ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, there will be a LI Society meeting at 2 p.m. in Breslin Hall, Hofstra University, Hempstead. Call 796-7261. Program: AIA/LIS Members Study Group Presentation: Adornment in the Ancient World: Tattoos, Cosmetics and Feathers... ALSO THAT DAY , there will be African Folk Tales presented by the popular series Classics for Kids from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the Nassau Community College Center Building. Inspired by Anansi the Spider and other legends, the folk traditions of Africa are introduced in this delectable program of stories, mime, music and audience participation. Stories include: Why Do Monkeys Live in Trees?; How Did the Zebra Get its Stripes?; What Did the Snake Do to the Possum?; and What Tricks Will Anansi the Spider Play on the Other Animals? Seating is limited. Parents are urged to purchase tickets in advance. $1.50 per person. Call 572-7153... IF YOU'RE THINKING of adopting a dog, try the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter first by calling 944-8220...On Saturday, December 13, from noon until 2 p.m., the GC Recreation Department Chess Club meets in the GC Public Library, Seventh Street. Also at the library, come to the movie matinee "White Christmas,"1954, 120 minutes, on Monday, December 15, 1:30 p.m... THE ANNUAL ST. ANNE'S "Sponsor A Family" program is underway and anyone wanting to make a donation can send a check to "Christmas Sponsor A Family Program, St. Anne's Church, 35 Dartmouth St., Garden City, NY 11530... ON SATURDAY , December 20, the Irish American Center will hold a Holly & Ivy Dance to begin at 8:30 p.m. at the center, 297 Willis Avenue, Mineola. Donation is $15 featuring Tommy Goodwins and Sharon. Available will be coffee, tea and soda bread and the bar will be open. For further information, please call 746-9392...

POLICE REPORT: MISCHIEF AND MAYHEM:

BETWEEN OCTOBER 24 and December 2, a 2005 Nissan Maxima valued at $16,000, was stolen from Main Street... BETWEEN DECEMBER 2 and 3 , someone damaged a school tractor at the GC H.S...$25 Was Taken from an unlocked car at Fourth Street between December 8 and 9... A GARMIN GPS valued at $500 was stolen between December 2 and 3... PO Oswald arrested a 23-year-old Westbury man for alleged DWAI (.07%), unlicensed operation, obstructed view, a muffler violation, and lane violation at Franklin Avenue, on December 6, at 3:30 a.m... ON DECEMBER 4, an $800 Dell laptop computer was taken from an unoccupied office at Adelphi University... A 41-YEAR-OLD Hagerstown, Maryland man was arrested for alleged DWI (.08%), the failure to maintain a lane, an excess of speed on wet pavement, and having an open container of alcohol, at Franklin Avenue and Thirteenth Street, on December 7... ALSO ON DECEMBER 7 , the front passenger side window of a 2006 Cadillac was found damaged in Field 11. $200...

FIRE RESPONSES:

ON DECEMBER 4 , hair spray triggered a smoke alarm at Adelphi University... A BURNT MUFFIN activated an alarm at a Seventh Street location on the same day... THREE STUDENTS at the GC H. S. complained of feeling ill at a school function in the cafeteria on December 5, and the FD metered the area with no signs of anything but high temperatures that may have caused discomfort there... AN ODOR OF NATURAL GAS occurred at a Willow Street house on December 6. A burner had gone out on a stove top and the owner had left the house... FIREMEN FOUND A shopping cart filled with tree limbs and other wood debris on fire at Seventh Street on December 7, and 2 1/2 gallons of water in a can extinguished the fire... An overheated motor in a dryer caused an odor in a basement at Wood Oak Place on December 8... ON THE SAME DAY , natural ventilation was used to clear a small amount of carbon dioxide in a basement at Terrace Park...

That's all this week.G. T.