Circulation 14,000 Free August 25, 2017 Thousands Watch The Great American Solar Eclipse Oath For Upcoming Eclipse in 2024 While stopping for a moment from viewing Monday’s Great American Solar Eclipse, junior rangers of the National Park Service at Assateague gave their oath to always wear protective gear when observing the eclipse in 2024 and beyond. See more photos and story inside. Photos by Linda Cicoira INSIDE Riverside Rehab Center Closing Correction Church News .........................Page 33 Classified/Legal Ads ..............Page 38 By Linda Cicoira Riverside made the announcement Community Notes .................Page 36 Nearly 90 people who live at Riverside Tuesday blaming the age of the struc- e Nandua Middle School Court Postings .......................Page 9 Shore Rehabilitation Center (RSRC) ture for the closure. Recent water prob- open house for 6th grade ori- Court Records ........................Page 8 in Parksley will be forced to find new lems likely aided the decision, although Mileposts ...............................Page 34 homes and 128 nurses and support staff Peter Glagola, a spokesperson for River- entation will be held Monday, Obituaries ..............................Page 10 are looking for employment elsewhere side, confirmed Tuesday that they had Aug. 28, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Opinion/Letters to Editor .....Page 47 as hospital officials announced the facil- been resolved. A later announcement A table in last week’s edition in- Post Times Calendar .............Page 37 ity, also known locally as the Parksley stated, “There have been no health is- correctly gave the open house Puzzles ...................................Page 23 nursing home, will close on Oct. 21. sues due to this water situation.” date as Aug. 30. Sports ....................................Page 17 Twelve other residents are expected to In a conference call with admin- Tides .....................................Page 22 be discharged within the 60-day period. (Continued on Page 7) 2 • EASTERN SHORE POST • AUGUST 25, 2017 Senator Kaine Visits Shore To Hear Constituent Concerns Story and Photo by Stefanie Jackson than the individuals – even the presi- care; Kaine said he would. Fresh off a visit to Tangier Island, dent,” and that the right of the people Kevin Schwenk elaborated on the Sen. Tim Kaine met with constituents in to peaceably assemble will prevail. “national problem of teacher turnover,” Cape Charles on Aug. 17 to address a va- Cindy Diggs shared that when she which is “huge” on the Eastern Shore, riety of local concerns. lost her job after 32 years of continu- saying, “we (teachers) feel expendable Joan Prescott referred to the recent ous employment, she was able to ob- … it's horrible.” Schwenk asserted that events in Charlottesville, saying she tain health insurance through the Af- “standardized testing really inhibits was “terrified about what's going on fordable Care Act. She said her insur- teachers.” He is also “worried about lit- in America today.” er, Anthem Inc., recently informed her eracy programs being cut.” Prescott was referring to the “Unite that next year, they would no longer Kaine stated that the solution to the Right” white supremacists rally and write individual policies. teacher turnover “starts with respect.” the Aug. 12 death of Heather Heyer, a Kaine mentioned the reinsurance bill He referred to the re-write of No Child counter-protester who was killed after he and Senator Tom Carper introduced Left Behind, called the Every Student being hit by a car which a protester had in June, for which there will be congres- Succeeds Act, which passed in 2016 purposely driven into the crowd. Protest- sional hearings in September. Formally and goes into effect in the 2017-2018 ers, including Neo-Nazis and Ku Klux titled the Individual Health Insurance school year. It removes punishments Klan members, objected to the planned Marketplace Improvement Act, its in- for schools that fall behind on bench- removal of a Confederate statue of Rob- tent is to use federal funds to stabilize marks. Instead, the states will redi- ert E. Lee from Emancipation Park. the health insurance marketplace and rect educational resources to programs Prescott asked Kaine how “to coun- lower premiums. Kaine said if Virginia which effectively aid school improve- teract the negativity.” participated in the Medicaid expansion, ment. The bill de-emphasizes grading Sen. Tim Kaine greets constituents Kaine responded that we are “living that would provide another solution. teachers based on student test scores, in Cape Charles last Thursday. in the stress test” of the Constitution, Al McKegg asked if Kaine would be and gives states the authority to de- celebrating its 230th anniversary this willing to work with Lamar Alexander, cide how to evaluate their teachers. the “doubling” of the number of chicken September. He believes that our Amer- a Republican senator from Tennessee, Kaine agreed that 45 years ago, when houses in Accomack, adding that poultry ican “institutions are more powerful on bi-partisan efforts to reform health- Virginia lawmakers created the compos- houses are being built up to three times ite index - a calculation which determines larger than previously. He said that how much state funding each county re- these “industrial farms” damage the ceives for education - it “really treated Chesapeake Bay and nearby beaches. 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