WORTH A LOOK | Events are open to the public


DANCES

• North Shenango Community Center, 2857 state Route 285, Espyville, will sponsor an oldies dance with DJ Donny, Do-Wopp and Rockin’ Roger from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $7. Those attending are asked to take their own finger foods; beer, chips, pretzels and coffee will be provided. There will be a singles’ table. For more information on the BYOB event, call Louis Russo, (440) 293-6682, or Brooks Wright, (440) 293-6241. Tickets will be available at the door.

FESTIVALS

• Leetonia Artisans Festival is accepting applications for food and craft vendors to set up for the one-day show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20. at Leetonia Wick Park. The cost is $30 for a 15x15-foot spot with electricity available. Only handcrafted items are accepted; send photos. Send all contract requests to Leetonia Artisans Festival, 300 E. Main St., Leetonia, OH 44431.

SALES

• Hubbard Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a community-wide garage, yard and merchant’s sidewalk sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 1. Participants who call The Hubbard Soaring Eagle at (330) 534-3105 will receive a free listing in the paper. For additional information about the sale call (330) 534-5120.

• Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, 291 Scoville Drive, Vienna, will sponsor a rummage sale. Admission to the preview sale from 3 to 6 p.m. July 30 is $3. There is no admission charged for the sale from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 31 or for the 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. sale Aug. 1, with a bag sale that day from 1 to 3. Food and a bake sale will be available.

• St. Joseph the Provider Church, 633 Porter Ave., Campbell, is sponsoring a trash and treasure sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Vendors can rent a table for $10 by calling the rectory, (330) 755-1086.

• Trumbull Art Gallery, 196-198 E. Market St., Warren, is planning Treasures for TAG, a sale of collectible items donated by members and patrons of the gallery. The sale will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning today through Aug. 1. Items for sale will include artwork, jewelry, pottery, books, vintage items and more. All proceeds from the sale will help support the many charitable activities at TAG. For more information call (330) 395-4876.

• Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Road, Cornersburg, will have a one-day trunk treasure sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 8 in the church parking lot. Vendors can rent a space for $10 and sell their treasures from the trunk of their cars. To rent a space call (330) 793-6048.

SPECIAL EVENTS

• The 77th annual Serbian Day Picnic will be Sunday at Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church, 53 Laird Ave. Available will be traditional foods such as chicken paprikash, barbecued lamb and pork, grilled sausage dinners, kolbassi and kraut, and homemade doughnuts. Libby’s Tamburitzans will entertain from noon to 3:30 p.m., and the Udri Banda of Akron will perform from 4 to 9. There will be games and prizes for children from 3 to 5 p.m., and refreshments will be available. Admission is $3. For more information call (330) 550-6628.

• VFW Donald Lockett Post 6488 Auxiliary will sponsor day of fun and food, summer barbecue beginning 11:30 a.m. Aug. 8 at 2065 Coitsville-Hubbard Road. Rib sandwiches will be $7 and chicken sandwiches will be $6. There will be a Chinese auction. Proceeds will benefit Muscular Dystrophy. For more information call (330) 746-8259.

TRIPS

• Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church, 7 S. Garland Ave., is sponsoring a trip to the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit on Aug. 15. Departure will be at 7:30 a.m. from the church parking lot, and the return will be at midnight. The cost is $50. For more information contact Gloria J. Armour, (330) 743-7260; Beatrice Dixon, (330) 746-3667; Barbara Gilbert, (330) 744-7213; or Sandra Harden (330) 743-0526.

• The final Sutliff Museum bus tour of the season will be on Aug. 3 to Underground Railroad sites in Ashtabula County with stops at the Hubbard House Museum in Ashtabula Harbor and the restored village in Jefferson, where lunch will be at the Congregational Church. Departure from the Wal-Mart parking lot on Elm Road, Warren, will be promptly at 9 a.m. The cost is $42 per person and includes admissions, lunch, transportation, snacks and bottled water on the bus. To reserve a seat send a check or money order to Sutliff Bus Tours, 4053 Sunnybrook Drive S.E., Warren, OH 44484 by July 29; indicate Hubbard House on the check memo. For more information call (330) 399-8807, Ext, 121, or visit www.sutliffmuseum.org.

• Trumbull County Travel Club has scheduled a 4-day trip to Vermont, Sept. 28-Oct. 1, which is open to any person over 18. Future day trips will be on Aug. 16 to see Daniel O’Donnell in Toledo, Sept. 14 to Chautauqua., and Oct. 27 to see Jeannie Robinson and Carl Hurley in the “Comedy Coach Express Tour.” For more information contact Peggy Boyd, (330) 856-5398, or Arlene Cunningham, (330) 369-1898.

• United Local Community Education Department is sponsoring a bus trip to the Prime Outlets Mall in Grove City, Pa., on Saturday. The bus will leave from the high school at 7:45 a.m. and return at 4:30 p.m. The cost is $8 per person, and payment is due at the time of registration. For more information contact the department at (330) 223-1521.

• 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.