Get a jump start on your holiday fitness plan! The new sessions of Massillon Parks and Recreation Department’s land and aquatic fitness classes begin February 8 at the Massillon Recreation Center.

Land classes: Yoga; Stability Ball; Buns, Legs & Torso; Baby & Me; TNT (Trim-n-Tone); Lunchercize, Turbo Kick; Body Sculpting; Pilates; Group Cycling and Fitness Blast

Aquatic Classes: Aqua Fit, H2O Boot Camp, Water Walking, Baby & Me Aquatic fitness, Wave Runner, Arthritis Foundation Program, Aqua Fitness Medley, Water Fitness, and Combo Water Workout.

The 44th annual Northeast Ohio Photography Show at the Canton Jewish Community Center will run from Feb. 5 through Feb. 25. The Jewish Center, at 2631 Harvard Ave. NW, is open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
A special preview for entrants, sponsors, patrons and donors will take place at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4.
The show, sponsored by the late Dr. Samuel S. and Celia G. Reinglass, will run through Feb. 25.

Your children can learn to swim at Massillon Recreation Center. The City of Massillon Parks and Recreation Department has a new session of weekday swim lessons beginning the week of February 8 at the Massillon Recreation Center. There are morning and evening classes available on Mondays/Wednesdays or Tuesdays/Thursdays. Classes are for ages 6 months and up. Our classes are taught by certified instructors.

Featuring several Stark County’s leading entrepreneurs divulging the secrets to their successful busi- nesses. Moderated by Ned Parks, experienced consultant and public speaker. Panel members include: Geoff Karcher, owner and president of the Karcher Group; Randall C. Hunt, director of Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.; Theodore F. Savastano, president of T.S. Partners LLC; Steve Coon, founder of Coon Restoration & Sealant; Dr. Merle Griff, CEO of SarahCare Adult Daycare Cen- ters; and Rose Ann DaRe, president of Hydrodyne, Inc.
Continental Breakfast Included

It is estimated that 8 million Americans suffer from an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men. In observance of Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Malone University Counseling Center and the Health and Wellness committee will host a series of programs -- Monday, February 22 through Thursday, February 26 – focusing on the issue of eating disorders. Guest speakers throughout the week include body image experts Constance Rhodes and Travis Stewart, and Eating Disorder Specialists, psychologists Kevin Wandler, M.D. and Dena L. Cabrera, Psy.D., CEDS of Remuda Ranch.

Canton, OH. February 11, 2010. It is estimated that 8 million Americans suffer from an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men. In observance of Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Malone University Counseling Center and the Health and Wellness committee will host a series of programs -- Monday, February 22 through Thursday, February 26 – focusing on the issue of eating disorders. Guest speakers throughout the week include body image experts Constance Rhodes and Travis Stewart, and Eating Disorder Specialists, psychologists Kevin Wandler, M.D. and Dena L.

CARROLL COUNTY commissioners, 9 a.m., Carroll County Courthouse, Commissioners’ Meeting Room, 119 Public Square.

Meetings are held every Monday and Thursday. If Monday or Thursday falls on a legal holiday, the board will not meet.

Every Monday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. there will be a free blood pressure clinic at Summit's Trace of Greater Canton Independent Living Dining Room, at 820 34th St. NW in Canton.
The agency providing the blood pressure service is Advantage Home Health Services.
This service is free to anyone in the community and at Summit's Trace of Greater Canton.
For more information, call (330) 705-8646.

February 9 - 27
A collaboration of the Art Department and Black History Month Committee
Main Hall Gallery, Free
Mon. – Fri. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m. - noon

Mercy Medical Center now offers a weekly breastfeeding support group open to all breastfeeding women and their babies. This free program, entitled the Breastfeeding Mothers Support Group, is held every Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. inside the Mercy Childbirth Education Room in Mercy Hall.

Led by Regina Ravine, RN, IBCLC, Certified Lactation Consultant for Mercy Medical Center, this support group offers weekly baby weight checks, a question and answer session about breastfeeding challenges, as well as networking with other breastfeeding moms.

Healing is a vital part of the grieving process and is a journey formed out of brokenness and results in a turn? Are you feeling broken and/or lost? Grief can impact a person's life for weeks, months, and even years after a loss. Hospice of Stark County considers it an honor and a privilege to provide professional, compassionate and free services to assist with the needs of the grieving individuals and families.

Dates: Monday afternoons beginning 2/8 to 3/15 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm.

Presented for the public by Stark County Regional Planning.

A tai chi class takes place every Monday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Merging Hearts Holistic Center. Tai chi is a Chinese martial art believed to facilitate the flow of qi (life force) in the body, promoting good health and vitality.
Cost is $30 for four classes or $10 per class.
Merging Hearts is at 5590 Lauby Rd., Suite 4B, in Green, near the Akron-Canton Airport.
For more information, contact Sue Covert at (330) 354-1174 or howlingwolf@neo.rr.com

A qi gong class will take place on the last two Mondays of February, the 15th and 22nd, and the last two Thursdays of February, the 18th and 25th, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Chen Acupuncture Health Center at 2405 Fulton Rd. NW in Canton.
Qi gong is a traditional Chinese exercise system. It has been practiced for several thousand years in China as a "medical keep fit" activity to maintain health, heal the body, calm the mind and reconnect with one’s spirit.
Qi gong is an art and skill to train the "qi," which creates a balanced lifestyle.

Boy Scouts of America Troop No. 4 will meet weekly from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays in Trinity United Church of Christ at 3909 Blackburn Rd. NW (corner of Blackburn Road and Fulton Drive NW, across from Johnny Applecheese), in Plain Township.
Activities at each meeting will vary according to what the boy-led leadership decides to do.
Any boy age 11 and older is welcome to join us at any weekly meeting, swim night or camp outing.
For more information, visit www.cantontroop4.org.

CANTON TOWNSHIP trustees, 7 p.m., Township Office, 4711 Central Ave. SE.

Women of all ages are invited to learn to sing a-cappella. Visit the City of Flags, a 60 female, voice chorus, on any Monday evening at 7:15 pm. except Monday holidays. Rehearsal hall is at Greenwood Christian Church in Canton. We dance and sing and have a great time. We are currently working on contest music for our regional competition in May and on new music for our annual show, Nov. 6, 2010. Pay us a visit and see if this is the musical hobby for which you have been searching.

Featured Speaker Senator Tom Daschle
"Solving the Healthcare Crisis"

Timken Great Hall, The University Center

7:30 p.m, *Free, but a ticket is required. Tickets available on February 1, 2010 at Main Hall Information desk.

CANTON City Council, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 218 Cleveland Ave. SW.

Meetings are held every Monday, except for holidays. If a holiday falls on Monday, the meeting is canceled.