On Saturday, October 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 a.m., there will be a defensive driving course being held at Corpus Christi Church, 155 Garfield Avenue in Mineola. The cost is $45. Call Steve at 437-0705...On Friday, November 11, 11 a.m., there will be a Veterans Day ceremony at the Veterans Monument, Mineola Monument Park, Marcellus Road in Mineola. For more info call Sal Cataldo at 747-5391...Voice of the Faithful will meet at the East Williston Community Church, Hillside Avenue and Roslyn Rd. on Tuesday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Tim Echausee, co-chair of SNAP, Long Island. Call Carol at 742-0704...Come to the 47th annual Manhasset Antiques Art Show at the Congregational Church of Manhasset, 1845 Northern Blvd. in Manhasset on October 22 and 23 .Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. $ 6 per person. Call 631 261-4590...On Sunday, October 23, 4 p.m., there will be a theater organ concert with organist Michael Lundy at Chaminade High School in Mineola.$ 9 for general admission. Call 718 428-1891...All singles ages 25 plus are invited to attend an event at Red Lobster, 211 Old Country Rd. in Carle Place at 6 p.m. on Sunday October 23.Call 625-5351...On Thursday, October 27, there will be a dance featuring Sean Wilson at 8:30 p.m. at the Irish American Center, 297 Willis Avenue, in Mineola. Call 746-9392... If you are thinking of adopting a dog, call the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter at 944-8220...Take a safe boating course at the Herricks Community Center, Shelter Rock Rd. in Herricks at 7:30 p.m on Monday October 24. Instruction is free but there is a charge of $30 for course materials. Call Joe at 354-8633... The Episcopal Young People's Fellowship at Christ Church in Garden City hosts its annual Halloween Spook Walk on Sunday, October 30, from 4 to 6 p.m. Christ Church is located at Jefferson Street/Chester Avenue in Garden City. The walk costs $3 and there are games and a contest as well. Everyone is invited for a great time. Call 755-2626...On Sunday, October 23, 2 p.m., the world traveler Roger Kozol returns to Clark Garden to lead everyone on a slide tour of the forts and royal residences of the Mughal empire when invaders from Afghanistan ruled northern India in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Fee is $5...The annual wine tasting benefit and auction to benefit Nassau-Sufflok Services for Autism will be held on Saturday November 5 at the Cherry Valley Club in Garden City. Tickets may be reserved by calling NSSA at 516-579-5087; they are $ 75 per person in advance...

Police Report: Mischief and Mayhem

On October 15, PO Cristiano conducted a traffic enforcement at 3 p.m. on Stewart Avenue.

A 47-year -old Freeport woman allegedly went speeding down the road there at 70 mph and almost crashed her car into a construction site near the Marine Corps building before the officer stopped her. She was charged with various traffic violations as well as alleged DWI (.14%). In addition, her car was seized for asset forfeiture...PO Petito arrested a 38-year-old Westbury man for aggravated unlicensed operation second and third degree, after the man was involved in an accident at the Denton Avenue overpass near Tannerspond Rd. on October 13. The motorist claimed his brakes failed and struck a car coming from the other direction there. He was also charged with various traffic violations including defective brakes... On October 14, a youth was charged with the possession of alcohol on Ninth Street.. On the same day, a 19-year-old at Hamilton Place was also charged with the possession of alcohol... On October 15, an 18-year-old was charged with the possession of alcohol in Field 6E... Between October 15 and 17, a Kilburn Rd. homeowner saw a stolen golf cart from her yard. It was on the 18th hole at the GC Country Club... On October 13, between 7 a.m.and 7 p.m., someone damaged the dashboard of a 1990 Volvo parked at the Country Life Press RR station and took a car stereo...Between October 11 and 12, somone stole a pocketbook containing credit cards and a checkbook from an unlocked car parked on Magnolia Avenue...On October 13, someone stole a $700 Sony FM DVD player from a car parked in Field 6E. The passenger side window was also broken. Damage was $100... Unknown persons took a pocketbook containing credit cards and $100 in U.S. dollars at a Franklin Avenue business on October 18...

Fire Responses:

On October 13, the FD found a water leak at the GC High School after an alarm sounded there at 12:15 a.m... On the same day, it was reported that 3 children were locked inside a Kensington Road house at 12:50 p.m. A locksmith was called...

Toast burning in an oven at the Adelphi Social Work Building sounded an alarm on October 13... An alarm also sounded for a possible water leak at Stewart School on October 14... At 3:51 a.m. on October 14, a basement flooded at a Wilson Street house... A Transverse Rd. homeowner reported dizzy symptoms and a carbon monoxide alarm sounding at 2:06 p.m. on October 14, and an apparent malfunction of a heating unit was found there. The FD mentioned that it is advisable for homeowners to have an annual boiler inspection by a reputable serviceman at this time of year... An exterminator doing his job accidentally set off an alarm at the County Bar Association Building on October 14... The FD made a keyless entry to unlock the door at a First Street residence on October 15...Firemen rescued a victim from a car that had rolled up on its driver's side at the scene of an accident at Cherry Valley Avenue near Ninth Street on October 18...On October 19, firemen answered a call for an odor of gas at a Wellington Rd. house. A pilot light on a gas-fired heating plant was out. The owner was advised to have a technician look at it...

That's all this week. G T.