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Updated: 08/11/08 7:11 AM
OLAF SEZ: FUB According to “Roots” author Alex Haley, born on this date in 1921, “Any time you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.”
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LIVING MEMORY — James Luke Bierl, an 18-year-old Erie Community College student who lost his life May 14 in a car accident not far from his Hamburg home, is missed in more ways than one. Luke’s neighborhood remembers him as the best Buffalo News carrier it ever had. A graduate of St. Francis High School, he also was a shift manager for a John and Mary’s shop and worked at Braymiller’s Bowling Alley.
Now there’s an effort to establish a memorial fund in his name to provide scholarships to deserving St. Francis and Hamburg High graduates who want to attend ECC and work toward a four-year degree, like Luke was doing.
A fundraising event, including a golf outing, will be held next Monday at Gowanda Country Club, and donations for door prizes and sponsorships are being lined up by Luke’s neighbor, Joe Gervase. To help out, call him at 649-8155 or 868-6168.
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His Favorite Read He always read Olaf Fub to catch His sister’s ditty About Buffalo, the city. Both born there, Decades past, Had a love of Buffalo That would last. Looking out his 10th floor Window at Roswell, He marveled at Lake Erie’s Glittering shore, And treasured Buffalo even more. — Joyce L. Wilson
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REUNION TIME — The Lancaster High School Alumni Association will hold its fourth annual half-century alumni reunion from 2 to 7 p. m. Sept. 4 at Joseph’s Manor and Grove, 275 Columbia Ave., Depew. Call James Kavanaugh, 683-1257.
The Class of 1958 at Bishop McMahon High School has located 93 of its 110 original classmates as it heads into its 50- year luncheon at noon Sept. 6 in Sonoma Grill, 5010 Main St., Snyder. Those unaccounted for include the Sapio twins, Constance Irvolina and Frances Vogt. Call Mary Ann Keck at 684-6454 or Kathy Anderson at 668-0183.
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MILITARY NOTES — Army Pfc. Matthew J. Lancaster, son of Jeff and Belle Lancaster of Buffalo, recently completed basic training at Fort Sill, Okla., and will return to West Virginia University as a member of the West Virginia National Guard ROTC. He is a 2006 graduate of Bishop Timon High School.
Jonathan P. Andol has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force after completing the Air Force ROTC program and graduating from Arizona State University. The son of Richard and Dianne
M. Andol of Orchard Park, he is a 2004 graduate of Orchard Park High School.
Trenton K. Roeske has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army after completing the Army ROTC program and graduating from Alfred State College. The son of David and Carla Roeske of Wellsville, he is a 2003 graduate of Wellsville High School.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY — Henry Davis, Tim McNally, Jim Schaller, Gloria Morse, Ryan Klein, Gene Bartels, Myrna Lewis, Lee Coppola, David K. Jones, Sheila Haggerty, Lynn Matwijko, Gary Zimpfer, Susan Slavin, Ellen Stelmach and Tom Daluisio.
