CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

Mill Creek Chapter of American Business Women’s Association will meet at 6 p.m. Aug. 10 at A La Cart in Canfield. The speaker will be Sara Greier from the Mahoning County Farm Bureau, who will talk about “Agriculture in Mahoning County — Past, Present and Future.” Joining the members will be the scholarship winners for 2010-2011: Gina Torek of Boardman and Robert Gross of Canfield. Dinner will cost $17.50 and include Swiss chicken and baked ham, potatoes, green beans, salad, and dessert. The deadline for reservations is Monday. Call Joan Lucansky at 330-755-8212 or Darlene Demjen after 6 p.m. at 330-755-9089. Anyone interested in finding out about ABWA is welcome as a guest, or to visit in September for the fall enrollment meeting. The network Council of the Mahoning Valley of American Business Women’s Association is gearing up for the annual style show on Sept. 19 at Mr. Anthony’s. Tickets cost $25 for lunch and a style show with music, gifts, a Chinese auction, and the raffling of a 32-inch flat screen TV. For tickets call Mary Lou Murray at 330-533-9730.

Western Pa. Cory Reunion Assoc. will have its 101st Cory Reunion at 1 p.m. on Aug. 8 at the East Palestine city park. Take a covered dish and an inexpensive item for the white elephant auction. Tables 25 and 26 have been reserved. Officers are Jim Lisica, president; Gary Lisica, vice president and web master; and Diana Maye, secretary.

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 at noon Aug. 7 for a picnic luncheon at the home of hostess Ela Elvines.

CLASSES

Campbell Memorial High School June and January Classes of 1948 will meet for breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Denny’s Restaurant, Route 224 in Boardman. All classmates and spouses are invited.

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

CLUBS

Time Bank will have its first Monday monthly luncheon from noon to 1:30 Monday at Kravitz Delicatessen, 3135 Belmont Ave., Youngstown. This lunch time meet and greet is to network with service exchange members, discuss new and old skill swaps and Time Bank projects. Lunch is your cost.

Warren Women’s Connection will sponsor “Heart Strings of Life” luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 9 at DiLucia’s Banquet Room, 2610 Elm Road, NE, Warren. Free nursery is available by reservation. The luncheon will feature Marian Mihas, vocalist and harpist. Inspirational speaker will be Letitia Hicks, retired RN, who shares her rules for life. The cost is $12 per person, all inclusive. Reservations for the luncheon and nursery are necessary by Thursday and can be made by calling Joyce Faiver at 330-539-5837 or Jan Sala at 330-638-6508.

Youngstown Women’s Connection will have a “Life’s Celebrations” luncheon at noon Aug. 10 at Lucianno’s Banquet Room, 1739 Raccoon Road, Austintown. Jeff Lyba and Debbie Simon will talk about a store that has party needs and more. Raette George will provide music, and the speaker will be Judy Inman, a labor and delivery nurse for 40 years. She founded a group called “Empty Arms. The cost is $10. For reservations or free child care call 330-792-9103 or 330-270-9347 by Tuesday.

GUILDS

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following meetings: ASG@JOANN ETC at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Joann Etc., 7386 Market St., Boardman for a hands-on workshop on making fleece caps and mittens for children. Members are to take fleece, cutting tools and mats; and Niles Silver Thimbles at 10 a.m. Thursday at Viking-White Sewing Center, 40 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles, for a crocheted necklace demonstration by Joanne Fowler.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Girard Knights of Columbus will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the K. of C. Hall, 122 S. State St.

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.

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: Sunday, boating and dinner at 2:30 p.m. at Gilford Lake; Tuesday, boccie at Boardman Park at 6; Wednesday, walking at Mill Creek Park from Dr. Shah’s. or short holes at Mill Creek Park at 6; Thursday, music in Boardman Township Park at 6 30 p.m.; and Friday, golfing at Sports World on South Avenue at 7 p.m. For more information call 330-757-1440 or 330-793-1484.

Parents Without Partners will have its monthly dance from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Kent VFW 3703 post home, 500 VFW Parkway in Kent. Music will be by disc jockey Mel. Dances are open to the public, and nonmembers are invited to join the PWP members to celebrate the Beach Party dance theme. The cost is $6 per person for members and $8 for nonmembers. For more information call 330-699-2361 or 330-322-9559.

SOCIETIES

Girard Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Barnhisel House, 1011 N. State St.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer Association Caregiver Support Group meetings are as follows; Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Senior Center of Mahoning County, 1110 Fifth Ave., Youngstown; Aug. 16 at 2 p.m. at the Antonine Sisters Adult Daycare Center, 2691 N. Lipkey Road, North Jackson, and Aug. 26 at 1:30 p.m. at the Alzheimer’s Association, Building B, Suite 301, 3695 Boardman-Canfield Road, Canfield. For more information, call 330-533-3300 or 800-272-3900.

Multiple Sclerosis Services Agency Mahoning County Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Western Reserve United Methodist Church, 4580 Canfield Road, Canfield.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at UPMC Horizon Greenville campus. The meeting is open to all those who have multiple sclerosis, their friends, caregivers and family members. There is no charge to attend, and refreshments will be served. For more information call 330-792-9913.

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 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.

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.

VETERANS

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.

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