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They March to Support a Nuclear FreezeH o | * r s f i* *. rsr %u25a0 B | %u00a3 y | %u00a7 ^From all over the Dorough, advocates and activists of arms control between the United States and the Soviet Union converged on St. Ann's Church, June 7, for th e ir fo u rth a n n u a l Brooklyn Nuclear Freeze W alkathon. The walk began on the corner of M ontague and Clinton and was follow %u00aded by a rally at 1:30 o p %u00adposite the Polytechnic Institute on Jay Street.Am ong the speakers were Marshall Spatz and Rusty Eisenburg. Others also spoke out for a freeze on the testing, production and deploym ent of nuclear weapons. (Phoenix/Pearson Photos)Good Music and Cheer at Civic Council%u2019s Awards EventBY ROB TAYLORThere was good music and good cheer filling the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music onthe evening of June 5 when the eighth annualPark Slope Civic Council Awards Ceremonywas held honoring both area residentsresponsible for the revival of this communityand arts and social service programs thathave been of benefit to its residents.This year, the council also presented itsfirst Student Scholarship in the Arts Award toa 13 year-old pianist, Simone Dinnerstein,after she performed a recital for the assembled guests.Each year, the council raises money for anassortment of activities that includes programs at shelters for indigent people atjunior high schools, at theater groups, and atcounseling centers. Each grant recipient isasked to attend the meeting and report on theproject for which the money was used.The highlight of the ceremony was Dinnerstein%u2019s performance of Schumann%u2019s%u201cKinderscenen.%u201d The young musician saidshe began playing the piano when she wasage seven. %u201cI don%u2019t know why, but I alwayswanted to play. Neither of my parents playedthe piano and we never went to concerts orheard a piano at home,%u201d said Dinnerstein,who now practices two to three hours dailyand spends her Saturdays at the ManhattanSchool of Music where she is a student. Whileshe considers Mozart her favorite composer,she chose to perform a set of compositionsreflecting on childhood by Schumann for thecouncil.Dinnerstein stroked the keys, keeping herbody erect while moving her hear, with amusician%u2019s enthusiasm throughout the13-movement piece. As an encore, she performed Gershwin s Prelude #2. Following thenorfnrmanfe ninnerstein was nresented X--- %u00bbwith a $500 award, which she says will helpfinance her participation in the TanglewoodInstitute%u2019s Young Artists Piano Program thissummer.The ceremony also honors communityresidents with the %u201cGeorge Ix>vgrenMemorial Awards%u201d for professional andvoluntary contributions to the Park Slopeneighborhood. The awards, named for longtime Park Slope resident and former president of the council, the late George Lovgren,were presented to John Duda, the director ofCamp Friendship and Clem Labine andPatricia Poore, publisher and editor of themonthly Old House Journal, for their professional contributions and Everett Ortner, abrownstone activist and neighborhoodhistorian, for his volunteer service.Camp Friendship, an extra-curricular activities program for children, is in the midstof a fund-raising drive to create a permanenthome for itself. Duda said the programstarted in 1980 with $300 and this year hasreached $300,000.Clem Labine, who accepted the award forhimself and his wife, Patricia Poore, said itwas Ortner who should be given much of thecredit for the award because he convincedthe couple to buy a brownstone in 1967. %u201cThe10 years of renovation work is what led to theOld House Journal,%u201d Labine said.Ortner has spent many years promotingPark Slope. He said he came to theneighborhood when it was %u201cPretty shabby.%u201d%u201cMy message is that you promote an oldneighborhood so that people can be enrichedby their own architectural heritage,%u201d he said.Grant reports were heard from individualsrepresenting the recipients. A gentlemanwho called himself the Thursday eveningdishwasher, talked at length about the dinners, overnight shelter and shower facilitiesat Christian Help in Park Slope (CHIPS)which had received a $250 award. The NewTheatre of Brooklyn also received $250 whichwas used to subsidize tickets for students atJohn Jay High School. The 50 tickets, whichnormally cost $8 were provided to thestudents for $3.The Gallery Players of Park Slope wereprovided with $250 to purchase a new speakersystem for their theater productions. TheCouncil also gave $300 to the Park Slope Artists Council which is being used for thegroup%u2019s exhibition at the Federal Plaza inManhattan. The PTA at P.S. 39 was given$400 that went toward dance classes for theschool%u2019s students.Project Reach Youth received a $200 grantthat went to the after school Creative Learning Center. The money was used to buy booksfor parents of the children in the program.Brooklyn Women Anti-Rape Exchange is using their $250 grant to help publicize thecounseling services provided to rape victimsand children who have been sexuallyassaulted.The annual meeting also marks the changing of the council%u2019s executive board. Lastyear%u2019s president, Richard Guay, was replaced by James Ryan. In his comments at theend of the ceremony, Ryan said that he intends to discuss the problems affectinghomeless individuals during his tenure in office.The Park Slope Civic Council board oftrustees meets monthly, the first Thursday ofeach month at the Old Reformed Church at7th Ave. and Carroll St. There will, however,be no July meeting.Newly-elected Civic Council President James Ryan congratulates departing Presi dent Richard Guay Above. Sim one Din nerstein at the piano. Right. Everett Ortner received the \Award\(Phoenix/Tavlor Photos)June 12. 1986. THE PHOENIX. Page 3