All are invited to Art Colony Weekend event
To the editor:
Now in its eighth year, the Brown County Art Guild and the T.C. Steele State Historic Site, along with additional community partners, offer Art Colony Weekend — three days full of activities to celebrate the rich history and continuing presence of artist life in picturesque Brown County.
Events include a one day workshop, a historic collection exhibition, a cocktail party, Village Green entertainment, an art auction, an outdoor art contest and other community events!
Contact the art guild at 812-988-6185 or go to our website www. browncountyartguild.org/ for more information.
Andra Walters, director, Brown County Art Guild
BCCF Color Walk benefits preschool scholarships
To the editor:
The Town of Nashville was splashed with colors this past week to benefit the Brown County Community Foundation (BCCF) Pre-K Scholarship program. The Color Walk was an excellent family event with no winners or official times. Participants set their own pace, brought their toddlers, and had a fun-filled day with no pressure to compete and the satisfaction of helping pre-K students in Brown County. Along the two-mile route, participants were blasted with different colors until they resembled a rainbow. The event raised over $7,000 for Brown County Pre-K scholarships!
This event was an excellent example of Brown County’s spirit of community. Working collaboratively with the local 4-H, Brown County Bikes, Brown County Volunteer Fire Department, and many wonderful volunteers, we were able to have an amazing family-friendly event at the Brown County fairgrounds and throughout the Town of Nashville. I wanted to say a special thank you to the volunteers and sponsors of this event. We could not have had a successful event without their support.
Thank you sponsors Andi Wilson, Brown County Music Center, Brown County Bikes, Brown County Playhouse, Carpenter Hills O Brown, Centra, Copperhead Creek Gem Mine, Fallen Leaf Books, Fifth Third Bank, Freitag and Martoglio, Kimberly Cork-Spencer, Lisa and Rich Hall, League of Women Voters of Brown County, McDonald’s, Michele Wedel Photography, Nashville Spice, The Wild Olive and Touch of Silver Gold and Old.
So, if you are feeling like there is too much division in the world today, please take comfort that people are still coming together for great causes in Brown County!
Sean Hildreth, BCCF Marketing, Communications and Outreach Officer
‘There’s a water crisis. Why do we still have lawns?’
To the editor:
Please make a plea to all Brown County land owners and residents to convert their grass lawns to native plants and tree landscapes. Brown County is known far and wide for its natural landscapes and beauty from trees and other natural plant-scapes.
Why do we still have lawns? It matters in a place where about 40 percent of the potable water supply from the Town of Nashville water utility leaks from the pipes before it even arrives at our houses not to waste our water on lawns. Replacing our lawns with native species will reduce your maintenance time for your yard, reduce fertilizer, pesticides and insecticide use, as well as reduce the use of gas and oil in mowing and other lawn maintenance equipment because we won’t have to “maintain” in the same way natural landscapes.
Small gas-powered motors put out 10-100 times the amount of greenhouse gasses of car motors. We could lower our contributions of greenhouse gases that worsen climate change by replacing our lawns.
By reducing the area of lawns in Brown County, we will provide more natural food and habitat for birds and wildlife. Allowing native plants to cover our lands also lowers albedo and heat generation and retention by providing more lower albedo ground cover and shade areas.
Please consider replacing your lawn with native plants today. It will give you more time in your life—forget mowing and maintenance, be better for the environment—no wasted water, and no nasty chemical fertilizers and pesticides released to the environment, lower your carbon pollution footprint, and give you unlimited pleasure in wildlife and bird viewing by providing habitat and food for wildlife and avian visitors.
Christy Crandall, Nashville
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