BACK-TO-SCHOOL DRIVE: Beginning August 3rd, Family & Children’s Association, Long Island’s human service agency, will be accepting donations of new, back-to-school supplies and clothing. This Back-to-School Drive is part of an annual effort by Family & Children’s to help financially struggling Nassau County families make ends meet and prepare area children for a successful school year. This year, the agency is asking everyone to consider donating sneakers, sweatshirts and jeans along with the pencils, backpacks and notebooks they’ve given in the past. Or, if you don’t have time to shop but want to help, visit www.familyandchildrens.org/donate and select “back to school” as your gift designation. Donations can be brought to: Family & Children’s, 100 E. Old Country Rd., Suite 25, 2ndfloor, Mineola, NY.

DEFYING THE DEVIL: Christian Clergy Who Saved Jews from the Holocaust, is on display through September 30th at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County. The Center has opened its long-awaited permanent exhibit which uses photographs, artifacts, and video to relate the events of the Holocaust and relate them to more recent genocides and acts of intolerance. The Center, located at 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove, is open daily from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM and Sunday from 12 Noon to 4:00 PM. Suggested donation: $8.00 for adults, $4.00 for students to age 18 and seniors (65+). For information and directions call 516 571-8040 ext. 100 or see our website www.holocaust-nassau.org.

SALUTE TO VETERANS : The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhower Park will host the annual “Salute to Veterans” concert on Saturday, August 7th. The event includes a ceremony at 6:45 p.m. followed by entertainment at 7:30 p.m. Performers include the USO troupe, “Liberty Bells,” and “Uppercut: The Ultimate Horn Band.” There is no formal seating at Lakeside Theatre, so concert-goers are urged to bring folding chairs. If weather conditions are doubtful on the night of the concert, call (516) 572-0355 after 7 p.m. for updated performance information. For more information, call 572-0200 or visit www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

MISCHIEF AND MAYHEM: THE POLICE REPORT

A LAPTOP COMPUTER was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Pell Terrace on July 28th... THREE MORE unlocked vehicles were targeted on July 30th on Wyatt, Huntington and Transverse Roads. Loose change and a portable GPS unit were reported missing... TWO LICENSE PLATES were stolen from a car at a Stewart Avenue residence on July 30th... PO PUNCH arrested a male motorist, age 38, from Uniondale on Seventh Street on July 30th... According to police, the driver had been seen driving on the wrong side of the road and went through a red light. He was charged for those violations as well as for aggravated unlicensed operation because of a suspended license... SHED THE MEDS: Detective Sgt. Bartkowski and Detective Pedone both participated in the “Shed the Meds” program run by Sen. Kemp Hannon and Assemblyman McKevitt at Firehouse 3 on July 31st. The program collected excess, unwanted and expired medications for proper disposal, and netted three large bags of pharmaceuticals.... PO SANSONE stopped a 21 year-old Garden City man for passing a stop sign on July 31st, and subsequently arrested him for possession of marijuana... A GIRL’S BICYCLE, valued at $150 was taken from an unlocked garage on Kilburn Road on July 31st... A 20 YEAR-OLD Brooklyn woman was arrested for allegedly taking three dresses, valued at $1300, from Lord and Taylor on August 1st. She was also charged with possession of burglar’s tools (a device to remove tags)... PO MILITO ALSO arrested a 22 year-old Merrick woman for allegedly stealing $900 worth of lingerie and jewelry from Lord and Taylor on August 2nd... A MIRROR on a postal truck was damaged on August 3rd at the Franklin Avenue post office... A 26 YEAR-OLD Cathedral Gardens man was arrested for alleged possession of Xanex and marijuana on August 3rd... GARDEN CITY police arrested a 54 year-old East Rockaway man on August 3rd for allegedly continuing to contact his wife, a Garden City resident, in violation of an order of protection.

SMOKE AND BLAZES:

THE FIRE REPORT

FIREFIGHTERS responded to a report about downed wires on Adams Street on July 28th... THE FIRE DEPARTMENT received a report of a burning electrical transformer on Brompton Road on July 31st, but no problem was found... A LOCKED OUT homeowner was assisted on Stewart Avenue on August 1st... IN ANOTHER lockout case, the caretaker of a 9-month-old baby at an Elm Street home called firefighters when she accidentally locked herself out on August 4th. The caretaker had stepped out the back door, which closed and locked behind her, leaving the baby inside the home. Firefighters were able to enter the home through an upstairs window, and the baby was unharmed... RAILROAD TIES were seen burning west of the Cherry Valley Avenue overpass on August 4th, and were promptly extinguished by the Fire Department... FIRE FIGHTERS HELPED clean up after a motor vehicle accident on August 2nd Hilton and Stewart Avenues...

THERE WERE an additional eight unfounded automatic alarm calls and two unfounded carbon monoxide calls this week.

THAT’S ALL FOR NOW. GT