CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

William Penn Association, Branch 28, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Eat’n Park restaurant in Boardman.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

McDonald Sideliners will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office.

BOOSTERS

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

CLASSES

Hubbard High School Class of 1951 will meet for lunch at noon Wednesday at the Globe Restaurant in Truck World Mall. All are welcome.

Niles McKinley High School Class of 1959 will meet for a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Perkins on Route 46. For more information call Helen Cristy at (330) 758-4137.

South High School January and June Classes of 1953 will have a monthly luncheon at noon Tuesday at Johnny’s on Market Street in Boardman. All classmates are welcome.

Struthers High School Class of 1959 will meet for a luncheon at noon May 26 at The Elmton in Struthers. For additional information call (330) 755-6115.

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

CLUBS

Chapter CE of PEO Sisterhood will meet at noon Wednesday at A La Cart in Canfield for a luncheon meeting. The program will be “Recent Books for Children” by Regina Rees. Hostesses will be Lynn Doyle Pentworth and Ginny Gaskeen.

Mahoning Valley Cribbage Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James Church, 76 Glenwood Ave., Boardman. New players are welcome. For more information call (330) 757-9503.

Mahoning Valley Exotic Bird Club will have a meeting at 6 p.m. Sunday at Exotic Pet Birds, 233 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. The topic will be “Gardening for Your Parrot — How to Use Herbs and Vegetables in Their Diet.” The seminar is free. There will be a raffle for a container herb garden especially for parrots for guests wanting to be members.

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

Pacentrano Club Auxiliary will celebrate its 50th anniversary on May 22 at the club, 2629 Craiger Ave. There will be cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at 6 p.m., a sit-down dinner at 7, and a cash bar. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for guests. Lisa McGiffin is the chairwoman, and Josephine Nacarato is president.

That Quilt Group I Belong To will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fair Park Community Building, 330 Oak St., Canfield. Guests are welcome.

Youngstown Panhellenic will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at Birch Hill Cabin in Mill Creek Park for the final meeting of the season. Members are asked to take a dessert or side dish; the main dish will be provided. For membership information contact Margaret Skripac, (330) 702-003.

Youngstown Torch Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Pete’s Place Restaurant on the campus of Youngstown State University. Bill Lawson, executive director of Mahoning Valley Historical Society, will speak on “The History and Development of Downtown Youngstown.” For more information call (330) 793-7351.

GUILDS

Holborn Herb Growers Guild will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday for a cleanup at Western Reserve Village Gardens on Canfield Fairgrounds. Take garden gloves, tools and trash bags. A meeting and refreshments will follow in the train station. Hostesses will be Pam Baytos, Margie Williams, Kris Yelton, Jeanne Allen and Doreen Cavaliere.

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following: Howland Happy Stitchers will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday for a mystery trip, contact (330) 847-9813 for details; and Austintown Stitch and Share will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road, LEAGUES

Canfield Junior Women’s League will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday for installation of officers at Tippecanoe Country Club. For membership information call (330) 360-5215.

LODGES

Croatian Fraternal Lodge 598 will meet at 12:45 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

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

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

Youngstown Council of Catholic Nurses will meet at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Manor, 314 S. Canfield-Niles Road, Austintown. Agnes Martinko will present a program titled “Canonization of Father Damian.” New members are welcome.

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 and Wednesday, walking at Mill Creek Park from Dr. Shah’s at 6 p.m. (or biking at 6 p.m. Monday on Kirk Road); Thursday, small group meeting at Disciples Christian Church at 7:30 p.m.; and Friday, putt putt at Sport’s World on South Avenue at 7 p.m. For more information call (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

Over-40 Singles meets from 6 to 8 p.m. each Wednesday at Leetonia Library on Walnut Street. Any single person over 40 is invited. Members bike or hike at the Greenway Trail in Leetonia at 11 a.m. each Saturday and dance with the POF at the Saxon Club in Austintown from 6 to 10 p.m.

SOCIETIES

Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the St. Charles Church Ministry Building, 7325 Westview Drive, Boardman. Linda McEvoy of Columbiana County Archives will present a program on “Looking For Columbiana County Ancestors.” The Computer Interest Group will meet at 6.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Adult Children with Aging Parents Support Group meets at 11 a.m. Saturdays at Canfield Christian Church, 123 S. Broad St. Meetings are free and open to the public. For information call the church at (330) 533-2246.

Alzheimer Association Caregiver Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. Monday at the Antonine Sisters Adult Daycare Center, 2691 N. Lipkey Road, North Jackson. For more information call (330) 533-3300 or (800) 272-3900.

Bereaved Parents of the USA, Mahoning County-Youngstown Chapter, a 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 Diane Hunter-Copeland, at (330) 770-2686.

Mercer County Lupus Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at UPMC Horizon Womancare Center, 875 N. Hermitage Road, Hermitage, Pa. The speaker will be pharmacist Kate McSherry, whose theme will be “NSAIDs.”

Nar-Anon, a 12-step program for relatives and friends who have been adversely affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, will meet at 7 p.m. Friday at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 160 Clifton N.E., Howland. Newcomers are asked to meet at 6:45 p.m. 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.

Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 .p.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 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.

UPMC Horizon has scheduled the following meetings: Ostomy Support Group at 2 p.m. Sunday at Greenville Campus; Bereavement Support Group at 7 p.m. Monday at Greenville campus; Cancer Support Group at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Shenango Valley campus; Weight Loss Surgery Support Group at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Womancare Center in Hermitage, Pa.; Breastfeeding Support Group at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Wellness Center, 26 Conneaut Lake Road, Greenville; and Lupus Support group at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Womancare Center, Hermitage.

Youngstown PFLAG will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday for an annual potluck dinner at the Stonewall Center, 1523 Poland Ave., Youngstown.

VETERANS

VFW Triangle Post 2799 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.