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JAMES McCOYBuffalo News LJU1 3 The Buffalo NewsTuesday July 21 1987 a Area Briefs ri Cmfm9 cT'h fcWM 4 ansHM jeM 11 K3RK3pH HMPPt 'mUi 1 itir pr fcr JL b1'" hj''f'' JL Angler Is ishing for a Laugh Nine year old Tony Todaro does a balancing act as he walks along Elmwood Avenue after a fishing excursion Monday Tony said he was carrying the bait bucket this way be Summer Swelter to Continue No relief is in sight as the weatherman predicts another steamy day Wednesday with continued humidity and a high about 90 degrees Tonight will be humid with patchy fog a low near 70 and light winds from the south Crash Kills Man Injures our One man was killed and four persons were injured one seriously when a van and a car collided shortly after 8 pm Monday at William Street and Bowen Road in the Town of Lancaster Lancaster police said the name of the dead 1987 Traffic atalitiet Buffalo 14 County 23 1986 91 man who was a passenger in the car still was not known this morning He died at 10:34 pm in the Erie County Medical Center The name of the car's driver a 29 year old Amherst man who was listed in serious condition in the county hospital was being withheld this morning pending notification of family One of the passengers in the van Cathleen Brainard 18 of 169 Peppermint Road Lancaster was listed in fair condition this morning in the county hospital The driver of the van Kevin Brainard 19 of 169 Peppermint Road Lancaster who is brother and another passenger in the van Wendy Glaser 18 of 206 Rossiter Ave Depew were treated and released Police said the car was westbound on William and ran a flashing red light at the intersection where it was struck by the van which was northbound on Bowen Town Officer Leon Prewieczynski said Arcara to Direct Association Erie County District Attorney Richard Arcara Monday assumed the presidency of the 700 member New York State District Attorneys Association A key official in the state group since 1983 Arcara was elected a year ago to succeed Saratoga County District Attorney Daniel A Wait this summer as head of the statewide lobbying group Man 37 Drowns in City Pool A 37 year old North Buffalo man drowned Monday evening in the Shoshone Pool Lifeguards pulled the body of John EJ Owen of 262 Voorhees Ave from the water at about 6 pm A fire rescue squad attempted to revive him before he was taken to Sisters Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7 pm Homicide detectives said the accident occurred in the diving area of the shaped pool where swimmers were lined 10 deep to use the four diving boards Blood Donor Hours Extended The American Red Cross will extend the hours at seven of its blood donation sites in the next three days in an attempt to solve a critical blood shortage that could threaten elective surgeries not resolved this week be faced with the problem of telling hospitals that surgeries may have to be said Deborah Williams Red Cross public relations director Today through Thursday the Red Cross will extend its hours from 9 am to 7 pm at the following sites: 786 Delaware Ave 64 Broad St Tonawanda 4701 Transit Road Clarence 5161 Camp Road Hamburg 3637 Union Road Cheektowaga 719 Ashland Ave Niagara alls and 325 ourth St Jamestown The Liberty site in the basement of the Liberty Building at Main and Court streets will be open from 8 am to 3 pm Hamburg Youth's Body ound The body of a Town of Hamburg youth missing since early Saturday when he was involved in a boating accident while fishing with his father on Lake Erie was recovered at about 3 pm Monday in the Woodlawn Beach area The body was identified as that of Anthony Bendzula 16 of 5996 Southwestern Blvd the Erie County medical office said The body was recovered in the area where the father Raymond Bendzula 50 was found shortly before noon Saturday An autopsy showed that he drowned amily members reported the father and son had gone fishing about 11 pm riday in a 1314 foot boat The boat has not been found al Richard Arcara Metropolitan News BOCES Policy or Insurance Is Approved By NORMA BRAUDE REDONIA Insurance coverage will increase while premiums will de crease by $28000 under a proposal ap proved by the Erie Cattaraugus Chautau qua Board of Cooperative Educational Services Monday night in the LoGuidice Center here Lauley Services Inc of Buffalo pro posed various coverages including a $10 million umbrella policy The cost will be about $193000 while last year the Chau tauqua County BOCES and Erie 11 Catta raugus BOCES together paid $221000 for less coverage The board approved a $200000 cap for premiums In other business the board accepted a bid of $26900 from A A Beauty Sup ply for cosmetology equipment to set up a class at the Hewes Center in Ashville The board also accepted federal grants totaling $72827 for vocational and adult education A state grant of $200000 up $40000 was accepted for a teacher training center for the northern nine component school districts The southern 19 districts will have the Dunkirk School District and BOCES as the lead educa tional agencies in accepting state fund ing for a center Also the board will receive $6000 for coordinating a program in occupational education to be paid for by the Cattarau gus Allegany BOCES Trustee Alfred Shalkowski of Chautau qua County questioned the three year av eraging method for charging tuition for occupational education students He said he wants a legal opinion because he does not trust the opinion of rank O'Connor of the state Education Di vision of inance Superintendent Garry Barr said he will seek the legal opinion Shalkowski also questioned the meth od of charging component school dis tricts for administrative costs Assistant Superintendent Richard Miga said a sys tem based on weighted average daily attendance instead of enrollment will be use for January through June 30 and cost adjustments will be made inally Robert Curtis Van Buren Bay asked for a copy of the board's bylaws Barr said he would send a copy to him Other copies will be available for public inspection at the four centers Project Head ired As Tide of Troubles Sweeps Tall Ship MAYVILLE The tall ship Sea Lion continues to ride on rocky seas Sources close to the project say the Sea Lion Project board of directors met in executive session Monday night and fired project manager John Dunderdale who had been on board for only a few months The action continued a long line of dismissals and resignations Board Presi dent Gerald Seely stepped down last month A few months before that the entire board was replaced Dunderdale was the project's third manager in a year Plans originally called for sailing the replica of a 16th century English mer chant ship on Chautauqua Lake this year and taking on passengers However a lack of dock facilities was cited as a reason for keeping the Sea Lion in dry dock Shipwright Ernest Cowan a former sheriff's deputy built the ship by hand with the help of a few friends over nearly a decade Cowan too is no longer direct ly associated with the project The Sea Lion board is now headed by Craig Campbell of Westfield Members include Chautauqua County Executive John Glenzer and David Dawson county economic development director Port Colborne Is Site Of Tribute to Canal PORT COLBORNE The Port Col borne Historical and Marine Museum is sponsoring a weekend tribute to the 158 year old Welland Canal from 11 am to 5 pm Aug 1 and 2 on the museum grounds 280 King St Port Colborne On tario The event called Canal Days will feature marine displays nautical demon strations music and arts and crafts shows This is the seventh straight year for the tribute which attracted more than 2000 people in 1986 IRWt Ik 1 1 Bl Kiln JS 1 vs Sfct f9 1 Mr1 UTT Carolyn Balowitz left Rose Sconiers center and Sheila Weir speak out on men only dubs Council Panel Urges Ordinance That Bars Bias in Private Clubs By BARBARA O'BRIEN The Common Council's Legislative Committee Monday night unanimously recommended approval of an amended ordinance prohibiting discrimination against women and minorities by pri vate clubs The committee which planned to send the ordinance to the full Council today narrowed the definition of a club institution or place of accommo dation covered under the ordinance to those having more than 100 members It was to come up before the full Coun cil meeting later today The original proposal patterned after a New York City law had set the membet ship min imum at 400 Council Majority Leader James Pitts said before the hearing that law makers would change the designation of clubs under the ordinance to those with more than 200 members Sheila Weir president of the West ern New York Women's Bar Associa tion advocated reducing the number of members to 100 because it would be possible for a club in Buffalo to have just under 200 members legislation would not prevent private clubs from Pitts said Pitts who introduced the legisla tion said the issue is an economic one because many private clubs receive a "fair amount of from non private use The ordinance puts the burden on the club to prove it is an exclusively private organization are wholeheartedly in approv al of this ordinance because at long last it will bring Buffalo into the 20th said Helen Mintz a lawyer and secretary of the Buffalo chapter of the National Organization for Women Calling the clubs "social dino Pitts said the Buffalo Club is a of a local club that restricts women In January Buffalo Club members voted to retain the club's membership policy is a business said Dr Marjorie Girth associate dean at the State University of Buffalo Law School and a member of the Erie County Task orce on the Status of Women contacts made in the club din ing room library or meeting room can and do lead to jobs clients contracts and other business and professional advancement" said Suzanne Lynne assistant state attorney general in charge of the Civil Rights Bureau She said the Buffalo proposal is similar to a law amending the state Human Rights law that Attorney Gen eral Robert Abrams has advocated since 1980 She also noted that the New York City law that Buffalo's ordinance is fashioned after was upheld by the Court of Appeals in ebruary "The law does not now distinguish between clubs that are truly social recreational or religious and those in which a substantial amount of busi ness is done" Ms Lynn said Alex A Litster president of the New York Conference of Private Or ganizations which represents the Elks and Moose clubs asked that benevo lent associations be exempted from the ordinance The committee did in clude an exemption for benevolent as sociations Other changes in the ordinance in clude clarification that the city Com mission on Human Relations of the Division of Urban Affairs in the De partment of Human Resources has the responsibility to investigate com plaints of violations The committee also included a statement of legisla tive findings and intent Dr Girth recommended the Council clarify how a violation would be reme died long as clubs continue to place roadblocks in the career paths of mi norities and women this nation's com mitment to equal employment oppor tunity will continue to ire Ms Lynn said Samuel Herbert who recently cam paigned for County Executive said he opposed part of the wording in the ordinance which refers to "minorities and because it is discrimina tory He said the wording should refer to only or if it mentions women should mention other specific minorities Hispanic Youth Unit Will Meet Here riday Members of the State Division for Hispanic Advisory Committee will hold their general meeting from 11 am to 5 pm riday in the Niagara branch of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library 208 Porter Ave Leonard Dunston director of the state Division for Youth and Hilton Perez director of affirmative action for the di vision will attend and hear presentations from local organizations on the problems of Hispanic youth An awards ceremony to recognize persons who have had a positive impact on Hispanic youth will conclude the meeting President Re elected To Hopevale Board Elbert Hargesheimer Jr has heen elected to his second consecutive term as president of the Hopevale Union ree School Board in the Town of Hamburg Richard Hansen was re elected to a sec ond term as vice president Appointed to school district posts were clerk Barbara Anne Truxes trea surer Kenneth Mangione attorney Noel Bartlo and auditor Susan Haas Psychic Rama Scheduled NIAGARA ALLS The Rainbow Centre shopping mall and the members of the Aquarians will offer a Psychic Ra ma to benefit the Niagara Council of the Arts this riday through Aug 2 during mall hours There's No Escaping Demand or Inmates' Outside Labors By BOB BUYER The efforts of four Collins Correctional acility outside work crews have not been able to prevent the buildup of a long backlog of requests to perform work for municipalities and non profit agen cies in the tri county Erie Cattaraugus and Chautauqua region Deputy Superintendent Melvin Wil liams who is program director for the 1000 inmate medium security prison said that some bookings already have been made for 1988 as churches small communities and volunteer fire compa nies seek assistance even have a list of inmates who are trying to get on the outside work he said screen all inmates who apply No one who has committed a violent crime is allowed out and we have had no incidents of serious misbehavior Superintendent Charles James makes the final Williams told of one complaint by a neighbor of an obviously pregnant wom an "On his lunch hour one of our in mates volunteered to cut her Wil liams said the neighbor reported it While inmates may not work for pri vate people we did not reprimand him" The work crews are supervised by Sgt red Doberton He replaced Sgt Brian Pleace who supervised the work crews for four years When requests for help are made Doberton will visit the applicant to deter mine if the Collins work crew can per form the requested task Williams said Projects undertaken during June by the crews included building a concrete block barn at the Erie County Correc tional acility laying a concrete pad for the Collins Conservation Club installing track and painting the Salamanca Rail road Museum and interior and exterior painting for the Cattaraugus Christian Camp Correctional facility records show that 728 hours of correction officer time and 3368 hours of inmate labor went into the June projects Crews usually leave the prison by 8 am and return by 3:30 Williams said They are accompanied by a correction officer and carry their midday meals The number of crews is limiter! by the personnel available to escort them the deputy superintendent said Cansisius Taps Landry or Development Post Paul Landry has been appointed senior development officer at Canisius College He succeeds Gregory A ields who recently became director of leader ship gifts at the University of Massachu setts at Amherst Mary Rockwell has been appointed development officer at Canisius She suc ceeds Sue Banchich Sabres Assure TV Games Won't Be Lost in Shuffle By CAROLYN RAEKE and ALAN PERGAMENT The Buffalo Sabres hope to broadcast their hockey games on their own television station as early as this fall but even if approval of their purchase of the station is delayed until later in the year Sabres games will be shown on television a club official said Monday Robert Swados vice president and counsel to the Sabres organization declined to discuss details of tele cast arrangements but assured that games will be available to local viewers on cable andor over the air broadcasts he said have excellent ratings One way or another certainly they will be The Niagara rontier Hockey Corp owners of the Sabres announced Monday that its subsidiary Aud Enterprises Inc has signed an agreement in principle to purchase WNYB TV Channel 49 from TVX Broad cast Group Inc in Virginia Channel 49 is an indepen dent television station scheduled to go on the air here in September TVX has made an offer to the Sabres for the right to telecast the games Swados said but WGRZ Channel 2 which has broadcast Sabres games for the last decade can match that offer and retain those rights Channel 2 President and General Manager Sandy DiPasquale said Monday he received the terms of an offer from TVX (Channel 49) to the Sabres and has 15 days to act will be very very difficult to match it but I have 15 days to study he said The Sabres who apparently are trying to steer the games to their eventual station (Channel 49) could make it nearly impossible for Channel 2 to match the offer by extending the number of games to be carried from 24 to 30 or more Channel 2 which is affiliated with NBC the top rated network in prime time would prefer to reduce the number of games it carries not expand the number DiPasquale said the Channel 49 offer does call for a minimum of 30 Sabres games on the station SWados said if Channel 2 doesn't retain broadcast rights probabilities arc we will put the games on Channel with either TVX or the Sabres as the owner He indicated that is likely even though Channel 49 has not received final approval to begin broadcast ing TVX is awaiting ederal Communications Commis sion authority to operate the station Swados said ad ding it is considered a routine action He explained: physical facilities will be ready by the first of September The test pattern is already being telecast The studios are already leased and partly built It is technically possible for the station to telecast the games at the opening of the season on Oct But even if Channel 2 passes on broadcasting the games and Channel 49 get on the air soon enough Swados said the Sabres have two other options: get one of the other existing stations to air the games until Channel 49 is ready put some games on cable earlier in the season and put more games out over the air later in the season when Channel 49 is operational intend to continue (showing) most of the home games on he said TVX located in Virginia Beach Va had to sell the station because it was over the CC ownership limit of 12 stations Sale to another buyer for $48 million fell through recently and last week Seymour and Northrup Knox the brothers who own the Sabres confirmed they were interested in the station PAGE I.