PollGymboree Play & Music of Williamsville with Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation will hold a charity lemonade stand to raise money for childhood cancer research from 12 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 10 at the Gymboree site, 8012 Transit Road, Premier SteinMart Plaza. Call 565-9261. More ... "If you Google 'Jewish theatre artists,' the list just goes on and on." Those words, spoken by Saul Elkin, are part of the cornerstone of the philosophy of the Jewish Repertory Theatre, now in its fourth season. Elkin is the artistic director and a familiar face in JRT productions. More ... As the last show of its 2006-07 season, the Jewish Repertory Theatre will present "Old Wicked Songs" from June 7 through July 1 at MusicalFare Theatre, 4380 Main St., Suite 810, Amherst. "Old Wicked Songs" is the story of a young American pianist who is suffering from creative burnout and travels to Vienna to study accompaniment. More ... Erin Elizabeth Darby married Eric John Zeder in an early afternoon ceremony on Saturday, March 31, 2007 in St. Vincent de Paul Church, Churchville, N.Y. The Rev. Ray Fleming officiated. The bride is the daughter of Janine and Gerard Darby of Brockport. The groom is the son of Linda and John Zeder of Williamsville. More ... Caryn Henningson married Nicholas Ciotti in an afternoon ceremony on Saturday, June 2, 2007 in St. Paul's Church, Kenmore. The Rev. Jay McGinnes officiated. The bride is the daughter of Pattie Henningson of Kenmore and Carl Henningson of Lake Forest, Calif. The groom is the son of Mary and Richard Ciotti of Syracuse. More ... Lynne Marie Soda married Craig Olewine on Saturday, May 5, 2007 in an afternoon ceremony at St. Timothy's Church in Tonawanda. Monsignor John I. Ducette officiated. The bride is the daughter of Nancy and Joseph Soda of Clarence. The groom is the son of Diane Olewine of Blasdell and Frank Olewine of Pendleton. More ... Lauren Elyse Rozanski married Rodney Robert Reisdorf Jr. in an afternoon ceremony on Saturday, June 2, 2007 in St. Joseph's University Church, Buffalo. The Rev. Dr. Robert J. Perelli, uncle of the bride, officiated. The bride is the daughter of Camille and Daniel Rozanski of West Seneca. The groom is the son of Mary and Rodney R. Reisdorf Sr. of Grand Island. More ... Dawn Levitsky married Kenneth Hewitt Jr. in an evening ceremony on Friday, May 25, 2007 in Marygold Manor, Cheektowaga. Town Justice Thomas Kolbert of Cheektowaga officiated. The bride is the daughter of Diane Levitsky of Cheektowaga and Sherwood Levitsky of Hamburg. The groom is the son of Mary and Kenneth Hewitt Sr. of West Seneca. More ... Bonnie and Graydon Krueger of Wilson announce the engagement of their daughter, Courtney Krueger, to Daniel Wergen Jr., son of Pamela and Daniel Wergen Sr. of Orchard Park. Miss Krueger is a 1999 graduate of Wilson High School. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y., in 2003. More ... Randee and Alex Greenberg of West Falls announce the engagement of their daughter, Julee Greenberg, to Bradley Kaplan, son of Doris and Daniel Kaplan of Livingston, N.J. Miss Greenberg is a 1995 graduate of Lockport High School. She received a degree in journalism from St. Bonaventure University in 1999. She is a writer/editor for Women's Wear Daily in New York City. More ... Gale and Robert Montgomery of Sheldon, Vt., announce the engagement of their daughter, Katie Ellen Montgomery, to Michael Joseph Backus, son of Kathleen and David Backus of Lancaster. Miss Montgomery is a 2000 graduate of Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans, Vt. She received a degree in aeronautical and mechanical engineering from Clarkson University in 2004. More ... Jessie and Edward Kaczmarek of Depew will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Sunday, June 10, by attending Mass at St. James Church in Depew followed by lunch at the Bellevue Hotel in Cheektowaga. Edward Kaczmarek married the former Jessie Zasowski on June 7, 1947 at St. Adalbert's Church, Buffalo. More ... Gloria and Dr. LaVerne Campbell of Clarence will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary this month. LaVerne Campbell married the former Gloria Miller on June 7, 1947 in Luther Memorial Church, Erie, Pa. A Navy veteran of World War II, LaVerne, a physician, is the retired regional health director of the Buffalo Office of the State Health Department. More ... Carol L. Curry of East Aurora and Gregory M. Oehler of Rochester announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Catherine Oehler, to Jonathan Lewis Vesneske, son of Mary and Ronald Veneske of Cheektowaga. Miss Oehler graduated from Gilford High School in New Hampshire in 2001. More ... Susan and Donald Paschall of Puryear, Tenn., announce the engagement of their daughter, Shannon Paschall, to Robert Zolnowski, son of Gail and David Zolnowski of Lancaster. Miss Paschall graduated from Henry County High School, Paris, Tenn., in 1999. She received a Bachelor of Music degree from Union University, Jackson, Tenn., in 2003. More ... When I was a little girl, my grandmother lived with us in an apartment built just for her above our garage. She was an interesting woman in so many ways, an artist who knew how to make just about everything - or so it seemed to a 6-, 7-, 10-year-old me at the time. More ... Michael Shurmatz of Tonawanda has received the George C. Marshall Reserve Officer Training Corps award. Son of Henry Shurmatz and Nancy Remington of Tonawanda, he is a 2003 graduate of Sweet Home Senior High School, Amherst. More ... The following events will take place at the Amherst Center for Senior Services, 350 John James Audubon Parkway. Registration is required. For more information, call 636-3059. Farmer's Market, 12:30 to 1:30 every Tuesday in June. More ... The cost of lunch is $2.25 for Erie County residents age 60 and older. Call 636-3059. Wednesday, June 6 - Baked chicken breast, mashed sweet potatoes, Mexican corn, pudding Thursday, June 7 - Sliced ham steak, oven potatoes, creamed cabbage, More ... Although headaches are rarely life-threatening, they can make work more difficult or take the enjoyment out of your favorite leisure activity. While painful and sometimes debilitating, the majority of headaches do not indicate a more serious problem. More ... Andrew Wielgas of Amherst received the Eagle Scout Award at a Court of Honor at St. Christopher's Church in Tonawanda on May 17.Wielgas is a member of Boy Scout Troop 58, sponsored by the church. His brother, Daniel, father, David, and both his grandfathers, Chester Wielgas and John Stoffer, are Eagle Scouts. More ... YMCA of Buffalo and Niagara Northeast Branch, 4433 Main St., Amherst, will host a class on group exercise certification at 8 a.m. on Saturday Aug. 4. Potential and current fitness instructors will learn basic academic and practical application of teaching group exercise. More ... The following events will be held at the Williamsville Library, 5571 Main St. Registration is required for all programs. For more information, call 632-6176. Story Time with Miss Beth, 10:30 a.m. Mondays for toddlers and 11:30 a.m. Fridays for ages 3 to 5. More ... (ARA) - You're not alone if you find that the piece of garden statuary that looked so elegant at the garden center just doesn't seem to fit your garden back home. More ... |
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