Buffalo Criterion, 1986-08-12

              serving working leading in ww inner cities since 1923 niagara region the buffalo criterion price only 20 c per copy vol 60 - no 33 thursday august 14-20 1986 wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester erie county executive edward rutkowski congratulates george h mccoy right newly appointedhead of the county's hospital mccoy congratulated on new post the erie county medi cal center board of managers and nfhs inc the firm contracted to manage the medical cen ter friday announced the appointment of george h mccoy as chief executive yofficer of tha hospital • ****** iis impiiu iv nr commence his new posi tion september 3rd he will be employed by vitalliance management service the management division of nfhs inc according to kevin sullivan chairman of the board of managers the search for a chief execu tive officer ceo began in november 1985 over 150 resumes were reviewed and narrowed to five finalists mccoy was selected following a thorough re view of his credentials and references and numerous interviews with the search committee of the board of managers kevin keane chairman of the board of nfhs inc expressed his pleas ure mt the selection of mr mccoy tie exnrbttr the managerial and leader ship qualifications essen tial to the long-range success and continued community service so vitally important to ecmc keane said of mccoy sullivan noted the board of managers is excited at the prospects of bringing in a ceo of mccoy's caliber we are for tunate to have obtained the services of mr mccoy we are confident he will lead the erie county medical center in addressing the health care needs of the residents of erie county sullivan said mccoy has been the first deputy commission er of hospitals for westchester county medi cal center valhalla new york since december 1978 he said his preliminary goals for the erie county medical cen ter are to formulate a strategic plan addressing the myriad issues facing ecmc give full consider ation to the terms of the nf s contract approved by the county legislature maintain a close relation ship with the board of managers and establish community alliances afro-americans quiz governor's choice for lieutenant by abdullah luqman community leaders and concerned individuals met with gov cuomo's choice for lieutenant governor congressman stanley lundine in a face-to-face discussion with each expressing their concerns and ideas about improving the afro-american community friday aug bth at the kensington place 377 kensington aye what can be done and how can you assure the black community that we will get our fair share of the jobs available asked warren galloway lundine said i don't want to see minorities shut out of any job opportunities anywhere in the state i have a record to prove that the first time that i took office as the mayor of jamestown i made it a high priority to establish affirmative action little jamestown community college had the first affirmative action program of any part of the state university system if the city of buffalo comes to the state for a lot of assistance in political business i don't see anything wrong with having buffalo trying to meet our state wide goals of affirmative action to get that help lundine said when someone pointed out that bullalo came out as the worse place in america for blacks to live in a recent survey and black unemployment is roughly 25 lundine said i was shocked but not surprised to learn that a national survey conducted by a research firm in washington d c found that the best place for upward mobility for blacks was in nassau county long island and the worse place for upward mobility and opportunity in america was in buffalo each in the state of new york i believe that buffalo has bottomed out and will start moving ahead in the near future there are very few shoes left to drop but in this community it is painfully slow business and economic develop ment are the first order of social progress we cannot achieve the other objectives that we have for improving our quality of life unless we have a growing economy and that economy must be growing for all parts of our state since governor cuomo has been in office over 9,000,000 jobs have been created in new york in 1985 one out of every five new jobs created in america were right here in the empire state gov cuomo and i agree that there are pockets in new york that are not sharing in that prosperity there are places in new york that need special attention and there are business communities throughout this state that need a feeling of partnership that we have to use to revitalize the economics of some areas i am a firm believer in minority business investment and incentives we need to reach out and get more minorities involved in business develop ment i would like to come back to the state of new york and be the governor's partner in trying to assure that every area of this great state achieves the resurgence that some parts of the state ' is already enjoying particularity here in western new york we need new jobs we need quality jobs and we need economic and business development i am enthusiastic at this process and the prospect of working with you in the greater buffalo area to try to achieve new prosperity new progress and new hope i know of no goal that i will have that will be any higher than bringing quality jobs to all of the people of new york lundine said in response to an fighter fighters to hold biennial the mocha society men of color helping all of buffalo inc and the internaional association of black professional fire fighters i labpff will hold its 9th biennial convention on sunday aug 24th to friday aug 29th at the hyatt regency hotel the theme of the convention is living the dream the keynote speaker will be julian bona there are many activi ties planned for the week with many affairs open to the public for more information contact the mocha's president j melvin drakeford at 893-2834 or the convention publicity director calvin worthy at - 893-7995 or * the convention chairman conde peoples jr at 892-4883 julian bond two minority groups here for conventions sutton to keynote black media coalition confab percy e sutton chair man of the board of inner city broadcasting corp and former civil rights activist and state legisla tor will be the keynote speaker at the buffalo black media coalition's second annual confer ence sat aug 23 in the buffalo hilton the day-long conference entitled investing in media career and ownership will include seminars on opportunity and ownership in tne print medium careers in aca demic communications the open market for minorities in the purchase of media properties win ning advertising contracts opportunities in cable and programming decision making seminar panelists in clude station owners advertising executives editors programming executives and career specialists from around the country seminar registration forms are available at the coalition headquarters 1687 main st interested persons also may register the day of the conference in addition to mr sutton the conference luncheon speaker will be elleanor jean hendley a television news reporter as well as producer and host of city lights the emmy-nominated tele vision magazine on phila delphia's kyw-tv mr sutton an attorney as well as a former state assemblyman and man hattan borough president was new york city's most influential black politician before leaving public office in 1977 he now runs inner city broadcasting the parent corporation of radio sta tions wbls-fm and wlib-am in new york city kgfj-fm in los angeles wksg in michi pan kre-am a kblx fm in berkeley and ksjl-am in san antonio inner city also operates the sheridan broadcasting network which supplies news and information programming to radio stations nationwide in addition to oversee ing the broadcast opera tions the 65-year-old businessman and lecturer is managing general part ner in the apollo theatre investor group which rehabilitated new york's percy sutton church made journey by mamie garrett friendship baptist church 402 clinton st in buffalo and the congre gation were the guests of mt moriah-east baptist church 1248 haynes rd in memphis tennessee sunday aug 10th rev a charles ware pastor of friendship bap tist church delivered the morning message his subject was god uses ordinary people to do an extraordinary job exodus 3:1 | samuel 17:33 and matt 4:18-19 the west end mt carmel baptist church of st louis missouri also participated in the service the theme for the day was glad to be in god's service everyone was treated very warm and cordial during the service which were soul-stirring and enjoyed by all rev melvin charles smith was host pastor rev a charles ware rev melvin charles smith eye on history issues and answers the issues convention that was held last week at st augustine's center unfortunately was just another repetitive conference that restated the problems that we face with the youth in our community i wish that someone in this community would plan a seminar that deals with solutions to our problems rather than repeating the same old thing over and over again it would be better to spend three hours brainstorming ideas for solutions rather than spending three hours listening to the same folks reheating the same old soup we have identified the problems over and over again where i repeat is where are the concrete solutions i don't want promises from politicians i don't want glowing speeches from men decked out in three piece suits with ties chocking their throats i don't want flowery words and theories about what is wrong as a parent with teenagers who need jobs and decent recreational facilities i want answers this columnist was disturbed about this issues convention because so many people did not know about it the ones who needed the information were not there if we are going to hold these meetings that are designed to help the entire community then why are half the people blocked out our people are dying from a lack of knowledge knowledge it seems is a privilege of a very few people i have said over and over again in this column that those among us who have the knowledge should share it with others unfortunately this does not happen as often as it should lawyers doctors nurses teachers businessmen and others should devote a couple of hours a week to share information this can be done in a variety of ways which include the following 1 writing a weekly column in our community papers and doing it on a regular basis not once or twice and then getting tired and quitting we need your knowledge 2 by participating on community radio and tv programs call the producers of these programs and by eva m doyle volunteer your time 3 create a weekly newsletter and distribute it throughout the community this columnist a few years ago created a newsletter entitled the childrens page which included lessons on math reading black history etc 4 offer your services as a speaker to church groups and community groups 5 develop flyers and distribute information in this way there are dozens of ways to generate more information the above suggestion is just one of the things that need to be considered i don't think i can stand to attend another conference seminar meeting or anything that does not offer what we really need it is very hard to move black folks to do things the spirit of volunteerism should be rampant in our community i was encouraged by the beautiful article that appeared in the buffalo news monday aug 11th about missionary annie l moore it was written by carl allen missionary moore has volunteered her time for 28 years in providing a bible class in her home she has set a fine example missionary moore often writes words of wisdom for our community papers she is a beautiful person and we need more like her it is not easy to do these things it takes a great sacrifice patience and caring and it takes self-discipline every time i write an article i must practice self-discipline in the end it is all worth while because i meet many people who tell me they have learned something new instead of holding a meeting in our local community buildings perhaps we need to hold the next meeting in the middle of a run down playground and then ask our youth who are trying to play basketball on a lot full of broken glass and wine bottles what they feel needs to be done to help solve the problems they face exploring issues without a definite structured course of action is not the way to solve anything walker supports renovation of ellicott mall charles walker the endorsed republican and conservative candidate for the 33rd congressional district states that the buffalo ellicott mall should remain entact and renovated walker ex plained that the cost to destroy these buildings to the taxpayers would be great when you look at the outer structure you will see that they are sound to reproduce these same buildings today would be very costly the taxpayers across metropolitan buffalo years ago invested a large sum of their money to secure low income housing for the people these buildings could be restor ed to become a show piece in our area walker said that these dwellings lie in the 33rd congressional district which he has committed himself to represent the people within this area walker also said it does not make sense to tear down sound struc tures for special interest to create a much more costly venture that would benefit a few mr walker is appealing media — see page 3 walker — see page 8 governor's choice — see page 7