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Good morning, Buffalo: A quick look at what's happening today
Updated: August 21, 2010, 10:11 AM
It looks like spring is making a comeback — and it's about time. The day will
be mostly sunny and feature a high temperature near 62 degrees. Some clouds will roll in by
nightfall, with a low of about 44 degrees. Sunday will be even better —
sunny, with a high of 67 degrees.
Catch this: About 400 Frisbee-throwers from throughout the East are in town to
compete in the Ultimate Players Association High School Eastern Championships. The fling-fest
is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Nike Base, 2982 Lakeview Road, Town of Hamburg.
Competing are 11 girls teams and 18 open teams. Championships resume at 8:30 a.m. Sunday and
continue until 4 p.m.
Today is Give Your Stuff Away Day — an unofficial movement to help people get
things they need, help others get rid of things they don't need and reduce the amount of trash
that ends up in landfills. Mike Morone of North Chili, who hatched this mini-revolution,
encourages folks to spread the word to neighbors and municipalities, then put out valuable
items in good condition for donation and check out stuff your neighbor is offering. A crash
course on details, guidelines and prohibited items is available at
http://giveyourstuffaway.com/.
The life of Malcolm X will be celebrated from 3 to 5 p.m. in Frank E.
Merriweather Library, 332 E. Utica St. The event, sponsored by Malika Kambe Kambe Umfazi
Sorority, includes scheduled performances by Daughters of Creative Sound and the Njozi
Ensemble!
Former Buffalo Bills quarterback and NFL Hall-of-Famer Jim Kelly will be the
keynote speaker at the Niagara County Community College commencement ceremony at
10 a.m. in the college gym, 3111 Saunders Settlement Road, Sanborn. A record 360 graduates
are scheduled to walk across the stage to receive their degrees. About 2,000 guests are expected
to fill the gymnasium and the college auditorium, where a video feed will be provided to
accommodate the spillover crowd.
Brenda McDuffie, president and CEO of the Buffalo Urban League, will be the
speaker when the Trocaire College commencement gets under way at 10:30 a.m. in the Center for
the Arts on the University at Buffalo North Campus. The college is scheduled to present an
honorary doctorate to Anthony N. Diina, president of Metrodata Services Inc. & Insight
Associates Inc. for his leadership in business and public service. Also, 48 Phi Theta Kappa
Honor Society members will be graduating. Phi Theta Kappa is an international honor society
for two-year colleges, whose members are required to carry a cumulative 3.5 grade point
average or better.
Clip 'N Dale's pet-grooming salon, 750 Kenmore Ave., is holding a fundraiser from
noon to 6 p.m. for the Banfield Charitable Trust — the organization the provides
emergency and critical veterinary care to pet owners in need. Get photographed with your pet,
check out exotic animals and myriad demonstrations, get your pet vaccinated or, introduce
Rover to a play group. A bake sale and treats also are on the menu. For more information,
contact Heather Fedchak at 901-3927.
Joining the growing number of farmers markets open for the season is the Olean
Farmers Market, located at the Jamestown Community College lot, 260 N. Union St. The market
operates from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays through Oct. 30. Available are fruits,
vegetables, herbs, hanging baskets, cut flowers, baked goods, handmade crafts, jams and
jellies, bison meat and poultry, honey and maple products. Oh yes, and eggs, too.
Idol time on your hands? Tickets go on sale today for the "Idols LIVE" tour,
which won't hit HSBC Arena for a few months — at 7:30 p.m. Friday Sept. 10. The cast
includes Texan Tim Urban, an Idol contestant with local ties. He is the grandson of Joan Urban
Nowland and Jerry Nowland of Hamburg, and the nephew of John Urban, a nurse at Buffalo General
Hospital, and his wife, Joanne, who works for Medtronics. Tim's dad, David, was a 1977
graduate of Frontier High School and a 1981 graduate of UB. Urban finished seventh in Season 9
of the popular show. he will join other Top 10 finalists at HSBC, including Aaron Kelly,
Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Crystal Bowersox, Didi Benami, Katie Stevens, Lee DeWyze, Michael
Lynche and Siobhan Magnus. For tickets, visit the LiveNation Web site.
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Entertainment Calendar
Best bets:
- Wed 5/23: Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit
- Thu 5/24: North Sea Gas
- Fri 5/25: An Evening of Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake and Serenade
- Sat 5/26: Rich Little
- Sat 5/26: Mariachi El Bronx
- Sat 5/26: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra: Pops Showstoppers
- Sat 5/26: Rich Little
- Sun 5/27: The B-52s
- Wed 5/30: Heybale
- Fri 6/1: WYRK Taste of Country
- Fri 6/1: Alan Doyle
- more events »
The Feed / What’s Happening Now
Zoning Board of Appeals today takes no action parking lot issue
Private dorm builder buys Maple Road shooting range site near UB
Thompson will not enter State Senate race
Specter of suicide hovers over falls
Deliberations due next week as Corasanti defense rests
Eight shot to death in three weeks, no arrests
Greatbatch headquarters to move
Merchants of two minds on Elmwood trade-off
Second person goes over Falls, this time on U.S. side
Toddler saved from near-drowning in family pool
Super Mario will wear No. 94 with Bills
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