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 Aug. 14. The public is welcome.
Woodworkers club
FRANKLIN — The Brown County Woodworkers Club’s annual field trip will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14 at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking, 5504 East 500 North.
After an informal tour, a cookout dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Three instructors from that week will conduct a slideshow and talk after dinner.
To get to the woodworking school, take exit 95 on I-65 at the Flying J truck stop and go east about 1.5 miles on 500 North.
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. Aug. 14 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.
Literary club
The Nashville Literary Club will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16 at Willow Manor, 72 Willow St. Rachel Perry will lead a discussion of “Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales” by Margaret Atwood. To carpool, meet at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Bean Blossom.
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 meetings will be Aug. 16 and Sept. 6 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 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 Aug. 20. The public is welcome.
Grief group
The Compassionate Friends of South Central Indiana will have their monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21 at the Nashville United Methodist Church. The group focuses on supporting parents, siblings, grandparents and extended family in their journey through the natural process of grief after the loss of a child. All are welcome. For more information, call Bob Kirlin at 812-720-0222.
Garden club
The Brown County Garden Club meets at 10:30 a.m. the first Thursday of each month at various locations. The next meeting will be Sept. 6 at the Brown County Community Foundation, 209 N. Van Buren St. For more information, visit Brown County Garden Club on Facebook.
