Rotary club
The Brown County Rotary Club will meet over Zoom at 8 a.m. Thursday, April 8.
The guest speaker will be Anita Tiemeyer, author, musician and culinary artist. She will discuss her research into the Holocaust and how the Holocaust relates to current events in the United States.
Tiemeyer has researched the Holocaust extensively, studying the literature and interviewing historians and liberators and survivors of Buchenwald. Her first published work, “A Brother for Sorrows,” is a historical novel set in Bloomington that follows the life of a man liberated from Buchenwald at the end of WWII. It is the fourth of six books stemming from a story she began developing in junior high school. The first book in the series, “The Guardians’ Son,” will be released in late May or early June. A writer since elementary school, she has also written short stories. Her book and short stories are available in print or eBook on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
A native of Columbus, Tiemeyer earned a bachelor’s degree in music education and history at Western Illinois University and a master’s degree in music, oboe performance, from Butler University. She served in the United States Air Force for eight years as a member of the 539th Air Force Band of the West. She has maintained a music studio, Private Woodwinds Studio, for 35 years, teaching woodwind and piano. She also bakes artisanal cakes and cookies for her Cakes Plus More business.
Members of the community, especially those interested in exploring opportunities to participate in projects and to be of service to our community, are invited to attend the remote session. Visit RotaryClubofBrownCounty.org and click on the “Contact us” URL to obtain a link to the Zoom meeting.
Veterans meetings
Veterans service organizations of Brown County have various meetings throughout the month, all meeting at Veterans Hall, 902 Deer Run Lane.
- Vietnam Veterans of Brown County meet on first Wednesdays. Next meeting is April 7 at 7 p.m.
- Veterans of Foreign Wars meet on second Thursdays. Next meeting is April 15 at 7 p.m.
- American Legion meets on third Wednesdays. Next meeting is April 21 at 7 p.m.
Armed Forces Day is Saturday, May 15. WWII vets will be honored at the Brown County Playhouse at a time to be determined.
For more information, call 812-988-5600.
Beekeepers club
The 10 o’clock Beeline Beekeepers Club will have its next monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 12, in one of the meeting rooms on the lower level of the Brown County Public Library, 205 Locust Lane.
The club welcomes anyone interested in bees or beekeeping. Individuals interested in starting a beehive are particularly encouraged to attend. Experienced beekeepers in the club are available as mentors to anyone thinking about taking up the activity.
Major topics of discussion Monday night will be preparing for the imminent nectar flow, swarms and making splits. For more information, contact Tony Gaudin at 765-318-0525 or Mark Partridge at 812-988-9390. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, attendees are asked to wear a mask. The group will practice social distancing.
