Daily News from New York, New York • 280

IP "Jl'i-- i FOND POND MEMORIES: Sylvia Solomon points to Tilly Park's Goose Pond, where she remembers learning to ice skate in her youth. The pond is now overrun with algae, and a plan to clean it up is in the works. heiayne seidman 'sreff QDDgOtng 3) flDQDDDdfl (eooi) By KATHLEEN SAMPEY My News Stan Wntef Cliivanis dub benefit race P-n QUEENS brooklyn The Kiwanis Club of Woodside is again raising money for worthy neighborhood causes by holding its annual 5-mile race for runners and wheelchair racers. The event is scheduled for Sunday. Applications are available at all Queens branches of Chemical Bank, which is a co-sponsor of the race.

The money raised by the event helps to fund a variety of projects, including scholarships for Wood-side students, a drug and alcohol The glass bottle, thrown high in the air, arched slightly and then plummeted with a mulTled splash into the middle of the stagnant pond. The teenager who threw.it, an 18-year-old student at nearby Jamaica High School who was on his lunch break, slid off a park bench and walked hurriedly back to class. When questioned about why he contributed to the litter already in the pond, he shruRged and answered, "I been coming to this park three years and never seen it cleaned." That's about to change. City Councilman Morton Povman (D-Queens) recently secured a half million dollars from the capital budget to clean up Goose Pond, the main attraction at Captain George II. Tilly Memorial Park in Jamaica Hills.

Beginning in February, the Parks Department will take water samples, develop a renovation plan, and collect contracting bids to renovate the pond. By spring of 1995, underground pipes will be installed to aerate the water, according to Jeff Gottlieb, Povman's spokesman. this big," she said, holding each index finger about an inch apart They always threw the tiny fish back, she said. Algae is a problem About a month ago, similar-sized fish dead from lack of oxygen in the water were found floating on the pond's algae-slicked surface. The algae is the main problem, despite a solar-powered aeration station installed in the pond's center two months ago.

Solomon pointed to the still surface, lime-green and as thick as melted crayon. Algae chokes out sunlight and makes the water stagnant, which in turn, cuts down the oxygen supply. Fish die, duckweed sprouts, and passersby seem unable to ignore the temptation to discard litter into the pond, watching it stand on top of the surface as if frozen in green lava. "Somebody once said they should pave it over and make a ballfield," said Harold Liebman, a Parks Department worker in charge of Tilly Park. Frowning, he continued, "The pond is valuable in that there's not many places like this in any of the boroughs." Solomon agreed.

The pond's importance can be summed up in two words, she said: "It's green." The area has lost many of its older trees to development or disease, she said, and though young trees have been planted recently, "their presence won't be felt for another 30 years." Discouraging litter is aim Liebman often goes out on the pond dressed in fisherman's waders. He paddles around in a small rowboat, casting his net to collect debris. The Jamaica Hill Community Association has also conducted several cleanups over the years. The last Qne yielded items ranging from pantyhose to Shop a Located at 166th St and Highland the park was named for Tilly, a Jamaica resident born in 1863 who died in military action in the Philippines in 1899. His father, a Civil War veteran and Queens County landowner, donated the acreage to the Highland Park Society in 1908, when it was called Upland Park.

In 1935, the park was renamed for the younger Tilly. Stones cast into pond For many years, Jewish residents of the area have cast symbolic stones into Goose Pond during the high holy days. "I learned to ice skate here," said Sylvia Solomon, smiling fondly during a recent stroll around the pond. "This is what Jamaica was rural. It looked like part of the country." Solomon, president of the Jamaica Hill Community Association, has lived in the area for most of her 75 years.

Her fondest memories of Goose Pond include taking her two sons fishing there when they were small. abuseprevention program, food programs for the needy, and the Woodside Volunteer Ambulance Corps. For details, call (718) 651-9696. Youths lend a hand Elmhurst residents who have noticed newly painted curbs by fire hydrants in the neighborhood can thank some local youths and the Elmhurst Lions Club. The club donated paint brushes, rollers and other equipment to enable 10 youths from the 110th Precinct Law Enforcement Explorers Club to spruce up the yellow curbs near fire hydrants.

The paint was provided by the Fire Department The young people, who did the painting Monday, were supervised by Youth Officer Tom Fahey and Monday, Oct. 18 Community Board 7 will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Bowne St. Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Flushing. Tuesday, Oct.

19 Community Board 1 will meet at 7 p.m. at Astoria Manor, 25-22 Astoria Astoria. Wednesday, Oct. 20 Community Board 8 will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 213, Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Kew Gardens.

Community Board 12 wilt meet at 7 p.m. at the Family Life Center, 172-17 Linden St. Albans. Community Affairs Officer Xuz So-i lares of the fimhPfecmctrs 5.