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Church holds candlelight peace vigil ly personal. “Forty years ago, I was a young second lieutenant stationed in Germany as part of Seventy-five years ago last the divisional security detail at month, on Sept. 2, 1945, morn- a Pershing III missile site,” Garing-coated and uniformed offi- ner recounted last Saturday cials from the night, at a candleEmpire of Japan light prayer vigil in huddled together observance of the aboard the battleInternational Day ship USS Missouri, for the Total Elimianchored in Sagami nation of Nuclear Bay. They had come Weapons, promoted to meet representaby the United tives of the Allied Nations. powers and to sign The church the instruments of d r aw s m e m b e r s surrender, formally f ro m a c ro s s t h e ending World War II South Shore area, — a war that by including Wantagh, some estimates had Seaford, Bellmore cost as many as 100 and Massapequa. million lives. “A s I g a i n e d It was a war of s e n i o r i t y, I w a s firsts, including the THE REV. RON given higher securifirst deployment of ty clearances,” Garatomic weapons. GARNER ner continued, “and The bombs dropped Pastor, I had access to more by U.S. forces on Wantagh Memorial documentation Hiroshima and showing just how Congregational Nagasaki remain destructive these the only two such Church weapons are.” weapons ever used Garner, an active in war. member of Veterans for Peace, For the Rev. Ron Garner, pas- served for 11 years as an infantor of Wantagh Memorial Con- try officer, and learned during gregational Church, the issue of that time how many would die nuclear weapons remains highCONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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ALL FOUR TEAMS drew big cheers from a large crowd at last Saturday’s Beyond the Badge benefit in Baldwin Park.
Police benefit draws big crowd Beyond the Badge up to bat against suicide By J.D. FREDA jfreda@liherald.com
In September 2019, New York City Police Department Detective Chris Panetta, 42, and his wife, Nassau County probation officer and college professor Michelle Panetta, 34, created Beyond the Badge NY, a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating the stigma associated with mental health struggles in the law enforcement community, and combating the rise of suicides in the ranks. That month, they hosted a charity softball game in
Baldwin Park in honor of those who had died, their families and officers who felt as if life had dealt them an 0-2 count. The event last year drew a few dozen players and spectators combined, including two teams comprising a mix of active police officers and law enforcement supporters. Last Saturday, Beyond the Badge NY returned to Baldwin Park for its second annual Strikeout Suicide charity softball game, and this time there was a crowd of several hundred, with four teams
drawn from the ranks of the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments, the NYPD and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police, playing on adjacent fields — 60 officers in total. This year the event featured merchandise stands, a DJ and food. The opening ceremonies included the Nassau County Police Emerald Society Pipe Band and remarks by Michelle Panetta. “We realized that there needed to be a change, and change comes with us,” she CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
s I gained seniority . . . I had access to more documentation showing just how destructive [nuclear] weapons are.