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CATHOLIC GCEC3L PLAIJ A proposal by a group of Catholic parents calls for greater parish control of schools and says the goal of the Diocese of Rochester should be building new schools. Story, 4B. TDUnSDAY MARCH 22. 1990 ROCHESTER NEW YORK SECTIOIJ 3B GOOD MORNING 5B NEW YORK 6B FRONTIERS 7B COMICS He knew from experience how to tally the reluctant homeless Gantt to co-chair panel on districts Gannett News Service ALBANY Assemblyman David Gantt, D-Rochester, will co-chair the committee responsible for the sensitive task of redrawing New York's political districts after the 1990 census. Gantt, 48, was chosen yesterday by Speaker Mel Miller to help lead the six-member joint Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment In 1982, Gantt won a federal court By KathleeruDritcoll Democral Chronicle '90 anything from me.

It's none of their business." But an hour later, he had changed his tune. When Jerry James came to his bed with a census form, he grudgingly complied. "I wasn't going to do this," he said, stretched out on the bed with an orange blanket pulled up over his head. "We get the short form, don't we?" TURN TO PAGE 2B A bearded man in a grimy, plaid shirt eating dinner in the basement of St Bridget's Church became a little hostile when he learned he'd have to answer personal questions from the U.S. Census Bureau.

"The people that care about the homeless are the churches, not the government," he said. "They're not getting Karen SchMy Democrat and Chronicle U.S. Census Bureau worker Jerry James, left, yesterday asks a homeless person for some information at St. Bridget's shelter. challenge to a state legislative redistrict-ing plan.

Gantt will join Sen. Dean Skelos, R-Nassau, in co-chairing the task force, which will draw new boundaries for congressional and state legislative districts. Qdtea tar oft 3m ortedl bMb ficials to devise a plan they support, then work to get the money in Albany. "That's what I wanted to hear," said James L. Stone, the county's director of Community Services and Mental Health.

Stone said he wouldn't want more than 100 beds at any one facility and preferred a number of smaller facilities. Twenty residential drug treatment beds treatment specialists! Webb said, "Bigger is not better." Some local experts, including Monroe County officials, feared a 200- to 300-bed facility would be unwieldy and unable to provide individualized care. Many said they wanted additional beds here, but preferred splitting them up in a number of small facilities. County officials heard about the Jewish Home idea from Webb's predecessor, Julio Martinez, who resigned amid allegations of wrongdoing. Webb took over last month and said he would rather work with the local officials on their ideas than impose his own.

"I don't want to come down from Albany and say, 'Rochester, guess what? You're going to get a 200-bed Webb said. "I want to try to adjust state policy to meet local needs." Webb said he would work with local of Old Jewish Home to be school site By Craig Gordon Democrat and Chronicle State officials have ruled out using the former Jewish Home in Rochester as a large drug treatment center and probably won't build such a big center here at all. The state doesn't want to interfere with City School District plans for a new school at the Jewish Home site, 1180 St Paul said Arthur Webb, director of the state Division of Substance Abuse Services. "Take that right off the table," Webb said yesterday in Rochester. "It's not even being considered." Webb was in town to announce a $150,401 grant to Catholic Family Center's Restart drug abuse treatment program.

The money will add 100 treatment "slots" to 200 that already exist for outpatient drug treatment, Restart director Carl Hatch said. The school district already had plans to put up a new $8 million elementary school at the site of the Jewish Home. State officials didn't know about the district's plans when they included the Rochester treatment center in the governor's state budget The center could have held 200 to 300 beds. Webb said he wants to give Monroe County about 100 new drug treatment beds in the next state fiscal year, but probably not all in the same place. "They'll definitely get residential expansion, but we're not looking at a large residential center for Monroe." Echoing the feelings of many local drug exist in Monroe County, and another 20 are expected to be opened this fall through the Catholic Family Center.

State money for another 50 beds has been committed, and the county will ask for proposals for them in about a month, Stone said. Experts have estimated the county's residential treatment needs at 150 to 500 beds, Stone said. The state grant announced yesterday will pay for about five new Restart staff members. nicnnEL mnhm Mm wmm0sim life Jw mmMsm wmm. mmMmmm 'wed mmmmmmmm a sbbbb igBteffi.

She asks us to care about unseen others As Alice Gabriels looked at the names of people she didn't she thought about her parents, i "This," she said, "is something they would have wanted me to do." On the floor in front of her, in the Ed-, gerton Street living room of Malla Bark-' er, was a white and purple cloth banner that resembled a quilt. On it were the names of 72 people who have been killed! TURN TO PAGE 2B Burr Lewis Democral and Chronicle Rima Segal, right, works on a quilt made to protest the killing in El Salvador. Each of its 72 names represent 1,000 victims. DavW 6antt must then be consid- ered by both legislative houses. i He replaces Assemblyman Angelo i DelToro, D-Manhattan, whom Miller yesterday named chairman of the Edu- cation Committee.

"I think the speaker knows I'll be sen- sitive to all concerned," said Gantt. "I'll do the best job I can, within the confines of the law." Gantt was a prime mover in a 1982 federal redisricting lawsuit that forced the state to abandon one proposed redis-! tricting plan and create the district he was elected to that year. Boundary lines for Assembly, Senate and congressional districts will again be redrawn after this year's census and used for the 1992 elections, i Along with the personal political fates i of the 211 state lawmakers, the new dis-: tricts also will help determine the influ-, ence of regions and communities at the state Capitol. Officer injured as squad car hits boulders during chase A Rochester police sergeant was injured last night when his squad car ran into boulders as he chased a stolen car. Highland Section Sgt.

Gary F. Pig-nato, 28, was taken to Rochester General Hospital in stable condition after the 1 1 p.m. crash on Norris Drive near Cobbs Hill Park, said Lt. Bruce Philpott. Pignato was chasing a brown Chevrolet Malibu he spotted on Pinnacle Road.

When he tried to pull it over, the car sped up, and the chase began. Pignato's car ran into the boulders on the 400 block of Norris Drive. The stolen car stopped a few blocks east, at Nursery Street and Norris Drive. Police arrested four suspects in the chase, Philpott said, but their names were not available. Penfield accountant pleads innocent to larceny charges i A Penfield tax accountant pleaded innocent yesterday to a 24-count indictment charging him with appropriating more than $1 million belonging to his clients.

Thomas F. Greblewski, of 10 Merryhill Drive, faces five counts of second-degree grand larceny, 18 counts of third-degree grand larceny and one county of fourth-degree grand larceny. He is accused of failing to invest $1.12 million entrusted to him by 13 investors over a period of more than six years. Individual losses ranged as high as $470,000, according to Monroe County sheriffs investigators. Greblewski appeared before Monroe County Court Judge John J.

Connell with his lawyer, Lawrence Andolina, to enter the plea. Connell continued Greblewski's $25,000 bond, declining a prosecutor's request to raise the bail amount by $50,000 or to seize Greblewski's passport. But he cautioned Greblewski to remain in Monroe County until his next court appearance Monday morning. City's assessment board to conclude deliberations The Rochester Board of Assessment Review, which hears complaints from property owners about their assessments, is expected to conclude its deliberations tomorrow, March 23. Residents who still want to have their assessments reviewed are requested to call the bureau of assessment at 428-7221 for an appointment.

The board will continue to meet until all requested reviews are completed. bender Bias Committee eager to field complaints SENECA FALLS If you're facing sexjsm in the court system, the Gender Bias Committee for the 7th Judicial District wants to hear about it. The committee is eager to get started, but it hasn't received a complaint since forming in January, said Appellate Division Justice Elizabeth W. Pine, who heads the panel. In an effort to detect sexist patterns and change behavior, the group hopes to hear from lawyers, litigants and court employees such as clerks, Pine said during a committee meeting here yesterday.

Pine said complaints could be directed to her by calling (716) 428-2014 or by writing her at 420 Hall of Justice, Rochester, 14614. The district includes Yates, Wayne, Steuben, Seneca, Ontario, Monroe. Livingston and Cayuga counties. Monroe GOP asks others to help pick party chief dates and ask how the party can better serve the community, said Richard Ro-senbaum, a national Republican committeeman who is chairman of the screening committee. "We hope this will produce greater interest and more candidates, but if it doesn't, I think we're in pretty good shape already," said Rosenbaum, a former party chairman.

"You always have the gnawing feeling that you have left someone out, and we're trying to narrow that." Already, the field of possible contenders has grown crowded since chairman Dale E. Rath announced earlier this month that he was stepping down. So far, however, county Legislator John A. Stan-wix of Mendon and former Irondequoit Supervisor Eugene C. Mazzola Jr.

have dominated the race. But one possible candidate, Alexander J. DiPasquale, former assistant county executive, has taken himself out of the race. DiPasquale originally said he would consider seeking the job, but said last night he wouldn't. He is thinking about a run for county executive in 1991.

Many Republicans are virtually guaran By Craig Gordon Democrat and Chronicle Monroe County Republicans searching for a new party chairman decided yesterday to ask community leaders who they want and what the new leader should do. The party's 15-member screening committee decided at its first meeting to invite business representatives, union leaders, members of the clergy, elected officials and others to discuss the position, beginning Monday. Committee members want to be sure they haven't overlooked possible candi teeing the contest will go to a floor light at the party's convention this spring, when candidates will vie for the support of about 2,000 delegates. Already, Stanwix and Mazzola are ac- tively campaigning for the job. Stanwix has been a county legislator for 14 years.

Mazzola served in the legislature and re- cently stepped down as Irondequoit supervisor after six years. He still serves as Irondequoit GOP leader. But some have, said both would carry "baggage" into the job that might weaken TURN TO PAGE 3B Foundation distributes $1.5 million locally Rochester Area Foundation asset growth In millions of dollars By Jennifer Hyman 20.9 L.20 Allother I assets LJ Endowment 4. funds 2iL ",5 11.3 10.2 6.2 4.5.n. .5 A foundation, with assets of $3 million, became a "supporting foundation" of the Area Foundation.

This year, the 32-year-old John F. Wegman Foundation, formed by the founder of Wegmans Food Markets, became a supporting fund, with assets of $1.5 million. The sale of the Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing Co. to Thomson Corp. of Toronto resulted in five gifts to the Area Foundation worth $2.5 million, while a matching grant from the Ford Foundation made another $1 million available, Adams said.

For the second consecutive year, the foundation's primary thrust has been in the area of early childhood education. Among the largest grants was $31,700 given to the University of Rochester's River Park Commons Preschool Enrichment Center, which serves pre-school children of families living in the subsidized urban housing complex at Mt. Hope and Ford Street. Another $30,000 went to the Rochester Area Children's Collaborative, an advocacy group that directs its efforts toward obtaining federal, state and local funds for its services to children. Apart from grants that will directly benefit children, many others were aimed at "mending the fabric" of the community that surrounds children and making it healthier, Adams said.

Much of the discretionary grant money went to programs designed to strengthen neighborhoods, the arts, accessible health care and the economy. Although most of this year's allocations are modest amounts, running to a few thousand dollars, some larger grants included: $38,657 from the Feinbloom supporting foundation to Hillside Children's Center, which provides a safe haven for children overwhelmed by emotional or family problems. $17,000 from the Feinbloom foundation to the Boys and Girls Club of Rochester. $15,000 to Compeer, which connects volunteers with mentally ill partners. $25,000 from the Wegman fund provided $25,000 for the Genesee Valley Regional Food Clearinghouse capital fund drive.

$15,000 to the capital fund drive of St. Joseph's Villa, which caters to the needs of emotionally handicapped, addicted and mentally ill children. Democrat and Chronicle In its largest allocation ever, the Rochester Area Foundation has awarded $1.5 million in grants this year to more than 100 local organizations and programs, many of them providing services to women, children and troubled teen-agers. The foundation, whose endowment has grown from $11 million to $21 million in two years, celebrated the awards at a luncheon in Rochester yesterday, attended by representatives of the recipient organizations, as well as donors and community sponsors. This year's allocations, which were $500,000 more than last year, reflected that rapid growth, said foundation public relations manager Betty Adams.

"It puts us in the big league, in the top 50 percent of community foundations in the nation." Contributing in large part to the foundation's growth has been the acquisition of a number of smaller, private foundations and gifts in the past two years. Among these is the Harold and Joan Feinbloom Foundation, established upon the sale of Champion Products Inc. to Sara Lee Corp. last year. The Feinbloom '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 Fiscal year ending 228 Democrat and Chronid.