CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Chapter M, will meet for supper at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Yankee Kitchen, 6635 Market St., Boardman. A business session will follow. All bikers and riders are welcome. For more information contact Roy Jones, 330- 717-0957, or Dave Garchar, 330-755-5802.

CLASSES

Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1963 will meet for lunch at noon Wednesday at O’Charley’s on South Avenue, Boardman. A reunion is planned for July 25 at Yellow Creek Park in Struthers. Anyone with updated contact information is asked to call 330-707-9239 or 330-755-8442 or e-mail chloegirldlc@sbcglobal.net.

CLUBS

Gourmet Group of Youngstown Branch of the American University Women will meet at noon Thursday for lunch at the Youngstown Club. Reservations are to be made with Frances Ritz at 330-757-2492. New members are welcome.

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

Ohio Cultural Alliance will have a dinner and meeting at 6 p.m. June 7 at The Georgetown, 5945 South Ave., Boardman. Election of officers is on the agenda, and the speakers will be Dr. Nazim A. Jaffer and his wife, Tazim Jaffer. The cost for the evening is $13 for paid-up members and $18 for others. Mail reservations to OCA P.O. Box 561, Canfield, OH 44406-0561 before June 1.

Youngstown South Christian Women’s Club will present a “Warm Scents of Summer” luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. June 10 at Avion on the Water Banquet Center, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road, Canfield. Featured will be Linda Bobic from Scents Galore and music by Valerie Hoffmaster. Speaking on “26 First Dates” will be Jeanette Paradis of Erie, Pa. The cost is $13, and reservations are required by June 3 at 330-793-6676 or 330-758-6049.

Youngstown Women’s Connection will sponsor a “Say It With Flowers” luncheon for noon June 8 at Lucianno’s Banquet Room, 1739 Raccoon Road, Austintown. The guest speaker, Diane Green, will present a feature on “What Flowers Say About You!” The cost is $10, and reservations for the event and free child care are due by June 1 at 330-792-9103 or 330-270-9347.

GRANGES

Dublin Grange will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Grange Hall in Canfield to observe National Grange Week. The Citizen of the Year will be honored, and past masters and longtime members will be recognized. Refreshments will be served, and guests are welcome.

GUILDS

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled a meeting of Southington So-Sews for 9:30 a.m. Monday at Southington Christian Church, 3285 state Route 534, Southington, before leaving for a mystery trip. For details contact 330-847-9813.

Youngstown Chapter of the Embroiderer’s Guild of America will meet on Tuesday at 10 a.m and again at 7:30 p.m. at the IOOF Hall in Canfield. Sally Svoboda will preside, and Mary Jane Brosko will present a “Dressy Beach Sandals” project. Members are to take stitching supplies and magnification as needed. Visitors are welcome. For more information e-mail YoEGA@zoominternet.net or send mail to the guild at P.O. Box 5278, Poland, OH 44514.

POLITICAL CLUBS

Girard Men’s Democrat Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Parkwood Youth Center.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Court Bishop James McFadden 1650, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, will meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Sunrise Assisted Living, 335 McKinley Way W., Poland. There will be a May crowning ceremony and election of officers. Rosemary Hodos is hostess. For membership information call Jean Puhalla, 330-792-0268.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Altar and Rosary Society will have a potluck dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the church hall. Members are reminded to take a covered dish or dessert.

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.

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 or biking at Kirk Road, both at 6 p.m.; Thursday, meeting at Disciples Christian Church at 7:30 p.m.; May 28, cheap movie at Shops at Boardman Park at 6:30 p.m.; May 29, meet at the church at noon and leave for a tour of the Arms Museum and Butler Institute of American Art; and May 31, picnic at Stitt Pavilion in Mill Creek Park at noon. For more information call 330-757-1440 or 330-793-1484.

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

SOCIETIES

Mahoning and Shenango Valley Historical Club meets the third Saturday of each month. Anyone interested in local history is welcome to join. For membership information call Tom Molecea at 330-550-5503 or Stefon Jones at 330-726-3262.

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’s Association Caregiver Support Group will meet at 1:30 a.m. Thursday at 3695 Boardman-Canfield Road, Suite 301-B, Canfield. The meeting is free and open to all caregivers, family members and friends with a loved one with memory problems. For more information call 330-533-3300 or 800-272-3900.

F.O.C.U.S. (Friends Offering Compassionate Understanding Support) will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Mahoning County Unit, American Cancer Society office, 525 N. Broad St., Canfield. “Mammosite” will be the theme of speaker Shellie Warino, clinical therapist at Kent State University. Anyone who needs information should call the ACS office, 800-ACS-2345.

Mended Hearts, a support group for heart survivors and their families, will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Azalea Room at St. Elizabeth Health Center, Boardman Campus. Speaking on “Stroke Survival” will be Mark Koontz, WFMJ meteorologist. For more information contact Joe Clark at 330-702-8859. A speakers bureau is available at no charge. For dates call Lee Meadows, 330-793-2531.

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.

Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet at 6 .p.m. Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center on state Route 154, Lisbon. For more information call 330-424-7767.

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 a meeting of the Pulmonary Hypertension Support Group for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Shenango Valley campus.

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