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 was to be June 12. The public is welcome.
Preservation group
The Peaceful Valley Heritage Inc. preservation group meets the second Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. June 12 at the Howard F. Hughes Community Building, 209 N. Van Buren St. All are welcome.
Pioneer Women
The Pioneer Women’s Club meets each Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the History Center, 90 E. Gould St. Interested women are welcome.
Rotary Club
Local apiarist and former Rotarian Tony Gaudin will talk about beekeeping when the Brown County Rotary Club meets for breakfast Thursday, June 14 at Nashville’s Artists Colony Inn.
Gaudin has more than 30 years of beekeeping experience in northern Brown County. He is a retired science program chair and professor of biology at Ivy Tech Community College.
He will cover the history of beekeeping, the life of a beehive and the importance of bees to people.
Members of the community, especially those interested in learning about and helping with Rotary activities and projects, are welcome at the 7:15 a.m. meeting at 105 S. Van Buren St.
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.
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 June 18. The public is 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 June 21 at the Brown County Public Library, 205 N. Locust Lane. All are welcome.
