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t) p 1 4CoSmmunityActivist TurnsInto A DeveloperFormer OFift Chair spimo****PNX 01/87PERIODICALS ROOM BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARYg r a n d a r m y p l a z a Jg&yw.!B R 0 0 K L Y M, N Y 11 %u00a3 3 8%u00ab#* T ____ / T T - i . T ____ 1______1 ,_ju u v c / r ic u c vv m i j- jd iiu iiic ii iv.sNew Life For Old Neighborhood ^Montague Street Is MailedSpecial Section Starts Page 13g fe :HOUSEn i u m kUlMftrt w iw vo*, tttfrB 8 ep r rp E N C E ,I rMontgomery AndOwens Win Bigincumbents For State Senate AndCongress Keep Seats, Page 3CB6 HomelessSites Are RejectedAlmost All Of The 24 SitesTossed Out, Page 3Kids Speak Out InCommunity ForumStudents Who Participated inPPEC%u2019s Programs Talk, Page 39PH0 fMXA 'Mary' RompAt The River StagePhoenix Reviewer Ann KoshelGives Her Opinion, Page 8Check Out What'sUp And Comingtvents During the Next WeekSee CenterspreadStudents, T%u00a9a%u00a3herscA$d ParentsSurvive First Daze Of Public SchoolThere are not to o m anychildren w h o are am bivilentabout sch ool. A sk any kidcrossing the street with acrossing guard w atching andyou get som e reaction. W hilesom e kids like sch ool, m ostw ould rather be elsew here.T oes that have been squeezedinto new Buster B row ns wantto run free in Prospect Park,and tresses that have beencurled into place w ant to betwirled in front o f a com icb ook . But on Septem ber 8the Park and the com ics weretraded for another 180 dayso f classroom and historyb ook s. T he P h oen ix spent thefirst day o f sch ool with kidsat I.S . 293 and P .S . 39 togive readers the true flavor o fw hat happens w hen th osenew shoes w alk in the door.Continued on Page 6Some of the faces on opening day at school. (Phoenix/Kirk Photo)mmBY LIZ KOCHWhoa Carl Faszio stepped into his position as thenew supervisor of the Van Brunt Post Office inAugust he already had a wide range of postal experience behind him, including a seven year stint asa letter carrier. This experience, he says, will providehim with the necessary insight to turn around thestate o f affairs at this beleaguered Park Slope station.MI knew the Van Brunt Station had a lot of particular problems/%u2019 Faszio. says, %u201cbut I welcomed thechallenge mid with dedication and hard work andproper facilities, I think we can meet the challenge,%u201dhe says. %u201cThe experience I%u2019ve had will help us in thissituation.%u201dThe 34-year old supervisor has spent 10 years inthe U.S. Postal Service. Over the last three, hegradually moved up through the ranks, serving as asupervisor in the Wiiliamsburgh Station, asuperintendent in the Vanderveer Station and assuperintendent at the Fort Hamilton Station. He isalso currently an instructor in the Supervisor%u2019sContinued on Page 4Carl Faszio, the new supervisor at the Van Brunt Post0 %u00bb M U n |m D o r k C U n a a n lio ln o to o o h a n n in n Ihft rftn u la lln nof the troubled station and improving service for its customers, including speeding up deliveries. (Phoenix/Koch Photo)