Sorority anniversary

Sorority anniversary
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. celebrates its 50th anniversary of public service with a semi-formal dinner-dance from 6 to 11 p.m. Sept. 28 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Hall, 343 Via Mount Carmel. Donations are $25 per person. For tickets, contact (330) 746-3569 or any member of the sorority.
Poland AARP to meet
POLAND -- The Poland AARP, Chapter 2520, will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at the Poland United Methodist Church, U.S. Route 224.
Roger Herrmann from the Glen Ellen Assisted and Independent Living Center will be the featured speaker.
Chapter officers will meet at 12:30 in Room 106. Those attending the meeting are asked to bring one item for the food pantry. For information call (330) 757-1980.
Scrap tire pickup
MINERAL RIDGE-- Weathersfield Township will have its annual free scrap tire pickup from Monday to Saturday throughout the township.
There will be a limit of four tires picked up per household by township road crews. Residents are advised to set their tires out tonight. Pickup will begin at as early as 7 a.m. each day this week.
Free bus to farm review
CANFIELD -- Cuyahoga County Farm Bureau is sponsoring a free charter bus Sept. 20 to the Farm Science Review in Columbus, Pearl Burlingame, organization director of Mahoning County Farm Bureau has announced.
The bus will pick up passengers at 6:30 a.m. at the McDonald's restaurant at the Lodi exit of Interstate 71/76, and return from Columbus about 4:30 p.m. Passengers will need to purchase an entrance ticket into the Farm Science Review. For more information, call the Cuyahoga County Farm Bureau at (440) 877-0706.
Weathersfield trustees
MINERAL RIDGE -- Weathersfield Township trustees will meet in executive session at 5 p.m. Monday in the township administration building. Trustees will discuss hiring a new police officer to replace Dan Kiger, who resigned effective Sept. 19, and may take action after the executive session.
Speech on AIDS
YOUNGSTOWN -- Boyd E. Graves, a Youngstown man who contends the federal government is responsible for developing AIDS and spreading it in Africa and the United States, will speak at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Give the Children A Chance office on the main floor of the Phar-Mor building in Federal Plaza West.
The speech by Graves, an attorney diagnosed with AIDS in 1992, is free. For more information, contact Give the Children A Chance at (330) 747-2273.
Home-buying seminar
YOUNGSTOWN -- Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Youngstown is sponsoring a first-time Homebuyer Workshop from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The free workshop is designed to cover basic home-buying information such as determining affordability, budget and credit problems, and the application process. It will be at the Family Service Agency, 535 Marmion Ave.
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance that will satisfy the education requirement for some mortgage programs. Call (330) 782-9113 to register.