Buffalo Criterion, 1985-06-05

              wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion qut-of-town _".. vol 60 - no _-;, wednesday june 5-11 1985 niagara region rochester sierra research joins naacp membership shown from left in the photo are thomas a guarinn president of the sierra research division ltv aerospace and defense company fend 1 furl bland representative of the national association for the advancement of colored people's national life membership committee i naacp mr guarino is shown as he presents a check representing 2,500 for corporate membership in the naacp this is the first such membership in the buffalo chapter of the naacp a plaque will be presented to the sierra research division on sunday june 9th as the buffalo branch celebrates its 70th anniversary 4th zone leadership council to host appreciation dinner the fourth zone chair man's leadership council will present its 4th annual community appreciation and awards dinner on friday june 21 at the little harlem hotel 494 michigan avenue at william st the fourth zone which is located in parts of the fallicott and fillmore council districts selects individuals annually who have made outstanding contributions to their com munity or have overcome great odds and made great personal achievements memorial awards will lie presented in memoriam of former fourth zone in spectors and committee members who have pass ed away while serving their community a complete list of the award winners and details will be released when the program is completed for more information contact linda chappell at 855-0582 george campbell is awards chairman theo dore robinson council president ms janet barnes dinner chairman ms linda chappel ticket chairman and moody ugh jr fourth zone chairman gill legislative district citing a need for real progress as opposed to stagnation former erie county legislator minnie gillette announced her candidacy for the third cohesiveness and unity to the district ms gillette pointed to the construction of the city campus of erie com munity college the estab lishment of a day care center at the campus her vote for the retention of the four health centers in the county and the passage of a requirement that 10 percent of the federal monies be set aside for minority con tractors as the highlights of her four-year tenure on the legislature i don't believe the in cumbent can match my record and that's the message i'll be delivering to the voters of our com munity she said ms gillette a mother of three and grandmother of two will seek the repub lican and conservative endorsements and will run as an independent in the september 10th dem ocratic primary erie county legislative district at a press confer ence friday morning at gethsemane baptist church 55 grape st ms gillette who repre sented most of the current third district in the legislature from 1978 to 1981 stated that she would be more than happy to compare her four-year record with that of the incumbent legisla tor barry l robinson id buffalo my tout sears in the legislature were marked by significant accomplish ments for the people of erie county and the city of buffalo she said we achieved an unpre cedented spirit of cooperation between county government and the people of the city mut'h of that spirit has been eroded during the past four years because of unnecessary partisan do litical bickering she added . i want to return a minnie gillette deaconess emergency room changes to immediate treatment center buffalo general hospit al corp officials an nounced today that the deaconess hospital enter gene room located at 1001 humboldt parkway will convert june 28th to an immediate treatment center that will treat minor medical problems awards presented at urban league dinner the annual urban league dinner was held recently at the hyatt hotel special awards were presented to former council president delmar mitchell mr and mrs woodie durham and george frank johnson the guest speaker for the evening was david j kernes president and chief executive office of xerox corp remarks and presentations were made by mayor jimmy griffin erie county commissioner johnny johnson louis berger and urban league president leroy coles shown in the photo are seated mrs woodie dorothy durham and george frank johnson standing from left are commissioner johnny johnson louis berger woody durham delmar mitchell donald w enslin and mayor jimmy griffin mr mitchell received the evans young award mr and mrs woody durham the 1985 family life award and george frank johnson jr received the 1985 youth award this photo shows a small reception which was held for the honorees along with some of the dias guests posing from left are donald w enslin mr berger mr and mrs durham and their son corey mr mitchell darryl dernard who was master of ceremonies mayor griffin and urban league president leroy coles mrs ruth ella shaw buried from shiloh mrs ruth ella shaw was . buried horn first shiloh baptist church 15 ritie a tuesday june 4th the rev timothy l careathers pastor offi ciated mrs shaw the daugh ter of the late william h holland and susie v holland passed away wednesday may 29 1985 ater a short illness she was bom on june 12 1910 in pavilion new york and moved with her family to buffalo in november 1918 mrs shaw attended public school no 32 and graduated in 1926 she was a very active through out the years in various clubs and in bowling she was employed at the harrison radiator in buffalo there she met many friends and was well liked for her friendly smile all of her friends from the general motors corp knew her as a beautiful person always willing to give a helping hand where she was needed mrs shaw is survived by two sisters georgi anna henry pittman and marian e gray a niece audree oscar wood grandnephews cordell wood and rodney shy relll wood a stepdaugh ter barbara king shaw and four grandchildren as well as a host of cousins and friends the 11 alfred lewis mortuary inc was in charge of the remains interment was in forest lawn cemetery don't spend too much time in mourning tears are for the sad 1 left to be with jesus and this should make you glad don't lose the love i gave you feed it with your care grow it with devotion and spread it everywhere — submitted by a friend mrs mamie garrett ruth ella shaw ncba to hold 2nd confab abolishment of poverty for older minorities main goal the buffalo chapter of the national caucus and center of black a aging will hold its second annual conference sat june 15th from 8 a.m to 4 p.m at the buffalo traditional school 450 the national caucus and center of mack aging ncbai is in the forefront in the policy arena on behalf of older blacks the principle goal of the organization is to abolish poverty for older minorities by focusing national attention on the problems and challenges confronting elderly blacks and by monitoring and evaluating policies and actions to improve the living conditions for older americans especially aging blacks the buffalo chapter has organized to support the national chapter in its efforts and to improve the quality of services to the black elderly in this community this conference was planned for the purpose of stimulating interest in forming and recruiting new bremen so that the memers can be a strong viable voice for the minority elderly in this community the program will begin at 8 a.m with registration and coffee from 9 to 10 a.m henry osinski president of the buffalo chapter ncba board of directors will preside over the program the invocation will be given by rev ivery daniels greetings will be given by leßoy jackson past president the president's address will be given by thelma w dial of the buffalo chapter ncba clifford whitman comm of the erie county dept of senior services will intro duce the speaker samuel j simmons national president of the ncba from 10 a.m to 11:15 a.m a panel will discuss the theme is the service delivery system working if not why not edward harris will be the moderator participants will be arthur o eve assembly man of the 141 st district theodora g jackson deputy director of the nys office of aging kirsten li milbrath director of the amherst senior center and clif ford whitman ecdss a question and answer period will be held from 11:15 to 12 p.m lunch will be served from 12 to 1 p.m the speaker for the afternoon session will be anna v brown executive director of the mayor's comm on aging of cleveland ohio she will be introduced by barbara j melbane director of st augustine's robinson seeks more aid for erie county medical center county legislator barry l robinson of buffalo has introduced legislation into the erie county legislature urging the revision of a state law's provision that allows not for-profit hospitals to receive higher reimburse ment for their bad debt and charity care losses than public hospitals such as the erie county medical center robinson said the in equity costs the ecmc some 2 million annually his resolution which will be considered at the county legislature's june 6th meeting urges state lawmakers to revise the state law so that public hospitals are reimbursed at the same rate as not-for profit hospitals the erie county medical center is our region's chief provider of free charity care as the law stands now ecmc is actually being penalized for serving patients re gardless of their ability to oav the law is grossly unfair said robinson prior to 1982 hospitals that provided free charity care and accumulated bad debts were unable to gain reimbursement as a result many hospitals lost money on charity care and bad debts but in 1982 the state enacted legislation creat ing a reimbursement pool that enabled hospitals to recover a portion of the financial losses they sus tained on account of bad debt and charity care they provided the reimbursement pool administered by blue cross and blue shield draws from hospital reim bursement revenues and either collections from self-pay patients and although our erie county medical center contributes to the pool on the same percentage basis as other hospitals do it has not benefitted from it as other hospitals have robinson said his resolution notes that in 1984 only 1.7 million of its 5 million lor 34 bad debts and charity care losses from the pool if new york state applied the reimburse ncba see page 2 robinson see page 31 deaconess hospital see page 7 w serving working leading in wny inner cities _ since 1923 j price only a 20 c per copy