Buffalo Criterion, 1983-09-14

              rochester the buffalo criterion niagara region vol 58 - no 38 mmmwaaaw^tmrnaetsemmmmmmmm out of town 25c wednesday september 14-20 1983 l hughes banquet set several to be lauded hayes to keynote will be the keynote guest speaker for the langston hughes institute's 12th annual arts award ban quet on sat sept 24th at 6:30 p.m the theme will be learn to compete ms hayes was recently appointed as employment security superintendent for the buffalo district of the n y s department of labor job service divi sion she is responsible for management of 208 employees and for job services operations in erie niagara chaut qua and cattaraugus counties her 16 years of work experience with the labor dept also includes exten sive background in voca tional counseling test research training pro gram development and evaluation she worked in new york city and albany before relocating to buf falo in 1975 as deputy superintendent ms hayes holds a ba degree from hunter col lege and a masters degree in vocational counseling and personnel administra tion from new york university tickets for the banquet and 3rd annual arts award may be ordered by calling 881-3266 for this gala affair which will be held at the 25 high st facility will be decorated and catered in the most elegant manner mrs ora lee lewis is executive director of the langston hughes insti tute reginal wayne wash ington was born in east lyme conn and reared by matthew and louise bell now deceased whose christian influence planted the seed of truth in his early years he received his early education in church and public school in hartford conn he was baptized into the faith s.d.a church in 1966 by eld lloyd wilson pastor washington was very ac tive in many palces of the church program in 1972 he married the former makeria k mar tin from jamaica west indies a master of science nursing degree graduate of russell sage college they are the parents of two children reggie jr and regina presently pastor wash ington is the pastor of emmanuel temple seven th day adventist church in buffalo for the past 3 years he serves on the execu tive board and many other community boards kariamu welsh asante is the artistic director of the center for positive thought inc and resi dent choreographer for the school of movement and kariamu & co a native of new york city she moved to buffalo to attend the state univer sity of new york al buffalo where she obtain ed her m.a as a founder of the buffalo black dance workshop she establish ed a professional dance company that toured and performed throughout the eastern u s she is considered one of the most profilic choreo graphers in comtemporary america and has received two creative artists public service choreography awards a national en dowment for the arts choreography fellowship and twice participated in the prestigious clark cen ter tor the performing arts new choreographers con cert bro ted johnson is a graduate of buffalo's east high school he is also a graduate of bryant strat ton business institute as an assistant analyst in 1969 from 1970 through 19*0 he attended vtirt colleges such as canisius college buffalo state university of buffalo the sheriff's academy broadcasting school and erie community technical institute mr johnson is the founder and executive of the love train organiza tion inc and has served as a board member of various community organi zations and has in his possession some 50 to 60 outstanding service and community awards which includes the proclamation from both the city and county declaring a day in his honor mr johnson bro ted is a family man and a lover of people cecil stepp a native buffalonian well known at the graphic arts educator and businessman he is a graduate of bryant & stratton business institute with an a.d.s degree in commercial art . 8.9 degree from 1 ci lege in liberal studies and is presently pursuing his m.s degree in arts at the state university college at buffalo he has also studied art education at daemen college he is an instructor at erie commu nity college at erie com munity college city cam pus in art/drawing and design fundamentals mr step has produced numerous works of graphic arts from his private business he has lectured and given demon strations and exhibitions at area colleges and universities cephus y agbemenu a sculptor and lecturer comes to buffalo from ukiehi-kame inthevolta region of ghana he is a graduate of the university of science and technology at kumasi ghana with a ba degree in fine art art mn master of fine art an mfs master of fine art degree from th state university of n y at buffalo he i presently working on his ph.d in communications with em phasis in the cultural communications at the sute univeraity of new york a buffalo mr agbemenu is pres ently commissioned to execute a bust of langston hughes for the langston hughes institute rev r w washington special award ms leah marie hayes karimu welsh asante dance bro ted johnson communications/media cecil yon stepp graphics cephus y ag he menu fine arts the winner's circle thelma ayers hardi man buffalo's first black woman assistant princi pal retired august 31st after serving in the buffalo school system as a teach er an assistant principal a principal and as director of special education born in memphis ten nessee the second child of mr and mrs david ayers the energetic and academically accomplish ed mrs hardiman gradu ated from lemoyne col lege in the same city in * sociology and education mrs hardiman stated ' i decided at an early age that 1 wanted to work with people and especially children i always wanted to work in a group teaching became a natural career for mrs hardiman to pursue but because of her high motivation her natural - ease of learning and her desire for personal better ment so that she could deliver a superior educa tional product to her children mrs hardiman attended the university of michigan from which she obtained her masters de gree in public health education she worked for a short time as supervisor of recreation and parks and as a playground director in memphis just before arriving in buffalo she married the well-known retiree and community worker win ton j flash hardiman the couple has a daugh ter mrs joyce hardiman peskin a professor of english and drama at evergreen college olym pia washington and a grand daughter sehna always keeping in mind that by widening her experience and by con stantly absorbing more she would be able to give more to those that she taught mrs hardiman began to travel early in her career she has traveled widely throughout europe mexico and canada she has also visited russia and cuba noting that increased educational opportunities have opened many new careers to young black people today when form ally educated black wo men were limited to the fields of education nurs ing social work and one or two others mrs hardi man quickly said even with today's opportunities i would still have been a teacher the only thing that i would have done differently perhaps is that i might have majored in special education she said that her first love has always been the classroom but she quickly realized that she could do much more for a greater number of children if she became a principal for in an administrative post one sets the tone of the school her pet peeve during her career were those teachers who disparaged the children or who felt that their sole objective should be to keep the children quiet thus as a principal mrs hardiman attempted to insure the quality of education that the children in her school received by supervising the teachers as much as was possible by making sure that supplies were available for use by the teachers by frequent fair and objec tive teach evaluations and by her expressions of love and concern for the chil dren many children who needed special love atten tion and support were taken to her home by mrs hardiman until they felt strong enough to cope mrs hardiman has been assistant principal american support for peacekeeping forces more critical than ever washington d c — congressman jack kemp r-ny issued the follow ing statement last week i am deeply saddened by the death of two american marines in leb anon and i join with all americans in extending my heartfelt sympathies to their families and friends but to withdraw from lebanon or to fail to support the president's prudent and responsible policies in this crisis would call into question our national commitment to help provide a peaceful solution to the middle east crisis and the restoration i of an independent free i and sovereign lebanon the president is deter mined to protect american interests in the middle east and to safeguard free peoples from terrorism and aggression he has refused to shirk these reponsibilities and at this critical moment he de serves the steadfast sup port of the american people and the congress the calls for withdrawal by members of congress including unfortunately some within his own party serve no purpose except to undermine the president's ability to conduct a co herent credible and essential policy of leader ship in the middle east the united states sent the marines into lebanon as part of a multinational effort to help protect the peace against militias and terrorist groups trying to undermine lebanon's re turn to democracy the continued presence of american marines and french british and italian forces is essential if the lebanese government is to reassert its sovereignty over the county bring to an end to the violence that has destroyed lebanon and deny the forces of aggression and terrorism thqir goals of destruction nor should we ignore the fact that syria the soviet union's most im portant client in th middle east has been supporting and encourag ing these forces and is single-handed obstructing all international efforts to achieve peace the syrians and soviets would like nothing better than for the united states to call back our marines they must understand that the united states and our allies will not be intimidat ed by attacks directed against our forces in lebanon the president's decision to deploy the services held for mrs bonnie bell van story funeral services were held for 71-year-old bon nie belle van story wednesday sept 14th at 11 a.m from the luther an church of our savior 26 brunswick blvd she was the daughter of mr and mrs cleveland games born feb 18 1912 in shaw mississip pi at an early age she moved to kansas city mo where she was educated in the kansas city school system she graduated from lincoln high school she moved to buffalo where she met and united in holy wedlock with joseph van story on sept 4,1931 to this union six children were born mrs van story contin ued her education in buffalo where she grad uated from the state university of new york as a dental assistant on june 23 1967 the deceased received god at an early age being baptized at shiloh baptist church rev e j echols pastor she also attended friendship baptist church and antioch baptist church she finally made her permanent home at our savior lutheran | church in buffalo april 1946 she taught sunday school for 20 years and remained a faithful mem ber until her demise under the pastorage of robert wilson on friday sept 9th mrs van story passed away surviving her are a devoted husband of 52 years joseph van story four sons joseph c and ralph e of buffalo albert t of phoenix arizona and ricardo a of chester pennsylvania also a sister jessie miller of chicago 111 two daughters-in-law luetta van story and joyce van story nine grandchildren and a host of relatives devoted friends and co-members of the church the buffalo memorial chapel was in charge of the arrangements inter ment was in elmlawn cemetery in n tonawan da robert wilson is pastor of the lutheran church of our savior albert fergu son was the organist bonnie belle van story revival planned for sept 25-30th it is revival time the public is invited to come out and hear gospel joe from buffalo better known as rev j r christopher pastor of revelation baptist church the revival will be held from sept 25th to 30th at open door baptist church 461 west utica st at 7 p.m each evening rev c d bowman is host pastor rev j r christopher primary election day winners the primary election is over for 1983 and most of the inner city candidates came out on top and another is seeking a recount because the race was so close they won city-wide con tests for city court judge president of the council and at least one at-large berth on the common council the number of blacks on the city council may rise to five after the nov 3rd general election george k arthur won in a three-way race for council president receiv ing 45 percent of the vote over eugene m fahey's 38 percent and ann klenk's 13 percent herb bellamy won first place for an at-large seat on the council in an 8-way race in a three-way race judge joseph p mcna mara and hugh b scott each garnered 34 percent of the vote to beat judge julian f kubiniec seek ing re-election came out with 32 percent politicians as they posed prior to election these fine-looking young men recently posed for a criterion photographer at an affair held at the metropolitan democratic club william and coit sto pictured from left are edward heradon joe merritt candidatea in the sept 13th democratic primary election george k arthur winner of the council president seat hugh scott winner of the city judge seat and herb bellamy winner of one of the councilman seats archie moses waa a candidate for the university district councilman seat but was defeated he is a city fireman and%foody pugh a dedicated democratic party worker kemp see page 7 hardiman see page 71 f serving working leading in wny inner cities l since 1923j r price only 20 c per copy