CLUB CALENDAR

ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of University Women Youngstown Branch will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Boardman Pubic Library, 7680 Glenwood Ave. “Ecosystems in the Isle of Man” will be the topic of Dr. Colleen McLean’s talk. Dr. McLean, a professor in the Department of Geology and Environmental Science at Youngstown State University, also will speak about local issues in the Mahoning Valley. For information, call 330-758-4142.

CLUBS

Canfield Republican Women’s Club dinner meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. The group will celebrate the mid-term election cycle and will be electing the 2019-20 CRWC board. Those attending may take their own beverages. Cost is $15 per person, and reservations are due by Sunday to Jacie Mettee at 330-726-0363 or email Sharon at CRWCmail@gmail.com. Spuoses and friends are encouraged to attend.

Round Table Woodcarvers meet every Thursday from 9 to 11:45 a.m. at the Senior Center, 1110 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. Anyone interested is welcome. For information, call 330-792-4355.

Western Reserve Chapter Society for Human Resource Management will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 13 at Leo’s Restaurant, 7042 E. Market St., Warren. Atty. Adam Russ will be presenting an EEO training: Understanding the Law that Cover the Workplace. This program is pending approval for one hour of general recertification credit through HR Certification Institute and for one hour of Professional Development Credits for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. Register at //wrc.shrm.org/events/2018/11/eeo-training-understanding-laws-cover-workplace. Cancellations after Nov. 9 will be invoiced. If not pre-registered for the meeting, there will be a $5 increase in cost at the door. Email jenna@hfk.org with questions or help registering.

Youngstown Baseball Oldtimers will meet at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Kramers Field Pavilion on Bears Den Road. All members are asked to attend. For information, call Dan at 330-540-8751 or Nick at 757-287-1127.

guilds

Western Reserve Knitting Guild will meet at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Rotary Community Building, Fair Park, Canfield. The evening will include a potluck dinner. Members are to take a favorite dish to share, and the guild will provide drinks, plates and utensils. The meal begins promptly at 6:30.Program will be a one-button cowl; members will need a skein of worsted or dk yarn and the appropriate needles The guild will provide the pattern. The highlight of the evening will be the first fundraiser of the year. Guild members and guests will have the opportunity to purchase a great button for their cowl. The guild will be hosting a Trunk Show featuring Dimensions Raku Fired Clay. There will be buttons, large and small, shawl pins and jewelry. For information, visit wrkg.ohio@gmail.com

leagues

GFWC Ohio Boardman-Poland Junior Women’s League will meet Monday at Glenellen Assisted Living, 9661 Market St. Boardman at 7 p.m. Members are to bring Heifer International donation boxes to be turned in to the international office. Members also are to bring items for the shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child for the Juniorettes to assemble at a later date. Hostesses for the meeting will be Joyce Martin and Sperry Rongone. The league is open to all women over 18 residing in Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties. Women interested in joining or receiving more information can contact membership chairwoman Linda Crish at 330-727-0321.

political groups

Trumbull County Federated Democratic Women’s Club will meet Monday at 6 p.m. at the Saratoga Restaurant, 129 E. Market St. Warren. The agenda will include the election of officers for 2019. Guests are welcome. Call 330-545-2023 for information.

rELIGIOUS GROUPS

Juniot Seton Circle will meet at noon Thursday for a luncheon at A La Cart in Canfield. A program about Mill Creek Park will be given by Rick Shale.

Warren Women’s Connection, an affiliate of Stoneecroft Ministries, invites all women to attend its Nov. 12 luncheon entitled ”Annual Country Fair” at Delucia’s Banquet Center, 2610 Elm Road NE from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30. The special feature will be “Country Fair” and is one of the highlights of the year. The meeting will include drawings for gift baskets, sale of baked goods and gently used items and a live auction with Brenda Jarvis as the auctioneer. The speaker will be Meryl Bishop. Reduced price for first-time visitors only is $10; all others are $13. Reservations are required by Thursday by calling Joyce at 330-539-5837 or Jan at 330-638-6508 and must be honored or cancelled by Nov. 10.

Youngstown South Christian Women’s Connection will host its 80th anniversary celebration luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Avion on the Water Banquet Center, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road, Canfield. The event will feature Chico’s Fashion Show, music and Bob Noble. The guest speaker will be Meryl Bishop on “Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone.” Cost of $14, includes lunch. Reservations are essential by Wednesday, and cancellations are required. For information, call Connie at 330-788-2340 or Patty at 330-332-2789. For seating, call Karen at 330-692-1112.

SINGLES

D.A.R.E. Singles Group meets each Thursday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road. Activities will take place as follows: 6 to 10 p.m. tonight, card night at Denny’s on Mahoning Avenue; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, bowling at Boardman Lanes; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, speaker night at the church with a program from the Office on Aging at 7:30 p.m.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer Network Family Support Groups will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Zion’s Reformed United Church of Christ, 260 Main St., Greenville, Pa.; and 10 a.m. Wednesday at Children’s Rehabilitation, 855 Howland-Wilson Road, Howland. Family members and caregivers are welcome. There is no charge. For information, call 330-788-9755.

Diabetes Partnership of the Mahoning Valley will host its final meeting of the year at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Stonebridge Grille and Tavern in Boardman. Topics will include past summer events, the Canfield Fair and another golf outing sponsored by Ankle and Foot Care Centers. November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and upcoming presentations in local schools also will be on the agenda.

Grief Share Support Group, hosted by Churchill United Methodist Church, 189 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, Liberty, meets at 6 p.m. each Thursday through Dec. 13. The meetings take place on the second floor of the church’s educational building. For information, call Janice Ferry at 330-759-1924.

Grief Recovery Instructional Support Groups will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Kelley-Robb-Cummins Funeral Home Care Center, next to the funeral home, on Main Street in Hubbard. The groups are led by Phillip Roland, grief counselor for the funeral home. For information, call Bill or Candee at the funeral home at 330-534-1952. Meetings take place each Tuesday.

NAMI Mahoning Valley offers Connections support groups for adults living with mental illness, in a discussion format, to promote self-disclosure in a safe, relaxed, supportive and confidential environment. Connections meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 6 p.m. at Alta Care Building, 142 Javit Court, Austintown. NAMI Mahoning Valley also offers Family Support Groups that provide information and support for family members and friends of individuals with mental illness. Family groups meet the first Thursday of each month at 11 a.m. at Girard Library, 105 E. Prospect St.; and the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Alta Care, 142 Javit Court. Dual Diagnosis Group meets the first and third Monday each month at the Homes for Kids office, 165 E. Park Ave., Niles. For information about the groups or other services provided, call Carrie Baun, program director, 330-727-9214 or visit www.namimv.org.

Nar-Anon, a 12-step program for relatives and friends affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, will meet at 7 p.m. Friday at Howland Community Church, 198 Niles-Cortland Road SE, Warren; and at 7 p.m. Sunday upstairs at the Sahara Club, 2345 Youngstown Road SE (state Route 422), Warren. For information, call Bill at 330-856-3822.

Next Step Group, a 12-step group to help people break the bonds of codependency, meets at 7 p.m. Mondays at the Ursuline Center, 4280 Shields Road, Canfield. There is no charge, but a $1 per meeting goodwill offering is appreciated to cover the cost of coffee and refreshments. For information, call Linda at 330-799-4941.

Overeaters Anonymous Groups have scheduled the following local meetings: 10 a.m. Saturdayat St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church Church Hall, Room 2, 4453 Warren-Sharon Road, Vienna; 7 p.m. Sunday, Shenango Presbyterian Church, 3144 Wilmington Road, New Castle, Pa.; 1 p.m. Monday, Girard Multigenerational Center, 443 Trumbull Ave., Girard; 6 p.m. Tuesday at Oxford House, 320 Benton Road, Salem; and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Liberty Presbyterian Church, 1451 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, Youngstown. All locations are handicapped accessible.

Salem Regional Medical Center will host a support group for area residents who have an ostomy as well as those who are preparing for ostomy placement. The group’s next monthly meeting will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. Nov. 12 in SRMC’s private dining room at the back of the cafeteria on the hospital’s ground floor. The Ostomy Support Group meets one Monday evening a month, and there is no cost to participate. Family members and caregivers are welcome. Pre-registration for meetings is requested. To register for the November meeting, or for a complete list of upcoming meeting dates, call Tashia Watkins, RN, BSN, CWOCN, at 330-332-7607.

TOPS 327 is seeking new members who want to Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Meeting will take place Monday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Youngstown. Weigh-in is from 5 to 5:30 p.m. with the meeting at 5:45. The first meeting is free. Guests are welcome. For information, call 330-799-3106.

TOPS 1237, Austintown, will meet Thursday at Venture Church of the CMA (Idaho Road Alliance Church), 250 Idaho Road. Weigh-in is from 4:45 to 5:15 p.m., followed by the meeting until 6. For information, call 330-758-4923.

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.

Yellow Brick Place Prostate Cancer Support meeting will take place Saturday at 10 a.m. at YBP, Suite 3. Contact Steve Burbrink at 330-270-7873. The Caregiver Support Meeting will be Nov. 10 from 11-1 p.m. at YBP, Suite 10. Contact Joyce Aleshire at 330-540-1815 and the Multiple Myeloma Support Meeting will take place Nov. 19 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Denny’s Restaurant on Belmont Avenue. Contact Matt Giambattista at 330-720-6753.

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