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Witches, worlocks and other creatures make their home at 17 Hoyer Place. Look inside on pages 4 & 5 for more Halloween decorated homes in North Buffalo.

One of Western NewYork’stimehonoredtradi-tionsistherunningoftheYMCA Turkey Trot. Heldeach Thanksgiving morn-ing on Delaware Avenue,this event draws over14,000 serious runnersand walkers alike, manyof which are adorned incolorful and creative cos-tumes making the event

quiteaspectacle. Race participants areaskedtojoininforthe2ndannualYMCATurkeyTrotCostumeContestonraceday,Thursday,November28that8:30aminfrontoftheDela-ware Family YMCA (2564DelawareAve.,Buffalo). Strutyourstuffinfrontofthejudgesforachanceto win great prizes! Win-

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A new title by two lo-cal authors offers read-ers a book that’s bothtrick and treat for Hal-loween. “Buffalo Bizarre:Weird, Wild and WackyTales from Western NewYork” unloads more thantwo centuries of home-spun tomfoolery into onehandypackageperfectforholidaygift-giving. The book was writtenbyBrianMeyer,a formerBuffaloRocketcolumnist,and Mark Ciemcioch.Meyer spent many yearswriting for Rocket Publi-cations.Infact,hepennedhisfirstfront-pagearticleforoneofthenewspapersattheageof15–whichisbizarre all by itself. Hehassincecarvedoutadis-tinguished career in localjournalism.Meyerhasalsotaught for many years atSUNY Buffalo State andMedaille College. Ciem-cioch is an area writerwhoworks for theCatho-licDioceseofBuffalo. “We call it a cruisedowntheboulevardofthebizarre,”saidMeyer. “After people read ourbook,theregionmightnev-erlookquitethesame.” A local almanac of theweird and obscure, “Buf-falo Bizarre” features aspecial section highlight-ing the region’s connec-tion to the supernatural,as many ghosts, ghoulsandcreatureshaveanap-parentcravingforchickenwings. The book offersthese tales with a lighttouchofhumor. Forexample,whileyoumay know Western NewYorkisn’tknownasoneofNorth America’s most

common place for Bigfootsightings, it didn’t stop aChautauquaCountytown

fromhosting itsownBig-foot Weekend and Expo.Anybody looking formethodsonhowtocollectevidenceofBigfoot,orjusthopingtopickupthatfa-mousvideoofaSasquatchstomping through thewoods,couldhaveheadeddowntoDewittvillefortheconvention. While therewere no sightings of Big-foot during the weekend,attendees did report see-ingacreaturethatcanbeequally as scary – an in-quisitive WGRZ Channel2reporter. WhileDewittvilleusedBigfoottoprovideaneco-nomic boost to the town,thecommunityofPerryinWyomingCountywentan-other way. Back in 1855,hotel owner A.B. Walkerwas looking for a way toincrease business whenhe wrapped some water-proof canvas around acoiled frame and droppedit into the nearby SilverLake. When local fisher-men spotted the object,(Continued on page 6)

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With the rain comingdown,RocketMansettleddownonaSaturdaynoonand watched some foot-ball.Thingis,he’sstillnotsurewhathesaw. First,youhavetoknowthatRocketMan’commu-nications resources areas outdated as his choiceof sports. His TV, so oldhe starts it with kero-sene,hasnosound.Nottoworry, he grew up in thesilent-film era, considerssub-titles his second lan-guage and finds most oftheannouncers’prattletobe downright idiotic. Hewatchesgamesinblissfulsilence. Butitdidcausehimtowonder who was playing.Oneside,ingreen,was“E.Michigan” in the sub-ti-tlesbuttheother,inblue,wascalled“Buffalo,”eventhoughalltheirshirtssaid“NewYork.” New York who? NewYork Tech? Doesn’t evenhave a team. Syracuse?Nah,notanorangeinsight.Andthisbunchsuredidn’tplaylikeaBuffaloteam.

Theyran.Theypassed.They made smart deci-sions,whichismorethancouldbesaidfor“E.Mich-igan,” which once had achancetopin“NewYork”deep in its own territory,deferred, and watched“NewYork”runakickbackforatouchdown.Theybe-havedthemselves.Oneofthem,infact,wassoeagertohand theball toanof-ficial after a touchdownthat he almost knockedtheguydown. At length,RocketManfiguredoutthat“E.Michi-gan”stoodforEasyMichi-gan,as this teamseemedincapableofmakingare-spectable hit until aftertheplaywasover.Lateinthegame,asifthereweresomemercyruleprohibit-ing a 35-point margin ofvictory, all the blue-clad“NewYorkers”stoodasideand let one of the EasyMichigansrunforaneasytouchdown. Atlastitwasoverandtheblueteamhadwon42-14.Theplayersandcoach-esrespondedasifitwere

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Don’t know about you,buteverytimeIpullintoagasstationtofillupIfeellikeIamgettingrippedoff.Pricesaredroppingsome,buttohavetopayalmost$4.00 a gallon for gas, inreality, is not necessary.We all need our gasolinetofunctionasthingsseemto be spreading furtherand further apart. Mostpeople commute to workfrom distances that, atonetime,wouldhavebeenunheard of. But we do itandwerelyonfuelforourautomobilestocarryustoourdestinations.Yestheyarecomingoutwithalter-nativeenergysources,butwe are a long way fromnotneedingoil. Ifoundoutaboutsome-thing I did not know oreven considered as beingpossible. Synthetic fuel!BeingahistorybuffIen-joyedwatchingthehistorychannel until it becomethe Pawn Star channel.Not that I do not enjoyPawn Stars, but hour af-

ter hour is too much. SoI found another chan-nel, theMilitarychannel,which seems to be moreintowhatandhowithap-pened.Thisoneparticularepisode on World War IImentioned that the Ger-manarmyanditsmassivewarmachine,back inthe1930’s,usedsyntheticfueltoruntheirengines.Nowhow would that be possi-bleforthistohappenandhere 80 years later littleor no use of synthetic fu-els?SoIwenttomytrustyInternet. Seems someone askedthesamequestion8yearsago.HowcomeNaziGer-many,whohadnooilwellsto speak of back in 1940,were able to build thismassivemobilearmythatranonsyntheticfuel,andyetwedonothaveitnow?The answers were vagueand none suggested thatit cost too much. In factitsaidthereisacompanyin South Africa who doesproducesyntheticfueland

is doing very well. Themost logical answer wasthat the large oil compa-niesandtheirpaidforpol-iticians frown upon whatcouldbeabigblowtotheireconomy. Hence, the onlycompany that gets awaywith producing it is inSouth Africa. Guess thatisfarenoughaway. Anotherfactonthein-ternet stated that Stan-dardOilofAmericaactu-ally helped the Germansdevelopthesyntheticfuelbeforeandevenduringthewar. There were sugges-tionsafterthewarended,thatthecompanyofficialswere traitors. The bigquestion is if they knewhowtoproduceit,whydidtheystop?Ordidthey?Jet’s fan punches Patriot woman fan at Jet’s Game I also watched a videoontheinternetofamale,Jet’s fan punching out a

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TampawhentheBillslostby that famous missedfieldgoalattheend.Whata tremendous let down.All I needed was someNewYorkGiantfaninmyface, heckling me aboutthe loss. Did not happen,fortunately for me, as IdosuspectthatthewayIfelt, I would have done abaddeed.Maybeevenendupspending thenext fewdaysinalocalhospital. However, in all thoseyears of watching foot-ball, never did I see aman punch a woman.Guessitissomethingbe-coming common in NewJersey. So take note youfemale readers, takeyour self defense cours-es before entering ChrisChristie’sstate.Let’saddKudos to the woman’sboyfriend who stood byand watched it all. Hedidtherightthing,NOT.Thenagain, thepuncherguywas“hugeeee”.

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(Continued from page 1) theythoughtitwasaseaserpent. It played right intoWalker’shands,andbusi-ness was booming. Butwhen interest in the so-called“PerrySeaSerpent”became too big, Walkertookhisdeviceandhid itintheatticof theWalkerHouse Hotel. The PerrySea Serpent was on itsway to becoming folkloreuntil firefighters discov-ered Walker’s device af-ter a hotel fire two yearslater. Perry continues tohonoritshistoryofthesu-pernaturalwithanannualSeaSerpentFestival. “Buffalo Bizarre” alsoreports some of the find-ingsof localsupernaturalexpert Mason Winfield,who has written a half-dozen books for regionalpublisher Western NewYork Wares about thesubject. One of Winfield’smost common findingsis the report of a ghostlyyoung girl haunting theHolidayInnonGrandIs-land... and Forest LawnCemetery on Delaware

Avenue... and the TownBallroom on Main Streetin Buffalo... and a coupleofotherplaces.Thisghostgirlgetsaround. OtherstrangeandscrewystoriesincludeaHalloweennight incident inwhichatelevision weatherman’smishap almost createdan inferno during a livebroadcast in a local resi-dent’syard,andawander-ingdeerthatcrashedintoan Elmwood Avenue res-taurant, prancing aroundthebarforatime. Thebookincludesnear-lytwodozenchaptersthatfeature everything fromoddtalesaboutoursportsteams, to offbeat inven-tors and scandals involv-ingelectedleaders.Thereare probably dozens oftalesaboutBuffaloyou’veneverheardbefore. “BuffaloBizarre”isnowavailableatlocalbookre-tailersandonlineatwww.buffalobooks.com. “Our book is seriousabout not being serious,”said Ciemcioch. “It’s notthebestofBuffalohistory,it’sjusttherest.”

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NOTICE of FORMATION of a DO-MESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COM-PANY of Siddha, LLC. Article of Or-ganization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/20/13. Office location: Erie County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him is C/O the LLC 111 W. 45th Street, N.Y., N.Y., 10001. Purpose of LLC: (Any lawful purpose permitted for LLCs under NY Limited Liabil-ity Company Act). Street address of Principal Business location is: 166 Greenfield St, Buffalo, N.Y., 14214. 40-45

PUBLIC AUCTION to satisfy over-due storage charges pursuant to UCC Code Section 7- 209, 210, and/or Articles 8 and 9, Sections 182, 184, 201, 201A-203 of the Lien Law of the State of New York, on Saturday, November 9, 2013 @ 10am, at premises Good and Fair Carting & Moving, 300 Woodward Ave. Kenmore, NY 14217. The following units will be auctioned: 8808, 5004, 7059 and 8063; Ca-mille Cosmetics. 7001 and 8005; Diane Ragin. 8002, 7063 and 3012; Donald Hoffman. 8006 and 3010; Delores Masters. 4064 and 4028; Raquel Jurnigan. 7039; Dr. Arzola. And on Saturday, November 9, 2013 @ 10am, at premises Mobile Mov-ing Systems, LLC, 300 Woodward Ave. Kenmore, NY 14217. The Fol-lowing units will be auctioned: 8053 and 5017; Mary J. Christ. 8042, 8027, 9001, 5010, 7018, 7013, 7004 and 9006; Aileen Nance-Glis-son. All contents are unknown. This list is an incomplete, representative sample only. All items subject to re-demption before sale, and are sold “as is, where is.” 10% Buyer’s Pre-mium. Cash Auctions 885-2200 42-43

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LAPG Construction, LLC. Articles of Orga-nization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/30/2013. Office location: Erie County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: 100 Ell-wood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14223. The principal business address of the LLC is: 100 Ellwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14223. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. 43

Storage Mobility of Buffalo, LLC hereby publishes notice, as required by New York Self-Storage Facilities Act (NY Stat. 182) of a public sale of the property listed below to sat-isfy a landlords lien. All sales are for cash to the highest bidder and are considered final. Storage Mobility of Buffalo, LLC reserves the right to reject any bids. The sale will be held at 3100 Lake Shore Rd Buffalo NY 14219 on: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 11:00 AM. Customer Name Container ID Baker, Nicole 272B38 Davis, Anika 3062VX Contents include but not limited to: Household items, books, exercise equipment, stereo equip-ment and more. 42-43

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Stampone & Sons, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/6/2013. Office location: Erie County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: 1899 Ni-agara Street, Buffalo, NY 14207. The principal business address of the LLC is: 1899 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY 14207. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. 38-43

Board of Education Buffalo, New York Division of Purchase 716-816-3585**Sealed proposals will be received in Room 816 City Hall On: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. for BID #13-14-042Claim Auditor On: Monday, November 4, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. for BID #13-14-043Re-establishment of infield skin at JB Wiley Baseball DiamondOn: Monday, November 4, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. for BID #13-14-044High Volume Color Multifunction Printer for Computer RoomSpecifications and bid forms are available at www.buffaloschools.org/ PurchaseDept.comCraig A. Koeppel Director of Purchase 43

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