July 10, 2024 – A healthy mind resides in a healthy body

MAKE TRACKS – Ice cream lovers, get ready to gather Thursday at Lafayette Square in downtown Buffalo, where Hershey’s Ice Cream will be giving away 10,000 free scoops of Moose Tracks ice cream from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. With each scoop, Moose Tracks will donate $1 to FeedMore WNY to help the hungry. Moose Tracks, which serves Moose Tracks fudge and tiny peanut butter cups in vanilla ice cream, has raised more than $500,000 for local charities since 2010.

PLAY BALL – All tickets are free when the Jamestown Tarp Skunks baseball team hosts the Geneva Red Wings at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Russell E. Diethrick Park, 485 Falconer St., Jamestown, courtesy of Live CHQ, which promotes the benefits of living in Chautauqua County. Pregame festivities begin at 5 p.m. The evening will also be an opportunity to pay tribute to the county’s first responders.

WE THE PEOPLE – The Declaration of Independence is the theme of the trivia night at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Holland Land Office Museum, 131 W. Main St., Batavia. Admission is $5. To attend, call 585-343-4727 or email [email protected].

PASS – The Graycliff Market returns for a seventh season from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at 6472 Old Lake Shore Road, Derby. Admission is free. House tours $10. The market continues every Thursday through August 29 with a different theme each week. For more information, visit experiencegraycliff.org.

GREAT – The 43rd annual Queen of Heaven Carnival will kick off with Super Cruz Night from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Queen of Heaven Church, 4220 Seneca St., West Seneca. Hammerl Amusements will offer rides from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, 12:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday and 12:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Armbands for the all-day rides are $30. Individual tickets are available. There will also be raffles, games, live music in the beer tent and a chicken and ribs cookout on Sunday. For more information, visit qofhcarnival.com.

CORRECTION – The actual date for the South Buffalo Grammar Schools Happy Hour meeting is Aug. 6, 5-8 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus, 261 S. Legion Drive. The cost is $25 and includes canned beer and pizza. For more information, call Patty Jackson-Doctor at 716-982-6221. The date was wrong on the original ad.

FANS WANTED – Do you know someone who looks forward to the Erie County Fair all year long? Fair organizers want that person to become the ultimate 2024 fairgoer. Last year’s pick was Corey Bruce of Depew. Applications must be submitted at ecfair.org by July 24. The fair will take place from August 7 to 18.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Bill Rushmore, Jeff Miers, Peter Cimino, Geraldine Ford, Bonnie Mariani, Linda Macvie, Rev. Mark Noonan, Timothy Morrisette, Cali Schneider, Dakin Pascucci, Joe Cukierski and Anne Injaychock.

AND THURSDAY – Ann Kowal, Jonathon Welch, Greg Lodinsky, Shannon Halt, Charles Kane, Rosemarie Kolb, Giavonne Granelli, Amber Naab, Madison Baginski, Christine Kowalewski, Conrad Cieslinski, Susan Higgins and Caleb Lewis.

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