Buffalo Criterion, 1984-08-29

              vol 50 — no 36 wednesday august 29 - september 4 1984 out of town 25c wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circula the buffalo criterion rochester hud program aimed at homeownership the department of housing and urban devel opment has announced that it will conduct a public housing homeownership demonstration a nation wide effort that otters the opportunity for low income families currently living in public housing to become owners of their units a preliminary an nouncement of hud's intent to solicit applica tions appeared in the federal register aug 21 hud will publish a request for applications to participate in this demon stration in the federal register in the next two months applications should be mailed approxi mately six weeks later and must be jointly submitted by the public housing authorities local govern ment offices and tenant groups - - - - - - thedemonstration will encourage the develop ment of a wide variety of approaches to the sale of public housing to ten ants hud secretary samuel r pierce jr said it is the department's belief that creative solu tions to various issues associated with those sales can best be developed at the local level by the people most familiar with the particular local solu tion hud launches public housing homeownership demonstration secretary pierce noted that there is no single approach for providing homeownership to low income families anil that the principal objective of hud's demonstration is to assess the various oppor tunities for converting public housing to home ownership one of the most important long-term goals of this department and indeed this administra tion is to encourage homeownership by as many american families as possible secretary pierce said we expect the public housing home ownership demonstration to provide valuable infor mation that will allow the department to develop preferred approaches to the issues involved in the sale of pubhc housing to low-income families hud has established basic eligihil-v . r«t«ii>re ments tor the demonstra tion that include the feasibility and readiness to move tenants to homeown ership within a reasonable period of tune but while the department will evaluate applications and select participants tor the demonstration it will leave m..st issues of eligibility up to individual public housing authori ties local governments and tenant groups cuomo gives boost to grape & wine businesses iovernoi mario m cuomo visited the woodbury winery this month and surrounded by legislative sponsors signed into law several measures to bolster the states grape and wine industries among the bills signed into law were measures to allow sale in grocery stores of wine coolers beverages composed of new york state wine and fruit and carbonation and bills to allow wineries to do more aggressive marketing and sales of their products such as fairs and farmers markets crape growers hailed the governor's signing of the bills as the most important legislation in the 150 years wine grapes have been grown in new york state 4th annual a wards ceremony slated the fourth zone chair man's booster club will present its third annual awards ceremony and reception aug 31 the affair will be held at the king's court upstairs in the variety club room 189 delaware aye from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m personal achievement awards were be presented to johnnie keys who is a buffalo policeman ken neth barney policeman bobby jones fire dept . gary alexander state supreme court aide an drew king monroe coun ty social service reward wright erie county health dept anthony brinson jr park ranger roy hicks salesman am&a men's clothing dept downstairs and george johnson jr busi man's award the story surrounding the forementioned names is that they all came from a public housing project they all played and grew up around the jfk center under the direction of the chairman moody pugh jr keys barney john son jones and alexander came from albert mall king from ellicott mall wright and brinson from commodore perry hous ing special awards will be given to mrs ida hines state commilteeperson of the 141-1 district mrs anne kelly state com mittee person 145 th dis trict ul fourth zone is split between the two assembly districts for their long tenure and service to the commu nity awards will be given to lames mcleod for his legal service to the com munity eugene reed william and jefferson businessmen's assoc weedy children's christ mas party and william burrough organizational award metropolitan democratic club mrs mozelle richardson edu cation president of the buffalo board of education and is n the staff of the con nity action organ ization she was a long time resident of the ellicott mall housing proj ect other awardees were stephen banko who is active with the viet nam veterans organization raul russi community s*»rvi*-tt i^ft'i m^rtjstwt'w.v on the west side mrs anne mac yarbrough senior election inspector in the fourth zone mrs jessie mac anderson senior commitleeperson in the fourth zone william robinson human service and chairman of the neighborhood advis ory board luke brown active with the boy scouts of america and ms natilie vance youngest committee person in the fourth zone memorial awards will be given in memory of anthony brinson sr former 4th zone commit teeman william white former 4th one chair man mrs reatha mc neal former 4th zone < ommittet pels in md mrs geniue white form er 4th zone inspector all of the awardees have had direct dealing or have helped the community in which the fourth one chairman moody pugh jr resides each awardee will receive a certificate or plaque from the chairman international anti-drug efforts — u.s senator alfonse d'amato left and u.s attorney rudolph giuliani meet reporters following their trip from rome where ihey met wiih top level italian officials lo obtain better cooperation in the international war against drugs d'amato indicated that as a result of their meetings indictments of major italian and american drug traffickers are expected within the next 60 days lhanks to increased coordination of efforts d'amato noted this shows how important it is that both governments work together as a team because both of our societies are affected by the illicit use of drugs caribbean ballerina offers workshop former ballerina norma spence of kingston ja maica whose dance his tory spans over 12 years with the royal academy of ballet of london england will guest instruct classical ballet classes from sept 4th to sept tth at the langston hughes insti tute 25 high st rad classes will be offered during her stay in the buffalo and niagara falls area for intermediate and advanced ballet stu dents for more information about schedule and regis tration call the interna tional institute at 883 1900 weekdays between 9 ands p.m or at 884-1573 audilon for dancers will be held on sept 4th and slh at 11 a.m at the langston hughes institute at 25 high st ten dancers will be selected and given a three-week contract to perform with jamaican dancers trom jamaica in a carribean dance contest scheduled for oct 13th at kleinhans music hall interested dancers 18 years or older with a minimum of four years of dance training any dance form , in audition for more information call the international insti tute at 83-1900 week days between ll and 5 p.m or at 884-1573 after _ p m open rehearsals the american legion band of the tonawandas post 264 has scheduled an open rehearsal to be held wed sept 19th at 8 p.m at the post's home main and broad streets in the city of tonawanda anyone who plays a wind or percussion instru ment is invited to attend this rehearsal member ship information will be available for those inter ested in becoming a part of this award-winning en semble a party has also been scheduled following the rehearsal to acquaint new prospective members with the other members if you are interested in attending this rehearsal contact jim scott at 688-8792 or mike nascim ben at 688-0058 for further information bill approved to eliminate bd of education deficite legislation that will provide careful steps to eliminate the buffalo board of education's gen eral fund deficit has been signed into law by gover nor cuomo city comptroller robert e whelan believes that this new law will allow a proper method of deficit reduction to take place this legislation is impor tant to the board of education and the taxpay ers of buffalo by implementing a sound fiscal plan to responsible reduce the deficit over a period of five years the city is able to demonstrate to the financial community that it is capable of dealing with adverse financial conditions which affect the city's credit rating said comptroller w'helan mr w'helan went on to point out the advantages of this legislation by saying the board of education's accumulated deficit would be eliminat ed by june 30 1989 in accordance with govern ment accepted account ing principles g.a.a.p rollovers and other ac counting gimmicks are not permissible in addition this legislation provides relief in the annual amount required to finance prior year expenditures as any surplus years would allow the deficit to be reduced at a more rapid rate in the event of any additional deficits the amounts would lie added to the accumulated total and amortized over the remaining years of this legislation richardson to work in services field air force reserve air man michael richardson son of lawrence richard son of 56 hedley place and mozella m richard son of 74 hedley place both of buffalo has completed air force basic training at lackland air force ht t-«aa during the six weeks at lackland the airman stu died the air force mission organization and customs and received special training in human relations in addition airmen who complete basic training earn credits toward an associate degree through the community college of the air force the airman will now begin on-the-job training in the services field in milwaukee he is a 1978 graduate of hutch technical high school michael richardson organization says thanks the community gospel hour organization inc would like to thank all companies radio stations tv stations and everyone who helped make their day of jubilee a joyous affair for the senior citizens handicapped and the underpriviledged over 3.000 western new yorkers attended the affair class reunion info any school 75 alumni interested in a class reunion contact mary ann roundtree at 854 2925 from 5 p.m to 8 p.m danny person 842 5135 2:30 p.m to 11 p.m or wilbert smith 852-7840 from 10 a.m to 5 p.m pelcznski presented silver plate pictured from left before 500 people honoring general pulaski association of the niagara frontier president matthew w pelczynski for his 50 years of devotion to western new york polonia as editor and publisher of the am-pol last tuesday night for a silver tribute at salvatore's italian gardens in depew n y are . attorney eugene v buczkowski honoree matthew w pelczynski supreme court judge edgar c nemoyer williamsville justice edward a rath jr dennis m rooney president of the buffalo cellular telephone company presenting pelczyn ski silver tribute plate u s congressman henry j nowak florence ciolek of silver tribute committee hon andrew ciolek n y s liquor authority deputy commissioner and honorary chairman of silver tribute master of ceremonies david p rutecki and richard b solecki national vice president for the polish american congress the buffalo telephone company provides reasonably priced cellular mobile portable phone service for all of western new york completes basic training pfc cynthia r haynie daughter of evelyn f haynie of 587 west aye and granddaughter of daisy haynie of 4008 fewell rdl greensboro n c has completed basic training at fort mcclel lan alabama during the training students received instruc tion in drill and cere monies weapons map reading tactics military courtesy military justice first aid and army history and traditions she is a 1975 graduate of northeast guilford high school in mcleans ville north carolina cynthia r haynie f serving working leading in ww inner cities l since 1923 j price only 20 c per cop