CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

Yo-Mah-O Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals will meet at 6 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Beard Cabin in Boardman Township Park. The speakers will be Diane Less Baird and Dorothy Novotny of Angels for Animals. A buffet dinner will be served. For reservations contact Mary Hake at 330-629-9147.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

Girard Golden Eagles will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect St.

McDonald Midget Football Association will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

McDonald Sideliners will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the high school.

AUXILIARIES

ITAM Post 3 Ladies Auxiliary will have a picnic and meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the center, on Meridian Road. Chicken and beverages will be provided. Members are asked to take a casserole, salad or dessert to share. Guests are welcome.

CLASSES

Chaney High School January and June classes of 1948 will meet for lunch at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Molly’s Restaurant on Salt Springs Road. All alumni are invited to attend.

Struthers High School Class of 1956 members are invited to a get-together with friends and a surprise guest at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Elmton in Struthers. The class will meet for breakfast Aug. 14 at Bedford Trails Restaurant in Coitsville. The reunion planning committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 23 at the home of Pat Sabol in Struthers. Plans will be made for a 55th reunion July 16, 2011, at the Brownstone Court in Coitsville. For more information contact June Chambers Stoeber at 330-207-7879 or e-mail Barb Bradford at Zeldamay1938@Yahoo.com.

CLUBS

Designing Women, machine embroidery group, will meet at 10 a.m. Aug. 13 at Interiors and Sew On, 244 S. Salem-Warren St., North Jackson for a professional machine demonstration.

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.

Material Girls will meet at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 490 N. High St., Cortland at 6 p.m. Thursday for a picnic. Members are reminded to take a covered dish.

McDonald Parents of Performing Arts will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

Stitching Sisters of Austintown Quilting Group will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Idaho Road Alliance Church. New Members are welcome. For more information call 330-793-9570.

Struthers K. of C. 4224 Ladies will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the K. of C. Hall. The group will make rosaries.

TimeBank Mahoning Watershed will have a Lemony Fun Time social from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Lemon Grove Cafe, 122 Federal Plaza West, Youngstown.

GUILDS

Holborn Herb Growers Guild will meet at 6 p.m. Aug. 16 at Western Reserve Village in Canfield Fairgrounds to prepare the gardens for the fair. At 7 p.m. Lynn Cardwell will present a craft session on hands-on pottery for gardens. Hostesses will be Yvonne Ford, Laura Bailey, Kathy Lingenfelter and Theresa Lyden.

Western Reserve Knitting Guild will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fair Park in Canfield for a covered dish picnic. Those attending are asked to take a place setting, a dish to share and any yarn that they would like to sell, clearly marked with their name and the price.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Mercer County Christian Coalition will have a picnic and rally for faith and family values at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the New Virginia Picnic Grounds in Hermitage. Those attending are asked to take a dish to share, tableware and a chair. Guests are welcome. Ken McPherson, chairman of Trumbull County Campaign for Liberty, will speak on “Getting Out of the Armchair to Vote.”

St. Anthony Auxiliary of Struthers will have a picnic at 5 p.m. Monday at Master’s Pavilion in Boardman Township Park. Reservations are to be made with the telephone girls. The committee will be Theresa Gabriel, Rosemary Murcillo, Anna DeChellis and Eileen Clemente. Arlene DeChellis will preside for business and there will be boccie.

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

SERVICE CLUBS

Girard-Liberty Kiwanis will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Golf Dome, 1300 N. State St., Girard.

McDonald Lions Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday on the second floor of the Retirement Center, 550 Ohio Ave.

SINGLES

D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following events: Monday, biking at 6 p.m. at Kirk Road; Tuesday, boccie at 6 p.m. at Boardman Park; Wednesday, walking at Mill Creek Park from Dr. Shah’s or short holes at Mill Creek at 6 p.m.; Thursday, new member meeting at Disciples Christian Church at 7:30 ; and Friday, movie at Poland Library at dusk. For more information call 330-757-1440 or 330-793-1484.

SOCIETIES

Girard Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Barnhisel House, 1011 N. State St. The house is open for tours from 1 to 4 p.m. the second and fourth Sunday of each month. For more information or to make arrangements call 330-545-6162.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Mahoning County Parkinson’s Support Group will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at Park Vista North Lounge, 1310 Fifth ave., Youngstown. Connie Morgan, Hospice admissions director for Senior Independence, will speak about directives. Meetings take place the second Thursday of each month. Parking available in the back lot.

Mahoning Valley New Voice Club, a support group for laryngectomees and their families and friends, will have its next meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center, located in Beeghly Medical Park, 6614 Southern Boulevard, Youngstown. For more information contact Donna Hendricks at the center, 330-726-8855.

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 NE, Howland. For more information call 330-856-3822.

Park Vista’s Low Vision Support Group will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the North Vista Lounge, 1310 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. “Helpful Hints for Daily Living” will be presented by Barbara Amling. The group meets the second Tuesday of each month. For more information contact Denise Creatore, 330-746-2944, ext. 1551.

Salem-Lisbon LaLeche League will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the WIC office, 7876 Lincole Place, Lisbon, for a discussion on “Nutrition and Weaning.” All pregnant or nursing mothers and their babies are welcome. For more information on breast-feeding call 330-427-2155, 330-821-2585 or 330-420-0822 or visit www.lllohio.org/groups/salemlisbon.html.

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 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 the following support group meetings: Monday, Empty Arms at 7 p.m. at the Womancare Center in Hermitage, and Mercer County Diabetes at 7 p.m. at Greenville campus; Tuesday, Breast-feeding at 11 a.m. at Womancare Center in Hermitage, Cancer at 1 p.m. at Greenville Campus, Mercer County Diabetes at 1:30 at Shenango Valley campus, and Weight Loss Surgery at 7 p.m. at Greenville campus; and Wednesday, Mercer County Breast Cancer at 7 p.m. at Womancare Center, Hermitage.

VETERANS

VFW Post 3538 Ladies Auxiliary will meet at the post 157 Lowellville Road, Struthers, at 6:30 p.m. Monday. Plans will be made for a card party and a social will follow. Dues of $15 will be accepted. For additional information call Judy Dill at 330-755-2701.

VFW Triangle Post 2799 Ladies Auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3162 E. South Range Road, New Springfield. For more 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.