CLUB CALENDAR

ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of University Women, Youngstown Branch, will meet at 10 a.m. May 13 at Ohio Living Park Vista, 1216 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, in the gathering room. After the continental breakfast and business meeting, Liz Rubino will speak. Hostesses are Dr. Melissa Smith, Mary Allgood and Mary Ann Allgood. College graduates are welcome. For information, call 330-702-0567.

Tri-Gold Prime Time Chapter of ABWA will meet Wednesday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. The social will begin at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be at 6. The menu will include beef tips and noodles and pork chops with stuffing for $19. The program will be “Sayings from 16th Century Living.” Call Dolores Brindle at 330-757-9368 for reservations.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

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

McDonald Sideliners will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the high school. Those interested in becoming a member are welcome.

AUXILIARIES

St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital/St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Auxiliary will meet at noon Monday in the private dining room at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital on Belmont Avenue. Lou Vega will be the speaker.

CLUBS

Mahoning Valley Civil War Round Table will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Daniel Davis will discuss “Upton’s Attack at the Battle of Spotsylvania.” The cost is $14 and reservations are required. Call 330-757-4727 for information or visit www.mahoningvalleycwrt.com.

Newcomers Club of Canfield will have installation of officers at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Johnny’s Restaurant, 7807 Market St., Boardman. For reservations, call Sara Dysert at 330-720-2265.

Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club will meet at 6 p.m. May 16 at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road, Cornersburg. Bill Fraedrich will speak on Morse code, its usage and history. Contact Bob Mitzel, president, at 575-910-1456 or n8rcm@wrarc.net for information.

COUNCILS

Youngstown Section of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. will have its monthly meeting May 13 at the McGuffey Centre, 1649 Jacobs Road, Youngstown. Executive board meets at noon, and the general meeting is at 1 p.m. Tickets are available for the fifth annual Women of Distinction luncheon May 27.

GROUPS

World War II Heritage Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. May 15 at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. A meeting will follow. Donald Brooks, U.S. Army First Lt., Ret., will share his experiences in the Pacific during WW II. The cost is $14 and reservations are due May 12. Call David Frank at 330-757-0515.

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. Friday at Domestic Sewing, 2011 Youngstown Road, Warren. 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 Road, Austintown. FitNice pants will be demonstrated. Take tracing paper, tape, pen, pencil and tape measure. For information, call Kim at 330-545-6520; Fancy Cutters will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lake Vista, 303 N. Mecca St. (state Route 46), Cortland. It will be a road trip to Kent State Museum. 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., Cortland. There may be a kit fee and supply list. For information, call Barb at 330-550-1215.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

Friends of the Boardman Library will meet Monday at 9:30 a.m. for refreshments and a meeting at 10 in the library community room. The speaker will be Dr. Adam Earnheardt. Donations of books, magazines, CDs and DVDs are collected from 9 a.m. to noon on the first and third Saturday of the month. All proceeds support the summer reading program.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Junior Seton Circle will meet at noon Thursday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield for a luncheon, program and meeting. Sister Patricia from the Beatitude House will be the speaker.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society of St. Rose Church will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the lower church.

Seton III will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Johnny’s Restaurant, 7807 Market St., Boardman. Hostesses will be Joyce Petrunia, Helen Golden and Mary Angela Phillipone. Members will be contacted by the phone committee.

St. Monica Guild of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Beverly Pondillo will preside. Hostesses are Alexis Mackie, Judi Mascardine, Cathy Mastropietro and Nancy McGarry.

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.

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. has scheduled the following activities: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, volunteer at Second Harvest Food Bank; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, speaker night will feature Amy Klumpt, Mahoning County Alcohol Board, at Disciples Christian Church, Boardman; and 6:30 p.m. May 12, meet in the lobby of Regal Cinema, Austintown.

SOCIETIES

Lake Milton Historical Society will tour Springfield Township Historical Society, 14118 Youngstown-Pittsburgh Road, Petersburg, on Thursday. The tour will begin at 10:30 a.m.

Lawrence County Historical Society, 408 N Jefferson St., New Castle, Pa., will host a program about Dante DiThomas and his 50 suitcases at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The speaker is Dr. Thomas Zumpella. The program is free. For information, call 724-658-4022.

Mercer County Historical Society, 119 S. Pitt St., Mercer, Pa., will present a program of music from the Civil War on Tuesday. 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.

Salem Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Dale Shaffer meeting room of Salem Public Library, 239 S. Lundy Ave. Phil Harlan will present “The Brader Experience,” based on pencil drawings of 19th century farm life. Refreshments will be provided by Dixie Gordon and Joan Lora. For information, call the society at 330-337-8514.

Springfield Township Historical Society, 14118 Youngstown-Pittsburgh Road, Petersburg, will host Cathy Mespar at 7 p.m. Tuesday. She will present Civil War medical practices and procedures. Refreshments will be served . For information, call Zonda Haase at 330-542-9810.

Struthers Historical Society will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Poland Historical Society’s Little Red School House, 4515 Center Road, Lowellville. A brief meeting will be followed by a tour of the museum.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer Network Family Support Groups will meet at the following locations: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2305 S. Canfield Niles Road, Austintown; 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Church, 7345 Westview Drive, Boardman. Family members and caregivers are welcome. All meetings are offered at no charge. For information call 330-788-9755.

Diabetes Partnership of the Mahoning Valley will meet at 6:30 p.m. May 15 at Stonebridge Grille and Tavern in Boardman. There will be discussion of upcoming events.

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.

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 Howland Community Church, 198 Niles-Cortland Road SE, Warren, and at 7 p.m. every Sunday upstairs at the Sahara Club, 2345 Youngstown Road SE, Warren. For information call Bill at 330-856-3822.

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 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 at Humility House 755 Ohltown Road, Austintown. 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.youngstownpflag.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. For information call 330-755-2701.

VFW Triangle Post 2799 Ladies’ 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.