Free legal aid phone clinic set for this week
Legal Aid will conduct a free legal service phone clinic on Tuesday, March 9, for low-income residents of eight Indiana counties, including Brown County.
The clinic will take place from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Callers can expect a 10-minute phone consultation where legal professionals will answer general questions and offer legal information.
Individuals seeking consultation must register by calling Legal Aid at 812-378-0358 on March 9 between noon and 1:30 p.m. A volunteer attorney will return a call to registered individuals between 3 and 5:30 p.m.
Online hearings for redistricting begin this week
The Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC), a project by All IN 4 Democracy, has begun virtual public hearings. Voters in each of Indiana’s congressional districts are invited to the meetings to discuss what nonpartisan redistricting criteria should guide Indiana’s map-drawing process and to identify important communities of interest and how they should be grouped together, or kept apart, when new congressional and legislative maps are drawn.
A total of nine Zoom virtual hearings have been scheduled to hear what the public wants from their new districts. The hearing for District 9 — encompassing all of Brown County — is scheduled for Wednesday, March 10 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Public testimony will be compiled in a report that will be given to the Indiana General Assembly before they begin drawing districts later this year.
To register for the virtual hearings, go to us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jOCUnFlrSqqrITaeeTAKlg.
For the entire schedule of virtual public hearings, go to allinfordemocracy.org.
Annual ag breakfast happening this month
The Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Brown County Purdue Extension Office will host this year’s Ag Breakfast on Tuesday, March 23.
Sign-in will open at 8 a.m. with breakfast being served at 8:30 a.m. This year’s breakfast will be individually packaged sandwiches and pastries. Jackson Township Fire Chief, Glenn Elmore, will speak on “Fire Safety in Your Own Backyard” followed by Wildland Fire Specialist, Steve Creech, speaking on “Using Fire as a Management Tool for Your Land.”
Weather-permitting, the event will take place in the outdoor Commercial Pavilion of the Exhibit Building at the Brown County Fairgrounds, 802 Memorial Drive, Nashville, IN 47448. Otherwise, it will be moved inside the Exhibit Building.
Plans and participation size allowance are subject to change due to COVID restrictions. Face coverings are required.
Advance registration is required by Thursday, March 18. For more information or to register, contact the Brown County SWCD office at [email protected] or 812-988-2211.
Stations of the Cross offered during Lent
St. Agnes Catholic Church, 1008 McLary Road, will pray the Stations of the Cross each Wednesday evening at 5:30 p.m. during Lent through March 24.
St. Agnes strongly encourages attendees to bring their own masks to wear, use hand sanitizer upon entering and exiting the church, and practice social 6-foot distancing. Those who are 65 and over and those with high-risk health conditions are strongly encouraged to remain at home.
Recycle center planning spring cleanup day
The Brown County Recycle Center, 176 Old State Road 46, will have Spring Cleanup events on Saturday, May 1. Electronic waste disposal will be available from 8 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. There is a $20 disposal fee for TVs or computer monitors.
From 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., free document shredding will be offerd.
Call 812-988-0140 for more information.
The fall cleanup date is set for Sept. 11.
Local bluebird club selling nesting boxes
The Brown County Bluebird Club’s annual bluebird nest box sale is underway. Boxes are all cedar and fully assembled. One box is $15 and two boxes are $25. If interested, call Dan Sparks at 812-200-5700.
