CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ATHLETIC GROUPS

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

AUXILIARIES

Donald Lockett VFW Post 6488 Auxiliary will meet at 4 p.m. Sunday at the post home at 2065 Coitsville-Hubbard Road with Sandy Graves presiding. Inspection at 3 p.m. will be conducted by 8th District President Ronell Noack. Regular dues are being collected, and the life membership cancer fee is also payable. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.

CLASSES

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.

Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1952 will meet for a luncheon from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Springfield Grille in Boardman. For more information contact Elaine Billett at 330-758-2045.

Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1953 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Johnny’s. Plans for a Christmas party will be discussed, and guests are welcome.

CLUBS

Mahoning Valley Cribbage Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James Church, 7640 Glenwood Ave., Boardman. New players are welcome. For more information call 330-757-9503.

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

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

Ohio Cultural Alliance will explore Christopher Columbus as a “Resonating Voice of the World” at its Oct. 4 dinner meeting at St. Patrick Church Hall, 225 N. Main St., Hubbard. Dr. George D. Beelen will present the program, and dinner will be catered. Dr. Cynthia Anderson, Youngstown State University’s new president, will be a special guest. Cultural enrichment will be provided by young artists of Opera Western Reserve: soprano Shafic Kaleel and baritones Trevor Coleman and Max Pivik. They will perform selections from LaTraviata, which is OWR’s November production at Stambaugh Auditorium. Club memberships, which run from Sept. 2010 to June 2010, will continue at $25 per person, and the cost for each meeting will be $15 for each paid-up member and $20 for each nonmember. Reservations may be mailed to OCA, P.O. Box 561, Canfield, OH 44406-0561, no later than Sept. 28.

Youngstown South Christian Women’s Club has planned a luncheon with the theme “October Organizing” for noon to 2 p.m. Oct. 14 at Avion on the Water, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road, Canfield. “What is Hiding in Your Closet?” is the feature, and the speaker is Velma Geis of Smithfield, Va. Linda Pantalone will provide music. The cost is $13, and reservations are due Oct. 7. Call 330-793-6676 or 330-758-6049.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

Friends of Austintown Branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County will meet at 10 a.m. Monday at the community room. Lynn Zocolo, assistant horticulture educator at Fellows Riverside Gardens in Mill Creek Park, will present a program on “A Gift of a Garden — The History of Riverside Gardens in Mill Creek Park.” For more information call 330-792-6982 or visit www.libraryvisit.org.

LODGES

Croatian Lodge No. 598 will meet at 12:45 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

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

40-Plus Singles will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Leetonia Dairy Queen. Any single over 40 is welcome. For more information call Eileen Russell, 330-427-0424.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Adult Children with Aging Parents Support Group meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday 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.

Bereaved Parents of the USA, Mahoning County-Youngstown Chapter of a national 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.

Focus, a breast cancer support group, will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the American Cancer Society, 525 N. Broad St., Canfield. The program will be a woman-to-woman talk. Refreshments will be served. For more information call 800-227-2345.

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.

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 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.

UPMC Horizon has scheduled the following support group meetings: Sunday, ostomy at 2 p.m. at Greenville campus; Monday, bereavement at 7 p.m. at Greenville campus; Tuesday, cancer at 1 p.m. at Shenango Valley campus and weight loss surgery at 7 p.m. at Womancare Center; and Thursday, pulmonary hypertension at 2 p.m. at Shenango Valley campus.

Youngstown Area PFLAG will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Stonewall Center, 1523 Poland Ave., Youngstown, for a regular support, education and advocacy meeting. All are welcome.

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