OLAF FUB SEZ: According to civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson, born on this date in 1941, “At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.”
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FROM JIM TO JOSH – Retired Buffalo News sportswriter Mark Gaughan talks about the 35 years he spent covering the Buffalo Bills at 3 p.m. Saturday in Brighton Place Library, 999 Brighton Road, Town of Tonawanda. Free. RSVP recommended to save a seat. Call 716-332-4375.
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GET LUCKY – A Purr-Fect Fit Animal Rescue hosts a meat raffle Saturday night in the Matthew Glab Post, 1965 Abbott Road, Lackawanna. Doors open at 6 p.m., first spin at 7. $12, includes beer and pop. For more info, call 716-633-6600.
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WHISTLE STOP – The Toy Train Collectors Society holds its Buffalo train show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday in the Polish Falcons Club, 445 Columbia Ave., Depew. $5, $2 kids 5 to 12, youngsters 4 and under free. For more info, call Paul Vester at 716-857-0302.
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HO-HO-HO! – Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse in Golden Hill State Park, Lower Lake Road, Barker, concludes this year’s celebrations of its 150th anniversary with its annual Christmas at the Lighthouse from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, featuring vendors, live music, a puppet show, wine tasting and a visit from Santa.
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RAISING VOICES – Sotto Voce presents its Shining Light of Music Award to Lisa Berglund, president of Opera-Lytes, the operetta company that’s celebrating its 30th anniversary, in a gala at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo. Also opera excerpts from Sotto Voce singers, short films and a silent auction. $50. Proceeds support next year’s Sotto Voco production of Italian composer Pietro Mascagni’s opera, “Cavalleria Rusticana.” For more info and tickets, visit sottovocevocalcollective.com.
The Black Rock Historical Society offers “A Tribute to the Showboat Restaurant” at its annual fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the Cave, 71 Military Road. Entertainment historian Rick Falkowski hosts. $40 includes food, a complimentary beverage and music from two of the favorite attractions on the boat the 1970s – the Bar-room Buzzards and John Valby. For more info, call 716-913-5447 or visit blackrockhistoricalsociety.com.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Kathy Fenn, Melanie Pritchard, Amy Goldstein, Patrick J. Quinn, Ann Baudo, Nancie Kallin, Paula Antonicelli Walsh, Garrett Boneberg, Charlotte Lily Rouchka, Father Harry Szczesniak, Bernadette Marczak, Judy Guarino, Kevin “Skippy” Melisz, Denise Braunscheidel and Dawn Springer.
AND THURSDAY – Patrick Connors, Sandy Stoeckl, Shonnie Finnegan, Thomas Knab, Rick Fleming, Wendy Guild Swearingen, Rachel Maloney Joyner, Piper Young, Bernie Konieczny, Mike Mahoney, Rob Snider, Heather Warner, Jonathan Waggoner, Mark Head, Shannon Sundquist, Tim Alessi, Nadine Alessi-Beacham, David Schlant, Joe Kulaw, Mary Lou Jaszka, Debbi Boss, Ann Marie Griffo and Eugenia Mendal.
To submit birthdays and other items of interest to Reporters’ Notebook, please email olaffub@buffnews.com or send a letter to Reporters’ Notebook, Buffalo News, Box 100, Buffalo, NY 14240. Note: Letters sent to our old address at One News Plaza are no longer being forwarded. They’ll just be returned to you.
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