A Memorial Day parade and service will be held on May 28 in Schoeneck. The parade will form at 8:30 a.m. and step off at 9 a.m., winding through the streets of Schoeneck and ending at the Veterans Memorial, where a brief service will take place.

Parade participants are encouraged to enter decorated floats, vehicles, bicycles, etc. Prizes will be awarded. In addition, all surviving WWII veterans from the Schoeneck area are invited to ride in the parade via a float. A CD from last year’s dedication service, pins, pictures, commemorative bricks for the Pathway of Honor and trees/shrubbery will be available for purchase.

The Reamstown Historical Society and Museum will welcome special guest Matt Matteson, "Matt the cordwainer," from Knoxville, Tenn., during a free program for the public on May 15, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Community Center in Reamstown.

Matt will demonstrate shoemaking on his workbench. Learn how shoes were made and about other leather items. Light refreshments will be provided.

The lecture is one in a series sponsored by the Reamstown Historical Society and Museum. For more information, call 364-0865.

The center is located at 24 E. Church St., Reamstown. Parking is in the rear of the building. More SHOEMAKER, page A10

By: STEVEN N. CZETLI Review Correspondent, Staff Writer

David McGarvey sits on his bike outside his Denver home, 100 pounds lighter after a dieting program he's used for years. (Photo by Steven N. Czetli)

With beach weather approaching, A Denver reader contacted the paper to recall his success with a an eating plan called the Cambridge Diet.

Though some readers will be too young to remember this liquid Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD), it heralded in a slew of others that led to the Medifast Diet that today promises the safe loss of up to two and a half pounds a week under medical supervision. These liquid diets not only tout rapid weight loss, but as nutritional science has advanced, adjustments in nutritional content and improvements in the quality of food used to make them improve the chances of getting a balance of high quality nutrients, despite the low caloric intake.

For instance, according to cardiologist and bariatric licensed physician Scott Deron, D.O., turned bariatric physician at Lancaster General Health, early liquid diets used horse’s hooves for their protein which lacked an essential amino acid. Contents have since improved.

Adamstown Woman's Club members hold some of the plants which will be sold at the organization's annual sale on May 5 at Peace UCC. (Photo by Preston Whitcraft)

Just in time for Mother’s Day, the Adamstown Area Woman’s Club will hold its third annual plant sale from 8 a.m. until noon on May 5 at Peace United Church of Christ (UCC).

The event will feature a variety of plants, both outdoor and indoor, accessories for the garden, flower baskets, gardening books, gloves, plant markets, note cards and other garden-related items. Plant offerings will include perennials, grasses, shrubs, herbs, bulbs and others.

A number of gifts suitable for Mother’s Day will be available.

Nearly all perennials are from members’ gardens, so they are well acclimated to the region. Members of the club will be available to assist with selection.

All profits will support non-profit organizations in the community. Contact Judy Nichol at 484-1447 with any questions.

The church is located along Route 897, just south of Weaver’s Market.

The Woman’s Club of Denver will hold its annual senior citizens party on May 5 at noon at the Denver Fire Hall.

All residents of Denver who are 70 years of age or older are invited to attend this party. Members of the Woman’s Club of Denver will be calling seniors who have attended the party in the past to make reservations. Anyone who has not been contacted, is a resident of Denver and 70 years of age or older and would like to attend should contact 336-7444 to make reservations.

Transportation can be provided, if needed. Musical entertainment will be provided by Rebecca Voler.

The senior citizens party committee members are: guests — Nedra Bearinger, Ann Roseboro and Mary Stewart; kitchen — Kim Eshleman, Pat Brendle and Yvonne Weaver; waitresses — Gale Gensemer; desserts — Jane Webber; and table decorations — Susan Moyer.

These local residents are all packed up and ready to see which yellow friend will be the winner in the FireQuacker 1000 Duck Race in Adamstown on May 12. Shown are (left to right) Jack Lammey, Adamstown Duck holding Conner McCafferty and Adamstown Community Days Chair Joe Dietrich. (Photo by Preston Whitcraft)

Hundreds of ducks will be racing down the Little Muddy Creek in Adamstown on May 12 as the main event in Adamstown’s annual FireQuacker 1000 Duck Race.

The multi-colored plastic ducks will be launched near Boehringer’s and should make their appearance at the Willow Street bridge around noon. The first 12 ducks to cross the finish line will win cash prizes ranging from $200 to $25 for the lucky ticket holders.

The event is sponsored by the Adamstown Community Days Committee (ACD), with all proceeds helping to defray the cost of entertainment and fireworks over Memorial Day weekend. The ACD fireworks have a reputation as the best in the area, and the free entertainment on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights is popular with all age groups.

Cocalico High School’s Class of 2014 will be hosting a vendor bingo fund-raiser on May 5 beginning at 2 p.m. Doors will open in the school cafeteria at 1 p.m.

Vendors will include Thirty-One Gifts, Premier Designs Jewelry, Tastefully Simple, Pampered Chef, Scentsy, Jamberry Nails and many more. Cost is $15 for a 15-game pack of bingo cards (three cards per sheet). Additional game packs are $5.

All patrons will be entered into a drawing for door prizes. Refreshments will be available for purchase and will be served to visitors while they play by members of the Class of 2014.

Reamstown, Denver and Adamstown elementary school students will advance to the Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13 24 Game competition. They include (not in order) winner Jacob Digman, Travis Martin, Zach Sherk, Ben Wallace, Lexi Gonzalez, Jordan Shirk, Clay Weaver and Danny Harrington. (Photo by Preston Whitcraft)

Twenty-four fourth and fifth grade students from Reamstown, Denver and Adamstown Elementary schools participated in the Cocalico School District 24 Game competition on April 4. The goal of the 24 Game is to add, subtract, multiply and divide four numbers in order to equal 24 as quickly as possible.

Each elementary school had its own 24 Club and competition where students improved their basic fact and problem solving skills while competing against each other. The top eight students from each school then advanced to the district competition. The top eight students from the district competition will now go on to the Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13 competition to be held on May 9.

The winner of the district competition was Jacob Digman. The other seven students who will join him at the IU competition are: Travis Martin, Zach Sherk, Ben Wallace, Lexi Gonzalez, Jordan Shirk, Clay Weaver and Danny Harrington.

By: KIMBERLY MARSELAS Review Correspondent, Staff Writer

Denver Borough is exploring the possibility of banning tobacco in its public parks and recreational areas.

At a meeting Monday night, council members discussed a potential policy that would prohibit smoking and the use of chewing tobacco at Denver Memorial Park as well as around the recreation center, Bon View Linear Park and other outdoor facilities. Borough manager Mike Hession said the borough’s recreation board recently discussed the topic, following a clean up of the recreation center that included removing cigarette butts.

"The question is, ‘Is there a way of making our facilities as healthy as possible?’ " Hession said. "It’s not unprecedented."

Hession presented council members with information about similar policies recently enacted in Mountville and Lancaster City. Smoking is also already prohibited at the Denver Pool and violators are asked to leave.

Council members questioned how a broader policy would be enforced.

"I think there should be some kind of teeth in it," said member Michael Cohick.

Hession said he will seek further input from local police as well as the recreation board, the park association and the fair committee-which uses public facilities for its events.

By: KIMBERLY MARSELAS Review Correspondent, Staff Writer

The Cocalico school board approved a number of spending measures for the 2012-13 school year at a meeting last week.

Among several bids and contracts awarded April 16 were about $24,000 for school supplies ranging from batteries to loose leaf paper and $10,000 in new equipment for the high school’s gymnasium expansion.

Several of the new sales and lease agreements represented cost-savings for the district, which like many is scaling back in what continues to be a tough economic stretch. The board approved about $8,200 in athletic supplies for the fall sports season, about $10,000 less than what they approved for fall 2011. The board ordered no new uniforms.

"There has been a conscious effort to keep the supply costs down," Superintendent Dr. Bruce Sensenig said after the meeting, noting that the district had spent about $13,000 on football equipment alone over the previous two years. "We’re trying to trim everywhere we can."

The board also saved in creating a new, five-year lease for copiers at each of its schools and reduced its natural gas price to $3.80 per unit for the coming school year.