CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

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 citizen’s room at the post office building.

• Youngstown South Christian Women’s Club will have a “Country Fair” luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 10 at Avion on the Water Banquet Center, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road. There will be a live auction with Marty Campana, and Nancy Williams of New Bremen will speak on “You Are Priceless.” The cost is $13. Reservations are required by Sept. 3 and can be made by calling (330) 793-6676 or (330) 758-6049.

• Youngstown Women’s Connection will have a “You Are Worth It” luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 8 at Lucianno’s Banquet Room, 1739 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown. There will be a special feature by Kaye Lavelle of Community Services, and Nancy Williams will speak on “You are Priceless!” The cost is $10 Reservations for the luncheon and free child care are requested by Sept. 1 at (330) 792-9103 or (330) 270-9347. The cancellation deadline is Sept. 7.

GUILDS

• Youngstown Chapter of Embroiderers Guild of America will meet at 10 a.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the IOOF Hall in Canfield with Sally Svoboda presiding. Members are encouraged to take the latest edition of their newsletter, and voting will be on revised bylaws. Carole DeWitt will conduct a shadow-work technique project. Regular stitching supplies and magnification or lighting should be taken. Visitors are welcome. For more information e-mail YoEGA@zoominternet.net or send inquires to the guild at P.O. Box 5278, Poland, OH 44514.

POLITICAL CLUBS

• Canfield Republican Women’s Club will meet at noon Sept. 9 at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. A presentation of MELP books will be made to area schools as part of the club’s literacy program, Readers Become Leaders. Members are asked to take a book appropriate for children ranging in age from preschool to high school. The books will be donated to a representative of Beatitude House. Decorations will be by Brenda Gregory and Melinda McGowan. All area Republican women and guests are welcome. For reservations call (330) 533-4731.

• 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.

• Tod Avenue United Methodist Women, 155 Tod Ave. N.W., Warren, kick off the fall season by hosting an English tea at 6 p.m. Sept. 2. Kirk Kupensky, harpist, will provide the entertainment. The cost is $2.50 at the door. For reservations call (330) 638-2597, (330) 392-1811 or (330) 847-0672 by Aug. 30.

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, walking at Mill Creek from Dr. Shah’s or biking at Kirk Road at 6 p.m.; Tuesday, boccie at Boardman Park at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, walking at Mill Creek from Dr. Shah’s or golf at Short Holes at 6 p.m.; Thursday, meeting at Disciples Church at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, movie at Poland Library at dusk; and Aug. 29, Luau at Old Springfield United Church of Christ in New Middletown at 6 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: Monday, boccie at NAUS Club on Mahoning Avenue, Warren, at 5 p.m.; Aug. 28, golf at 9:15 a.m. at Forest Oaks Golf Course in Southington, for more information call (330) 372-7124; and Aug. 29, Road Work Band at Austintown Eagles on Raccoon Road from 8 to 11 p.m., call (330) 856-3642.

SOCIETIES

SBlt Hammond Organ Society of Mahoning Valley will meet at 7 p.m. Aug. 28 at Faith Community Church, 1919 Midlothian Blvd. Refreshments will be served. Guests are welcome. For more information call (330) 757-4096.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet at 6 p.m.Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center on state Route 154, Lisbon. For more information call (330) 424-7767.

• 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) 793-7083.

• TOPS 698, Girard, will meet Monday at First Christian Church, 140 E. Broadway. Weigh-in is from 6 to 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6:30. New members are welcome; the first night is free. For information call (330) 534-2618 or (330) 545-4770.

• 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, meets Wednesdays 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 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.

• UPMC Horizon has scheduled a meeting of the Pulmonary Hypertension Support Group at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Shenango Valley Campus.

VETERANS

• A meeting of the Korean War Veterans Association, Mahoning Valley Chapter 137, will be at 7 p.m. Monday at VFW Post 3767, 710 Liberty St., Hubbard. All Korean veterans are invited, and new members are welcome. Plans will be made for an exhibit at the Mahoning Valley Memorial Log Cabin during the Canfield Fair.

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