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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux, born on this date in 1941, “You define a good flight by negatives: you didn’t get hijacked, you didn’t crash, you didn’t throw up, you weren’t late, you weren’t nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.”
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BASKET BLESSING— Leave some extra time on your Easter Saturday trip to the Broadway Market for an extra stop. The landmark Corpus Christi Church, 199 Clark St., one block from the market, will be offering the traditional Blessing of the Easter Baskets from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. Baskets will be blessed every 15 minutes. In the Polish tradition, families decorated their baskets and filled them with special food items to be eaten on Easter morning.
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OSTERN GOTTESDIENST— The German-language service last Christmas Eve at Trinity Old Lutheran Church, 3445 Sheridan Drive, Eggertsville, drew such a good turnout that the new pastor, German-born Rev. Dieter Miss, has decided to have a German-language Easter Sunday service at 10:45 a. m.
“If the Easter service lives up to expectation,” the pastor says, “inclusion of German-language services will probably become a fixture, especially for Christmas and Easter.”
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DYNGUS FEVER— There are a dozen official Dyngus Day celebrations at www.dyngusdaybuffalo.com, but we’ve heard of one that apparently missed the list.
Hank Nowak Post 45, AM-VETS, will host a Dyngus Day party Monday in the club at 3071 Abbott Road, Orchard Park. Doors open at 1 p. m.; the party runs from 3 to 8 p. m.
Proceeds benefit the Veterans Helping Veterans program, which provides welcome kits and other items for hospitalized veterans. Tickets are $8 and include beer, soft drinks and a buffet from 5 to 8 p. m. B. R. S. Sounds will provide music from 4 to 8 p. m.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY— Lucas Morgan, Mildred Skrzypczak, Marion M. Price, Ricky Ganci Jr., Carla Beckstein, Natalie Bailey, Randy Miller, Katie Dickson, Judy Moskal, Chris Pohlman, Lorey Repicci, Les Bement, JoAnn Imiola, Antoine Docenko, John Fulford, Dr. Reg Abraham, Jordan Rokitka, Tara Martinez, Derek Busch, Doug Tirado, Bob Davis, Jim Szczublewski, Dorothy Dillemuth, Steve Tasker, Gayle Towne Murphy, Bill Campbell, Kristen Melohusky, Patricia Laurent, Alana Szewczyk, Cher McMahon, Stacy Sciolino, Jean Eisenmann, Jacquie Hoinski, Timothy Cannon, Jeremy Cannon and Sandy Rossler.
SATURDAY—John Salerno Jr., Alicia Hermanson, Bob Fink, Nicole Albanese, Ann Marie Halt, Rich Panek, Larry Hurst, Samantha Stelmach, Debbie Kubicki, Sister Maryann Kolb, Eric Pearlstein, Victoria Tomaka, Kristin Catalano, Rob Schultz, Ed Rupp, Derek Gee, Alison Pipitone, Vincent Gallo, Maria C. Pasternack, Andy Miller, Pamela Popiolkowski, Barb Lucchino, George Saber, Jill Raimonde, Kevin Luthrenger and Mike Garvin.
AND SUNDAY—Barbara Herrick, Abby Olszowka, Gracie Ortiz, Delores A. Foreman, Josh Smith Jr., Jim Butler, Amy Bridenbaker, Terry Trembowicz, Mitzie Sorrentino, Sean Meegan, Eleanor Sokol, Jackie Schmid, Grace McCormick, Steve Jones, Dr. Herman Mogavero, Jennifer Stanonis, Rose Rich, Maria Brogcinski, Peggy Moffat, Mike Maciejewski, Rose Hayes and Linda Ther.
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