CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of University Women, Youngstown Branch, will meet at 10 a.m. June 5 in the gathering room at Park Vista, 1216 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. After the business meeting, there will be installation of officers and announcement of the scholarship winners. YWCA development director Leah Brooks is the speaker, and lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. For reservations, call 330-782-9190.

Mill Creek Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association will meet at 6 p.m. June 8 at the Blue Wolf, Lockwood Boulevard, Boardman. Elaine Jacobs, associate director of athletics at YSU, will be the guest speaker. Voting will take place on scholarship applications; the scholarship deadline is today. Dinner is $15.50 and includes Italian baked chicken, penne pasta, green beans almondine, salad, beverage and dessert. Reservations are due Tuesday. Call Joan Lucansky at 330-755-8212 or Darlene Demjen, 330-755-9089, after 6 p.m.

AUXILIARIES

Flora MacDonald Auxiliary will meet for dessert at 1 p.m. June 5 at the home of Alice Seiforth.

BOOSTERS

Girard Band Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the high school cafeteria.

CLUBS

Friends of Beaver Creek State Park will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Pioneer Village Trading Post, 12021 Echo Dell Road, north of East Liverpool. Volunteers are welcome. For more information, call 330-227-3939.

Mahoning and Shenango Valley Historical Club will meet at 3 p.m. June 12 at the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County on Wick Avenue, Youngstown. Anyone interested in local history is welcome to attend.

Poland Center Homemakers will meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Poland United Methodist Church. Ellie Rigelsky will serve as hostess for a casserole lunch. Members are asked to take a large-eyed needle and scissors for the plastic craft.

GUILDS

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has planned the following activities: ASG@JoAnn Etc. will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church in Salem to attend the annual quilt show. Niles Silver Thimbles will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at Viking Sewing Center for a hands-on project of Tater Bakers. Kits will be available for purchase; call 330-544-5300 for details. Fancy Cutters will meet at 7 p.m. June 14 at Grace Church of the Nazarene in Austintown to sew pillowcase bags and wheelchair lap robes. Material Girls will meet at 6 p.m. June 17 at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Cortland for a Style & Image presentation by Terry Myers-Shuster. Designing Women machine-embroidery group will meet at 10 a.m. June 11 at Domestic Sewing in Warren for a Fantastic Fabric bowl demonstration by Rita Baugher. Howland Happy Stitchers will meet at 10 a.m. June 15 at Living Lord Lutheran Church in Howland for a Bitty Bag demonstration by Carol Lewis. Austintown Stitch and Share will meet at 10 a.m. June 17 at Humility House in Austintown to cut out pillow cases for the Summer Sizzle event. Southington So-Sews will meet for a mystery trip at 9:30 a.m. June 28 at Southington Christian Church. For details, call 330-847-9813.

POLITICAL CLUBS

Canfield Republican Women’s Club will meet for its annual picnic and auction at 5 p.m. Thursday in McMahon Hall at the Mahoning County Experimental Farm, state Route 46, across from the Canfield Fairgrounds. Cost is $15 per person. Guest speaker will be Jon Husted, candidate for secretary of state, and serving as auctioneer will be George Roman. For reservations, call Jane Kwolek at 330-533-4731.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Court Bishop James McFadden 1650, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, will have its final meeting of the year at noon Thursday at The Elmton, 584 Fifth St., Struthers. Hostesses will be Joann Reilley and Barbara Rook. After the luncheon, there will be a short business meeting and entertainment. Also, 25- and 50-year pins will be awarded. Make reservations by Monday by calling Reilley at 330-448-0042. Anyone interested in joining the court should call Regent Jean Puhalla at 330-792-0268.

Girard K. of C. Ladies will have an indoor picnic at 7 p.m. June 7 at the club hall. Cost is $3 at the door, and each member may take one guest. Reservations are due Monday.

Girard K. of C. Men 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 Avenue.

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: Saturday, meet at the church at noon and leave for a tour of the Arms Museum and Butler Institute of American Art; Monday, picnic at noon at Stitt Pavilion in Mill Creek Park; Tuesday, bocce at 6 p.m. in Boardman Park; Wednesday, walking at Mill Creek Park from Dr. Shah’s at 6 p.m.; Thursday, meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Disciples Christian Church; June 4, cheap movie at 6:30 p.m. at Shops at Boardman Park; and June 5, miniature golf at 7 p.m. at the Skate Zone in Austintown. For more information call, 330-757-1440 or 330-793-1484.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Senior Center of Mahoning County, Fifth Avenue, Youngstown, and at 1:30 p.m. June 9 at Easter Seals Day Center, 721 Boardman-Poland Road, Boardman. The meetings are 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.

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. June 4 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.

Multiple Sclerosis Services Agency, Mahoning County Support Group, will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Western Reserve United Methodist Church, 4580 Canfield Road, Canfield. The guest speaker will be Jesse McClain, registered nurse at St. Elizabeth Health Center. There is no cost for multiple sclerosis clients, friends, family or caregivers, and dinner will be served For more information or reservations, call 330-792-8900.

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 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.

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