simple but unable to find!!!

hi
i have this html page.
when i insert the image, art1.bmp the text goes down leaving a long gap between the image and the text following it.
Waht can be done so that the gap between the image and the text is reduced?
<table width="871" border="0" align="center" height="735">
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    <td width="117" height="807" valign="top">
      <table width="99" border="0">
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            <div id='MenuPos' style='position:relative; width:101px; height:318px; left: 2px; top: 200px;'><img src='../working/imagefolder/transparent.gif' width='110'
     height='314' align="texttop"></div>
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            <div align="center"><a href="http://agweb.okstate.edu/fourh/index.html" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image7','','../working/imagefolder/home2.png',1)"><img name="Image7" border="0" src="../working/imagefolder/home1.png" width="62" height="79"></a></div>
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     <p>&nbsp;</p>
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      <div align="left">
          <p align="left"><div align="center">
                <img src="art1.bmp" alt="4hlogo" ></div><br><font face="Comic Sans MS">
Are you  

                interested in discovering more about 4-H? Eleven and twelve year
                olds are invited to attend "Discovery Unlimited" April 22 & 23
                at Saints Groves Camp in Stillwater and join us as we explore
                what fun trips and activities lay ahead in your 4-H career as
                a teen. </font></p>

              <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">The cost will be approximately $35
                per delegate. Registration includes meals, lodging, a T-shirt,
                educational materials, and entertainment. There must be one adult
                chaperone for every five delegates. The registration fee and RAM/Code
                of Conduct form are due to the county office by March 21, 2005.
                </font></p>
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            <td width="744" height="170" valign="top">
              <p>&nbsp;</p>

                 <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><a href="http://www.swronline.org/saintsgrove/">Saints

                Grove Camp Information</a></font></p>

              <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><a href="Map.pdf">Map of
            </td>
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        </table>
      </div>

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