Mercy Health Center of Jackson offers low-cost blood screenings the third Friday of each month. Held from 7 am to 11 am, cost is $2 for total cholesterol, $2 for Glucose (blood sugar), and $8 for a complete lipid profile. No appointment is necessary and walk-ins are welcome. A 12-hour fast is recommended for more accurate results. For more information, please call 330-830-6110.

Mercy Health Center of Jackson is located at 7452 Fulton Dr., NW, Massillon.

Business meeting

Downtown Massillon Association
8 a.m. on third Friday of each month
Massillon Chamber of Commerce, 137 Lincoln Way E.

Senior Flex exercise sessions with weights take place from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Foltz Community Center at 224 N. Wood St. in East Canton.
For more information, call (330) 488-6500.

A used cell phone drive has been organized to benefit Robbie, a Canal Fulton man with ALS disease. Proceeds will go to assist with costs of a trip to China for treatment.
Used cell phones can be dropped off through May 29 at Cut and Curl Corner, at 2170 Locust St. in Canal Fulton, next to FirstMerit Bank and across the street from Dairy Queen. Salon hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
Phones also can be mailed to Cut and Curl Corner, 2170 Locust St., Canal Fulton OH 44614.

Dates: February 11 - November 5, 2010
This exhibit concentrates on the extremely important, but nonpolitical role that First Ladies play in international diplomatic relationships for our country. This exhibit will feature First Ladies Elizabeth Monroe, Harriet Lane, Helen Taft, Lou Hoover, Jackie Kennedy, Pat Nixon, Rosalynn Carter and Hillary Clinton. On display will be gifts given to First Ladies from various countries around the world on loan from Presidential Libraries and Museums.
Tour includes the exhibit of the Education Building and the Saxton McKinley House
Tour Hours:

March 3 – April 3

Main Hall Gallery, Free
Mon. – Fri. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m. – noon

Saint Ann Church, 323 S. 15th St., Sebring, will have their annual Lenten pierogie and halushki sale every Friday, through March 26. Carryout dinners, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Haluski are $1.75, pierogies are $6 for 12 or 50 cents each with various varieties available. Soup and apple fritters also available. For information call (330) 938-2033 or to place an order call (330) 938-9678.

Adults: William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum Curator Kimberly Kenney will present this program exploring the life and death of the famous and infamous, including Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana, Rudolph Valentino, Judy Garland, Bob Hope, Jim Henson, Grace Kelly, and many more.

Please note this program takes place at the Stark County District Library Plain Community Branch.

Registration is requested. Please register above or by calling the Stark County District Library Plain Community Branch at 330.494.3399.

FRIDAY: 11 a.m., Refuge of Hope Ministries, 300 Walnut Ave. NE, Canton.

The Stark Home and Garden Show will take place March 19-21 at the Stark County Fairgrounds.
Hours are noon to 9 p.m. March 19, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. March 20 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 21. The event is being presented by The Repository and the Building Industry Association of Stark County.
Admission is $7 at the door for everyone older than 12. Bring a nonperishable food item to receive $1 off admission, one discount per person.
The event features displays and seminars by area home improvement companies and landscapers.

“The Unguarded Moment,” a retrospective exhibit of 50 photos by Steve McCurry, is on view from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays Feb. 6 through April 2 at the Joseph Saxton Gallery of Photography, at 520 Cleveland Ave. NW in downtown Canton.
Admission is free.

McCurry is the photographer who took what has been called the most recognizable photograph in the world today — the green-eyed “Afghan Girl” on the cover of National Geographic in 1984.

THURSDAY: Noon-2 p.m., Antioch Baptist Church, 1844 Ira Turpin Way NE, Canton.

St. Paul's United Methodist Church at 2705 Sixth St. SW, Canton, will have a Swiss steak dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday. The menu is Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, coleslaw or applesauce, bread and butter and drink. Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children. Carryout is available. For information call (330) 456-7207.

The Our Lady of Peace Men's Club will have Lenten fish frys Fridays, 4:30 to 7 p.m., Feb. 19 through March 26 at the church's Alumni Hall, 1001 39th St. NW, Canton.
Cost of dinners start at $6 and $4 for children under 10. Carryout available. For information call (330) 495-2812.

You are invited to share a Fish Fry at St. George Cathedral on Friday from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. Food that will be served: fried fish, baked fish, rice pilaf, fresh french fries, vegetables, mamaliga (cornmeal mush with cheese), coleslaw, applesauce and homemade bread. Desserts and beverages available. 1123 44th Street NE, Canton. Call 330-492-8413 for more information.

First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ at 1020 Wales Rd. NE, Massillon, will have weekly fish dinners, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 19 through March 26 in the upper level fellowship hall.
Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children and proceeds benefit church expenses and missions. Dinner choices include baked or fried fish or shrimp. Carryout available. Call (330) 833-8559 for information.

St. George Romanian Orthodox Church invites you to our returning Fish Fries and Chicken Dinners resuming Friday, February 12 and every Friday during Lent. We offer battered or oven baked cod or Romanian chicken served with our famous mamaliga, rice pilaf or mac & cheese. Please note, there will be no Fry on January 8. Funds raised help our parish food pantry along with outreach in our community.

Central Catholic High School will host a Meatless Pasta Dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 19 to raise funds for Hammer and Nails, a community outreach organization that does home repairs for elderly, disabled and disadvantaged people in our community.
The menu is pasta, salad, roll, beverage and dessert, a perfect Lenten meal.
Cost is $6 for everyone older than 12 and $3 for 12 and younger.
The event will be at Central Catholic High School at 4824 Tuscarawas St. W in Perry Township.
For more information, call Stephanie Cooper at (333) 478-2131.

The City of Massillon Parks and Recreation Department is hosting two youth basketball programs on Friday evenings, March 5-April 9 at the Massillon Recreation Center. Little Hoop Stars will be 5:30-6:30 pm and Hoop Stars will be 6:30-7:30 pm. Little Hoop Stars is designed to teach ages 4-6 the basics of dribbling, passing, shooting, positioning, defense and rebounding in a fun-oriented atmosphere. Hoop Stars will teach 1st and 2nd graders more of the basketball basics and includes low-competition games so players can learn to apply their skills in a game format.

Boy Scouts of America Troop No. 4 will meet at Trinity United Church of Christ at 5:30 p.m. March 19 for a camp outing. The group will depart from Trinity United no later than 6 p.m.
Trinity United Church of Christ is at 3909 Blackburn Rd. NW in Plain Township.
Activities March 20 will include taking a hike around the 7 Ranges Scout Reservation campgrounds and spend some time with our Cub Scout Pack. 7 Ranges Scout Reservation is at 7070 Meter Rd. in Kensington. We will return to Trinity at about 10 a.m. March 21.

The Even the Odds Foundation will hold Charity Poker Angel Food fundraiser from 6 to 11 p.m. March 19 and 6 to 11 p.m. March 20 at Seifert's Flower Mill Banquet Center, at 7360 Wales Ave. NW in Jackson Township.
The event also will include a 50 /50 rafffle, door prizes for first 15 prepaid participants and giveaways.
Cost is $45 if prepaid, $55 at the door.
Food will be available for an additional charge.
All proceeds will go to the Angel Food program to feed 100 or more people. We provide help to workers who recently lost their jobs and have no income.

Complete full meal with dessert and beverage. Why cook when you can enjoy home cooking?
Profits go to Mission Projects.
Cost is $7 for adults, $3.50 for children age 12 and under, free for 2 and younger.
Tickets will be available at the door. Carryout also is available.
These dinners will continue on the third Friday of every month, starting again in the Fall 2010. 6-7:30 p.m.
McDonaldsville United Methodist Church is at 7641 Wales Ave. NW, between Portage and Strausser streets, in Jackson Township.

7-10 p.m., Mayfield Senior Center, 3825 13th St. SW, Canton.

Addiction Program
Friday: 7-9 p.m., Canton Baptist Temple room 220, 515 Whipple Ave. NW, Perry Township; (330) 477-6267, Ext. 112. Enter through door G in rear of church.

The Malone University Department of Multicultural Services One Voice Gospel Choir will present Total Praise in concert Friday, March 19 at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel of the Johnson Center for Worship and the Fine Arts, located at 2600 Cleveland Avenue in Canton. The concert is free and open to the public.

Congregational United Church of Christ will host free Family Movie Nights at 7:30 p.m. Fridays during March. The movies that will be showing are:
March 5th - Akeelah and the Bee
March 12 - Air Bud
March 19 - Bridge to Terabithia
March 26 - August Rush

All movies are rated PG. There will be popcorn and beverages.
The church is at 1530 Easton St. NE in Plain Township.

The Akron Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society’s 63rd annual show, “That Old Gang of Mine,” will be held March 19 and March 20, both at 7:30 p.m. at Cuyahoga Falls High School’s theater, 2400 Fourth St.

Tickets are $18 for adults, $5 for ages 6 to18, and children 5 and younger are admitted free with paid ticket. For groups of 10 or more, tickets are $15 each. Call (330) 958-2729 or e-mail wilveith@hotmail.com, or visit www.derbytownchorus.org.

7:30-9:30 p.m., Christ Episcopal Church, 118 S. Mantua St., Kent; (330) 673-6514 or frances.acar@gmail.com

The 35th Annual Philosophy/Theology Symposium "Evil, Sin, and Salvation" is Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20 in Betzler Auditorium. On Friday, March 19, at 8pm, A Christmas Carol will be performed, featuring The Actors of Farinella’s Ghost: Melissa Day, Michael McDonald, Barry DuBois and John Capocci. On Saturday, March 20, from 9am-noon, visiting scholars John Hittinger, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, University of St. Thomas, and Rev. Romanus Cessario, O.P., Professor of Theology, St. John’s Seminary, will speak in the Betzler Auditorium. Admission is free both days.

Enjoy the old-time radio and television theme of the 67th annual Lions Club variety show. Men's chorus, solos, ensembles, dance, skits, and comedy, along with the notorious Beef Trust. Performance on Friday, March 19, starts at 8:00 p.m. Tickets, $8, are available at the Massillon Area Chamber of Commerce office, 137 Lincoln Way East. More information: Rudy Turkal (330-844-1993 or turkal@sssnet.com). Proceeds benefit the Massillon Lions Club sight and hearing conservation projects.

8-11 p.m., Richville Community Park Hall, 6655 Navarre Rd. SW, Perry Township; (330) 833-1763.

The Genesius Players Present: Aida, March 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, at the North Canton Playhouse (Hoover High School Campus) at 8 pm (Sunday at 2:30 pm). Admission is free with Walsh I.D., $6 adults and $3 children 12 and under. Elton John’s Aida, a time-travel love triangle, begins in a museum exhibit and ends in retelling the Verdi opera set in ancient Egypt.

Culture Shock plays the best 70’s / 80’ style rock and original material by popular demand @ Dottie’s Place in Canton, OH 8:00p-12:00a - No Cover - 21 & Up

On March 19, the traditional Irish group, The David Munnelly Band, will add a day to the local St. Patrick’s Day festivities when it performs at Happy Days Lodge as part of the Cuyahoga Valley Heritage Concert series.
General seating admission is $15 for adults, $10 for CVNPA members, and $5 for children ages 3 to 12. Advance sales are available until 3 p.m. March 19 by calling (330) 657-2909 or stopping at Park Place in Peninsula.

No cash refunds will be given, but tickets may be exchanged up to 10 days before the concert.