Car talk

Car talk
Two-thirds of parents surveyed for the Chrysler Group by Harris Interactive named the family vehicle as a convenient place to have meaningful conversations with their children about school, friends and values. Topics include extracurricular activities, chores and lifestyle or health issues, such as drugs and sex.
WEEK OF JULY 11
CLASSES:
Phoenix Rising Yoga Workshop: Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon, Core Dynamics Pilates Studio, behind the German Gourmet Deli on old state Route 82 (Warren-Sharon Road), Howland; cost, $30; instructor, Deborah Cole, registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance and certified yoga teacher from Kripalu Yoga Center in Lenox, Mass.
Health Care Provider CPR: 6 to 10 p.m. July 20 and 21, UPMC Horizon's Shenango Valley facility, Farrell, Pa.; focus on adult CPR by one or two rescuers, use of automated external defibrillator, foreign-body airway obstruction management, pediatric basic life support and special resuscitation situations; preregistration required by Monday; cost, $25; call (724) 589-6113 or (888) 447-1122.
EDUCATION:
Look Good, Feel Better: A free program for female cancer patients in active treatment; 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at St. Joseph Cancer Care Center, Warren; and from 6 to 8 p.m. July 19 at the American Cancer Society office in Canfield. Participants receive free kits of cosmetics and make-up tips. Register by calling (888) 227-6446 or (330) 533-0546.
SCREENINGS:
Life Line Screening: July 19, Liberty Arms Assisted Living, 1353 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, Youngstown; call (800) 643-6188 for appointments beginning at 9 a.m., and for costs.
MISCELLANEOUS
Center for Comprehensive Weight Loss: at St. Elizabeth and St. Joseph Health Centers, designated Centers for Excellence in Bariatric Surgery by the Health America Health Assurance.
Adult Volunteer of the Year for 2003: Ed Bellin, Cortland, named by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Ohio Regional Financial Office; Bellin is president of the Trumbull County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutheran, was instrumental in organizing and training volunteers involved in the chapter, organizing a drive to provide winter coats, hats, gloves and scarves through the "Clothes Closet" to those in need, and volunteers at a local hospital and is a volunteer with the Cortland Senior Service delivering meals to the elderly.
Medical Equipment Recycling Program: moved from Fisher Hill Street in Sharon, Pa., adjacent to UPMC Horizon's Shenango Valley Campus, 2200 Memorial Drive, Farrell, Pa.; call (724) 983-8737 for drop-off hours.