OLAF FUB SEZ: According to Chinese philosopher and writer Confucius, believed by some to be born on this date in 551 B.C., “By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
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How Sweet It Is?
It’s supposed to be golden
When you get olden
So how come your
Body starts to fail
And your mind forgets
Many a detail?
It makes you
Want to wail,
“What the hail!”

Doctors and pharmacists
Will advise
All sorts of stuff,
But first, let’s face it,
Getting old is rough.
So we put on
A happy face,
All aches and pains
We erase
Life, even olden,
Is still a wonder,
Better than being
Six feet under.
– Joyce L. Wilson
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LAST CALL – It’s your last chance this summer to beat the heat on a Monday night and let the folks at South Buffalo Post 721, American Legion, 136 Cazenovia St., do the grilling. Their final weekly cookout of the season takes place this evening from 5 to 7. They’ll serve hot dogs, hamburgers, Italian sausage and side dishes. All are welcome. For info, call 825-9557.
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HOMETOWN HEROES – Lockport High School will hold its fifth annual Athletic Hall of Fame induction dinner Sept. 15 in the Holiday Inn, 515 S. Transit Road. Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner is at 7. Six former players and two coaches will be honored. For tickets, call 478-4473.
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DRUMSTICK BEAT –Trinity United Methodist Church, 2100 Whitehaven Road, Grand Island, hosts a Chiavetta’s chicken barbecue dinner from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Proceeds benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
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SELDOM SEEN – The only chance we’ll get this season to see the amazing near-century-old machinery inside Buffalo’s Col. Ward Pumping Station is coming at 1 p.m. Sept. 22, courtesy of the Industrial Heritage Committee. The tour is free. No reservations are needed. Meet at the DAR Drive gate near the Porter Avenue entrance to LaSalle Park. For info, email ihcdart@netscape.net.
The Industrial Heritage Committee also is staging its last Historic Buffalo River Tour of the summer on Labor Day next Monday. The tour, which provides an up-close perspective on the city’s grain elevators and other industries along the river, leaves from the Miss Buffalo Dock in the Erie Basin Marina at 12:30 p.m. and returns two hours later. Tickets are $16 adults, $11 kids 4 to 11. For reservations, call 856-6696.
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FUNNY LADY – Kristen Becker of Lake Effect Comedy lends her sense of humor tonight to Laugh Away That Case of the Mondays, the Monday night mirth fest in Adam’s Mark Hotel on Lower Terrace in downtown Buffalo.
Host is Rick Matthews. Other comics on the bill include Greg Bauch from WGR 550 AM, Adam Hernandez, Anthony Rizzo and Jason Pomietlasz. It starts at 9. Tickets are $5.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Rosemarie Janik, Emma Niver, Kathy Hochul, Noa Bursie, Brooke Benkovich, Leon Lewek, Sarah Bourdette, Jessica Safe, Mark Koehler, Ken Hartman, Mary Short, Connor Vincent, Mary Bauer, Sandra Hibbard, Ronnie Nuwer, Leroy Rockwood, Steve Vulcheff, Dan Schindler, Tony Rambino, Zoe Zimmer, Alex Godzich, Bryan Kamuda, Bobby Piotrowicz and Katherine Chilcott-Slomba.

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