The Louisville Area YMCA Summer Day Camp continues through Aug. 21 with fun and games centering on the theme “Under the Stars,” with swimming in the pool and many other activities plus trips to YMCA Camp Tippecanoe and Metzger Park — for children entering grades one through eight.
Hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Children may be dropped off from 6:30 to 9 a.m. Most activities take place between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Bicycle riders from across Ohio will ride from Cleveland to Cincinnati from July 30 to Aug. 2 in the American Cancer Society’s third annual Pan Ohio Hope Ride.
Proceeds benefit the society’s Hope Lodges and other cancer programs. Hope Lodges provide comfortable, no-cost places to stay for cancer patients who travel for treatment.
Registration fee is $150. The ride includes meals, rest stops every 18 to 20 miles, overnight stays on college campuses, and a support team of mechanics and safety crews.
Participants may ride four days, two days or one day.

The 2009 Greater Alliance Carnation Festival is nearly two weeks of parades, food and fun throughout the city.
A three-day outdoor RibFest with live musical entertainment at Carnation Mall kicks off the festival July 30.
The festival officially begins Aug. 9 with a kick-off parade from Park and Main streets to Glamorgan Castle at 1 p.m. The Carnation Queen will be crowned and her court will be selected at 7 p.m.
Ice cream socials, a hot-air balloon lift-off, men’s and women’s golf scrambles, and many more events take place during Festival Week.

Youth Group at Congregational United Church of Christ will be having a rummage and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 30, July 31 and Aug. 1.
All proceeds will be used for a mission trip in the fall.
The church is at 1530 Easton St. NE in Plain Township.

Canton First Friends Church Sports Outreach is conducting a basketball camp July 27 to July 30 for boys and girls who have completed grades kindergarten through second grade.
Sessions are 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m.
The church is at 5455 Market Ave. N in North Canton.
Go to www.firstfriendssports.com for more information and to register.

St. Ann Church, at 323 S. 15th St. in Sebring, is holding its annual Garage Sale on July 30, July 31, and Aug. 1. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 30 and 31, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will include household items, refrigerators, electric stoves, clothing and tools.
A bake sale will take place all three days.

A new Kent State University Museum exhibit, “The Kokoon Arts Club: Cleveland Revels,” looks back at the iconic club formed in 1912.
The exhibit, which runs from March 19, 2009, through Feb. 28, 2010, highlights the profound effect of the club, whose most memorable activities were the annual masked balls at staged venues around the city. On display are the posters and costumes, both designed and worn by members at these extravagant balls.

Meet at the Picnic Shelter on Conservation Drive just off of Old SR 39. Participants will create nature art for the frigerator.

Sign up to read to Buster, the special golden retriever friend of the library, from 10 to 11 a.m. July 30 at the Minerva Public Library.
Space is limited; call the youth services department at (330) 868-4101 and make a date to read to Buster.
The library is at 677 Lynnwood Dr.

Visitors can discover what life was like aboard a working Great Lakes freighter, the William G. Mather, when they explore the 1925-built Mather from bow to stern and see its huge cargo holds, brass and oak pilot house, elegant guest quarters and four-story engine room. They also can walk the decks and marvel at the “engineering firsts” that helped transform Northeast Ohio into a great industrial center.
The Mather is docked at 305 Mather Way (old Erieside Avenue), north of the Great Lakes Science Center.

The North Canton Public Library, at 185 N. Main St., will hold its Grand Reopening Celebration on July 30.
The schedule of events is:
Noon: Behind the Stacks Tour. Please call (330) 499-4712, Ext. 323, to register.
1:30 p.m.: Classic Flix: “The Glenn Miller Story” (1954) starring James Stewart and June Allyson.
4 to 6 p.m.: Free ice cream.
7 p.m.: The Brick Road Ramblers Concert
in the lower level Community Rooms.

Canton First Friends Church Sports Outreach is conducting a basketball camp July 27 to July 30 for boys and girls who have completed grades kindergarten through second grade.
Sessions are 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m.
The church is at 5455 Market Ave. N in North Canton.
Go to www.firstfriendssports.com for more information and to register.

Representatives from One-Stop Career Center (Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull Counties) and from the Employment Source (Stark County) will present a public program on Thursday, July 30 from 2-4 p.m. to explain their services and offer tips to those seeking employment or re-employment in the area.

A fundraiser for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which supports cancer research, will be held
from 4 to 10 p.m. July 30 at Milk & Honey restaurant, ice cream and candy shop, at 3400 Cleveland Ave. NW in Canton.
Fifty percent of sales proceeds will be donated to the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which supports cancer research. Former Milk & Honey staff members are returning to work that night and will donate 100 percent of their tips.

Canal Fulton Lions Club Farmers Market takes place from 4 to 7 p.m. every Thursday from July 16 to Sept. 10 in St. Helena Heritage Park, at 125 Tuscarawas St., off State Route 93 (W. Cherry Street) in Canal Fulton.
The market offers local farm produce, flowers, baked goods and more, along the scenic Ohio & Erie Canal in a quaint canal-era village.
Admission is free to customers. Vendors’ fee is $10 per week.
For more information, call (330) 854-4645.

Contacts: Sarah Spicuzza | MDA | (614) 436-7744 | sspicuzza@mdausa.org
Shani St. John | MS&L | (404) 870-6830
Stephanie Amberg | Carrabba’s Italian Grill | (813) 282-1224

CARRABBAS ITALIAN GRILL, AWARD-WINNING MIXOLOGIST “MIX IT UP FOR MDA”

New Food & Drink Items Make Charitable Debut

On Thursday, July 30, Carrabba’s Italian Grill invites consumers to “Mix It Up for MDA” at a special event combining exclusive cocktails from award-winning mixologist Charlotte Voisey with new Carrabba’s food items to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).

The Dover Baptist Temple will conduct a Vacation Bible School, “Amazon Expedition: the Ultimate Trek Through Time,” from July 27 through July 31 and Aug. 2.
The classes will explore the seven C’s of history: creation, corruption, catastrophe, confusion, cross and consummation. Each night there will be crafts, games, snacks and more. On Aug. 2, there will be a special closing ceremony at the Akron Zoo.
The church is at State Route 800 NE in Dover.
For more information, call (330) 364-5228 or go to www.doverbaptisttemple.org.

Maize Valley Farm, Winery and Market hosts its Cruisin the Vines car and bike cruise-in from 6 to 9 p.m. every Thursday through Sept. 24.
Wagon rides, animal train rides, the petting pasture and kids play area are available, weather permitting.
There are special Cruisin food prices and entertainment by disc jockey Top Down, door prizes, 50/50 raffles and more.
During harvest season, there will be melon shooting with Marlboro Madness, the pumpkin cannon.
Admission is free.
Maize Valley Winery & Market is at 6193 Edison St. NE in Marlboro Township.

Sponsored by the Akron General Medical Center department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences; for information or to register call (330) 344-2462

Schedule at (330) 677-1180 or online at www.foodaddicts.org; use Falls Family Practice entrance

Stark Parks conducts 45-minute sunset pontoon boat cruises at 7 and 7:45 p.m. every Thursday through Aug. 27 at Walborn Reservoir.
The dock is at 11324 Price St. NE in Lexington Township.
Cruises are limited to seven people each. Reservations are required; call (330) 477-3552.

For information call (330) 453-1373

Weekly Thursday Night 7:30 PM meeting for people wanting to quit smoking, chewing or otherwise using nicotine. St. Stephen Martyr Lutheran Church, 4600 Fulton Drive, back entrance. No dues or fees. You don't have to be quit to come.

For information call (330) 833-8628