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OLAFFUB SEZ: According to British journalist and broadcaster Alistair Cooke, born on this date in 1908, “A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it.”
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HELPING VETS—For the past nine years, Judi Kaczmarek, human resources specialist at the VA Western New York Health Care System, 3495 Bailey Ave., has organized a free Thanksgiving dinner for homeless veterans and other needy vets and their families. Once again, about 150 will be treated to a turkey and ham dinner from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. Sunday in the VA Food Court on the hospital’s lower level. Admission is by ticket only. To get a ticket and for other information, call 881-5855.
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Then there’s the Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner from 1 to 4 p. m. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, from 1 to 4 p. m. in Most Precious Blood Hall, 22 Prospect St., Angola. Walk-ins are welcome, but even more welcome will be a call to 549-0410 by Sunday to let them know you’re coming. Also welcome are donations to help defray the cost. It’s sponsored by the Lakeshore Association of Christian Churches and Angola Post 5798, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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—St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Buffalo is celebrating the 90th anniversary of laying the church cornerstone with a Ukrainian Bazaar from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Saturday and Sunday in Ukrainian Hall, 1219 Abbott Road, Lackawanna. Featured are pierogi, cabbage rolls, borscht, baked goods and more than 100 theme baskets.
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WEEKEND MENU—
Dining for good causes:
• Chowder sale, starts noon Saturday; $3.50 per quart; Niagara Hose Fire Company 3, 74 Wheeler St., City of Tonawanda.
• Chiavetta’s chicken dinner, 3 to 6 p. m. Saturday; $8.50; St. John Lutheran School, 6950 Ward Road at Niagara Falls Boulevard, North Tonawanda.
• Spaghetti dinner, 4 to 9 p. m. Saturday; $6; beverages and desserts available; Our Lady of Fatima Shrine Council 14622, Knights of Columbus, 1023 Swann Road, Lewiston, in conjunction with the opening of the 19th annual Festival of Lights at the shrine.
• Spaghetti dinner, starts noon Sunday; $7.50 adults, $4 kids 5 to 12; includes dessert, beverage and one spaghetti refill; Our Lady of Czestochowa School, 23 Willowlawn Parkway at Clinton Street, Cheektowaga, sponsored by the Ushers Society.
• All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. Sunday; $6 adults, $3 kids 6 to 12; includes sausage and beverages. St. Stephen’s School, 2080 Baseline Road, Grand Island, sponsored by the Grand Island Knights of Columbus.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY— Steve Taylor, Kelly DiBease, Ella Smith-Perry, Jim Sarra, Chris Van Veghten, Eleanor Held, Erie Bondanza, Danny Hassett, Charles Castiglia, Mariah Kruk, Diane Kraus, Susan Leonardi, Amanda Schweickert, Judy Brug, Jayna Roghenberger, Tom Krehbiel, Lynn DeJac, Gary J. Gruber, Gail Stockinger, Donald Peters and Mary Ellen Rashman.
SATURDAY—John Benkovich, Linda Grzywna, Alexis Simonson, Amber Simonson, Virginia Lee Ozolins, Heidi Powell, Sister Mary Richardine Baranski, Joe Graham, Kim Pierce, Sandie Brant, Jake Schultz, Alice Spychaj, Krag Lambert, Ellen Meyers, Janet Hegedus, Howard Kerber, Mark Sacha Jr., Betty Kaleta, Scott Zaranek, Siobhan Gregg, Rob Dickson, Dennis Lang and Michael Telaak.
AND SUNDAY—Ina R. Chapman, Christina Sobczyk, Terry Weidmann, Ralph Scott, Sarah Ziemba, Braden Weber, Andy Ross, Tammy Starczynski, Vivian Robertson, Beth Burdick, Mary McEwan, Eileen Driscoll, Alan Leatherbarrow, Jennie M. Santucci, Karolchia Miller, Van Miller, Ralph Orlando, Courtney Michaela Voigt, Rebecca Harmsand Carol Lazenski.
olaffub@buffnews.com
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