CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of University Women, Youngstown Branch, will meet at 10 a.m. Oct. 2 at Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave., Youngstown. Dr. Barbara Brothers, a member of the League of Women Voters, will present a program on “Know the Issues: Education and the November Ballot.” There will be a guided tour of the gardens. Members may purchase lunch at the Garden Cafe. For more information call 330-702-0567.

Gold Wing Road Riders Association will meet at 5 p.m. Saturday for supper at the Yankee Kitchen, 6635 Market St., Boardman. A guest speaker will talk about hearing impairment. October rides will be announced. Members are to take a covered dish, and hot dogs and beverages will be provided for the Friday night fires. Questions should be directed to Roy Jones at 330-717-9057, or Dave Garchar at 330-755-5802.

AUXILIARIES

Flora MacDonald Auxiliary members will meet for dessert at 1 p.m. Oct. 2 at the home of Margaret Herr.

CLUBS

Poland Women’s Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday. A representative from Family Promise of Mahoning Valley, Inc. will speak. Hostess is Beth Alexoff, with co-hostesses Richelle Strollo and Kiersten Lattanzio. A reminder: Active member dues of $20 are payable.

Warren Women’s Connection will have a luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 11 at DiLucia’s Banquet Room, 2610 Elm Rroad NE, Warren. The theme will be “What’s Hiding in Your Closet?” Inspirational speaker Velma Geise will present a special feature, and music will be by Nina Miller, violinist and singer. The cost is $12. Reservations for the luncheon and nursery are necessary by Oct, 7 and can be made by calling Joyce Faiver at 330-539-5837, or Jan Sala at 330-638-6508.

GRANGES

Dublin Grange will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday for its Fall Kickoff dinner. Members are to take a casserole and table service.

GUILDS

Youngstown Chapter of the Embroiderer’s Guild of America will meet at 10 a.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the IOOF Hall in Canfield with Sally Svoboda presiding. The project will be a Christmas ornament on canvas by Ruth Ebert. Members are to take stitching supplies and magnification lighting. Visitors are welcome. For more information e-mail YoEGA@zoominternet.net or write 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

Catholic Collegiate will have a dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Holiday Inn in Boardman. Dr. Cynthia Anderson, president of Youngstown State University, will be the featured speaker. Guests are welcome. Reservations will be accepted at 330-757-4584.

LAOH Junior Division will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Hibernian Hall, 5110 Southern Blvd., Boardman. Members are to take notebooks, tin whistles and photos to share. Catholic girls from 6 to 18 years old with Irish ancestry are welcome. For more information call 330-793-4556, 330-755-9603 or 330-533-7542.

Men and Women United for Life, an anti-abortion group in the Diocese of Youngstown, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Pregnancy Help Center, 4845 Market St., Boardman. There will be a tour of the facility and refreshments will be served. Guests are welcome. For more information contact Natalie Wardle, youth minister at St. Charles Church, 330-758-2325.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Altar and Rosary Society will have its Fall potluck supper and meeting after the 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday in the church hall.

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: Monday biking at Kirk Road at 6 p.m.; Tuesday, boccie at 6 p.m. at Boardman Park; Wednesday, walking at Mill Creek Park from Dr. Shah’s or short holes at Mill Creek at 6 p.m.; Thursday, meeting at Disciples Christian Church at 7:30; Oct. 1, cheap movies at Shops at Boardman Park at 6:30; and Oct. 3, dance at the Saxon Club at 6. For more information call 330-757-1440 or 330-793-1484.

SUPPORT GROUPS

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.

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.

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