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Natural, Holistic Health Therapies and Products for your family

The Health Choices Network will be having their Spring Wellness Expo on Saturday, March 8. The expo will take place at Antone's Banquet Centre in Boardman, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.. The HCN Spring Wellness Expo will bring together over 30 exhibitors, including the best holistic practitioners and natural products in the area. Exhibitor demonstrations and lectures will take place throughout the day. Admission prices are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and students, and free for children under 13. Welcome bags are available for the first 500 attendees and there is a free raffle basket giveaway. For more information about the expo or the organization go to www.healthchoicesnetwork.com or call Marie Millik at 330-372-3697.

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Mahoning County Senior  Center Program Schedule

March/April Schedule: Monday: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Income Tax Assistance, 10-11 a.m. Breast Cancer Support Group (2nd Monday) 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. OSU Ext. Nutrition Program Series (2nd Monday) 1 p.m. Bridge. Tuesday: 10 a.m. Oil Painting, 10 a.m. Computer, 12 p.m. Computer 1 p.m. Basic Spanish Class, 2 p.m. Digital, 2-3 p.m. Caregiver Support Program (1st Tuesday). Wednesday: 10 a.m. Water color, 10 a.m. Computer, 12 p.m. Computer, 12 p.m. Tai Chi, 1 p.m. 500 Card Club. Thursday: 9 a.m. Watch our Weight, 9 a.m. Woodcarvers, 10 a.m. DJ Stitchers (1st and 4th Thursday), 10 a.m. Diabetic Workshop (2nd Thursday) 12 p.m. Exercise, 1 p.m. Square Dancing, 1 p.m. Line Dancing. Friday: 1 p.m. Texas Holdem.

History-To-Go Lecture

In the Mahoning Valley Historical Society's ongoing mission to provide an opportunity for the community to discover local history, the Young Leaders Advisory Board is pleased to announce the next event in the popular History to Go lecture series: Irish in the Valley.
Join the Mahoning Valley Historical Society on Monday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 1410 Oak Hill Ave. in Youngstown, for a presentation on the rich history of the Irish in the Mahoning Valley by Sally Murphy Pallante of The Irish American Archival Society.
This free event is partnered by: St.. Patrick's Catholic Church and underwritten by: Rulli Bros. For further information please phone the MVHS at 330-743-2589 or e-mail at: mvhs@ mahoninghistory.org

Youth girls fastpitch team sign-ups in Salem

The Salem girls fastpitch softball league will be accepting teams to play this summer through March 28. Age divisions are U12 and U 14. All games are played in Salem and start around mid-may. A.S.A. rules are followed. Umpires and scorekeepers are provided. For information on rules, registration forms, frees and schedules, call Dolores at 330-332-5512.

Fundraiser event to benefit Dobbins Elementary School

Dobbins Elementary School has a need for updated, safe playground equipment for the children attending to use. The school equipment is used by the elementary students attending there, but also by families using the adjoining fields for soccer, baseball and football. 
A group of concerned parents started the Dobbins Playground Renovation Committee to raise awareness and funds to update the equipment, benches and surfacing for the playground.  Thus far, through the hard work of committee members selling mums and haystacks, raffling off custom made "Corn-Hole" games and a special grant from the very generous Tony Lariccia, the committee has been able to raise funds to replace a couple of benches and swings. There are more funds needed to update other equipment and Safety Surfacing for the playground.
"The playground is one area that people assume that is taken care of by tax dollars, but this isn't the case," Deborah Masluk, Renovation Committee Co-Chair pointed out recently at a meeting.
The Committee is holding a benefit dinner Sunday, March 9 from 1-3 p.m., to be hosted by Outback Steakhouse at the Poland Seminary High School Cafeteria. This dinner is on a first come-first serve basis, as tickets are already being sold. There are only 250 tickets available and seating will be limited. (Carry-out will be available.)  The cost for tickets is $20 which includes dinner, drinks, dessert and family entertainment. The event will include a silent auction, a Chinese auction and a 50/50 raffle..

Spring arts and crafts event

The 2008 annual Spring Arts and Crafts Bazaar will be held Friday, March 14, from 9 a.m.-7 p.m., and Saturday, March 15 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Salem Memorial Building, 785 E. State St., Salem. There will be over fifty tables available for crafts, baked goods, and candies to sell. Cost is $25 total for both days to rent a table and chair, plus one item donated to the Chinese auction. Vendor set-up will be Thursday, March 13, 1 p.m.- 8 p.m., and Friday, March 14, 7 a.m.- 9 a.m. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Friday, and 11 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Donations of baked goods for the lunch counter will be greatly appreciated. For more information, please call 330-332-5512.

The Beaver Township
Trustees  meeting

The Beaver Township Trustees will hold their next monthly meeting at 6 p.m. March 10 at the Glenellen Senior Suites and Villas, 9661 Market St. Township meetings are typically conducted at the administration office in North Lima.
For more information, please call the township administration office at 330-549-3993.

Police and Fire Retirees of Ohio District 2 meeting

The next regular meeting of The Police and Fire Retirees of Ohio, District 2-Chapter 10 (Mahoning and Columbiana Counties) will be held on Thursday, March 13, 2008, at the Brandywine Clubhouse, 3390 Flo-Lor Drive, Youngstown, at 7 p.m.  Dawn Marie Dragos, a Walgreen Pharmacist, will be the guest speaker. All retirees and DROP participants of the Ohio Police and Fire Disability and Pension Fund living in Mahoning and Columbiana Counties along with their spouses or survivors are welcomed at the meeting.  For more information, please contact Rich Holzschuh at 330-743-5502.

Alzheimer's Association
support group meetings

The Alzheimer's Association will be holding their monthly Caregiver Support Groups on the following date:
· Wednesday, March 12 at 1:30 p.m. at the Easter Seals Day Center, 721 Boardman-Poland Rd., Boardman.
For more information, call the Alzheimer's Association at 330-533-3300 or 1-800-272-3900.

Free community health fair

WellnessOne and The Supplement Station, (1139 E. Pidgeon Rd., Salem) will be presenting a FREE community wide Health Fair Friday, March 14,9 a.m.-5 p.m. We will be offering information on infection protection and body detoxification as well as many FREE health tests, Free Blood Pressures Checks, Free Chair Massage, Spine Checks, information for back pain and head ache sufferers and much more. Also, Humility of Mary will be offering Cholesterol and Diabetes checks for a nominal fee. For More information Please contact WellnessOne at 330-505-3515 or The Supplement Station 330-337-3835. Hope to see you there!

Bethel Lutheran Church
spaghetti dinner

The Bethel Lutheran Church is having a spaghetti dinner Saturday, March 15, 4-7 p.m. Adults are $6 and children are $3. Carry out is available. Tickets are available at the door. Call 330-758-5745 for more information.

Anne of Green Gables to be performed at HCS

Heartland Christian School is presenting the classic tale Anne of Green Gables on March 14-15 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $4 adults, $2 students, $10 family max. Call the office for information, Mrs. Fry 482-2331.