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If you are thinking of getting a dog, don't forget adoption from the Town of North Hempstead Animal shelter! There are many breeds waiting there for adoption- and you can make a difference in making these dogs'

lives great! Call 944-8220 for more info...Voice of the Faithful will meet at the East Williston Community Church, Hillside Avenue/Roslyn Road on Tuesday, January 22, 7:30 PM. There will be a DVD presentation plus a strategy and action planning meeting. Call Carol at 742-0704...Come to the Children's Theater, BroadHollow Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont, for a presentation of "The Wizard of Oz" until January 26. Tickets are $9...The next meeting of the Water Authority of Western Nassau is being held on Monday, January 14, at 58 South Tyson Avenue, Floral Park, at 7:30 PM. The public is invited...Well partners of the chronically ill and disabled meet on the second Wednesday of each month at the St. Charles Rehab Center, 201 IU Willets Rd., Albertson, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Call Rose at 516 829-8740...On Saturday, January 12, come to a dance at the Irish American Center, 297 Willis Avenue, Mineola, at 8 PM. $25 Call 746-9392...On Saturday, January 12, Holy Spirit Church, 500 Jericho Tpke., NHP, is holding a defensive driving course. $45. Call 631 360-9720...To help ease the post-holiday blood shortage, there will be a Long Island Blood Services blood drive at the Garden City Jewish Center, 168 Nassau Blvd., on Sunday, January 20 from 9:30 - 2:30. For an appointment, please call Valerie Santelli at 244-3448. Walk-ins are welcome, too...

Police Report: Mischief and Mayhem:

Between December 29 and January 2, someone took 3 HP laptops valued at $5400 at 1010 Franklin Avenue...On January 3, 2 PM, a 40-year-old Freeport man was arrested for having allegedly taken Hummer box sets valued at $45 each at Sears. Detective Barone and PO Walsh made the arrest in a nearby office stairwell...On January 4, 4 PM, a 40-year-old Mineola man was arrested at Old Country Road, at 4 PM, after PO Graber observed him misusing his cell phone without a hands free device. The motorist was charged with cell phone, aggravated unlicensed operation 2nd degree ( 6 suspensions, 4 dates), and no brake light...On January 6, 6 PM, PO Buonaiuto arrested a motorist for aggravated unlicensed operation 2nd degree, ( 20 suspensions, 9 dates) and for unlicensed operation... Between January 4 and 5, a partition inside Commerce Bank, Franklin Avenue was found damaged...On January 5, unknown persons broke a window in a second floor office by evidently throwing a pipe. $200 damage... Between December 31 and January 2. a shattered window pane was found at 1001 Franklin Avenue. $100 damage... On January 3, someone in a car hit a parked 2002 Mazda into the rear of a 2006 Chevy, at Kilburn Road. The Mazda had $2,000 in damage while the other car had $500 in damage...

Fire Responses:

An overheated circulating pump caused alarm at Adelphi University on January 2... An unintentional activation of a smoke alarm also occurred at Woodruff Hall, Adelphi University, on the same day. Welding was the cause...FD unplugged a lamp in a second floor bedroom, after an odor was detected at a Meadow Street residence on January 5...Firefighters removed fluids after a car accident occurred near 1000

Franklin Avenue on January 8...

That's all this week.

G.T.