on monday, feb. 21, at 7:30 pm, plan to join Marvin Illman at the writing workshop featured at Barnes & Noble in Carle Place. Marvin will assign specific exercises and critique finished pieces handed in, as he helps attendees improve their writing skills. On Monday, Feb. 28, 7:30 pm, join actor Rodney Hakim for a group reading of Henry VI, Part Two. Just show up and take a part. Call the store at 741-9850 to verify. Also at Barnes and Noble, come to the Storytime for kids at the store, which features Presidents Week. Learn some Presidential facts you never knew....on sat. feb. 19, come to the Ceili at the Irish American Center, 297 Willis Avenue, Mineola. Featuring Pete Kelly’s Band at 8:30 pm $15. Call 746-9392....on sat. feb. 26, noon to 2 pm, the GC Recreation Department Chess Club meets....if you’re thinking of adopting a dog, try the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter First. Call 944-8220....

police report: Mischief and Mayhem

on february 5, a truck stop was conducted at Clinton Rd. 20 trucks were inspected; 12 trucks were taken out of service, with 19 weight violations. 114 tickets were issued....between 9:30 am and 11:00 am, on Feb. 10, someone damaged a 1991 Honda and took a $200 AM/FM CD stereo, at County Field 14....on feb. 11, police arrested a 46-year-old West Hempstead woman for allegedly stealing $617 in assorted merchandise including a Jones NY blazer and skirt, as well as Lord and Taylor jewelry, at the store on Franklin Ave....on the same day, a 21-year-old Wantagh man allegedly punched a 21-year-old Merrick man at the GC Hotel and he was arrested for assault. The victim was taken to Winthrop Hospital for a broken tooth and lacerations to the face....On february 8, between 10 am and noon, someone stole a backpack at Hagandorf Hall, Adelphi University. It contained numerous credit cards and personal papers....between feb. 11 and 12, someone threw golf balls and broke 4 windows at the apartment house on Seventh St. Damage was $2,000....on feb. 12, 5:05 am, PO Oswald arrested a 39-year-old Oyster Bay man for alleged DWI (refusal) at Clinton Rd. The motorist was charged with DWI (a felony due to a prior DWI conviction) and for a suspended license, also a felony....on feb. 13, 4:15 am, PO Oswald arrested a 33-year-old Hempstead man for alleged DWI (.10%) and for felony suspended license on Franklin Ave....po Hennessy responded to the scene of a car accident at Maple St./Old Country Rd. on Feb. 13, where a second car left the scene after rear-ending a car. A 26-year-old Jamaica man was later charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident. The driver of the first car, a 44-year-old Great Neck man was taken to Winthrop Hospital....on feb. 10, between 8:30 pm and 4 am, unknown persons took an attendants pocketbook containing credit cards and personal papers, at a restroom....on feb. 14, 9 am, a 34-year-old Douglaston man who claimed his brakes failed, struck a 33-year-old Valley Stream woman who was waiting inside a bus shelter at Old Country Rd. and County Seat Drive. The woman suffered multiple serious injuries and was transported to Winthrop Hospital. The motorist was charged with a defective brake light and he was also taken to the hospital for his injuries....

fire responses:

on feb. 12, construction dust activated a smoke detector at a Franklin Ave. office....a musty type odor was found in a bathroom at a Newmarket Rd. house on Feb. 12, but its cause was not determined....speedidry was used to clean Maple St./Old Country Rd. after an accident on Feb. 13....a newly-installed transformer overheated at Franklin Avenue Plaza on Feb. 14....an odor of gas was reported at Cathedral Ave./Fourth St. on Feb. 14....steam from a curling iron activated a smoke alarm at Waldo Hall, Adelphi University, on Feb. 15....an alarm malfunctioned at the Stratford School on Feb. 15....the fd used a booster/speedidry to clean a spill after a car leaked fluid at Parking Field 2, on Feb. 16....That’s all this week. G.T.