CLUB CALENDAR | Area groups plan events

CLASSES

• East High School Alumni will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Denny’s in Boardman.

CLUBS

• American Hungarian Club, Donald Avenue, Youngstown, will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the clubhouse. Preparations for the Heritage Day celebration in September will be made.

• Youngstown Women’s Connection invites the public to a luncheon at noon Aug. 12 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Center, 4500 Norquest Blvd., Austintown. Doors open at 11:15 a.m. and the “Pattern for Life” program will feature Judy Chavez, who will discuss quilting; music by Etta Irwin; and a guest speaker, Connie Beard, who will discuss “How to Handle the Unexpected.” The cost is $10 per person. For reservations and free child care, call (330) 792-1058 or (330) 538-2705. Reservations are a must by Aug. 5, and cancellations must be made before noon Aug. 11. Reservations not kept will require payment.

POLITICAL CLUBS

• Girard Men’s Democrat Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Parkwood Youth Center.

RELIGIOUS GROUPs

• St. Rose Quilting Group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in 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, has planned the following events: Monday, bike riding at 6:30 p.m. on Kirk Road, Austintown; Tuesday, dance lessons with Judy Conti at 7 p.m. at Wedgewood Plaza, cost is $5; Wednesday, golf at 6 p.m. at short holes in Mill Creek Park at McCollum Road; Thursday, music at Boardman Park at 6:30 p.m.; and Aug. 1, cheap movies at 6:30 p.m. at Boardman. For more information, call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

• Portage County Chapter of International Parents Without Partners will have a spaghetti dinner from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and its monthly dance from 7:30 to 11:30 Aug. 2 at the Kent VFW 3703 Post Home, 500 VFW Parkway, off Stow Road. The monthly dances are open to the public, and nonmembers are invited to join the PWP members to celebrate this month’s dinner-dance theme, “An Italian Festival.” Cost for the dinner and dance is $16 per person. For reservations and more information, call (330) 296-6022 by today. To join PWP, call (330) 699-2361 or (330) 322-9559.

• SFAR, Single For Any Reason, has planned the following events: Aug. 1, meet at 9 a.m. for golf at Walnut Run Golf Course, 601 E. Main St., Cortland; and Aug. 2, dance to Wild Turkey Band from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. at Niles Moose, 1240 Main St., $5 cover charge. Call (330) 856-3642 for more information.

SOCIETIES

• Girard Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. Aug. 2 at the Barnhisel House. The museum will be open to the public from 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 9-10 and Aug. 23-24. For special tours, call (330) 545-6162.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Alzheimer’s Assistance and Referral Network, 4212 Market St., Youngstown, has scheduled a meeting for 1:30 p.m. Monday at Easter Seals, 721 Boardman-Poland Road, Boardman. For more information, call (330) 788-9755 or (866) 822-2102.

• TOPS 327 will meet Monday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. Weigh-in is from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7. The first meeting is free. Guests are welcome. For information, call (330) 793-4378 or (330) 757-9368.

• TOPS 698, Girard, will meet Monday at First Christian Church, 140 E. Broadway. Weigh-in is from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7. New members are welcome; the first night is free. For information, call (330) 394-1262 or (330) 545-3860.

• TOPS 1237, Austintown, will meet Thursday at Idaho Road Alliance Church, 250 Idaho Road, across from Frank Ohl Middle School. Weigh-in is from 5 to 5:30, p.m., followed by the meeting until 6:30. For further information, call (330) 758-4923.

• 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.

• TOPS OH 1497, Austintown, will meet from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Smith Corners United Methodist Church, 3000 S. Niles Canfield Road. New members are welcome; the first meeting is free. For more information, call (330) 759-4737.

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