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East Meadow sports complex is vandalized and fence sections were broken. Nassau County police were called, and a report was filed, but The East Meadow baseball there were no immediate susand softball complex, on Merrick pects because there was no video Avenue, was vandalized late in of the vandalism, because the the evening of Sept. complex does not 25. Mike Catalano, have security camerthe East Meadow as. Baseball and Softball “We sustained a Association board lot of damage, and president, found the I’m going to try to field damaged when get it fixed,” said Stehe arrived there at 6 phen LaSala, the a.m. the following Baseball and Softball day. Association commisPicnic tables were sioner. “But because broken, trash cans of Covid, we don’t were overtur ned, have as much money bleachers were as we have had in flipped over and the past.” other damage was The complex done to the complex, serves five Little said coach Benjamin stepHeN lasala Leagues, including a Necci, who arrived Commissioner, mini-league/kickat the fields 45 minball team, boys’ baseEast Meadow utes after Catalano. ball, girls’ softball, a “They completely Baseball and senior league and a messed up the field, Softball Association challenger league for and busted up the children with special b at h ro o m p a r t i needs. tions,” Necci said. “We got them Registration was down this about 80 percent back together, year because many children did but some of the pieces were com- not join leagues during the coropletely demolished.” navirus pandemic, which affected Shingles were ripped off the the association’s revenue, LaSala complex roof, dugout walls were said. knocked down, and some signs Continued on page 4
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the abc’s of firefighting At a demonstration of a roof operation on Fire Prevention Day, East Meadow firefighters Kasey Cheswick and Jose Castillo cut a ventilation hole in the roof to allow smoke and gases to escape. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Veterans’ mental health at the heart of new county initiative by Mallory WilsoN mwilson@liherald.com
When East Meadow American Legion Post 1082 Commander Pete Wenninger served in the Navy in the 1970s, there was an understanding: Service members never asked for help. That often left them suffering in silence. “An unspoken rule in the service is that you become so selfsufficient that you almost forget
to ask for help,” said Wenninger, who served for six years after graduating from high school. That notion can, however, often lead to mental health issues, even suicide. A report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University estimated that 30,177 active-duty military personnel and veterans who had served since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks had died by suicide. In that same period, 7,057 service members were killed in
military combat. A new mental health initiative aimed at helping Nassau County veterans may help, however. National Suicide Prevention Month concluded in East Meadow last Thursday at the Veterans Memorial field 7A in Eisenhowe r P a rk , w h e r e o f f i c i a l s announced the mental-health support system for residents Continued on page 9
t was disheartening. We can only assume it was done by East Meadow residents, and that’s a shame.