CLUB CALENDAR | Area groups announce activities

CLUB CALENDAR

ASSOCIATIONS

• Boardman-Canfield-Poland Branch of the American Association of University Women will meet Wednesday at Baird Pavilion in Canfield. Those attending are asked to take a salad or dessert. After supper there will be a book auction.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

• McDonald Baseball Association will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

AUXILIARIES

• Flora McDonald Auxiliary will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 8 in the activity center at Shepherd of the Valley on Sharrott Road. The hostess will be Alice Maxwell.

• VFW Triangle Post 2799 Auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Middletown. For more information, call (330) 542-9928.

BOOSTERS

• Girard Band Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the high school cafeteria.

CLASSES

• Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1950 will meet at noon Wednesday at Bedford Trails, 713 Bedford Road, Coitsville Township.

• Wilson High School Class of 1951 will meet for breakfast at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Denny’s on U.S. Route 224 in Boardman. Guests are welcome.

CLUBS

• Mahoning Valley Civil War Round Table will have a dinner and meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Antone’s Banquet Centre in Boardman. Larry Johnson will speak on the life of Capt. Thomas W. Patton. The cost is $12, and reservations are required. For more information, contact Gordy Morgan, (330) 726-7603, or visit www.mahoningvalleycwrt.com.

• Mahoning Valley Cribbage Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James Church, 7640 Glenwood Ave., Boardman. New players are welcome. For more information, call (330) 757-9503.

• Poland Center Homemakers will meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Poland United Methodist Church for a casserole luncheon. Hostesses will be Rose Matasy and Ellie Rigelsky. Kits for the craft will be available.

• Tri-County Chapter of Medical Assistants will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Shepherd of the Valley, 301 W. Western Reserve Road, Poland. Ann Sevenich, director of community services, will speak on “Offerings in Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living, Independent Living and Home Health Care.” Guests are welcome.

• Welcome Wagon of Canfield will meet for a potluck dinner from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Canfield Presbyterian Church. All women from the Mahoning Valley are invited to attend and learn about the group. For information, contact Nikki Conley at (330) 533-1552.

• Youngstown Women’s Connection will hold a luncheon with the theme “Mirror Mirror on the Wall” at noon Sept. 11 at the Italian-American Veterans Centre in Youngstown. Doors will open at 11 a.m., and featured will be Amy Smith, Kathy Loree and Sharon Moore. Guest speaker will be Arlene Kinnell on “Be Happy With Who You Are.” Cost is $8 per person. For reservations for the luncheon and free child care, call (330) 792-1058 or (330) 286-5333 or e-mail to ywcluncheon@hotmail.com. Reservations must be made by Tuesday or canceled by Sept. 10. Reservations not kept will require payment.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

• Friends of Boardman Library will meet Sept. 10 in the library meeting room for a social at 9:30 a.m. followed by a program, “Painter Charles Burchfield,” by John Dunlap at 10. Dues of $5 will be collected, and guests are welcome. Hostesses will be Betty Anzevino, Jan Harper, Romaine Moore and Pat Spisak. Members are reminded that donations of books and tapes for the fund-raising book cart are being collected from 10 a.m. to noon the first and third Saturday of each month.

• Friends of Poland Library will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the library meeting room, where Michelle Podlesni will present a program, “Recipe Legacy.” A potluck picnic will follow. For more information, call Peg Shirey, (330) 757-1647.

POLITICAL CLUBS

• Warren Republican Women’s Club will meet at noon Thursday at DiLucia’s Restaurant in Warren. Guests are welcome with advance reservations. Cost is $12, and guest speaker will be Charles Jarvis, Tribune Chronicle publisher. For information and reservations, call (330) 856-4659.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

• Holy Name Ladies Guild will meet at noon Tuesday at Founders Hall with Ann Semko and Helen Wasko as hostesses. There will be a brown-bag auction.

• Immaculate Heart of Mary Altar and Rosary Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the parish center hall. Shirley Griffin will speak on “A Closet Full of Clothes and Nothing to Wear.” Hostesses will be Betsy Scarnecchia, Marie LaCava and Sally Basista. All women of the parish are welcome.

• Knights of Columbus of Girard will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and again on Sept. 18 at the K. of C. hall on State Street in Girard. The club has a membership of over 250 men whose principal mission is to support the church and youth of the community, and to support mentally challenged citizens by raising funds for Fairhaven School.

• McDonald Knights of Columbus will meet at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the K. of C. Hall, Illinois Avenue.

• St. Rose Quilting Group meets at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the parish house.

SERVICE CLUBS

• Girard-Liberty Kiwanis will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Golf Dome, 1300 N State St.

SINGLES

• D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road. Other activities include: Saturday, bowling at 7:30 p.m. at Boardman Lanes; Sunday, dancing at 7 p.m. at Choices in the MetroPlex Centre; Monday, picnic at Boardman Park; Tuesday, dance lessons with Judy Conti at 7 p.m. at Wedgewood Plaza, cost $5; Wednesday, music in Mill Creek Park at 7 p.m.; Thursday, new-member meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the church; Sept. 7, cheap movies at 6:30 p.m. in Boardman; and Sept. 9, dancing at Choices at 7 p.m. at the MetroPlex Centre. For more information, call (330) 757-1440, (330) 729-0127 or (330) 793-1484.

• Single For Any Reason has planned the following events: Saturday, dancing to Wild Turkey Band from 8 p.m. to midnight at Niles Moose; Tuesday, registration required for the Pa. Grand Canyon tour on Oct. 15 and 16; Wednesday, eat at 6:30 p.m. at Top Notch Diner in Cortland followed by a meeting; Thursday, make reservations for the “Four Bitchin’ Babes” at Cleveland Playhouse; and Sept. 8, dance from 8 to midnight at Niles Moose. For more information on these activities, call (330) 372-7124.

SOCIETIES

• Girard Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Girard Free Library.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Alzheimer’s Assistance and Referral Network, 4212 Market St., Youngstown, has scheduled the following meetings: Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Zion Church, Main St., Greenville, Pa.; Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Warren Easter Seals Children’s Rehab Center, 885 Howland-Wilson Road, Howland; and Sept. 8 at 10:30 a.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 250 Sexton St., Struthers. For more information, call (330) 788-9755 or (866) 822-2102.

• Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday in the private dining room at Denny’s Restaurant, 154 Boardman-Canfield Road. The meeting is free and open to all caregivers, family members and friends with a loved one with memory problems. For more information, call (330) 533-3300 or (800) 272-3900.

• Multiple Sclerosis Services Agency, Mahoning County Support Group, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Austinwoods Health Care Center, 4780 Kirk Road, Austintown. The free meeting is open to patients, friends, and caregivers, and refreshments will be served. For more information, call (330) 792-3746.

• Recovery Inc., a self-help mental-health group, will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Christ Church Presbyterian Church, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. For more information, call (330) 747-1176.

• TOPS 1262, McDonald, will meet Wednesday in the senior citizens room at the post office building. Weigh-in is from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., and the meeting will follow. New members are welcome.

Club news is published Friday and Saturday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by 5 p.m. Thursday.