Woodworkers club
HAMBLEN TWP. — The Brown County Woodworkers Club will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3 at Charlie Handel‘s shop, 4275 Webber Hill Road. For more information or directions, call 812-597-0161.
Rotary club
Pastor Cory Joy will give an overview of the new resource group, Do Something, when the Brown County Rotary Club meets for breakfast at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 in Nashville’s Artist’s Colony Inn, 105 S. Van Buren St.
The group partners with members of the community to link people in need with resources that can enable them to live a life with wholeness, freedom, joy and hope.
After a career in construction, and volunteering 20 years in youth ministry at New Life Community Church, Joy, a Brown County native, came on staff as associate pastor at NLCC. He and his wife, Michelle, have two sons and a granddaughter.
Members of the community are welcome at the meeting, especially those interested in exploring opportunities to be of service.
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 Oct. 4 at the Brown County Community Foundation, 209 N. Van Buren St. For more information, visit Brown County Garden Club on Facebook.
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 Oct. 4 and 18 at the Brown County Public Library, 205 N. Locust Lane. All are welcome.
League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters of Brown County has a monthly board meeting from 10 a.m. to noon the second Monday of each month. Meetings are conducted in lower-level meeting room A of the Brown County Public Library, 205 Locust Lane. The next meeting will be Oct. 8. The public is welcome.
Cemetery society
The Brown County Cemetery Preservation Society, a committee of the Peaceful Valley Heritage group, meets 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 Oct. 9. 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. Oct. 9 in the Howard F. Hughes Community Building, 209 N. Van Buren St. All are welcome.
Genealogy group
The Brown County Genealogical Society meets from 1 to 3 p.m. the second Thursday of the month in Brown County Public Library. The next meeting will be Oct. 12.
Widowed group
TRAFALGAR — The Brown County Widowed Group will meet for lunch at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Southern Comfort restaurant in Trafalgar. Those who wish to carpool should meet at St. David’s Episcopal Church parking lot in Bean Blossom for a 12:35 p.m. departure.
Any widowed person is welcome to come and bring a friend. Notify Keith Bradway at 812-597-0811 or Joanne Day at 812-597-5593 if you plan to attend.
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 Oct. 15. The public is 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.
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.
Art alliance
Art Alliance Brown County is a club open to all area artists, including musicians, poets, thespians, textile artists and others creating two- and three-dimensional art. Focused on supporting and encouraging the arts in Brown County, the club has become a social networking group. The alliance meets every other month.
Current board members include Lory Winford, president; M.K. Watkins, vice president; Theresa Shadley, treasurer; and Heather Nicholson, secretary.
For more information, visit artalliancebrowncounty.org, email Winford at [email protected] or call her at 816-804-2484.
