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DINNER-DANCES
XEast Palestine Band Parents will sponsor "One Elegant Evening" dinner and dance beginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Antone's Banquet Centre, Boardman. There will be a buffet dinner, dancing and a silent auction. Tickets are $37.50 per person. For tickets contact Terry or Sue Allison, (330) 426-1772; Mark or Cindy Powers, (330) 426-4739; or Roger and Lynn Linsley, (330) 426-3432.
XA Valentine's Day celebration will be held Feb. 14 at St. Rose of Lima Church, 50 Struthers-Coitsville Road, Coitsville. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m., and music for dancing will be presented by El Grupo Lazer of Columbus. Mexican food and beverages will be served throughout the evening. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. They may be purchased by calling the Casa Ramirez Mexican Restaurant, (330) 792-9920; Jim Berroteran, (330) 726-4965; or Gloria De Los Santos, (330) 799-4038.
XA dinner and dance will be held Feb. 14 at the Saxon Club, Branch 30, 710 S. Meridian Road, Austintown. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7. The Carmen Mico Band will play music for dancing. Proceeds will benefit the scholarship fund. Admission is $35 per person. For more information call (330) 799-5432 or (330) 792-7973.
FASHION SHOWS
XForum Health will sponsor a Think Pink Brunch and Fashion Show: Breast Cancer Survivor Celebration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 14 at A La Carte Catering, 429 Lisbon St., Canfield. The speaker will be Janie Pernotto Ehrman, a breast-cancer survivor and inspirational speaker. Fashions will be provided by area merchants and modeled by local celebrities. Tickets must be purchased in advance by Feb. 9, and can be reserved by calling (330) 337-9930 or (888) 767-8938. Co-sponsors are Margret's Mastectomy Shoppe, Susan G. Komen Foundation, Cameo Connections and the YWCA of Salem.
NIGHT AT THE RACES
XA night at the races will be held Friday at St. Nicholas Byzantine Activity Center, 3801 Shady Run Road, for adults only. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with post time at 7:15. Admission is free, and there will be food and a Chinese auction.
SALES
XQuota International of Salem will sponsor an indoor garage and craft sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 6 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church education building in Salem. Tables are available for $10. For information or to reserve a space, call Ila Jeanne Paxton at (330) 337-8895.
XSalem Community Hospital Auxiliary will hold a jewelry fair from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 10 and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 11 in the hospital cafeteria, 1995 E. State St., Salem.
SPECIAL EVENTS
XFederation of Families for Children's Mental Health will sponsor a program on childhood obesity from 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 11 at D & amp;E Counseling Center, 142 Javit Court, Austintown. The speaker at the free program will be Orinda Johnson of the WIC program. For information call (330) 538-0184 or (330) 533-4649.
XOhio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers will hold its annual giant-pumpkin growing seminar from 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 25 at Green Township Community Building, Greenford. The event is free, but registration is requested by contacting Parks Garden Center at (330) 533-7278. The class will be taught by Dave Stelts of Edinburg, Pa., and Jerry Rose of Huntsburg, who will cover seed selection, soils, fertility, pests, pollination, pruning and irrigation. Pumpkin seeds will be available.
XA calendar of activities to which the public is invited is published Mondays. Please submit information to the Society Department by 5 p.m. Thursday.