CLUB CALENDAR

associations

Mahoning Valley Amateur Radio Association is celebrating 100 years of amateur radio this year. The club is asking any former members or anyone with information about former members to reply. The club also is requesting pictures and old newsletters that will be used during the yearlong celebration. Contact the MVARA at mvara.w8qly@gmail.com.

AUXILIARIES

VFW Triangle Post 2799 Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Springfield.

CLUBS

Altrusa Club of Youngstown will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Holiday Inn in Boardman. Guest speaker Marcus Hernandez will discuss a kindergarten through fifth-grade school in the Dominican Republic, and a business meeting will follow. The club’s mission is to promote literacy in the community. New members are welcome. For information, call Carole McWilson at 330-518-2542.

Friendly Squares Dance Club will host a dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Niles SCOPE Center, 14 E. State St., Niles. Gene Hammond will be the caller, and Frankie Hammond will cue the line dances. This will be a high/low dance with alternating tips for new dancers currently taking lessons and tips for more experienced dancers. Dress is casual, and light refreshments will be served. Cost is $6 per person at the door. For information, call Gene Hammond at 330-506-3370.

NARFE Chapter 14 will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Saxon Club. All active and retired federal employees are welcome. Call 330-953-0077 for information.

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.

Tri-Gold Prime Time Chapter of ABWA will have luncheon at A La Cart Catering in Canfield at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Lunch will be served at 1:15. A buffet menu of creamed chicken on biscuit, Swiss steak, parsley potatoes, peas and carrots, tossed salad and ice cream with syrup will be available. Cost is $18. The meeting time will return to 6 p.m. starting with the anniversary meeting in April. For reservations or information, call Mary Lou at 330-533-8730.

Trumbull County Travel Club will sponsor a motor coach mini vacation to Holland, Mich., from May 7 to 9. Holland, located on Lake Macatawa, plants millions of blooming tulips which will greet members in this town named the “Best Small Town Festival” in the USA. Reflecting on the area’s Dutch heritage, Windmill Island is on the agenda as well as the DeKlomp Wooden Shoe & Delft Factory tour. There will be time to experience traditional Klompen, photograph the Big Red Lighthouse and sit in comfortable seats for the Volks-parade. Two breakfasts and two dinners are included along with the Fiddle Fire Show and the Dazzle Dinner Theater. The Travel Club is open to anyone who wishes to travel and make new friends. There are no fees to join. The club has been together since 2000 and consists of people over 21. Members meet twice a year at area sites to discuss upcoming trips. All trips leave from one site and use motor coaches, trains, air and sometimes incorporate cruises. To receive literature on the Holland trip, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the secretary. For information, call Peggy at 330-856-5398. In September, the club will head west to Rapid City, S.D. April and June day trips are on the agenda. Some seats remain available for the April and June trips.

USA Dance will host its Samba and Shenanigans Party from 5 to 9 p.m. March 17 at the Orthodox Center, 1025 N. Belle Vista Ave., Youngstown. The event will feature basics for beginners, samba lessons sponsored by Jessica Ruff of A Time to Dance Studio and open dancing to ballroom, Latin, swing and hustle from 6:15 to 9 p.m. Cost is $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers and $2.50 for students. For information, visit www.usadance2015.com or follow on Facebook by searching USA-Dance-Chapter-2015-Youngstown-Warren-OH.

Warren Stamp Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. March 22 at the Panera Bread Community Room, 3641 Elm Road NE, Warren.

Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club will meet at 6 p.m. March 19 for dinner at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road, Canfield. The meeting will follow at 7. Guest speaker will be Ray LaShure of K8NVY presenting his recent work on an EchoLink link-up system. For information, contact Brian Lewis, president, at 330-286-3966 or knightvol@zoominternet.net.

Youngstown Mothers of Twins Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Los Gallos in Boardman. Plans are underway for the annual Mother of the Year Dinner, which will take place at 6 p.m. March 30 at Davidson’s Restaurant in Cornersburg.

COUNCILS

Youngstown Section of the National Council of Negro Women will meet Saturday at the McGuffey Centre, 1649 Jacobs Road, Youngstown. The executive board will meet at noon, and the general meeting will convene at 1 p.m.

LEAGUES

Youngstown Oldtimers Baseball League will meet at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Kramer Field Pavilion on Bears Den Road. Club news and business will be discussed. All members are urged to attend.

POLITICAL GROUPS

Trumbull County Republican Party will host its monthly breakfast at 9 a.m. March 16 at the Buckeye Club, 366 N. Park, Warren. There will be a full-course buffet breakfast. Cost is $12. The guest speaker will be newly-elected state Senator Michael Rulli, R-33rd. He will discuss a new lake-to-river coalition being created to cultivate the group’s message. Sarah Fowler will join to give an update on what is happening at the Ohio State Board of Education. Call 833-878-6285 with questions or for information.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Junior Seton Circle will meet for a luncheon at noon Thursday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. The program will be Jessie McClain on “The Role that Religion Played in the Holocaust.”

St. Monica Guild of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica will meet at 1:30 p.m. March 17 at the church, 343 Via Mount Carmel Ave., Youngstown. Angela DiFrangia, president, will preside. Hostesses will be Rose Ann Valentini, Mary Ann Cardiero, Debbie Chufo and Rita Nolfi.

SINGLES

D.A.R.E. Singles Group meets at 7:30 p.m. each Thursday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road. Activities for the week: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, bowling at Boardman Lanes; from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, play pool at Wedgewood Lanes; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Small Talk & Potato Night at the church; and from 6 to 10 p.m. March 15, card night at Denny’s on Mahoning Ave., Austintown.

SOCIETIES

Mercer County Historical Society, 119 South Pitt St., Mercer, Pa., will offer a program about the Battle of Chancellorsville on Tuesday. The program, which is free and open to the public, will be presented by James Carnes. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the program starts at 7. The discussion group is part of the society’s ongoing efforts to provide programming related to local history. The roundtable meets the third Tuesday of each month from September through May. For information, call 724-662-3490, email info@mchspa.org or visit www.mchspa.org.

Trumbull County Genealogical Society will meet at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday in the Thomas Meeting Room at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave., NW, Warren. The topic of the program, which will be presented by Tim Seman, genealogy and local history librarian for the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, is DNA testing and the process of discovering the level of genetic relationship within family lines. All meetings are free and open to the public. Visit www.facebook.com/trumbullcountyohiogenealogy and www.trumbullgenealogy.com for information.

William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. March 23 in the Kravitz Deli meeting room, 3135 Belmont Ave., Liberty Township. Allan May, Mafia author, will share tales from the Mahoning Valley nightclub, in his book, “Welcome to the Jungle Inn: The Story of the Mafia’s Most Infamous Gambling Den.” Cost is $6 for nonmembers. Reservations are suggested. Walk-ins are welcome and will be admitted based on seating availability. For information or reservations, call 330-726-8277.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer Network Family Support Groups will meet at 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; 10 a.m. Friday at Canfield Christian Church, 123 S. Broad St; and noon Saturday at Sunrise Senior Living, 335 W. McKinley Way, Poland. (Call 330-707-1313 to leave a reservation). Family members and caregivers are welcome to attend. All meetings are offered at no charge. For information, call 330-788-9755.

Grief Share Program will be hosted by Church Hill United Methodist Church, 189 Churchill-Hubbard Road, Youngstown, Thursdays through May 23. Grief Share is a Christian, Christ-centered program. All who have suffered the loss of a loved one or friend are welcome. The group meets on the second floor of the church’s education wing. An elevator is available. Sessions begin at 6 p.m. Call 330-759-1924 with questions.

Grief Recovery Instructional Support Group meets at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Kelley-Robb-Cummins Funeral Home Care Center, next to the funeral home, on Main Street in Hubbard. The group is led by Phillip Roland, grief counselor for the funeral home, and is open to anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one. For information, call Bill or Candee at the funeral home at 330-534-1952.

NAMI Mahoning Valley offers a Connections support group that meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 6 p.m. at Alta Care, 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. Connections also 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.

National Association for Anorexia Nervosa and other associated eating disorders will offer a free support group at 9 a.m. the second Saturday of each month, beginning Saturday, in the Founders room, Notre Dame Church, 2325 Highland Road, Hermitage, Pa. All men and women suffering from an eating disorder and their family and friends are welcome to attend. For information, call Renee Zamary at 724-981-5435 or visit anad.org.

Nar-Anon, a 12 step program for relatives and friends who have been adversely affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at Howland Community Church, 198 Niles Cortland Road SE, Warren, and every Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Sahara Club (Upstairs), 2345 Youngstown Road SE, Warren. For information, call Bill at 330-856-3822.

Never Alone Nar-Anon Group is a 12-step program for family, relatives and friends affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs. The group meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Girard, 890 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, Girard. For information, contact Cindy at 330-207-0845.

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.

Parents Together meets the first and third Tuesday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament Parish, 3020 Reeves Road, Warren, and the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Hospice House, 9803 Sharrott Road, Poland. Pre-registration is required by calling Karen Lewis at 330-549-5900.

Survivors of Suicide, Columbiana County will meet at 11 a.m. March 21 and at 6 p.m. March 28 at the Columbiana Counseling Center, 40722 state Route 154, Lisbon. This is a support group for families who have lost a loved one to suicide. For information, call the Help Network of Northeast Ohio at 330-424-7767. Meetings take place the third and fourth Thursday of each month.

Survivors of Suicide, Mahoning County will meet at 6 p.m. March 20 at the Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. This is a support group for families who have lost a loved one to suicide. For information, call the Help Network of Northeast Ohio at 330-747-2696. Meetings take place the third Wednesday of each month.

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. Guests are welcome. 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, 2959 Canfield Road, Youngstown, will sponsor Cancer Caregiver Support Group at 11 a.m. Saturday in Suite 10; and chair yoga at 11:15 a.m. Saturday in Suite 3. Anyone interested must call to register. For information or to register, call Matt Giambattista at 234-228-9550.

Youngstown Area Ostomy Support Group will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road, Austintown. Parking is free, and light refreshments will be served. For information call Anna Fitzgerald, 330-480-3440, or email her at anna_fitzgerald@mercy.com.

Youngstown Area PFLAG will have its monthly support meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave., Youngstown. Youngstown Area PFLAG (Parents, Families, Friends, and Allies) is a support, education and advocacy group united with LGBT people to move equality forward. Support meetings are the second Tuesday of each month. PFLAG provides the opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity and strives to create a society respectful of human diversity. Meetings are free and confidential. Parking is available in the church lot off of Wick Avenue. Directions and a map can be found at the chapter website, www.youngstownpflag.org.

VETERANS

World War II Heritage Group will meet at 6:15 p.m. March 18 for buffet dinner at A La Cart Catering, 429 Lisbon St., Canfield. Cost for dinner is $14 per person. Elisabeth Sayer, born and raised in Wilstaet, Germany, while it was under Nazi rule. Sayer and her husband have ministered in Canada, Texas, Virginia, and now reside in Lisbon. Reservations must be made by Thursday by calling David Frank, 330-757-0515.

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