Buffalo Criterion, 1987-03-19

              wny's necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation thursday march 19-25 1987 vol 62 - no 12 niagara region the buffalo criterion rochester loan program applications being accepted the ellicott district community development inc in conjunction with the city of buffalo's division of community development are accept ing applications for the section 312 loan program the section 312 loan program is a reduced interest extended term direct property rehabilita tion loan from the u s department of housing and urban development hud for further information regarding eligibility con tact the ellicott district community development inc at 856-3262 or 856 7034 monday through friday between 9 a.m and 4 p.m rutkowski seeks congressional support for revenue sharing version targeted local assis tance for counties topped erie county executive edward j rutkowski's lise tuesday at an early morning meeting in wash ington with the state congressional delegation serving as spokesman for both the new york state association of coun ties and the county execu tives association rutkow ski urged the assembled group of seven lawmakers to support passage of a revised form of federal revenue sharing under the proposed program rutkowski said that funding would be based on unemployment rate size of public assis tance population and the property tax levy to ' ■* *»._/« local govern ments that realty need the help get it rutkowski said that these funds would breathe new life into communities still recover ing from the economic re cession of the early 1980s he explained that the industrial northeast suf ler ed disproportionately to other areas of the country because of its heavy reliance on the traditional smokestack industries many jobs were lost and never regained as a consequence our local tax bases have become stag nant forcing us to either cut services or raise taxes to absorb the loss the federal govern ment's general revenue sharing grs program which annually returned a percentage of tax revenues to local governments end ed last october criteria used in allotting grs funds did not include un employment or dependent population data county officials state wide believed a program of targeted assistance is needed to offset aid lost with grs demise since the program's inception in 1972 erie county has used these discretionary funds to pay for its community college rites held for george perkins musician a service of thanksgiv ing for the life of george carey perkins 93 was held sat feb 28th at 9:30 a.m from lincoln memorial united metho dist church 641 masten aye the rev melba chancy pastor officiated mr perkins was born on september 7,-1094 in houston texas after graduating from public school he migrated to buffalo in 1917 after serving in world war i he returned to buffalo where he lived until his death he passed away february 24 1987 at the veterans hospital music was a very special part of his life and he spent two years studying at howard university in washington d c uncle perk as he was known to all was the oldest member of the lincoln memorial united methodist church having sung with the senior choir for more than 50 years before he retired in 1986 he was also a member george c perkins mahoney to be common council's special counsel by abdullah luqman at a press conference held in council president george k arthur's office monday he announced his intentions to retain attorney mark j mahoney as special counsel to the common council in keeping with a letter from the corporation council stating that it has a conflict of interest and cannot represent the council in the municipal softball league proceedings with authorization applying to the council as a body and does not extend to individual members and deputy city clerk richard f okoniewski will function as chief of staff of the council in addition to his regular deputy clerk duties council president arthur said i would like to announce that i will be filing a resolution for the next council meeting to retain attorney mark m mahoney as special counsel to the common council this step has been under consideration since last february mahoney had agreed to accompany myself and other councilmen to a planned meeting with district attorney richard j arcara's office for the purpose of discussing the lack of confidentiality in the d as probe of ronald r raccuia okoniewski former fillmore dis trict councilman and councilman-at large agreed to serve on an interim basis as chief of staff to direct the council staff for the next few months said arthur it will be okoniewski's responsibility to insure that none of the confusion rumors blame placing or finger pointing going on in the media will adversely impact on the work of the council staff as they enter into the budget review processes mahoney who has been practicing for over a decade and is chairing the criminal law committee for the local bar association was selected because of his outstanding reputation as a trial lawyer and his recognized ability in handling the fact-finding stages of an investigation said arthur mahoney will have essentially three functions as special counsel to the council continued arthur one he will protect the institution of the council by advising the council and its members as to the responsibility of each in answering proper inquiries from attor ney thomas celary and the d a.'s office two he will be directed to use whatever means are at his command to return the focus of the d a.'s investigation to organized crime es pecially organized and illegal gambling and ronald r raccuia and three mahoney will be urged by the council to use whatever legal means are available to him to return confidentiality to the d a.'s probe central park men's feature club to weinstein disciullo the central park men's club will feature wkbw tv channel 7 anchorman irv weinstein and wkbw-tv's am/buffalo producer john disciullo as the guest speakers for an 8 p.m program on tues april 7th at the central park men's club morris beard and wesley avenues in the central park area of buffalo this was announced by brian d rusk program chairman and vice presi dent of the central park men's club irv weinstein and john disciullo will address the topic how does channel 7 tackle the news and morning talk shows rat ings war dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m fol lowed by the program at 8 p.m weinstein has been brought back by popular demand following his last year's dynamic address before the club previous to this former wkbw-tv general manager phil beuth addressed the club other speakers who have recently addressed the central park men's club include united states assistant attorney general lois herrington conservative black econo mist from washington d cm walter e williams and rear admiral rpjsrt palmer mckenzie author o me grenada invasion plan irv is now celebrating his 29th anniversary in buffalo broadcasting he has remained in the area for such a long period of time because he's proud of buffalo and lets his feelings be known about this over the years wein stein has been active in theatrical productions and public service activities along with being a recipi ent of numerous public service awards under irv weinstein's leadership channel 7's eyewitness news climbed from a struggling third place to the dominant no 1 posi tion it has held for a decade and a half former pastor returns to participate in anniversary niagara falls — dr h edward whitaker of cheriton va who served new hope baptist church 1122 buffalo avenue in niagara falls as pastor from 1952-1962 and led the congregation in the drive to erect its present church will return to niagara falls to partici pate in new hope's golden anniversary cele bration ', dr whitaker will be the j guest speaker for the 11 j a.m service on march 22nd . a series of events will commemorate the golden anniversary celebration beginning wed march 18th thru 20th services will be held nightly at 7:30 p.m a golden anniversary banquet will be held at john's quality inn in town 443 main st niagara falls at 6 p.m for information and tic kets for the banquet contact the church at 282-8118 julia t franklin is publicity chairperson and the rev harvey l kelley is pastor home annual meeting to hear reporter television news report er dr octavia hudson will give the keynote ad dress at the 24th annual meeting and dinner for housing opportunities made equal dr hudson's topic will be the media's responsi bility in reporting on civil rights according to annual meeting co-chairman kirn kunzig and mark pearce 250 supporters of fair housing are expected to attend the event scheduled for april 9th at the buffalo museum of science dr hudson is a general assignment reporter with wivb-tv a native of buffalo she has earned degrees from radcliffe college brandeis univer sity and a ph.d from harvard prior to joining wivb dr hudson work ed for three years with assemblyman arthur o eve as director of the urban task force the general public is invited to attend this event traditionally the highlight of fair housing month for ticket informa tion call home at 881 5973 housing opportunities made equal is a not-for profit organization with 650 members in western new york since 1963 home has been a leader in the effort to promote fair and equal access to housing on the niagara frontier dr richard williams was guest of face up dr richard williams health educator and author of the book they stole it b you must return it conducted a recent workshop in buffalo with emphasis on psychology religion and health while conducting the workshop dr williams was a guest on the community program f%ce up i hosted by iman nuriddean and radion station wuto the photo shows dr williams second from left general manager of wufo jesse keye gregory brown and others - criterion photo daemen college forum features top black in reagan administration shown from left last tuesday at daemen college forum address provided by the honorable clarence m pendleton jr chairman of the united states commisison on civil rights and the top black in president reagan's administration are john zack news director of wwkb radio charles lumsden chairman of the board of trustees of daemen college united states commission on civil rights chairman clarence m pendleton jr receiving presidential plaque for advancing the cause of civil rights from daemen college president dr robert s marshall erie county sheriff thomas f higgins and wkbw-tv president and general manager steve kimatian chairman pendleton flew from san diego california to address the daemen college forum on the topic of the effectiveness of quotas and other affirmative action remedies key new york state civic business political and education leaders attended this daemen college forum address by mr pendleton to sing here the buffalo urban league guild will sponsor gospel singer shirley caesar in concert march 28th phenomenal is the only word which adequately describes the musical tal ents of evangelist shirley caesar her phenomina lism is evidenced by eight grammy award nomina tions 5 grammy award victories three gold al bums five dove awards thousands of sold out concerts and her demon strated ability to continu ously release album after album with astounding success her recordings have consistantly remained at the top of the gospel charts she is a model contemporary woman who is apparently doing it all in addiiton to being a shirley caeser national health prevention week march 16-22 donald b thomas m d commis sion of the erie county department of health announces that march 16-22 is national poison prevention week following is some advice of how to poison-proof your home keep all poisons out of the reach of children poisons include household chemicals plants medicines perfumes antifreeze gasoline paint etc use child-proof locks in areas they can get into read all labels carefully and follow directions don't store poisons in food or beverage containers and be sure to clearly label all containers holding poisons in homes with children use child proof packages whenever possible and be sure to flush all unused or outdated medications down the toilet don't coax your children to take medicine by referring to it as candy finally keep the numbers of the poison control center your doctor and ambulance near all phones in the house gospel musical to be presented the young adult choir of the tabernacle church of god in christ will present a gospel musical drama entitled the old ship of zion it will be presented on sat mar 28th at 7 p.m at the buffalo museum of si ence theatre tickets are 5.00 in advance and 6.00 at the door for further information contact sis penny beck ham at 883-5958 or delia m johnson at 882-9075 rev arsell bell is pastor revenue sharing see page 2 perkins see page 7 caesar — see page 2 central park men's club see page 7 serving working leading in ny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 c per copy