Buffalo Criterion, 1987-10-08

              wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion niagara region established in 1925 thursday october 8-14 1987 rochester vol 63 - no 41 rutkowski announces new health service for buffalo's east side starting this montn residents of buffalo's east side will be able to take advantage of free health services offered through a county outreach program it was announced monday by erie county executive edward j rutkowski according to rutkowski workers from the healthy neighborhood project will be traveling door to door in the area bounded by delavan main st humboldt pkwy sherman and vir ginia sts county personnel will be providing at no charge such services as high blood pressure screening home safety checks and rodent baiting among many others rutkowski said they also will survey residents to identify health and environmental prob lems referrals are written for medical and dental care trash removal home safety plumbing mew health service gov cuomo urges eligible seniors to enroll in epic governor mario m cuomo is urging all eligible senior citizens to enroll in the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage epic program which began on oct ist to pay approximately 60 percent of participating senior citizens drug costs i am pleased that within nine months of becoming law this complex far-reaching program is ready to help needy senior citizens governor cuomo said epic will keep thousands of senior citizens from having to compromise on their prescribed medication because of financial considerations the epic program was signed into law by governor cuomo in january 1987 and began enrolling members in july it is expected that as many as 500.000 seniors will enroll in the program more than 25.000 applications have been received and the rate of applications has been steadily increasing we are constantly evaluating enrollment trends to determine the most effective ways to reach the diverse population epic will benefit health com missioner and epic panel chairman dr david axelrod said as we identify barriers to enrollment we will be devising new srategies to make certain all those who should benefit from the program do benefit an extensive outreach effort has been underway both to enroll seniors and to tram community aging service providers to aid in enrollment efforts epic's staff of outreach trainers has trained more than 3,000 providers and 600 pharmacists to assist potential enrollees in addition the staff has provided information and enrollment assistance to 1,600 seniors more than 48.000 telephone and written inquiries have been received and answered and almost 200.000 letters have been sent to persons around the state who are believed to be eligible for the program as of october 1 enrolled seniors can go to a participating pharmacy present their prescription and epic card and make only a copayment ranging from 3 to 15 depending on the cost of the drug single new york state residents aged 65 or older with income below 15,000 and couples with joint income below 20,000 are eligible for epic epic is a cost-sharing program with premium payments or deductibles as well as copayments for each prescription overall the program assumes about 60 percent of the cost of a senior's prescription enrollment applications are available in most of the state's 4,500 pharmacies the offices of state legislators and area offices of the aging and their affiliates enrollment applications and information are also available by writing to epic corning tower fourth floor albany n y 12237 or by calling toll-free 1-800-332-epic dialogue set with nat'l new alliance party chief editor by abdullah luqman the new alliance party nap will run an independent slate in the general election headed by herbert x blyden and john e hemphill for councilmen at-large positions and arthur williams for the third legislative district officer hemphill an independent democrat received 16,679 votes in the primary he will have the republican endorsement along with the new alliance party independent line in the general election i've run many campaigns in the past but i always ran those campaigns as a protest said lifelong resident hemphill what is powerful about running the nap is that now i'm running with a party that's doing something real for people and giving them the tools they need to fight with buffalo is no different from many other cities throughout the country working people blacks progressives — all give their votes to the democratic party and we get nothing in return said elyse mendel nap local coordinator it is important that people here see the real need for new alliance party and folks here are ready to build it columnist eva doyle and other staff members of the criterion will participate in the dialogue provided by the african-american press club dr lenora fulam the national spokesperson of the new alliance party will stop by the home of the editor of the buffalo criterion on friday afternoon to answer questions and possibly get input from the 63-year-old family newspaper among the things that dr fulani and the editor will discuss in details will be that two roads are better than one plan concerning the candidacy of rev jesse jackson i spoke with rev jesse jackson about the issue of the 1988 presidential campaign when we were both in albany for the black and puerto rican legislative caucus jesse told me that if he runs for the presidency he is commit ted to doing so in the democratic party primaries said dr lenora fulani spokesperson for nap at a meeting in the little harlem hotel brother jackson laid out the details of a bold and compelling plan for that campaign which i fully support but the racism of the democratic party makes the chances of jesse winning the nomination near impossible we are not willing to bury the rainbow movement under the white supremacist banner of the democratic party in 1988 we must have a pre-arranged plan a plan which guarantees that our struggle for empowerment goes through november 1988 and beyond dr lenorafulani peanuts create quick energy which bums up calories and builds muscle appreciable amount of calcium phosphorus iron and magnesium are also found in peanut funds targeted for inner city youth drug prevention joining county executive edward rutkowski center for the announcement of the mad program were a number of pastors including rev herbert v reid of gethsemane baptist church rev will brown of new covenant united church of christ rev h d holloway of pilgrim baptist church and bishop leßoy r anderson of the prince of peace church of god in christ also present were rev l roy day of tabernacle baptist church rev yusef ahmed of metropolitan united methodist church bro ted rev john hilliard jr of humboldt parkway baptist church rev w l jones of ml ararat baptist church and the rev ivery daniels of white rock baptist church john a johnson commissioner of the county's youth services unit also attended the announcement funding for a new program to curb drug use by inner city youth was proposed by erie county executive edward j rut kowski in his 1988 eecu tive budget proposal according to rutkowski at a press conference in his office he is seeking a 150,000 appropriation for ministers against drugs m.a.d an interdenomi national organization of religious leaders which dr daniel cara selected for post at buffalo general hospital daniel s carara m d f.a.c.p has been named clinical director of gastro enterology hepatology and nutrition and head of the prtdr^cc^fy l aixv.a.,2 at the buffalo general hospital his appointment was announced by robert scheig m d head of buffalo general's dept of medicine and milton c wiser m d chief of gastroenterology for the last two years dr camara was a member of the gastroenterology division rush presbyteri an st luke's medical center in chicago 111 from 1977 to 1985 he was director of the gastrointes tinal unit at the veterans administration medical center in buffalo in addition to his new appointments he also is an associate professor of medicine in the state university of new york at buffalo school of medi cine his responsibilities in clude administration of the clinical gastroenterology service including clinical training of medical students house officers and g i fellows he said he hopes to establish important clinical research projects at buffalo gener al i hope to expand and enhance the services of the endoscopy laboratory and introduce new areas of expertise dr camara said by november of this year the g i lab will have a state-of-the-art esophageal motility labor atory that will assist physi cians in the diagnosis of non-cardiac chest pain dr camara said that nearly 20 percent of individuals undergoing because of chest pain have shown near-normal coronary arteries esophageal spasm or acid reflux in the esopha gus can often mimic cardiac chest pain esophageal motility test ing can assist in the accurate assessment of chest discomfort dr camara added that he will be conducting joint gastrointestinal research with hector nava m d head of the endoscopy service at roswell park memorial institute u/b to assist in college day event fourth annual affair expects to draw 2,000 local students some 2,000 buffalo high school students and repre sentatives from 200 col leges and universities around the nation will p*rt\efpaae ii t\ts r-ilurlt annual college day to be held monday oct 26th at the buffalo convention center sponsors of the event are area educational insti tutions including the state university of new york at buffalo the community action organization the buffalo board of educa tion and erie county office of child and family services i co-chat men of the event are drexel gidney canisius college and ber 1 nadette corocoran of the sui.tiiu board of educa tion college day an event which has grown through out its short history is designed to acquaint high school students with the programs requirements and financial aid offered by colleges and universi ties high school students will attend from 8:30 a.m to 11:30 a.m with a session planned from noon to 1:30 p.m for adults in the community who are interested in furthering their education trie event is co-sponsor ed by empire of america goldome chase lincoln first bank citibank northstar n a manu facturers & traders trust co and first federal bank of rochester representatives of some 200 colleges which will have exhibits on display and the sponsoring banks will be honored at a luncheon at noon computer training session mary thomas left president of computer spirit graphics inc located at the langston hughes institute 25 high st and her staff conducted a five-day training workshop at the department of labor 220 delaware aye seventeen staff members of the employment standards administration of the department of labor were trained on the ibm and ibm compatible microcomputers in the use of the lotus and wordperfect software three of the participants from left are eugene k thomas area director clara johnson module chief and garland sweeney module chief are shown receiving their certificates of completion for the five-day workshop computer spirit graphics a three-year-old minority owned computer sales and consultant company will conduct lotus and wordperfect workshops every saturday from 10 a.m to 1 p.m with the lotus program an individual will learn to create edit and print a spreadsheet use business formulas and what if analysis learning of the wordperfect program will enable a person to easily turn their word processing program into an electronic typewriter workshops will be conducted by qualified instructors who can instruct an individual on how to adapt these programs to fit their needs computer spirit graphics invites you to come and grow in the knowledge and use of the computer for registration and/or further information call mary thomas or ida barr at 881-6706 between 9:30 a.m and 7 p.m m.a.d — see pg 7 continued on page 2 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