Buffalo Criterion, 1988-07-28

              rochester the criterion is dean of all minority media price only 25 per copy nationally — in the buffalo criterion vol 84 - no 31 wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years - featuring paid legitimate circulation established in 1925 thursday july 28-aug 3 1988 niagara region where did it all begin excerpts taken from law maker - law breaker series state senate passes eve's minority scholarship bill rochester sees reduction in compensation costs hearing slated on proposed police dept reorganization the common council of the city of buffalo is holding a public hearing on the proposed police department reorganiza tion plan on wed . aug 3rd at 7 p.m in the common council cham bers 13th floor of city hall the proposed plan sub mitted by the john corn mission appointed by the mayor and the common council recommends the consolidation of the city's fourteen precincts into six patrol districts members of the public and the press are invited l attend the hearing anyone wishing to speak the the hearing is wel come to do so rev henry hall thanks the community following is a statement ifom rev henry hall ; tuesday july sth 1 was ill in kenmore mercy hospital and many of my baptist ministers confer ence sons came to see about me all of them who loved me their father were there and sent their prayers up to my father in heaven god heard their prayers and brought me out of the hospital early after my surgery rev l t boyce was the first preacher to visit me and made four additional trips to see me rev bennett w smith was the s md mininster to visit me president blackburn also came out i see me as well as others i want to thank cod for all who came and prayed for me and for the gifts that i received i want to thank the missionaries who brought me the delicious food including mrs c carter and jerry carter rev and mrs miles mrs mo/elle richardson of st john baptist church mrs evelyn merriweather my grandchildren jackie thompson daymen and anthony thompson were my helpers at my home and also mr and mrs jones of jefferson aye and blame aye they both brought me dehorns food i would also like to thank the moderator dr john jackson and mrs mary thomas president of the women's department of the great lakes associa tion for the love and kindess shown to me during my convolescence and all of the members of the great lakes associa tion thanks to everyone for her kindness — rev henry hall rev henry hall civil unit restored the legal aid bureau of buffalo inc has announ ced that it will once again interview prospective cli ents who are in need of their services for civil matters as a result of a resolution approved by the erie county legislature late last week helen zimmerman act ing executive attorney announced that the resolu tion sponsored by legisla tor roger blackwell per mits the legal aid bureau to once again interview clients on monday wed nesday and friday morn ing from 9 a.m until 12 noon at their offices at 310 convention tower 43 court st buffalo those individuals in need of legal services who meet the guidelines will be taken on first come first served basis on each of those days earlier this year the legal aid bureau was forced to curtail represen tation of the poor in civil matters because of the backlog in criminal appeals because of this backlog the county modi fied its contract with legal aid to prohibit them from using county funds for civil matters however as a result of the blackwell resolution the legal aid bureau will once again be providing such services to the indigent of this commu nity thanks to legislator blackwelts deep commit ment to our organization we will once again be able to serve the poor of this community as we have for over 75 years mrs zimmermann said anniversary services huge success submitted by mrs mamie garrett rev and mrs a charles ware leaders of the friendship baptist church 402 clinton st wish to thank all of their members friends and all the churches that participated in the anniversary services making it a huge success we also would like to thank the anniversary committee for their help in making this 10th anniversary a happy one remarked the wares rev & mrs a charles ware edged-out rev jesse l jackson democratic candidate for president of the united states was nominated at the democratic national convention in atlanta ga this month but was edged out by massachusetts governor mike dukakis rev jackson received more votes than any other second runner-up nominee in the history of the convention sorority to host reception delta sigma theta sor ority inc buffalo alum nae chapter will host a reception to introduce to the community sandra byrd peterson vice presi dent of nursing at buffalo general hospital and dr elizabeth pierce-stewart erie county commissioner of senior services the reception will be held on friday aug sth from 6 to 8 p.m at rockwell hall on the campus of state university college at buffalo seminar planned for aug a small business semi nar entitled minding your business will be held on sat aug 13th from 9 a.m to 1 p.m in the auditorium of the erie community college city campus 121 ellicott st a 10 fee and advance registration is required local small business ex perts will speak on various aspects of running a successful business with an emphasis on the role that governmental agen cies can play the program is part of a series of seminars spon sored by councilmember the buffalo charter chap ter of the american busi ness women's associa tion the small business development center the small business adminis tration and ecc city campus all proceeds will benefit the abwa scholarship fund for more information call tom tarapacki of the council staff at 851-5105 surgery for parkinson's disease here are some commonly asked questions about ad renal implant surgery ;■ much-discussed treatment for parkinson's disease which is a progressive nervous disease marked by tremor and'weakness of the muscles the questions were answered by medical expert at the parkinson's disease founda tion 1 is the surgery a cure'(a yes bl no c sometimes 2 is it dangerous la yes h no c sometimes 3 when its successful how much improvement is seen a 100 percent hi 75 percent c 50 percent id 20 percent 4 how long before the symp toms improve la 1 week hi 6 weeks c 6 months answers 1 b surgery is not a cure it may help to relieve the symptoms of parkinson's but it remains to be seen whether or not the im provement is chiefly that the oft periods are fewer less mortality rate for patients op erated on in mexico has been about ten percent there have been some deaths in patients who had the procedure per formed in the united states in spain there's a mortality rate of about 20 percent 3 d moreover the 20 percent im provement is chiefly that the oft periods are fewer less severe and of shorter dura tion 4 c there seems to be an immediate operative improvement but this does not last gradual improvement occurs after three to six months graham brings crusade to buffalo's pilot field world famous evange list billy graham is coming to buffalo in a tew days to conduct his first crusade since his historic trips to the peoples re public of china and the soviet union the crusade meetings in pilot field buffalo's new downtown baseball stadium will begin mon day august 1 at 7:30 p.m and continues night ly at 7:30 p.m through sat auk 6th and will conclude sunday aug 7th at 1 p.m all seats are free and the meetings will be held rain or shine dr graham will preach at every service and will be accompanied by singers and musicians well known in the christian field food for the hungry will be an important part of this crusade with four trucks available to receive canned and packaged non-perish able foods wednesday through sunday two will be parked at entrances to pilot field one in the bus parking area at scott and washington sis and one at the satellite parking areas on the main street ub campus more than 600 churches in western new york and southern otario are coop crating in the effort to invite all residents to the crusade by taking print invitations with a message from dr iraham to homes and apartments dr graham will release a list of his sermon topic when he arrives empha sis on youth will be on thursday and saturday singles on wednesday anil military en friday but all sermons will be applicable generally singers appearing dm ing the week will be george beverly shea myrtle halt larneue har i rev dr billy graham medger evers banquet held the naacp recently held its annual medgar evers banquet at the convention center this years medger evers award was given to dr g evans and dr lydia t wright husband and wife shown at left dr robert palmer received the human relations award the second row shows from left the lewis children j carl bland chairman of life memberships daniel acker president of the local branch naacp and mrs leah hodges who received the community service award — criterion phot father roderick brown to be central city vicar bishop edward d head d d bishop of the catholic diocese of buf falo has appointed father roderick brown op as vicar for the central city effective august ist in his role as vicar father brown will succeed father w jerome sullivan who will continue to serve as pastor of st mary of sorrows parish in buffalo largely a ministry to and for afro-american catho lics in the diocese of buffalo he will be working in a cooperative way to implement the goals of the national black catholic congress as they have been adapted to the needs of the diocese of buffalo also he will be the bishop's liason to and will be working with the office of black ministry which is in the process of being established father brown will also participate with the bishop diocesan officers the coordinators of region ii and when appropriate the coordinators of other regions in all decisions personnel educational and financial that signifi cantly affect afro-ameri can catholics or the relationship of the catholic diocese of buffalo to the afro-american community in general father brown was born in 1942 in chicago 111 where he studied at holy angels grammar school quigley preparatory semi father roderick brown installation services set the members of first shiloh baptist church announces that rev leslie d braxton will be formal ly installed as their per manent pastor on sun july 31 at 6 p.m the nationally known rev floyde bullock will preside over the installa tion ceremony rev bullock is pastor of sunny side baptist church locat ed in los angeles calif rev braxton will be come only the fifth per manent pastor in 80 years at first shiloh at age 26 he is one of buffalo's youngest full-time clergy men first shiloh baptist church 15 pine st is one of the oldest and largest churches in the buffalo area the installation cere mony is open to the entire community rev braxton born in boston mass was bap tized at the age of six at 18 he became a member of the board of trustees at bethlehem baptist church in tacoma washington and at 20 the director of the board of christian ed ucation in 1982 he received his calling to the ministry and later that year was li censed and preached his first sermon in demember 1983 rev braxton received his bachelor of arts degree from the university of puget sound tacoma washington and in 1984 entered colgate rochester divinity school roches ter n y.i for theology training he graduated with a master's of divinity degree in 1987 while at the divinity school he was awarded the black pastor's award rev leslie d braxton fa brown — see pg 7 braxton — see page 7 see page 2 see page 7 see page 3 firtthnm b <». ._ k b . f