Buffalo Criterion, 1987-10-22

              niagara region the buffalo criterion vol 63 — no 43 established in 1925 wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years featuring paid legitmate circulation thursday october 22-28 1987 rochester aids symposium for the public planned explaining the facts on aids a free sym posium for high school and college students as well as the general public will be presented on sat oct 31 , from 9:30 am to 1:30 p.m in butler auditorium at the state university of new york at buffalo's school of medicine south campus e faye martinear-ra suli director of talent search at suny-buffalo said that the program is designed to answer ques tions on the disease — its cuase prevention and sociological aspects other sponsors include office of the vice provost of student affairs student life office of university preparatory programs cora p maloney college minority academic achievement program and the drug discovery group at suny-buffalo keynote speaker is olivia smith-blackwell m.d regional director of the new york state health department also speaking are ray mond broaddus ph.d who is in charge of health services for the new york state department of cor rections shirley gross executive director of bay view hunter's point foundation in san fran cisco suny-buffalo-affiliated speakers will be david rekosh ph.d and marie louise hammarskjold m.d ph.d the husband and wife research team heading a recently award ed trio of national grants for aids-related research and sarah bihr associate director professor with suny-buffalo's school of nursing will moderate the panel presentations martinear says the sym posium is an outgrowth of the highly successful teenage sexual aware ness and aids work shop held this summer and sponsored by talent search the program is aimed at helping members of the lay public — particularly teens and young adults — to understand facts about transmission and preven tion of the disease she said a question and answer segment will allow active participation by those attending refreshments and light lunch will be served firm offers free hypertension medication to those in need deputy speaker arthur o eve d-buffalo in conjunction with the american red cross g d searle and company and the community health care associates of new york state re cently announced a statewide three month intensive outreach and screening effort aimed at minority communities following screening a medically indigent resident suffering from high blood pressure angina or certain arrhythmias of the heart will become eligible to receive certificates redeem able at local pharmacies for drugs to treat their condition in order to qualify for the program individuals must have incomes below the national poverty level — 8,000 or less for a single person or a couple and 11,000 or less for a family of three or more physicians must determine which participants can be treated with the searle drugs commonly known as calan verapamil and calan sr anyone currently receiving medicaid medicare or any other form of public assistance is not eligible new york becomes the first state to participate in the distribution of the free medication although according to kay bruno of g d searle and company similiar programs by searle were being considered by other states for more information on this program contact your local community health center in buffalo contact the geneva b scruggs health center — and look for stop signs thrughout the community the program will run thru decem ber 1987 to emphasize the importance of the state's intensive campaign to expand screening and distribution of free medication to thousands of low-income new yorkers deputy speaker arthur eve gets his blood pressure checked at a local health center rutkowski gains endorsement of women's council the honorable erie county executive edward j rutkowski is shown here with margaret strasner president of the buffalo womens council for action sunday oct 18lh in the home of mrs lucille neal as the group endorses him for re-election to the office of erie county executive following is a press statement made by the buffalo womens council for action ol which margaret strasner is president the women residing in the county of erie especially african-american wo men can be proud of the fact that we have had a county executive for the past nine years who genuinely cares about women's issues problems and needs there is a consensus among the mem bership of the buffalo womens council for action that edward j rutkowski has initiated action in his administration that places women's issues/concerns as a majority priority currently there are several women in the rutkowski administration who have major administrative responsibili ties please note the following honorable marie v richardson deputy county executive hon judy avent erie county attorney ms joyce noble director child protective ser vices erie county ms mary carter director adoption service erie county social services ms paulette woods senior budget examiner division of budget ms path weather fer guson executive assistant to budget director division of budget ms joan loring commissioner of environment and planning and ms sharon hanson director minority business enterprise program the aforementioned is evidence that ed rutkowski respects and seeks the advice of women in the day-to-day operation of erie county government the buffalo womens council for action would like to point out a very noteworthy effort by the rutkowski administration concerning women in september 1985 county executive rutkowski appointed erie county's task force on the status of women the authorization legislation created a task force consisting of fifteen appointed members of the public and four liaisons from the erie county departments of health senior services social services and the equal employment opportunity office the purpose of this body was to study the unique needs of women in erie county a task force report was received by mr rutkowski on march 31 1987 and he immediately acted upon the recommendations outlined in said report mr rutkowski's most note worthy action was the creation of a commission on women in erie county government to develop and implement services that will eradicate the economic and social inequities of women in erie county in view of the act that ed rutkowski is an action-oriented individ ual we the members of the buffalo womens council lot action highly endorse the honorable edward j rutkowski for re-electior to the office of erie county executive candidates to face-off in forum edward j rutkowski will face dennis t gorski in a forum on sunday october 25th at the great er friendship baptist church 402 clinton st corner of hickory mr rutkowski the incumbent is seeking a third term as county executive as his challenger mr gorski seeks to win the office for the democrats for the first time in the 27 year history of the office the forum sponsored by the buffalo criterion press club will begin at 4:00 m other candidates parti cipating in the forum will be as follows david collins rev james hemphill james mcpeak running for the office of masten district council man minnie gillette edward herdon and artha williams running for the 3rd legislative district seat candidates for judicial posts have also been invited to speak the press club will also be conducting a poll of the candidates in the respec tive offices look for the results of the poll in the next edition of the buffalo criterion so please plan to come out and meet the candi dates and find out where all the candidates stand on the issue of this com munity edward j rutkowski republican conservative right-to life candidate dennis t gorski democratic liberal candidate religious group contributes 45 million to economy tl***m**a*a mm xi ft aa * aaaa '' ■ ■ aa . i annua 7-day convention to be held november 3-9 the church of god in christ a memphis-based 3.7 million-member pen tecostal denomination adds approximately 45 million to the memphis economy according to ms sarah sing housing bur eau manager of the mem phis convention and visi tors bureau ms sing said that almost 16 million is directly infused into the memphis economy as a result of the convention a breakdown showed that the church of god in christ conventioneers spend 65 percent of that amount for food and lodging in area hotels and 35 percent in local retail stores transportation and area attractions according to the united travel data center she said for every 44,000 spent for leisure or con vention travel a perman ent job is created in the economy therefore the total indirect benefit could be trippled resulting in as much as 45 million added to the memphis economy for the convention however according to bishop w l porter con vention coordinator those figures were bas ed on 21.500 persons which do not represent the total attendance of almost 45 000 persons less than c h mason founder 1866-1961 j.o.patterson presiding bishop gorski to be honored the committee to elect dennis t gorski county executive is sponsoring a rally to remember on wed oct 28th from 7:30 to 10 p.m at the pvt leonard post jr — post 6251 vfw 200 walden avenue cheektowaga mr gorski announced his candidacy for the office of erie county executive at the leonard post on feb 20th and over 1200 people were present as we began this crusade beer soda snacks and live entertainment will be provided at the rally to remember the dona tion is 10.00 per person sheehan taps dr gayles dr kenneth l gayles has been named chief of the department of medi cine at sheehan memorial hospital a member of the hospi tal's medical staff since 1981 gayles has served as medical co-director of the hospital's intensive and cardiac care unit he is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiology enterprise america where the future begins by abdullah luqman i look for obstacles that keep african-americans and other groups out of or only marginally involved in our economic system and then searches for opportunities generated by national and international public policies emerging technologies and growth sectors which can serve as vehicles for democratizing the marketplace said charles tate the newly elected president of the booker t aliaferroj washington foundation thursday at the buffalo airport announcing their new economic pro gram enterprise america where the future begins enterprise america where the future begins said tate is the culmination of continuous efforts to make the united states free enterprise system work successfully for black americans as it has done for successful generations of other americans black americans as do other racial minorities remain grossly under-repre sented among those who are effectively using the competitive entrepreneurial process to achieve social and economic power this process is creating a whole array of new options and choices by which african-americans can achieve economic power tate and local govern ments are now using public funds to create the basic infrastructures needed to grow and nurture the next generation of small business firms industries and markets said tate it is crucial that black americans be included in this activity during the early start-up phases the foundation will initiate the project in 30 metropolitan areas throughout the united states among the jobs that tate said that blacks must be in on their creation are literacy schools teaching and increasing peoples ability to read and write up to the point that they are employable health care services and supplies and cable tv for the education of children and other specialized studies western new york foundation representative george bishop of 1217 delaware who can be reached at 885-8620 said that tate is widely known as well as a leading theoretician and activist in the field of minority economic development tate has been affiliated with the booker t washington foundation for the past 15 years during that time tate has guided and shaped the programs and activities of the foundation from a small grant-making organization into a nationally and internationally respected research and development institution which specializes in economic develop ment and related activities the booker t washington founda tion was established in 1971 and is part of the institutional legacy of the famed statesman and educator who founded tuskegee institute in 1895 and the national business league in 1900 their headquarters are located at 1010 massachusetts avenue northwest washington d c 20001 the phone number is 202 371-1300 with florence tate as contact person convention see page 7 serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 per copy