Rotary club
The Brown County Rotary Club will review and plan projects such as the Taste of Art auction when the group meets for breakfast at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, March 22 at Nashville’s Artists Colony Inn.
Local Rotarians also will discuss and explore club, community, international, vocational and youth avenues of service.
Members of the community are invited to attend the meeting at 105 S. Van Buren St., especially those interested in creating project opportunities to be of service.
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 website at tops.org/tops.
Quilters guild
COLUMBUS — The Columbus Star Quilters Guild’s regular monthly meeting will be Wednesday, April 4 at the Masonic Lodge, 4131 Rocky Ford Road. Doors open at 8:45 a.m. and the meeting starts at 9:30 a.m.
All are encouraged to bring their latest sewing project for show-and-tell. There is no charge for the meeting; all are welcome.
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 will be April 5 at the Brown County Public Library, 205 N. Locust Lane. All are welcome.
Beekeepers club
The 10 o’clock Beeline Beekeepers Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, April 9, in a lower-level meeting room of the Brown County Public Library, 205 N. Locust Lane.
The club welcomes anyone interested in bees or beekeeping; those interested in starting a beehive are particularly encouraged to attend. Experienced beekeepers are available as mentors.
For more information, call Tony Gaudin at 765-318-0525, or Mark Partridge at 317-771-2474.
Cemetery society
The Brown County Cemetery Preservation Society, a committee of the Peaceful Valley Heritage group, meets at 1 p.m. and again at 4:15 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month in the archives room at the Brown County History Center, 90 E. Gould St. The next meeting will be April 10. The public is welcome at all events.
Preservation group
Meetings for the preservation group Peaceful Valley Heritage Inc. are conducted at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Howard F. Hughes Community Building, 209 N. Van Buren St. The next meeting will be April 10.
Herb society
The Brown County Herb Society meets at 6:30 p.m the third Monday of each month in a lower-level meeting room at the Brown County Public Library. The next meeting will be April 16. The public is welcome.
