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+\Brooklyn Youngsters Travel Down StorybookLane Fueled By Childrens%u2019 Imaginative MindsBY JARED R. CLOUDIt was just starting to drizzle again aschildren and parents crowded into the alcoveof the library at the Brooklyn HistoricalSociety. Storyteller Marcia Lane had thegroup sit around her in a sem i-circle, andstarted asking kids if they liked the thunderand lightning. This was the third storytellingsession Lane had held at the Historical Society this summr, and several of the chidren hadbeen before. They were not shy about participating.There were choruses of %u201cyes!%u201d and %u201cno!%u201d,while some of the more shy children didn%u2019tsay anything at all. Lane explained to themhow thunder and lightning were created byfighting giants, whidi got giggles from somekids in the front center who probably knew itwas caused by angels bowling.By the tim e the giggles evaporated, thestream of arriving people had slowed downenough to start the stories. There were 90kids and 15 parents; less than usual, according to Lane, but it was raining. She startedthe afternoon off with Rudyard Kipling%u2019s taleof how the cam el got its hump. The story%u2019scharacters are a horse, a dog, an ox, a man,and a jinn (genie). Lane%u2019s facial expressionsand gestures kept the kids laughing, in a waythat they m ight not have if they had just readth story, or had it read to them.Lane followed Kipling%u2019s Just-So story witha song %u201cThe Frog W ait a-Courtin%u2019,%u201d about afrog who wanted to marry the beautiful MissMouse. She had the group sing along withho*, whether or not they knew the words.%u201cJust fake it,%u201d she said. S ane did, but mostjust waited for the chorus.Another story Lane told involved aJapanese m iser who had a cherry tree growing out of his head, who ultimately created abeautiful lake in the middle of a localmeadow, dying in the process. Again, Lane%u2019sexpression enthralled the children.On August 21, Lane will do a %u201cbest-of%u201dstory session at the Historical Society, tellingsto le s that she told at the first three sessions,again by request. I recommend this one, asStoryteller Marcia Lane gets a vote ofconfidence from an audience at a recentsession at the Historical Society.(Phoenix/Cloud Photo)well as the Kipling story. The facial expressions Lane does are fantastic. Lane had thechildren make some faces of their own, bytelling them to hold their heads straight, then%u201cturn your faces to the window.%u201d Not exactlya sim ple task.Lane wrapped up the program with a taleabout a fisherman who released a jinn, whichI thought I had heard before. When it ended, Iwas sure I had heard it; but not told nearly aswell as Lane told it.The group joined in song, about storiesthem selves and where they cam e from. Thenit was over. One parent asked her where shegot her stories. %u201cI read a lot, and when Itravel I collect them ,%u201d she replied.One of her younger admirers gave her akiss before she left with her companions.%u201cYou knew the cam era was there,%u201d Lane accused her. The young girl gave no reply, butscampered off.Storytelling: Marcia Lane will presenttoe last in the Summer Storytelling Session August 21 at 2:30pm at the BrooklynHistorical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. Theprogram is free. For info call 824-0890.BROWNSTONEAUTO C LEA N ER SCurbside Service%u2022 W ish* Simonize Wax%u2022 Vacuuming%u2022 WindowsONLY $35Call 718-436-82%Mon.-Fri. %u2022 9-5t 4 Hri. Min. Each AutoWE TRAVELLEVOLORVERTICALBLINDS50%OFF# flyowflkraftIn Park Slope 1457thAve. Bklyn. 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V7 vSSI T %u2022W oratofJON TRACK ^ AssistanceLIGHTING Halo Power-TracLargest Selections Track Ltahtingjn N Y.%u2014In Stock!Community Organizations Fear Large BudgetCuts As Housing Contracts Are Up For RenewalBY LIZ KOCHA number of Brooklyn communityorganizations under contract to the City ofNew York, have received a three month extension on their yearly contract, while theHousing and Preservation Department(HPD) reviews responses to its Request ForProposals to determine new contracts forFiscal Year 198WS7.In a Board of Estim ate vote July 17, contracts were extended until September 30. Bythat tim e, HPD hopes to have assigned to thenew yearly contracts, but organizations involved are already concerned funding will becut. The extension was given to prevent alapse in services in the interim tim e, according to Donna Comachio. %u201cWe will still beconsidering the old contracts, but since weissued our last RFP in 1963, a number of newgroups have formed and we would like to givethem a chance, too,%u201d Comachio says.The community organizations were working to prepare their HPD applications for anAugust 8 deadline and although many feltthey would maintain their contracts, theywere not certain that their level of fundingthrough the City%u2019s Community ConsultantContracts would be maintained. According toHPD, the RFPs lim it the annual amount f anew groups at $50,000. They say, howeverthat old applicants could apply f a theirprevious level of funding. U nda the term s ofthe contract, the organizations providevarious technical assistance services whidiare complementary to and supportive ofHPD programs. HPD%u2019s budget has been cutby 20 percent, causing some groups to worry.The Flatbush Development Corporation isone of the organizations fearing a decrease inthe amount of their contract. %u201cWe%u2019ve alreadybeen informed that we%u2019ll be receiving lessmoney,%u201d Marc Levy, director of housing atFDC says. In past years, the organization hasreceived approximately $130,000 f a itsrehabilitation efforts.%u201cWe value our role as partners with the City, but we%u2019re not sure right now if they arecoordinating their administrative policy tomatch their construction allocations,%u201d hesays. %u201cThe City is giving money for brick andmortar projects, but we depend on the contract money to cover the administrative costsof carrying out these projects.%u201dThe Pratt Area Community Council isanother organization awaiting the Septembercontracts with som e trepidation. %u201cF a sixyears that we%u2019ve been awarded the contract,the amount has basically stayed the sam e,%u201dsays acting Executive Director HortenseBeveridge. %u201cRight now they%u2019re saying theytook a 20 percent cut in their budget so thereis 20 percent less money available and thatmay affect our amount,%u201d she says, addingPACC is hoping to retain the sam e dollaramount as in previous years. 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