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Friday, October 16, 2020

Vol. 5, No. 42

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12 swastikas sprayed through PAL clubhouse Vandals break into athletic league headquarters in Sunset Park BY R O S E W E L D ON

PHOTO COURTESY OF ROB ELKINS

A total of 12 swastikas were sprayed throughout the Port Washington Police Athletic League’s Sunset Park clubhouse over the weekend.

Vandals spray-painted 12 swastikas after breaking into the Port Washington Police Athletic League’s Sunset Park clubhouse over the weekend, according to PAL Executive Director Rob Elkins. “Sometime late Sunday evening, like after 10 p.m. on Sunday, somebody broke into our clubhouse,” Elkins said in an interview. “When I say broken, they literally broke the back door to the point where when they yanked it open, they took it off the

frame of the building.” Elkins says that the vandals then found a can of red spray paint in the clubhouse and sprayed swastikas “all over the inside of the building, on-field equipment, on balls and bats, on the bathroom walls, on our tractor, and on the front door to the building.” “It was Sunday night of Columbus Day weekend,” Elkins said. “So my guess is it was, you know, local kids who didn’t have to be in school the next day, and it was raining, so Continued on Page 44

P.E. department talks future of Port sports BY R O S E W E L D ON

on Tuesday night. The meeting was held via Leaders in the Port Wash- Google Duo, broadcast on Youington school district’s athletics Tube. District Athletic Director department discussed the future of physical education and inter- Stephanie Joannon and newly scholastic sports before the dis- hired Assistant Director Nick trict’s school board at its meeting Schratwieser were present to

show the board how their department was faring as the COVID-10 pandemic wears on. “We just kind of went through the different levels throughout the district, and we’re going to tell you a little bit about what we’re doing,” Schratwieser said at the outset of the presentation. Schratwieser began by discussing the steps taken to

protect students in physical education classes. “Our P.E. classes this year are defaulting to our outdoor spaces and that’s happening for two reasons,” he said. “One is because we are using many of our gyms for academic purposes, and the second is we’re all aware that being outside in open air is much safer for the teachers and for the students.”

He said that ground crews at each elementary school had placed grids outdoors to better mark the 12 feet of social distancing required by New York for physical activity. The department also planned lessons for the district’s virtual-only students. “We’re preparing right now to teach our fully virtual stuContinued on Page 44

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