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CENTRAL TERMINAL WILL SHINE TONIGHT
Published on May 11, 2001
© The Buffalo News Inc.
The upper tower of Central Terminal will glow tonight for the first time in decades, marking another step forward in the struggle to save the East Side landmark.
Leaders of the Central Terminal Restoration Corp. and dignitaries will throw a switch at 8:30 lighting the 17-story building's massive recessed roof. A number of 400-watt bulbs will be trained on the structure. It is hoped the ceremony will signal a brighter future for "one of the region's great historic preservation projects," said Russell E. Pawlak, president of the restoration group. The 75-year-old art deco building was bought by the restoration corporation in 1997, more than two decades after it was abandoned and allowed to fall into disrepair. In the interim,the group has commissioned an architectural feasibility study, enclosed the building with security fencing, installed a security system inside, repaired the roof and clocks, cleaned the promenade and grounds, and planted trees. Holy Angels tops in nickel derby For the second year in a row, the girls of Holy Angels Academy have collected more coins for WKSE-FM's Kiss 98.5 High School Spirit contest than any other school in Western New York, the radio station announced Thursday evening. Last year it was pennies, 2.1 million pennies. This year they brought in nickels to High School Spirit headquarters in the Walden Galleria in Cheektowaga -- 441,063 of them, a total of $22,053.15. For their efforts, they will get to pick first from a list of three hit recording groups who will come to perform free in-school concerts in early June. They have until Monday morning to decide among O-Town, BBMak and Soul Decision. Second-place Starpoint, which collected 331,384 nickels, will choose next. Maryvale, third with 322,603 nickels, will have a free concert with the remaining group. About 200 students from various schools were on hand as program director Dave Universal announced the winners. Hundreds of other students heard the news at parties they held in conjunction with the announcement. In all, more than 60 schools took part in the contest between April 2 and May 4, collecting 2,819,604 nickels, or $140,980.20, Universal reported. The money will go to the Western New York Hospice Foundation Essential Care program. Last year the schools collected $151,000 in pennies. Other leading schools included: Clarence, 257,270 nickels; Sweet Home, 226,641 nickels; Lancaster, 200,419 nickels; Kenmore East, 164,311 nickels; Cheektowaga, 133,111 nickels; North Tonawanda, 122,654 nickels; and Mount St. Mary's, 98,197 nickels. Finney students plan talent show Students from Charles Grandison Finney High School in the Buffalo Christian Center, 512 Pearl St., will hold their seventh annual talent show at 7 p.m. next Friday in the school. Performances will include drama, music, spoken art and dance in a coffeehouse setting, with beverages, desserts and table seating. Tickets are $5. For information, call 842-0727. Fetal alcohol syndrome is topic Beginning on Mother's Day, women of childbearing age will be warned of the dangers of fetal alcohol syndrome in a campaign sponsored by the Erie County Council for the Prevention of Alcohol and Substance Abuse. Under the "Born Free" campaign, a series of vinyl stickers will advise women not to consume alcohol while they are pregnant. The stickers, printed in English and Spanish, will be distributed to health care providers, universities, counseling centers and restaurants. Medical Campus computer model eyed A plan to create a virtual reality model of the proposed Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus using computer-generated animation will receive a $20,000 contribution from the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency. The model, which costs $107,000, would be created by a partnership of the University at Buffalo Center for Computational Research and IBC Digital, an animation company. It would allow users to take a virtual tour of the medical complex proposed for High Street and do planning work. Backers of the medical campus proposal say the model will be a useful marketing tool. The medical campus concept calls for building on health institutional resources already in the High Street area, including Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Center, Kaleida Health and Buffalo Medical Group. School to offer cat spaying/neutering Students at Frank A. Sedita Community School 38 participating in a Humane Education Community Action pilot program have invited a mobile spay/neuter unit to the school to help them achieve their goal of decreasing the number of surplus companion animals in Western New York. Last year, more than 7,500 animals were put to death due to a shortage of good homes. Cat owners may sign up now for spaying and neutering at the school, 21 Lowell Place, on Wednesday and Thursday. The surgery costs $40 and includes rabies and distemper shots. Call 652-1359, Ext. 4, to sign up cats, sponsor a needy family's cat or volunteer to provide rides to the event. British Muslim to speak at banquet Lord Nazir Ahmed, the first Muslim member of the British House of Lords, will be keynote speaker at the second annual banquet of the Western New York Chapter of the American Muslim Council at 6 p.m. Saturday in Adam's Mark Hotel, 120 Church St.<
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