CLUB CALENDAR | Area groups announce activities

CLASSES

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

• Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1953 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Johnny’s. Guests are welcome.

CLUBS

• 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.

• McDonald Parents of Performing Arts will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

• Ohio Cultural Alliance will meet at 6 p.m. June 2 at The Embassy, 5030 Youngstown Poland Road, Youngstown. Sally Pallante will be the speaker, and entertainment will be by the Burke School of Irish Dance. There will be a catered meal. The cost is $13 for paid-up members and $18 for others. Reservations are required by Tuesday and can be made by sending checks, payable to the Alliance, to OCA, P.O. Box 561, Canfield, OH 44406.

• Tri-County Chapter of Medical Assistants will install officers and present scholarships at a banquet June 3 at Cassese’s M.V.R., 410 N. Walnut St., Youngstown. A friendship reception begins at 6:30 p.m. with a dinner buffet at 7. Call Alice Siwiec at (330) 792-7571 or Kathylynn Feld at (330) 941-1760 with questions. Members, students and guests are welcome.

• Warren Women’s Connection is sponsoring a “Wacky Fashions” luncheon and program from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 9 at Aulizio’s Banquet Center, 4395 Youngstown Road, Warren. Volunteers will take part in a crazy fashion show, and there will be special music. The featured speaker will be Elaine Kitchin, whose topic will be “Making Choices in a World Full of Opinions.” The cost for the day is $10. Reservations for the event and free nursery are required by June 5 with Georgia Hagan, (330) 369-8936, or Joyce Faiver, (330) 539-5837.

• Youngstown Women’s Connection has scheduled an “Apron Strings” luncheon for noon June 10 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Center, 4500 Norquest Blvd., Austintown. Special music will be by Linda Spence, a feature will be presented by Shirley Griffin, and the guest speaker will be Elaine Kitchin, whose theme will be “Trading in Control for Contentment.” The cost is $10. For reservations and free child care, call (330) 792-1058 or (330) 538-2705, by June 3. Cancellations are required by June 9.

GRANGES

• Dublin Grange will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday. New members will be initiated, and a memorial program will be given by the chaplain, Sandie Reel.

GUILDS

• Youngstown Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America will meet at 10 a.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the IOOF Hall in Canfield. Linda Gwinnup will preside, and Carolyn Halliday will be in charge of the continuation of the April watercolor workshop project. Members are to take stitching supplies and magnification/lighting, if necessary. Visitors are welcome. For more information, e-mail YoEGA@aol.com or send inquires to the guild at P.O. Box 5278, Poland, OH 44514.

POLITICAL CLUBS

• Girard Men’s Democrat Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Lamancusa Hall.

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, will have a Memorial Day picnic on Monday at Boardman Park. Other events planned are: Tuesday, dance lessons with Judy Conti at 7 p.m. at Wedgewood Plaza, cost is $5; Wednesday, walk in Mill Creek Park, Route 224, at 6 p.m.; Thursday, meeting for group discussion at the church at 7:30 p.m.; and May 30, trip to Mountaineer Resort at 5:30 p.m., leaving from the church. For more information, call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

• Single For Any Reason has planned the following events: Monday, Memorial Day covered dish dinner and steak fry at 5 p.m.; May 30, golf at 10 a.m. at Champion Links Golf Course in Warren; and May 31, dance to Wild Turkey Band at Mecca Moose, 6400 state Route 46, Cortland, from 8:30 to 12:30 p.m., with $5 cover. For more information, call (330) 372-7124.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Mended Hearts, a heart support group for heart survivors and their families, will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Forum Health Educational Building. Guest speaker will be Lori Pugh, who will discuss “Dysautonomia.” The public is invited. For more information, call Joe Clark, (330) 782-6659.

• The local chapter of Post-partum Support International meets the first and third Thursday of every month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the D&E Counseling Center, 142 Javit Court, Austintown. PSI is a nonprofit organization to help women cope with postpartum depression and anxiety. Meetings are casual, conversational and free of charge. Call (330) 207-1385 or visit jodi@poemonline.org for more information.

• 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 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.

• Trumbull Brain Injury Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital, 8747 Squires Lane N.E., Warren. For more information, contact Laura Blanco, (330) 841-3747.

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