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June 28,1973 PHOENIX Page SevenSouth Brooklyn Makes SplashIn Several Public Swimming PoolsBY LYNNE GR1FOSouth Brooklyn families who are planning to remain in the City for the hot, summer months that lay ahead will be glad to know that there are several nearby pools, public and private, where they can splash away a long afternoon or cool off at the end of a working day.The City operates three public pools in the area. Red Hook Pool, at Clinton, Bay and Henry Sts., is open seven days a week from 10 a m. to 10 p.m. There is no charge between 10 a.m. and 12 noon, Monday through Friday. At other times the cost is $.25 for adults and $.10 for children under 14, as it is at all municipal pools.Youngsters who wish to learn to swim will be able to take free lessons at Red Hook. Starting July 7 two instruction periods will be held a day, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Children must be under 14 years of age and must be registered by their parents some time between July 2 and July 6. For more information call the pool at 625-8768.Brooklynites can dive, crawl, or dog paddle through the waters at Commodore Barry Pool, Flushing Ave. and Elliot PI. from 10 a.m. to 10p.m., everyday. As at Red Hook, the free period runs from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on weekdays.An intermediate-size outdoor public pool on Douglas St. between Nevins and Third Ave. is open this year for the first time everyday from 10-10 with a similar midday free period.The new outdoor pool at Douglass Street and N evins.For those people who prefer to sw'im indoors and who don%u2019t mind the higher rates, there%u2019s the pool at the St. George Hotel, Clark St. Monday through Thursday the rates are $1.75 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and $2.00 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. On Friday the cost is $1.75 to 5p.m. and $2.25 to 11 p.m.Saturday and Sunday rates at the St. George are $1.75 irom 8 a.m. to 12 noon and $2.25 to 11p.m. Children under 12 can swim for $1.25 Monday through Friday and for $1.50 on weekends.Prisoners Reading Better NowAn unusual 30-minute ceremony will be held at the Brooklyn House of Detention, Atlantic Avenue, on June 21. Nineteen detainees who had volunteered %u2014 starting last February %u2014 to attend four-hour-aweek basic reading courses in an available room at the court facility, will step up to receive certificates showing they had achieved substantial improvements in reading skills, some of them making gains of up to three years growth in reading levels.The instruction was made possible through efforts of New York'City Community College%u2019s Division of Continuing Education, which organized the course and trained a number of detainees who had excellent reading skills to be effective tutors.What the educational programhas meant to the detainees was explained in a letter written to the college by a 28-year-old man who is now in an upstate correctional institution, but who had been in the Brooklyn facility for several months while making an appeal of his conviction.%u201cI felt good inside being able to help someone else. Thanks for the chance to prove to myself that I could be of some use in this world.%u201dThe letter was written to John Mogulescu, a community projectassistant at the college, who together with Prof. Judith McGaughey, of the Division of Continuing Education, had organized the unusual project. Prof. McGaughey said the initial results of the project have been %u2018%u2018most encouraging.%u201d %u201c We%u2019re hoping to find money to expand the reading program and also to develop other programs, but of a vocational nature, because there%u2019s obviously an unmet need here,%u201d she said.The YMCA, 357 Ninth Street near Sixth Ave., has public hours at its indoor pool, Monday to Friday from 5 to 9:30 p.m.. for swimmers 15 years of age and over. The cost is $2.50. Fridays and Saturdays the %u201cY%u201d has Family Swims from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. and from 1 to 5p.m., respectively. The family rates are $1.00 adults, $1.50 children.The ywca, Atlantic and Third Aves., has a pool, but the facility is open only to members of the %u201cY%u201d . Adults can join as annual members for $6. and young people under 17 can become junior members for $2. The YWCA pool is open Monday to Wednesday, for girls, between the hours of 4 and 5p.m. On Thursday there is a coed dip from 4 to 5p.m. Woman may swim from 6:30 to\Thurs. July 5Tues. July 10(Tues. & Thurs.the f ilt e r Garden,Wed. July 11Thurs. July 124:15; Wed. 1:30)A d m is s io n $ 1 00*70 Jormmotx S*Wet. fdr6f& ^P R a te s, call &75 -6649 ^9X12Gri ASS16X2016X24 %u2022 %u2022 W-Z20X24- 2^X28 24X30 24X36 EXTPA14-15!Ib%u2018rm Horn St. QiORGE/Ci.AkK ? UCIHR.V STS.I 59614VGrand Opening!k^ Sm ltty%u2019sS t iv e r ShopQuality at good prices... Check our opening specialsJune 22 - July 8313 ATLANTIC AVE Monday thru Saturday, 12 -8%u25b2%u25bc%u2666%u2666*t%u2666%u26667p.m., Monday through Thursday. The charge is: adults, $1.00 per hour and juniors (under 17) $.50 an hour.Families may swim together Monday to Thursday for 7 to 8p.m. at a rate of $1.50 for a family of four (one person must be a %u201cY%u201d member). The YWCA pool will be closed from Aug. 11 through Labor Day, but will reopen Sept. 4.If you feel that you or your children should take lessons before you take the plunge, the YWCA will be glad to be of service. The %u201cY%u201d plans to give two crash swimming instruction courses, from July 16 to the 20th and from Aug. 6 to the 10th. The cost for five hours of instruction and five hours dip is $15. Call the %u201cY%u201d at 875-1190 for details.The Opening of theQueens KitchenWed. - Thurs. 5-10 p.m. Fri., Sat. 6 - 1 a.m. Sun. 6-10 p.m.%u2666%u2666^ Kitchen Now Under the M anagem ent o f %u00a3*e9%u2666%u2666%u2666%u2666Gerri MassedComer Hoyt ft Bergen Tel: 858-3392