COMMUNITY NEWS: Many local drumlines will perform at Boardman Stadium

BOARDMAN DRUM NIGHT: The Boardman Band Drum Night will be held today at 7 p.m. at Spartan Stadium. Drumlines from Austintown, Howland, Hubbard, Liberty, Mathews, Poland, Pymatuning Valley, Springfield and Boardman will perform and then play with all the bands together. Admission is $2 per person and seniors are admitted free. In the event of inclement weather, the event will take place inside the high school gymnasium.

TROPICAL BATS: The McKinley Memorial Library in Niles will host a Zoom program on tropical bats at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The program will be presented by scientists affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

CHAPTER TO MEETING: The Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the St. Charles Church Ministry Building, 7345 Westview Drive, Boardman. Roslyn Torella will present a program on “Research on Italian civil registers”. Torella specializes in Italian immigration and genealogy. The event is free.

CLASS REUNION: The Chaney High School Class of 1956 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Davidson Restaurant in Cornersburg. All classmates are welcome. Call Larry at 330-503-6663.

BAVARIAN FESTIVAL: The sixth annual Bavarian Feast will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday at St. Nicholas Parish Hall, 764 Fifth St., Struthers. There will be traditional German food, games of chance, a 50-50 raffle and entertainment by the Youngstown Saxon Brass Band.

BAND ALUMNI: The Girard High School Band will be joined by former band members for the halftime show Friday at Arrowhead Stadium. Former students wishing to participate are asked to register at 330-545-5431 extension 2.

PLANT EXCHANGE: The Girard Free Library will host a plant exchange from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. Participants can bring a healthy, pest-free plant or cutting to exchange. People can share information about gardening and bring something new home.

POLISH ARTS CLUB: The Polish Arts Club of Youngstown will sponsor a free presentation on the Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown Saturday from 3-5 p.m. at the first floor event center of the Youngstown and Mahoning County Public Library Main Branch on Wick Avenue.

Thomas Welsh, author of “The Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown: Serving the Mahoning Valley Since 1874,” will be the speaker and will be available to sign copies of the book. Hollywood actor Ed O’Neill, a 1964 Ursuline High School graduate, wrote the book’s foreword.

The Polish Arts Club, the oldest operating Polish-American organization in Youngstown, was organized in 1935 by area educator Florence Turowski.

For more information, contact Mary Ann Mlynarski, president of the Polish Arts Club of Youngstown, at 330-647-9634.