Friday, August 24, 2012
CLASSES
Chaney High School Class of January and June 1942 alumni will meet at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Denny’s in Austintown. Classmates and friends are welcome.
CLUBS
Mahoning Valley Cribbage Club will meet at noon Aug. 31 at St. James Church, 7640 Glenwood Ave., Boardman. New players are welcome. For information call 330-530-1254.
Round Table Woodcarvers will meet from 9 to 11:45 a.m. Thursday at the Senior Center at Park Vista, 1110 Fifth Ave. Carving lessons are free, and wood and tools will be supplied. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Visitors are welcome. For information call 330-792-4355 or 330-744-5071.
Tri-County Chapter of Medical Assistants will meet Sept. 4 at TJ’s Lounge in the Holiday Inn, Boardman. Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. with a speaker at 7. A business meeting will follow. Members, students and guests are welcome.
GUILDS
American Sewing Guild’s Southington So Sews will meet at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Southington Christian Church, state Route 534. For information call 330-538-2819.
POLITICAL CLUBS
Canfield Republican Club will meet for dinner at 6 p.m. Sept. 5 at A La Cart Catering on Lisbon Street. U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson of Marietta, R-6th, will be the speaker. Dinner is $10 per person. Call 330-533-3205 for reservations.
RELIGIOUS GROUPS
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Altar and Rosary Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church for the rosary followed by a meeting in the church hall, 618 Ohio Ave.
St. Rose Quilting Group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at 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. Singles Group, a social group for divorced, widowed and separated people, meets at 7:30 p.m. each Thursday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road. The following activities are scheduled: Monday, coffee and chat at Mocha House in Boardman, 7 p.m.; Tuesday, boccie in Boardman Park, 6 p.m.; and Wednesday, short holes golf at Mill Creek Park on McCollum Road, 6 p.m., and music by Easy Street Productions at 7.
International Parents Without Partners Portage County Chapter 600 will have a Back-to-School Days Sock Hop from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Sept. 1 at Ritchie Memorial Shelter House, 109 West Ave., Tallmadge. Cost for members is $6 and for nonmembers is $8 each. There also will be a picnic at noon Sept. 3 at the same location. Take a covered dish to share. Members and nonmembers are invited. For information or to join, call 330-699-2361 or 33-322-9559.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at Third Presbyterian Church, 1315 E. Washington St., New Castle, Pa. A light dinner will be served, and a program, “Understanding Kinship Rights,” will be presented by Janice Hassen and Darlene Sansone. Preregistration is requested. Children are welcome. Call 724-654-8370 or email sle13@psu.edu; specify the number of adults and children who will attend. The event is sponsored by Penn State Extension Lawrence County and Challenges: Options in Aging.
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 are welcome at 6:45. For 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 330-779-0144.
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 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 information call 330-759-4737.
Club news is published Friday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by noon Wednesday.