WORTH A LOOK | Area activities are open to the public

AUCTIONS

• American Business Women’s Association, Mill Creek Chapter, will sponsor its annual Chinese Auction at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Matthias Church hall, 2800 Shady Run Road, Youngstown. Admission is $4, and tickets, which include bidding sheets, will be available at the door. More than 100 gifts will be auctioned, and there will be cash door prizes of $150, $100 and $50. Other features include a 50-50 raffle, lottery tickets and free refreshments. The proceeds will benefit the chapter’s education fund.

CARD/BINGO PARTIES

• St. Nicholas Altar and Rosary Society will sponsor a card and bingo party and a Chinese auction at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the parish center on Fifth Street, Struthers. The donation is $5 per person and includes a light lunch.

• St. Patrick Altar & Rosary Society is having its annual Spring Card and Bingo Party at 1 p.m. Sunday in the church hall, 225 N. Main St., Hubbard. The cost is $5, and tickets will be sold at the door. Door prizes, a raffle, 50-50 and a light lunch will be featured.

• Warren Republican Women’s Club will have an annual card party from 6:30 to 9 p.m. April 17 at Christ Episcopal Church, 227 Atlantic St., Warren. The cost is $6 and includes food and door prizes. Board games are optional. For tickets, call (330) 759-1211.

NIGHTS AT THE RACES

• St. Matthias Church will sponsor a Night at the Races, Las Vegas Night, Saturday at the Father Snock Center, 2800 Shady Run Road, Youngstown. Doors open at 6 p.m. and races start at 7. Admission is free; only those 21 or over will be admitted. Haluski, pizza, hot dogs and sausage sandwiches will be available.

RAFFLES

• Our Lady of Hungary Church, 545 N. Belle Vista Ave., Youngstown, is having a reverse raffle and dinner at 6 p.m. April 26. The grand prize winner will receive $1,000, and there will be four $20 winners. Tickets are limited and cost $50 apiece. For more information, call (330) 398-9140 or (330) 792-5002.

SALES

• Heritage Presbyterian Church, 1951 Mathews Road, at Sheridan Road, Poland, will have a two-day rummage sale of clothing, books, housewares, jewelry, crafts, decorations and children’s games from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to noon Friday. For more information, call (330) 757-9105.

• New Springfield Church of God, 3649 E. Garfield Road, New Springfield, will sponsor a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday (lunch available both days), with half-price rummage items on Friday and $1-a-bag sale from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.

• North Lima Mennonite Church, 90 Mennonite Drive, North Lima, will have a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. A bake sale of homemade items will also be available, and sandwiches, snacks, pie, doughnuts and beverages can be purchased at the food stand. For additional information, call (330) 549-2333.

• Pricetown United Methodist Church, 4540 Pritchard Ohltown Road, Newton Falls, is having its 2008 Rummage Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, which is bag day. Baked goods will be sold Thursday and Friday.

• Salvation Army Thrift Store in Austin Center, Mahoning Avenue, Austintown, is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. A variety of men’s, women’s and children’s clothing and bric-a-brac is available at bargain prices.

• Trinity United Methodist Church, 30 W. Front St., Youngstown, willhave a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Household items, clothing and bedding will be sold, and light refreshments can be purchased. Free parking is available.

• Woodland Park United Methodist Church Women's Ministry is sponsoring a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church, 601 Ohio Ave., McDonald.

SPECIAL EVENTS

• Leetonia Mennonite Church, 764 Columbia St., is having a free dinner, hearing seminar, activities for youth and a movie at 6 p.m. Wednesday. For more information, call (330) 427-6827.

• St. Rose Relay for Life is selling luminaries for $5 each. They will be lighted at the 4 p.m. Mass on Saturday at St. Rose Church in Girard. Luminaries can be purchased in honor of a deceased loved one or in support of a cancer patient from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at the parish house, 48 Main St., Girard.

• A calendar of activities to which the public is invited is published Monday. Please submit information to the Society Department by 5 p.m. Thursday.