CLUB CALENDAR

AUXILIARIES

• Auxiliary of St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital/ St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital will meet at noon Monday in the private dining room at St. Elizabeth Youngstown on Belmont Avenue. Guest speaker will be volunteer manager Rita Havas, who will present a Mercy Health update and safety training.

CLASSES

• The Rayen School Class of 1959 will meet for its monthly luncheon at noon Wednesday at Stonebridge Grille & Tavern, 1497 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. All classmates, spouses and guests are welcome. The group meets the third Wednesday of each month.

• South High School Class of 1953 will have a monthly luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Johnny’s in Boardman. All classmates and guests are welcome. No reservations are needed. Those interested in attending may call Ray Melewski at 330-792-2434.

CLUBS

• College Club of Sharon will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in the fellowship hall of First Presbyterian Church. The group will meet for hospitality, and the meeting and program will follow at 10:30 a.m. President Barbara Clawson will recognize 50-year members Joan Feeney, Thalia Heiges and Sarah Writt. Dr. Erica Pascale, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy and clinical pharmacist at Millcreek Community Hospital in Erie, Pa., will discuss “Prescription Drugs and You.” The talk will focus on Pascale’s interests of hospital pharmacy, internal medicine and critical care, and she will share the benefits, challenges and what to watch for in the use of prescription medicine. Hostesses are Kenda Hoovler, Janet Kurtanich and Roselene Yambrovich.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, Mahoning Chapter, will meet Monday at A La Cart Catering. Carol Flowers, Ohio State CWH Trustee for DAR, will discuss the Christian Waldschmidt Homestead. The Old Stone House of Waldschmidt and property was deeded to the Ohio DAR on March 11, 1941. This month, the group will celebrate its 75 years since acquiring the structure. Reservations are required; call Dolores today at 330-792-1038.

• Newcomers of Mahoning Valley will have a luncheon and meeting at 11:30 a.m. March 23 at Davidson’s Restaurant in Austintown. There will be a surprise speaker. Plans are being made for a book club, needlework, girls day out for lunch and a movie, and Roundtowners, for a chance to try out a different restaurant. For information about Newcomers or for luncheon reservations, call Amy at 330-953-3349 or Jorine at 330-757-7212.

• Toastmasters Club will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Christ Episcopal • Church, 2627 Atlantic St. NE, Warren. For information call Ken Shellito at 330-373-6113.

• Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club will gather for a dinner at 6 p.m. and meeting at 7 on Tuesday at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road. Guest speakers will be president Ron Novak and vice president Greg Ricker of the Greater Youngstown Monitoring Association (Scanner Club). For information contact WRARC president Bob Mitzel at 575-910-1456 or n8rcm@wrarc.net.

COUNCILS

• Youngstown Council of Catholic Nurses will meet at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Manor, 3104 S. Canfield-Niles Road, Austintown. Program will be “Lent: Reflections and Questions” by Monsignor Peter Polando.

• Youngstown Section of the National Council of Negro Women will meet Saturday at McGuffey Centre, 1649 Jacobs Road, Youngstown, for an executive board meeting at noon and general meeting at 1 p.m. Tickets will be distributed for the Women of Distinction luncheon on May 21.

GUILDS

• Holborn Herb Growers Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Colonial Inn at the Canfield Fairgrounds. Bridget Beck will host a program on garden design. Hostesses are Lois Martin-Uscianowski, Shirley Szabo and Carol Check.

• Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following neighborhood group meetings: Fancy Cutters will gather at 10 a.m. Monday at Lake Vista, 303 N. Mecca St., Cortland, to share embroidery hints. For information call Virginia at 330-847-7549. Evening Cut Ups will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Grace Church of Nazarene, 5253 W. Webb, Austintown, to make a sharpie kit scarf. There is a kit fee of $7. Call Kim at 330-545-6520. Howland Happy Stitchers will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Living Lord Lutheran Church, 851 Niles-Cortland Road, Howland. There will be a slippers demonstration by Nancy Adgate. Call Carol at 330-856-4827. Sewphisticates will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Shepherd of the Valley, 4100 N. River Road NE, Warren. The fit nice system will be continued, and details will be e-mailed. Call Diane at 234-855-7610. Austintown Stitch and Share meets at 10 a.m. Thursday at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road, Austintown. They will work on a community service project. Information is available from Pam at 330-533-7445. Material Girls will gather at 6 p.m. Thursday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 490 N. High St., Cortland. Patti Augustine will demonstrate a project. Call Barb at 330-550-1215.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

• Friends of the Boardman Library will meet Monday in the library’s community room. Refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m. Tom Welsh will present a program, “The Jews of Youngstown,” at 10. Hostesses are Esther Bertch, Amy Sposato and Mary Ann Fees. Take donations of books, magazines, CDs, and DVDs from 9 a.m. to noon the first and third Saturday of the month; proceeds support the summer reading program.

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.

• McDonald Lions Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday on the second floor of Woodland Park Retirement Center, 550 Ohio Ave.

SINGLES

• D.A.R.E. meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road. The following activities also are scheduled: 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, D.A.R.E. sock hop at the Saxon Club pavilion in Austintown; 7 p.m. Monday, meet at Dairy Queen in Cornersburg for dessert; 7 p.m. Tuesday, bar bingo at Saxon Club; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, walking in the Southern Park Mall, meet in the food court; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, wearing of the green night at the church; and 6 to 10 p.m. March 18, card night at Denny’s on Route 224.

SOCIETIES

• Mahoning Valley Dahlia Society will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church, 1463 Shields Road. Guests will learn how to do dahlia cuttings and watch a DVD on growing dahlias. For information call Harriet Chandler at 330-550-6342.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Alzheimer Network Family Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at St. John Orthodox Church, 322 Struthers-Liberty Road, Campbell; 6 p.m. Tuesday at Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect St.; 7 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of the Lakes, St. Catherine Family Center, 1254 Grandview Road, Lake Milton; and 10 a.m. March 18 at Canfield Christian Church, 123 S. Broad St. Meetings are open to family members and caregivers of people afflicted with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. For information call 330-788-9755.

• Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Trumbull Memorial Hospital, 1350 E. Market St., conference room 1, 2, 3, Warren. The meetings are free to all caregivers, family members and friends with loved ones living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. For information call the Greater East Ohio Area Alzheimer’s Association at 800-272-3900.

• Mahoning County Fibromyalgia Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Denny’s Restaurant, 4927 Mahoning Ave., Austintown. No reservations are required. Diana Burns will preside. Program topic will be “When Others Don’t Understand.” For information or questions, call Burns at 330-565-6012.

• Nar-Anon, a 12-step program for relatives and friends affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, meets at 7 p.m. every Friday at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 160 Clifton Drive NE, Howland. For information call 330-856-3822.

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

• R-Weigh Weight Support Groups 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 6:15. The first meeting is free. Guests are welcome. The club is an all-volunteer, nonprofit group of women helping women to lose weight. All money paid in goes back to the members in incentives to lose weight. For information call 330-337-6889 or 330-793-1587.

• 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.

• Survivors of Suicide in Mahoning County will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. This support group is for families who have lost a loved one to suicide. For information call Help Hotline Crisis Center at 330-747-2696.

• 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, Youngstown, will meet from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Maron Church, 1555 S. Meridian Road, Youngstown. New members are welcome; the first meeting is free. For information call 330-507-3126.

VETERANS

• VFW Auxiliary Post 3538 will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the post home, 157 Lowellville Road. A social event will follow the meeting. For information call 330-755-2701.

• VFW Triangle Post 2799 Men’s Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 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.