Buffalo RocketCOMMUNITY NEWS Distributing to North Buffalo, West Side and Riverside • Established in 1969 www.buffalorocket.com Publishers of North Buffalo Rocket, West Side Times & Riverside Times Vol. L ISSUE No. 21 • Thursday, May 23, 2019 Memorial Day Memories From the Buffalo Rocket archives Former Buffalo Sabre Jerry Korab visits Holy The Buffalo community gathers to honor and acknowledge those who Spirit School, February 19, 1986. made the ultimate sacrifice for this country. Forest Lawn is ex- hold dear, as we host The the American Legion sec- tremely proud to hon- Erie County American tion of Forest Lawn. or and salute the brave Legion for its annual Me- At 9:00 a.m., the cere- men and women of the morial Day ceremony on mony will begin in front United States armed Monday May 25th. of the American Legion forces, particularly those At 8:00 a.m., flags will Memorial Monument who gave their lives in be placed on the graves in the Veterans section, service to preserve our of veterans buried in the near the Main Street freedom and all that we Field of Valor® and in Gates. Buffalo Marathon Weekend The 19th consecutive sponsor. We have creat- receive these sophisticat- Buffalo Marathon Week- ed the Kaleida Heart To ed treatments. end is being held May Heart Relay to support Also new for 2019 is 24th through May 26th. the ground-breaking pro- the Diaper Dash pre- The 5k, Diaper Dash and cedures being conducted sented By John R. Oishei Kids Mini Marathon are at BGMC and GVI. This Children’s Hospital. This sold out. The Full Mara- 26.2 foot crawl/walk is thon and Half Marathon especially designed for are almost sold out. the 2 and under future The Marathon which athletes. We are excited is a 501c3, has grown about this event because in stature, prominence, it rounds our events. We and its ability to help the now have something for community. In the last 4 everyone in the family. years we have donated Friday 5/24 back more then $325,000 • 6:00 pm Free Yoga to the groups that sup- At the Finish Line on port the race. A list of the Franklin Street provided groups benefiting from by Yogis in Service. the 2019 weekend can • 6:00 pm Hyatt VIP be found at www.buffalo- work means there is no Party by invitation. marathon.com. need for Western New • 7:00 pm Buffalo The new Dashes Market is now open at 1770 Kaleida Health has Yorkers to travel to Bos- Marathon Pedal Party Hertel Ave., daily from 6am to 10pm. See the ad joined us as our premier ton, NYC or Cleveland to Continued on page eight. on page seven. THURSDAY, MAY 23 FRIDAY, MAY 24 SATURDAY, MAY 25 SUNDAY, MAY 26 MONDAY, MAY 27 TUESDAY, MAY 28 WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 Thunderstorms Cloudy Thunderstorms Cloudy Partly Cloudy Cloudy Partly Cloudy High 68° High 61° High 71° High 67° High 66° High 66° High 71° Low 51° Low 52° Low 56° Low 53° Low 49° Low 57° Low 58° PAGE 2 BUFFALO ROCKET ISSUE 21 WEEK OF THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019 between them and skate laps around the rink to disburese the fog before resuming play. Defensive stalwart Bill Hajt scored to tie the game 4-4 and send Beautifying WNY one yard at a time it to overtime where the French Connection line Grass cutting Spring clean-up performed it’s magic. Landscape design and stone work Buffalo Sabres Fog Rene Robert scored af- ter 18:29 of the overtime Joe Weisbeck - Owner (716) 560-0002 period with a shot from Game 1975 a bad angle that goalie FREE PIZZA: M. Knapic, 392 Hinman Ave., 14216 With the Buffalo Sa- building was not air con- Bernie Parent never saw bres on an eight year ditioned so a fog had be- coming through the fog. run wthout participating gun to form that eventu- The goal gave Buffalo a in the playoffs. It’s been ally covered the ice. The 5-4 win and cut the Fly- decades since shouts fans sitting in their seats ers series lead to 2-1. The of “Thank you Sabres” could see the play fine but Sabres would even the echoed in the old Aud at ice level visibilty was series with a 4-2 win in during April so many severely limited for the game four but the Flyers years ago. players. So during stop- won game five and six to Sabres Fever used pages in play, the Sabres win their second consecu- to grip the City of Buf- and Flyers players would tive Stanley Cup champi- falo and western New carry sheets stretched onship. York in April and May. In 1975 the Sabres fin- ished the regular season atop the NHL standings with 113 points, tied with the Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins. An epic playoof series victo- ry against the Montreal Canadiens propelled Buf- This Week’s Featured Friends: falo into the StanleyCup finals against the defend- ing champion Flyers. On kenia & kiplyn May 20th one of the most See the video memorable games in on our Facebook page! league history took place in the venerable arena at the foot of Main Street. A bat had found it’s way into the building and had been flying around over the ice surface early in the game. Eventually, Jim Lorentz takes down the bat. the Sabres Jim Lorentz Kenia and Kiplyn are two young felines who came to the shelter together. Kenia is a medium haired black girl with a reached up with his stick gorgeous bushy tail. Kiplyn is a large short haired brown tabby girl. These two beautiful girls would love to find a new home together, but can cope with being separated if necessary. Kenia is one year old and Kiplyn is eighteen months. and knocked the creature Both girls are friendly, playful and people friendly. Come and visit them at the City Animal shelter at 380 N Oak Street. out of the air, killing it, Pet ID: Kenia 41385944; Kiplyn 41385938 earning him the nick- name “Batman”. The Fly- 716-851-5694 ers Rick MacLeish picked the bat up barehanded and carried it off the ice. FREE MOVIE PASSES: Y. Kopman, 811 St. Lawrence Ave., 14216 When asked by a team- mate if he was worried If your name is found in the BUFFALO ROCKET to win a FREE PIZZA, about catching rabies he replied, “What’s rabies?” take proof of identification to BOB & JOHN‘S LA HACIENDA at 1545 Her- That was just the begin- tel Avenue to pick up your FREE PIZZA (Takeout only, must be redeemed ning. within one week). If your name is listed for NORTH PARK THEATRE It had been a warm Rene Roberts shot through the fog eludes Flyers PASSES, call 873-2594 to have two free passes mailed out to you. day outside and the goalie Bernie Parent to win the game in overtime. FREE MOVIE PASSES: C. 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