CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

Mill Creek Chapter, ABWA, will host its Sept. 14 meeting at 6 p.m. at A La Cart in Canfield. The menu will be stuffed cabbage, chicken francaise, potatoes, vegetables, salads, cake and beverages for $16.50. The speaker will be Carrie Kocian with her dog Rallo, from the Therapy Pet Program of the Delta Society of the Cleveland Clinic. Call Joan Lucansky at 330-755-8212 or Darlene Demjen at 330-755-9089 after 6 p.m. to place reservations for the meeting.

CLASSES

Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1950 will meet for lunch at noon Wednesday at Bedford Trails.

McDonald High School Class of 1956 will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

Wilson High School Class of 1951 will meet for breakfast at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Landmark Restaurant, 7424 Market St., Boardman. All classmates and guests are welcome.

CLUBS

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

Niles Silver Thimbles will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at Viking-White Sewing Center, 40 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles.

Ohio Cultural Alliance will mark its 24th year and the first meeting of the 2010 season at its 6 p.m. dinner Sept. 13 at Holy Trinity Serbian Hall, 54 Laird Ave., Youngstown. “Resonating Voices of the World” will be the theme for the new season. Rabbi Joel Berman will speak about Moses, and guitarist Teddy Pantelas will provide music. Serbian church caterers will prepare the meal. Memberships, which run from Sept. 2010 to June 2011, will continue at $25 per person, and the cost for each meeting will be $15 for each paid up member and $20 for each nonmember. Reservations may be mailed to OCA, P.O. Box 561, Canfield, OH 44406-0561 no later than Sept. 7. Those attending are encouraged to take items of canned foods or other nonperishables for the St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen.

Poland Center Homemakers will meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Poland United Methodist Church. Hostesses will be Jane Kerr and Alice McDonald.

Warren Women’s Connection will sponsor a “Forever Young” luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 13 at DiLucia’s Banquet Room, 2610 Elm Road NE, Warren. The cost is $12. The program will include a special feature on affordable natural skin care by Cathy McCracken, music by Jenah Ross, and a talk by Judith Barlow, a busy person who found inner peace. Reservations for the luncheon and free nursery are to be made by Sept. 9 with Joyce Faiver at 330-539-5837 or Jan Sala at 330-638-6508.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

Friends of Poland Library will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 7 at the library meeting room. Gloria Rule will present a book review. Members are asked to take a favorite dish for the potluck luncheon. Dessert and beverages will be provided by the hostesses, June Deely, Marjorie Downie, Glenda Hoagland and Emma Eggleston. Magazines and books will be collected for the book cart.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

St. Anthony Altar and Rosary Society will meet after 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday at the church. Style show tickets will be available.

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.

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 Sept. 3, meet at Big Rock at Canfield Fair at 6; Sept. 4, cheap movies at Shops at Boardman Park at 6:30; and Sept. 5, dance at The Fireplace at 6. For more information call 330-757-1440 or 330-793-1484.

40-Plus Singles will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday in front of the grandstand at the Canfield Fair.

SOCIETIES

Girard Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. Sept. 4 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

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.

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 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.

UPMC Horizon has scheduled the following support group meetings: Tuesday, Silver and Fit Group exercise class at 1 p.m. at Wellness Center, 26 Conneaut Lake Road, Greenville, registration, 724-588-3001; Wednesday, Meditation class at 7 p.m. Womancare Center in Hermitage, Pa., registration 724-347-7700; Thursday, Silver and Fit Group exercise class at 1 p.m. at Wellness Center, 26 Conneaut Lake Road, Greenville, registration, 724-588-3001.

Club news is published Friday and Saturday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by 5 p.m. Thursday.