Buffalo Criterion, 1985-02-13

              rochester niagara region wednesday february 13-19 1385 wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion - in ff lie |- rr m vol 60 - no 7 . . i.l.ll—ss—sawiiiiiiaiisii aisi i .. . out-of-tosi j - - i —-| , !-| , langston hughes celebrates deed day after a five-year struggle to secure the ownership of the building which houses the langston hughes institute at 25 high st has finally ended on a happy note when last last week a ribbon cutting ceremony and deed day ceremony was celebrated many friends and elected officials were on hand to help celebrate this event sown in the photo on the first row from left are david l echols executive director barry robinson county legislator clifford bell councilman-at large darid conrna hasten district councilman ora lee lewis executive director of the langston hughes institute earlene collier past board member john winston past vice president joseph white board treasure joel giambra councilman and samuel herbert standing on second row from left are norman bakas councilman james pitts majority leader and ellicott councilman shiela trczenka past board member dr frank brown past building acquisition chairman rev bennett smith st john's baptist church joseph freeman board member station w{*w and robert johnson board member aka chapter to observe founder's day alpha kappa alpha sorority xi epilon omega chapter will celebrate their founder's day with an awards luncheon on sunday february 24th at the heartstone manor 333 dick rd at 1:30 p.m the guest speaker will be patricia russell esq lecturer public speaker and president of patricia a russell consultants of san antonio texas she is the former chief complaints branch mass media bureau federal communications com mission of wash ington d c and the past supreme paralimentarian of alpha kappa alpha sorority awards will be pre sented representing alpha kappa alpha national foci the awards will be for life-long learning - mr claude clapp deputy superintendent and mrs ouida clapp director of language arts for c the buffalo public schools the health awards - niagara frontier associa tion for social cell di sease inc - mrs bar'-a nevergold president the black family - t**e edward billips family the scholarship award - the buffalo negro scho larship foundation dr george blackman president and co-founder the arts awards - mr james pappas assistant professor of the african american studies dept suny at buffalo the leadership award - buffalo area engineering awareness for minority be.a.m mr donald ' white president and founder assault on illiter acy wivb-channel 4 mr les arries president mrs louise mccoullum is chapter president mrs lois johnson is chair person and mrs ruth cathey is publicity chair person more than two-thirds of au stralia is desert making it the world's most arid continent starosciak elected erie county clerk geneivieve m jane star osciak has been elected first vice-chairman of the new york state democra tic committee at a meet ing in albany among the duties of her office will be representing the state party organiza tion on the democratic national committee she recently attended a meet ing of the national group in washington d c in her new capacity mrs starosciak is second in command at the state committee helm to laurance f kirwan of rochester who was chosen by gov mario m cuomo as his candidate for the chairmanship now in her fourth term -*• erie county clerk mrs starosciak was first elected to that office in 1974 prior to that she was a two-term erie county legislator repre senting the ninth district she is also a former capital hudgei coordinator for the city of buffalo she served as a member of the canisius college beard of trustees the erie community advisory board and the daemen college presi dent's scholarship com mittee mrs starosciak is a member of many civic -..- ganizations and the recipi ent of numerous awards and citations for her accomplishments she is married to joseph a starosciak the couple have two children joseph a jr of syracuse and mary jane emy of eggertsville the missing child network has good results one-third of the children seen on the missing children network on wivb-tv have been located and recovered according to don prijatel president of prijatel productions and producer of the missing children network during the first 38 weeks of broadcast 109 children have been recov ered of the 342 broadcast that 32 prijatel says the previous recovery rate estimated by private and government agencies have been in the 5 to 15 range of the 109 recovered children 22 were located with the help of leads from missing children network mar kets like buffalo through calls to the network hot line over 1,800 n.-srents of missing children have called the missing chil dren network hot line for help they were referred to network subscribing location organizations these referrals have re sulted in a record number of registrations with lo cation organizations the missing children network hot line is 1-800-235 3535 pictures on the missing children network can be seen on wivb-tv chan nel 4 on friday saturday and sunday's news 4 buffalo pictures are also on display in our lobby and at all mcdonald rest aurants in western new york and bradford pa cotton club opening reset buffalo's newest night club the cotton club will have its grand opening on thursday feb 28th originally scheduled for a january 30th christening club owners postponed because of the severe weather conditions the cotton club located at 2609 bailey aye in the kensington bailey area of buffalo will offer local and national known performers in a wide variety of musical styles nancy wilson the inter nationally-acclaimed pops and jazz vocalist will be the featured artist for the thursday feb 28th gala opening to continue thru sun mar 3 two shows will be held nightly at 8:30 p.m and 11:30 p.m there will be no 11:30 p.m show on sunday mar 3rd following ms wilson grammy award-winning singer billy paul will perform from march 6th through sat mar 9th ramsey lewis the popu lar jazz pianist will perform with his trio from wed mar 13th thru sat mar 16th finally the r & b performers harold melvin and the blue notes will sing from wed mar 20th through sat mar 23 all shows are at 8:30 p.m and 11:30 p.m nightly regularly scheduled performers will be an nounced in the near future nancy wilson robinson seeks tax relief for blast neighborhood taxpayers county legislator barry l robinson id-buffalo said friday that he will push for legislative approval of his resolution asking the county to provide tax relief to owners of buildings that were demolished as a result of thedecember 27 1983 propane gas ex plosion that killed seven persons and leveled an east side neighborhood the blast which occurr ed when an illegally-stored propane gas tank was being moved killed seven injured 26 firefighters and 69 others the blast also destroyed 14 buildings and badly damaged 80 others all together 36 buildings were demolished either by the blast itself or disaster cleanup efforts by the city of buffalo which commit ted 1.8 million in block grant funds to blast victims now we have a situation where the owners of these 36 buildings are receiving their 1985 county property tax bills which are based on assessments made when they had buildings on their lands now we're going to make these people pay taxes on buildings that no longer exist they've been trhough too much of that their neighborhood was decimated many of their loved ones were in jured and killed and their lives were literally left in ruins robinson said robinson's resolution which is under considera tion by the legislature's finance and management committee asks the coun'v to invest two possibilities for providing tax relief to the jt'tced owners one way would be to just forego the taxes not demand their collection the other is to secure a cash grant that would make up to these owners the difference between the tax assessed on theit property when it contained a building and the tax assessed on it after the building was gone said robinson he said the cash grant would not exceed 3,556 or the difference between the 36 owners total assess ments just on the land itself we're asking the county's real property division to tell us which of these alternatives would be more feasible so we can act on this as soon as possible said robinson abrams warns consumers of deals of a lifetime although the temptation may be great to make a quick dollar during these tough economic times altorrey general robert ahrarr trges new york families t > be wary of unscrupulous strangers of fering deals which promise quick profits and high returns on investments consumers ex periencing problems with investment fraud or those having complaints in the areas of mail order re funds abusive debt col lection practices or other consumer problems should be aware of attorney general robert abrams consumer outreach pro gram which meets as follows buffalo - 3rd thursday 1490 senior citizen cen ter 2:00 p.m 1490 jefferson aye the next scheduled visit will be thursday feb 21 at which time assistant attorney general veronica thomas will be on hand to discuss and offer advice on varied consumer com plaints attorney general abrams warns consumers to look out for the following never make an invest ment based solely on a stranger's phone call be skeptical when sales people call or when un solicited sales literature arrives in the mail don't be persuaded to make speedy commit ments or send money before carefully evaluating the investment be careful of statements such as you're getting in on the ground floor this is an opportunity you can't afford to miss or i've got insideinforma tion abrams said insist that all offers be in writing and that dealers provide financial statements and background on their com pany and its principals there is reason to be suspicious when com panies refuse to send this information if a deal looks too good to be true it usually is the outreach program is conducted monthly as a service of the attorney of new york state deacon leo w seymour to be honored on friday march 8 at the kensington place 377 kensington aye the church school of the faith baptist church will honor deacon leo w seymour in an appreciation dinner for his 50 years of service to the cause of christ the dinner will be held at 7 p.m the donation is 13.00 per person or 25.00 per couple church women united to hold world day prayer friday march 1st many area churches will be open on friday march 1 at various times to celebrate world day of prayer this year's service peace through prayer and action was written by christian women in india everyone is called to be in prayer for peace and to actively becomepeace makers world day of prayer offerings make possible the intercontinental grants for programs to support the empowerment of women human rights justice and peace nation ally and internationally below is a partial list of church services so that those concerned may find a service that is suitable for them urban ii central park 10 a.m good shepherd episcopal church down town 10:30 a.m dela ware avenue baptist baptist kensington i 1 p.m st james roman catholic kensington 11 7:30 p.m university u methodist urban iii cleveland dr 7:30 p.m cleveland heights christian ken more 7:30 p.m deer hurst presbyterian and st amelia roman catholic west side 1 p.m first presbyterian and black rock-riverside 1 p.m st johns united church of christ urban iv broadway 1 p.m st agnes roman catholic cherry 7 p.m first shiloh baptist jeff humboldt 7:30 p.m christian methodist epis copal seneca-southside cazenovia 1 p.m seneca st united methodist and lackawanna 7 p.m first baptist church serving * working leading in ww inner cities since 1923 *- **! price only 20 per cop