CLUB CALENDAR | Area groups announce activities

ASSOCIATIONS

• American Association of University Women, Youngstown Branch, will celebrate International Women’s History by holding a joint program with Boardman-Canfield AAUW, League of Women Voters and the UN-USA chapter on Thursday at the Youngstown Club, 201 E. Commerce St. Tsitsi Jajii will speak on “Changing Lives of African Women.” The 5:30 p.m. social will be followed by dinner at 6. The cost is $15; reservations are due by Monday and can be made by mail to Kathleen Johnson, 814 Colby Ave., Youngstown, OH 44505, or by calling (330) 743-4386 and making payment at the door.

• Mill Creek Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. A buffet dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. at a cost of $19. Linda Wentz, ABWA District 5 vice president, will attend. The recipient of the Woman of the Year Award will be announced. For more information, visit www.angelfire.com/biz7/millcreek.

• Northeast Homeowners and Concerned Citizens Association will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Price Memorial AME Zion Church, 920 Dryden Ave., Youngstown. Monica Hoskins of the American Insurance Agency will give a presentation on homeowners and life insurance. Grant applications for the Raymond John Wean Foundation and the Youngstown Community Development Agency will be discussed. The meeting is open to residents of the 1st and 2nd wards. For more information, call (330) 743-9372 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

• Girard Golden Eagles will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Girard Free Library.

• McDonald Midget Football Association will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

AUXILIARIES

• St. Anthony Auxiliary of Struthers will hold a members-only polenta dinner at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Arlene DeChellis in Boardman. The cost is $8, and reservations are to be made with the telephone committee. Anna DeChellis, Anna DeAmato and Floreann Demato are in charge.

• St. Elizabeth Health Center Auxiliary will meet at noon Monday in the private dining room. The speaker will be Rita Havas, volunteer manager, who will present a program on “Mandatory Safety Test.”

BOOSTERS

• McDonald Music Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the high school.

CLUBS

• Mahoning Valley Civil War Round Table will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Antone’s Banquet Centre, Boardman. Steve Wright will present a program on “Gettysburg Stories — Fact or Fiction?” The dinner and meeting will cost $12, and reservations are to be made with Gordy Morgan, (330) 726-7603.

FRATERNAL GROUPS

• Croatian Fraternal Union of America 185 will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday at Bedford Trails Golf Course.

GUILDS

• Western Reserve Knitting Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fair Park in Canfield. Because of the cancellation of the previous meeting, the program will be the same as February’s.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

• Junior Seton Circle will have a luncheon and meeting at noon Thursday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. The program will be presented by Brian Corbin, director of Catholic Charities. Mary Frances O’Neill will be hostess chairwoman, and her committee will be Mary Gordon and Mary Sennett.

• St. Michael Altar Guild of St. Michael Church, Canfield, will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the parish center following the 5:30 p.m. benediction. Pat Hoyle will preside, and a light supper of soup will be served. Presenting a program on the Easter season will be Deacon Tom Soich. Hostesses will be Margaret Wood and Elaine Boomhower. Guests are welcome.

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: Monday and Wednesday, meet at food court in Southern Park Mall for walk at 6 p.m.; Tuesday, dance lessons with Judy Conti at 7 p.m. at Wedgewood Plaza, cost is $5; and March 14, cheap movies at Boardman at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

• Single For Any Reason has planned the following events: Sunday, bowling at 1 p.m. at Echo Lanes, 2592 Elm Road, Warren; Tuesday, stitching night with members to take crafts; March 14, newsletter deadline; and March 15, meet at Niles Moose and dance to live band from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., $5 cover. For more information, call (330) 372-7124.

SOCIETIES

• Mahoning Valley Dahlia Society will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Davis Center in Fellows Riverside Gardens, Mill Creek MetroParks. There will be a discussion on a virus that can attack a dahlia plant. Guests are welcome.

• Mercer County Historical Society, 119 S. Pitt St., Mercer, Pa., will meet Tuesday for a two-part program on Abraham Lincoln and on the Civil War POW camps and their related issues. Bill Philson will lead the discussions. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Participation in the discussion group is free and open to the public. For more information, call (724) 662-3490.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Alzheimer’s Assistance and Referral Network, 4212 Market St., Youngstown, has scheduled the following meetings: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Struthers Christ Lutheran Church, Sexton Street and Garfield Avenue; 7 p.m. Monday at St. John Orthodox Church, 322 Struthers-Liberty Road, Campbell; 7 p.m. Tuesday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2305 S. Canfield-Niles Road, Austintown; and 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Church, Boardman-Canfield Road.

• TOPS 327 will meet at 6:15 p.m. Monday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. 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 1060, Hubbard, will meet Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church, 22 Westview Ave. Weigh-in from 6 to 6:30 p.m. will precede the meeting. Guests are welcome. The first meeting is free. For more information, call (330) 534-4756 or (330) 534-1610.

VETERANS

• VFW 3538 Auxiliary on Lowellville Road, Struthers. will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday. Plans will be made for the election of officers in April. A social will follow.

• VFW Triangle Post 2799 Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Middletown. For more information, call (330) 542-9928.

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