CLUB CALENDAR
ASSOCIATIONS
Mill Creek Chapter of ABWA will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Dinner will be Southern baked chicken, roast beef, potatoes au gratin, peas and carrots, salad, gelatin, coleslaw and dessert for$18. Reservations are due today to Darlene Demjen at 330-755-9089 or Marilyn Abramski at 330-726-2527. Chief Don Hutchinson of the Cardinal Fire Department will discuss the drug problem in Ohio.
NARFE Chapter 14 will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Saxon Club, 710 S. Meridian Road, Austintown. Connie Jones, Mahoning Valley Historical Society, will discuss the steel mills of Youngstown in the 1940s. All active and retired federal employees are invited. Light refreshments will be served. For information call 330-953-0077.
Tri-Gold Prime Time Chapter of ABWA will have its 13th anniversary celebration Wednesday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Social will begin at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6. The menu consists of a choice of stuffed flounder, chicken francaise or Swiss jardiniere steak with red-skin potatoes, glazed carrots, tossed salad, rolls and ice cream for $21.50. Judy Conti Divas will entertain. This group is a union of two former chapters, Tri County and Gold Torch and members are working or retired. For reservations, call Dee Almasy at 330-755-2943 by Saturday.
ATHLETIC GROUPS
McDonald Sideliners will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the high school. Anyone interested in becoming a member is welcome.
AUXILIARIES
St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital/St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Auxiliary will meet at noon Monday in the private dining room of St. Elizabeth Hospital on Belmont Avenue. Guest speaker will be Patty Melnykovich, director of safety, emergency management and police department of Mercy Health Youngstown. Guests will include Chief Ryan Bonacci, Officer Nick Ritchie and Mako, the canine officer.
CLUBS
College Club of Sharon will meet Saturday in the fellowship hall of First Presbyterian Church, Sharon. Hospitality will be at 10 a.m. followed by the program at 10:30. Lisa Reeves Bertin will present “Penn State’s World Campus.” Hostesses are Paula Haehnel, Nancy Gerhart, Mary Bair and Sherry O’Rourke. Any woman with a four-year or two-year degree from an accredited college or university is eligible for membership. For information on membership, call Rosann Rookey, 724-347-7224, or Patricia Meehan, 724-588-4658.
Mahoning Valley Civil War Round Table will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Sue Boardman, Gettysburg Foundation, will present a Gettysburg cyclorama painting. The dinner meeting is $14 per person, reservations are required. Call 330-757-5727 for information or visit www.mahoningvalleycwrt.com.
Mahoning Valley Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Highway Tabernacle, 3000 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown. The club meets the second Thursday of each month.
Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club will meet April 18 at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road, Cornersburg. C. Matthew Curtin, section emergency coordinator for ARESMAT, and net manager for the Central Ohio Traffic Net, will be the speaker. Call Bob Mitzel, president, at 575-910-1456 or n8rcm@wrarc.net for information.
Youngstown Mothers of Twins will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Davidson-Becker Family Life Center in Struthers. Hostesses will be Thelma Clemente, Launa Martin and Michele Porter. The program will be a Murder Mystery dinner, and election of the nominating committee will take place. New mothers of multiples are invited to attend. Plans are being made for the annual Mothers of Twins rummage sale May 6.
Youngstown Section of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. will have its monthly meeting Saturday at the McGuffey Centre, 1649 Jacobs Road, Youngstown. Executive board meets at noon, and the general meeting is at 1 p.m. Committee members for Women of Distinction Luncheon will have a photo taken at 2. Wear black and your NCNW scarves.
GROUPS
Transcendental Interest Group will have its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Park Vista North Lounge, 1310 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. Discussion will continue on comparative religions, and will feature a DVD lecture of Dr. Charles Kimball. The group is for those interested in exploring the inner way of knowing. It meets on the second Wednesday of every month, and is coordinated by Agnes Martinko. It is free and all are welcome. For information, call 330-746-2944.
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 neighborhood group meetings: Designing Women machine embroidery group will meet at 10 a.m. April 14 at Domestic Sewing, 2011 Youngstown Road, Warren. Rita will give a tutorial of her Alaska trip. For information call Shirley at 330-969-5020; Evening Cut-Ups will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Grace Church of the Nazarene, 5253 W. Webb, Austintown, to complete plans for the extravaganza. For information, call Kim at 330-545-6520; Fancy Cutters will meet at 10 a.m. Monday at Lake Vista, 303 N. Mecca St. (Route 46), Cortland. Virginia will demonstrate a reversible table runner. For information call Virginia at 330-847-7549; and Material Girls will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 490 N. High St. (Route 5), Cortland, to celebrate the group’s 12th anniversary. Take a small handmade item or technique to demonstrate with an instruction sheet for each person. For information, call Barb at 330-550-1215.
Youngstown Area Weavers Guild will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Colonial Inn at Canfield Fairgrounds. A card weaving demonstration will be given by Vickie Sanders. Take scissors, small flat shuttle and back strap, if you have one, if not we can share. Take lunch, mug and show and tell. Call 330-519-4049 or 330-898-6121 for information.
LIBRARY FRIENDS
Friends of the Boardman Library will meet Monday in the library community room. Refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m. and the program will follow at 10. “Chocolates” will be presented by Kim Kenny. Hostesses are Luanna Jacobs, Deanna Lambert and Patricia Beede. Donations of books, magazines, CDs and DVDs are collected the first and third Saturdays of the month from 9 a.m. until noon. Proceeds support the summer reading program.
POLITICAL CLUBS
Trumbull Young Democrats will meet at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Panera Bread, 5675 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles. Those 18 through 36-years old who share the ideals of the Democratic Party are invited.
RELIGIOUS GROUPS
Junior Seton Circle will meet at noon Thursday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield for a luncheon, program and meeting. Dr. Lou Zona, Butler Art Institute, will be the speaker.
Mount Carmel Society of St. Rose Church will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the lower church.
Seton III will meet at noon Thursday at the Saxon Club, 710 S. Meridian Road, Youngstown. Mayor John McNally will be the speaker. Hostesses are Mary Rita Carney, chairman, Ellen Carney and Judy Love. Mail reservations to Patty Eddy.
St. Monica Guild of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Beverly Pondillo will preside. Hostesses are Cathy Jones, Brenda Archer-Knorr, Louann Sutton-Kutlick, Janice Kutsko and Arlene Larson.
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.
SINGLES
D.A.R.E. has scheduled the following activities: 11:30 a.m. Saturday, meet at Hollywood Racino to watch the horse races; 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, volunteer at Second Harvest Food Bank; 6 p.m. Thursday, meet at Los Gallos on U.S. Route 224 in Boardman (no church meeting); and 6 p.m. April 14, meet for fish dinner at Argus Park, Canfield.
SOCIETIES
Mercer County Historical Society, 119 S. Pitt St., Mercer, Pa., will meet Tuesday for a program on the Irish Brigade, presented by Jim Carnes. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7. For information call the society at 724-662-3490, email info@mchspa.org or visit www.mchspa.org.
William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. April 15 at Kravitz’s Deli meeting room, 3135 Belmont Ave., Liberty. The program is free but donations will be accepted. Refreshments will be served, and there will be a 50-50 raffle. Tom Humphries, executive director of Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce, will share Memories of a Lifetime. Reservations are required by calling Richard Scarsella, chairman, at 330-726-8277.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Alzheimer Network Family Support Groups will meet at the following locations: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2305 S. Canfield Niles Road, Austintown; 7 p.m. Wednesday, St. Charles Church, 7345 Westview Drive, Boardman; and noon Saturday, Sunrise Assisted Living, 335 W. McKinley Way, Poland (Call 330-707-1313 to leave a reservation.) Family members and caregivers are welcome. All meetings are offered at no charge. For information call 330-788-9755.
Mahoning Valley Spinal Cord Injury Support Group will meet Monday from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Occupational-Center One Gym at Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital, 8747 Squires Lane NE, Howland. The group meets the second Monday of each month. For information or to register, call 330-841-3709.
NAMI Mahoning Valley offers support groups for those who deal with mental illness. Support groups follow: Girard Family Support, first Thursday of each monthly at 11 a.m. at the Girard Library, 105 E. Prospect St. and Austintown Family Support Group, 7 p.m. second Tuesday of each month at Alta Care, 142 Javit Court. NAMI Connection, a support group for people with a mental health diagnosis meets at the following locations: 1:30 p.m. Thursdays at Community Center, 1344 Fifth Ave., Youngstown; 6 p.m. second and fourth Mondays at Grace United Methodist Church, 1725 Drexel Ave., Warren; and 6 p.m. second and fourth Thursdays at Alta Care in Austintown. Visit namimv.org, call 330-727-9268 or e-mail staff@namimv.org for information.
Never Alone Nar-Anon Group, a 12-step program for relatives and friends affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday upstairs at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 5211 Mahoning Ave., Austintown. For information call 330-207-0845.
Overeaters Anonymous Groups have scheduled the following local meetings: 10 a.m. Saturday, St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church Hall, Room 2, 4453 Warren-Sharon Road, Vienna; 7 p.m. Sunday, Shenango Presbyterian Church, 3144 Wilmington Road (Route 18), New Castle, Pa.; 1 p.m. Monday, Girard Multigenerational Center, 443 Trumbull Ave., handicapped accessible; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Valley Care-Northside Medical Center, Medical Education Building, Auditorium A, 500 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown; and Thursday, 6 p.m. at Faith Chapel Fellowship Church, 511 E. Pershing St., Salem, and 7:30 p.m. at New Life Lutheran Church, 1181 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, Liberty. All locations are handicap accessible. For information go to www.oa.org or call Mahoning County Help Hotline at 330-747-2696, Columbiana County Help Hotline at 330-424-7767 or Lawrence County Help Hotline at 724-674-3697.
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 330-974-8450.
Youngstown Area Ostomy Support Group will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Azelea room at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center, 8401 Market St. It meets the second Tuesday of each month. The group offers education, encouragement and support to anyone whose life is affected by an ostomy. Light refreshments are provided, and parking is free. For information, call Anna Fitzgerald at 330-480-3440.
Youngstown Area PFLAG will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave., Youngstown. The support, education and advocacy organization meets the second Tuesday of each month at the church. It strives to create a society respectful of human diversity. The event is confidential and free. Parking directions and a map can be found at www.youngstownflag.org.
VETERANS
VFW Auxiliary Post 3538 will meet for its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the post home, 157 Lowellville Road, Struthers. Election of officers will take place for 2017-2018 year. For information call 330-755-2701.
VFW Triangle Post 2799 Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Springfield. For information call 330-755-2701.
Club news is published Friday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by noon Wednesday.