Buffalo Criterion, 1986-12-25

              price only 20 per cop serving working leading in wn inner cities since 1923 rochester niagara region wny's necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation vol til — no 52 thursday december 25-31 ism the buffalo criterion hud allocates 10 million to cities & states season's greetings named at deaconess in-gory r brown has been appointed adminis trative intern at the buffalo general hospital's deaconess division brown a detroit native assumed the administra tive post at the deaconess skilled nursing facility dec ist and is working with marilyn gibbin buf fain general hospital vice president and director of long term care and patricia weeks adminis trative assistant deaconess was chosen as a dust agency for the 1986-h7 minority training and development program in long term care spon sored by the national caucus and center on wsn**p*wm '■— - greg brown came from a counseling more community-oriented back ground said gibbin so not only will we be able to train him but we will also be able to learn from him prior to coming to buffalo brown worked as a project counselor in a senior citizens service program for the urban league of pittsburgh he holds a master's egret in public adminis tration from the university of pittsburgh my goal at deaconess is to become licensed in long-term care and to become an administrator in long-term care brown said brown will gain hi state administrator's li cense at deaconess be cause the director of long term is a state-approved preceptor all new york state long-term tare ad ministrators must com plete a 9-month state ■ mmmmmwmmaaaaaaam preceptor ...-»•• ■*■■* t think greg chose deaconess because of marilyn gibbin's experi ence in long-term care weeks stated she is on the cutting edge of elderly care and 1 believe he identified that as a plus brown 29 views his involvement in the year long training program as a possible role model to minorities in my position as an administrator i'd like to encourage minorities to look into service-oriented careers in the health care field it's a growth area and does provide good opportunities 1 also see a challenge to deliver quality health care to elderly blacks who have experienced a two fold problem of both their age and their lower in comes he added there is a tremendous need not to forget those people who are less fortunate than ourselves gregory brown community volunteer passes funeral services tor the late fred w anderson 79 active lot 50 years wiih the boy scouts of america and other community or ganizations were held thursday dec ihih at 11 a.m from si philip's kpisco „! church 15 fernhill aye burial was in buffalo cemetery in hi-eklcewaga mr anderson died monday dec l 1986 in buffalo general hospital after a lengthy illness he served in the leader ship of the boys scouts for half a century as scout master of the bulletin urban league's troop 103 e^ja^igkaaifwdjttoop church ru('ll;<mi't«a^l^i&«i(^n■g's silver beaver award for outstanding leadership mr anderson was an avid league bowler and was secretary of the traveling bowling league he frequently participated in tourna ments in new york ohio and pennsylvania the buffalo criterion for many years printing his bowling schec.ules following retirement mr anderson became an enthusiastic volunteer for 13 years at the greater buffalo chapter of the american red cross h , aervem in.traaeporuitio.i volunteer training i>!oo services and data proces sing in 1984 he was given the re cross clara barton award the highest award given for outstand ing volunteer service mr anderson's awards for community service also included a special citation in 1975 from the ciiy ol buffalo division of the aging for service lo the handicapped a 40-year member of st philips church he serve on the altar as a lay leader and trained youth who later served as acolytes his survivors are his wife lauretta duncan an derson a sister theresa g evans and other relatives and friends fred w anderson a meeting with the president & his men boosting confidence in our nation by brian d rusk the following article tells of private meetings held thursday in washington d c peaked by a meeting with president reagan in the white house participating with ambassadors across the globe actress morgan fairchild and industrialist armand hammer was daemen college president dr robert s marshall the first speaker of the jefferson circle of citizens for america president reagan's grass roots lobby effort was vice president george bush bush after being greeted by former c.f.a chairman lew lehrman and current chairman ambassador gerald carmen stressed the fine outcome of house elections this year bush feels that these results were the 3rd best in this century with a g.o.p president and a democratic house bush also urged this private gathering to keep fighting for freedom as 90 of the people in our hemisphere live under democracy mitch daniels special assistant to president reagan for political and inter governmental affairs gave our gather ing a great deal of factual information daniels feels that the g.o.p had an average performance regarding the recent senate elections 41 of g.p seats have been kept this year and the republicans have picked up 13 u s senate seats from 1978-1986 daniels stresses that the republican party supporters and president reagan have district coordinator for citizens for america and national director of the polish american congress given maximum efforts with the recent elections the next speaker with a razor sharp intellect was white house cabinet secretary alfred h kingon just named as ambassador to the european community in answer to dr marshall's question kingon said that the president is opposed to proposed legislation that calls for automatic retaliation against unfair trade practices kingon also pledged that the 1987 federal deficit will go down from 220 billion to 163 million that's good news kingon was followed by haley barbour special assistant to the president for political affairs barbour sees greater political party parity across the u s for example florida lost a republican senator but picked up a g.o.p governor he noted that there are now fewer democratic governors than before it was also mentioned how several democratic candidates across the country sounded like republican candidates with many liberals elected in the south except for bob graham who was elected as a democrat to the u s senate it was a real treat from u s general ed meese one of reagan's oldest and closest advisors please note that no press were allowed at these e.fa private briefings and this essay comes for this author's notes meese was active all day meeting rutkowski takes lead in securing county's computer system erie county became the first county in new york state to adopt a compre hensive policy aimed at protecting all information stores in its computer systems with actions taken thursday by county executive edward j rut kowski pursuant to a recently enacted state law which makes tampering or un authorized access felonies rutkowski issued a strin gent policy statement to all county departments it has been and will continue to be the policy of erie county to ensure that county information is pro tected and our computer network is secure rut kowski said effective immediately the official plan directs every department to post a warning notice on each terminal personal compu ter and word processor banning use by other designated personnel as prescribed under the penal law of new york state rutkowski also has re quested the division of data processing to see that the message is dis played on all terminals connected to all of the county's mainframe com puters under article 156 of the new york state penal law which took effect last month any county em ployeed found in violation will be subject to prosecu tion and terminated from county service the policy has been distributed to all em ployees added to the erie county personnel de partment's policy and procedures manual and is to be included in the employee handbooks ed lawrence hits a new high former buffalonian ed lawrence known profes sionally in the theatrical world as lawrence james his father's name in re verse and former execu tive director of buffalo's afrit-un-american cultural center was recently married to a buffalo woman the former ms irma woodard of colfax aye here in the city but that's not the only reason - though the main one for mr lawrence's current stale of jubilation if he's lancing on the clouds — as a recent newly he's also uanc ing among the stars in donald kvares spaced , man in m hieh he scored a fc great personal the ata sargent theatre in new york this past october kevin dowd of the new york native in particular was very much taken by mr lawrence's energetic performance and shurp observations no mean feat considering the fact thai he em onstage in semi-..arkness all alone for 40 minutes also mario fraiti the distinguished co-author of the recent broauway musi cal hit nine and critic for ii progresso singled spaced man out for praise even though he does not like ore man shows and made note of mr lawrence's skill bui then of course mr lawrence's skill as an actor is nothing new as he has worked off-off broad way and off-broadway as an actor/direclor/p-o uc er since 1977 among his many credits are con fleming's carnival dreams the trial of dr beck by hughes al lison and more recently copper cunningham's time makes everything a memory in 1979 lawrence lour ed over 75 new york city high schools in a condens ed version of shakes he hopes he can keep floating on his new high — as a married man and as an actor particularly in mr kvares piece by louring it as much as possible because he feels its expansive philosophy will make other people float too on a natural high ed lawrence christmas spirit nancy wilson will be among the many stars appearing on the 1986 lou rawls parade of stars television special funds to cover emergency homeless programs emergency shelter flianls totalling ho mil lion tor m iii.iriipitlilan cities anil urban counties all 50 state's an puerto rico have been announ ced by samuel k pun 1 jr secretary nl housing and urban development we will noi delay these tuii.s by waiting for final nil a -' secretin pierce said we have notified till eligi tile mate and local govern ments of the amount ol iheir grants an will begin to award funds to help these convmunitit i expand their programs ol emergency shekel tor the homeless draft rules to administer local programs through th winter of 1986-87 were published in the federal register com ments are due by feb 13lh 1987 lo help the department develop final funds may be used directly by local govern ments or distributed by the local government to non-profit organizations providing assistance to the homeless funds may be used in the renovation major rehabilitation or conversion of iiuil ii.g for use as emergency shelters for the homeless or 1 the payment of certain operat ing ot social service expenses in connection lib emergent shelter lor lhe homeless each grantee is ret|uiret to inert certain program requirements including supplement the emer gent shelter ir.ini with 111 equal amount ot funds in.in other sources ensure that buildings where assis lance is provided continue lo lie use as homeless shelters lor specified peri od of time ensure that re habilitaiton is sufficient to make the structure sale and sanitary and other applicable requirements including federal statua ior proscriptions against discrimination individual grant were warded base em i in states ana localities 1986 allocation under the hud community development miotic prn t t amount of less than 30,000 was added to the state's emergency shelter grant allocation for the state portion of the program funds must lie allocated to localities within 65 days i receipt all localities must have tun obligated within 180 days group to make annual pilgrimage the upper room prayer band is making plans for its annual visit to the erie county home in alden n v on new year's day jan 1 1987 to serve about 700 elderly mothers and fathers they will leave from jordan grove baptist church about 12 noon everyone is invited to accompany them to the home rev henry hall is the advisor and res and mrs glenn 11 dußois are directors they are appealing to the public for donations of checks or sclc president joseph lowery discujs eugene hasenfus in nicaragua november 6th nicaraguan president credits lowery in hasenfus release atlanta ga — convicted american gun runner eugene hasenfus flew home just before the start of the christmas season in part due to the negotiating efforts of sclc president joseph lowery the nicaraguan government asked lowery to come visit their country to observe the trial while there lowery talked with the principals involved in the case lowery also met with nicaraguan president daniel ortega and urged him to release hasenfus as a gesture of peace and mercy lowery his wife evelyn and two other sclc staff members spent nearly a . week in november an official statement given to the national media by the nicaraguan government on december 17th 1986 stated ... conversations with religious leaders and other individuals particular ly the rev joseph e lowery of the south christian leadership conference and governor anthony earl of wiscon sin swayed the government of nicar agua to express its willingness and disposition to consider a possible parden for eugene hasenfus lowery found out about the possible pardon the morning of the 17th when nicaraguan foreign minister miguel descoto contacted the minister at his church in atlanta hours before anyone else knew the nicaraguans informed lowery that ortega planned to go before their general assembly to request the pilgrimage — see pg 6 xmaa spirit — see pg 2 lowery credited see page 2 meeting with president — see page 7