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Page 2, PHOENIX, June 13, 1974 New Pierrepont Playground Plans:Locals Approve,- Parks Dept. NextTBl HAY n***. TO*M HAY HATHHm lUTtJ+JOt MAkA.These elevation drawings for the renovation of Pierrepont Playground in Brooklyn Heights showspecial equipment and facilities designed for children of various ages.The plans for the renovation of Pierrepont Playground were enthusiastically ratified at a community meeting held June 4 at First Presbyterian Church. The endorsed schematic plan is now under review by the Parks, Recreational and Cultural Affairs Administration (PRCA), whose approval is necessary before further implementation is undertaken.This review phase represents several years of work by the Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee which successfully petitioned the City for funding for the project. The renovation of Pierrepont Playground was allocated *100,000 in the 1974-75 capital budget, a sum to matched by $50,000 by the Committee. To date, the Committee%u2019s fund-raising efforts have secured $18,000, with $32,000 more still being sought from private, business and foundation support.The plans were presented at the meeting by Mrs. Sonja Locke, architect for the project and a Brooklyn Heights mother, who holds a BA in architectural science from Radcliffe College and a Master%u2019s in Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Mrs. Locke, who worked for six years as an Associate of M. Paul Friedberg and Associates%u2014 one of the pioneers of innovative playgrounds%u2014showed slides of theschematic plan and elevations that took the audience step by step and climb by climb through the proposed park.The new park, which will be enlarged by removing interna! faces, has three areas%u2014one for infants, 1 to 3 years old; one for children 4 to 7 years old; and one for children 8 to 13 years old. There will be mounds, slides, climbing equipment of differing heights and challenge, tire swings, and sliding poles. The safety surfacing will be a combination of rubber mat and sand. All the trees will stay, as well as much of the bushy area where the children now roam and explore. If there is enough money a spray of water will be added to help keep the children and their parents cool when it%u2019s hot.Mrs. Locke presented quotations from a detailed cost estimate, with figures of $15,000 for safety surfacing (materials and installation included); benches, $12,000; site preparation, $13,000. She emphasized that this is not an elaborate design, that the cost is far below some recently renovated playgrounds in Central Park. The equipment itself is not expensive, either. It%u2019s the cost of preparing the site and installing the equipment that projects the figure over $100,000.Mr. Sy Rosenzweig, who represented District Leader James V.Mangano at the meeting noted that a 12 foot by 18 foot island on Flatbush Avenue near Sixth Avenue had cost the City $75,000 just to pave and plant. Mr. Rosenzweig also praised the committee for its hard work and perseverance over the past several years. He and several others in the audience noted that this was the first time in 75 to 80 years that a citizens group in Brooklyn Heights had successfully petitioned the City for funding for the neighborhood.Among those who attended thecommunity meeting and who urged the Committee not to stop with the renovation of Pierrepont Playground, but to continue to help create, improve and expand other recreational facilities were City Council Majority Leader Tom Cuite, State Senator Carol Bellamy, Assemblyman Michael Pesce, District Leader Margaret Dowd, and Owen Quattlebaum of the Brooklyn Heights Association. Mr. Paul Hill represented the Parks, Recreational and Cultural Affairs Administration.After review of the schematic plan by PRCA, the development of the design will be considered. The final step is the production of working drawings that will yield the actual construction documents.Ongoing through the entire process is the fund-raising effort. T ax -d ed u ctib le co n trib u tio n s should be made out to Parks Council-BHPC and directed to the Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee, 1 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn 11201.AT THE BROOKLYN WARMEMORIAL, Cadman Plaza,the N.Y.C. Dept, of Recreationwill be holding free danceclasses for children, 3 to 14 andfor adults. There are limitedopenings in both the summerand fall semesters. Registrationis Friday, June 14 from 1 to 4p.m. and from 5 to 6 p.m. in theauditorium office for children;for adults, on Thursday, June 27bom 1 to 4 and 5:30 to 8.Instructor Rosemarie Gardellacan be reached for furtherinformation: 624-6030.DENNIS MC DERMOTT, St.Francis College basketball star was recently selected as #8 draft choice of the New York Knockerhockers. McDermott is the #1 scorer in St. Francis%u2019 court history.%u2022 B eAT PACKER COLLEGIATEINSTITUTE, Brooklyn Heights,Awards Day brought the following honors: Susan Kerner -Citation of Honor from the KingsCounty District Attorney%u2019s OfBce; Elizabeth Ellnd, AndrewMiller, and Diane DeVito %u00abCitations of Merit; ElizabethElkind, Diane DeVito, SusanKerner, Jane Marcus, AndrewMiller, Allison Saunders, JudyStanton, and Sarah Woodfln -Theatre Awards; Holly Tibnan,Robin North, Marlsa Pucci, LisaPucci, Mary Woodfin andi - J --------- *JS t i l ------- D k %u201e e l o e |r%u00bbUM%u00bb v n avmaaawv -- <. * m j %u00bb . v%u00bb .Education Departmental Awards.THE STAFF OF THE SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY ANTI-POVERY CORPORATION, 130 Clinton St. and its neighborhood agencies throughout South Brooklyn donated a large quantity of food supplies to the Brooklyn office of the United Farmworkers Union. The food drive was to help the local Brooklyn group in its mobilization of support for a boycott of non-UFW farm produce.C. WESLEY MEYTROTT, Remsen St. resident and Chairman ofthe Finance Committee, Boardof Trustees of Methodist Hospital, was honored recently withan award from the Society of OldBrooklynites. The plaque waspresented at the Society%u2019s 94thAnniversary Dinner at the Towers Hotel in recognition of Mr.Meytrott%u2019s tireless efforts onbehalf of the people. A native ofBrooklyn, Mr. Meytrott is activein several church, civic andphilanthropic groups.BROOKLYN HEIGHTS resident Peter Madden capped a distinguished high school career as valedictorian of Poly Prep Country Day School%u2019s 1974 commencement. A cum laude graduate, Madden was also named winner of the Froeb Cup, a top award for varied contributions to school life.DOG OWNERS in New YorkCity must pay $8.50 to licensetheir animals, effective June 23.The raise &om $6.10 was passedby an overwhelming majority inboth legislative houses in Albany. Dog license fees arecollected by the ASPCA and areused to operate the Society%u2019sshelter and adoption services.LONG ISLAND COLLEGEHOSPITAL has received $43,000 in donations from the Hospital%u2019s Guild. Guild president, Mrs. Nicholas DiGregorio, announced the contributions which are raised primarily through the Annual Spring Ball. This recent gift permitted the hospital to purchase new equipment for several departments.ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE presented William A. %u201c Bill%u201d Shea - the man who brought National League Baseball back to New York - with an honorary doctor of laws degree at the College%u2019s commencement June 8.ERICKA NICKRENZ ofBrooklyn Heights was 1st Runner-up in the First Brooklyn Arts& Culture Asson.lBoard ofEducation Piano Competition.Judges included prominentnames from the world of music.Erika and other 5 competitionwinners will tape a program forbroadcast over WNYC-FM.%u2022 BOTHE PROSPECT PARK-BYRIDGE YMCA%u2019s recent financial campaign has been called the most successful to date by the Y%u2019s Executive Director William Probst. The fund raising effort was led by Chairman Vic Affatigato and Co-chairman, John Noonan.%u2022sePARK SLOPE residentAndrea Blnner, age 9, wasfourth prize-winner in F.A.O.Schwarz%u2019s 1974 Spring Kaleidoscope Junior Art Contest. Thecompetition was sponsored byCaran D%u2019Ache, manufacturers ofart supplies.LAURA GARCIA of RemsenSt. was one of three winners inLong Island University%u2019s FirstAnnual Communication ArtsFestival. Over 300 students bomthe five boroughs competed inthe Festival%u2019s %u201c Salute to theAmerican Language%u2019%u2019 in categories of public speaking, oralInterpretation and play scene.Miss Garcia, a student atDominclan High School, won inthe play scene category. She dida scene from %u201cThe MiracleWorker.%u201d%u2022 a *ELIZABETH SCHOLTZ, aBrooklyn Heights resident and Director of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, was recently awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Pace University.%u2022B eYWCA CONSCIOUSNESSRAISING: More women areneeded for these Wednesdaynight meetings on the stereotypes of women in lifestyles,careers and thinking. Discussions are led by Renee Lowden,an alumna of Manhattan Consciousness Raising Group.Meetings are held at the Y, 30m ini Ave., n%u2019cuucuuajs urvui7:30 to 10:30. For informationcall: 875-1190 or 998-4568.SCHOOL DISTRICT 15 President, Philip Kaplan has announced a scholarship fund in memory of Prudence Cangiano who passed away recently. Mrs. Cangiano was a member of the Community School Board and an active member of many community School Board and an active member of many community and educational groups. The scholarship award will be offered for community service and scholarship.%u2022 B*OUTPATIENT MENTALHEALTH SERVICE in the ParkSlope area is currently beingpursued by community members, who are now at the point ofestablishing a Community Boardfor the clinic, a proposedpublicly-funded facility underthe auspices of Methodist Hospital. The Park Slope MentalHealth Task Force is holding anominations meeting on Wednesday, June 19, at 7:30 p.m. atthe Prospect Library, SixthAvenue at Ninth Street. Interested local residents are urged toattend this organization meetingfor a clinic which would serve allthe people of the Slope community, regardless of income.%u2022 urnJAMES A. O%u2019NEILL, President of Atlantic Liberty Savings and Loan Association, 186 Montaque St., is currently conducting a drive to collect signatures on a petition urging Congress to allow a tax exemption on the interest on deposits in savings institutions.The petition may be signed at Atlantic Liberty%u2019s Montaque St. office: N.Y.Congressman Lester Wolff has introduced a bill in the House that would exempt from income interest on savings of up to $400 iw an individual, up to $800 for a joint return.