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Updated: 06/17/08 6:40 AM
OLAF FUB SEZ: According to punk-rock musician and political activist Jello Biafra, born Eric Reed Boucher on this date in 1958, “For every prohibition you create, you also create an underground.”
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REUNION TIME — The Amherst High School Class of 1976 is hosting a collective 50th Birthday Party Weekend on July 11 and 12. Friday’s activities include tours of the school and drinks at, where else?, Brunner’s. A group dinner will follow at 7 p. m. Saturday at Chef’s Restaurant. Visit www.amherst76.com or call Dennis Steiner at 866-0386, Lance Mauro at 812-2743 or Sue Lojacono at 603-2424.
Lockport High School’s Class of 1998 will hold its 10-year reunion on Aug. 15 and 16. Friday night will be an impromptu “Night on the Town,” tied in with the Canal Fest concert. Saturday features hors
d’oeuvres, cocktails and entertainment from 7 p. m. to midnight in the newly remodeled Tuscarora Inn, 128 Walnut St. E-mail lockportclassof1998@gmail.com or call class president Caron Gala at (540) 250-7529. Alumni of Sacred Heart Elementary School in Bowmansville will hold a reunion picnic Aug. 24 on the church grounds. Call Kevin Batt at 684-1436.
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SIGNATURE BID — Friend of Fub Dan McCormack e-mails us: “We, Buffalo fans throughout the world, are mourning the loss of our favorite son Tim Russert. To honor Tim’s memory, I started a petition to have his name added to the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame. . . . I can see in my mind’s eye Tim smiling down from above when he receives this honor. Truly, he would be thrilled.”
You can sign the petition online at www.petitiononline.com . Put “Tim Russert” in the Google search line and the Web site will set you up for signing. Olaf was the 547th to sign up. •••
KOREA CAMARADERIE — The Korean War Veterans Association is looking for new members, and to introduce the organization, there’s a reception at 7 p. m. Wednesday in the Sweet Home Middle School cafeteria on Maple Road between North Bailey Avenue and Sweet Home Road in Amherst. Light refreshments will be served.
The session will give Korean War vets a chance to meet fellow veterans and learn about the association. Veterans who served during the Korean War but were assigned to posts outside Korea may be eligible for membership and are encouraged to stop in.
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SWEET DREAMS — In the mood for something sweet? Stop by the Kenmore Mercy Hospital atrium between 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. Thursday for the hospital auxiliary’s Delectable Bake Goods Sale.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY — Sue Senko, Elaine Miliczky, Doug Dean, Ethel Schippnick, Mary Lou Rath, Mary Saviola, Wendy Nagy, Tina Powell, Adam Powell, Marge Terranova, Kyle Platt, Michael Downey, Abigail Hollinsworth, Patricia Warnes, Betty Howard, the Rev. Bill Rowland, David Genco, Stacey Scheu, Gary Lelonek, Barb Nelson, Heather Hartmann, Mary Beth McCarthy, Elizabeth Hagerty, Morgan Bartels, Jill Sears, Keith Winkler, Claire Pohlman, Tom Taylor and Jenny Shaefer.
