Buffalo Criterion, 1985-05-15

              wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion niagara region rochester vol 60 - no 20 wednesday may 21.1985 . out-of-town 5c state targets 95 mil to wny gov'ts package to provide additional relief governor mario m cuomo has announced that municipal and county governments throughout western new york will receive an estimated total of 95 million in the 1985-86 fiscal year as part of a state local aid package that combines state revenue sharing aid with special city town and village aid the aid package going to the counties of cattar augus chautauqua erie niagara and wyoming presents an increase of 7.2 million over last year statewide the two-year program passed in the new budget will provide addi tional fiscal relief totaling 69 million in the first year and 126 million in the second year this legislation incor experienced population or increased demands for services at the same time it protects those localities that have suffer ed declining populations and have stagnant or very low growing tax bases in addition to authoriz ing a two-year increase in aid the package provides certainly for local govern ment budgets by making special city town village aid a permanent program since it was first enacted in 1981 localities have come to depend on this aid as an ongoing revenue source to help fund essen tial public services such as providing police and fire protection the governor said porates several key re forms advanced in my executive budget gov cuomo aaid . t*h*a - bill m-_n th resources avail able to provide additional aid to localities that have the new needs-das ed general purpose local aid program established by the legislation will provide 38.8 million in 1985-86 and 70 million in lom-&tr all !**• til 1 wt receive fiscal relief under this two-year program home improvement industry co-sponsors contract/complaint seminar the home improvement industry council of the buffalo area chamber of commerce in cooperation with the better business bureau will co-sponsor an informational seminar dealing with contracts and complaints wed may 22 beginning at 7:30 p.m in the holiday inn on din gens st a panel of experts from the better business bur eau and the ethics com mittee of the home im provement industry coun cil will act as gorup leaders the 5.00 registration fee includes beer pop and snacks for additional information or to make reservations contact joanie pawlowski at 849 6670 legislative committee approves robinson's training program county legislator barry l robinson has reported that the county legisla ture's social services committee has unani mously approved his leg islation which calls for the establishment of a compu ter training program for public assistance recipi ents the job training pro gram proposed by legis lator robinson is modeled after a highly successful project now being admin istered in the state of new jersey the training program i've proposed stands apart from other programs of its kind in that it trains social services clients for relatively high paying positions in the computer fields the starting salary for computer repair jobs for example range from 16,000 to 24,000 a year said robinson he continued the program will not only be geared to training clients in computer repair but also in computer opera tions the course would be offered free of charge to interested social services clients and would be administered by the city campus of erie commu nity college i've met with college officials about my training project and they've expressed strong support for it i've been advised by them that the county's cost of implementing this computer training project would be just 8,000 because county dollars would be matched or greatly supplemented by state funding mr robinson noted that he is now working with county officials to get the necessary county funding for the computer training project it is my hope that such funding can be incorporat ed into the erie commu nity college budget which will be voted upon shortly by the county legislature i'd like to see this computer training project operational by septem ber concluded robin son dennard to be lauded a buffalo state college alumnus has received the 10th state university of new york special pro grams distinguished alumni award darryl w dennard a 1981 graduate and now morning news anchor with wgrz-tv was chosen by the suny office of special programs in albany as one of two honored for distinguished work in his profession after graduating from bsc with a bachelor of arts degree in broadcasting the new york city native firmly planted his roots in buffalo he is a member of the boards of directors of the buffalo urban league and el museo francisco oiler v diego rivera and president of the board for the sounds and echoes dance troupe professionally dennard has progressed with wg-.z-tv from assistant field reporter to news anchor in two years meanwhile he also hosted job fair a three minute job listing which follows the noon news and produced wrote and hosted buffalo up close a weekly half hour news/public affairs magazine program among his technical assignments dennard has been a floor director for daily newscasts national telethons and various locally produced pro grams he is also qualified to operate all major studio cameras the honors bestowed on him include selection by the national junior cham ber of commerce as an outstanding young man in america the muscular dystrophy special award and a media award from the ellicott district coali tion of agencies your thoughts about america by mark e o'riley columnist mark e o'riley seeks from elected officials their opinions on the situation in southern africa here is an answer from masten district council man david collins dear mr o'riley during the past several decades there have been rude awakenings regarding conditions in africa that involve the welfare and safety of our brothers and sisters in the homeland most recently weather conditions which have precipi tated draughts and famines in many parts of africa have served to cloud the issues regarding those countries influ enced apartheid government i believe that it is imparative that we separate the two and be very clear on the conditions existing there the south african government which boast of 16 million blacks and four million whites have an iron clad racist government designed to oppress the masses of black people these conditions for black africans are worsened by the action demonstrated by the government of the united states it is for these reasons that we must begin to look in our backyard do the necessary house cleaning and then begin to deal with problems of our brothers and sisters in africa the / imperalistic and capitalistic influence of the united states are powerful enough to economically cripple the south african government therefore continued efforts must be mdc to fucu9 attention on the policies of this country's government and its businesses that invest in south africa the mere existence of the foregoing is dreadful the lip service given to the proposition of equality of opportunity for all people of our government is contradicting by its actions in its foreign policy as it relates to south africa at the same time there are hundreds of thousands of persons starving to death in certain parts of africa because of a devastating draught there has been an outpouring of conscious jogging by many ■ people in this country to assist in massive african relief attempt however noble these attmpts are it is important they also be certain that resources tood money medical sup plies clothing etc are getting to the appropriate persons it is not unusual that scavengers tend to take advantage of these attempts at the expense of those who are deserving nevertheless it is more and more pertinent that we black people in america and other good-hearted ameri cans take up the charge of assisting our brothers and sisters who are dying in africa for reasons beyond their control a local effort in this regard is coordinated through the western new york council on african relief whose main headquarters is the institute for peoples enterprise 1687 main street persons wishing to participate can join with this effort each thursday at 5 p.m under the direction of william gaiter — david a collins masten district council member mrs quintella williams jasper buried from st philip's a mass of christian burial was held for quin tella williams jasper on tuesday april 30 at st philip's episcopal church mrs jasper was the daughter of the late thomas and quintella wil liams and was born in 1914 she graduated from hutchinson central high school while in high school she received honors for sewing and was a winner of the decathlon as a member of st philip's church she had been active in the episco pal church women was a sunday school teacher and an adult leader for the episcopal youth fellow ship she had been active in faith alive and was given the bishop's distin guished service award mrs jasper was also a member of the full gospel fellowship businessmen's association p.t.l club was a staff member at 1490 senior citizens en terprise where she was a sewing instructor she was a member of the 1490 choir in 1976 mrs jasper was named grandmother of the year ' in erie county her survivors are three brothers messiah wil liams dallas williams and stanley williams a sister ruth askia four children william rey nolds bruce reynolds quintella backey and maria legg ten grand children and one great grandchild and a most devoted friend franklin king her brother stanley wrote the night life column id the criterion from 1935 to 1942 area youth travel to nation's capitol in this photo congressman henry nowak is shown fifth from left in the center row along with the concert band from the futures academy 295 carlton st during a break in their performance congressman henry j nowak d buffalo greeted two buffalo public school delegates during their recent visit to the capitol in washington d c the con gressman is pictured second from right with a group from the dr martin luther king jr school 487 high st minority medical students win scholarships nine minority students from the state university at buffalo school of medicine are recipients of nine scholarships totaling 10,000 guillermo walters re ceived the josephine h orton scholarship of 1,000 maritza cotto a native of puerto rico was award ed the james wadell memorial fund tot ling 2,000 lloyd brown a native of the west indies received the walter s goodale scholarship for 1,000 belayenh befekadu a native of ethiopia was awarded the james cum mings scholarship for 1,000 timothy mcdaniel re ceived the almon h cooke scholarship for 1,000 becky watford was awarded the james h cummings scholarship for 2,000 lionel williams re eived the josephine h orton scholarship for the amount of 500 kirn dobson received the josephine h orton scholarship for 500 selwyn adams also re ceived the josephine h orton scholarship for 1,000 red cross memorial day run planned the american red cross greater buffalo chapter will kick off its fifth annual memorial day run at 9 a.m on may 27th the run will cover a four mile course around buffalo chapter headquarters at 786 dela ware aye and should prove to be fun for all the run is open to people of all ages and this year it is open to corporate team entries as well trophies will be awarded for males and females placing first • second and third to each age category there will be a separate trophy awarded to the team placing first pre-registration fee is 6 for single runners team runners must each pay the 6 plus an extra 1 per member all pre registration fees and forms must be paid by thurs may 23rd runners wishing to register after this date may do so at 7 . m the day of the race at a cost of 7.00 all proceeds from the race will benefit red cross youth leadership devel opment programs for more information call the red cross at 886-7500 f serving working leading in wny inner cities uince 1923 r price only 20 c per copy