APny 11/26 1117 Spray Paint Vandalism


   WANTAGH,  N.Y. (AP) -- A church was spray-painted with Satanic
symbols and a country club had anti-Semitic slurs painted on  its
walls  in  a pair of unrelated incidents in the past week, Nassau
County police said Thursday.

   In the most recent incident, the front  door  of  the  Wantagh
Memorial   Congregational   Church   at  1845  Wantagh  Ave.  was
spray-painted Wednesday night with a Satanic symbol and the words
"Satan's   home,"   said   police   spokeswoman   Officer   Donna
Fairweather.

   The  writing  was  done  between 8:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., and
discovered by church sexton Patrick Cattani, she  said.    Police
made no arrests in the case.

   The second incident occurred last Thursday at the Harbor Green
Beach  Club  in  Massapequa,  but  it  wasn't  reported until the
following Wednesday, police said.

   According to Fairweather, police are searching for the  person
or  persons  who  spray-painted anti-Semitic slurs on the side of
the building.  The incident was reported by  the  club  director,
Nick Grant.