Buffalo Criterion, 1983-04-20

              rochester niagara region wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation u.s postage paid permit no 1314 buffalo new york the buffalo criterion vol 58 — no 17 wednesday april 20-26 1983 mother of freedom movement to appear here rosa parks to present award rosa l parks refer red to as the mother of the modern freedom kjnovement will present i award named in her ffitnor at a banquet sponsored by women in ppmaatunity service int m the buffalo statler hotel tuesday evening > may 3 the receipient of nu i merous awards citations land honors herself she • will present the rosa 1 parks award to mary helen rogers of san francisco california the award is given in recogni tion of ' extraordinary acts of ordinary people rosa parks dramatically influenced the civil rights movement in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in mont gomery alabama the late martin luther king jr on speaking of her said her courage and dedication will be an inspiration to generations yet unborn the rosa parks award is the highest honor bestowed by women in community service inc wics a coalition of five national women's groups with a membership of several million founded in 1964 wics is comprised of the na tional councils of negro jewish and catholic wo men church women united and american gi forum women through its extensive volunteer network wics helps young people with education and jobs train ing through job corps job corps is a man power training program for entry-level employ . ment which emphasizes basic education social and interpersonal obligations buffalo area residents interested in attending the banquet and meeting rosa parks should contact vol unteers at the buffalo wics office at 852-6120 extension 475 rosa l parks spring revival planned bunton will conduct a spring youth revival at the open door missionary baptist church 461 w utica st corner of che nango beginning mon apr 25th thru fri apr 29th rev bunton is pastor of thankful baptist church services will begin nightly at 7 p.m the public is invited rev c d bowman is host pastor rev bunton was born in little rock . arkansas dec 16 1956 to rev and mrs william a bunton jr leaders of the antioch baptist church in buffalo he attended school in topeka kansas high school in witchita kan sas , where he was in top 3 percent of his class he attended state university 1 of new york at buffalo for three years with a major in business administra tion and a minor in computer science pres ently he is attending empire state college completing a b.a degree in human services rev bunton was li censed to spread the gospel apr 17 1977 at paradise baptist church in wichita kansas july 14 1979 he was ordained at antioch baptist church in buffalo for four years he was assistant to the pastor at antioch baptist church presently he is pastor of thankful baptist church 1322 fillmore aye in buffalo rev william charles women's day slated at saints home church the women's dept of the saints home church announces that its annual women's day will be held may l at the saints home church of god in christ 406 norwood aye at < p.m the guest speaker will will mother isabella atchinson the state su pervisor of the women's dept of the churches of god in christ western new york jurisdiction no 2 bishop c roberson is the pastor all are invited black social workers to host dinner the niagara falls asso ciation of black social workers will present its 2nd annual black eco nomic development din ner sun april 24 at the portage post 1465 136 portgage rd niagara falls new york the cash bar is at 6:30 p.m and dinner at 7 p.m the donation is 10.00 the purpose of the dinner is to recognize and acknowledge those black businesses that service the black community there is no other medium through which black busi nesses across the city are acknowledged for their service to the community the group hopes that these awards will be an incentive for more activity in the community and that this dinner will inform the people of the community about the businesses at their service proceeds will benefit the scholarship fund the theme of the dinner will be positive business of the 80s the guest speaker will be jabril shareef local business man and spiritual leader for muslims in niagara falls in addition this year the black social workers will present the first annual mctyere award to vir ginia mctyere and the family of the late walter mctyere owner and oper ator of max's lounge the mctyere award is the forerunner of the group's annual businessman of the year award to be given next year entertainment will be given by a local magician paul everett tickets will be available from any member the niagara community girls club or at the door denise easterling is president wavly smith vice president and dinner chairman and vernon nix co-chairman retiring after 30 years thomas will retire may ist from the delavan avenue chevy plant after thirty years of ser vice under the mainten ance dept mr thomas plans to just take it easy and vacation for a couple of years a retirement party will be given for mr thomas by the h d thomas chevy committee sat may 7th at the ccp people enterprise 1687 main st near northland dinner will be served at 8 p.m the open bar from 9 p.m until the new world production group will provide the live music for further information call eugene reed at 855 2020 or frank garmonte at 681-1927 herschel david many in attendance at langston hughes banquet this photo shows the head table scene of the langston hughes banquet recently held at the hilton hotel among those shown seated from left are professor jim pappas lorna hill barbara glover councilman george artmr rev e j echols judge barbara m sims dr frank brown and former mayor of atlanta maynard jackson standing from left are bro simba emlee garfield hinton councilman david collins councilman james pitts at the further right are anthony delgroto lenters director and john winston former wkbw anchorman . _. . the special guest speaker was the former atlanta mayor maynard jackson mr winston was master of ceremonies judge barbara sims installed the newly board of directors aaaaataa met given by the langston hughe heath anthony delgoto and mrs ora lee lewis honorees were professor jim pappaa lorna hill barbara glover bro simba emlee garfield hin ton councilman dave collins councilman james pitts and mrs william godfrey was is not shown — criterion photo bids to open erie county executive edward j rutkowski has announced that competi tive bids will be opened april 26 to purchase local natural gas supplies for county facilities at poten tially substantial savings to taxpayers the bids will be sought under a directive issued march 25 by mr rutkow ski his directive followed a march 10th order by the state public service com mission allow ing large customers to substitute i local gas for higher-priced supplies from out-of-state producers the bid documents have been mailed by purchasing director rich ard heller to local produc ers and we are advertising the bid opening we will ask for prices which can remain in effect for a year bids will be accepted from a single company or more acting as a consortium mr rutkowski said erie county spent 2.4 million last year on natural gas costing about 6 per 1,000 cubic feet mr rutkowski estimates that the price could be sliced by more than half and provide savings up to $ 5 million erie county medical cen ter and erie community college are the county's largest users many local wells have been curtailed by national fuel because of the utility's commitment to buy from out-of-state sup pliers if we can reopen these local wells we will be encouraging local em ployment and pumping money into the local economy mr rutkowski said if erie county wells can't supply the county's needs the rutkowski order allows the purchase of supplies from bidders located here in neighbor ing counties roch fashion show st phillip's missionary baptist church will hold a fashion show and banquet on may 14th at st francis hall in the rochester area the tickets are 10.00 each rev walter chatman is appealing to the public to come out and help make this affair a success for tickets call 482-8622 rochester — a contract to supply gasoline and diesel fuel for rochester's regional transit service has been awarded to welch's energy inc of buffalo it is the largest contract rts has awarded to a minority business firm valued in excess of six million dollars over a three-year period present for the official signing of the contract were from left melvin henoing rochester-genesee regional transportation authority minority business enterprise office christopher mulholland r-grta director of finance robert welch president of welch's energy inc and john canity r-grta executive director manager rts fuel contract given to minority firm regional transit service of rochester has awarded a contract to welch's energy inc of buffalo to supply both gasoline and diesel fuel for the rts fleet for a period of up to three 3 years the contract is the largest rts has ever awarded to a minority business enterprise mbe in announcing the award to welch's energy john a garrity executive director/general manager of the rochester genesee regional transportation authority states that the award of this contract valued in excess of six million dollars over a three year period significantly contributes the r-grta's continuing efforts to support minority business enterprises mbe in addition melvin henning r-grta's minority business enterprise officer states that r-grta and rts have developed and implemented several additions to its mbe program to assist minority and women-owned businesses in participating more fully in its procurement activities this award of a major contract ot a minority firm is a result of these efforts robert welch president of welch's energy inc comments that the award is an outstanding achievement not just for my firm but for the evolution and development of minority business enterprise in the upstate new york area i am pleased with the leadership of r-grta for providing my company with the opportunity to compete in this process and demonstrate the capabilities of the minority business community welch's energy inc currently supplies fuel and other pretroleum products to major firms and other transit properties throughout the upstate new york area nursing school receives grant the buffalo general hospital school of nurs ing 112 goodrich st has been awarded a 36,550 grant from the helene fuld health trust the grant will be used to provide computer hard ware and library books for the benefit of student nurses enrolled in the three-year diploma pro gram at the school johanna broske pf.d dean of the school ex pressed her appreciation of the grant noting that the additon of the wang word processor will help in providing the highest quality of nursing educa tion as well as enable our students to move into the advanced computer age the helene fuld health foundation was establish ed in honor of helene fuld a heath crusader in new york city in the 1880's and supports over 175 schools of nursing worldwide roberta stewart to perform in concert at walls the women's home and overseas mission of walls memorial ame church will present ro berta stewart in concert on sat april 23 at the church 455 glen wood aye it promises to be one of the outstanding events being presented in this area this year but one particular interest to miss natalie cathey miss cathey daughter of mr and mrs ad cath.«y of dupont st will be the beneficiary of miss slew art's performance it means that she will be able to attend the w.h.o.s quadrennial convention to be held roberta stewart i continued on page 2 1923 1983 criterion press and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press our office has been open every week of every year since our existence serving our communities you've just gotta sign up 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