OLAF FUB SEZ: According to film director Alfred Hitchcock, born on this date in 1899, “Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.”
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Beat the heat
The shades are drawn
The doors sealed tight
There’s fans in every
Room.
The oven’s off
No lights are lit
I sit here in the gloom
In shorts and tee
That cool and
Breathe
I think that I’m
A winner
Until the urge
Comes over me
To fix a turkey dinner.
– Carol T. Nowicki
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CHILL OUT – Don’t make your kitchen any hotter. Head instead to South Buffalo Post 721, American Legion, at 136 Cazenovia St. They’re grilling hot dogs, hamburgers and Italian sausages from 5 to 7 p.m. on Mondays for the rest of August. For info, call 825-9557.
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PLAN AHEAD – Deadline is Wednesday for early bird reservations for the Mighty Niagara Half Marathon on Sept. 22. The 13.1 mile course, one of the most picturesque of any local race, begins in Lewiston and continues along the Niagara River to Youngstown, past Old Fort Niagara and concludes in Porter-on-the-Lake Park.
Early bird registration is $75; $85 from Thursday through Sept. 12. Each runner receives a running shirt, a finisher medal, admission to the post-race party and the Mighty Niagara Discount Card, which offers bargains at local restaurants, hotels and attractions. Male and female winners of the overall race earn $750 prizes. Other cash awards will be given in various age divisions. Proceeds benefit Niagara Hospice. For info and registration, visit www.MightyNiagaraHalfMarathon.com.
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HELP WANTED – The Alzheimer’s Association, Western New York Chapter, needs facilitators for its volunteer support groups, especially for those in West Seneca, Clarence and Buffalo. The next volunteer orientation sessions will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Aug. 21 in the chapter office at 2805 Wehrle Drive, Suite 6, Williamsville. For info, call toll free (800) 272-3900.
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REUNION TIME – The Class of 1962 from Erie County Technical Institute, now Erie Community College, urges classmates who have not been contacted about the reunion weekend Aug. 24 and 25 to call alumni coordinator Mary Jo Rehak Dennee at 851-1999 or email Dennee@ecc.edu.
Reservations are needed by Aug. 24 for the Lancaster High School 50-Year Alumni Association’s annual picnic from noon to 8 p.m. Sept. 6 at Fox Valley Country Club, 6161 Genesee St., Lancaster. Cost is $28 and includes two meals. Call Jim Allein at 684-8506.
The Class of 1952 from St. Thomas Aquinas School will celebrate its 60th reunion Sept. 13 in Templeton Landing Restaurant, 2 Templeton Terrace. Classmates who have not been notified should call Pat Stanton Mergenhagen at 839-3126.
West Seneca West High School’s Class of 1987 will celebrate its 25th reunion with a happy hour gathering on Sept. 21 in Page’s Bar and Grille, 4725 Transit Road, Depew, and an outing on Sept. 22 in Fontana’s Grove, 2440 Clinton St., West Seneca, with food, a live band and a cash bar. Tickets for Sept. 22 are $25 and can be purchased by calling 656-0063 or 949-7586.
Looking for missing classmates is the reunion committee from the West Seneca High School Class of 1963, who are planning a banquet dinner on Sept. 21, 2013. Out of about 300 members, they have located all but 44 or so. Those who have not been reached should contact Ron Szypajlo at 668-3229, email ron.szypajlo@verizon.net, or Mary Ann Mueller Dossinger at 649-1049, email redmad2@aol.com.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Andy Kulpa, Phyllis Wilkinson, Ron Ehmke, Pat Oliver, Marty Colson, Todd Enser, Elizabeth Coffta, William Kozak, Sue Brown, Janet Kuminski, Darlene Elis, Paul Boglioli, Megan Davis, Jack Rishel, Tina Kester, Robin Schlifke, Brianna Fruehauf, Edwin Martin, Richard Snyder, Reinhold Schlagenhauff, Jeny Hibbard, Linda Whalen, Pat Oliver, Jean Moran and Zach Donovan.

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