Buffalo Criterion, 1987-03-05

              niagara region rochester wny's necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation ol 62 — no 10 thursday march ml 1987 the buffalo criterion ub plans financial aid fair students who plan to attend college this fall are urged to attend the first financial aid fair from 9:30 a.m to 1 p.m sat . mar 7th at the state university at buffalo's educational opportunity center 465 washington st students planning to attend either two or four-year colleges or uni versities can receive infor mation about various fi nancial aid programs as well as all necessary forms at the lair some 30 representatives will be on hand to assist students in completing their financial aid paperwork faye martinear direc tor of ub s talent search says that many colleges and universities have mar 16th deadlines for priority status in terms of financial aid students planning to complete their forms at the fair should bring pertinent information about their income status as well as that of their families parents of the students are encouraged to attend the fair as well as older adults who will be plan ning to attend college full or part-time next fall the fair will be broad cast live from 10 a.m to 1 p.m on wblk with radio personality fred patrick sponsors of the fair are the center for urban affairs and buffalo post secondary consortium for education parking is available in a lot adjacent to the educa tional opportunity center and in city ramps nearby gerald glenn doing good in virginia following is a story of a young man who moved to buffalo in 1971 and received his training for the ministry in buffalo under bishop carl robeson and spent five years in the second jurisdiction of the churches of god in christ western new york he is now doing well in the commonwealth of vir ginia richmond va — in the late 19605 a violatile black teenager armed with a sharp piece of rusted metal was prowling a crime-riddled section of portsmouth virginia it was past curfew and gerald o glenn admittedly was looking for trouble instead he was approached by police patrolman terry benoit who took him to a 24-hour grocery store and talked the manager into giving him a job today glenn 33 is chief of ini.octinalinun c k nl r l_*_pal l ment of health regulatory boards he is one of the highest ranking black state regulatory officials in the nation voluble but soft-spoken glenn is a former army recruiter policeman and school worker he is a husband father of five small children and as an ordained minister in the church of god in christ expects to soon be preaching from the pulpit of his own church in south richmond recalling his initial encounter with patrolmen benoit glenn who had been emotionally upset by his parents divorce said at that time i thought i was pretty tough i hadn't gotten into any real trouble yet but i knew it was just a matter of time i don't know how i survived he said he was shocked when instead of hassling or arresting him benoit now a sergeant found him a job to me every white was an anglo and anglos were bad what benoit did was against everything i had ever learned he said after his graduation from craddock high school in 1971 glenn went to buffalo to live with a minister friend a short time later another pivotal event occurred i saw myself dying young if i didn't give up my street life while i was trying to figure out what to do i found myself at a sidewalk tent revival it was there that i found christ he said for the next five years glenn worked as an integration aide in the buffalo school system dealing frequent ly with children with behavioral and learning disabilities he was licensed and subsequently ordained a minister in the church of god in christ and served in 1977 as an interim pastor in a batavia n y church going from reserve to active status glenn was a u s army recruiter in buffalo from 1976 until 1978 encouraged by benoit and others he returned to portsmouth after his army discharge to fulfill a long-standing ambition to be a policeman in the same city where his own life had been turned around less than a decade earlier i was right back on the streets where i had looked for trouble as a kid but this time i was trying to help others stay clean glenn said his career path took another providential turn in 1981 when an opportunity beckoned for service with the texas state police glenn had been born in texas while his father was stationed there in the army after arriving in dallas however he jumped at a more lucrative opening as an investigator with the texas state board of medical examiners in less than three years he was assistant director for field operations monitoring the practices of some 32,000 physicians glenn returned to virginia in october 1985 to become a supervisor in the compliance unit of the department of health regulatory boards when the unit was reorganized in july 1986 he was appointed chief of operations monitoring the practices of some 32.000 physicians after arriving in dallas however he jumped at a more lucrative opening as an investigator with the texas state board of medical examiners in less than three years he was assistant director for field operations monitoring h«>j/r_kii«_es-oi-some'j_!^oo physicians glenn returned to virginia in october 1985 to become a supervisor in the compliance unit of the department of health regulatory boards when the unit was reorganized in july 1986 he was appointed chief of investigations his primary responsibility is the handling of complaints against any of the more than 100,000 practitioners licensed by virginia's 10 health regulatory boards included are doctors nurses pharmacists dentists optometrists psychologists profession al counselors social workers and veterinarians this has been a tremendous and exciting opportunity for me glenn said i feel a great sense of accomplish ment because i know i'm helping to protect a lot of people i get much more satisfaction out of catching a bad doctor or dentist before they hurt someone than i would in writing a traffic ticket he added glenn said if it hadn't been for patrolman benoit the u s army and his religious faith he might easily have embarked on a life of crime i'm a staunch bandstand flag waving supporter of mandatory military service for our youth it provides the kind of discipline young people need but all too often dont'tget at home he said glenn also sees himself as a prime example of the broad opportunities available for blacks today in virginia and the south these opportunities are tremen dous i don't believe that because you come from a disadvantaged environ ment you are predestined for a bad outcome he said he urged young blacks to get the chips off their shoulders and work within the system our battles cannot be won by anarchy in the streets that hurts more than helps us we have to operate within the accepted norms of society glenn said i'm opposed to quotas and i'm opposed to tokenism i think a man every man has to pull himself up by his own bootstraps he added glenn said no black with talent drive and ambition needs to be hampered by his color if i were to be fired tomorrow i would be confident that it was because i wasn't doing my job not because i'm black glenn said gerald o glenn trinity to hold annual founder's day march 8th the trinity baptist church 41 spruce st buffalo wilt celebrate its annokndrre'.wrd isaac founder's day program on sun mar bth at 4 p.m this celebration is in honor of the late dr e w d isaac and gives rise to the significant contribu tions he made to the baptist denomination it was he who founded the baptist training union which is the training arm . ot the church exclusively in the black baptist churches the principal speal rr will be the rev timothy l careathers all are cordially invited to attend roy james rich is director and the rev joseph e davis is pastor pilot plant to potentially save county residents millions the success of an exper imental program awarded erie county will result in at least 70 million annual savings to area residents according to county executive rutkowski dur ing his announcement saturday that the county had been selected as the production site for a non corrosive road salt substi tute rutkowski recently was informed by the new york state energy research and development authori ty nyserda that erie county was successful in its bid for the pilot plant the actual site is yet to be determined according to rutkowski during a morning press conference at the county maintenance facility in cheektowaga use of the new product calcium magnesium acetate cma will revolutionize the way winter roads are treated as well as protect cars from rusting and our infrastructure from de teriorating cma has the same ice-melting qualities as salt without the harmful side effects damage costs from salt to highways and bridges alone run in excess of 10 million a year in erie county rutkowski noted this doesn't include the toll levied on private autos parking ramps sidewalks vegetation un derground wires and water lines he said for example buffalo parking officials tell me that about 20 million of planned repairs to city ramps is directly attributa ble to corrosion from salt use he added rutkowski explained that the plant will be developing a process which will substantially reduce cma's production costs now set at about 700 per ton to increase commercial availability officials hope to bring the unit price down to 200 to make it competitive with salt if relative damage costs are taken into ac count nyserda representa tives presently are consid ering several usable build ings in erie county for the plant plans are to begin making the de-icer in september with about 15 employees rutkowski said that philip f frandina county public works commis sioner has been working with nyserda for the past three years is refining cma's produc tion process and the erie - county industrial devel opment agency in bring ing the plant to the area reasons cited by rut kowski for the county being selected include availability of existing buildings and raw materi als accessibility of trans portation network and ex tensive cooperation from county officials , the erie county high way department uses 28 000 tons of rock salt annually at a cost of 16 per ton groups eye drug prevention program successful curriculum helps youngsters say no'to alcohol drugs a drug prevention pro gram that has been suc cessful in nearly 100 new york junior high and middle schools will soon be expanding to more schools in the state according to officials of lions clubs international which funds the program more than 100 concern ed school administrators community leaders and lions clubs officials will meet in buffalo on march 12 to find out how to bring the program to schools in their community the conference runs from 9 a.m until 1 p.m at the buffalo marriott in am herst the lions-quest skills for adolescence curricu lum was developed to help 10 to 12 year olds say no to alcohol and drugs one of the reasons the program has been so successful is that it deals with the causes leading to experimentation with drugs and alcohol said john stewart manager of the international activities and program development division of lions clubs in ternational lions-quest teaches self-confidence and provides positive ex periences in making de cisions handling peer pressure communicating and strengthening family relationships this program has three important features one the curriculum has been professionally de veloped by a team of 57 top educators and drug abuse experts two teach ers are trained in a three-day intensive work shop conducted by quest personnel and three par ent involvement is encour aged through local semin ars said stewart lions-quest is taught in 2,500 schools in 49 u s states six canadian prov inces and the united kingdom nearly 370,000 preteenagers have taken the course lions clubs internation al past director jack weber will address the conference about the lions commitment to a drug-free society for kids sake explores kids & substance abuse during the month of march wgrz-tv2's cry kirtti 3intc reatu paign will focus on intervention and preven tion strategies to protect western new york's chil dren against substance abuse a positive look at what is being done to fight alcohol and drug prob lems will be explored through a series of news rtacnterv-reports a special public affairs program and a prime-time special two locally produced public service announce ments will also air throughout the month with a strong message to children on the deadly con sequences of using drugs and/or alcohol in addition news center 2 personalities will accom pany local sports figures and tops officer friend ly in visiting four buffalo elementary schools to speak out against sub stance abuse appear ances are scheduled be for kids sake coca-cola usa to sponsor jackie robinson exhibition coca-cola usa in con junction with the ja;kie robinson foundation has announced that it be the exclusive sponsor of jackie robinson an american journey an exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of baseball legend jackie robinson's historic entry into the major leagues as its first black player the extensive display will include numerous artifacts and memorabilia depicting mr robinson's illustrious baseball career and his numerous lifelong contributions as a promin ent spokesman on behalf of civil rights and human dignity rachel robinson mr robinson's widow and chairperson of the jackie robinson foundation said the exhibition will be a source of inspiration and guidance for american youth jack's legacy is best expressed in his state ments a life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives he further believed that anyone can achieve excellence as long as they are determined assertive courageous and undaunt ed mrs robinson said the exhibit exempli fies the principles which drove my husband to extend himself - to over come all obstacles period it will serve as a model of achievement for thousands of youths and their fami lies edwin r mellett senior vice president of the coca-cola co and presi dent of coca-cola usa said the exhibition will open apr 17th at the new york historical society in new york city as part of a commemoration of mr robinson's courage and accomplishments in break ing baseball's color bar rier mr robinson who died on oct 24 1972 became the first black player in the major leagues in 1947 with the brooklyn dod gers he paved the road to the majors for countless other black athletes he was named rookie of the year as the dodgers won the 47 pennant during his 10-year major league career mr robinson won numerous batting and fielding titles he was the national league's most valuable player in 1949 he was perhaps most respected as a base runner in 1962 he was * enshrined in baseball's . hall of fame continued on page 2 serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 per copy