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Seventh HeavenContinued from Page 1the festival has rolled on every year with increasing participation and diversity as theneighborhood has changed.\have a gallery in the yard at P.S. 321,%u201dSeventh Heaven coordinator Mary AnnDevlin says. %u201cPeople like seeing the artworkhere and every year we try to go all over todifferent festivals looking for artists andcraftsmen,%u201d she explains. There will also bea stretch between Garfield and CarrollStreets where 54 vendors will have their workfor sale and show.Also on display at the school, located atSeventh Avenue between First and SecondStreets, will be a 13-foot replica of the Statueof Liberty, courtesy of Brooklyn Union Gas.The school will be decorated with 12-14 smallflags to honor the ethnic diversity of theborough.For many of the merchants along the fair%u2019sFlatbush Avenue to 12th Street strip, thefestival is a staple time on their calendar.And it%u2019s not just a time to make money, butfor many, it%u2019s a great time to m eet the community. Allen Brafman, the owner of LittleThings at 166 Seventh Avenue, began his participation in the fair as a foot stroller yearsago and has since become an active player inthe day long festivities. This year again hewill be loaning his Easter Bunny costume tothe chamber of commerce which is finding avolunteer to don the garb and play bunny forthe kids on the strip.%u201cIt%u2019s nice for kids and even for adults to seea bunny mingling in the crowd,%u201d Brafmansays.Brafman sees the event as an opportunityfor the community to come together andcelebrate for one day. %u201cWhen a neighborhoodmakes a big party, that%u2019s a big expression ofthe neighborhood,%u201d he says. %u201cMuch as peoplecome together as fam ilies, the fair is an opportunity for the neighborhood to cometogether. It%u2019s an opportunity for localbusinesses and groups to do outreach into thecommunity,%u201d he adds.With the size of the event, the planning hasnaturally been underway for quite sometimeand this year Devlin is expecting about 400vendors. As in the past, two stages, onelocated in front of John Jay High School between 4th and 5th Streets, and the other above9th Street, will have continuous entertainment.' Thin Ice, a dance rock band, and belly dancing by a 12-year old dancer, a fifth gradeteacher, an optometrist and a pharmacistwill be part of the entertainment on stagethat day. For other tastes, the Karen FerrisQuartet will be performing at the festival aswell as comedian Jeff Stevens.And if you%u2019re loking for tastes in theculinary sense of the word, Phillipine food,Mussels, Egg rolls, Waffles and Thai andWest Indian food can all be found along thestrip.After all the fun has been had, the fair isalso a economic boon of sorts for the community and merchants in the area. Last year,the chamber of commerce raised nearly$10,000 dollars and this year they expect to doas well. %u201cWe represent the merchants andwhen we hold this event it is for theirbenefit,%u201d Devlin says. In past years therevenues have been used to plant trees alongthe shopping strip, provide litter baskets forihe urea oiiu iu light up the uiuCka uuiiiigthe holiday season.%u201cWe try to pick something that benefits thecommunity as a whole,%u201d Miranda says.%u201cOnce we have the trees, they need to bemaintained and a lot of litter baskets havedisappeared and need to be replaced. We doneed more litter baskets, it%u2019s a real problemand three on each street on each side wouldhelp a lot,%u201d she says.Predicting that this year%u2019s festival will bethe biggest and the best ever, the Chamber ofCommerce invites the entire Brooklyn community to join in the celebration. The fair willrun from 11am to 7pm on June 22 and willstretch 20 blocks from Flatbush Avenue to12th Street. For information, call 789-1659.Ft. Greene TenantsMeet on Drug ProblemsTenants of the Walt Whitman Houses in Ft.Greene held an emergency meeting, May 27to try to persuade the City to provide morepolice protection at the crime-threatenedNYC Public Housing Authority complex. Themeeting comes on the heels of the third deathtied to a resident of the project, the shootingMay 25 of 19 year-old resident, Calvin Morris.Witnesses of the Morris shooting say theydid not recognize the murderer as anyone living at the Whitman project which is alsoknown as one of the major drug traffickingareas in the borough, charge residentorganizers of the meeting.%u201cThey sell drugs openly here,%u201d says ZulekaPass, the president of the Whitman TenantsAssociation. %u201cDrugs are sold in at least 25apartments here and there are also placeswhere people go just to get high.%u201dPass adds that the tenants of the houses areregistering a formal complaint with the 88thPrecinct and the Housing Authority becauseof alleged negligence in the emergency caregiven to Morris. %u201cThey just dragged theirfeet,%u201d says Pass.Pass is angry because she says thatrepresentatives from the police departmentsaid they could not do anything about thedrug problems unless people told them wherethe drugs were being sold. %u201cWe also found outthat they couldn%u2019t evict any tenants orpadlock their apartments unless they havehad 3 convictions.%u201dThe Housing Authority has promised the1700 Whitman fam ilies more temporary protection after the police academy graduationthis month. 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