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Fashion show, Women's Symphony Association, "Symphony of Fashion," 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, Bent Creek Country Club, 620 Bent Creek Drive, Lititz; $38, benefits Music in the Schools. Call Kathi Sabino, 393-7685.
Veterans program and Buy-A-Brick campaign, speakers Chaplain Marlin Dietz and Cmdr. John Gohn, and brick blessing by Rev. Kathy Taylor, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, Marietta Community House, 264 W. Market St.; $100 for small brick given in memory of loved ones with three lines of text, $250 for large brick with text and space for insignia. Make checks out to Marietta Community House and mail to MCH, P.O. Box 485, Marietta, PA 17547. Call Karen Sullivan, 426-4317.
Meals:
•Chicken corn or beef vegetable soup, chicken salad and pie sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Neffsville Fire Company, 200 East Oregon Road; $4.50 per soup quart (bring your own container). Call the fire company 569-1956.
•Buffet breakfast, Baron Stiegel Lions Club of Clay and Elizabeth Townships, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, Brickerville Fire Company, 10 Hopeland Road; $3.50-$7. Call Glenn Aungst, 733-8474.
•Chicken corn soup and apple dumpling sale, Refton Fire Company Auxiliary, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, fire hall, 99 Church St.; $2.25 dumplings, $5 per soup quart (bring your own container). Takeouts available. Order by Nov. 14; call Anna Henry, 786-3732.
•Hot lunch, Vietnam Veterans of America and the Associates of Lancaster Chapter 1008, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at Oregon Dairy, 2900 Oregon Pike, Lititz. Hot dogs, $1; hamburgers, $2; cheeseburgers, $2.50; drinks, 50 cents. Benefits United Veterans Beacon House, Akron. Call Ken Ford, 560-4049.
Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation programs, registration required; call the Environmental Education Center, 295-2055:
•Working with cordage and clay with Emily Cost, 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7; $1.
•Orienteering for Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts with Susquehanna Valley Orienteering Club, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7.; $7, register by Oct. 30.
Dinner party, Susquehanna Valley Couples Connection, "Salute to Veterans," 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, Meadia Heights Golf Club, 402 Golf Road; $25. Make checks payable to SVCC and send to Dale and Eleanor Doutrich, 309 W. Hillcrest Ave., Strasburg, PA 17579; include each guest's name with payment. Call the Doutrichs, 687-6959.
Clubs:
•Lancaster Area Sewing Network, necklines and facings, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, Lancaster Catholic High School, Fountain Avenue. Call Edith Harnish, 291-6680.
•Mount Joy Quilt Study Group, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy; bring two quilts from your collection. Pre-meeting lunch at 11 a.m., optional, to be held at local restaurant. Call Linda Harvey, 898-0188.
•Elizabethtown/Mount Joy Christian Women, "Capture the Moment," 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, Gathering Place, 6 Pine St., Mount Joy; $9. Register by Oct. 30; call Judy Musser, 367-3067.
•Lancaster Red Rose Christian Women, "Country Basket Fair," 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, Four Seasons Golf Club, 949 Church St., Landisville; $10. Register by Nov. 1; call Mary Klemmer, 285-7403.
Health and safety community day, sponsored by the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania, noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Girl Scout office, 1600 Mount Zion Road, York. Call Donna Willard, 800-692-7816.
Bazaars:
•9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 308 Petersburg Road, Lititz. Call Val Milholin, 892-2016.
•4-8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, Legacy Ballroom, Lancaster Jewish Community Center, 2120 Oregon Pike. Call the JCC, 569-7352.
Adoption information:
•Bethany Christian Services, issues related to international adoption, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, Lititz United Methodist Church, 201 E. Market St., Lititz; $50 for individual, $75 for couple, free to those adopting through Bethany. Call Bethany, 399-3213. Register by Oct. 29.
•Bethany Christian Services, for those wanting to adopt older children through the Statewide Adoption Network, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1689 Crown Ave., Suite 1. Call Bethany, 399-3213.
•Orientation for foster/adoptive parents, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, COBYS Family Services, 1417 Oregon Road, Leola. Call Sara Riddle, 656-6580.
Workshop, "Social Security Planning for Boomers: What Everyone Needs to Know," 6-8 p.m. Nov. 5, Albright Life, 417 W. Frederick St.; free. Call Deborah Robbins, 295-8881.
Lancaster Lebanon Right to Education Task Force, "Pit Crew Presentation," noon Thursday, Nov. 12, Intermediate Unit 13, 1 Cumberland St., Lebanon. Call Melissa Jenkins, 606-1738.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Alzheimer's, "Alzheimer's and Dementia: Overview with Tips for the Caregiver," 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, Ephrata Health Pavilion, 175 Martin Ave. Call Ephrata Community Hospital, 721-5750, to register.
Parkinson's, caregivers breakfast, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, Oregon Dairy, 2900 Oregon Pike, Lititz. Call Sandy Smith, 285-2579.
Hospice of Lancaster County, PATHways Center for Grief and Loss, 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy, unless otherwise noted. Call Hospice, 391-2413:
•Coping With the Loss of a Loved One, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, Willow Valley Manor North, 600 Willow Valley Square; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, Ephrata Cancer Center, 460 N. Reading Ave.; 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4.
•Coping With the Loss of a Parent, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3.
•Coping With the Loss of a Companion or Spouse, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17; 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24.
•Coping With the Loss of a Child, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24.
•Newly bereaved, 12:30 or 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Nov. 10-24.
•Coping with the Holidays, 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Nov. 24-Jan. 5, 2010.
•Bereaved Men's Breakfast Group, 8 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, The Apple Tree Restaurant at Woods Edge, 100 S. Centerville Road.
Memory loss, video "My Mother, My Father," 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, Warwick Room of the Heritage, Landis Homes, 1001 E. Oregon Road, Lititz. Call Landis Homes, 581-3939.
HEALTH
Childbirth education classes, 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays, Nov. 3-Dec. 15, or 6-9 Thursdays, Nov. 5-Dec. 17, Brossman Center for Health, 136 Lake St., Ephrata; $60. Call Ephrata Community Hospital's Family Maternity Unit, 738- 6667.
American Lung Association Freedom from Smoking, 6-7:30 p.m. Mondays, Nov. 2-Dec. 14, Conference Room B, Ephrata Health Pavilion, 175 Martin Ave.; free. Registration required; call Ephrata Community Hospital's Wellness Center, 336-6578.
SENIORS/RETIREES
Healthy Moves, low-intensity exercise program for seniors, 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Nov. 4-Dec. 30, Ephrata Church of the Brethren, 201 Crescent Ave.; $20. Call Ephrata Community Hospital's Wellness Center, 336-6578.
Elizabethtown Area Senior Citizens, meeting, blood pressure readings and musical program, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 398 N. Locust St. Bring nonperishable items to donate to area food banks. Call Evelyn Darkes, 367-3174.
DIRECTIONS
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