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Mark Your Calendars
By EPHRATA REVIEW
Ephrata Review
Published: Apr 30, 2008 12:52 PM EST
DENVER - Relay for Life fundraiser
The "Hunting For A Cure" Quoit
Tournament fundraising event will take place Saturday, May 3, starting at
10 a.m. Registration: $20 per person, includes lunch and refreshments.
Double elimination, male/female teams only. For more information call Beth
Witmer at 336-6455.
On June 20-21, Relay for Life will be held,
starting with a survivior's lap at 6 p.m. The track will be lit up at 9
p.m. for the luminaria ceremony. Bring a team or call and you will be put
on a team! For further information, contact Jennifer Quick at the ACS in
Lancaster e-mail address JenniferQuick@cancer.org,
397-3745 or Sharon Susa e-mail susashrn@aol.com or 484-2014.
Bon
View Park dedication
The Bon View Linear Park grand opening and
dedication ceremony will take place Saturday, May 3 at 10 a.m. The park is
now open to the community. Residents are invited to take a tour through the
facility.
The park includes a series of handicap accessible, grass
and wood chip trials, a native tree arboretum, a wetland habitat area,
vernal ponds, an outdoor environmental education area and a collection of
picnic tables and benches. The park is the result of a collaborative
planning, funding and construction effort in the borough between
representatives from the borough, the recreation board, the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNA), the Denver Shade Tree Commission
and various Eagle scouts in the Cocalico community. DVGRR free
seminar
Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue will host a free
seminar for those who are considering adopting a dog rescued from a puppy
mill on Saturday, May 3, from 1-3 p.m. at its Golden Gateway facility in
Reinholds. DVGRR is a non-profit organization dedicated to new beginnings
for displaced Golden Retrievers.
The seminar will be conducted by
Donna Baker, DVGRR's Adoption Manager and Chris Shaughness, CBC, president
of Pet Therapy Services. The seminar is free and open to all families and
individuals interested in adopting breeder dogs. Register by contacting office@dvgrr.org or by calling (717)
484-4799.
Note that in order to adopt a breeder dog from DVGRR, you
must have a physical (not electric) fence around your yard and have at
least one other dog at home.
Golden Gateway is located at 60 Vera
Cruz Road, Reinholds, just off Route 897. More information about the
seminar and Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue plus adoption and
volunteer applications and profiles of the dogs currently available for
adoption can be found at www.dvgrr.org
or by calling (610) 678-4981. Youth
Conservation
School The Lancaster County Conservation District
along with Local Sportsmen's Clubs offers a week-long summer adventure for
teen's ages 14-16 interested in outdoor activities and conservation of our
natural resources.
YCS is a resident school program where student
sleep on cots in tents, held at the Northern Lancaster County Fish and Game
Protection Association in West Cocalico Township, July 20-26. This year the
school celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Students benefit from
generous County Federated Sportmens Clubs and Community Organizations who
provide 90 percent of the YCS tuition. Students are responsible for a $25
registration fee. To receive an application, phone 299-5361 x.5 by June
1.
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