Preservation society
The Brown County Cemetery Preservation Society, a committee of the Peaceful Valley Heritage group, meets at 1 and 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 was to be Feb. 13. The public is welcome at all events.
Rotary Club
Bill Miller will discuss his book, “Son of a Coal Miner’s Daughter,” when the Brown County Rotary Club meets at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 15. The breakfast meeting will be at Nashville’s Artist Colony Inn, 105 S. Van Buren St.
Miller attended a one-room schoolhouse in Bean Blossom and high school in Helmsburg before attending college at Franklin College and Eastern Illinois University. He complete tours of duty with the Peace Corps in Indonesia, Thailand, Tonga and the Philippines. After 10 years abroad, Miller returned to Brown County and worked on the Charles C. Deam Wilderness, fought for landowners’ property rights and kept up his farm at Browning Mountain.
Members of the community are invited to attend the meeting, especially those interested in exploring opportunities to be of service.
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 meeting is Feb. 15. Meetings are at the Brown County Public Library, 205 N. Locust Lane. All are 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.
