Buffalo Criterion, 1986-10-23

              rochester price only 20 c per copy the buffalo criterion niagara region serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 wat i necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation thursday october 23-29 1986 vol no 61 - no 43 metro rail park & ride facility to open south campus station to begin service nov 10th the chairman of the nfta raymond f gall agher has announced that on monday nov 10th at 10 p.m the metro rail will open service to its south campus station and hold a ribbon cutting cere mony in conjunction with state university of new york officials to open the south campus metro rail park & ride facility beginning that monday passengers may board or disembark the train at the south campus station located on main st near niagara falls blvd the nfta has leased 360 parking spaces from the suny at buffalo south campus which will provide a park & ride facility for metro rail bus riders as an incentive i metro rail will give one free round-trip ride to anyone who uses the park & ride facility from mon nov 10th to nov 29th between 6 a.m and 2 p.m weekdays and 9 im itafp-iptt tsflunjuv<f mr iiilliiijhnr mill with th«i parking pint '«■'"■;. thkiplit are tiegin mug ir gspadmxtg ijowip town free pit/king ami a quick 12 minuter ride to ll llnwitii district will im in added ini.rinllvls for li to ua*p our trrlli " flit irarirl opening for mm entire system a.l,it.h include the labile i mm and hie pedestrian mall will lie fiat , nov 29th there will be free rides november 29th and 30th both uptown and downtown and other ac tivities will be announced later the south campus sta tion will also be serviced by the metro bus system 8 main suburban 19 bailey 9 parkside subur ban 30 kenmore and 44 lockport the 8 main city bus will not enter south campus station but con tinue its normal route via the windemere loop there will also be a ' kiss & ride entrance in the upper front level of the station for people drop ping off passengers the south campus sta tion can be easily identi fied by the huge steel sculpture by beverly pep per entitled vertical , presence — glass dunes it resembles a large scale flat-top ma l chine screw there la alar a vary editing neon sculpture on ihe mezzanine i oval re taa with mo fr«,i t i orange ii„l i,i,,0 „„„, lulling j til ni ii „ i „ ujr nan uf the ! hit i hide tlqng will ibe pl.jr or ir aiiatagk area illrei.tliig pimtoplata to hie lot a r',iii.,t,r,r,jl campaign will lie mitiawl t'i promote hie station anil lot rev & mrs robert graham to celebrate 10th year sunday oct 26th will mark one year since the lord blessed st luke ame zion church 314 e ferry st with the leader ship of pastor robert l graham most recently from metropolitan ame zion church in kansas city missouri pastor graham came to st luke with a love and dedication for serving god and his church he and his wife margie have given st luke a spiritual face lift she st luke has come alive with the work of god and the brotherhood of christi anity the congregation and friends of st luke ame zion church look forward to celebrating this won drous occasion this year and many many more to come rev robert l graham peace statement to be presented before council a special presentation of the peace statement authored by the universal house of justice the governing body for rrppsrrs bers of the baha'i faith worldwide will be made to members of the city of buffalo common council this will take place at 2 p.m friday oct 24th in room 1427 in the buffalo city hall ms leslie mccann chairperson of the buffalo spiritual assembly and edward peace of the amherst spiritual assem bly will be making the presentation the peace statement was given to president reagan last year on human rights day and is currently being or has been presented to many world leaders it is currently being distributed to many state and local officials the peace statement is unique in that it outlines a viable program for estab lishing world peace in a non-political and non-sec tarian format that is universal for all mankind regardless of their politi cal religious or socio economic background the meeting is open to the public kemp announces approval of key water projects to wny washington — congressman jack kemp has announced that congress has given final approval to several key water projects of importance to western new york the congressman said these critically needed projects will have a tremendous positive impact on the quality of life in our community i am proud to work i — my friend and colleague congressman her nowak d-buttalo on a bipartisan basis c bring these projects "- western new york a i am pleased a our cofieagues m the house and the senate agree with us abot.l the importance of these initiatives congressman kemp wcec to include '--; 5 for tr projects reeded in western fie yer " the contir.uirvg resolutpon a c s ssenctrvg •>![ for ' sea year 1367 pro jects i'c?uoec are sturgeon z —. manna si 6 - z r ccc's x through the -~. co c 4 errgreers e»iil j used •: -:-;••_:- ar z--'zy ****** a at st^-jeor pp m •-* "-».- of £.=.-« n y "-£-.-:-;« itmmmadtaj f z ■■.- mm yer stat tc srevsse tr lota project cost :' 53.2 million ~"* x .- c syecr fssrt i -= * *-.?.« i ccs impact on witanerr *»*• j in terms ot ecsoor-c ce.e'.xrrerr teeacj c 4 dm errjreect access rt •-■!! prsvsae tv bearers a - r^r~*r •-. r regcr.'t creates jej-a resevrx ls*a erie b ah e:cat at z zciz control an ax-i-jr c mcrsgn - goer j-<m ss-3 utzrz :**,-. -\ xt - jt atr zr s ellieott creek flood control project ground was broken on this 23 million project on sept 12 1986 construction will be complete in 1989 the completion of ellieott creek flood control project will protect area residents from the devastation caused by the annual flooding of e'licott greer i a committed to ensuring that this project is completed efficiently effectively mm on time kemp said high tare _*.<: ix''''u resolution also includes sioo.ooo v a study of a continually high lace levels bl the great ares particularly la erie that cause so mam ana w and flooding process a western '«** c 8 tdseanore ccv-g-ess-'a <«*- psa d a c i am gratified try •-■% a -.' tr federal emergency f/ar-argement agency ir ac/€*'g » boy out trireajeriec ncr-iec^rers at hamaejr beach i te^eve ar *« must trcr o f«sd a vcog-terrr soljtcr z**-*.f f s rrsernap arc - a prat ems poses fry 3cr*'jojs.y r.tgr a tf.rr in la erie arc jjz't-se "*■. great a """* **:-** ;' svk.-fcver-'a .** also gave rt ,':-. a an -• trust >.' 7 ts a sf-r.pt^s *««*■ w.jr'ja c*a tr.at ■■: sytm '-. cazeroiia vac '■-»: ecrx'ss soest '.: jrxvi r ret»s«rt c • srs r*pca arc 30 t^.."ap frera wv s.'z z z ■-. « -.-*. ztzrrytaar-ar trt arc >*-„••.»» a tosr syprr^-ig »*,-*, tn t zctz .' e-c tan z get ~ il2 -■ cr vz krr&i&ec iff 1385 gubernatorial candidate held press conference dr lenora fulani the new alliance party candi date for governor held a press conference in front of city hall wed oct 22 at 1 p.m to announce her support of the rain bow coalition's drive to have state assemblyman arthur eve made speaker of the house and to , ', challenge gov , cuomo's exclusion of blacks from his statewide ticket fulani the only black and the only woman in the race has been outspoken in her criticism of cuomo's snubbing blacks and pro gressives by choosing a white conservative stan lundine as his running mate cuomo has made it very clear where he stands on the issue of black empowerment — he doesn't want any said fulani that is why i am supporting the rainbow coalition's campaign to get assemblyman eve made speaker of the house that is why i am running to establish an independent black-led multi-racial party he has told the blacks of this state that we need not apply as long as we depend on cuomo there will be no empowerment for blacks latinos poor and working and progressive people women and gays — there will be no decent housing jobs or health care for the people of new york state fulani who is the independent mayor of harlem and the director of the community clinics of the institute for social therapy and research is the national chairperson of the women of color caucus of the new alli ance party she and caucus members will be picketing the state capitol building in albany thurs day oct 23 at 1 p.m to protest cuomo exclusion ol blacks from his mate wide ticket with her running mate rafael mendez fulani is out to win the 50,000 en required to get a perma nent line on the ballot for new york state's only progressive party the statewide slate includes michael hard for attorn fulani dr lenora fulani rafael mendez elders tapped ..-- p eiders has j named director '.' patienf accounts at tr buffalo c*r*ras hospital boers is hf.-jr ye v tailing z-f and —***> don z a patient ntje-a '*. hm mm i**pg to knpta dent csc ct ■*: pot with --*. s.-<s-w sai :.* r ssff.pr-ter fne-s recurs ir.-rta-'«/5 of c r-rskfm fm mm test m_t fa , ** tarn sjt "~ jet rattx raj rtaaaant ctemrattar at bcsttrairsrtr rotpnaj m orarrs rapid h arcs r*i affat *■''* ■■*■ ir-wrc trr jaaaa mm a ear armtnt talking points on county clerk candidate rath mary lou rath in her acceptance of the nomina tion for the republican and conservative endors ed candidate for county clerk voiced her opinion that the office of county clerk is not one of just administering the previous established policies of my predecessor but to ex plore new and viable alter natives to improve that which should be improved and to do it with fiscal diligence but always with the public's best interest at heart mrs rath is a graduate of mt st joseph high school buffalo state col lege with a b s degree a member of kappa delta phi national honor socie ty a graduate of the university of buffalo in surance broker's course is a former teacher a former airline stewardess a former public relations speciality an insurance broker the first woman to be elected to public office ir amhifflv anr itwr matt a county legislator sine 1978 flath's accomplishments and initiatives as a legist tor are she founded the erie county fistiery ad visory board the amherst lunch and issues down town lunch and issues and mm caucus of republi can women she sponsored or co sponsored resolutions con cerning drug and alcohol abuse action plans to combat substance abuse among primary and sec ondary school children stricter penalities tor driv ing while irilrj/ir^jtirr pro grams to warn the elderly of possible prescription drug complications welfare and medicaid reform founded a coali hon a xi organizations with state-wide affiliation to lobby for reform of the system co-founded a fin coalition '/ '. port • san legislators to work for reform project intercept a program which has brought over 800,000 back to the county in its first two years by inter cepting welfare rental payments to landlords who are delinquent in their county tax dollars work for relief puts able bodied welfare recipi ents to work on public projects jirmnumlvisffvicwiarr tonclng program putt non-vlolonl otliiridwn to work on community pro grams an an allpirriafivn to prison san lor cmuon protec tions clusler prugpam funding to provide ser vices to ttenlora in subur ban ami rural areas to remain in their homer rather than move to inatl miaa tuition free credit tour in at state operated campuses increased funding lor meals on wheels increased the maximum allowable income trial senior citizens ma still have to 12,026 while still qualifying for '/. percent exemption from proper mmm home health care aides checks requiring an one applying for aa m mm health care field to path mary lou rath ebony fashion show here oct 24th ebon fashion fair rrrxj'h kym thomas shows off her sophisticated '.•/ ■ in i magenta tweed taaam breast - m ■*."? and skirt 1 mtmat the mm paired with a na wool aaatund a magenta a kfctl green jiatmjt ft/or of rrrve than a dozen outfits that thryrnift modeis in the fashion h/"-itva*r 2 "' v i represents i at '. «>",.* m mm sfh a - a etmt / 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