Society Digest

Dinner will benefit woman awaiting 2-lung transplant

YOUNGSTOWN — A spaghetti dinner and Chinese auction will take place from 2-6 p.m. Saturday as a benefit for Genevieve Howard, who is on a waiting list for a double lung transplant.

The benefit is being sponsored by The Black Knights Police Association and Auxiliary and will take place at the Pacentrano Club, 2629 Craiger Ave. The costs are $6 for adults and $3 for children under 12.

For ticket information, call Rodney Lewis, (330) 559-7927, Torah Lews, (330) 881-3135, John Vivo, (330) 719-3869 or Helen Scott, (330) 550-3041. Tickets will also be available at the door.

The Black Knights have set up an account for donations, which can be made at any First Place Bank in Howard’s name.

Brunner’s representative visits Austintown Rotary

AUSTINTOWN — Ron Massullo, regional liaison for Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, visited the Austintown Rotary Club at its meeting May 11.

Massullo, of Poland, told what it’s like to represent the secretary of state with a region stretching from Lake Erie to the Ohio River.

Brunner has four goals she wants to achieve for Ohio, according to Massullo: restore trust in Ohio elections; ensure business filings are quick, efficient and easy to retrieve; protect Social Security numbers from public access; and implement “Better Lives, Better Ohio,” known as the life quality index.

Trunk sale planned at immaculate Conception

YOUNGSTOWN — A trunk show will offer a variety of goods for sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Church, 811 Oak St., near the I-680 bypass.

The trunk sale is like a garage sale, but sellers take their cars and “stuff” to the church. A $10 fee provides two parking spaces — one for your car and one for your stuff.

Vendors can arrive any time after 7:30 a.m. To reserve a spot at the trunk sale, phone sister Kathleen McCarragher at (330) 747-3533.

Church plans garage sale

ELLSWORTH — Heritage Baptist Church Youth Department will sponsor a garage sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Monday. It will not be open Sunday. The sale will take place rain or shine at 6111 Salem-Warren Road (Route 45).

Alzheimer’s speaker set

COLUMBIANA — Wayne Glenn Terry, author of “Time Zones ... Slipping Away,” a book about his journey with Alzheimer’s disease and coping skills for those living with dementia, will speak at 3 p.m. Friday at Windsor House St. Mary’s Alzheimer’s Center, 1899 W. Garfield Road.

He will also appear for a book signing and speaking engagement from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Friends of the Library Bookstore, Poland Public Library, 311 S. Main St.

All proceeds from his book sale are donated to Alzheimer’s research.