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Meals, Saturday, April 5:

•Chicken pot pie supper, 4-7 p.m., Marticville United Methodist Church, 641 Marticville Road, Pequea; $3.75-$8, takeout available for $5 (bring your own container).

•Pot pie supper, 1 p.m., Salisbury Township Fire Company, Routes 340 and 897 South; $5-$10, takeout available from 8 a.m.-noon for $4 (bring your own container).

•Ham, egg and pancake breakfast, Maytown Historical Society, 7-10 a.m., St. John's Lutheran Church, 11 N. Queen Street, Maytown; $4.50. Call Sue Nell, 426-2786.

Yard sales/flea markets:
•With chicken barbecue sale, 7 a.m-noon Saturday, April 5, GEARS Community Center, 70 S. Poplar St., Elizabethtown. Call GEARS, 367-0355.

•Upper Leacock Township War Memorial Association, 6:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, War Memorial Building, 54 W. Main St., Leola. Call the association, 656-6154.

•8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, April 3; 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, April 4; and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 5, includes soup sales, Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ, 450 W. Main St., Mountville. Call the church, 285-5593.

Basket bingo, Travelers Protective Association Pennsylvania Division, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6, Hebron Banquet Hall, 701 E. Walnut St., Lebanon; $20-$25. Call George Keebler, 394-5700.

Parenting class, COBYS Family Services, "Parenting Toddlers," 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, April 8-May 13, Schreiber Pediatric Rehab Center of Lancaster County, 625 Community Way; free. Call Lisa Gilbert, 393-0425.

"Empty Bowls," help fight hunger in Central Pennsylvania, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3, Lancaster Country Day School, 725 Hamilton Road. $5, includes ceramic bowl and meal; benefits Crispus Attucks Community Center. Call the school, 392-2916.

Adoption classes, Family and Children Services of Central Pennsylvania, 630 Janet Ave.; free. Call Family Services, 397-5241:

•Infant, special needs and international pre-adoption information, 6 p.m. Thursday, April 3, and 9 a.m. Saturdays, April 5-19.

•International and independent, 6 p.m. Thursday, May 15, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 17.

Benefit auction, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 5, Manor Church, 530 Central Manor Church Road. Call Donna Hunt, 872-4982. Benefits the church's student mission trips.

Card party, Auxiliary to Conestoga View, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, Conestoga View, 900 E. King St. Call Sue Schonvisky, 392-5341.

Lifestyle programs, Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy. Call the library, 653-1510:

•Cooking and Culture: Springerle cookies with Heather Botchlet, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2; $2.

•Organic gardening with master gardeners Tom and Susan Smith, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15; free.

Astronomy Enthusiasts of Lancaster County, meeting and talk, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, North Museum, 400 College Ave., use entrance at museum loading dock; ring buzzer. Call Mike Smith, 291-4315.

"A Day of Scrapbooking," fundraiser, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 12, Quality Inn & Suites, 2363 Oregon Pike; $30. Call Shannon Zimmerman, 299-4829. Benefits S. June's Smith Center's Tiny Miracles support group.

"Feel Your Boobies," breast cancer awareness benefit, 7 p.m. Thursday, April 3, Event Space, Baugher Student Center, Elizabethtown College; $2. Call Colleges Against Cancer, (609) 280-0884.

PRESCHOOLS

New student registrations:
•St. Leo the Great Catholic School, openings in 3-year-olds' Tuesday/Thursday class and 4-year-olds' Monday-Friday class for 2008-09 school year, 2427 Marietta Ave. Call the school, 392-2441.

•St. John's United Methodist Church, openings in 3-year-olds' 9 a.m. Tuesday/Thursday class and 4-year-olds' 12:15 p.m. Monday-Wednesday-Friday class for 2008-09 school year, 3001 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise. Call the school, 687-9010.

Tours, St. Paul Community Nursery School, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, and Friday, April 4, also accepting registrations for 2008-09 school year, 200 W. Orange St., Lititz. Call the school, 625-3641.

Young Explorer Program, for children 1-2 year-olds, 9:15 a.m. Tuesdays, April 1-29, Montessori Academy of Lancaster, 2750 Weaver Road; $40. Call the academy, 560-0815.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Compassionate Friends, for those who have experienced the death of a child at any age, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, New Life Assembly of God Church, 1991 Old Philadelphia Pike. Call Linda Lowe, 626-4832.

Fibromyalgia Awareness and Education, Carol Walsch on journaling, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, third-floor Conference Room, Lancaster General Health Campus, 2100 Harrisburg Pike. Call the Arthritis Foundation, 397-6271.

Nar-Anon, for family and friends of those suffering substance abuse, 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays, First United Methodist Church, Duke and Walnut streets (enter on Lemon Street parking-lot side), call 285-2909; and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Brethren in Christ Church, 54 N. Penryn Road, Manheim, 665-4727.

SHARE, for those who have experienced stillbirth, miscarriage, SIDS or any pregnancy loss, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, Neurocenter Conference Room, second floor, Lancaster General Health Campus, 2100 Harrisburg Pike. Call SHARE, 823-2789.

PATHways programs, Hospice of Lancaster County, 685 Good Drive, unless otherwise noted. Call 391-2413 for information and registration:

•Coping With the Loss of a Parent, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1.

•Coping With the Loss of a Loved One, 1 p.m., Tuesday, April 1, The Glen at Willow Valley, 675 Willow Valley Square; 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, Ephrata Cancer Center, 169 Martin Ave., Ephrata; 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3, Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy.

•Coping With the Loss of a Companion or Spouse, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15 or 22.

•Coping With the Loss of a Child, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 22.

•Newly Bereaved, 7 p.m. Tuesdays, April 8-22.

•Growing Through Grief, 12:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. Mondays, April 14-May 19.

•Bereaved Men's Breakfast Group, 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 22, Apple Tree Restaurant, Columbia Avenue and Centerville Road.

•Mother's Day Brunch, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 10, Eden Resort Inn and Conference Center, 222 Eden Road; $15. Register by May 2.

•SoulMates Teen Grief Workshop, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 3. Register by April 25.

HEALTH

Ephrata Community Hospital Maternity Unit, 169 Martin Ave. Call the hospital, 738-6667:

•Talk and Tour, 6 p.m. Monday, April 7.

•Parenting class for parents of newborns to 1-year-olds, 7 p.m. Mondays, April 7 and 14. Fee is $30.

Arthritis Foundations's Self-Help course, 9:30 a.m. Thursdays, April 10-May 8, Pleasant View Retirement Community, 544 N. Penryn Road, Manheim; $25. Call Kathy Ross, 664-6212.

SENIORS/RETIREES

Early birds walking club, 7:30 a.m. Mondays, unless otherwise noted, Ephrata Community Hospital; $25 per year. Call the hospital, 738-3556:

•Garden Spot Village, 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland, April 7.

•With breakfast, hospital, 169 Martin Ave., 7 a.m. April 14.

•Greenfield Corporate Center, park at Olde Greenfield Inn, 595 Greenfield Road, April 21.

•Willow Point Trail, Middle Creek Wildlife Preserve, 100 Museum Road, Newmanstown, April 28.

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