OLAF FUB SEZ: A question to ponder from legendary pitcher Satchel Paige, born on this date in 1906, “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”
GIFT OF LIFE – Type O negative is a universal blood type. It’s good for transfusions for people with every type of blood and currently, ConnectLife reports, it’s in short supply in Western New York. So ConnectLife has decided to give a free Buffalo Bills gift to all blood donors this month. One donor each day also will get a VIP pass to Bills training camp at St. John Fisher College outside Rochester. For more info, call 716-529-4270 or visit ConnectLifeGiveBlood.org.
OFF AND RUNNING – The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra opens its schedule of free outdoor concerts in the parks at 7 p.m. Tuesday on Bidwell Parkway in Buffalo and at 7 p.m. Thursday on Goat Island in Niagara Falls State Park. For more info, visit bpo.org.
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Beginning Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. on the lawn of Kenmore Junior-Senior High School, 155 Delaware Road, is the Franco’s Pizza Children’s Concert Series. First up is the award-winning American Legion Band of the Tonawandas. The series continues on Tuesdays throughout July. For more info, visit villageofkenmore.com.
This week the Niagara History Center, 215 Niagara St., Lockport, starts its July series of one-day history programs for kids aged 7 to 11, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesdays. First topic: “Invention Bloopers.” $25, includes materials and a snack. Children should bring their own lunches. More info and registration at niagarahistory.com.
LOOKING BACK – Author and historian Mike Vogel tells tales of Buffalo’s notorious 19th century Canal District at 6 p.m. Thursday in the EC200 Speaker Series in the Hangar Building at Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park at Canalside. Rescheduled and taking place at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Naval Park is the panel discussion on what kinds of effects the construction of the Erie Canal had on Indigenous peoples and the environment. For more info, visit buffalowaterfront.com.
BRAIN TEASERS – Trot out your knowledge of America’s great authors on Trivia Night at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Holland Land Office Museum, 131 W. Main St., Batavia. $5. To attend, call 585-343-4727 or email hollandlandoffice@gmail.com.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Carolyn Raeke, Jennifer Guercio, Mary Ann Kresse, Jennifer Lata Rung, Judy M. Quinn, John Shields, Kathy Albon, Patti Rogalski, Benjamin Swanekamp, Peyton Buczkowski, Christopher Hough, Mike Kramer and Anthony Gugino.
AND TUESDAY – Cindy Darone, Maryalice Demler, Rodney Appleby, Kilissa Cissoko, Sarah Guitart, Bill Flynn, Cynnie Gaasch, Dr. Lauren Kuwik, Rocco A. Guadagna Jr., Casie Amodeo, Kayla Fyfe, Caleb Knapp, Susan Rohauer, Patrick Westlake, Bill Sniderhan, Kaitlyn Melisz May, Kathleen Robinson Gielow, Molly Byrne, Sheila Gervase Cain, Barbara McKenna, April Kawka and Sandy Levan.
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