Buffalo Criterion, 1988-04-28

              rochester the buffalo criterion vol m - no 18 established in 1925 wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years — featuring paid legitimate circulation thursday april 28-may 4 1988 niagara region 3-piece suits no armor against racism jackson has nothing to be ashamed of racism does michael jackson nails down another first plaintiffs in judge sims case ask elfvin to disqualify self eight years ago a lawsuit was brought by the national bar association buffalo chapter the com mittee on community poli tics the northern region black political caucus and city court judge barbara m sims against the new york state judicial con duct commission and lester goodchild its at torney channel 7 which was then owned by capital cities broadcasting cor poration and john pauly the buffalo evening news and michael beebe the well composed discriptive complaint was drawn by several lawyers including william sims james mcleod wesley taylor and emily freed man judge barbara m sims . alerted the community to the behavior of the repre sentatives of the three above named corporate entities and their agents as the buffalo evening news through a story carried by lee coppola which at tempts to convey to readers that by admitting contractor walter jones to bail on january 25 1979 after she was sworn into office that she had some how broken some ethical rule in a conversation with judge sims she said when i first was sworn into office i read the ethical rules for judges very carefully and over and over i knew there was a rule which said that a judge shouldn't preside over i case when he had acted as a lawyer for om of the parties in that very same case but there was no rule mat i could linu anywhere that said that you couldn't admit a person to bail merely because some where in the past you'd represented the person in a completely different matter judge sims said the article was just the begin ning of a nightmare which really surprised me and angered me because of the boldness of the perpetra tors the fact that many of them were and are judges and lawyers really made me furious judge sims is writing about that experience but she also filed suit in the united states district court to have her right to hold public office after being elected vindicated along with some of the or ganizations of people who voted for her the lawsuit against each defendant has been brought on several grounds when a defen dant has moved to dismiss any part of a cause of action on any unlikely ground which may have been granted by the court the defendants have at tempted to convey the idea that the entire lawsuit has been dismissed through their co-defendant the the buffalo evening news the criterion will run copies of the legal papers filed in the lawsuit and also the judge's rulings community group to hold housing loan seminar the ellicott district community development inc will sponsor a 312 housing loan seminar on thurs may sth at 6:30 p.m at 644 william st the section 312 pro gram is a reduced interest extended term direct pro perty rehabilitation loan from the department of hud via the city of buffalo division of com munity revitalization for further information call 856-7034 or 856-3262 monday thru friday be tween 9 a.m and 4 p.m sojourner truth founders day awards luncheon was huge success the buffalo club of the national association of negro business and pro fessional women's clubs inc celebrated its 30th anniversary and sponsor ed its 28th annual so journer truth founder's day luncheon sunday april 24th the luncheon was held at the golden nugget inn 2046 fillmore aye in buffalo the sojourner truth award is a national award presented annually by each local club of the national association of negro business and pro fessional women's clubs inc to an outstanding woman in the community whose life parallels the life of sojourner truth the theme for this year is moving into action with new direction greetings were given to a full house of congenial supporters from the office of the mayor who pro claimed sunday april 24th sojourner truth awards day the office of the erie county executive also responded and proclaimed sunday april 24th sojourner truth awards day and the week of april 24th as negro business and professional women's week the program featured a special request selection if i can help some body by the soloist mrs verlie brown wal ton accompanied by mrs hortense butts nash mrs eva m doyle was honored with the so journer truth award mrs doyle is adjunct assistant professor at the college learning lab campus west on the buffalo state college campus she has given meritorious community service is an eloquent speaker an author and is a weekly columnist with the buffalo criterion newspaper other 1988 honorees were george h mccoy who was presented the professional award he has been chief executive officer of the erie county medical center since sept 2 1986 he has distin guished himself in the profession of hospital management in the short period of time that he has been at e.c.m.c pro gress has been made in improving the medical and fiscal condition of the institution mrs annie l moore received the community award mrs moore is a volunteer at 1490 enter prise as a religious teach er in arts and crafts she writes a religious column in the challenger and criterion press and is a woman who has dedicated great services to her com munity mrs barbara d glover was presented the special achievement award she is owner artistic director and instructor of miss barbara's school of dance inc and founder and director of the miss young gifted and black pageant inc she was recognized for significant contributions to the arts in the field of dance mrs verlie b walton received the appreciation award mrs walton is a retired registered nurse occupational health at general motors corp chevrolet division she was cited for giving unselfishly of her time and talents in the perform ance of services benefit ting the buffalo club she is the 1988 general chair person historian and a life member ms clara w mencer was the recipient of the special buffalo club ser vice award ms mencer is a retired elementary school teacher she is the only charter member who has given 30 years of continuous dedicated ser vice to promote the growth and development of the buffalo club of the nation al association of negro business and professional women's clubs inc she is a past president life member and recording corresponding secretary ms tanice morgan received the scholarship incentive award she is a freshman nursing stu dent at d'youville col lege mrs joyce m jones is president mrs verlie b walton general chairper son and mrs catrena wright is co-chairper son eva m doyle george h mccoy mother annie moore barbara d glover verlie b walton clara w mencer theodora roosevelt was the first u.s president to ride in an automobile wny to observe armed forces week may 2-8 the week of may 2nd to may 8 will be the celebration of armed forces week in western new york our communi ty is one of the few throughout the nation that still brings all services army navy marine corps air force coast guard as well as their reserve components for a week of celebration and recognition armed forces week 99 honors the commitment and dedication of the members of our active duty military guards men and reservists as well as all who have served in the u s armed forces armed forces displays will i placed in store win dows malls and store lobbies in downtown buf falo and in malls through out wny military equip ment will be displayed in downtown buffalo displays will be set us at the main place mall in buffalo the blvd mall in amherst summit park mall in the town of amherst the seneca mall in west seneca the thruway mall in cheek towaga goldome one fountain plaza buffalo and am&a's main st buffalo there is no admission charge for any of the displays representatives from all of the armed forces will be available at the displays to answer any questions the entire family is invited to attend at the opening cere mony mon may 2 proclamations declaring may 2-bth as armed forces week in wny will lie presented at the naval and servicemen's park of buffalo at the foot of main st at 11:30 a.m and will be presented by commu nity leaders representing communities throughout wny to representatives of military organizations a flag raising and memorial ceremony to honor past and present members of the armed forces will mark the beginning of armed forces week personnel from all of the services and representa tives of civic organizations and veteran organizations will attend there is no admission charge and the ceremony is open to the public wednesday may 4th at 12 noon at one m&t plaza main st the navy band will perform a concert at 7 p.m the navy band will perform a free concert at the alden high school aud 13180 park st thurs may sth at 12 noon an armed forces luncheon will be served at the connecticut st ar mory 184 connecticut st the 28th annual armed forces luncheon is a great event that is supported by military industry civic and veteran organizations of wny the luncheon speaker is secretary of defense for reserve affairs stephen duncan he will address the expanding role of the united states reserve and guard units in the defense outstanding educator on thursday april 28 the confederated organi zations for teacher educa tion will present the outstanding teacher ed ucator award to cri terion columnist eva m doyle the award will be presented at the hotel syracuse in syracuse n v at the cote spring conference mrs doyle was chosen as the public school recipient from the wes tern region for the award for 1988 the committee recognized mrs doyle as having the characteristics of an outstanding teacher educator eva m doyle graham crusade to begin classes here christian life and wit ness classes taught by the billy graham evange listic association staff will begin mon may 9th at 16 locations in western new york and southern ontario dr graham says that he considers this course one of the great est contributions we make in any crusade these classes will be taught in preparation for the greater buffalo-nia gara billy graham cru sade aug l-7th in pilot field in buffalo ' they are prerequisites for christians who desire to be volunteer counselors of persons who respond to dr graham's invitation at vie close vi each crusade meeting said rev elwyn e cutler crusade director but anyone is welcome who simply de sires to deepen his or her own spiritual life and min istry the course which runs to june 4th is one of a series of pre-crusade events taking place in preparation of church members and clergy for the crusade the classes focus on three purposes to train counselors for the cru sade to equip christians to share their faith in an intelligent and effective way and to bring spiritual renewal to participants reading and written homework will be assign ed there is no cost the course consists of four classes one class from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m or from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m each week for four con secutive weeks basic christian living is the first week's topic including application of christian faith to daily life the bible holy spirit and sovereignty of god the second week's class graham crusade rev elwyn e cutler bflo cellular telphone co promotes lou ebert lou ebert formerly the sales manager for the buffalo cellular tele phone company has been promoted to the position of general sales manager for the buffalo telephone company headquartered at 1600 rand building in downtown buffalo before being named to the pre vious position of sales manager mr ebert start ed with the buffalo cell ular telephone company in april of 1984 as a communications sales representative in his new capacity as general sales manager for the buffalo telephone co mr ebert will supervise rtr&irtfii.nii all marketing and public relations activities sales to both agents and direct sales of cellular tele phones the buying of lou ebert sims see page 7 ebert — see page 2 continued on page 7 armed forces week | see page 3 see page 2 see page 3 see page 5 serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only 25 per copy