Buffalo Criterion, 1988-08-25

              rochester vol 64 - no 36 wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years — featuring paid legitimate circulation established in 1925 thursday august 25-31 1988 the buffalo criterion niagara region buchanan calls black equality absurd & racist school opening schedules announced rochester to send beauty queen to nat'l pageant btf survey finds no other n.y teachers under residency policy philip ruinore presi dent of the 3500-nu-niu-r buffalo teachers federa tion released a survey which indicates that buf falo teachers may lit the only teachers in new york stale bound by a residency policy for continued em ployment ruinore stated it would appear that based on our conversation with the new york stale educa lion department a survey of all the big 5 city school districts and a sample of local and other school districts buffalo teachers are the only teachers bound by a residency i quit tin rt why buffalo teachers who have worked so bard to malt out schools the best m tin slate have this dubious honor is an interesting question ru inore further slated residency policies are like building walls around your community if amherst and williamsville decided lo impose a residency policy some of my friends who live in buffalo would either have to move or resign from their school what does that benefit there might have been a time when urge til and pressing de mands necessitated the consideration of residency rules for teachers but no longer it would seem that buffalo would want the best and the brightest re gardless of where they live he continued ti more stated that the btf will li uiging teach ers to contact board members <<■ mi effort to have the buffalo board of education discontinue what in lit p alleges is the ii,l residency policy lor teachers in new york slate the btf will be contact ing other states to survey ihem lo see it residency policies for teachers exist there we will be releasing that survey when it is completed rumore stated school districts survey ed by btf that have no residency requirements are poughkeepsio new york city rochester syracuse y'onkers al bany utica lackawanna auburn salamanca schenectady elmira binghamton newburg white plains and mt vernon th btf could find no new york state school districts with residency rules ii there is a school district in new york state with a residency require ments tor teachers we can't locate one and the new york state education department has no record of one rumore conclud ed jesse jackson coming to buffalo the acoustically magni cent kieinhans music hall will in the setting on sept 10th for jesse jackson's triumphant return to buf falo rev jackson will la the guest speaker for keep hope alive a gospel celi-bration which will feature six area gospel rdenominalion choir varsons communi ty choir central city choir and western new york co-pel workshop and the new beginnings will all perform as a prelude to rev jackson's pei-eh the event is sponsored by th new york state chapter of the national rainbow coalition arthur o bee deputy speaker of the new york assembly is also co-chairperson of the new york stale rainbow coalition eve slated '' we are all very excited alxiut rev jackson re-turning to buf falo the combination of rev jackson's dynamic presentation with the line up of gospel groups we have will assure that this event will in like no other celebration this city has ever seen the program is schedul ed to start promptly at 6 p.m on sept 10th tickets are 10.00 and can be purchased at central ticket office matties jim bell cleaners or by calling 856-2770 or 832 1827 rev jesse jackson collins praised for innovative programs ms catherine collins of buffalo has been prahieul by dr otis r bowen secretary of health and human services md dr david axe-lrod new york stale commissioner of lb alth for her family prison health education at attica their letters are es follows di at ms collins i congratulate your pro gram family prison health education program at attica as being one of the best community health promotion programs in the state of new york your program provides evi dence that dedicated lead er and volunteers can improve the health of their community efforts such as yours are helping our nation address effectively our 1990 health objectives this year the 182 applications in the awards program clearly show the increase in comprehensive health promotion pro grams occuring through out our states and terri tories these programs clearly define priority health problems provide effective interventions and evaluate their results to be among this group of programs is an honor and i re-cognize your contribution to our na tion's health sincerely otis it bowen m.d secretary dear ms collins i am delighted with the selection of the family prison health education program at attica for special recognition by the u s department of health and human ser vices your program is exemp lary of the innovative health education activities undertaken across new york state to define and address preventable health problems i congratulate you on your efforts to provide needed services to the families of inmates at attica prison and i wish you continued success in your endeavors sincerely david axelrod m.d commissioner of health catherine collins drug free wny concert set the second drug free western new york con cert has been scheduled tor monday aug 29th from 7 to 9 p.m at the waterfront pavilion at lasalle park rain date for the concert is august tih the concert is sponsor ed by pepsi-cola buffalo bottling corp and wkbw-tv channel 7 it is presented in conjunction with the city of bulfalo james d griffin mayor and fully endorsed by the erie county sheriff's de partment krankie scinta and the scinta family will perform at the benefit concert scinta a popular enter tainer is no stranger to the tragedy of drug abuse his commitment to a drug free western new york springs from personal experience with tin reali ties of drug abuse — and an unwavering commit ment to help others avoid the nightmare of drugs in their lives tin drug free western new york concert is purl of a program designed to warn youngsters about the dangers of drugs and to encourage shared activi ties among members of families — no matter what their ages donations for parents anonymous will be accept ed at the concert parents anonymous is a non-prof it organization that is committed to helping fam ilies deal with the devasta ting effects of drug abuse erie county executive dennis t gorski and buffalo mayor james d griffin will issue a joint proclamation naming the week of august 29th choose a drug free western new york week both will attend anil speak at the aug 29th concert the concert will be cmcced by repeater mike randall of wkbw-tv members of the buffalo bills and the buffalo sabre-s will also attend and lend their support to the concert's drug free mess age according to syd pas tor vice president and director of pepsi buffalo the concert is both a reflection of our concern about the dangers of drug abuse and a demonstration of what can be accomplish ed when individuals cor porations and government agencies work together to achieve a common goal pastor explained that lb drug free western new york program includ es a series of three concerts a dedicated me dia campaign that features bilingual flyers and press releases in spanish and english as well as an on-going educational pro gram that is given in schools throughout erie county for more information about the drug free western new york pro gram call luann burgio at 684-4900 fleming to address buffalo state college convocation author of blacks in college will he the key note speaker thursday sept bih at the academic convocation opening the 1988-89 year at buffalo slate college the address by dr fleming is scheduled for 12:30 in rockwell hall auditorium she will speak on fostering di versity in a university en vironment her appear ance is being funded by the paul g bulger lec lurship established in honor of the former bsc president dr fleming is consid ered a pioneer in the study of black intellectual de velopment in higher edu cation in addition to teaching barnard college undergrade courses on the psychology of racism and human motivation she is a consulting psychologist in new york city blacks in college resulted from dr flem ing's seven-year study of the development of 3,000 hnfk*fh lux ffi mi white in 15 colleges and universities her research tor the book was funded by a 700,000 grant from the carnegie foundation while she served as a fellow of the radcliffe in stitute dr fleming received i bachelor's degree in psy chology at barnard col lege in 1969 and a doctorate in psychology at harvard university where she concentrated her study on personality and devel opment a graduate student minoring in anthropology she went to kenya to study the role of women in the development of their na tions arrangements for her appearance at tin convo cation were made through ross associates speakers bureau inc new york city dr jacqueline fleming buffalo vote 88 registration drive on on sat aug 27th from 1 to 5 p.m at martin luther king park buf falo vote 88 will kickoff a voter registration drive it intends to register 20.000 voters in the african-american his panic and low income com munities before the oct 9th deadline this is a non-partisan effort made possible by the statewide organization citizen vote and the national campaign usa votes locally the effort is being coordinated by grassroots 88 and citi zen action of new york maurice l garner is chair there will lie games prizes and the spirit of democracy daemen to offer real pre-licensing class estate salesperson daemen college 4380 main st amherst will offer a 45-hour real estate salesperson pre-licensing course monday and wed nesday evenings and sat urday mornings beginning monday aug 29th the office of continuing educaiton will sponsor this pre-licensing course classes are scheduled from 6:30 p.m to 10 p.m on monday and wednes day and on saturdays from 10 a.m to 1:30 p.m this daemen college course is approved by new york state the instructor is thomas cusak a real estate broker with potter real estate the class will be held in duns scotus hall rm 236 the fee which is 155.00 also in cludes the book registra tion deadline is friday aug 26th for more information contact patricia rock wood director of continuing ed ucation at 839-1820 observance of founder's birthday planned the church of god in christ a predominantly black pentecostal denomi nation villi an internation al membership of some three and one half million members announce tin celebration of the birthday of the founding father of the church the late bishop charles harrison mason on sept btk and 9lh september bth marks the one-hundred and twenty-five anniversary of bishop mason's birth and the two-day celebra tion will culminate with a mass rally in the civic center auditorium in jackson mississippi on friday sept 9th at 7 p.m bishop mason * as bom in 1863 in bartlett ten nessee a slave in bishop mason's own words he was heard to say that he was two years old wh»-n abraham lincoln freed the slaves at age 32 he organized the first congre gation within our denom ination in 1895 in lexing ton mississippi because his message and preaching was bible holiness he allied him self with other young men who believed as he behov ed and they called their congregations the church of god during that time th wesley an holiness re vivals were sweeping the world and many preachers from the methodist com munions and the baptist organizations were or ganizing churches and calling them the church of god bishop mason while in little rock arkansas in 1896 received the revelation of a name for the church which would not depart from the scriptures the new name became the church of god in christ eleven years passed and bishop mason heard of the great los angeles revival on azusa st and journey ed there he received the baptism in the holy ghost speaking with other tongues as the spirit gave utterance when bishop mason and the other brothers returned to the south with this new found experience the brothers that did not go to california did not sub scribe and withdrew fel lowship from him in that same year 1907 bishop mason sent out a call to those churches and pastors who believed in the pentecostal experience as recorded in acts 2:4 to meet him in memphis term to form the first pentecostal general as sembly to the church of god in christ ten congregations were repre sented in that meeting in november and hop mason served as senior bishop and president of the denomination until his death in 1961 from the time of the beginning in 1895 at lexington to the giving of the name in 1896 in little rock unto the gathering of those of like pentecostal faith in 1907 in mem phis the church has growi from that mere ten congre gations to better than ten ~ i "■ " ■ ii iimm»»»»j»i«..."»«n«»-:-inf;f|»j-[i | j the lute bishop charles harrison mason bis mason — see page 7 see page 3 see page 7 see page 2 the criterion is dean of all minority media price only 25 per copy nationally — 30c sims to kick-off campaign judge william sims candidate for associate judge of the city court of buffalo will kick off his campaign on saturday august 27th from 1-4 p.m in central park plaza there will be door prizes and fun for all all are invited