OLAF FUB SEZ: According to comedian Paula Poundstone, born on this date in 1959, “Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas.”

As Time Goes By

“Tick tock,” Says the clock, Except electric And digitals, Which make not a sound As minutes go round, But the old Strikes bold Announcing to our ears That hours turn into years!

—Joyce L. Wilson

DATE MATE—Standing the test of time for two centuries is the Hull Family Home and Farmstead in Lancaster, the oldest stone residence in Erie County. To commemorate the new year, there’s a 2010 calendar with a photos of the historic house and the activities there throughout the year. Cost is $8, which includes tax and shipping. Send a check to Hull House Foundation at 5976 Genesee St., Lancaster, NY 14086. For information, e-mail merchandise@hullfamilyhome.org.

A GIFT OUTRIGHT— Making a difference in the lives of two needy families during the holidays is the staff at Sheehan Health Network.

They took funds raised from their $2 weekly donations for Dress Down For Charity Day and donated them to two families chosen by the Outreach Department— a mother with five children and another family of five, both clients of the Emerson Young Clinic, Sheehan’s satellite office in the Commodore Perry Housing Complex. Each family received $400.

The families also will get a special invitation to the grand opening of Sheehan’s new primary outpatient unit in February.

MILITARY NOTES— Brett A. Newman, son of Lois B. Newman of Lockport, has been promoted to colonel in the Air Force Reserve and has assumed command of the 934th Maintenance Group based at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station in Minnesota.

Col. Newman, who has 22 years of military service, previously was commander of the 920th Maintenance Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa Beach, Fla.

He is a 1983 graduate of Royalton-Hartland Central High School, received his bachelor’s degree in 1987 from Middle Tennessee State University and earned a master’s degree in 1993 from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His wife, Jacqueline, is the daughter of Margaret L. Torres of Hamburg.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY— Kim Boyle, Sister Harriet Marie Bialobrzewski, Barbara D. Hall, Grace L. Werts, Dave Adaszak, Jill Reese, Monsignor Tom Maloney, Karen Phillips, Michael Paler, Katie Metzger, Debbie Magrum, Pete Simon, Tracy Tumiel, Lucille Demmerley, Karen Notaro-Fenzl, Valerie Litke, and Angie Golembiewski.