Buffalo Criterion, 1984-04-11

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'- a i-i | aassaaal vol 59 — no 16 wednesday april 11-17 19m out of.towt rath to chair daemen dinner the honorable mary lou rath erie county legislator will chair the 10th annual daemen col lege president's dinner to be held on wed may 9th announced dr robert s marshall president of daemen college this gala event will be held in the charles j wick campus center of daemen college 4380 main st in amherst with cocktails served at 6:30 p.m followed by dinner at 7:15 p.m mrs rath is assisted by the honorable john r shearer who will serve as the honoree selections committee chairman mrs rath is the wife of village of williamsville justice edward a rath jr and has been an erie county legislator since 1978 she is a board member of the buffalo better business bureau member of the amherst chamber of commerce arts advisory board member for the university of buffalo board member for the daemen college associates and founding member for the popular amherst lunch and dis cuss program mrs rath has appoint ed the following commit tees menu committee dr robert s marshall monica magner pat sosentino dr thomas jambro and andy jemi son hono.ee selections committee honorable john r shearer dennis rooney richard grant carol cox and edward gibbons table decorations com mittee mary lou rutkow ski and rosaleen maten for further information call dr thomas jambro at 39-3600 extension 212 mary lou rath erie county legislator stephanie berrios passes funer 1 services wi held for su*pb*mtk ftmii sat april 7th fri bethel ame church if michigan aye she wa ~ leader in buffalo's pua rican communitj mr berrios 64 seymour st died tue april 3 19841 in buff general hospital she founded the pue rican cultural commur house 347 swan .' which she operated for years the center brat started in her apartment as a place for the neighborhood youths to drop in to play records dance or talk later with government funding the apartment building was converted into a community center to supplement the cen ter's limited funds mrs kerrios affection ately known as la vieja or ie old lady she earned • uoney for the center's programs by irking as a cook lor st patrick's parish when the funding for stephanie berrios services held for sgt b robinson saturday april 7th funeral services tor brian e robinson 40 were held at 11 a.m from centen nial ame zion methodist church 127 doat st a sergeant in the erie county sheriff's dept sgt robinson died tuesday apr 4 1984 in buffalo general hospi tal sgt robinson was an 11-year veteran of the sheriff's dept he was in harge of the rath county jffice bldg security de ail he also was a nember of the depart lent's special weapons nd tactics team the inderwater recovery am and the district attorney's multi-homi ide task force he was honored with a junty proclamation for esigning the first sher of's department flag he also received several awards including two department commenda tion ribbons and a unit citation sgt robinson was born in white plains and came to buffalo with his parents as an infant he earned a bachelor's degree in criminology at the state sgt brian robinson pastor robert timberlake was guest speaker president william j owens introduced guest speaker pastor robert timberlake executive di rector of the buffalo city mission since 1977 at the tri-zone club meeting wednesday at the casi mer pulaski post pastor bob is also president of the niagara district of the internation al union of gospel mis sions comprising 30 mis sions with a radius of 600 miles he graduated from the new brunswick bible a institute in canada and is a native of the state of maine his first mission assignment was bangla desh asia he was made citizen of the year 1982 by the buffalo news he is married the father of four children he and his wife suzanne reside in the buffalo area pastor timberlake said the city mission was founded in 1917 at the ashford methodist epis copal church on chip pewa and pearl sts marine midland launches small business seminars stressing that marine's goal is to help foster more jobs in the buffalo area regional executive vice president stephen c ames presided over open ing ceremonies marking the first in a series of small business seminars the bank has planned for 1984 on wed apr 4th seventy-five of the more than 250 small business men and women who registered for the mar ine's seminars participat ed in the april program the three-day course oomhmi lfmttlfiia state ment analysis business and profit planning and a number of selected work shops on a variety of specialized topics such as collection techniques legal structures of busi ness sources of financing and accounting for small business according to program coordinator vincent j mancuso vice president of credit administration a number of non-bank instrctors participated in the program the response to our call for assistance was over whelming experts from local firms and agencies such as price waterhouse & co phillips lythle hitchcock blame hub er erie county industrial development agency and the u s small business participated in the pro gram and their expertise lends another dimension to our etforts marine has also initia ted a special assistance program which provides one-on-one counseling to the small business com munity this program is being facilitated through marine's six strategically located district loan cen ters counseling is provided by bank officers familiar with buffalo business and a pool of non-bank finan cial and technical experts who have volunteered to join in marine's plan to stimulate small business growth in western new york in announcing the small business initiatives earlier in the year charles m mitschow regional presi dent noted marine is not alone in its concern for economic development in western new york not do we profess to have the , perfect solution l to con tinued devitalization in the area we are confident however that our focus on small business develop in.-in is the right ares in which to direct our efforts other non-bank partici pants who have volunteer ed to participate in marine's small business workshop panelist mrs eva m doyle adjunct assistant profes sor at the college learning lab/campus west will speak at a workshop to be presented during the ywca conference on racism which will be held at buffalo state college on thursda may 10th mrs doyle will be a member of the panel to address the issue of racism in education the moderator will be dr john dixon principal of the martin luther king jr multi-cultural insti tute other panel members will include dr louis sinatra director of citi zens for quality educa tion and mrs karima amin teacher at the martin luther king insti tute this program is spon sored by the ywca the black educators associa tion along with a number of other organizations eva m.doyle special license plates available to vol firemen erie county clerk gene vieve m starosciak an nounced that the new york state dept of motor vehicles will begin accept ing applications for v f volunteer firemen plates through the special registration section in albany plate series vf-1 though vf-9999 have been assigned for passen ger vehicles and 1-vf 9999-v'f have been assign ed to commercial vehicles the applicant must com plete a form that is available at any one the the three county auto bureaus and forward it along with a letter from the applicant's fire chief attesting to their volunteer status to the special registrater section in albany mrs starosciak's three auto bureau's will be issuing plates 10000 and above for passenger vehicles and plates 10000 vf and above for commer cial plates sometime late in may it's encouraging that the state legislature has agreed to recognize the volunteer fire service as a very special group of citizens a special license plate is a fitting way to acknowledge the impor tant services they provide for the community check presented in memory of willis brown shown in this photo from left are staring harris and thomas c brown co-chairmen of a bene in mat was recently held for a golden heritage membership i,ooo in the naacp in memory of the late willis brown they present a check for the membership to j carl bland of the naacp looking on is mrs jenny brown wife of the late mr brown a plaque will be presented to mrs brown at the naacp's annual dinner june 10th n.y.s attorney general to address fair housing group abrams to keynote home meeting today housing oppor tunities made equal home announced that new york attorney gen eral robert abrams will be the keynote speaker at home's 21st annual meeting scheduled for april 26th at the tralfam adore cafe home is a not-for-profit organization which seeks to remove barriers preventing equal opportunity in housing in western new york mr abrams was elected attorney general in 1978 , serving as a state ] assemblyman and bronx borough president mr abrams tenure as attorn ey general has been marked by substantial work in the areas of consumer frauds civil rights and environmental protection in his remarks on april 26th mr abrams will focus on civil rights and fair housing initiatives undertaken by his office the general public is invited to attend for .. more i mstssswli ■ mawta home at 881-5973 hyman voices support for fair housing housing and urban development secretary samuel r pierce jr has announced the release of a fair housing public service announcement by phyllis hyman to be televised in the greater new york metropolitan area prior to being released nationally phyllis hyman star of broadway's sophisti cated ladies and na tionally-acclaimed record ing artist donated her time and talent as part of a national campaign of public/private partner ships for fair housing in the public service announcement ms hy man encourages persons who have been discrimina ted against in the sale or rental of housing to let hud know today complaints from victims of discriminatory housing practices should be report ed to the secretary's housing discrimination hotline on 1-800-424-8590 a toll-free number the number is staffed by hud personnel in washington d c and operates seven days a week recently selected by secretary pierce to be chairperson of celebri ties for fair housing ms hyman will also coordinate the activities of other well-known person alities who share her support for fair housing phyllis hyman medicare bill gets backing from local senior council the council of senior citizen clubs of buffalo and erie county inc fervently supports the endorsement of the medi care solvency and health care cost control act h r 4870 recently intro duced by senator edward kennedy d-ma and rep richard gephardt id-mo according to sen ken nedy and rep gephardt the medicare solvency and health care cost control act would render medi care solvent between 1985 and 2005 as a result of system wide cost savings and and will give the program a new surplus of 29 billion by 2005 for the same period non-gov ernment health savings would be approximately 2.4 trillion the national council of senior citizens affiliated groups across the country are currently working on strategies to ensure pass age of lis important bill william j owens is communications chair man for the council of senior citizen clubs luncheon seminars to be hosted by 100 black women the coalition of 100 black women presents the money game this series of luncheon , seminars will be held at the tralfamadore 100 theatre place in down town buffalo on april 24th dolores mccarley vice president of consulting projects resources planning asso ciates will discuss assessing your net worth and on may ist june w hoeflich busi ness sales officer mat trust co will discuss credit abilty these noontime semi nars were designed to provide useful information for the busy person to help them to keep more of what they earn to help them to make more of what they keep and to keep them from feeling poor in paradise for advance registration and information contact the coalition of 100 black women p.o box 300 ellicott station buffalo 14204 or call 856-0363 funeral ftc to enforce new funeral industry rule william j owens com munication's chairman for the council of senior citizen clubs of buffalo and erie county inc announces that a ten-year struggle for consumer protection for people arranging funerals ended in a victory last month when the federal trade commission ruled on funeral industry practices passed both houses of congress without a legis lative veto the long overdue and badly needed funeral rule will give bereaved families the right to choose only those goods and services they want and can afford by requiring funeral direc tors to provide itemized price lists and to give price information on the phone when requested the ftc rule will also clamp down on deceptive and misleading sales prac tices prevalent in the industry funeral direc tors will be required to disclose thai embalming is not ordinarily required by law that a casket is not required for cremation and that sealed caskets will not preserve the body indefinitely ftc enforcement of the rule is expected to begin by the end of this year new york state since 1969 had a funeral rule law covering the cost of death cheese & wine sip planned the committee to elect catherine collins to the buffalo board of educa tion will hold a wine and cheese sip this fund raiser will be held on friday april 20th from 5:30 to 7.30 p.m at ceasar's lamp lite lounge 1417 genesee st the donation is 8.00 robert timberlake see page 71 robinson see page 2 marine midland see page 7 berrios see page 7j serving working leading in wny inner cities since 192,3 - a i price only 20 c per copy