CLUB CALENDAR

associations

American Association of University Women Youngstown Branch will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Students Motivated by the Arts, Ohio One Building, 25 E. Boardman St., Youngstown. Becky Keck will share information about SMARTS and give a tour of the facility. For information, call 330-758-4142.

CLASSES

USA Dance will offer West Coast Swing lessons and general dancing May 19 at the Orthodox Center, 1025 N. Belle Vista Ave., Youngstown. The schedule will be: Basics for Beginners at 5 p.m.; West Coast Swing lessons at 5:30; and open dancing to ballroom, Latin, swing and hustle from 6:15 to 9 p.m. Cost is $5 for USA Dance members, $10 for nonmembers and $3 for students. For information about ballroom dancing, visit www.usadance2015.com.

CLUBS

Canfield Lions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. May 16 for a dinner meeting at A La Cart Catering. For information, call 234-855-2285.

Friendly Squares will host its monthly square dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. May 11 at the Niles SCOPE Center, 14 E. State St., Niles. Gene Hammond will be the caller, and Frankie Hammond will cue line dances. The theme will be “1970s Disco.” 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. There is a $6 donation 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.

Stitches in Time, a get-together opportunity at the Salem library, 821 E. State St., for adults who do string and/or yarn crafting, will meet in the Quaker Room on the third Wednesday of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The next meeting will take place May 15. Participants should take a project to work on. Meetings are free and open to the public. No registration is required. For information, call the library at 330-332-0042.

Trumbull County Travel Club has scheduled a trip to Rapid City, S.D., for Sept. 9 -17. Cleveland is the feature of the June 19 “Let’s Explore Ohio”day trip. The Aug. 14 trip will showcase the oddities of the Canton area. The Nov. 2 outing will be a ginger bread tour in Pennsylvania. The club is open to anyone over the age of 21. There are no dues, and meetings are twice a year at various locations in the area. One does not have to be a resident of Trumbull County to travel with the club. Information on all the trips listed can be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the secretary. Call Peggy at 330-856-5398 for the address.

Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club will meet at 6 p.m. May 21 for dinner at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road, Canfield. The meeting will take place at 7. Guest speaker will be a state trooper from the Ohio State Highway Patrol speaking on the distracted driving corridor and the state’s distracted driving law. For information, contact Brian Lewis, president, at 330-286-3966 or knightvol@zoominternet.net.

Youngstown Area Federation of Women’s Clubs Inc. will host its annual awards luncheon at noon May 15 at Tippecanoe Country Club. This year’s recipient of the Community Service Award is Ralph “Skip” Barone, manger/operator of Our Community Kitchen in Youngstown. Also being announced will be the YAFWC’s annual $2,000 scholarship, which is awarded to a non-traditional female student in her junior year at Youngstown State University. The Club Woman of the Year award will be presented to a member who has helped the club reach its goals. Nonmembers are welcome. Cost is $20, and reservations can be made by calling Pat Sullivan at 330-533-1528 or Pat Marsico at 330-518-7441. Reservations are due by May 11. New members are always welcome. Annual dues are $10.

Youngstown Baseball Oldtimers will meet at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Kramer’s Field Pavilion on Bears Den Road. Annual golf field days will be discussed along with new business items.

POLITICAL GROUPS

Members of Trumbull County Democratic Women will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the downtown Warren Scope Center, 375 N. Park Ave. The speaker will be from the Veteran’s Service Commission and Mary Brown and Margie Palya will host.

Trumbull County Republican Party will meet for a full-course buffet breakfast at 9 a.m. May 18 at the Buckeye Club, 366 N. Park Ave., Warren. Cost is $12. For information, call the GOP at 833-878-6285.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Junior Seton Circle will meet for a luncheon at noon Thursday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. The program will be given by Dr. Lou Zona on the 100th anniversary of The Butler Institute of American Art.

Seton III will meet Thursday at the Tippecanoe Country Club, 5870 Tippecanoe Road, Canfield, for its end-of-the-year social. A social will take place at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will follow at 6. Hostesses will be Pat Eddy, chairwoman; Marian Baker; Margie Rochford; and Beverly Vernars.

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: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, volunteer at Second Harvest Food Bank; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, small talk night at the church; 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, card night at Denny’s on Mahoning Ave., Austintown,

SOCIETIES

Boardman Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. May 11 at the Boardman Library, 7680 Glenwood Ave. Mark Luke will present “The History of Memorial Day.” Luke is secretary of the Boardman Civic Association and an officer of the Boardman Community Foundation. The society meets the second Saturday of each month, September through May. Visitors, new members and guests are welcome. For information, call Deborah Liptak at 330-740-6086.

Trumbull County Genealogical Society will host its next meeting at 10:15 a.m. May 14 in the Thomas Meeting Room at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren. Members will learn about a personal guard for President Lincoln, portrayed in uniform by Hugh Mullen, Jr. of the Union Light Guard. All meetings are free and open to the public. For information, visit www.facebook.com/trumbullcountyohiogenealogy or www.trumbullgenealogy.com.

William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. May 18 in the Kravitz Deli meeting room, 3135 Belmont Ave., Liberty Township. Diane Sauer, Trumbull County pioneer female Chevrolet automobile dealer, will recall career challenges and memories in the Mahoning Valley. 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 Zion Reformed United Church of Christ, 260 Main St., Greenville, Pa.; and at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Church, 7345 Westview Drive, Boardman. 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 Churchill United Methodist Church, 189 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, Youngstown, on 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.

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.

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, Warren. For information, call Bill at 330-856-3822.

National Association for Anorexia Nervosa and other associated eating disorders will offer a free support group at 9 a.m. May 11 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. For information, call Renee Zamary at 724-981-5435 or visit anad.org.

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.

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; 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Shenango Presbyterian Church, 3144 Wilmington Road, New Castle, Pa.; 1 p.m. Monday, Girard Multigenerational Center, 443 Trumbull Ave., Girard; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Liberty Presbyterian Church, 1451 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, Liberty; and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, New Life Lutheran Church, 1181 Church Hill-Hubbard Road. All locations are accessible.

Parents Together meets the first and third Monday of each month from 2:30 to 4:30 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.

Recovery Int., a community self-help mental health group, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road. For information, call 330-747-1176.

Survivors of Suicide, Columbiana County will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 16 and at 6 p.m. May 23 at the Columbiana Counseling Center, 40722 state Route 154, Lisbon. It 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.

Survivors of Suicide, Mahoning County will meet at 6 p.m. May 15 at the Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. It 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.

TOPS 327 is seeking new members who want to Take Off Pounds Sensibly. The meeting will take place Monday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Youngstown. Weigh-in is from 5 to 5:30 p.m., followed by 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, 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 chair yoga at 11:15 a.m. Saturday in Suite 3. Anyone interested must call to register. For information or to register, call YBP at 234-228-9550.

VETERANS

Tri-State Detachment 494 Marine Corps League will host its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Saxon Club, 710 S. Meridian Road, Youngstown.

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

VFW Auxiliary Post 3538, 157 Lowellville Road, Struthers, will have its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the post home. For information, call Judy at 330-755-2701.

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