Reporters’ Notebook/ Bits and pieces of news...
Updated: 08/27/08 6:50 AM
OLAF SEZ: FUB According to our 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson, born on this date in 1908, “Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.”
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PLANNING AHEAD — The Broadway Market, having launched the holiday season so successfully with a grand opening celebration last Thanksgiving weekend, is planning to do it again with Christmas Fair 2008 on Nov. 28 and 29.
To expand its variety of specialty and ethnic offerings, the market is looking for new vendors and performers — musicians, choirs and dance groups — to entertain at the fair. For applications and information, call 893-0705 or visit www.broadwaymarket.com . •••
DUCKING IN — Another sign that summer is winding down comes from Rosemary Miner, who reports that Sunday will be the final day of the season for the Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Sanctuary at 5067 Townline Road, Delevan, home of two of the largest covered aviaries in the world. Hours are 2 to 5 p. m.
Visitors have a chance to see singing, dancing swans, geese and ducks, along with 1,000 koi fish. There’s also an opportunity to hand-feed them. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and children. For
information, call 942-6835 or visit www.gooseneckhillwaterfowlfarm.com .
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MUSTARD ROUND — Put the grill away on Labor Day and take your appetite down to Dug’s Dive, 1111 Fuhrmann Blvd., at the Small Boat Harbor, for the first Dog Days of Summer from 2 to 7 p. m. There will be plenty of hot dogs, a family fun zone and live music from Strictly Hip, the Tragically Hip tribute band.
If you’re hungry enough, you can even challenge pro eaters “Furious” Pete Czerwinski and Pierre “The Food Machette” Vincelette of Niagara Falls, Ont., the Canadian cheeseburger eating champion, for the $500 first prize or the $250 second prize in the Sahlen’s World Picnic Style Hot Dog Eating Championship, an official Association of Independent Competitive Eaters event. For details on the contest, visit www.BuffaloDogDays.com . •••
MORE REUNIONS — Grover Cleveland High School’s Class of 1948 will hold a luncheon to celebrate its 60th reunion at 1 p. m. Sept. 18 in Sean Patrick’s Restaurant, 3480 Millersport Highway, Getzville. For details, call Mary Russo Ribaulo at 877-2799.
An Old First Ward Reunion is on tap from 2 to 6 p. m. Sept. 20 in DiTondo’s Restaurant, 370 Seneca St. Stories, pictures, movies and memorabilia are welcome. Buffet and beverages are included in the $20 ticket, which must be reserved in advance. Reservations must be confirmed by Sept. 12. For information, call Mike Catanzaro at 652-1385 or e-mail Mikecats15@hotmail.com . •••
HAPPY BIRTHDAY — Kathy Hochul, Brooke Benkovich, Leon Lewek, Noa Bursie, Emma Niver, Alex Godzich, Jessica Safe, Sharon Wiatrowski, Ronnie Nuwer, Ryan Halt, Connor Vincent, Peggy Riexinger, Mary Jane Short, Walter Halady, John Cellino, Katherine Slomba, Amelia Jakubczak, Peggy Chudzik, Katherine Chilcott- Slomba, Jim Curtin, Rosemarie Magyar, Jennifer Brug, Rosemarie Janik and Rachael Frisch.
AND THURSDAY — Emma Kathleen Concannon, Isabel Komornicki, Berta Brown, Susan Grelick, Josh Petrie, Kristine Robinson, Brandon Powell, Ellen Bieler, Kristen Jezewski, Barb Waz, Dale Ruhl, Maury Gare, Ryan Biesik, Hope Cheney, Christine Muszynski, Brian M. Raab, John Sullivan, Kenneth M. Gibson, Zach Williams, Joan Rosenberry, Robert Rader, Rita Sobczak, Jean Kurowski and Bill Dennies.
