CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

NARFE Chapter 14 invites all current and retired federal employees to the first meeting of the year, at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Saxon Club, 710 S. Meridian Road. The installation of officers will take place.

Yo-Mah-O Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at The Upstairs Lounge in Austintown. The meeting will begin with dinner followed by a talk on “Office Ergonomics” by Brenda Rozenblad-Smith. A recertification point has been requested. Cost of the dinner is $15. For reservations call Mary Hake at 330-629-9147.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

McDonald Baseball Association will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

AUXILIARIES

St. Anthony’s Auxiliary will meet at noon March 14 at Bruno’s Restaurant in Boardman. Plans will be made for a Mother’s Day banquet in May. Reservations are to be made with telephone committees.

BOOSTERS

McDonald Basketball Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the high school cafeteria.

McDonald Music Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the high school.

CLASSES

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

CLUBS

Calon Lan Club of the Women’s Welsh Clubs of America will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Denny’s Restaurant on Route 224 in Boardman. Meals will be ordered from the menu. Anyone of Welsh descent or anyone interested in the Welsh culture is invited. For registration information call Patricia Gorby or Mary Jane Lewis.

College Club of Sharon will meet at 10 a.m. March 12 at First Presbyterian Church, 600 E. State St., Sharon, Pa., for a continental breakfast. The speaker will be Cynthia Hodges, area artist, who has taught in Sharon and Hermitage schools 32 years. Her realistic watercolor paintings have been exhibited at individual and juried shows, invitational exhibits and art galleries. Members, who are inviting guests, should call Laura Kubyako at 724-346-2469. For membership information call Rosann Rookey at 724-347-7224.

Greater Youngstown Monitoring Association Scanner Club will meet at 7 p.m. March 12 at Boardman United Methodist Church, 6809 Market St., Boardman. Anyone interested in scanner monitoring or amateur radio is welcome. For information contact Doug Sage at 330-717-8036 or www.gyma.org.

Inspiring Divine Designs will meet from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at St. James Episcopal Church, 7640 Glenwood Ave., Boardman, for cardmaking, scrapbooking and crafts. Hostesses will be Jo-Ann Kaschak and Sharyn Fees. There is no fee to attend. Those wishing to participate should e-mail kaschak7425@zoominternet.net or sefees@zoominternet,net so adequate materials can be prepared.

Mahoning Valley Civil War Round Table will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 14 at Antone’s Banquet Centre in Boardman. Dr. John V. Cimprich, chairman and professor in the department of history at Thomas More College, will present “Captain S.H. Foote’s 1862 Campaign Against Fort Pillow.” For more information call 330-726-7603 or visit www.mahoningvalleycwrt.com.

Mercer County Civil War Roundtable will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the headquarters of the Historical Society, 119 S. Pitt St., Mercer, Pa. At 7 p.m. Jim Carnes will present a program on the 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. Bill Philson will speak about his ancestors and their roles in the Civil War. Meetings are the second Tuesday of each month, September through May, at the headquarters. For more information call 724-662-3490.

Warren Women’s Connection will have a “Bella Day” luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 14 at DiLucia’s Banquet Room, 2610 Elm Road NE, Warren. There will be music by Tia Ciferno and a diaper shower for Bella Women’s Center. The speaker will be Meryl Bishop, originally from South Africa. The cost is $13. For reservations or free child care call Joyce Faiver, 330-539-5837, or Jan Sala, 330-638-6508 by Thursday

Youngstown Mothers of Twins Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at O’Donold’s Irish Pub in the Austintown Plaza. On March 12 the club will have its annual dinner at 6 p.m. at Rusty’s Southside Grill, where the Mother of the Year will be crowned. Husbands and guests and former Mothers of the Year are welcome. For more information contact Michele Porter at 330-530-2128. Regular meetings are the second Wednesday of each month.

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: Material Girls at 6 p.m. Thursday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 490 N. High St., Cortland, for a felt flower demonstration by Kathy Chamberlain. Contact 330-550-1215 or 330-759-1211; and Designing Women at 10 a.m. March 11 at Domestic Sewing, 2011 Youngstown SE, Warren, for a fringe flower demonstration. Contact 330-847-7386.

St. Michael Altar Guild will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the parish center following the rosary at 7 in the church. Lynda Fuller will preside. Melissa Ames of the Better Business Bureau will present a program on “Scams, Identity Theft and Fraud.” Hostesses will be Pauline Welden and Margaret Wood. Guests are welcome.

Western Reserve Knitting Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fair Park in Canfield for a surprise program by Kay Thompson. For homework members are asked to cast on 222 stitches in one color, then knit the first row in a contrasting color. Members are reminded to purchase their tickets for the March 19 tea by March 15.

Youngstown Area Weavers Guild will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Colonial Inn on Canfield Fairgrounds for a program on making a tapestry on a loom. Members are to take a sack lunch, a mug, a show-and-tell item, an object that can be used as a loom, yarn and needles. Help sessions will be scheduled at the Weaving Willow. The spinning group will meet at 7 p.m. Monday. For details call 330-261-0554 or 330-398-6938.

POLITICAL CLUBS

Trumbull County Federated Democratic Women’s Club will host a meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the SCOPE Center, 220 W. Market St., Warren. The guest speaker will be Jim Graham, a Democratic candidate for the office of the mayor of Warren

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Christian Coalition of Mercer County will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Senior Center on Buhl Farm Drive. Note change in time and place, made to accommodate the speaker, Jack Wagner, auditor general of Pennsylvania.

Girard K. of C. Ladies will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the K. of C. Hall. Plans for the night of recollection and the mother-family banquet will be discussed.

Junior Seton Circle will meet at noon Thursday at A La Cart in Canfield for a program by Janet Noel titled “Aprons.” Hostesses are Marion McDermott, Mildred McKeown, Dorothy McKeown and Ann Komara.

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

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

Washingtonville Area 40-Plus Singles will meet Wednesday at Masons in Washingtonville.

SOCIETIES

Girard Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Barnhisel House, 1011 N. State St.

Hubbard Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Hubbard Presbyterian Church. Rick Rowlands, executive director of Youngstown Steel Heritage Foundation, will present a program on the steel industry in Hubbard and the Mahoning Valley, Refreshments will be served. Anyone interested in membership should call 330-534-9533.

Poland Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Little Red School House, 4515 Center Road. The historical society is seeking new members who would like to be involved in upcoming events, such as a tentative Tour of Homes and Gardens. For more information, call 330-707-0692.

Salem Historical Society will have its monthly meeting Tuesday. The speaker will be Sarah Webster Vodrey, director of the Museum of Ceramics in East Liverpool. She will use her laptop for a colorful slideshow while presenting the program “Tantalizing Toiletware!” She will follow the short business meeting and installation of the 2011 officers beginning at 7 p.m. Serving as greeter and hostess for the evening will be Bill Ward and Nancy Fediaczko. For more information call the society at 330-337-8514.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer’s Network Family Support Group has scheduled the following meetings: Tuesday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2305 S. Canfield Niles Road, Austintown, at 7 p.m.; and Wednesday at St. Charles Church, 7345 Westview Drive, Boardman, at 7 p.m. The meetings are free. For more information call 330-788-9755 or 866-822-2101.

Mahoning County Parkinson’s Support Group will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at Park Vista North Lounge, 1310 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. Vivian Barricella, B.S.N., R.N.C., will be the guest speaker. Her topic is about ways to manage stress. The group meets from 2 to 4 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Park Vista. Free parking is available in the back lot.

Mercer County Lupus Support Group will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 17 at the UPMC Horizon WomanCare Center, 875 N. Hermitage Road, Hermitage, Pa. There will also be a meeting for “Dinner with Dr. Ed Clark/Nephrologist” from Erie at 6 p.m. March 24 at the Venango Inn, Route 19, 21217 Church St., Venango Pa. Dr. Clark will speak and a Q&A session will follow. All lupus patients, family and friends are welcome. Call Jane Lippincott at 866-292-1472 or e-mail 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 330-856-3822.

Salem-Lison La Leche League will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the WIC office, 7876 Lincole Place, Lisbon. The topic will be “The Art of Breastfeeding and Avoiding Difficulties.”

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 1060, Hubbard, will meet Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church, 22 Westview Ave. Weigh-in is from 6 to :630 p.m., and the meeting will follow. New members are welcome. For information call 330-534-4756 or 330-534-1610.

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: Tuesday, Cancer at 1 p.m. at Greenville Campus, Mercer County Diabetes at 1:30 at Shenango Vallley campus, Weight Loss at 6 p.m. at Greenville campus, and Empty Arms at 6 p.m. at Womancare Center in Hermitage; Wednesday, Mercer County Breast Cancer at 7 p.m. at Womancare Center; and March 12, Yellow Ribbon at 5 p.m. at Shenango Valley campus.

VETERANS

Veterans Outpost and Home Front will have a support meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Point Man’s LZ Refuge, 243 Main St., Leetonia, where meetings are every Tuesday. For information contact Phil Kinsey at 800-877-8387.

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