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• The Pachyderm Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Sycamore Grove Restaurant in the Terre Haute Holiday Inn at 3300 S. U.S. Highway 41.

• Friends of Turkey Run and Shades state parks will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Wagon Wheel Room in Turkey Run Inn at Turkey Run State Park north of Rockville. Visit www.geocities.com/

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• Vet-to-Vet for all veterans will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. For details, e-mail Douglas.Herrmann@verizon.net.

• 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 ages 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 grade 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 group meets Tuesday: Farmersburg Elementary School group meets from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. For more details or to form a group from other schools, call Gloria Morris at (812) 394-2105. Younger children welcome. Vigo County groups: 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 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Terre Haute South Vigo High School group meets from 1:30 to 2:30 p.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 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday in the computer lab at 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: Daytime Bridge group meets at 10 a.m. Monday. Contact Julia Chowning for details. Crafts group meets at 7 p.m. Thursday. Contact Deanna Gibbons for details. Euchre group meets at 7 p.m. Saturday. Contact Mona Crump 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 details, contact membership chairwoman, Donna Jackson, at (812) 201-9158 or Ellie Oliver, president, at (812) 299-4502.

• 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: Spring Creek club meets at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at 12505 N. County Road 350 East in Brazil. Ann Kuhn will host. Roll call will include a funny story. Wings for Babies at Union Hospital will be discussed. Burnett club will meet at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Burnett Church. Mary Pastorius, Agnes Havens and Sherri Rice will host. Lena Poole will give the inspirations. Members are reminded to wear a hat. Fayette club will meet at 11 a.m. Friday in the home of Sarah Gossett. Debbie Lazzell will present the program on trips in Indiana. Members are reminded to bring a package of seeds to exchange. Reservations and vest descriptions for the Spring Function are due by Monday. Mail registrations to 2600 Harding Ave., Terre Haute, IN 47802. 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 at (765) 344-1011.

• 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.

• 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 the same Pizza City location. 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 and will include reports from the board meeting and perhaps the rescheduled speaker of April 2.

• 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. Thursday in Room 101E of the John T. Meyers 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 Hymera Ruritan building.

• 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.

• Wabash Valley Audubon Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets.

• West Central Indiana Bird Club for all bird lovers will discuss and promote the health and happiness of our pet birds from 7 to 9 p.m Tuesday in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets. For details call Lauren Dempsey at (812) 299-0419.

• Beta Sigma Phi Sorority chapter activities include: BSP City Council will meet to nominate officers for the coming year at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets. Current representatives will meet at 7:30. Members will select aan honorary member and the service project for 2009-10. Tami Edwards, vice president, will report on the sorority’s Founder’s Day, set for April 28 in the MCL Banquet Room at The Meadows shopping center. All forms should be returned to the vice president. Linda Smith, president, will preside at the business meeting. Refreshments will be served by members of Alpha Master chapter. Preceptor Gamma Psi chapter will conduct a ritual for Misti Corrigan, Patty McCarty and Shirley Vester on Thursday in Logan’s Rib-Eye Restaurant at 100 S. Fruitridge Ave. Everyone will gather at 6:30 p.m. with dinner following at 7. Kaye Barnett, vice president and membership chairwoman, will host with Janet Swift, president, presiding at the business meeting.

• Goldenaires of First Financial Bank will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the bank’s conference center. Mary Ann Ax of Hospice of the Wabash Valley and Visiting Nurses Association will be the featured speaker. Ruth Price and Shirley Royer will be hostesses.

• Friends of Poetry will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Sycamore Manor at 25th Street and Ohio Boulevard.

• Terre Haute Chapter 20 of the Cruiser Club USA motorcycle club will meet at 6 p.m. Friday in 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.

• The following Order of Eastern Star, District 8 chapters meet at 7:30 p.m. this week unless otherwise noted: Jerusalem 254 will meet Monday. Cheryl Woodard and Douglas Lockhart will preside at the business meeting. Pimento 516 will meet Tuesday with Carol Sloan and Doug Sloan presiding. Easter will be observed. Ruth Thompson, past worthy grand matron, and Chuck Thompson will provide the program, decorations and refreshments. Riley 22 will meet Tuesday. Linda Price and Glen McCoskey will preside at the business meeting. Refreshments will be provided by new members, Harold and Pam Hopler. West Terre Haute 428 will meet Tuesday. Carrie Kesler and Terry Creasey will preside at the business meeting. Members are reminded to wear favorite formal attire. There will be a baked potato bar. All officers will bring the potato toppings. Note: Mail yearbooks and chapter news to Betty Sheets.

• Badoura 23, Daughters of the Nile will meet for a household dinner party at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Zorah Shrine Center at 420 N. Seventh St. The Nile chair unit will host. The theme is tax time. Mitra Sullivan, president, will preside.

• Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Village Quarter Clubhouse. For more details call Sharon Mattison at (812) 877-6711.

• The Vigo County Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon Monday for a luncheon in the Chestnut Room of the Holiday Inn at 3300 S. U.S. Highway 41. The guest speaker will be Brad Balch, director of Elementary Education Administration at Indiana State University.