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• The Pachyderm Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Pino’s Il Sonetto Restaurant at 4200 S. Seventh St.

• Friends of Turkey Run and Shades State Parks will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Wagon Wheel Room of Turkey Run Inn at Turkey Run State Park, north of Rockville. For more details, visit www.geocities.com/moloney_m_j

• Vet-to-Vet for all veterans will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the south branch of the Vigo County Public Library in Southland Shopping Center at Seventh Street and Margaret Avenue. For details, e-mail Douglas.Herrmann@verizon.net.

• Sertoma Club of Terre Haute will meet at noon Wednesday in Sycamore Manor at 222 S. 25th St. Anyone interested in helping the hearing impaired may attend. For details, call Greg Walker at (812) 894-2451.

• Terre Haute Adult Chess Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Deming Center at 615 Cherry St. For more details, call (812) 299-5111.

• ACTS (Advancing Christ Together as Singles) will meet at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the conference room of Maryland Community Church at 4700 S. State Road 46. For details, call (812) 234-7100.

• J.A.M. (Jesus and Me) Club for age 4 through fifth grade meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Faith Wesleyan Church at 6751 S. Carlisle. The Youth Group for children in sixth through 12th grades will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the church. For more details, call the church at (812) 299-8365.

• Terre Haute SPEBSQSA, Banks of the Wabash Chorus, will rehearse from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in Harmony Hall at 1257 Lafayette Ave. The chapter is open to all male singers. There are no age restrictions. For membership details, call Harmony Hall at (812) 232-4926.

• Vigo County Homemakers Extension Chorus will rehearse from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church at 3092 E. Davis Drive. For more details, call Jackie Reeves at (812) 894-3204 or Diane Marancik at (812) 234-6956.

• Women of Note choral group will rehearse from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Marshall United Methodist Church at Marshall, Ill. For details, call (217) 826-5161 or 826-2226.

• Moms in Touch International, nondenominational groups of mothers meet when schools are in session to pray for the children, schools they attend, staffs and administrations. Sullivan County meets Tuesday: Farmersburg Elementary School group meets from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. For more information or to form a group from other schools, call Gloria Morris at (812) 394-2105. Younger children welcome. Vigo County: Woodrow Wilson Middle School group meets from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday. Lost Creek Elementary group meets from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday. Hoosier Prairie Elementary School group and Honey Creek Middle School group meet together at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. For details on these groups, or to start a group at another school, call Susan Hayhurst at (812) 696-2468.

• Wabash Valley Genealogy Society will meet at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets.

• Vigo County Quilters Guild will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Electric Living Conference Room in the Duke Energy office at Home and Elm streets.

• Wabash Valley Antique Glass and Pottery Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in Shadow Auction Barn at 1517 Maple Ave.

• Newcomers Club special interest groups: Bridge group will meet at 10 a.m. Monday. Contact Julie Chowning for details. Evening Bridge group will meet at 7:15 Monday. Contact JoAnne Rowe for details. Chatter and Stitch group will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Contact Jan Norris for details. Joint Board meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Olive Garden Italian Restaurant. Contact Nancy Terlecki for details. Beginner Bridge group will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday. Contact Ann Speedy for details. Writers Group will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday. Contact Greta Leykauf for details. Antiques-Zionsville will meet Thursday. Contact Mary Jane Drake for details. Scrapbooking group will meet at 9 a.m. Friday. Contact Mary DeBard for details. Partner Euchre group will meet at 7 p.m. Saturday. Contact Eileen Whalen for details. Any adult woman in the Wabash Valley may become a member upon payment of dues and attendance at one regular meeting or at an interest group. For more information, contact Anita Gambill, membership chairwoman, at (812) 299-0725 or Nancy Terlecki, president, at (812) 872-2199.

• Indiana Ghost Trackers will meet Saturday. Call Shawn Burris at (317) 745-2042 or (317) 437-5227 for time and location.

• Vigo County Extension Homemakers dates to remember: Burnett club will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday in Burnett Church. All members will host. Prairieton Young, Deanna Franklin and the Council will be entertained during this meeting. Sugar Grove club will meet Tuesday in the church. Prairie Creek club will meet 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Prairie Creek Community Building. Guests, including Sugar Grove club, Merry Moms and Vigo County Council will meet at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will feature a tea party so dress accordingly. Inspirations will be presented by Anna Rose and Carol Turner. Roll call will include an old picture of yourself. Pierson club will meet 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Lions Den. Fayette club and Council will be entertained during the meeting. Guests are to arrive at noon. For details on Vigo County Extension Homemakers programs and activities, call the Purdue Extension Service, Vigo County office, at (812) 462-3371.

• Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Terre Haute Chapter D, meets at 8 a.m. today in the Golden Corral Restaurant at 10 W. Johnson Drive. For more details, call Darell Robbins (765) 344-1011.

• Retired Officers Association, Ernie Pyle Chapter, will meet Tuesday. For details, call Frederick Brockhurst at (812) 877-3887.

• The Kiwanis Club meets at noon Thursday in the MCL Cafeteria at The Meadows shopping center. Kiwanis Club of Greater Terre Haute meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in MCL Cafeteria at The Meadows shopping center.

• Terre Haute Rotary Club meets at noon Tuesday in the Holiday Inn at 3300 S. U.S. Highway 41. Terre Haute South Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. Thursday in the Holiday Inn.

• Breakfast Optimist Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Thursday in the Clabber Girl Bake Shop in Hulman & Co. at 900 Wabash Ave. Noon Optimists will meet at noon Thursday in Pizza City at 315 N. Second St. Wabash Valley Optimist Club meets at noon Tuesday in Pizza City at 315 N. Second St. Make reservations before 10 a.m. Tuesday by calling (812) 232-5253. New members and guests welcome. For more details, call Donna at (812) 466-6979. Clinton Breakfast Optimist Club meets at 7 a.m. Thursday in L&L; Castle in Clinton.

• The Exchange Club of Terre Haute meets at noon Tuesday in the Holiday Inn at 3300 S. U.S. Highway 41. The Downtown Exchange Club of Terre Haute meets at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday in Boo’s Crossroads Cafe at 679 Wabash Ave.

• Wren-Smith Post Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. Monday in the post home at 608 W. National Ave. in West Terre Haute.

• Vigo Toastmasters will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays in Room 101E of the John T. Myers Technology Building at Seventh and Cherry streets. To improve speaking skills and presentations, visit geocities.com/vigo_speakmasters/ or call Hal Strahm at (812) 478-7788.

• Hymera Ruritan Club membership will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Ruritan building in Hymera.

• Riley Lions Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Lions Den. For more details, call Vern or Linda Tincher at (812) 894-2750.

• Wabash Valley Weavers Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets. For more details, call Gretchen Jennermann at (812) 877-4448.

• Nightingale Club for all registered nurses will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Call (812) 299-5430.

• Mom’s Own Morning group meets from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday in Maryland Community Church at 4700 S. State Road 46. Moms volunteer to supervise children in the co-op every three to five weeks. To join, call Toni at (812) 877-0010 or Susan at 877-7290.

• Terre Haute Association of Life Underwriters will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the Days Inn at 555 S. Third St.

• West Central Indiana Cage Bird Club for all bird lovers will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the downstairs meeting room of the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets. For details, call Lauren Dempsey, (812) 299-0419.

• Beta Sigma Phi Sorority chapter activities: BSP City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets. President Linda Smith will preside. A reception for the new BSP City Council representatives, hosted by the 2008-09 Executive Board will follow the meeting. Preceptor Gamma Psi chapter will meet for dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Olive Garden Italian Restaurant. Barb Nicoson will host with President Janet Swift presiding. Members are reminded to bring secret sister gifts.

• Friends of Poetry will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the south branch of the Vigo Public Library in Southland Shopping Center at Seventh Street and Margaret Avenue.

• Junior Genealogy Club meets 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets. Any area youth, ages 10 to 17, who has an interest in genealogy is invited to attend. For details e-mail leader Debby Warren at dlrw@att.net.

• Christian Women’s Club prayer connection will begin at 10 a.m. May 20 in the home of Joan Richardson at 2376 Brooklyn Drive in Terre Haute. Reservations for the “Bunches of Flowers” luncheon are due by Friday; cancellations are necessary by May 18 by calling (812) 232-2540 or (217) 275-3410. For more details, call (812) 466-5637.

• Terre Haute Women’s Club will meet for the May luncheon at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Country Club of Terre Haute. There will be a business meeting; officers and Standing Committee chairwomen for 2008/2009 will be installed. New members will be initiated. Club Woman of the Year will be announced and the luncheon will follow. Dues are due at this meeting.

• Terre Haute Chapter 20 of the Cruiser Club USA motorcycle club will meet at 6 p.m. Friday at Thompson’s Motorsports. All makes and manufactures are welcome. Come ride and enjoy the sport. After the business meeting there will be a group ride to a dinner location.

• Zorah Honored Ladies will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in MCL Cafeteria at The Meadows shopping center. President Mildred King will preside at the business meeting. She also will host along with Rosa Lee Griffin and Mary Lou Spears. All Shrine widows are welcome. For more details call Betty Sheets at (812) 231-1310.

• Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will meet for luncheon at noon Tuesday in the Country Club of Terre Haute. For more details, call Sharon Mattison at (812) 877-6711.

• Veterans of Foreign Wars, Auxiliary 972 will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the post home at 12th and Mulberry streets. Installation of officers will take place. For more details, call Katie Szakovits, secretary, at (812) 478-4927.

• Woman’s Department Club activities: Installation of officers and board members will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday.