Buffalo Criterion, 1982-03-31

              wny's largest & crtriyaaxcr^ted mirjorify newspaper - f____r»*gp_id_at?cp circulatbn rochester niagara region vol 7 - no it d?___>ay maaki h 31 aprii » hk2 fl s postagt paill rtrmitno iji4 kstaios r*u nxt-s the buffalo criterion robinson seeks affirmative action reforms at ecc county t_*g~itlauir barry l t-ibinacn it bfl » hat submturd lecislal-tn to tha ert county legisla ture which it t_aicn tv mflt i has ia_i*lal-.t tiistnty taea*tsla h is mmkmmi to utipnive the erie ( onimu • nity college affirmative artkin program at it relat-s lo hiring student enrollment and curricu ham in hi legislation mr robinson cited numerous examples of how krle c-rmmunily college ta failing to meet established affiminiivi action goals * ho far the college has atttined nn two-third of it pa-.-sscte.t lmp i ft mi nontv hiring matl only 49 persons or ft percent o the •_.() people employed full time at frie community college crttr siat nf minorities minori ty held pcv-.uio.is represent only i.ft perrent of the total workforce at the smith campus and 2;t pprcent af the total ttum dpr of j**rsctt*ta working at the north campus when one compares triepe art it i the cc_l***te's affirmative ar ticm _•.*- to have tt least it ppritnt of in faculty mm staff at th south campus and at the north cam .*» mv consist of minc/ruiee it mama vary . _.*/ that mucri r mr c,i also rais ed una h_*-s_wr 4-*o(..ril tng why ltv5 mirkority students dropped out ol ecc tastttween the fall nf i9s**l temteater snd ihe spring i'ht'i semester i siisja t that i utiit'i fe in student aid and cotjrtß close ouis due to lata registration are factors attributing '" tin i't'il lem said robinson he pointed out the fad that that the city campus curriculum stilt does not include many of the health ralaled technical and data processing courses which are offered elsewhere in maikvi robinson the college system mr robinson's legisla tion rails upon the col lege's hoard of trustees to accept suny chancellor **• mmh • recommenda tion in vest in the college presidents at hiring authority as a meant for achieving iru intahilitt and im proved s_ra_guoa as it relates lo meeting affirma tive action hiring goals ll also requests ecc ptvsident john r birkhoi to tsientify the full impact on existing minority em ployment at the ct_le.ro of ha ',>.,!«,*. '*, ._* cut back plan to eiimiatte 104 college oretixntm attd to inform the ij-gitlsture of the c—flt_,b*l short term and umti range plans u ruee affirmative action t-i.klelir.es rf.-sj.ita trudge s a:_.e s . ; ..,,:,, mr robins/;n also ia retted pretidunt i'l-kbo i v pwaamam ts.rr.t^.i 11 identify whtt safety net will be iruilt into the < riu a student rej-iatrt tion system to ensure that disadvantaged students are re a ekised .-_ of courses and lo sacertain what alternative programs are being rhrvised to help protect students from the devastating effects of stu dent aid cuts hit resolution will be considered by the legisla ture at their april ist session mt ararat buffet dinner slated the women of deacon pta board no 2 of mt ararat raptiat church 71 ■ spontor a - '-. . < hut ' i s-visnstir * buffel dinner at the oolden nugget 20-ttl fill more aye sun . april 4th jjl*-*s-ia truest sneaker ill he mr leslie m craig ... friendship bap list church for ticket reservation contact mrs mildred applewhite chairperson rev w l jonet.slt mrs leslie m crami career day-open house planned on thurs , april 25 hem sam m | p.m the fd-acntinnel t yp.-rto-.it s center 41 vveahlnrrton st will apnn«sr its annual cat-eer ilpy-open house t>narrarn sturlents from 22 area "'*'' whools jt*t i lift ears of *** and flmeei and the tp't-ersl iwhev ere invited the touowing ectiv-ities nil be part of the annual career ixy^-en house re«airne writing work shop frnplo-s-merst | ntcr . view t»xhnicrue work drop es prwsenut-on en eot facilities teeth evening »_* .»___ bt-ushirtg seminar inter j*w nd career informs hs rttaartl^eirv by pirni cipating employers and schools and refresh ments patricia m«-ts it chair person and mamie john son ccs-chairperson april is nat'l fair housing month the u s congress has declared thai april is national fair housing month housing opportunities made equal home 1 lievet that this declaration i a giant step for opening the doors to fair hous ing for everyone easter ball set for april 11th tasheen presents the first annual easter ball ass a h2 featuring top mrxk'l i taahcen's jamie world of fashion affairs which consists of a special intrthiuction of a fabulous line of spring wear the aftait is pcm.w.rod by the international iv signers and retail mer chants assoc a fashion show end a play will also he featured the event will be held sun apr 11 at bpm at the oscar micheaux thea tre 3051 bailey aye at mmmmbrbitti the sdvencr donation is is per person and at the door 10 couples tn advance are • 12.00 and at the door mort inner cities prime target for enterprise zones bill kemp comments on introduction of tax act washington 1 c — reps jack kemp and boh carcia have joined presi dent ronald reagan in the thai office to ii ill wpp the introduction of a lull to create enterprise tone in america's inner cities and other poverty-stricken areas kemp tec-lied presi dent reagan's campaign visit to the south bronx on august ft 1980 when the president first publicly announced support for enterprise rones kemp and garcia had introduced their first enterprise rone hill in j.itse o*w anrl o{v/wr up with b m-c-aotat rpvutsd km in juste iwi today the dmrsia » term is sending a strong signal that th bstoft •■'■ our inner cittet ar not the eh/men anuria of recr-s skm ..- ; -„,.-.. j ket-ftp i.r.^n *. i.-'^.l o m follow up l«bp--lv and enact trtit*rpritm tones i*s the neat few months kemp continued vtutn ptv/yment in our inner cities is twice the iorial avertge and for minca-ity teenagers it's near 00 as * nation we must not and cannot tolerate thit trage „■...;.* of human potential actiott on the enterprise rone proposal now mov-es in the trx-writing cr-mmit tees in the suae and senate we need to see a real sense of ur^rtcy in the while house ana in gs abr-sjt offrrm something pewitive to our inner cities said kemp he expressed particular hope that the republican controlled senate finance committee will give enter prise zones a top priority this spring _•* kemp also emphaatoed that the ness enterprise ppbt_m b-.--.-j.a tt_s has sever sti a teptatmst m la*i^-_o--rp_*e c-raj or corners atra-e tdea k-~p exp___d it a not a tuha_mti taw e_s_rig prc_r__i — tsn ta-rpn i nam have b a-j *_«.._> ua {_. thttf *_..__*- „ * i-w _„ ha :■'.. !»»-___** c at peed t>t-jr*_r jb ;«.»;.,. .... now have __•__-*-, ttae lejfuuuirjit atxiatrd ing to kemp pr_jd t-vri this new 100 bs ajv/wing etat a fcx g.>verßn_.*-tu to dram a entkri-isk uukzh ground broken for group home h sa t^*^"p l*re*»_iirias cerrrnssris m^^tmw he-id mm mspmbpma i~*__-t«)*b id use traasiu..ktal sertts-e i'smj.vhsia proira l__r..g*ro tpppe pp rntjpy mar i air at 11 aip at "*». >___». vp , _«* main and ma_e_l tw .-....;■ hsa*rt-_r has its an wln-n thi-c-ojigh the tj-__ej buh-it lat-._rt-riera td hi—king and crt--n i js-vtrlspoeaerru m ib _, the l»76ll>etttar_ittration for thp de__*_t-_<tnpl_p|ic4n ._ ut i rue ..". vl.-,,i.*.,s 111 t_t 1 .„.<.,» -.;. m „ „ ssridaed tmammapp living ai-f-pii*tte»s and intensive i raining in dairy i.»mg tills to tee 110 residents s heshited to open in late summer of lv*»*t the rv.vme is the c-nry l**mith-hobei\sn,strusiihl in western new y.ll umler this partk-u.ai hud denumatration irt*t*tam transitional servici inc sum»ntly operatet i-onimunit residences serving i fit h'tphts in erie is srsrtmei-.l ih mental health and ol the krl county otli.e of mental health fictored in the phnte ■• the n_o_l tit fat from *_*..-'• !-■"-*•** ***-**• p c-_____s »*-»_ ' t i h nl'^ai 1 ,< la "^' w depmmept pi h «,_ lrt>mr . ivvrt-spbbbt das id page irs-*rls-h vat . ads i mtv ha puses with lta_-l aptstts l".>t-.l ihki mm |__ heprs pr*t_«lept e_v.nl af xtitri-tota sst j t»r,s,t,.*r vrsis-e lt nt shr ivstesi its .*—, l i iggiaaaaw^p henrs now at legislation marking jan 15th dr mlk jr day passes assembly albany - deputy speaker of th new york state assembly arthur 0 eve id buffalo i praised the members of the assembly who voted in fawe of his bill a lt\r recognizing janury 15th thea birthday of the late dr martin ! tv-t king jr as a public holiday in new york state '•■ measure now ana m the stale senate for consideration dr king wts one of the few metre leaders of our net a te not emir championed the causes of minorities end of the ptw.r he championed the cautee of all americans he will always re^-aresent the struggle for freedom and „,--<>. in thi4 crx-itr it is ten these reaww end lor any nvvre oust art in new yrtrfc state should confer upon hup a permanent hotvtt . ut aeoattntera of this r pipkptag his birthrias a tat htslithty '.. < i*.'.l the buffejo i >. .-■,•« rat assapmblyman eve has received nur-c-erous ieiler and m__m "' supr*twt ''*" la — lewder and ■ i',l'j'ui-i rr.rtim.inii groups mrs vtsretta ___! - .-.»;. the id of the late trail rights iesj.r „„, •„.,-. 1..,5 f the bill xr_srifirmlt rh_nges the obaervance ol li martin luther king jr as from the third sunday of jen-iery to januery 15th the nctual date of dr king's birth the bill also provides that if january !■' th tails on a sunday dr martin luther king jr day would tie celrbrated on the following day man citiea school diatrlcts vgmmmmnm an.l 1..,.11 presently ttbrwrve jan 15th a a holida honoring di king al present snail nates have designated lan kith as a tat holidny those states include maisachutettei pennsylvania new jersey rhode island connecticut ohio illinois lowa indiana michigan i'niisiana south carolina kentucky antl florida state senator john dunn ha agreed to tponst*r the legislation in the stale senate ■ ■ ■ editor recovering frank e merriweather b ha returned home from a ts w „ t-uy in the erie county medical c*v*nter mr merriweather heads the buffalo criteri on upstate new yo-rk's cr.ly letritiroatofy circu lated black newspaper tr.d the criterion press buffalo's second oldest past business mr me-rriweather has not been able to return to the business as yet but expert to do so in the next few weeks he also takes this opportunity to thank all of those who remembered him with visits prayers and get-well card law maker calls for review of home health care services in a continuing effort to monitor the delivery of home health cars ser vices in erie county county legislator francis j i'.vtdum ha inti-oduced legislation requesting the county department of six-ial services to closely review all existing home health tare amtracts to insure that all standards mandated by the slate of ness york are met and to recruit new contract agen cies to fill any service voids which may exist mr pordum related that throughout the sea 19s0 and 9tt he has asked fur numerous reports on the v-uttus of home health fare services in erie county and has sought legitimate investigations into violations pertaining to delivery of personal and health services to art clients served by home health tare agencies which have contract with the erie county ivpt of stcial s«»rs*k*es h stated as h result of my inquiries the county depi of social services has had several of its contracts p-ith erea home health care „-■ - cies audited by the state ivpt of social services these audits have already resulted in hun dreds of thousand of dollars in financial settle ments which benefit the taxpayer and some audit finding regarding medi raid improprieties prid most likely lead to the imposition of additional financial pens pordum noted that the taxpayers will re-coup even more as the slat on going investigation con tinues he explains that the standards and format for the home health care investigations which are being conducted in erie county were modelled after informetion supplied by him the home health are service investigations first launched in erie dunty have served as models for patterning other similar inve^rtalfjations throughout new york state as an update to these inquiries the county leg pi.rim francis j pordum tp l*.tr .' see page tl 1923 vih2 criterion press and sl-i tht no i wny central rie-t largest press f&mmpmr'n qut 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