CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings
ASSOCIATIONS
• American Association of University Women, Youngstown Branch, will meet at 10 a.m. Nov. 7 in the gathering room of Park Vista, 1216 Fifth Ave. After the continental breakfast and business meeting, Donna DeBlasio and Debbie Duffy will speak about the Wick Park history and special playground. Hostesses will be Mary Allgood and Mary Ann Allgood. For more information call (330) 702-0567.
• Mill Creek Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association will meet at 6 p.m. Nov. 10 at Caff Capri in Boardman and will celebrate its 47th anniversary. The guest speaker is Rebecca Whittenberger, curator of education at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society. The evening’s theme will be “Pioneers of the Valley.” There will be a family-style dinner costing $20, and reservations must be in by Tuesday. Call either Kathy Anderson at (330) 533-6675 or Rita Lushinsky at (330) 793-7988. There will be no business meeting, so anyone may attend to see what ABWA is all about.
ATHLETIC GROUPS
• McDonald Baseball Association will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.
AUXILIARIES
• Flora MacDonald Auxiliary will meet Nov. 7 at the home of Jeannette Van Brocklin for dessert at 1 p.m.
BOOSTERS
• Girard Band Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the high school.
• McDonald Basketball Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the high school.
• McDonald Music Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the high school.
CLASSES
• Campbell Memorial High School January and June Classes of 1948 will meet for breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Denny’s restaurant in Route 224 in Boardman. All classmates and spouses are invited.
• Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1950 will have its monthly luncheon at noon Wednesday at Bedford Trails in Lowellville.
• Chaney High School January and June alumni will meet at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Denny’s in Austintown. All classmates and spouses are welcome and no reservations are necessary.
CLUBS
• Mahoning-Shenango Valley Historical Club will meet at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Arms Museum, 648 Wick Ave. All are welcome. For more information, call (330) 744-2248 or (330) 727-3262.
• 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
• Mahoning Valley Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at Highway Tabernacle, 3000 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown. The club meets the second Thursday of each month.
• Poland Center Homemakers will meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Poland United Methodist Church to make Christmas ornaments from a kit. Hostesses for a casserole luncheon will be Emily Mansfield and Jean Mook.
• Tri-County Chapter of Medical Assistants will have their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The meeting will be at Prima HealthCare, 107 Royal Bickdale Drive, Columbiana. The speaker will be Steven M. DeMaiolo D.O., chief executive officer, discussing electronic medical records in the outpatient setting. Students, associates and guests are welcome.
GUILDS
• Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following: Evening Cut Ups meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at Grace Church of the Nazarene, 5253 W. Webb Road, Austintown, to make fabric bowls and boxes; Howland Happy Stitchers meet at 10 a.m. Nov. 12 at Living Lord Lutheran church, 851 Niles-Cortland Road, Howland, for a snowman table runner demo by Carol Lewis; Material Girls meet at 6 p.m. Nov. 12 at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 490 N. High St, Cortland, for a “body double” demo by Denise Cline and Sandi Rosier; Austintown Stitch and Share meets at 10 a.m. Nov 19 at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road, Austintown, for a strip cutting demo by Pam Sullivan.
POLITICAL CLUBS
• Canfield Republican Women’s Club will meet at noon on Wednesday at A La Cart in Canfield. Peg Flynn of the Green Team will present a program on environmental issues. The club will also have a nonperishable food drive to be presented to Andy Skrobola of the Knights of Columbus. Table decorations will be provided by Pat Woomer and Pauline Hruby. All area Republican women are invited, and guests are welcome. Call (330) 533-6291 for reservations and more information.
• Warren Republican Women’s Club will have its monthly meeting at noon Thursday at DiLucia’s Restaurant, Elm Road, Warren. Luncheon cost is $12.50. For reservations call (330) 856-5228. Meeting hostess is Gayle Druschel, and the guest speaker is Lourdes Perez.
RELIGIOUS GROUPS
• Girard K. of C. Council 2935 will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 122 S. State St.
• Immaculate Heart of Mary Altar & Rosary Society’s regular monthly meeting will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 in the parish center. The mission this meeting is to fill 300 bags of wrapped candies for the upcoming St. Vincent de Paul’s Thanksgiving dinner. Take bags of candy to help meet this goal.
• McDonald Knights of Columbus will meet at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the K. of C .Hall, Illinois Avenue.
• St. Rose Quilting Group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the parish house.
• Seton III will meet at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Antone’s Banquet Centre, 8578 Market St. First Friday Club: Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Speaker, Father Gino Mwaka, priest of Gula Uganda.
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: Wednesday, walking at Mill Creek from Dr. Shah’s; Thursday, new-member meeting at Disciples Church; and Friday, cheap movies in Boardman at 6:30. For more information call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.
SOCIETIES
• Fowler Township Historical Society will elect officers for 2010 at its 7:30 p.m. meeting Thursday at Fowler Community Center, state Route 193. A program on early wooden clocks will be given by Christ Klingemier of Hartford Historical Society. He will also sell the 2010 calendar of clocks. The public is welcome. For more information call Dave Cover, (330) 637-2006.
• The Girard Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Barnhisel House, 1011 N. State St. The society is inviting members and friends to an annual Founders Day dinner Nov. 7 at St. Mark Church, 3560 Logan Way, Liberty Township. Appetizers and wine will be available at 6 p.m., and the dinner will be at 7. The donation is $25. Festivities will include a silent auction, quilt raffle, 50-50 drawing and four cash drawings. Reservations are required by calling (330) 545-6162 or (330) 545-6559.
SUPPORT GROUPS
• Compassionate Friends, a support group for parents who have had the tragic loss of a child, meets the first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 550 N. Broad St., Canfield. For more information call (330) 793-5495 or (330) 301-0196.
• Nar-Anon, a 12-step program for people who have been adversely affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, meets every Friday at 7 p.m. (6:45 for newcomers) at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 160 Clifton Drive N.E., Howland. For more information, call (330) 307-8182.
• Recovery Inc., a self-help mental-health group, will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Christ Church Presbyterian Church, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. For more information call (330) 747-1176.
• 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.
• YWCA will sponsor a support group for people with lupus, and their friends and family, that will meet Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. at the Oakhill Renaissance Center, 345 Oak Hill Ave.
VETERANS
• Veterans Outpost and Home Front (family) support group will meet at 7 p.m. each Tuesday at Point Man’s LZ Refuge, 243 Main St., Leetonia. For more information contact Phil Kinsey, (800) 877-8387.
• VFW Triangle Post 2799 will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Springfield. For information call (330) 542-9928.
• Club news is published Friday and Saturday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by 5 p.m. Thursday.