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-o' JfW 1 iV 1 7 COUNTY REGION STATE A10 and Gannett Suburban NewspapersTuesday March 17 1992 NANCY a KEEFE and decision angers COMMENTARY Plan demonstration after judge rules against parade role Irish-Americans should be above Chester County Executive Andrew O'Rourke indoors today following orders said spokeswoman Claire' Palermo Flower had announced Thursday that he would march in the parade Flower added that believes Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization members should be granted no privileges over other groups on -the waiting list believes 'everyone shahid be able to march if they waqt to but they should wait their Flower said in any form against others is totally said Norman Crohn liaison the lesbian and gay community Irish gay and lesbian community has every right to parch and celebrate their heritage in a country (that) has always valued ByQsytsTMUms 'Staff Writer A decision by a federal judge that will keep members of Irish group on the sidelines of today's St Patrick's Day parade was met with Ire1 by local gay activists yesterday Lisa BarUe a volunteer at The Loft the lesbian and gay community service center in 7 White Plains called decision ly biased and Barile disputed the notion that toe parade is a about being she said want to march because they're Irish-American lesbians and gays This is a really hard time for us it's the climate of the country right now The Associated Press After foiling td convince two judges to order them into the biggest Day parade a group of Irish gays said they would be on Fifth Avenue anyway today demonstrating against discrimination not going to gio said Paul O' Dwyer spokesman for -the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization going to keep ILGO members planned to hpld a march" past the reviewing stands one hour before the traditional parade steps off at 11 am think the entire- lesbian And gay community is going to be coming out with us" said Police planned to have 300 to 400 more officers on duty today than last year more than 3000 in all said Chief of Department David Scott had their day in said Kevin Marrinan juT attorney for Ancient Order of Hibernians which runs the parade would A sinus Infection" will keep West- the historic contributions of ethnic Topoftheday My hope is that it is peaceful My wish is that it hadnever come to this that the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization hadQlt led with their chins and the Ancient Order of Hibernians gotten their Irish up in response Again this year the ILGO sought to inarch in the parade under their own banner Again this year the organizers said rather cancel the parade the 231st than let that happen Why? Ed Shalvey of Yonkers chairman of the line of march for the parade explained not making a judgment on a lifestyle but they may not march as a political organization' The parade is ho place for His role is review the parade from its formation to the end of the he said in cooperation with the police to be sure it moves as fest and safely as possible with no unauthorized banners or marchers no cos- tomes or Jugglers of floats Only one banner is allowed the name of the county society for example -the First Amendment gave-the Hibernians hope that abide by the decisions and right tQ keep ILGQ DUt 0f theirparade (wfJraMiHaa It The Hi bemi an sa Catholic fraternal grouphad the green US District Judge Pierre Leval refosed to order the Hibernians to let ILGO in He said ILGO could hot be bumped ahead of others on the parade waiting list regardless of any alleged discrimination threatened to call off the 231st annual than allow ILGO to march as a separate Unit To let ILGO 'march under its own banner would be an affront to the Catholic Church's stance against homosexuality they raid 'ILGO maintains the parade is a 'public forum and its free speech rlghts are being violated Council President Andrew -Stpin and-about -20 other local politicians have vowed to -boycott the mSrch ifILGO is excluded -J- Dinkins will not march In ILGO parade either mayoral spokesman Leland Jones Gov Mario Cuomo said he would remain in Albany today to work on the state's budget problems But he issued a statement criticizing the Hibernians for exciu3ljig ILGO Other officeholders including City Cdundl Ma--jority Leader Peter Vallone said they will march in the traditional parade as usual On Friday a judge for the city Human Rights Dennii DeLeon- the commissioner of Commission found the had discrimi- human rights Called dn both sides to work for a nated by placing ILGO on a waiting list with the peaceful St Patrick's Day intention of never letting them march But she said The mayor city Comptroller Liz Holtzman City only political statement allowed is get out of Ireland Not even the Right to Life Party is allowed to march es a political party he said parade is held in celebration of the patron saint of the Arch- diocese of New York and of Ireland Do you -know where it starts? It starts with Massin the -St Shalvey emphasizing that he was not a spokesman for the Hibernians went on: 7 Coalition future of disabled a shame a group of a maximum of 50 people could disrupt the parade which has 125000 marchers It is a parade df American Irish Catholics opened it to other over the years But they have to wait their turn to join in the crux of the argument from the Hibernians this waiting list of 40 groups who want to get into the parade But a lawyer for the gay and lesbian group contended that the list is a dodge to keep -ILGO out In fact the Hibernians haye said that letting the group inarch under its own banner would be an affrontip the Catholic Church's stance against homAMxuality And that's the heart pf the matter as the Rev Richard McBrien a theologian at the University of Notre Dame explains it With homosexuality as with abortion McBrien says there are two extreme views One calls homosexuality a itaoral and psychological aberration worthy of severest condemnation -The only appropriate social response is quarantine keep them away from children away from the military away from the pries- Staff Writer 1 Most parents worry about their children's future But for parents of mentally retarded and disabled children the wdrry often increases' as the years pass The Westchester-Putnam Planning Consortium for Students with Developmental Disabilities wants to help parents combat their anxiety with good planning for the transition between school and adulthood the past what would happen is the kids would reach- the age of 20 and then the transition would start to be said Jacqueline Fowler a parent member of the coalition Fowler has already begun exploring the options that her 15-year-old son Scott who has cerebral palsy will have when he leaves school probably at the age of21 A conference called Step into the will help other parents plan for issues ranging from guardianship to sexuality to work A series of workshops will be held Thursday from 1 to 6 pm at the Walden School at Putnam-Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Yprktown Heights campus At the Boston parade on Sunday a sign protesting gays and lesbians read: the The Associated Press reported The opposite view McBrien notes places homosexuality on an equal plane with heterosexuality and those who hold this view are inforiated by anyone who raises opposition The sole criterion forjudging in this view is the capacity for enriching or harming the other jS Steff photoJanwa Aiwmm Scott Fowler 15 a Yorfctown Heights high school student who suffers from cerebral palsy yesterdayshares a laugh with hie mother Jacqueline at ttieir home The conference is free and people can drop jn at any time during' the afternoon and attend one or more of the qqgping workshops Geared toward parents of 18- to 21-year-olds 21 is the age when disabled people stop receiving school services and need to learn to negotiate the maze of community services the conference is open to parents of developmental disabled adults and younger children as well Developmental disabilities1 include Down's syndrome retardation autism cerebral palsy want' them to be able to walk in and make a plan for that child on that said Richard Swierat executive director of Westchester Association of Retarded Cit-izeng and co-chairman of the consor- thlm doesn't mean it's going to be adopted right there but it will help give them some For more information contact Pat Renz at 428-8330 As always the truth lies somewhere in the middle McBrien emphasizes that the most basic Christian principles and values affirm that gays and lesbians are children just like the rest of us "Verbal ahdf physical attacks upon gays and lesbians are sinfol plainly and simply" he lays are foil and equal members of society They are also equal members of the Church Discrimination against them is a tion of the The church has a consis- lent tradition of regarding homosexuality as- sinfol he adds but: the church were to exclude anyone who is sinfol or liable to commit a sin it would have to clow its While most in the church won't touch the topic as McBrien does neither the church nor the Irish Catholic community can go on ignoringit The gay and lesbian group wont go away The members intend to go to trial to decide the question for future years a third-generation American of Irish The Associated Press Council of New York State which has called for the state to save money bycutting its work force said the delay in budget savings due to layoffs is not unusual ALBANY State payroll costs are only now beginning to level ofTafter the elimination of nearly 20000 state jobs over the past two years officials said yesterday Hutton said increase is due largely to negotiated pay raises state workers received in past years along with promotions and merit- pay increases There were no regular pay raises in the past year -It takes a while for savings made' through layofTfc to show upiii the budget because job cuts are staggered Hutton said Employees are also paid for unused vacation time when they are laidoff Water Is precious waste It most organizations it takes timefor cutbacks to make their way through the system so not surprising raid Robert Ward of the Business Council descent proud of the Irish -contributions to this country I expected us to be more enlightened and more kind than this on both sides We who understand discrimination so well having sufTered so much of it shouldn't be discriminating against our fellow Irish Americans who want to match alongside us Total payroll costs are expected to decline from $79 billion to $77 billion jn the fiscal year that ends March 31 said Claudia Hutton spokeswoman for Gov Mario Budget Division Still budget officials said New York is spending an estimated $950 million more on employee pay this year than it did four years ago according to a report in The Times Union of Albany Payroll costs are expected to drop' by 1 percent during the fiscal year that begins April 1 Hutton said you had kept all these people on the payroll the costs would have been much higher" Hutton said A spokesman for the Business Sancy Keefe's column appears Tuesday and Sunday I Medicaid costs a block A7 Fresh clean drinking water is yours to use whenever you need it but waste it says the Westchester County Water Agency Trythefollowing water-saving 1 tips: Stop' using the toilet as an ashtray or wastebasket Every time you flush you use 5 to 7 gallons of water Rinse your razor in the sink Fill the bottom of the sink with a few inches of warm water which -will rinse your blade just as well as riinnihg water Keep a bottle of drinking water in the refrigerator Tap water left running in order for it to cool off for drinking is wasteful Expert tells Warmus jury she positively identify glove the eighth week of the Carolyn Warmus murder retrial said she could remember the glove she examined only as a woolen-type She also said it did not test positive for traces of blood A woman's black wool glove that prosecutors have said they will use to link Warmys to the scene of the slaying has tested positive for blood Thrglove has yet to be entered into evidence If prosecutors ban prove the glove was at the scene and link it with Warmus it would be the first piece of hard evidence in the case Wartous was charged1 with second-de- By Cameron Me Whirter Staff Writer A forensic scientist who examined the scene of Betty Jeanne Solomon's slaying raid she could not absolutely identify a glove shown her by the prosecution yesterday as the one she examined two days after the killing consistent with what I said Linda Dully a scientist with the Westchester County Department of Laboratories and Research I cannot say whether or not this is the in the Jan 15 lM9 murder' of Betty Jeanne Solomon Jnarmus was having an affair with Solomon's husband Paul at the time Warmus'flrst trial ended last April with a hung jury Betty Jean Solomon 40 was found shot dead by a silencer-equipped 25-caliber pistol in her' living room in the Scarsdale Ridge Apartments at 340 Central Ave Greenburgh Two' months ago Paul Solomon brought a glove to prosecutors Greenburgh police Detective Richard Constantino testified that the glove appeared tp be the same glove he saw near the body after the' killing" He said it was not brought into evidence because Duffy found no blood on it Constantino also said he thought at the time that the glove betqpged the victim Besides the glove prosecutor Douglas FitzMorris also asked Duffy yesterday about-splotches of Betty Jeanne blood found on the Solomons' rug wall clothes and telephone from which Paul Solomon called police Earlier in the day before the jury was in the courtroom Westchester County Judge' John Carey said the prosecution would be be limited in what it could say about the glove unless it could link the glove with Warmus and the scene Earth Watch welcomes your suggestions If you have information or helpful tipf send them to Earth Watch pannelt' Suburban Newspapers 1 Gannett Drive White Plains IQfflM Dufiy who took the stand yesterday in' gree murder and felony weapon possession'.