Peaceful Valley Heritage, League of Women Voters
A presentation by James Glass, titled, “The Historic Brown County Courthouse, Old Town Nashville, and the Hoosier Hills Scenic Byway,” will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8.
The meeting, at the Brown County Public Library, is co-sponsored by the Peaceful Valley Heritage Preservation and League of Women Voters of Brown County.
The presentation will be followed by a community conversation on the preservation and promotion of Brown County heritage.
The proposed Hoosier Hills scenic byway runs largely on State Road 135 from U.S. 40 to U.S. 50, and is mostly in Brown and Morgan counties.
Input will be sought about what sites of interest should be flagged as part of the byway project.
Rotary club
Public defender Daniel C. Reuter will discuss the legal system, and several students will share their experiences of attending the youth leadership program at Bradford Woods, when the Brown County Rotary Club meets at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at Nashville’s Artists Colony Inn, 105 S. Van Buren St.
The high school students will be first on the program.
Then, local attorney and public defender Reuter will discuss his practice focused on helping those with limited means to navigate the legal system. Typically, his work involves criminal, child custody or support, guardianship, housing or employment cases.
Members of the community are invited to attend, especially those interested in exploring opportunities to participate in projects and to be of service.
Cemetery preservation society
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 Brown County Cemetery Preservation Society, a committee of the Peaceful Valley Heritage group, has changed its meeting dates and times to 1 and 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.
The public is welcome at all events.
Widowed group
A representative of the Brown County Solid Waste Management District will speak about the district recycling program when the Brown County Widowed Group meets at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day.
The group meets at the Sycamore Valley Community Center, 746 Memorial Drive at the fairgrounds.
Members should come prepared to talk about a veteran who has influenced their life. Any widowed person is welcome at meetings.
For more information, call Keith Bradway at 812-597-0811.
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.
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. The next meeting is Nov. 14.
Photography club
The Brown County Photography Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at Brown County Public Library, 205 N. Locust Lane.
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 Nov. 16. Meetings are at the Brown County Public Library, 205 N. Locust Lane. All are welcome.
Scarlet Mask Vigilance Society
JACKSON TWP. — The Scarlet Mask Vigilance Society had a record number of 41 shooters participate in its final match of the season on Oct. 28.
The match, on Bear Creek Road in northern Brown County, had four stages with faux western fronts. It included moving, wig-wag and knock-down targets.
“The Quick and the Dead” Shootout, based upon the 1995 movie, was part of the match. From a hat, Jim “High Card” Kakavecos drew 22 participants’ names to shoot against each other by bracket.
Shooters load weapons with five rounds, then shoot at targets on their side of a dueling tree causing targets to flip to their opponent’s side of the stand. At the end of each round, three spotters judge who had the most targets on each side or who was quickest in moving targets to the opponent’s side.
In the final bracket, John “Morg” Morgan — National Congress of Old West Shootists’ 2017 Men’s Two-Gun Smokeless Shootist division winner — was pitted against Charles “Blackjack Charlie” Williams of Franklin, Kentucky. When the smoke cleared, Blackjack Charlie won all his brackets and the 2017 Quick and the Dead shootout. Blackjack Charlie earned an engraved plaque.
A catered lunch was provided by Claire Becraft of the Trail’s End and Panhead Saloon.
NCOWS was founded in 1994 to promote safe Western-action shooting, including the re-enactment and promotion of the historical Old West heritage of the United States in all its ethnic, social and occupational diversity during the period 1865 to 1899. NCOWS members come from a wide variety of backgrounds and occupations. Among the common activities NCOWS members enjoy are Western action shoots, a timed shooting sport in which shooters compete on a series of different stages. Shooters are attired in Old West-style clothing and use firearms typical of the time period.
