Club news for week of Feb. 1

Pioneer women

The Pioneer Women’s Club meets from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays at the Brown County History Center on East Gould Street.

The group seeks to support the historical society and the History Center.

The second Wednesday is block-of-the-month quilting. The last Wednesday includes a special program with a lesson and a pitch-in lunch.

For more information about the club, call Joyce Shook at 317-412-1747.

Woodworkers club

The Brown County Woodworkers Club will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 at the Brown County Public Library. Jerry Mills and his sawmill service will be at the program.

Rotary Club

Paul Arlinghaus, an executive with the Hoosier Mountain Biking Association, will talk about the development of mountain bike trails in the county when the Brown County Rotary Club meets at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2. The club meets for breakfast in Nashville’s Artists Colony Inn, 105 S. Van Buren St. Guests are welcome.

Mountain biking since 1992, Arlinghaus moved to Indianapolis in 1998 after meeting wife at a mountain bike race. In 2004, he took over as the HMBA trail representative for Town Run Trail Park. In 2005, he became project manager for the $150,000 Brown County State Park RTP grant. Arlinghaus also managed a $250,000 2008 state trail grant, and is currently managing another grant at Southwestway Park.

Widowed group

The Brown County Widowed Group will sponsor a euchre party at Sycamore Valley Community Center, 746 Memorial Drive by the fairgrounds at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14.

Any widowed person is welcome. For more information, call Keith Bradway at 812-597-0811.

Peaceful Valley Heritage

The Peaceful Valley Heritage Preservation Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 in a lower-level meeting room of the Howard F. Hughes Community Building, 209 N. Van Buren St.

All are welcome. The organization serves to recognize and preserve historic, cultural and natural resources of Brown County. Meetings are the second Tuesday of each month.

For more information, call 812-988-2377.

Photography club

The Brown County Photography Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 at the Brown County Public Library, 205 N. Locust Lane.

The club is open to anyone interested in photography. Meetings the second Tuesday of each month include photo shares and tech tips. The club also schedules one photography day trip each month and exhibits work in local venues several times each year.

For more information, visit Facebook.

WRAPS

After a period of dwindling attendance at meetings, the Writers, Readers and Poets Society will go into a period of dormancy. After Daylight Saving Time ends March 12, efforts will be made to revive interest in the group.