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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to English economist and journalist Walter Bagehot, born on this date in 1826, “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”
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MUTUAL AID — Volunteer firefighters from the Bowmansville and Millgrove fire companies will answer the call for the upcoming Variety Kids Telethon with their annual Boot Drive on Friday and Saturday, collecting donations to help Women and Children’s Hospital. Last year, the fire crews raised more than $10,000. This year, they plan to raise even more.
Firefighters and their boots will be stationed at the Regal Theaters on Transit Road, Lancaster, from 6 to 9 p. m. Friday and Saturday. From 9 a. m. to noon Saturday, they will be at Tops Market at Transit and Rehm roads, Amherst, and various other intersections in the area.
The annual Variety Kids Telethon on WKBW-TV, Channel 7, will be held Feb. 22.
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OFF-SEASON — For the North Tonawanda History Museum, used-book sales used to be warm-weather events outdoors. Now the museum has decided to open its new headquarters at 54 Webster St. for a Winter Used Book Sale from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Saturday.
As usual, paperbacks will be 50 cents each or three for $1. Hardcover books will go for $1 each or three for $2. Then there’s the ever-popular “Bag of Books,” in which customers purchase a bag from museum volunteers for $5 and fill it up.
The museum also is accepting book donations for the sale from 9 to 5 p. m. daily through Friday. Call 213-0554 or e-mailnthistorymuseum@aol.com to arrange to drop them off at other times. Donations of large paper grocery bags also are appreciated.
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HERDING CATS — Take your kitty for a walk — a virtual walk on the Internet — in a fun fundraising program starting today under auspices of the SPCA Serving Erie County. The SPCA PURRade visits Web sites around the world, learning how different nations care for their felines. Along the way, there will be trivia games, pictorial e-mails and a chance to set up personal Web site pages featuring you and your cat.
People with and without cats can register at any time during the walk, which continues until Feb. 26, when there will be a party and behind-the-scenes tour of the SPCA shelter on Ensminger Road in the Town of Tonawanda. There will be a variety of PURRade awards for participants and their pets.
To register or find out more, visit www.yourspca.org/purrade2009 or call 629-3532.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY — Branden L. Kelley, Kathye Fetsko Petrie, Ron Piatasik, Martha Woolley, Nathan Patrzyk, Paul Gaustad, Bill O’Leary, Tom Zakrzewski, Brian Mulqueen, Joyce Tomaka, Susan Senker, Cleve Hales, Jasey Jakubczak, Robert A. Elardo, Karen St. Marie, Sue Meyers, Deanne Viggato, Lisa Beres, Sister Mary Josanne Buszek, Carolyn Hillis, Paula Janicki, John E. Black.
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