CLUB CALENDAR

ALLIANCES

Ohio Cultural Alliance will have a dinner meeting at 6 p.m. March 5 at the McKinley Memorial, 40 N. Main St., Niles. Michael Wilson will portray and discuss former U.S. President William McKinley. Membership costs $25 per person, and the cost of each meeting is $15 per paidup member and $20 for each nonmember. Reservations may be mailed to OCA, P.O. Box 561, Canfield, OH 44406, by Feb. 28. Those attending are encouraged to take nonperishable food items, which will be given to the Gleaners Food Bank.

ASSOCIATIONS

Columbiana and Mahoning County Beekeepers Association will meet Sunday at the MetroParks Farm. A potluck lunch at 1 p.m. will precede the meeting at 2.

BOOSTERS

Girard High School Athletic Boosters will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the high school cafeteria.

CLASSES

South High School Class of 1953 will have a monthly luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Johnny’s in Boardman. All classmates are welcome. No reservations are needed.

CLUBS

Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road, Canfield. Sam DiRocco and Harry Harker, members of the Mahoning Valley Astronomical Society, will present information about their organization as well as an overview on light and radio astronomy. For information call Allan Avnet (AB8AA) at 330-549-3051 or email ab8aa@arrl.net.

Youngstown Chapter of the International Torch Clubs will host speaker John Fockler Jr. at its dinner-discussion meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in the Bresna- han Rooms 1 & 2 in Kilcawley Center, on the campus of Youngstown State University. His presentation, “Coming to Grips with Remembering the Civil War,” will follow dinner. The public is invited. Dinner for nonmembers is $18. To make dinner reservations call 330-757-4148, or to learn more about the club call 330-792-7351.

GUILDS

Howland Happy Stitchers of the American Sewing Guild Niles Chapter Neighborhood Groups will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Living Lord Lutheran Church, 851 Niles-Cortland Road, Warren. The Sit & Sew project will be comfort caps. Take fleece or T-shirt material 20 inches by 36 inches. For information call 330-856-4827 or 330-847-9813.

Holborn Herb Growers Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Colonial Inn on the Canfield Fairgrounds. Kathy Bennett, Canfield Fair Board director, will be the guest speaker. Hostesses are Carole Check, Lois Martin-Uscianowski and Carol Martyn-Dow.

LODGES

Croatian Lodge 598 will meet at 12:45 p.m. Sunday in the community room at the post office building, 550 Ohio Ave., McDonald.

POLITICAL CLUBS

League of Women Voters of Trumbull County will have its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Howland Branch Library’s community room, 9095 E. Market St. The meeting is open to anyone wishing to join. The program speaker will be Nick Kerosky, director of Trumbull County Children Services. For information call Membership Chairwoman Kirsten Berkey at 330-638-7536.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

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

St. Rose Quilting Group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the parish house.

Youngstown South Christian Women’s Connection is taking reservations for a “Spring Ahead” luncheon. The event will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. March 14 at Avion on the Water Banquet Center, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road, Canfield. The reservation deadline is March 7. The program will feature “Sweet D Bites” online bakery with Deanna Fusillo, music by Bob Noble, and guest speaker Theresa Herr, whose topic will be “Victory Over Rejection.”

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 planned: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, bowling at Boardman Lanes; 7 p.m. Tuesday, dance classes at Judy Conti’s; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Chili Cook-Off at the church; 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24, lobby of Movies 8, Shops at Boardman Park.

SOCIETIES

Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Charles Church Ministry Building, 7325 Westview Drive, Boardman. Members are asked to take a family treasure to share. The computer interest group will meet at 6 p.m. For information visit the web site at www.mahoningcountychapterogs.org.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Asperger’s Group of Northeast Ohio will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Canfield Presbyterian Church, 140 W. Main St. The meeting is open to adults with Asperger’s over the age of 16, their families and loved ones, and anyone else interested in learning about the disorder. Melissa Toot, program manager for the Customized Employment Program at Compass Family & Community Services, will speak on vocational services and programs that assist individuals with disabilities in obtaining and maintaining employment. For information about the group contact Jane Perrett at 330-533-1287, 330-360-7003 or jpperrett@zoominternet.net.

Bereaved Parents of the USA, Mahoning County-Youngstown Chapter of a national nonprofit self-help group that offers support, understanding and hope to bereaved parents and other family members, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Park Vista, 1216 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. For information about the chapter, call Diane Hunter-Copeland, at 330-770-2686.

F.O.C.U.S. Breast Cancer Support Group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Eat’n Park in Austintown.

Mended Hearts, a support group for heart survivors and their families, will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Azalea Room at St. Elizabeth Health Center, Boardman Campus. Dr. Steven Sheakoski, anesthesiologist, will speak on pain management. For information contact Joe Clark at 330-702-8859. A speakers bureau is available at no charge. For available dates call Lee Meadows, 330-793-2531.

Myeloma Family Support Group, for those diagnosed with myeloma, their adult friends and family members, will meet from 6:30 to 7:30 Monday at Denny’s, 4020 Belmont Ave., Youngstown.

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.

Overeaters Anonymous will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Education Building (Auditorium A) at Northside Medical Center, 500 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown. For information call 330-565-8876.

Reformers Unanimous, a national Christ-centered addictions program headquartered in Rockford, Ill., meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays at Glenwood Christian Fellowship, 7872 Glenwood Ave., Boardman. The program is open to all adults who struggle with an addiction or a stubborn habit.

Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center, 40722 state Route 154, Lisbon. This support group is for families who have lost a loved one to suicide. For information call Help Hotline Crisis Center at 330-424-7767.

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 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.

UPMC Horizon has scheduled the following support group meetings: Monday, Bereavement at 7 p.m., Greenville, Pa., campus; and Tuesday, Cancer at 1 p.m. at Shenango Valley campus and Weight Loss Surgery, 6 p.m. at Womancare Center, 875 N. Hermitage Road, Hermitage, Pa.

Youngstown Area PFLAG will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Stonewall Center, 1523 Poland Ave., Youngstown. All members of the LGBT community and their advocates are welcome.

VETERANS

Auxiliary to VFW Post 6488, 2065 Coitsville-Hubbard Road, Youngstown, will meet at 4 p.m. Sunday at the post home. Officers and members are asked to attend; a report on the midwinter conference will be given by Sandy Graves, president.

VFW Triangle Post 2799 Men’s Auxiliary will meet at 8 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.