CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

• American Business Women’s Association, Tri-Gold Prime Time Chapter, has rescheduled its monthly meeting to Feb. 24 because of the inclement weather. Members will meet at 5:30 p.m. for a social at Drakes Landing Restaurant, 2177 Western Reserve Road, Canfield, and dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Guests are welcome, but reservations must be made a week in advance by contacting Dolly Sonnenlitter, (330) 545-5937, or Kathy Poorman, (234) 759-3749.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

• Girard Golden Eagles will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the 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.

BOOSTERS

• Girard High School Athletic Boosters will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the high school.

CLASSES

• Struthers High School Class of 1956 will have a breakfast at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bedford Trails Restaurant in Coitsville. For more information contact June Chambers Stoeber, (330) 207-7879.

• Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1953 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Johnny’s on Market Street. Guests are welcome.

CLUBS

• Chapter CE of PEO Sisterhood will meet Wednesday at A La Cart in Canfield for a noon lunch and meeting. The president’s letter and a speaker from Wild Birds Unlimited are on the program. Hostesses are Kathryn Adams and Lisa Velker.

• 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.

• McDonald Arts and Crafts Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

• Ohio Cultural Alliance will meet at 6 p.m. March 1 at Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church Hall, 401 12th St., Campbell. Jim Graham, president of United Auto Workers Local 1112 at Lordstown, will be the speaker. The meal of Greek delicacies will be served by church caterers, and cultural enrichment will be by a local Greek dance group. The cost is $13 for paid-up members and $18 for nonpaid members. Nonperishable items will be collected for Park Vista Retirement Community residents. Send checks, payable to the OCA, to P.O. Box 561, Canfield, OH 44406 by Feb. 24.

• Warren Women’s Connection will have an “Everybody Loves a Bargain” luncheon meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. March 8 at DiLucia’s Banquet Room, 2610 Elm Road NE, Warren. The cost is $12. Featured will be a style show of clothing purchased at garage sales and consignment shops. Billie Brink will speak on how she handles the changing world. Reservations for the luncheon and free nursery are to be made with Joyce Faiver, (330) 539-5837, or Jan Sala, (330) 638-6508, by March 4.

• Youngstown Torch Club will meet Monday in Bresnahan Suites I and II at Kilcawley Center on the campus of Youngstown State University. To make a dinner reservation for the meeting or for more information call (330) 792-7351. Mark Peyko, author and publisher of Metro Monthly, will speak on “An Architectural Tour of Downtown Youngstown. He will also be the featured speaker at the 2010 International Association of Torch Clubs Convention to be hosted by the Youngstown Club June 24-27 at the Holiday Inn, Boardman.

GUILDS

• Holborn Herb Growers Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Colonial Inn at the Canfield Fairgrounds. The program is “Cooking with Herbs,” a culinary program presented by Jeanette Thompson of Town and Country Nursery. Hostesses are Carole Martyn-Dow, Lois Martin-Uscianowski, Carol Check and Margie French.

LEAGUES

• Canfield Junior Women’s League will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Brandywine Apartments Clubhouse, 3390 Flo Lor Drive, Austintown. Vicki Vickers will speak on “The Ulster Project International.” Afterward there will be a board and general meeting. New members are welcome. For more information call (330) 360-5215.

• Civic League of Wilmington Township, Mercer County, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Township Building, 35 Auction Road. The speaker will be Harry Schmeider, president of the Bluebird Society of Pennsylvania.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

• McDonald Knights of Columbus will meet at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the K. of C. Hall, Illinois Ave.

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

• Youngstown Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will meet and review the bylaws Feb. 20 at Immaculate Conception parish, 409 W. Main St., Ravenna, at Tobin Hall. The entrance is on South Sycamore, with disabled parking across from the ramp. Additional parking is on the west side of the church. Registration, with light refreshments, will be at 9:30 a.m., and the conclusion will be at 11:30.

SERVICE CLUBS

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

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

SINGLES

• Adult Christian Singles will meet at 7 p.m. Saturday for movies in a home environment. Members are to take snacks and/or beverages to share. Another meeting will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Atmosphere Cafe for dining. There will be a prize giveaway and music.

• D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following: Monday, walking at Southern Park from the food court at 6 p.m.; Tuesday, dance lessons with Judy Conti at Wedgewood Plaza, at 7; Wednesday, walking at Southern Park from the food court at 6 p.m.; Thursday, small group meeting at Disciples Church at 7:30. For more information call (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

• Single for Any Reason has planned the following: Sunday, Valentine’s Day bowling at 1 p.m. at Cortland Lanes, 3684 Warren-Meadville Road; Monday, cornhole games at NAUS Club in Warren at 6 p.m.; Tuesday, newsletter deadline; Wednesday, Ash Wednesday; Feb. 19, take covered dish to share at 6 p.m. and play cards; and Feb, 20, dance at Bristolwood Golf Club on Mahoning Avenue extension, Bristol, from 7 to 11 p.m., dinners available earlier. For more information, call (330) 372-7124.

SOCIETIES

• Girard Historical Society, 1011 N. State St., Girard, will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Girard Free Library.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Alzheimer’s Assistance and Referral Network, 4212 Market St., Youngstown, has scheduled the following meetings: Saturday, at 10:30 a.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, corner of Sexton and Garfield, Struthers; Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Girard Library, 105 Prospect St., Girard; Wednesday at 7 p.m. at St. Paul Church, 2860 Market St., Warren; Thursday, at 6 p.m. at Sunrise Assisted Living, 335 W. McKinley, Poland; and Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. at Canfield Christian Church, 123 Broad St., Salem.

• Mahoning County-Youngstown Chapter of Bereaved Parents of the USA, a national nonprofit self-help group that offers support, understanding and hope to bereaved parents and other family members, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Park Vista, 1216 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. For more information about the chapter, call the chapter leader, Diane Hunter-Copeland, at (330) 770-2686.

• 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) 856-3822.

• Postpartum Support International is sponsoring a local chapter of Perinatal Outreach and Encouragement for Moms (POEM), in Youngstown. Meetings will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the D.D. & Velma Davis YMCA, 45 McClurg Road, Boardman. PSI is a nonprofit organization that has been helping women cope with postpartum depression and anxiety since 1987. Contact Leslie at (330) 550-2838 or leslie@poemonline.org for more information.

• 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.

• Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center on state Route 154, Lisbon. For more information call (330) 424-7767.

• Survivors of Suicide in Mahoning County will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. For more information call (330) 747-2696, ext. 214.

• 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 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: Monday, Bereavement Support Group at 7 p.m. at Greenville campus; Tuesday, Cancer Support Group at 1 p.m. and Weight Loss Surgery Support Group at 7 at WomanCare Center, Hermitage; Wednesday, Breast-feeding Support Group at 11 a.m. at Wellness Center, 26 Conneaut Lake Road, Greenville; and Saturday, Yellow Ribbon Support Group at 10 a.m. at Shenango Valley campus.

VETERANS

• The Akron Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Association, which covers all of Northeast Ohio except Cleveland, will have its next meeting at 1 p.m. March 7 at Menches Restaurant, 3700 Massillon Road (state Route 241), Green, Ohio, in the Shops of Green. The plaza is a few hundred feet south of I-77 at exit 118. The group meets the first Sunday of each Month. Any qualified paratrooper or glider trooper, from any unit, is invited to join. For more information, call Chairman Robert Winkler at (330) 325-7574.

• VFW 2799 Men’s Auxiliary will meet at 8 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.