On Saturday, October 1, 1 p.m., all singles ages 25 plus are invited to attend a meeting and social at the Shelter Rock Library, 165 Searingtown road, in Albertson. Call 516 825-0633...Assisted Immigration From Ireland is topic of October 4 Irish Cultural meeting, at 8 p.m. at the GC Public Library, 60 Seventh Street.The speaker is Clare Curtin and the meeting is open to the public...On Saturday, October 1, a Harvest Moon Ball is being held at the Irish American Center. $75 per person. Dinner at 8:30 p.m. Open bar...Find out how you can grow beautiful orchids in your own home! Richard Heesler of the Long Island Orchid Society will present a slide show and hands-on demonstration as how to make these beautiful blossoms thrive, on Sunday, October 2, 2 p.m., at the Clark Botanic Garden, 193 I. U. Willets Rd., Albertson. Fee is $6 for non-members...There will be an Association of Piano Teachers of Long Island meeting at the GC Community Church, on Stewart Avenue/Nassau Blvd. on October 19. Call 718 347-0183...A defensive driving course for both insurance discounts and point reduction is being sponsored by the Corpus Christi Church, 155 Garfield Ave., Mineola. The cost is only $45. Class is Saturday on October 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. No testing. Open to the public.To register, call Steve at 437-9452... On Saturday, October 1, 9 a.m., registration begins in the Young Adult section at the Garden City Public Library, for Lycra Book Covers, which will be held on Saturday, October 15. On Sunday, October 2, 2 p.m., there will be a program- Eliminating Bad Habits by Hypnosis at the Library. Monday's Movie Matinee on Monday October 3, 1:30 p.m., is the 1940 movie Rebecca...

Police Report: Mischief and Mayhem

On September 26, 4 :34 p.m., Police officer Stolz arrested a motorist who had a fictitious inspection sticker and a forged social security card. The charge was 2 counts of the possession of a forged instrument... PO Wedra stopped an 18-year-old Elmhurst man for the possession of marijuana and numerous other VTLs on Tannerspond Rd. on September 24, 3:25 a.m...

PO Oswald arrested a 38-year-old Hempstead man for alleged DWI (.12%) at Meadow Street on September 26, 4:20 a.m...On September 21, 5 p.m., a 23-year-old Forest Hills woman was arrested for allegedly stealing over $2300 in items at Lord and Taylor. Merchandise mostly consisted of women's wear with the Context label...On September 24, 4:15 a.m., PO Oswald stopped a car for impeding traffic at Meadow St./Clinton Rd. and he arrested a 36-year-old Hempstead man for alleged DWI ( refusal)... On that same day, at 10 a.m., police arrested a Sears employee, a 38-year-old Long Beach woman, who allegedly had received a little over $306 from a customer and pocketed it... On September 22, Detective Pedone arrested a 47-year-old Garden City woman who allegedly bought beer at a Mineola establishment and then gave the beer to her son and his friends, all of whom were only 15 years old. The woman was charged with 6 counts of endangering the welfare of a child and for 5 counts of unlawful dealing with a child... On September 21, police conducted a probation stop at County Field 14, in connection with the MADD Victim Impact Panel meeting mandated either by a judge or as a condition of probation for DWI offenders. There were 15 arrests; 12 for aggravated unlicensed operation and the other three were as follows: suspended license first degree; a felony federal warrant for fraud and for the possession of counterfeit money and another for the possession of marijuana... Someone stole the emblem from a Saab parked at the Merillon Ave. RR station on September 19... Between September 21 and 22, someone damaged 2 cars parked at a driveway on Somerset Avenue. One car's window was shattered and the other car's wipers were damaged... PO Hickey arrested a 26-year-old Kings Park woman who was allegedly DWI (.23%) near Adelphi University on September 22 at 4:06 a.m... A truck stop was conducted on September 21, at Clinton Rd; there were 17 trucks inspected with 67 tickets issued; 17 tickets for weight violations and 4 trucks were taken out of service... A husband violated an order of protection by visiting a Garden City residence and was arrested on September 21 by PO Florio...

Fire Responses:

LIPA was notified after the FD became aware of a transformer fire at Harvard Street on September 20... Firemen cleaned after a spill at Washington Ave./St. James St. No. on September 21... Squatters were found cooking lunch over a camp fire near Bookspan on September 21 and the police were notified... A melted power strip caused smoke in a basement at a Harvard St. house on September 21...Sewer gas or a dead animal probably caused an odor at an Avalon Rd. house on September 23... FD sent aid to the scene of a fire in New Hyde Park on September 27... Firefighters used a rabbit tool to force entry at a Franklin Avenue business on September 28...

That's all this week. G. T.