Rotary club
The Brown County Rotary Club will meet at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 19 at Nashville’s Artists Colony Inn, 105 S. Van Buren St.
Christy Wrightsman will be the speaker. She is the newly appointed district readiness coordinator for Brown County Schools, a position made possible by a grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. administered through Regional Opportunities Initiative Inc. (ROI). The objective of ROI is to support quality of life in the 11 counties of Southwest Central Indiana. With respect to Brown County schools, the objective of the position is to align school district curricula and programs with community education and workforce needs.
Member of the community are invited to attend, especially those interested in exploring opportunities to participate in projects and to be of service to the community.
Literary club
The Nashville Literary Club will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19 for Julie Winn‘s review of the book, “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
The meeting will be at the home of Karen Sparks with co-hostess Pat Lloyd. To carpool, meet in the Brown County IGA parking lot or at St. David’s Episcopal Church.
WRAPS
The Writers, Readers and Poets Society meets from 7 to 9 p.m. first and third Thursdays each month to read and discuss the literary compositions of those present. The next meeting is Oct. 19. Meetings are at the Brown County Public Library, 205 N. Locust Lane. All are welcome.
Weight loss group
COLUMBUS — National nonprofit weight-loss group, Take Off Pounds Sensibly, also known as TOPS, meets in the MainSource Bank meeting room, 2310 W. Jonathan Moore Pike. Monday meetings begin with weigh-ins at 10:30 a.m. followed by the meeting at 11:30 a.m.
All are welcome to try the club for free. For more information, call Jacky Harmon at 812-603-4667 or visit the national site at tops.org/tops.
Cemetery preservation society
The Brown County Cemetery Preservation Society, a committee of the Peaceful Valley Heritage group, has changed its meeting date and time to 4:15 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month. The cemetery preservation committee will meet in the archives room at the Brown County History Center, 90 E. Gould St.
A class, “Symbolism in the Cemetery” will be offered at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, in a lower-level meeting room of the Brown County Public Library. The class will be led by DNR Director of Special Initiatives Jeannie Regan-Dinius.
The public is welcome at all events.
Peaceful Valley group
Peaceful Valley Heritage Inc. is a preservation group which meets at 6:30 p.m the second Tuesday of each month in the Brown County Community Foundation (Howard F. Hughes) Building, 209 N. Van Buren St. Meetings are open to the public.
