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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to detective novelist Rex Stout, born on this date in 1886, “There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up.”
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Winter Winter is getting worse every year.
The wind chill is making me blue.
I wish that jet would stop streaming
And the Arctic would keep its air, too.
The lake has a bad effect on my mood
And the Doppler is making me weary.
The weatherman cackles with merriment
As the oncoming storm makes him cheery.
I think that the bears have the answer
To this cold weather irritation.
Like me, they acquire more layers of fat
To prepare for their hibernation.
— Susan Clements
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ALUMNI WANTED — The McKinley Vocational High School Alumni Association will hold an all-alumni Christmas party from 6:30 to 9:30 p. m. Saturday in Post 1041, American Legion, 533 Amherst St. Alumni secretary Otto Reinhardt says that all classes from all years are invited.
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IT’S A WRAP — Autistic Services Inc. opens its holiday gift-wrapping booth today in the Walden Galleria Mall and it could use some volunteer help between now and Dec. 24. Proceeds will benefit the agency’s programs for children and adults. Call 633-577 for info.
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CAMERA ACTION — Today marks the start of the first-ever photo contest by the Friends of Tifft Nature Preserve and winning it won’t necessarily be a snap.
First of all, the pictures of Tifft by amateur photographers 16 and older have to be taken between now and Dec. 31. Secondly, you have to pre-register by calling 825-6397 or e-mailingtifftfriends@yahoo.com.
Thirdly, according to rules posted on the Web site at www.sciencebuff.org (look way, way down the list under Public Programs at the Tifft Nature Preserve link), only 50 registrations will be taken.
Les Krims, professor of photography at Buffalo State College, will be the judge. Criteria include creativity, photographic quality and effectiveness in conveying the beauty and/or unique character of the preserve. Photos will be displayed and prizes will be awarded at 2 p. m. on Jan. 18 at Tifft’s Makowski Visitors Center. And one final requirement — you have to be there to be eligible for prizes.
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MILITARY NOTES — Five Western New Yorkers recently completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas:
• Air National Guard Airman First Class Keith M. Love, grandson of Anita Fields of Buffalo. He is a 2006 graduate of McKinley Vocational High School.
• Air National Guard Airman First Class Joseph V. King, son of Vernon King of Silver Creek. He is a 2002 graduate of Silver Creek High School.
• Air Force Airman Brandon J. McMillion, son of John P. McMillion of Holley. He is a June graduate of Holley Central High School.
• Air Force Reserve Airman Ian M. Rising, son of Carolgene DelGrosso of Lockport. He is a 2007 graduate of Lockport High School.
• Air Force Airman First Class John A. Williams, son of Nanette Williams of Fredonia and John Williams of Dunkirk. He is a 2001 graduate of Dunkirk High School.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY — Mary Liberatore, Norm Liberatore, Gary Damon, Karen K. Heck, Phil Fairbanks, Blair Woods, Rebekah Sipos, Seymour H. Knox IV, Pat Oppenheimer, Sister Mary Judith Goehring, Sister Mary Gertrude Pilarski, Cassandra Dabek, Justin Powell, Tiffany Lee, Randy Fredericks, Diane S. Bowen, Suzanne Diaz, Tony Connors, Robert Caputi, Mark Duffin and Renee Ruffino.
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