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OLAF FUB SEZ: In the estimation of former New York Sen. James L. Buckley, born on this date in 1923, “If enough people openly engage in conduct once considered reprehensible, we rewrite the rule book and assume that God, as a good democrat, will go along.”
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EVERYTHING MUST GO—It won’t be your usual moving sale, that sale this week at what will be the site of the new Newman Center at the University at Buffalo North Campus. What has to move is everything in the home of the Newman Center director, Monsignor J. Patrick “Father Pat” Kelleher, which stands on the property at 495 Skinnersville Road off Sweet Home Road, Amherst, where the new building will rise.
To round out the sale, chairwoman Maryann Rizzo says, people are donating collectibles and gently used items to make it a huge fundraiser. The sale runs from 5 to 9 p. m. Thursday, when admission is $5. It continues from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m. Friday and 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. Saturday, when admission is $1. It finishes from 1 to 3 p. m. Saturday with free admission and a $2 bag sale.
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CORNED BEEF BONANZA— Set your GPS unit for the Wyoming County community of Gainesville on Thursday and drive your appetite out to Gainesville United Methodist Church, 7 S. Main St. (Route 19), for an all-you-can-eat corned beef dinner buffet starting at 5 p. m. Music will be featured. Tickets are $8 adults, $4 for children under 5. Add 50 cents for takeouts.
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BLUE MOOD—Blue Thursday is the Western New York Blues Society’s once-a-month answer to the midweek doldrums. This week it presents the Bravuras from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. Thursday in the Elks Lodge, 21 Main St., North Tonawanda, the first building you come to after you cross the Delaware Street bridge over the Erie Canal. According to Dennis Foster: “It’s free. It’s fun. It’s friendly. And most of all, it’s early.” For other blues info, visit www.wnyblues.org.
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MILITARY NOTES— Two Western New Yorkers recently completed basic military training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S. C. They are:
• ArmyPvt. Edward M. Davis III, son of Yvonne Brown-Davis of Oakfield. He is a 2005 graduate of Oakfield-Alabama Central High School.
• ArmyPvt. Brigid M. Munsell, granddaughter of John and Betty Henesey of Buffalo.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY— Art Morth, Myra Razik, Dawn Ziarniak, Billy Martek, Alan Melohusky, Diane Jarnot, Shari Rader, Peggy Tronolone, John Schultz, Rosalie Barus, Frances Opoka and Arden McMorrow.
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