CLUB CALENDAR

ASSOCIATIONS

Trumbull Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon Tuesday at Ciminero’s Banquet Centre, 123 N. Main St., Niles. Ten students from nine Trumbull County Public Schools will be introduced as the 2011 TRTA scholarship recipients. Entertainment will be a salute to the flag by members of Trumbull Senior Production Co. To attend the meeting, make reservations by sending $11 to Mary Novotny, 5799 Sarah Ave. NW, Warren, OH 44483. Checks are to be made payable to TRTA.

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.

AUXILIARIES

Auxiliary to the VFW Post 3538 will have its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the post home, 157 Lowellville Road, Struthers. A social will follow. For information call 330-755-2701.

St. Elizabeth Health Center Auxiliary will meet at noon Monday at St. Edward Church’s Vincentian Hall for a luncheon and meeting.

Triangle VFW Post 2799 Auxiliary, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Springfield, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the post home.

CLUBS

Antique Tractor Club of Trumbull County has scheduled a tractor ride for Saturday. The ride will be caravan-style through some of the townships of Trumbull County and end with a picnic lunch at the Schwartz Farm on Everett Hull Road. Everyone should take a covered dish to share and eating utensils. A wagon also will be available for use. Those attending must be a member with dues up to date; or you can join that day. The caravan will leave from the club’s grounds by 12:30 p.m. For more information call Terry Taylor at 330-637-8946.

Chapter CE of PEO Sisterhood will meet at noon Wednesday at A La Cart in Canfield for a lunch and meeting. The program will be convention reports, and speakers will be Kathryn Adams and Lisa Velker. Hostesses will be Lynn Doyle Pentworth and Karen Dennison.

Poland Women’s Club will have its second annual picnic at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Fellows Riverside Gardens, Mill Creek Park. The cost is $25 per person, and guests are welcome. Your check is your reservation.

GUILDS

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following meetings: Fancy Cutters at 10 a.m. Monday at Lake Vista, 303 N. Mecca St. (Route 46), Cortland; Lenore Antonelli will demonstrate piping; contact 330-847-4827. Evening Cut Ups at 7 p.m. Monday at Grace Church of the Nazarene, 5253 W. Webb Road, Austintown, to work on Christmas favors and centerpieces; contact 330-545-6520 or 330-652-5564. Austintown Stitch and Share at 10 a.m. Thursday at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road, Austintown; Lynn Price will demonstrate Vogue No. V7862 purse/shoulder bag with invisible zippers; contact 330-533-7445.

Western Reserve Knitting Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fair Park in Canfield. Elizabeth Dailey will teach a lace pattern. Members are to take size 8 double-pointed needles and knitting worsted-weight yarn. Patterns will be furnished. The sock challenge will be judged at this meeting.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

Friends of the Boardman Library will meet at noon Monday for the annual June luncheon. Monthly meetings will resume in September. Friends will continue to accept donations of paperbacks, hard cover books, magazines, children’s books and DVDs through the summer from 10 a.m. to noon on the first and third Saturdays of each month. It is requested that no textbooks or encyclopedias be donated.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Christian Coalition of Mercer County will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the First Assembly of God Church on North Keel Ridge Road, Hermitage, Pa. A brief meeting will precede the speaker, Mickey Paoletta, with a question and answer session to follow. Paoletta, a Sharon native, is the founder of The Citizens’ Reform Center, now in 44 states. Refreshments and fellowship will follow the meeting.

Court Bishop James McFadden 1650, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, will have its annual indoor picnic and last regular meeting of the year at 1 p.m. June 23 at The Elmton Restaurant, 584 5th St., Struthers. Those attending will order from the menu. Guests are welcome. Hostesses will be Joann Reilley and Barbara Rook. A brief business meeting will take place after the luncheon. Reservations are to be made to Reilley by calling 330-448-0042. To join, call Jean Puhalla at 330-792-0268.

McDonald Knights of Columbus will meet at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the K. of C. Hall, Illinois Avenue.

St. Anthony’s Society and Auxiliary of Struthers will honor the Feast of St. Anthony on Monday with a Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Nicholas Church in Struthers, followed by a luncheon in St. Anthony’s Hall. Reservations are to be made to telephone committee members. The society will honor two students, Emily Gabriele and Amanda Vasvari, with John Spano and Frank Quattro Scholarships to Youngstown State University. Arlene DeChellis and Robert Domico are chairmen of the event.

St. Monica Guild of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Youngstown, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Patti Rossi will preside. Hostesses are Mary La Vaglio, Ann Leone, Diana Leone, Judi Mascardine and Mary Maytas.

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

Leetonia Area 40-Plus Singles will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Heck’s Restaurant, 610 E. Park Ave., Columbiana.

SOCIETIES

Historical Society of McDonald will meet between 10 and 10:15 p.m. Thursday in the community room at the post office building.

Mahoning Valley Dahlia Society will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Davis Education Center in Fellows Riverside Gardens, Mill Creek MetroParks. David Goerig, an Ohio State University Extension Educator, will provide a program on pesticides, insecticides and dahlia garden pests.

SUPPORT GROUPS

D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, meets every Thursday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, across from Giant Eagle on Route 224. The following activities are planned: Monday, bike riding at 6 p.m., meet at Kirk Road bike trail parking lot; Tuesday, boccie at 6 p.m. at Boardman Township Park; Wednesday, walking at 6 p.m. at Mill Creek Park, meet at Dr. Shah’s lot; Thursday, strawberry ice cream social at 7:30 p.m. at the church; June 17,. miniature golf at 7 p.m. at the Skate Zone, Austintown.

Marijuana Anonymous, a 12-step recovery program for people addicted to the drug, meets each Sunday at 4:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall, 2555 Rush Blvd., Youngstown.

Mercer County Lupus Support Group will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at 740 Hazen Road, Sharpsville, Pa. One of the group members will demonstrate how to make ginger candy to soothe the stomach. All lupus patients as well and family and friends who support them are welcome. Call Jane Lippincott at 866-292-1472 or email erieinfo@lupuspa.org if you plan to attend.

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 330-219-5257.

Recovery Inc., a self-help mental-health group, will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. For more information call 330-747-1176.

Salem-Lisbon La Leche League, a breast-feeding support group, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the W.I.C. office, 7876 Lincole Place, Lisbon. The topic for discussion will be “Baby Arrives: The Family and the Breast-fed Baby.” All pregnant or nursing mothers and their babies are welcome. For more information or help breast-feeding your baby, call 330-821-2585 or 330-420-0822 or visit the website at www.lllohio.org/groups/salem-lisbon.html.

Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center, 40722 state Route 154, Lisbon. For more information call 330-424-7767. This support group is for families who have lost a loved one to suicide.

Survivors of Suicide in Mahoning County will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. For more information call 330-747-2696.

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 groups: Diabetes, 6 p.m. Monday at UPMC Horizon Greenville campus and at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at UPMC Horizon’s Shenango Valley campus; Cancer, 1 p.m. Tuesday at Greenville Campus; Weight Loss Surgery, 6 p.m. Tuesday at Greenville campus; Empty Arms, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Womancare Center, 875 N. Hermitage Road, Hermitage, Pa.; Pulmonary Hypertension, 2 p.m. Thursday, Shenango Valley campus; Lupus, 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Womancare Center.

ValleyCare Health System has scheduled the following: Mahoning Valley Spinal Cord Injury Support Group will meet from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday in the Occupational Therapy Department at Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital. All spinal cord injury patients and their family and friends are welcome. For more information call Rick Ackerman at 330-550-3616 or email Bird196@aol.com. Cancer Caregiver Support Group will meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Northside Medical Center Regional Referral Building Radiation Oncology Department. All caregivers are welcome. Call 330-652-0071 for more information.

Club news is published Friday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by noon Wednesday.