Local Briefs

Knights of Columbus dinner open to public

The Knights of Columbus will serve tenderloin, hamburger and fish basket dinners from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the council hall, 118 E. Second St., Seymour.

The event is open to the public.

Proceeds benefit Knights of Columbus projects such as Anchor House, Community Provisions of Jackson County and St. Ambrose Catholic School, member Donald Matzner of Seymour said.

Author to lead ‘Finding Your Passion’ workshop

Chad Malone will offer the presentation “Real Success” from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Seymour Library.

The program is open to teens and adults.

Registration is preferred by calling 522-3412, ext. 1243.

There will be a lunch break from noon to 1 p.m. Attendees can bring a bag lunch or buy a meal with the group.

Malone explains relationships and equipping attitude and leadership for success.

His first book, which will be released this fall, is “Finding Your Passion from the Inside.” It will be available for autographing.

Women’s Ministries plans new studies

Jackson County Center For Women’s Ministries Inc. will begin two new studies for the fall.

Registration and the introduction meeting for Tim Sledge’s book, “Moving Beyond Your Past,” will be

6 to 8 p.m. Monday.

This study is aimed at helping participants take responsibility for their emotions, get out of codependent tendencies, develop vitality in their spiritual walk and move beyond hurt to joy.

Center director Deborah Ralston will facilitate this group.

Another afternoon group will be formed if three or more are interested.

Also offered 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 11, will be Sledge’s “Making Peace with Your Past.”

“This study offers practical, biblically based guidance to lead participants to identify, understand, and come to terms with the feelings and problems of growing up in a dysfunctional family,” Ralston said.

Both studies comprise 12 units.

For information or to register, call 523-8086. The center is at 104½ E. Second St. in Seymour. It is a nondenominational ministry serving women 13 and older in Jackson and surrounding counties.

Spring Mill State Park site for radio show

Spring Mill State Park will be the site of “Indiana Parks on the Air,” an amateur radio event, from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Licensed operators from the Daviess County Amateur Radio Club will be in the parking lot outside the Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom Memorial, near the park’s main gate.

Amateur radio operators will broadcast from the park and communicate with operators in Indiana, other states and other countries.

Several operators will be available to explain amateur radios to visitors.

They will explain how amateur radio can be used in emergency events, such as tornadoes and ice storms, when telephone and normal radio communications fail.

Admission for the event is $5 per in-state vehicle and $7 per out-of-state vehicle.

For information, contact Coletta Prewitt at (812) 849-3534 or springmillstatepark@dnr.IN.gov.

Spring Mill State Park is at 3333 State Road 60 East, Mitchell.

Refuge seeks input

on discovery area

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for feedback on a proposed new public use at Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge.

The proposed use is the addition of a 0.147 acre Children’s Nature Discovery Area adjacent to the visitor center.

The Children’s Nature Discovery area would be a mowed opening where young children could explore boulders, tree slabs and downed trees, hollow logs and other natural objects.

It would be available to children with their parents (or other supervising adults) anytime the refuge is open.

A draft plan on the proposed activity, plus other information related to the proposal, is available for review at the refuge office and visitor center and at local libraries.

Public comments are being solicited on the proposed activity through Sept. 30. Comments may be submitted to Refuge Manager, Muscatatuck NWR, 12985 E. U.S. 50, Seymour, IN 47274 or Muscatatuck@fws.gov.

For information, call 522-4352.