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.

Bluebird club

The Brown County Bluebird Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 at the Brown County Public Library. A video will be shown and the club will discuss the current bluebird nesting season. All are welcome.

For more information, call Dan Sparks at 812-200-5700.

Woodworkers club

VAN BUREN TWP. — The Brown County Woodworkers Club will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 2 at Joe Watson‘s Shop, 6791 S. Hamilton Creek Road. The program will cover how to make elaborate cutting boards out of small and angled pieces of wood.

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 May 3 at the Brown County Public Library, 205 N. Locust Lane. All are welcome.

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 May 8. The public is welcome at all events.

Preservation group

Peaceful Valley Heritage Inc. preservation group meets the second Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. May 8 at the Howard F. Hughes Community Building, 209 N. Van Buren St. All are welcome.

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 May 21. The public is welcome.