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October 7, 2008

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Fundraisers



• There will be a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Something’s Brewin’ in the Shenango Valley Mall, Hermitage. For a $15 donation you will receive unlimited coffee or tea, a luncheon tray, and tickets for a Chinese auction. There will also be vendors and entertainment. 

Details: mryrowlands@yahoo.com

• All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast and bake sale will be from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Orangeville United Methodist Church, 7850 Stateline Road.

Breakfast includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage and beverage.

Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 12 and younger.

Info: 330-772-3541 or 330-772-3655.

• A benefit fundraiser events for Tami Porterfield will be held Sunday at Billy’s Black & Gold, Inc., 514 Sharpsville Ave., Sharon. Tami is being treated for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

There will be a Chinese auction of great prizes starting at 12:30 p.m. Drawings begin at 2:30. Admission is $3 and includes light refreshment.

A spaghetti dinner begins at 3 in the main dining area. Dinner includes salad bar, spaghetti and meatballs, bread, butter, coffee and dessert. Tickets are $6 and are available at Billy’s Black & Gold. Takeouts available.

• Episcopal Church Women of St. John’s Episcopal Church, 216 W. State St., Sharon, holds a fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. Tuesday is $1-a-bag day.

Furniture, clothing, kitchenware, glass items, shoes and miscellaneous items available.

Use the Allen Hall entrance.

Proceeds benefit the food pantry.

Special events



• The Hubbard Conservation Club at 1760 Wick Campbell Road, meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month.

The club holds these events:

– Turkey Shoots at 7 p.m. Thursdays.

– “Pumpkin Patch” at the club grounds with the sale of pumpkins, corn stalks and straw bales from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. A bake sale will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Info: 330-534-8630.

– The club is having a Scrap Metal Drive. To donate or for pickup of metal to be recycled, call 330-534-8630.

– The club offers a Concealed & Carry course. There is a fee. Registration: 330-501-7650.

• Shenango Valley Community Senior Center, Hermitage, holds ultra bingo from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday.

There will be door prizes, 50/50 raffles, free sloppy joes and chips for players. Split with the house on all games except the final cove all — winner take all.

Meetings



• Sharon Westinghouse Retirees Association meets at 10 a.m. today at the Children’s Activity Center, off Forker Boulevard at Buhl Farm.

Speaker will be director of the Trumbull Geauga County Recycling Center. She will show what items are made of recycled materials. The center takes more materials than many people realize and can reduce trash by more than 50 percent.

• The Bethony Club of Our Lady of Fatima meets at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Marian Room of the church in Farrell.

Mary Conti is chairperson, with Don Conti, Betty Borawski, Pat Mastrian, Paula and Mark Baldarelli, Rose Lombardi, Josephine Roskos and Rose Viselli on her committee.

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