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 Jan. 8. 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. Jan. 8 in the Howard F. Hughes Community Building, 209 N. Van Buren St. All are welcome.
Photography club
The Brown County Photography Club meets from 7 to 9 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month in a lower-level room at the Brown County Public Library, 205 Locust Lane. The next meeting will be Jan. 8. Anyone interested in photography is always welcome at meetings.
Members of the club currently have photos for sale at the Daily Grind, 114 S. Van Buren St. Photos will be shown on a rotating basis.
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
Lyn Morgan, assistant governor of Rotary District 6580, will give an overview of Rotary International when the Brown County Rotary Club meets for breakfast Thursday, Jan. 10 at Nashville’s Artists Colony Inn.
The club will meet at 7:15 a.m. at the inn, located at 105 S. Van Buren St.
Morgan will talk about the local, regional and worldwide impact of Rotary International and its work.
Morgan has worked in the not-for-profit field in Bartholomew County for more than 20 years. She is currently the annual giving manager at Centerstone. Previously she served as director of grant programs for the Heritage Fund of the Community Foundation of Bartholomew County and as a past president of the Columbus Sunrise Rotary Club. District 6580 includes the Rotary clubs in central and southern Indiana.
Members of the community, especially those interested in learning about and helping with Rotary activities and projects, are welcome.
Genealogy group
The Brown County Genealogical Society meets at 1 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the Brown County Public Library, 205 Locust Lane. The next meeting is planned for Jan. 10. The public is welcome.
Widowed group
The Brown County Widowed Group will meet at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12 at the Sycamore Valley Community Center, 746 Memorial Drive at the fairgrounds.
The group will discuss “our hopes for the coming year” and the introduction to the book, “The Elderly.”
Any widowed person, along with a spouse or friend, is welcome.
For more information, call Keith Bradway at 812-597-0811.
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 Jan. 14. 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 meetings will be Jan. 17 and Feb. 7 at the Brown County Public Library, 205 N. Locust Lane. All are welcome.
Herb society
The Brown County Herb Society has changed its meeting time from 6:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Meetings are still the third Monday of each month in lower-level Room B at the Brown County Public Library. The next meeting will be Jan. 21. The public is welcome.
