CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

NARFE Chapter 14, for active and retired federal employees, will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Saxon Club, 710 S. Meridian Road, Austintown. The guest speaker will be Dennis Petrack, past president of the Ohio federation.

Yo-Mah-O Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Beard Cabin in Boardman Township Park. Reservations for dinner are to be made with Mary Hake at 330-629-9147; cost is $11. Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Robert P. Milich will talk about the new veterans court.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

Girard Golden Eagles will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect St.

McDonald Midget Football Association will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday in the community room at the post office building.

McDonald Sideliners will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the high school.

CLASSES

Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1963 will meet at noon Wednesday at Bogey’s on Route 616 in Coitsville. Guests are welcome.

Chaney High School January and June Classes of 1948 will meet for lunch at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road, Canfield. All alumni are invited.

Woodrow Wilson January and June classes of 1947 will meet for breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Denny’s in Boardman. Classes of 1946 and 1948 are welcome.

CLUBS

Magical Memories Scrapbookers will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Quaker Room at Salem Public Library, 821 E. State St. Anyone interested in scrapbooking is welcome and should take a scrapbook project to work on. Janet Trapp will present a brief demonstration on a scrapbooking technique with an Easter theme. For more information call 330-332-0042 or visit www.salem.lib.oh.us.

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.

Mahoning Valley Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Highway Tabernacle, 3000 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown. The club meets the second Thursday of each month.

Mercer County Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the headquarters, 199 S. Pitt St., Mercer, Pa., for a program on Civil War forts by Jim Carnes. There will be a discussion of roles filled by ancestors of members in the Civil War. For additional information call 724-662-3490.

Retreads Motorcycle Club will meet for lunch at 1 p.m. Saturday at Denny’s on Route 224, Boardman. A ride schedule will be available at the meeting to follow. Anyone over 40 is invited to join the club. Dues are $15 for an individual and $20 a couple. For more information call 330-788-7271.

Youngstown Mothers of Twins Club will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Davidson Becker Family Life Center, 11 Spring St., Struthers. The speaker will be Donna Burnell, whose topic will be “Sex, Drugs and Lies — Do you Know Where Your Children Are?” A nominating committee will be elected. Hostesses will be Linda Moll and Christine Ruminsky. On May 7, the club will have its annual rummage sale at the First Covenant Church, 5210 Glenwood Ave., Boardman. For more information call Michele Porter at 330-530-2128

GUILDS

McDonald Literary Guild will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at Woodland Park United Methodist Church.

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following meetings: Fancy Cutters, 10 a.m. Monday at Lake Vista, 303 N. Mecca St. (Route 46), Cortland, for a sit and sew project embellishing sweatshirts for Someplace Safe. Take ideas. Contact 330-847-4827. Evening Cut Ups, 7 p.m. Monday at Grace Church of the Nazarene, 5253 W. Webb Road, Austintown, for a pillowcase bags project. Call 330-545-6520 or 330-652-5564. Material Girls, 6 p.m. Thursday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 490 N. High St. (Route 5), Cortland, for a wool-felted mittens demonstration by Kathy Chamberlain. Call 330-550-1215 or 330-759-1211.

Western Reserve Knitting Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fair Park in Canfield. For the program, Marlyn Ibele will teach crochet hook tips. Take a knitting needle and an F or G crochet hook and some yarn.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

Friends of Boardman Library will meet at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the community room. Dr. David Cimoneli will speak on “U.S. and World War I” at 10. Hostesses will be Marion Summers, Doris Almasy, Dorothy Velker and Martha Standley. Guests are welcome. No reservations are required. Donations of books will be collected from 10 a.m. to noon the first and third Saturdays of each month.

LODGES

Croatian Lodge 185 of Campbell will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday at Bedford Trails Golf Course in Coitsville.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Christian Coalition of Mercer County will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at a new site, Assembly of God, North Keel Ridge Road, Hermitage, Pa. Officers will be elected. Dr. Daniel Bell will speak on why U.S. schools have lost their global rating and the challenges faced by Hermitage schools. Plans will be reviewed for a Tea Party rally to be from 9:30 a.m. to noon April 30 at Mercer County Courthouse.

Mount Carmel Society of St. Rose Church will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the lower church.

Seton III will meet Thursday at the Saxon Club, 710 S. Meridian Road, Austintown, for a noon luncheon. Jackie Motsinger, an interior designer from Ethan Allen, will be the speaker. The theme is Easter. Hostesses will be Mary Lou Beck, chairwoman; Carol Franken; Dorothy Kiraly; Ann Marie Morley; Margaret Mullen; and Edna Zaitzew.

St. Monica Guild of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Youngstown, will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday. Patti Rossi will preside, and hostesses are Rosemarie DeMichael, Rose Marie Fiore, Marguerite Gondal, Dolores Good and Nancy Green.

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.

SOCIETIES

Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. April 18 at St. Charles Church Ministry Building, 7325 Westview Drive, Boardman. A program on “Care of Your Family Treasures” will be presented by Tim Seaman. The computer group will meet at 6.

Salem Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday for a program on “The Leetonia Cherry Valley Beehive Coke Ovens: Past-Present-Future” by Bill Merdich. Joan Lora and Alma Apicella will be greeters and hostesses. For more information call 330-337-8514.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Mercer County Diabetes Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at UPMC Horizon’s Greenville, Pa., campus and at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at UPMC Horizon’s Shenango Valley Campus. The group meets the second Monday of the month at the Greenville campus and the second Tuesday of the month at the Shenango Valley campus.

Nar-anon, a 12-step program for relatives and friends who have been adversely affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, meets at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 160 Clifton NE, Howland. Newcomers should arrive at 6:45. For more information call 330-856-3822.

Salem-Lisbon La Leche League will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the WIC office, 7876 Lincole Drive, Lisbon. The topic will be “Nutrition and Weaning.” All pregnant or nursing mothers and their babies are welcome. For more information call 330-821-2585 or 330-420-0822 or visit www.lllohio.org/groups/salem-lisbon.html.

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 330-799-9660 or 330-779-0144.

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 support group meetings: cancer at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Shenango Valley campus; weight loss at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Greenville campus; Empty Arms at 6 p.m. Tuesday at WomanCare Center in Hermitage, Pa.; and breast cancer at 7 p.m. Wednesday at WomanCare Center, Hermitage.

Women of Color, a domestic violence support group, is inviting women 18 and older, to register for the group by calling the 24-hour crisis line at 330-747-4040. All calls are confidential.

VETERANS

VFW Post 3538 Auxiliary will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the post home, 157 Lowellville Road, Struthers. Officers for 2011-2012 will be elected. For more information call 330-755-2701.

VFW Triangle Post 2799 Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 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. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by noon Wednesday.