CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings


February 28, 2009 at 9:41a.m.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

• McDonald Basketball Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the high school cafeteria.

AUXILIARIES

• Flora MacDonald Auxiliary will meet at 1 p.m. March 7 at the home of Marion Brownlee. Dessert will be served.

• St. Elizabeth Health Center Auxiliary will meet at noon March 9 in the private dining room at St. Elizabeth Health Center. Rita Havas, manager of St. Elizabeth Volunteers, will present the program. There will be a mandatory safety test and HMHP update.

CLASSES

• Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1950 will meet for lunch at noon Wednesday at Yankee Kitchen on Market Street. Members should note the new location.

• Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1951 will meet for breakfast at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Denny’s on state Route 224, Boardman. All classmates and 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.

• Poland Center Homemakers will meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Poland United Methodist Church for a casserole luncheon. Hostesses are Mary Jane Guidos and Agnes Filip. A kit will be available for a St. Patrick’s Day craft.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

• McDonald Knights of Columbus will meet at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the K. of C. Hall, Illinois Ave.

• St. Rose Catholic Women’s Club will meet at 7 p.m. March 9 at the church for the rosary followed by a meeting at Rosetta Hall. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Rosemarie Mehle at (330) 759-0905.

• St. Rose Quilting Group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the parish house.

• Seton III will meet at noon Thursday at St. Edward Parish Hall for a luncheon and St. Patrick’s Day celebration. There will be a performance by the Irish Step Dancers. Helen Golden, social committee chair, will be assisted by Jeanne Foley and Jinx Storey. Hostesses will be Dee Dee Stoops, chair; Dorothy Kiraly; Tina McCormick; Mary Ann Rezek; Carol Sulenski; and Beverly Vernars.

SINGLES

• Parents Without Partners, Portage County Chapter 600, will sponsor a dance from 7:30 to 11:30 March 7 at Kent VFW 3703 Post Home, 500 VFW Parkway, Kent. Mulligan stew will be served at 8:30, and officers will be installed. The public is welcome. For more information on the event or on joining the organization, call (330) 699-2361 or (330) 322-9559.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• The Alzheimer Assistance and Referral Network will host a free neighborhood support group meeting for caregivers at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Easter Seals, 855 Howland-Wilson Road, Howland.

• Lupus Support Group will meet from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Oakhill Renaissance Center, 345 Oakhill Ave. For more information about the group, contact Patricia Phillips at the YWCA, (330) 746-6361.

• 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 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.

• TOPS 1805, Canfield, meets every Wednesday at Canfield Christian Church, corner of Maple and Broad streets, Canfield. Weigh-in will be from 7:15 to 8:15 a.m., and the meeting will follow until 9. For more information, call Judy Toth at (330) 533-2464 or Mary Kadvan at (330) 793-3278.