Mercy Health Center of Lake 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 330-877-5000.

Mercy Health Center of Lake is located at 11932 King Church Ave. NW, Uniontown.

Mercy Medical Center of Carroll County will offer low-cost blood screenings on Friday, March 26, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. The facility, located at 125 Canton Rd., Carrollton, will be offering total cholesterol screening for $2, glucose screening (blood sugar) for $2, and lipid profiles (total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL and LDL) for $8.

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:

4-H and all Tractor Supply Company stores are conducting the TSC Paper Clover Campaign, a national in-store fundraising effort to benefit local, state, and national 4-H programming, through April 18.

WHO: Shoppers at TSC stores will have the opportunity to support your county 4-H program as well as state and national 4-H programs by purchasing paper clovers for just $1 or more at checkout.

WHEN: Friday, March 26, through Sunday, April 18

WHERE: Your local Tractor Supply store.

Contact: David Crawford, County Extension Director & 4-H Youth Extension Educator

Minerva Area YMCA Seniors fitness classes are at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Fridays.
The Minerva YM is at 687 Lynnwood Dr.

March 3 – April 3

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

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

“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.

The Amish Door Village opens its 2010 entertainment season with the romantic comedy “My Name is Ruth,” performed Jan. 29 and 30 and March 25, 26 and 27, following a home-cooked Amish meal. Special weekday matinees will be performed Jan. 29 and March 26. Evening seating begins at 6:15 p.m. and matinee seating at 12:15 p.m.

The Massillon Recreation Center is offering weekly open gyms for home school students, grades K-12, on Fridays, 1-3 pm, through May 21. These instructor-led open gyms will teach children sport skills and fitness fundamentals in a fun atmosphere. Each class will begin with a half to one mile run followed by a different sports and fitness theme each week. Participants can come as often or as little as they choose. Parents can participate in the activities or pay the same fees and workout on their own. Cost is $3 for members and $4 for non-members. No pre-registration is necessary.

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.

The Wayne County Arts and Crafts Guild Spring Arts and Crafts Show: 5 to 9 p.m. March 26 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 27, Greenbriar Conference and Party Centre, 50 Riffel Rd., Wooster. Faye Blough at (330) 345-5962.

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.

The Washington High School Distinguished Citizens Banquet will be held on Friday, March 26, 2010, beginning at 5:45 p.m. at the St. George Cultural Center, 364 First St., S.E., Massillon, Ohio. Cost is $28.00/person. Each year three or four WHS graduates are honored for their career successes on a national/international level. For banquet reservations, please call 330-833-3205.

St. Mary of Massillon PTO Fish Fry & Raffle. Open to the public. Friday March 26, 2010 from 6-9pm in the school gym. There is a weekly drawing for $50 and the night of the even there will be prizes in the amount of $150, $100 and $75. Tip boards, 50/50, and raffle baskets.
Raffle and dinner ticket is $15, Adult dinner only $10, Kid dinner $4 or 3 for $10. Includes one soda or beer, fried or baked fish, coleslaw, green beans, mac & cheese, rolls and dessert. Tickets available in school office, church office or by calling Jennifer Jones 330-832-5380.

A Gospel Music Workshop facilitated by Rev. Ken Anderson from San Diego, CA will be held Thursday, March 25 – Saturday, March 27 at Dewald Chapel on Mount Union’s campus, at 1972 Clark Ave. in Alliance.

Presented by the Inspirational Voices of Praise (IVOP) of Mount Union College, the workshop will allow time to share musical literature and extend an opportunity to congregations that wish to add a diversity component to their music program(s).

The Courtyard by Marriott of Belden Village will host a March Madness “tailgate party” fundraiser for one of its front-office supervisors, Brad Martin, who was critically injured in a car accident.
Martin has been hospitalized since Dec. 11. He came out of a coma a month ago and can move his limbs and breathe on his own, but cannot yet speak. The fundraiser is to assist with his enormous medical bills.
The fundraiser will be from 6 p.m. to midnight March 26 at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel at 4375 Metro Cir. NW in Jackson Township.

The Amish Door Village opens its 2010 entertainment season with the romantic comedy “My Name is Ruth,” performed Jan. 29 and 30 and March 25, 26 and 27, following a home-cooked Amish meal. Special weekday matinees will be performed Jan. 29 and March 26. Evening seating begins at 6:15 p.m. and matinee seating at 12:15 p.m.

A refreshing look at a young woman's search for love and redemption. Through laughter and reflection, the story of Ruth shows how faith can triumph over hardship.

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.

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.

Carrollton High School will present its spring musical, “Seussical the Musical,” at 7:30 p.m. March 25-27 and 2 p.m. March 28 in Bell-Herron Middle School Auditorium at 107 Third St. NE in Carrollton.
Tickets are $8 for March 25-27 and $5 for March 28.
Reserved seating tickets are available in the CHS office from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday and at the Bell-Herron auditorium during musical practice from 4 to 6 p.m.
General admission tickets will be available at the door.

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

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.

Featuring the award-winning Linden String Quartet, this program features quartets by Mozart, Berg and Mendelssohn. Tickets are $20 for Adults, $14 for Seniors and Students. Show your WKSU Membership card - your ticket is $10! Complimentary wine and cheese at intermission. 8:00pm at Cable Recital Hall in the Cultural Center for the Arts. Buy online at www.cantonsymphony.org or call the Canton Symphony Ticket office at 330-452-2094. Tickets will also be available at the door.

The Malone University Department of Theatre will stage Oscar Wilde’s classic, The Importance of Being Earnest, Tuesday, March 23 through Saturday, March 27 in the Performing Arts Hall of Founders Hall on the Canton campus. Tickets are $6 for Tuesday through Thursday performances, and $8 for Friday and Saturday performances and can be ordered by calling the box office at 330-471-8202. Malone University students are $2 for all performances. Curtain is at 8 p.m.