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OLAF FUB SEZ: An observation from short-story writer H. H. Monro, who wrote under the pen name Saki, born on this date in 1870, “Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.”
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OTANNENBAUM— Earlier this month, the North Tonawanda History Museum, 54 Webster St., hosted Polish and Swedish holiday programs. Tonight it’s the annual German Christmas celebration, presented by the Historical Society of North German Settlements in Western New York. The program starts at 7 and includes carols in German and English.
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HO!HO!ARF!—Bring Fido and Fluffy to the East Aurora Moose Family Center, 905 Main St., from 11 a. m. to 7 p.m. Sunday for Pet Pictures With Santa. No appointment is necessary. Donation is $10 and benefits Pet Connection Programs, a maternity and special care shelter for dogs and cats in Marilla. For information, call 652-0192 or visit www.petconnectionprogramsinc.com.
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PAST PRESENTS—For a holiday gift with a historic touch, there’s the first-ever calendar from St. Ann Church and Shrine, Broadway and Emslie Street, which shows the church’s magnificent sanctuary and stained-glass windows. They’re $7 at the church after 10 a. m. Mass on Sunday or $9 via mail order. For info, call 852-0100 or 632-8748.
Then there’s “The Masons of Batavia—Artists All,”a book highlighting the works of nationally acclaimed watercolorist Roy Mason, his brother Max and sister Nina Mason Booth. It also re-creates embossed seals made at the Mason factory in Batavia in the 1920s. The book, written by local author William F. Brown Jr., originally was published in 2000 and is enjoying a limited second edition. It’s available in Present Tense bookstore, 101 Washington Ave., Batavia, and in the Holland Land Office Museum gift shop, 131 W. Main St., Batavia.
Train buffs will cherish the 2010 edition of the Salamanca Rail Museum calendar, which includes photos of the Pennsylvania Railroad repair shops in Olean, aB&Orail snowplow and the long lost Buffalo, Rochester& Pittsburgh station in Great Valley. It’s $4 in the gift shop at the museum, 170 Main St., Salamanca, or $5 by mail. For info, call 945-3133.
In the Cattaraugus County Museum in the Stone House, 9824 Route 16, Machias, there’s a variety of books, including “Lime Lake:A Historical Review” and “Cattaraugus County Bicentennial History: 1808-2008.” There are also bicentennial T-shirts, small, medium and large. Call 353-8200.
On display in the museum are Department 56 collector scenes on loan from Maggie Fredrickson, assistant Franklinville town historian.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY— Mena Cortese, Zachery Campbell, Raeann Reese, Debbie Brennan, Lance Cooper, Rich Hawkins, Justin Wagner, Mary Hocutt, Jessica Weiss, Carol Ann Kolodziej, Chad Kujawa, Natalie McNamara, Joshua Santora, Bill Gallagher, Joe Mullen, Tommy Gioia, Leah Clontz, Pat Nitzer, Dr. Jeffrey Parker, Maria Tomczak, Mark Raczka Jr., Kenny Wallace and Mollie Redmond.
SATURDAY—Lucy Coppola, Aaron Astyk, Dorothy Shelton, Tom Sutton, Tony Chiarmonte, Erica Martinez, Grayson Golda, Sylvia Rosen, Ted Stoklosa, Christine Violanti, Chris Fontaneda, Emma Hartz, Buck Sambrum, Molly Claire Meegan, Kevin Conway, William P. O’Meara, Patricia Hartman, Tom Halligan, Sister Michele Beiter, Tim Foran Jr., Conrad Ken Pinker, Pat Rogers, Bob DiCesare, Marty Boratin, John Segmen and Mark Talowski.
AND SUNDAY—Maureen O’Neill, Carol Kelley Murphy, Fred Frankhauser, Willie Ruth Beckman, Lee Collier, Colleen Cummings, Angelo Fiorello, Denise Wood, Stephanie Genco, Jack Lempke, Dorothy Tarnowksi, Andrea Weitz, Daniel White, Sarah Tedesco, Stan Lenkiewicz, Pastor Bonnie Bates, Sue Egloff, Amy Becker, Tommy Patterson, Thomas Burvid, Diane Tyrpak-Lucenti, Bob Wrazen, Ed Miller Jr. and Lindsay Prentice.
e-mail: olaffub@buffnews.com
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