Sept. 1 meeting.

There have been 41 drug overdoses in

‘When I put on that uniform, I represent every person in this community.’

Commanding Officer Michael Romagnoli, left, addresses members of the community at a meeting outside the 4th Precinct in Smithtown Sept 1. Fellow officer, Sgt. Thomas Healy, looks on. Photo by Steven Zaitz

July and August of this year in Smithtown compared to 20 for the same period last year.

Year to date, there have been 135 overdoses and 27 drug-induced deaths.

Romagnoli was effusive in his praise for business’s overall compliance with COVID mask-wearing and distancing state mandates. The police have worked closely with the state police and the State Liquor Authority in the monitoring of restaurants and like establishments. While “a number” of warnings have been issued, there has yet to be a summons doled out.

Laveglia warned citizens of the preponderance of scams that are circulating, especially advertisements that claim to cure COVID-19.

The Suffolk County Police Department as a whole is overwhelmed with gratitude by all the food and other donations it has received.

These donations are a show of support of

police and other front-line workers in the face of all the dangers and pressures they have faced this year. Romagnoli was visibly emotional when he spoke of this community support.

He hopes to resume having these meetings on a more regular basis. They are held the first Tuesday of every month and there is expected to be one Oct. 6.

Anyone with information regarding a crime in their neighborhood, in addition to the website, can call 631-852-COPS. Also,as part a collaboration with Ring, police can communicate with members of the public through Ring’s Neighbors app. The Neighbors app is a platform for members of the community to connect about incidents occurring in their neighborhoods and ask residents of specific areas if they have video that could potentially contain information useful in criminal investigations.

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Village elections across the state were postponed twice this year due to COVID-19 precautions. On Sept. 15, the villages of Head of the Harbor, Nissequogue and Village of the Branch will finally be able to hold their 2020 elections.

Head of the Harbor residents will find Douglas Dahlgard on the ballot running to maintain his seat as mayor. Two trustee seats are also up for election, and Gordon Van Vechten and Judith Ogden are looking to fulfill another two-year term.

Dahlgard has spoken out against the proposed development of the Gyrodyne property in St. James, especially when it comes to a sewage treatment plant. He and others fear the contamination of Stony Brook Harbor. Currently, the Town of Smithtown is conducting an environmental review of Gyrodyne’s proposal to subdivide the 75-acreproperty to build a 150-room hotel with a restaurant, two assisted living centers, two medical office parks and a 7-acre sewage treatment plant.

“Our village is calling for more independent environmental impact work on any major development in our community such as Gyrodyne,” Dahlgard said in an Aug. 27 letter to the editor. “We want clean ground and surface water for the next generations, and we don’t want any surprises to the contrary.”

In Nissequogue, current trustees James from Donahue and Michael Grosskopf are running $ to regain their seats for another two years unchallenged. Maureen Potter is running to fulfill month a year left on the term left vacant by Christa Amato. Village Justice Douglas Bilotti is also running unchallenged for another four-year term.

Village of the Branch also sees uncontested races. Mayor Mark Delaney and trustee Roger Botto are both running for another two-year term, while Kevin Damm is seeking the seat left vacant by George Albrecht who resigned FREE back in March.

All village elections will be held Tuesday, Sept. 15, from noon to 9 p.m. Nissequogue Village Hall is located at 631 Moriches Road, St. James; Village of the Branch at 40 Route 111, Smithtown; and Head of the Harbor Village Hall is located at 500 North Country Road, St. James.

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Education

Students Start off School Year with Masks in Hand With social distancing guidelines and masks requirements, the 2020-21 school year is going to look different than in years past.

However, parents did their best to keep up the annual tradition of first day of school photos in the Smithtown Central School District, top and middle rows, and Hauppauge school district, bottom row.

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photo, whether at the bus stop or at home ready to open up the computer, email it to rita@tbrnewsmedia.com. Photos will be included on our website, tbrnewsmedia.com.

Photo above by Shannon Buscemi; top right by Rita J. Egan; middle left by Donna Jensen; middle right by Laura Johanson; bottom right by Jennifer O’Brien; and bottom left by Lisa Rivera.

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Editorial

Letters to the Editor

Labor Day, back to school, the 19th anniversary of 9/11 — these days had consequences before. But in the midst of an ongoing pandemic, they mean that much more — they have to.

They show how it’s no longer enough to be complacent and let the issues these days represent pass us by.

We can’t pass by Labor Day without thinking of the thousands upon thousands of people out of work. We have to remember just how much toil people in our local food pantries and soup kitchens are putting in to help the rising number of food insecure families across Long Island.

We bustle around and shop online for any Labor Day sales ignoring the purpose of the day is to not only celebrate organized labor’s accomplishments in gaining things as welcome as the five-day workweek, but to offer the future hope of additional compensation and relief to the millions who struggle even while working full time, too many times in more than one job.

We have to be able to come out of this pandemic with a new perspective. When those who were considered “essential” such as those who worked in supermarkets or other low-wage service industry jobs were not being compensated for the risk they put both themselves and their families in, we know there needs to be another look at allowing people to make a living wage when working full time.

On Tuesday, most of our North Shore schools reopened for in-person instruction for the first time since March. Parents walked their children to the bus stop, or more than likely drove them to school, with a great feeling of hope but likely some foreboding. Many stood at the bus stop in masks. At schools all across the North Shore, cars waited in long lines before finally letting their kids off, in some cases a faculty member waiting to take their temperature.

This is not going to be easy. Already we’re seeing the logistical issues of how tens or even hundreds of parents will drop off their students all at once. School districts need to iron out these issues, and parents, for their part, need to be patient while that is worked out. Though districts have been planning for this eventuality for months, no plan ever survives first contact, as the saying goes.

But parents must also recognize the fragility of the situation.

All it takes is one slip up, one instance where the regional infection rate spikes above 9% and schools will once again shut down, as required by New York State. We can’t relax on any of our mask or distancing efforts, and this especially has to be reinforced to our children. As much as many parents don’t like what school districts have planned, even a hybrid model is better than full remote learning only. We have to think of the parents who work full time and have nobody to be home for their young children to either take care of them or make sure they’re learning properly.

As we look to commemorate 9/11, we see many events hosted by our local fire departments are not available to the public. Some have taken the option to use livestream instead, but fire departments have made the bold and correct decision to try and limit as much extra contact as possible. After all, many of the firefighters and EMTs at these departments were on the front lines not two months ago. They know better than most of us the toll the virus takes.

Let us also not forget the hundreds of people with lasting health impacts of being there when the towers fell 19 years ago. Those people are still around — folks like John Feal of the FealGood Foundation that continue to support rescue workers and other volunteers deserve our respect and backing.

This is a time that reminds us to work together in all these regards.

Consequential times require conscientious action, and we believe our communities have the capability to make the right choices.

On Sept. 3, a letter by George Altemose was published [“Democratic Convention Held No Surprises”] touting the supposed “great accomplishments” of President Donald Trump [R] in his first term and stoking fear based on falsehoods about former Vice President Joe Biden [D].

First, about Trump’s alleged accomplishments. The letter writer trumpets “the lowest unemployment rate ever for African Americans and Hispanic Americans.” The problem with this is that these rates were falling long before Trump took office. The decline didn’t pick up speed on his watch. In fact, starting August 2019 Black unemployment started creeping back up. An even bigger problem is that unemployment among all groups is now much, much higher than when Trump took office. No doubt Trump would say, as he did March 13 of this year, “No, I don’t take responsibility at all.” He’d blame it all on the pandemic, which he had nothing to do with, just sitting in the Oval Office minding his own business — or tweeting.

President Harry Truman [D] he’s not.

So, what has Trump really accomplished? Well, the U.S. is certainly No. 1 in COVID-19 deaths. With 4% of the world’s population, the U.S. has 22% of the world’s COVID-19 deaths.

Under Trump an American passport has

These Consequential Days Going Over Trump’s Alleged Accomplishments essentially become worthless because other countries are afraid to let us in. It’s not that we don’t have good scientists, doctors or hospitals. Our wretched response to the pandemic is the result of Trump’s incompetence. He doesn’t know anything and doesn’t want to know anything, except what will help him politically. So much for keeping us safe.

As for his other “accomplishments,” what happened to the wall Mexico was going to pay for? Guess who’s actually paid for the tiny stretch of wall that’s been built: military personnel and their families. That’s because Trump grabbed funds allocated for schools and day care centers for military families to pay for wall construction when Congress wouldn’t give him the money.

Then there’s his tax cut showering more money on people like himself and his wealthy pals, giving the rest of us peanuts or nothing or less than nothing. Health care — what health care? After failing to ram his pathetic health plan through a Republican Congress, he’s chosen to vindictively ask the Supreme Court to do what he couldn’t do legislatively, namely take away health care insurance from 20 million Americans in the midst of a pandemic.

Other accomplishments: weaken rules against water and air pollution — check.

Accelerate global warming — check.

Reduce American prestige, influence and power abroad — check.

The letter writer darkly warns of chaos and mayhem if Biden is elected. He leaves out just two little facts that get in the way.

One is that Biden has made his position quite clear: “Rioting is not protesting.

Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting.

It’s lawlessness, plain and simple.”

The other is this: Trump actually is the president and this turmoil is occurring on his watch. It’s Trump who’s been the great divider. It’s Trump who’s preached violence and vitriol his whole presidency. Even now he refuses to condemn killing if the perpetrator is a political supporter. It’s Trump who’s set American against American. It’s Trump who brands anybody who dares to call him out an enemy, whether it’s the news media, Democrats, our American national security agencies or just ordinary people tired of his corruption, falsehoods and incompetence. Biden has made it clear that if elected he will be a president for all Americans, even those who didn’t vote for him. We cannot afford another four years of Trump. In the biblical words of our greatest president [Abraham Lincoln]: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

David Friedman St. James

MTA Funding Process is Politically Sensitive MTA chairman, Pat Foye, claims his agency is facing a financial “five-alarm fire.” Putting it out requires not only federal assistance, but also farebox, City Hall and Albany revenues.

First, the MTA requested $3.9 billion in additional funding. After receipt of $3.9 billion in CARES Act COVID-19 funding, the MTA announced it needed another $3.9 billion. Today, it is $12 billion. What will it be tomorrow? Weeks ago, it was a four-alarm fire. Now it is a five-alarm fire.

What will it be tomorrow? Foye reminds me of Pinocchio.

Riders and Washington are already fighting the financial fire. City Hall and Albany must do likewise. Foye recently

blamed Washington for a loss of $1 billion. This was based on the Federal Highway Administration not working fast enough with the MTA in completion of the National Environmental Policy Act environmental review process.

This is necessary to implement congestion pricing. It is supposed to raise $15 billion for the MTA $51 billion 202024 five-year capital plan. Even if FHA made a NEPA finding tomorrow, tolling could never be implemented Jan. 1, 2021.

For nine months, Gov. Andrew Cuomo [D] and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio [D] never announced their appointments to the MTA Traffic Mobility Review Board. Details of who will pay

what can never be resolved and made public until this board is established and completes its mission.

This process is politically sensitive. It could take many months to a year before congestion pricing is set. I will not hold my breath waiting for Foye’s future guest op-ed article holding Cuomo and de Blasio accountable for their inaction delaying implementation. This $15 billion could have solved the financial crises.

Larry Penner Great Neck Editor’s note: Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

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Opinion

Rushing to Make A Vaccine Some Won’t Get

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hat are we all waiting for? A vaccine ranks high on the list, if you read the newspapers and hear the dialog and diatribes from that epicenter of anger, hostility and finger pointing known as Washington, D.C. But, really, how much will a vaccine change our lives?

If a vaccine were available tomorrow, would you take it?

For a vaccine to create herd immunity, a majority (70 percent or more) of the population would need to take a safe, effective D. None treatment. of the above In an unscientific

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF survey of 18 people to whom I promised anonymity, eight of them said they would take a vaccine if it were available tomorrow, while

the other 10 said they would wait anywhere from several months to a year to take it. Several of the respondents elaborated on the rationale behind their decisions.

Jody said she would take it because “absolutely anything that helps us get kids back into school and the world moving again” is worth the effort.

Melissa said she would also take a test.

Her husband is currently in a clinical trial and doesn’t know if he received the vaccine or a placebo.

While Sheila suggested she usually waits a month or two after a new vaccine comes out to determine if there are any side effects, she would take it whenever it’s available “as long as the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] backs it.”

A health care worker, Doug explained that his company won’t let him work without getting a flu shot. He wondered whether the company’s policy would be the same after a COVID vaccine comes out. Indeed, a vaccine would

create a college conundrum, as schools that require a new vaccine before students return for the spring might cause some students to choose remote learning or to take a semester off.

Stephanie would only consider taking a vaccine if Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said it was safe and effective.

Matt would not rush to get a vaccine. He said he doesn’t “buy the first model of a car or wait in line to get the newest cell phone. Let’s see how it works.”

Jacob was much more adamant, expressing concern that the urgency to get a test on the market would create a potential health hazard.

John shared Jacob’s concerns, saying he’s nervous about anything new. “I would consider taking a vaccine a year from now,” John said, but not until researchers and doctors know more about it.

Cindy, who is suffering with several other health problems, said she wouldn’t take a vaccine for a year or more. She doesn’t know

Suggested Behavior During ‘Silly Season’

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his is the beginning of what many call “The Silly Season.” That term alludes roughly to between Labor Day and Election Day and refers to the many charges, counter charges, assertions, braggadocio and hyperbole that will be uttered by candidates and their parties in an attempt to win public favor.

This year of 2020 seems like it will be an extreme example of this historic process.

Why this year?

Because more than at any point Between in the memories you and me of those still alive

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF can there be found such partisanship and acrimony in the political arena. And those strongly held opinions and emotions have spilled over into our daily lives and interfered with our closest relationships.

Just ask divorce lawyers. According to one from New York City quoted in The New York Times, “Presidential years are typically very quiet for divorces because of the uncertainty of the presidency,” said Ken Jewell. “This year has been beyond insane.” What in the past might have been reasonable discussions about politics between couples have now become ranting confrontations. “And while people aren’t citing political differences as the sole reason for divorce, the topic is certainly compounding matters,” he explained.

Couples have been known to fight about Supreme Court rulings, the handling of the pandemic, wearing a mask, immigration and the repeal of DACA — the program that protects young immigrants — and even whether to eat indoors or outdoors at a restaurant.

Dating services have felt a similar impact.

For example, according to the article by Nicole Pajer in the NYT Aug. 30 issue, 84% of the singles using Dating.com “won’t even consider dating someone with opposite political views.”

And within families, feelings can run as high about marrying outside the chosen political party as they once were against marrying outside the family’s religion and ethnicity.

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This is ultimate partisanship. This is also such a waste. Giving up on close relationships that have otherwise withstood the test of time merely because of different political opinions, is a decision that needs to be reconsidered.

Unless that partisanship is only the straw that otherwise breaks the camel’s back, as the saying goes, in a relationship with more serious problems, those different perspectives can be made into intellectual exchanges and even result in personal growth.

Knowing how the other side thinks in a disagreement is enlightening. It can also be a bottomless well for thoughtful exchanges throughout a lifetime. What must be present, however, is mutual respect. Some couples have been able to bridge and perhaps even enjoy such a divide. The first that comes to mind is the Republican consultant, Mary Matalin, and the Democratic consultant, James Carville.

Matalin was deeply involved with the GOP as a Republican strategist serving under Ronald Reagan, functioning as a campaign director for George H.W. Bush, for whom she was then assistant, and even working as counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney.

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if the vaccine might interact with medications she’s currently taking, while she’s also concerned that any change in her body might alter her overall health. Mindy wouldn’t rush to get a vaccine. “Testing takes time and if it were available that quickly, I would not trust the effectiveness and/or safety,” she said.

So if my non-scientific sample is reflective of the overall population, a vaccine, even if it’s effective and safe, would take more than the typical few weeks after it is available to provide a benefit to both the individual and the greater population.

While an available vaccine might be a relief, it also causes concerns about whether the process moved too quickly. Assurances from the CDC, the Food and Drug Administration and Dr. Fauci might help ease those worries. To borrow from the sports world, the population is eager for an umpire to call balls and strikes after the pitch is thrown, and not before, to satisfy a timeline for people eager to return to the life of handshakes and hugs.

James Carville was the lead strategist for the successful campaign of then-Arkansas governor Bill Clinton for president. Carville went on to elections work abroad, including in Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Colombia and Argentina. He was also involved with Hillary’s 2008 campaign as well as media and film efforts and public speaking. He is known for his outspoken style, which includes his comparison of Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama: “If she gave him one of her cojones, they’d both have two.”

Both Matalin and Carville have said they don’t discuss politics at home. Maybe that’s one way for those in a committed relationship to deal with ultra partisan differences. Others have handled the matter differently. Wende Thoman and William Sterns, both 72, of Delray Beach, Florida, sometimes loudly disagree about politics. “But this is the sport we’ve engaged in for a long time,” Ms. Thoman said.

Mr. Sterns actually enjoys the banter. “Politics should be fun!” he said.

And yes, differing opinions can add a layer of passion to a relationship. The trick: not demeaning each other. While all’s fair in love and war, I vote for love.

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