Buffalo Criterion, 1986-09-25

              rochester niagara region the buffalo criterion wny's necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation x 60 — no 39 irsda september 25-october 1 19st d'amato efforts succeed in continuation of job creating udag program u s senator alfon so m d'amato r-c ny has successfully convinced the senate appropriations commit tee to stop an effort to kill all funding for a federal program that has leveraged almost 2 billion in private investment and created over 42.000 jobs in new york since 1981 - d'amato thwarted an effort to end funding for the urban develop ment action grant program since its inception in 1974 the urogram has successful ly helped communities fight unemployment by leveraging private in vestment in local efforts that will result in new job opportuni ties the udag program creates private sector »<*>• tor people in areas that need eco nomic development the program pays for itself as the tax base is broadened and the drain on social service programs is lessened d'amato said the appropriations committee adopted a d'amato amendment to provide 225 million in urban development action grants next year this reversed an attempt by the office of management and budget to end all funding for the pro gram the money is now included in what will be the senate's ver sion of the fy'b7 hud-independent agen cies appropriations bill the house version of that bill has 275 mil lion for the udag program a funding level that senator d amato hopes wilt be achieved when the fin .*» b«u is agreed to in a house-senate confer ence committee later this year e.c southern christian leadership conference to host mlk jr event the very right rev herbert v reid chairman of the erie county southern chris tian leadership confer ence has announced the annual dinner en titled remember rev dr martin luther king the dinner will be held friday evening oct 17th at 7 p.m in the orange room of the gethsemane baptist church 55 grape st the key speaker will be the honorable del mar mitchell former president of the buf falo common council the donation is 25 per couple or 13 per person the chairperson is bessie milhouse and co-chairperson queenie woods for reserva tions and tickets call 855-3928 steve knezevich is press secretary - photo below dr juanita hunter lauded on friday may 23 the practical-register ed nurses association honored dr juanita k hunter president-elect of the new york state nurses association at a reception at the buffalo hilton at the waterfront dr hunter received felicitations from the city of buffalo and the county of erie the erie county executive edward rut kowski declared may 23rd 1986 dr juanita k hunter day dr hunter is currently clinical assistant professor in the school of nursing at the slate university of new york at buffalo she is also a member of the practical-regis tered nurses association this photo was taken at the reception honoring dr juanita k hunter center at the left is councilman james pitts ot the ellicott district presenting dr hunter a plague from the city of buffalo pat harris representing the county is also presenting dr hunter a plague dr hunter's husband archie hunter is shown at the right — criterion photo black achievers awards dinner set ed lewis essence magazine publisher to make keynote address this year's 14th an niversary celebration of the black achievers in industry awards dinner will be held sunday oct sth at the buf falo convention center cocktails are at 6 p.m and dinner will be served promptly at 7 p.m there are 21 spon sors and 22 candidates to be awarded also each year there is a person who is awarded for community service and the president's special award of 1986 for outstanding contri butions to 1490 enter prises inc serving as general co-chairman this year will be leslie g ar ries jr and co chairpersons sherrill colston and marilyn j smith herbert l bellamy is president 1480 enterprises inc has never partici pated in the selection process of the candi dates therefore their practice for the last 14 years has been to carry out the wishes of the enm panies and organiza tions who have chosen specific persons for their candidates past candidates who have been highlighted by the 1490 enterpris es are now serving in high-level positions in buffalo as well as in other parts of the country more than 250 candidates for the black achievers awards were chosen and spon sored by their com panies since 1973 ed lewis publisher of essence magazine and chief executive of essence communica tions inc eci will be the keynote speaker at the black achievers awards dinner the most significant of mr lewis achieve ments has been the successful development and continuous growth of essence communica tions inc working with essence magazine black achievers awardees and sponsors not shown are benjamin f mccullough city mattress a norman lewin m d suny at buffalo mrs audrey p lipford buffalo general hospital dr juanita k hunter suny at buffalo john jacobs new departure-hyatt tonawanda forge plant linda d nelson colston & son mobile station geraldine sims marine midland bank darryl w dennard wgrz-tv arvin jones harrison radiator division stanfort j perry thomas t edwards funeral home inc lincoln williams jr niagara mohawk power corp diana l everett wivb-tv abbie jones saint john baptist church lois f alexander-davis lincoln child day care inc donald willoughby maintenance pace-setters inc donald l hilliard eber brothers wine and liquors evelyn l kerney new york telephone company pashion p corbitf conway porter c.p.a p.c johnnie m mayo mullen & gunn inc edward beaufort cut ncr peter j schmitt company inc lynda i pugh national fuel distribution corp conney f wilson buffalo color corp 425 american red cross volunteers to be honored more than 425 american red cross greater buffalo chapter volunteers will be hon ored during two volun teer recognition pro grams on thurs oct 2 at the mckinley park inn 3950 mckin ley pkwy blasdell theodore sail of amherst a first aid and cpr instructor heads the list of award winners in health services he has served as a red cross volunteer for 65 years other health services volunteers who will re ceive awards for their long-time service are kathleen marshall of tonawanda nursing 45 years evelyn timmel of collins nursing 40 years paul fisher safety services 35 years vera johnson of tonawanda nursing 30 years lillian adri an of clarence safety services 30 years dorothy lageman of buffalo safety services 30 years and william furlong of west sene ca safety services 30 years more than 300 health services award winners will receive american red cross red cross mcclurg family to sing in gospel concert niagara falls — the mcclurg family a professional gospel group from akron n v will present a special concert of gos pel music at the wal nut avenue christian church 601 28th st in niagara falls n v sunday oct sth at 7 p.m the mcclurg's con sisting of seven mem bers have traveled throughout the eastern part of the u s and canada for the past 15 years they have performed in churches prison fairs and have made several tv appearances as well as eight l p albums this concert is free and open to the pub lic a free will offering will be taken during the concert to help defray expenses the program will consist of many differ ent styles of gospel music all sung with a warmth and sincerity that will make the concert one that one will surely not want to miss for directions to the church call 716 285-0725 any weekday between 8 a.m and 4 p.m rev michael a brown is pastor see page 7 see page 2 sen ing working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 c per copy