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Page 4 PHOENIX April 25, 1974D m *r% . *** a a i t %u00ab a ,i i u y i u o o i v cKindergarten toOpen in HeightsA progressive kindergarten program will be offered for the first time next year at Open House Early Childhood Center in Brooklyn Heights. The majority of the 9-3 kindergarten class will consist of five-year-olds, but one-third will be mature fours, say Pat and Michael French, the school's directors. While the fives will go on to first grade the following year, the fours will generally stay a second year, intensifying their learning with the same teachers, they explained.The parlor floor of the school%u2019s brownstone on State Street will be used by the class, offering a large area for music and movement, dramatic play, art, horticultural experimentation, and block building; as well as a smaller room forCommunityCtr. NeedsF u n d sWhen it rains, it pours -- outdoors and in - at The Alfred T. White Jr. Community Center, 26 Willow Place. As permanent home to the Brooklyn Heights community Nursery School, the Heights Players, and the Roosa School of Music, the Center%u2019s building is in almost constant active use.%u201cOur most pressing need in 1974,%u201d says Center president Pauline Sweet, M.D., %u2018%u2018is to make improvements in the building itself - particularly the roof and heating system. These urgently needed repairs involve funding far beyond our normal revenues.%u201dIn order to continue its wide range of services to the Brooklyn Heights community, the center is appealing for tax-deductible contributions of any amount. These should be forwarded to Dr. Sweet at 19 Willow Place, Brooklyn 11201.reading, science and math study. The curriculum will also include a variety of city and country trips and stress group projects, such as re-constructing the Brooklyn Bridge out of blocks, composing class poems, and planting a vegetable garden.Chaffee Monell, a Park Slope resident, will be the Kindergarten group teacher. Monell received his early childhood training at Bank Street College and is currently teaching a Fours class at Open House. He will be assisted by Anita Haywood, also an Open House teacher. Both teachers are bi-lingual in Spanish and have undergraduate degrees respectively in biology and mathematics.The school%u2019s directors, Pat and Michael French, who live on the top floor of the brownstone, explain that they created the program at the urging of parents, who wanted both a skills-oriented curriculum and an environment fostering the investigative process begun in the nursery years. While the majority of kindergarten students are currently enrolled in Open House, there are a limited number of openings in the program for new students. Interested parents may contact the Center (858-3633).Cherry BlossomsAt Botanic GardenA continuing tradition for many Brooklynites - indeed, for many New Yorkers - are those several weeks when the cherry blossoms are in bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.The Gardens collection is the largest in the country; Charles P. Mazza of the Garden estimates the blooms will last roughly until Mother%u2019s Day, May 14.The Garden is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends. Admission is free.Chaffee Monell watching Todd Fuentes make geometric designs. [Bob Ipcar Photo]iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBiiiiiniimimHiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisiiiiiiiLICH to Tear Down EmptyBldgs, to Build Parking LotJohn B. Wingate, Associate Administrator of Long Island College Hospital, announced a significant first step toward alleviating the parking crisis that has exaccerbated hospital-community relations for years. Wingate told of the hospital%u2019s plans to tear down the abandoned stores and other buildings on Henry and Pacific Streets to build a parking lot which will extend from Henry Street to the new Extended Care Facility of the hospital. The new lot, which will be 90 by 140 feet, will be equipt with double decker parking units, and should lessen the parking congestion in the area, he said.Wingate also mentioned the possibility of building another parking area over the expressway. He said that these plans would have to wait until cleared with the city and community input is aired. %u2018%u2018It would be fantastic if this could be done,%u201d said W ingate, %u2018%u2018Particularly in that it would serve to unite the Cobble Hill and waterfront communities.%u201d The hospital is still awaiting word from the State Health Department on their application to %u201c borrow%u201d beds in their new extended care building for acute care use while new acute care facilities are constructed. Wingate said that the hospital does not forsee any problems with this plan, and hopes thatthe lease can be signed in the near future. The hospital would have to lease its own facility because the state funding contract stipulates that the ECF building can be used only for extended care.Hospital officials will meet again with community representatives on May 6 to work out differences concerning the impact of the hospital%u2019s expansion plan on the Cobble Hill community. Wingate said Monday that he hopes the meeting, which will be held at the LICH Nurses Residence, will be a productive one. %u201c We have lots of things to get squared away,%u201d he said, %u201c But our mutual relationships areIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllilllllimilllllllllUllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiigiiiiiiiiiigiiiiiiiiiiiisiiiiiiiiiiiigi/%u25a0 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Local Man Dies in Street: REPORT FROM NYPDIs Hospital or PoliceInefficiency Cause?BY JOHN BLACKMORESidney Simkovsky of Columbia Place collapsed Saturday afternoon at the Columbia Street Playground, and died soon afterwards. According to a Cobble Hill resident who sought help for Mr. Simkovsky during the minutes between his collapse and death, .the agents of two institutions that might have saved his life failed to do so. Whether they failed out of negligence, lack of training, because they followed regulations, or because nothing more could be done are open questions. It seems the case that more than one of these factors was involved in Mr. Simkovsky%u2019s death.Shawn Thompson of Verandah Fiace saw Mr. Simkovsky fall to the ground in the Park area near Atlantic Avenue. When he arrived at the scene, he noted that he was unconscious and had trouble breathing. Thompson immediately went across the Brooklyn Queens expressway to Long Island College Hospital emergency room. Although the hospital had an ambulance hind. Thompson said thatthe man at the emergency room refused to dispatch it. Rather he dialled 911, and said that the police were coming.Meanwhile, Mrs. Thompson stayed by Mr. Simkovsky, who woke up briefly saying he wanted to go home. He then started to turn purple. Mrs. Thompson reported that one ot tne youtns standing nearby came forward and tried to a d m in is te r a r tif ic ia l respiration.Thompson ran back down to the playground and saw a police car approaching from the 76th Precinct. He directed them to Mr. Simkovsky. According to Thompson, they checked him briefly, feeling his neck, and then started to question onlookers. %u201c I asked them to give artificial respiration, tnompson reported, %u201c They refused.%u201d Thompson said that a hospital official told him later that the police were not trained to give artificial respiration, and were not allowed to do so without training. Thompson tried to administer the technique-he had had some training in the army--hnt haHl no lnrkBy this time a second police car arrived with oxygen equipment. An officer with thesecond unit administered oxygen, but was apparently too late, a long Island College Hospital ambulance finally came a few minutes later. The officers from the first car had called the ambulance.%u201c I don%u2019t know if the man could have lived if given help,%u201d said Thompson. %u201c But I can%u2019t believe that the police aren%u2019t trained in artificial respiration.%u201d Thompson had two complaints: that the hospital would not send help until called by the police, and that a patrolman is either not trained or is not permitted to give first aid.%u201c I think both the hospital and the police are at fault,%u201d Mrs. Thompson added. She and her husband are planning to file official complaints aoout tne conduct in this case.When contacted by the PHOENIX concerning this matter, a Long Island College Hospital official claimed that the hospital is not permitted to dispatch its own ambulances. \releasing ambulances,%u201d said the official, %u201cOne has to call 911. they do the dispatching. They contact the nearest hospital.%u201d* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *78th Pet.Officer Arthur Crehan of the 78th Precinct reported two major arrests this week. On April 16, Detective William Condon of 78th Anti-Crime arrested Victor Poveda, 30, for criminal possession of stolen property. He was caught at the scene of a burglary at 147 4th Avenue. On April 18, Housing Authority Police arrested Jose Velasquez of 244 Fifth Avenue at 3:30 near the corner of Third Avenue and Baltic Street. He was observed pushing a cart full of engineering tools through the Wykoff Garden housing complex. When stopped for questioning, the defendent allegedly ran, but was apprehended. The articles belonged to an aircraft company in the Bronx. Velasquez was charged with burglary, possession of burglary tools, and possession of stolen property.ftAth Prt %u25a0w %u25a0 if %u25a0 %u25a0 %u25a0 xfeBX m 9On April 10, Heights-Hill Democratic Assemblyman Michael L. Pesce wrote to Police Commissioner Michael Codd, expressing his concern about poor police protection in Brooklyn Heights and his contention that increased manpower is needed. Codd%u2019s April 18 reply stated the matter is being investigated by the Chief of Operations.The PHOENIX was unable opWednesday to 'elicit any tvne bfresponse from anyone at the 84th Precinct on this matter; similar attempts in the past several weeks have proven equally fruitless.76th Pet.Officer Timothy Cole of the 76th Precinct reported eight major arrests in the precinct area this week. On April 16 at 9 a.m. , three men were arrested for grand larceny (auto) at 5th Street and Hoyt by Officers Anthony Russo and John Ittolito. Also on the 16th, Officer Russell Litwenak arrested three men at the corner of Union and Hoyt Streets at 11:45 p.m. for felonious assault and possession of a shotgun. On April 18, Officer William Panzella made an arrest at the corner of Kane and Clinton Street at 9:40 p.m. for auto theft. Since the car was valued under $200, the charge was petty larceny. Another auto arrest was made the same day by Robert McDevitt of the anti-crime unit at the corner of Court and Nelson Streets. This time the charge was grand larceny.On April 19 at 2:30 a.m Detective Anthony Ciavarella made an arrest for grand larceny (auto) at the corner of Henry and Lorraine Streets. At 5:30 p.m., Detective Charles Tetkiewitz arrested a man at the State Pier off Columbia Street for robbery and possession of a weapon. The robbery took place on a merchant ship. On April 20 at 11:20 a.m. Officer Michael Fasano arrested two for grand larceny (auto) at the corner of Clinto\