CLUB CALENDAR

ALLIANCES

Ohio Cultural Alliance will have a 6 p.m. Oct. 5 dinner meeting at the Georgetown Banquet Center, 5946 South Ave., Boardman. Dr. Y.T. Chiu will discuss “Going Places with the Ohio Cultural Alliance: Tibet.” Dr. Chiu was born in Hong Kong, moved to China during World War II, then to Taiwan. He emigrated to the Youngstown area in 1962. Cultural enrichment will be provided by Dr. Joseph Kromholtz on the violin. Cost is $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers. Mail reservations to OCA, Box 561, Canfield, OH 44406-0561 before Sept. 30. Take a non-perishable food item, which will be distributed to the St. Columba Food Pantry.

CLASSES

Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1953 will meet for a picnic luncheon at noon Monday at Austintown Township Park, 6000 Kirk Road. The cost is $12 each and guests are welcome. Take an item for the basket auction. Reservations are needed immediately by calling 330-743-8235 or 330-793-5745.

CLUBS

Friends of the Mahoning River will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Oak Hill Collaborative, 507 Oak Hill, Youngstown. Parking is in the rear of the building. The group will discuss status reports on submissions for two grants, one to win a printer from ComDoc and another for the purchase of water quality testing equipment from the Western Reserve Land Conservancy. Committees will give updates. Any who share the group’s mission of advocating for improving the quality of the Mahoning River are welcome. Call Patricia Natali Dunbar for information.

Kent State University Mothers Club will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at The Fireplace, 2075 E. Western Reserve Road, Poland. Hostesses will be Susan Campbell and Jayne Boucherle. Discussion will take place on membership. For information call Rose Maczko, 755-0528.

Round Table Woodcarvers meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 to 11:45 a.m. at the Senior Center,1110 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. Visitors are welcome to watch and or learn. For information call 330-792-4355 or 330-744-5071. A demonstration of their work also will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Old Mill in Mill Creek MetroParks.

GUILDS

Embroiderers Guild of America, Youngstown Chapter, will meet Tuesday at the IOOF Hall, 111 S. Broad St., Canfield. A morning session is 10 a.m. to noon and an evening session is 7:30 to 9 p.m. Each general meeting will be followed by a beaded leaf pendant project. Guests are welcome. For information visit www.youngstown-ega.com.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

Friends of the Austintown Library will gather at 10 a.m. Sept. 28 in the community room of the library, 600 S. Raccoon Road. Jim Sutman, director of Iron and String Life Enhancement Inc. the parent company of The Purple Cat, will be the speaker. Sutman’s organization is dedicated to enhancing the lives of the disabled through activities such as holiday parties, local sporting events, dances, weekend trips, camping and Corner in Girard.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

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.

Kiwanis Club of Western Mahoning County meets at 6 p.m. each Wednesday at A La Cart Catering, 429 Lisbon St., Canfield. Guests and new members are welcome. The speaker will be Kevin Stefko, vice president of SenSource Inc.

New Struthers Lions Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Dona Vito’s Italian Grille, 139 S. Bridge St., Struthers. Mike Bosella, program director for Youngstown Radio Reading Service will be the speaker. Service-minded Struthers residents 18 and older are urged to attend. For information, contact Bob Whited at 330-792-7907 or olebert1@aol.com.

SINGLES

D.A.R.E. meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman Canfield Road. The following activities are scheduled: 5 p.m. Saturday, Johnny Appleseed Festival at the square in Lisbon; 7 p.m. Monday, meet at Dairy Queen in Cornersburg for dessert; 6 p.m. Tuesday, play boccie in Boardman Park; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, meet at Route 224 to walk at Mill Creek Park walking trail; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, annual business meeting; 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 25, card night at Denny’s on Route 224.

SOCIETIES

Lake Milton Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at Milton Town Hall. Election of officers will take place by existing members.

Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will gather at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the ministry building at St. Charles Church, 7325 Westview Drive, Boardman. Sean Posey, a genealogist historian, will present a program discussing local history and areas of interest near Youngstown State University and other outlying communities. The society’s computer interest group will meet from 6 to 6:45 p.m. For information visit www.mahoningcountychapterogs.org.

Mahoning Valley Accounting Society will meet Tuesday at A La Cart Catering, 429 Lisbon St., Canfield. Atty. Alan D. Wenger, Harrington Hoppe & Mitchell Ltd., will be the speaker. There will be an oil and gas industry update. Registration will be at 5:45 p.m. and the seminar begins at 6. The cost is $15 for members, $20 for nonmembers, and dinner is included. For information, call Jack Vacca, treasurer, at 330-533-1700.

World War II Heritage Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Roy Gallatin of Minerva, a Marine gunner who served on the Princeton, will share his experiences of World War II in the Pacific following the buffet dinner. Reservations are required today by calling David Frank at 330-757-0515.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer Network Family Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Emmanuel Lutheran Education Building, 251 S. Broadway Ave., Salem. The meetings are open to family members and caregivers of persons afflicted with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. For information call 330-788-9755.

Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group meetings follow: 2 p.m. Monday, Antonine Sister’s Adult Day Care Center, 2675 N. Lipkey Road, North Jackson; and 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Canfield United Methodist Church, 27 S. Broad St., Canfield. The meetings are free to all caregivers, family members and friends with a loved one living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. For information, call the Greater East Ohio Area Alzheimer’s Association at 800-272-3900.

F.O.C.U.S, a breast cancer support group, will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road, Cornersburg, to celebrate the group’s 28th anniversary. Call the restaurant at 330-793-0033 for directions or 330-533-9984 for information. All breast cancer survivors and caregivers are encouraged to attend.

Never Alone Nar-Anon Group, a 12-step program for relatives and friends affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, meets at 7 p.m. every Wednesday upstairs at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 5211 Mahoning Ave., Austintown. For information call 330-207-0845.

Parents Without Partners Portage County Chapter 600, a single parent support group, will have an Oktoberfest themed German-style dinner from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3, and its monthly dance from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the Ritchie Memorial Shelter House, 109 West Ave., Tallmadge. Music will be provided by DJ Mel. The cost is for dinner is $7 per person, and the dance is $6 for members or $8 for nonmembers. For information and dinner reservations, call 330-571-3801 or 330-322-9559 by Sept. 30.

R-Weigh Weight Support Groups will meet on Mondays at First Friends Church, 1028 Jennings Ave., Salem. Afternoon weigh-in is from 1 to 1:30 p.m. and the meeting will follow at 1:45. Evening weigh-ins are from 5 to 6 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6:45. The first meeting is free. Guests are welcome. For information call 330-337-6889.

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 to 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6:45. 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. 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 Community Room at the Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect St. Weigh-in is from 9:15 to 10 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 330-507-3126.

VETERANS

American Legion Post 560 will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Belleria on McCartney Road.

VFW Post 6488 Ladies Auxiliary will meet at 4 p.m. Sunday at the post home, 2065 Coitsville-Hubbard Road. Sandra Graves will preside, and Cheryl Eaton, 8th district president, will inspect the auxiliary. Dues are now payable. The auxiliary and Love and Loyal Expression group will participate in cancer awareness during the month of October. A social hour will follow. All members are encouraged to attend.

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