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DSmith Street Merchants Planning a LatinFollowing what seems to be a surge of iocai fail street fairs, the Merchants Association of Smith Street has scheduled their first annual day-long traffic free celebration on Smith Street. The festival will be as unique and different in flavor as Smith Street itself. It will run from Butler Street to Atlantic Avenue on September 17.The celebration, which has been in the planning stages for a relatively short time (only two months) is for the %u201cbetterment ofthe business area,\\rresiaent of the Merchants Association of Smith Street. %u201cThis is a very valuable shopping district, more than most people realize,%u201d he said. %u201cWe hope the fair will bring attention to the neighborhood%u2019s value.\Though the festival is a %u201crush effort%u201d Dolan has high expectations for its success. %u201cIt%u2019s going to be a Latin Festival,%u201d Dolan said, pointing out that %u201cwe have a very strongly Latin neighborhood.%u201d The Association has planned a day of entertainment that should hit right on the tastes of the area, ihe Latin music will be highlighted by a live appearance of Tito Puente, known to many as %u201cthe King of Latin Music,%u201d as well as four other top Latin Bands: Pete (el Condo) Rodriguez; Bobby y el Compania; Charanga Novedades and Angel Canales. Dolan explained that there would also be flea markets, games, prizes and an exhibition of ten %u201cbouts%u201d of boxing.%u201cWe have no real way of telling how the day will go,\%u201cIt was all sort of a %u2018paper and giue ordeai, but the people really care. We got merchants along the street to donate money out of their own pockets to make the entertainment possible.%u201d Dolan, who has been proprietor of Jerry%u2019s Men%u2019s Wear for close to 30 years, says he expects 15-20,000 participants.%u201cNew York has a demand for good quality small businesses,%u201d Dolan commented. %u201cBut lately it%u2019s been getting harder and harder for...After Fab Fifth Does it BigBY PETER HALEYOne sunny afternoon and several thousand people were added to a mixture of exotic and not-so exotic foods, two stages of live entertainment, crafts, flea markets, and amusement rides %u2014 and the result was this past Sunday's fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair.City Council President Carol Bellamy, City Council Majority Leader Thomas Cuite, Congressman Fred Richmond and other dignitaries were on hand %u2014 and stage at 9th Street and Fifth Avenue to kick off the festivities, and then the 20 block stretch of Fifth Avenue from Sackett Street to Kith Street was transformed into the fabulous Fifth.After politicians and other officials exited from the stage, performers like Little Elvis, Little Egypt, magicians, dancers, ventriloquists, and musicians took over and entertained the traveling crowd. Little Elvis is a Brooklyn version of the late rock %u2018n%u2019 roll king scaled down to eight-year-old Salvatore Fratto%u2019s size and Little Sal rocked, rolled, quivered, and sang a series of Elvis tunes. Little Eva brought a different movement to the Avenue with her bellydancing. The music ranged from jazz provided by Lou Vega, to local brands of rock and salsa. The Brooklyn Women Martial Arts Center provided a demonstration of various karate fighting techniques.The feast didn%u2019t stop at the eyes and ears. Palates, too, were entertained with Pennsylvania Dutch-style funnel cakes, Puerto Rican paslellitis and quiche joining the traditional sausage, soda, beer,pizza, and other street fair staples. One of the busier vendors was Peter Albanese, of the Avenue%u2019s ownA&S Pork Store, who was selling his sweet and hot versions of Italian sausage to the crowd.Admiring the crowd, Albanese called the turnout %u201cfabulous.%u201d%u201cThe Fair is bringing out the best in Fifth Avenue,%u201d said Albanese, %u201cand it looks like we've got a new tradition on the Avenue.%u201dUp the street near the 9th Avenue stage, F air organizer Steve DiBrienza said that unlike last year%u2019s Fair, which was cursed with heavy rainfall, this year%u2019s fest had no %u201cbuts.%u201d%u201cWe%u2019ve got the crowds, the entertainment, and the weather, and this year there%u2019s no buts about it, we%u2019re fabulous,%u201d said DiBrienza.Crafts and flea markets did a fairly brisk trade and one of the most unusual of the Fair stands was Maxine Klein%u2019s %u201c food%u201d sculptures. The Brighton Beach resident uses a mixture of flour, salt, and water to bake doughy sculptures that are then polyurethaned for posterity. Weiners, hot dogs, cheeseburgers, bologna, sandwiches, bowls of fruit and ice cream were among the multicolored %u201cedibles%u201d for sale. While parents browsed among the flea markets, their kids jumped around the inflated air-gyms and crowded the mini-ferris wheel and other rides.Not everyone was taking it easy. A group of runners led the way, running a 6>v mile mini-marathon course around Park Slope.By 7 p.m., the second edition of the fabulous Fifth came to a close %u2014 but only until next year.BASKET CASE: Fifth Avenue merchants spread a crazy quilt ofenticements Sunday for thousands of fair-going bargain shoppers.(Michael Cuiccio photo.)N e w s b r i e f f s :Cobble HillGroup FormsA new block association has just formed in Cobble Hill. The Baltic - Henry %u201cT%u201d covers an area which forms a %u201cT%u201d , running on Baltic Street from Hicks to Henry and on Henry Street from Warren to Kane.Among issues concerning %u201cT%u201d members are potential damage to the neighborhood from the ongoing work on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) and from the gathering of out-of-school youth in ihe school yard of P.S. 29. Local residents feel that the traffic beingrerouted hoennyo of ROF re no irxwhich are expected to go on for two years, are causing excessive noise and danger to children playing on the streets and destruction to road pavement and house foundations. Some residents also expressed a fear that the school-yard of P.S. 29 is being used as a base to push drugs and violence.At the first meeting, it was decided that the Association%u2019s first project would be a neighborhood cleanup. The next meeting will be held Tuesday, September 19, at 7:30 p.m. Those interested may call 625-5711 from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m.LIRR Bids OpenThe M etropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has begun soliciting construction bids for the proposed new Long Island Railroad terminal at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues.Nearly 50 contractors have been notified to start bidding and work is expected to begin in midNovember, lasting 36 months. Construction will be additionallyfu n d o rl w it h WO m i ll i o n fr o m a 1Q74state rail bond issue.The present 70-year-old terminal services approxim ately 70,000 LIRR, subway and bus commuters daily with old and dirty facilities. The new' terminal will include one additional track, while lengthening the others.The Triborough Bridge andTunnel Authority is also seeking permission from the state legislature to sell bonds for the construction of a supermarket and nine-story office building above the terminal.Libraries OpenB e g in n in g S a tu rd a y , September 16, the Brooklyn Public Library will resume weekend service. The Central Library at Grand Army Plaza will be open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Local branch libraries that will be open on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. are: The Business Library, Brooklyn Heights, Clinton Hill, and Park Slope libraries.BUG GivesHouse LecturesOkay, now that you have bought that Brownstone, you%u2019re going to need to renovate it. Right? TheBrooklyn Union Gas Company, in a series of seven lectures beginning September 19, will tell you how.Presented on consecutive Tuesdays, the lectures will feature independent speakers on topics such as building a garden and design.There is no registration or fee, and lectures will be held nightly in the Brooklyn Union Gas Auditorium at 195 Montague Street from 7:30 lo 9130,Tutoring TimeInterested in becoming a tutor? The Literacy Volunteers of New York City, has announced an 18- hour workshop for those interested in teaching reading to adults, planning lessons and locating appropriate reading material.Workshops will be held at the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn College, in Jam es Hall, and the Central Reading Academy at 124 Henry Street. For more information, call 522-0320.Bash...people to get started in a business of their own. They have to have a couple of hundred thousand to even get started. But Smith Street is different. We%u2019ve got a lot of quality small businesses as well as very unique places. People come from all over to get meat from our butcher shops. On Smith Street a man with ambition and $1,000, for example, can get something going, and even if it isn%u2019t a booming business, he%u2019s got something.%u201dSuspectsOrderedT o C o u r tBY PETER HALEYEight members of a white gang that beat a group of Black and Hispanic youth workers on the park work site in Boro Park will appear in court next week.Four of the youths who will appear in the Brooklyn Criminal Court on September 20 are James Neyland, 16, of 5405 - 18t.h Avenue, Joseph Devenson, 16, of 1602 W. 4th Street, Paul Giblio, 23, of 2118 - 61st Street and Darren Brenciforde, 19, of 1740 - 64th Street. They will be charged with felonious assault, menacing, and inciting to riot. Their four 15-year-old codefendants will be tried in Family Court as youthful offenders.The incident occurred on August 14, when a group of Black and Hispanic summer Youth Em %u00adployment workers were taking a lunch break at 1 pm at their FDR park work site and a gang of twenty to thirty toughs came upon them and began beating them with baseball bats. T.wo workers were hospitalized and three others, including a black postal carrier who was with the group, were injured. The youths were arrested two days later on August 16th when witnesses made positive identifications of the assailants. According to Captain Vincent Tanrone, commander of Boro Park%u2019s 66th Precinct, police are %u201cnot at this time%u201d anticipating further arrests although the investigation itself is continuing.The beatings were a result of an alleged insult made by one of the youths working on the 58th and 18th Avenue work site as part of the city Youth Em ployment P roject%u2019s month-long August program. The youths were assigned to work with Sanitation Department and Parks Department crews as additional help during August. The FDR crew was largely Black and Hispanic working in, a nearly all-white neighborhood. Workers claimed at a press conference held on August 17 that before the melee, Blacks and Hispanics had traded taunting remarks with neighborhood youths and adults, and they felt that this set the stage for the sudden brawl that caught them unaware. %u201cOnly eight youths have been arrested for the beatings and an estimated 20 youths were involved,%u201d said Tanrone.Parents of the beaten children are seeking counsel on a possible suit against the city for failure to provide the proper protection for the youths. Fabian Rivera, Youth Employment head for the Fort Greene Community Corporation had intervened on behalf of the Fort Greene youths involved in thein rto K ill OOld tL A P A fVNA Hr.fi AVI v u i u m v %u00bb%u2014 VJ * | j v / i U u v i Jnow was no longer directly connected with the case.%u201cWhat we did was provide parents and children with orientation,%u201d said Rivera, %u201cwe decided that further involvement by the Corporation might prejudice their case and so we are no longer involved,%u201dPage4, THE PHO ENIX, September 14,1978