SENIOR CITIZENS | Meetings, activities announced

55-PLUS

MINERAL RIDGE

• The 55-Plus Club of Mineral Ridge will meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Church. Hostesses will be Lorna Ramsey and Helen Rushan. After card games members will dine out.

1418 AUXILIARY

• 1418 Auxiliary Seniors will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at Brownstone Court, 50 Struthers-Coitsville Road, with John Texter presiding. Cancellations must be made by Monday to Sandy Redeske, (330) 755-5192. Birthdays and anniversaries will be acknowledged, and cards and bingo will be played. Illness or death among members should be reported to Ann Banyots at (330) 783-2019. For tour information call Ellen Testa at (330) 788-9430.

AARP 3104

• Canfield Chapter 3104, AARP, will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at Canfield Presbyterian Church where blood pressure screenings will be available from noon to 12:45 p.m. Dues will be collected. Mary Ruth Lynn, executive director of Youngstown Playhouse, will speak on “Eighty-five Years and Still Going Strong.” Illnesses or deaths should be reported to Ceil Ball, (330) 533-2841.

Call (330) 332-4791 for information on the following trips: March 16 to Toledo for performance of “Church Basement Ladies”; April 28 to Riverside Inn for lunch and show, “Love, Sex and the IRS”; June 18 to Pittsburgh for Indians/Pirates game and tailgate party; and May 17-22 to Savannah and Charleston. The board will meet March 15 at the church.

AJAX MAGNETHERMIC

• Ajax Magnethermic retirees will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Station Square, 4250 Belmont Ave., Liberty. Guests are welcome.

CORNERSBURG

• Cornersburg Happy Seniors will meet at 11:15 a.m. Thursday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Betsy Koneval will preside, and dinner will be served; cost is $10. Greeters will be Dorothy Wood and Carolyn Steiner, and a representative from the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department will discuss its senior program. Illnesses should be reported to Eleanor Zuby, (330) 799-7127. New attendees are welcome; Cornersburg residency is not required. Anyone 55 or over and retired is welcome and can make reservations by calling Koneval at (330) 793-7755. Annual dues are $5.

FREETIMERS

• Youngstown State University Retirees will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday for their monthly breakfast at Denny’s in Boardman. All retirees and their friends are welcome.

GIRARD

• Girard Seniors will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the center, 16 N. State St. March birthdays and anniversaries will be celebrated. Members are asked to take canned goods for the Emmanuel Center. After the meeting there will be a pizza party. The cost is $2.

LOWELLVILLE

• Lowellville Senior Citizens will meet at noon Friday in the conference room at Lowellville City Hall. Delores Romeo will preside, and a deputy from the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department will be the guest speaker on the subject of senior protection. For reservations call Janet Davanzo, (330) 793-3176. A Lenten lunch will be provided by Phyllis Nolfi of Gianna’s Catering. Birthdays and anniversaries for March will be observed, and gifts for shut-in members will be collected. Bingo will follow the meeting.

A casino trip to The Meadows is set for March 7. Membership renewal is open until April, and new members are welcome. For more information or to report illness or death among members, call Mary Mascarella, (330) 536-8748.

MAHONING TEACHERS

• Mahoning Retired Teachers Association will meet March 10 at Antone’s Banquet Centre, 8578 Market St., Boardman. A social hour will begin at 11 a.m. followed by lunch at 11:45. Edna Hanson, past president of the Ohio Retired Teachers Association, will be the speaker. Nonperishable goods, current magazines and paperbacks will be collected. All area retired educators are invited. Reservations must be made by Wednesday by calling Cheryl Fell, (330) 533-4535.

MARTHA LUPSE

• Bridge, 500, chess and checkers will be played when Martha Lupse 50-Plus Card and Game Club meets from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 106 at Poland United Methodist Church. Douglas Martin will give the devotions. Members are reminded to take a sack lunch; coffee and tea will be provided. No affiliation with the church is required for participation. For information, call (330) 757-1980.

PARK VISTA

• Park Vista Breakfast Club will present “A Taste of Park Vista” at 9:30 a.m. March 11 at the Park Vista Gathering Room, 1216 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. The facility’s chef, Mark Bittler, and dining services director, Lucy Zinz, will treat guests to samples from the Park Vista kitchen. Those attending are asked to RSVP to (330) 746-2944, ext. 1552, by Friday.

SOAR 27-2 AND 27-6

• SOAR 27-2 and 27-6, Steelworkers Retirees of Local Union 1330 and 1331, will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at the Italian-American Veterans Centre, 113 S. Meridian Road, Youngstown. Refreshments will be served, and new members are welcome.

ST. CHRISTINE

• St. Christine Seniors will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the parish center with Ruth Infante presiding. Reports will be given by Mary Jo Theis and Carol McClain, and pizza will be served by Theresa Vivacqua and her committee. Dues will be collected for 2010, and March birthdays will be acknowledged. There also will be attendance prizes, a 50-50 drawing, cards and bingo.

ST. NICHOLAS

• St Nicholas Senior Citizens will meet at 11 a.m. March 9 for a program in the lower church. Afterward they will continue their meeting in Great Hall and have a luncheon. Anyone who has not paid from last month may make a reservation by sending a check for $8 payable to St. Nicholas Seniors to Lora Opsitnik, 138 Iroquois St., Struthers, OH 44471. Deadline is Wednesday. Dues of $5 are payable. New members are welcome.

STS. CYRIL AND METHODIOUS

• Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seniors will meet March 11 in the social hall after the 11:30 a.m. Mass. A chicken dinner will be served at a cost of $8, and birthdays and anniversaries will be acknowledged. A money raffle and bingo also will take place. New members are welcome.

TRUMBULL MEMORIAL

• A luncheon meeting of the Trumbull Memorial Hospital Retiree Club will take place at 11:30 a.m. March 8 at Buena Vista Caf in Warren. At 12:30 p.m. Candy Smith will present the program, “Patient Satisfaction at Trumbull Memorial Hospital” along with Sally Mazey, director of Volunteer Services, and Sandy Frazzini, director of Quality Department. All TMH retirees are welcome. For reservations or further information, call Vivian Abram at (330) 759-7147.

YSU WOMEN

• YSU Women Retirees will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. March 11 at the Blue Wolf Banquet Center, Lockwood Boulevard, Boardman. Reservations must be made by March 8. For menu information call (330) 549-0592.

• Upcoming activities for senior citizens organizations are published Sunday. Please submit information to the Society Department by noon Thursday.