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Health ProgramsRun Test PeriodSome 90 elementary and junior high school students in Community School District 13 are %u201c guinea pigs%u201d in a pilot program to improve their eating habits.The nutrition education program %u201c tries to develop the right habits based on the right selection of foods,%u201d says District Health Coordinator John Turpin. %u201c The material deals with the right foods for athletes, what%u2019s good for skin, and so forth. It%u2019s anti-junk food and uses examples the kids can relate to such as talking about the negative aspects of eating potato chips for breakfast.%u201dThe National Dairy Council designed program materials, for use in all subject areas. %u201c It%u2019s taught in an interdisciplinary way,%u201d Turpin says. %u201c For example in the process of mathematics they talk about calories. Kids bring in foods and the class analyzes them. Then they prepare dishes that .are typical of a certain ethnic group.The program involves pupils from kindergarten through the seventh grade in the following public schools: 9, 44, 46, 67, 256, 270, 307, and Satellite East and West. Turpin says the program has gone well since its September starting date, and that he hopes later to expand to all district schools.Library PlansEyed on Nov. 29The Friends and Associates of the Park Slope Library will meet Nov. 29 to discuss the status of plans for renovation of the library building.Renovation funds allocated by the city several years ago were later frozen during the fiscal crisis. But the plans were reactivated in July, 1977, an additional $80,000 allotment bringing the total to $480,000.Since then the renovation has been held up by what one library offical called %u201c red tape.%u201dThe meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the library, Sixth Avenue and 9th Street.Boro NewsletterInforms SeniorsIn a borough with two million people, senior citizens account for a sizeable minority. So to help keep the aged tuned into programs and services geared to them comes a 6,000-circulation senior citizens%u2019 newsletter, compliments of Borough President Howard Golden.The quarterly Brooklyn Boro Newsletter features news from various communities, a spotlight on a community board, and a \ough President%u2019s Message%u201d on page one%u2014all with no advertisements.%u201c This allows the borough president to have more direct communication with people,%u201d said Nanette Rainone, editor of a sort of newsletter that%u2019s traditional in all borough offices. The six staff members work for Golden in other capacities such as typist and photographer, donating their services for the paper.Nursing homes, senior citizens%u2019 facilities, churches and synagogues listed with the office and community and school board membersr p o p iv A t h p r iP U / d p ffp r a U K n tm V tfunding remains somewhat of a mystery.Harvey Shultz, executive assistant to Golden, said financing %u201c comes out of normal funds from the borough president. I don%u2019tknow exactly what line it comes out of. We%u2019ve been doing it all in-house and we have basically everything (paper, typewriters, photo equipment). We don%u2019t think the borough president%u2019s office should have to go to the outside to dissem inate information.%u201dSchool Bd. 15Meets Nov. 29Community School Board 15 will hold its monthly public meeting Wed., Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. in the district offices, 360 Smith Street.Adopt a StationTo Raise MoniesThe BMT Seventh Avenue subway station is up for adoption.Friends of Prospect Heights, concerned about the continuing deterioration of their station, will gather representatives from community banks, stores and organizations on the station platform Nov. 27 at 4 p.m. in an attempt to raise improvement monies.Under this %u201c Adopt-A-Station%u201d program, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) encourages local groups to collect money to be matched with funds from the federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA). Groups must raise at least $25,000 for matching.%u201cThe station smells from urine,%u201d said Jody Sunshine one of the four fundraising organizers (the others are Tom Bechtel, Hall Winslow and Jay Wentz) from Friends of Prospect Heights, a group aiming at recognition for the area often overshadowed by Park Slope.%u201c It%u2019s gloomy and depressing,%u201d she continued, %u201c a sore spot for purse snatching and begging. It%u2019s a poor way to come into the neighborhood.%u201dCouncilman Age Gerges, expected on the station platform Nov. 27 and described by Sunshine as %u201cvery helpful,%u201d calls the adoption drive %u201c a step in a positive direction.%u201dOnly 2 Bids In ForLIRR TerminalTrains are notorious for not being on tim e, but now the proposed construction of a new Long Island Railroad at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues appears off schedule, too.Although the M etropolitan Transportation Authority set work on the $20 million project to begin in mid-November, a contract has not yet been awarded. Of 50 contractors invited to submit bids, only two responded.%u201c We%u2019re analyzing each item (of the bids),%u201d an MTA spokesman said, %u201c but we may decide there%u2019s something else we%u2019d rather have.%u201d The 70-year-old terminal presently occupying the site accomodates some 70,000 Long Island commuters and city riders daily. Money is earmarked from the New York State 1974 Rail Bond Issue, and completion of the new facility is estimated to take 36 months after construction begins.Fed Loans Go To22 Local AreasOwners of one- to seven-family homes in 22 designated areasf l i m i m k A r i f 4-Vwa. a %u00ab>a---- -- %u2014 *%u2022 %u00bb%u2022*%u25a0%u00bb V%u00abVJ| %u00bb * %u00ab * %u00bbfor long-term, low-interest federal rehabilitation loans, Mayor Ed Koch announced last week.The loans will be granted at a 3 percent interest rate with terms of up to 20 years. A maximum of$27,000 is available per dwelling unit and a maximum of, $100,000 for the commercial portion of a mixed-use building. The program also allows for tax advantages for some buildings.The money stem s from a $10 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development%u2019s section 312 funds.The program covers Brooklyn neighborhoods, including sections of Crown Heights, Sunset Park, East New York, St. Nicholas, Red Hook, Vinegar Hill, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, and Bushwick.Neighborhoods are chosen on the basis of three criteria set up by HUD. First, a majority of the housing stock must be small homes. Second, both small, multiple-unit buildings and oneand two-family homes must be represented citywide. Third, it must be possible for the rehabilitation to have a %u201c significant impact on the area within a reasonable%u201d time period.Interested homeowners should contact the 312 program office at the Departm ent of Housing Preservation and Development, Room 9158, 100 Gold Street, New York, N.Y. 10038; 566-5845.Attendance At Bd.Six Hits HighAttendance at Community Board Six%u2019s No. 8 meeting hit a high and Borough President Howard Golden, who appointed the 45-strong membership, has indicated that he %u201c wiil consider removal...of those who have excessive absences.%u201dNov. 8%u2019s attendance reached 32, one less than the board%u2019s record so far this year, for the first meeting in nearly two months to achieve the quorum needed to vote. Three persons were excused and 10 were absent without excuse.Absent with excuse were Angela Barbagallo, Edward Carcaci, Nancy Clancy, Francis Crisafulli, Louis Gelormino, Joan Hanley, Donna M aggiore, Miguel M artinez, Robert Mollo, and Elizabeth Wynne. Aniello De Maio, Nancy Gooding, and Patricia Zedalis were excused.Golden has sent three letters in recent months to board members encouraging better attendance, according to his executive assistant Howard Golden.%u201c Most are community leaders and he knows that sometimes local community meetings will conflict,%u201d Schultz said. The board should take action, but if it doesn%u2019t he will consider removal at reappointment time of those who have excessive absences and no good excuse.%u201d%u201c May I take this opportunity to again remind you that the (city) charter provides for removal, by your board, of those members who have excessive absences, as well as members who refuse to participate in committee work,%u201d Golden wrote to board chairpersons on Oct. 25.Councilman Thomas Cuite, from whose recommendations Golden draws half of the board%u2019s composition, has also sent out a letter reminding members of their duty, a spokesman said.%u201c He intends to press the point,%u201d Ray Teetum said. \contact them all personally. But there has been some improvement after he sent out the letters.%u201d %u2014M.D.Mistrial Ruled InReporter%u2019s CaseA mistrial has postponed a possible showdown between a reporter for a Brooklyn weekly and a Brooklyn Supreme court judgeover journalists%u2019 rights to maintain the confidentiality of their sources.Judge Hugh McShane refused Nov. 13 to quash a defense attorney%u2019s subpoena demanding that Courier-Life reporter Pamela O%u2019Shaugnessy turn over her notes for a July article quoting an undercover narcotics cop in Brooklyn. McShane ruled that if %u201c material and relevant inconsistencies%u201d were revealed by an undercover narcotics cop%u2019s testimony in the trial of an alleged cocaine seller, then O%u2019Shaughenssy would have tosurrender her notes. So far, O%u2019Shaughnessy has refused to comment on whether or not she spoke to the policeman in question.Further testimony in the trial, however, disclosed that the defendant, Michael Zagarino, was already incarcerated on another charge, and McShane then declared a mistrial ruling that the disclosure threatened the defendant%u2019s rights to a fair trail. The trialwill resume following the selection of a new jury.%THANKS A LOT: Overgrown with tail grass and thickweeds, the last undeveloped site in Brooklyn Heightsremains just that%u2014an empty lot. Commonly referred to as%u201c Block 207,%u201d the fenced-in lot, at Poplar and Henry Streetsnear the waterfront, was meant at one time for a seniorcitizens%u2019 home, to he built by the Knights of Pythias. But,an Environmental Protection Agency study, necessitatedby projected federal funding, found pollution and noiselevels near the neighboring Brooklyn-Queens Expresswaytoo high. According to a spokesperson for the city%u2019sHousing and Preservation Development Department, whichcontrols the city-owned lot, efforts will be made in severalmonths to have erected on the site housing that is notfederally subsidized. (Michael Cuiccio Photo)N . Y . P .GIMME SHELTER: Officer Julio Martinez, of the 76th Precinct, spotted a figure in an abandoned building at 51 Carroll St. Nov. 3 at 7:20 p.m. Moving in to investigate, he surprised Vincent Cimmino, 21, of 236 DeGraw St. Martinez ran through the building and out into the back yard, where he collared Cimmino. Later, Cimmino was also booked%u2014on charges of criminal trespassing, possession of a dangerous weapon (allegedly, an automatic pistol) and possession of%u2014allegedly%u2014two marijuana cigarettes.THAT AND A TOKEN: Twoyouths robbed an unidentified person on the Smith-Ninth Street subway platform Nov. 8 at 7:55 p.m. Metropolitian Transit Authority Officer Jose Carillo caught them and charged them with robbery, criminal possession of stolen goods and resisting arrest.ON THE ROAD: Four juveniles assaulted a woman at Ninth St. and Hamilton Ave. Nov. 5 at 6:50 p.m. The four pummelled her about the face and b o d y with their fists and feet, stole her pocketbook, and then fled. Officer William C u G iiu sk y , o f th e 7 6 ih Precinct, captured the four later that day. Police would not discuss the extent of the victim%u2019s injuries.GOTCHA: Officer Dom Saia arrested a minor outside 3 Ninth St. Nov. 2 at 10:50 p.m. fortaking awallet from a police decoy. Police explain that decoys are usually officers dressed as women or bums, with money or wallets exposed on some part of their person.A CENTER OF CONCERN:Rommie Wardrett, 26, of 38 Center Mall, was arrested at home Nov. 4 at 8:10 p.m. by a housing police officer for allegedly striking a man repeatedly on the face and body. W ardrett was also found, allegedly, to be carrying a sawed-off shotgun. Wardrett was booked for assault and criminal possession of a dangerous weapon.DRIVER ESCAPED: Howard Braylow, 35, of 956 E. 16th St., was standing at the intersection of Avenue J and E. 14th Street at 2:55 p.m. on Nov. 5 when a dark-colored Cadillac swung into Ave. J. nearly striking him. Braylow shouted at the driver of the Cadillac, described as a white male, 5%u20197%u201d , about 160 pounds with black curley hair and a moustache. The driver stopped his car, removed a baseball bat from the rear trunk, attacked Braylow with the bat, and thfen fled in the Cadillac, leaving Braylow in the5 t r p p f R m w Ia h ; %u00ab 4 %u00ab n n A i%u00ab w 4----------------------------j -------- -.-'-'O%u00a9~the sidewalk and fell, and was pronounced dead at 4 p.m. that day. The driver of the Cadillac has not been caught; Detective Vincent Clancy of 10th Division Homicide is conducting the investigation.November 23,1978, THE PHOENIX, Page 21