Buffalo Criterion, 1987-02-26

              rochester niagara region the buffalo criterion wny's necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation vol 62 — no 9 thursday february 26-march 4 1987 testimonial dinner to cite mary crosby chappelle the friends of mary crosby chappelle are sponsoring a testimonial dinner in her honor on friday april 3 at 6 p.m at the buffalo convention center mrs chappelle a long time buffalo resident a retired teacher in the buffalo school system and a member of bethel a.me church is known throughout the western new york community as a lecturer dramatist coun selor writer soloist and friend she has served on many committees and boards on the local and national levels her pattern of service toward making this community a better place for all has been appreciat ed by many individuals and groups if help was needed mary has bean there regardless of^f-re of croup race creed or color ._...._. •"•* j this dinner is an oppor tunity for the community to say thank you the program will in clude a this is your life presentation pro ceeds will be used to establish a foundation fund the public is invited mrs lue mcclurkin is general chairperson and ms clara mencer is co-chairperson committee chairper sons are mrs louise mayfield dinner commit tee tickets 886-7693 and mrs oree l mcclam journal committee ads 892-1475 additional information can be made available by contacting the publicity chairperson warded lewis at 885-9319 mrs mary c chappelle robinson calls for pre-civil service exam orientation sessions tree ar-.-.j h—a—l william f robinson d 3rd district has won approval of a bill he co-sponsored and submit ted to the erie county legislature that calls for establishing training semi nars to assist minorities and other persons in preparing for civil service exams it has been two years since the county's equal employment opportunity office sponsored pre-civil service exam orientation sessions mr robinson stated in 1985 the eeo office conducted such an orienta tion session for minorities and others who were interested in taking the probation officer test be cause it had been deter mined that minorities were underrepresented in the probation officer job title and that special outreach efforts were needed to encourage minorities to take this exam he ex plained these orientation ses sions do not have to be geared solely to a particu lar civil service exam they could also offer training on general exam taking techniques covering such areas as the impor tance of reading direc tions understanding exam formats and interpreting exam questions as it has been found that persons who participate in such training can significantly improve their civil service test scores the legislator stated my resolution recom mends that the county devise and submit a plan of action to begin ottering these training sessions and suggests that these sessions be jointly spon sored by the county eeo office erie community college and interested community agencies it also requests the county administration to report on whether com munity agencies such as the buffalo urban league the cao the institute for people enterprise and the buffalo federation of neighborhood centers would be interested in hosting these training seminars at convenient community locations hopefully we will get the cooperation we need for this project so that minorities and others will be able to be better prepared to take these civil service exams at no cost to them concluded mr robinson kemp announces grant for new york state fire service rep jack kemp r-ny has announced that the occupational safety and health administration has awarded a 50,000 new directions training grant to the new york state association of fire chiefs congressman kemp sad "| am pleased that this potentially life-saving grant was approved it *•" provide the fire service with needed funds to add to their training and education program the training grant will be used to address the dangers of exposure to toxic substances and haz ardous materials the new york state associa tion of fire chiefs is currently preparing a series of seminars con cerning firefighter health and safety these funds will be used to increase the scope of this program the goal of these seminars and the grant is to reduce injuries and fatalities through fur ther training " founder's day speaker rev timothy careathers will be the speaker at the great annual founder's day program of trinity baptist church 41 spruce st sunday march 8 at 5 p.m the founder's day pro gram honors the late dr e w d isaac founder of the b.t.u roy j rich is director of the 8.t.u mrs william v callahan sr . souvenir journal chair person mrs susie riley general program chair person mrs hattie fos ter publicity chairperson mrs mary fleming cor responding chairperson mrs kittie m bowler fellowship hour chairper son and the rev joseph e davis is pastor the public is invited to attend the program rev timothy careathers new york state assembly offers summer internship college students who wish to supplement their education with experience can apply to participate in the assembly summer intern program announc ed assemblyman william b hoyt d-buffalo/grand island this is a very competi tive program and those who are accepted receive a rewarding experience dur ing their 10 weeks said assemblyman hoyt college students who will reach the senior vrv*r level or are enrolled in a graduate program by sep tember can apply they must be new york state residents who are enrolled in out-of-state schools the summer interns work in albany at either a legislator's office or with research staff and will receive a 2,500 stipend further information and applications can be obtain ed by writing new york state assembly intern program 829 a legislative office building albany n y 12248 or by calling 518 455-4704 must be submitted by april ist mlk jr portrait unveiled at the patriot's day assembly wed feb 18th the senior class officers unveiled a portrait of dr martin luther king jr which the senior class had commissioned artist william bill y cooper to paint for the graduating class gift the portrait ot dr king will join the portraits of george wash ington and abraham lin coln which hang on the walls of seneca vocational high school common council presi dent and seneca graduate george k arthur ad dressed the assembly audience with an oral tribute to dr martin luther king jr and included in his presenta tion a historical account of the civil rights movement in america from colonial times to dr king's entry in the civil rights move ment assistant superinten dent of elementary educa tion and seneca graduate dr richard evans de livered the patriotism ad dress citing the constitu tion and its 200 th birthday celebration and the coloni al and post colonial impact of the patriots on this document social studies teacher richard myshwiec was master ot ceremony for the patriot day program principal leonard sikora accepted the portrait of dr king for historical placement at seneca the seneca auditorium stage was decorated with u s flag draped mobile visual screens which contained slide pictures of george washington abraham lincoln and dr martin luther king jr nap launches local candidates & national petition drive by abdullah luqman dr lenora fulani of the new alliance party nap held a press con ference at the little harlem hotel thursday feb 19th launching a nap-backed slate for the september democratic party primary and an independent slate in the general election in november and kicked-offed a national petitioning drive in the buffalo area urging rev jesse jackson of the national rainbow coalition to support the running of an independent black presidential candidate in 1988 we are coming to kick-off the buffalo drive so that the black and progressive people of this city can have the opportunity to speak out on the urgent need for independent politics said dr fulani assemblyman arthur eve was among several black politicians who called for the formation of such a party directly after election day november 1986 the idea of an inde pendent rainbow party is gaining popularity rev jesse jackson himself has called the issue of independent politics prophetic — and we are ready to make that prophecy a reality the recently released report by the washington joint center for politi cal studies on black economic develop ment shows the black community of buffalo is at the bottom of the ladder in terms of jobs and income it's clear that we need some new tools to use in the struggle for economic justice and these tools must be designed to free us from the political institutions which keep us in slavery said dr fulani locally herbert x blyden and john hemphill will run for at-large seats on the buffalo common council and arthur williams will be a candidate in the erie county 3rd legislative district the open letter to rev jesse jackson will be from dr fulani the independent rainbow movement and hundreds of thousands of afro-ameri cans native americans latino-ameri cans asian-americans lesbians and gays women and men and rank and file senate says yes to death penalty volker points to skyrocketing murder rate as signal for restoration albany — the new york state senate mon day voted to restore the death penalty tor the most heinous murder cases state senator dale m volker r-c depew an nounced by a margin ot 40-16 the senate approv ed the measure for the 11th straight year and sent it to the assembly for consideration there we need the death penalty in this state volker said since the elimination ot capital pun ishment in new york state in the early 70s the murder rate has skyrock eted sadly the absence of the death penalty has sent the message to criminals that you can get away with murder in new york state volker said there are a lot of myths and misin formation surrounding this issue such as the argu ment that most killings in new york are unpremedi tated crimes of passion the fact is that the overwhelming majority of murders in this state are coldblooded calculated killings or they take place in the course of the commission of a separate crime such as robbery or burglary with the latest statistics showing murders up more than 20 in the first six months of 1986 compared with the prior year new york state must act to reimpose capital punish ment senator volker said that assembly action on the legislation is anticipated within the next few weeks he also noted that changes in the composi tion of the assembly make an override of the antici pated veto more likely than at any time since the early 80 when the effort fell just a tew votes short senior missionary awards luncheon held the missionary society of bethel ame church 1525 michigan avenue recently sponsored a senior missionary awards luncheon at the church members of the missionary society shown standing from left are bessie robinson snowbelle myles pastor mcashan mrs jewell mcashan izora latimore geneva allen and beatrice wayne seated is nettie wynn a stewardess the honorees shown from left are michael smith the director of the food bank carrie shown in the picture from left are rev a charles ware mrs ware and alexander who is an all around church worker raymond dußard a concerned member who takes the church bulletins to the shut-ins and david fields a good neighbor and friend to the church jewell mcashan is president ot the missionary society and carolyn thomas a unit leader rev mcashan is a candidate for bishop of the ame church alvin lacey seated far left in the photo was a guest ot mr dußard - dußard photo little d d wares gave breakfast rev and mrs a charles ware and daughter d d hosted a delicious and tasty southern breakfast sunday morning feb 22 at friendship baptist church 402 clinton st the breakfast consisted ot grits bacon and eggs sausage rolls coffee tea orange juice butter and jelly the breakfast was given for the by mrs mamie garrett members of friendship and friends friendship's members would like to give a special thanks to rev and mrs ware mrs l craig chairman lawrence williams co-chairman the kitchen committee and the staff tor the beautiful thoughtful and appreciative breakfast nap see page 7 serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 per copy