Events listed for Thursday, Nov. 16
Bartholomew County
Solid Waste Management District Board, 9 a.m., Governmental Office Building, 440 Third St.
Library Babies, 10-10:25 a.m. and 10:30-11 a.m., Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. A relaxed, baby-friendly introduction to storytime for infants from birth to 18 months.
Columbus Utilities Service Board, 11:30 a.m., 1111 McClure Road.
County SRC and PLAT Committee, 1:30 p.m., City Hall, 123 Washington St.
Family Storytime, 3:30-4 p.m., Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus, geared toward children ages 1-5.
Tween Game Time, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. Children in grades 4-6 are welcome to play board, card and dice games.
Teen Dungeons and Dragons, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. Role-playing adventure game open to teens in grades seven through 12. Registration required at mybcpl.org/events.
Teen Thursgame, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. A variety of games to teens in grades seven through 12. Registration required at mybcpl.org/events.
Columbus Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners, 3:30 p.m., City Hall, 123 Washington St.
Author Talk, 4 to 5 p.m., online chat with Joy Harjo, internationally renowned performer, writer, and poet of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, as she discusses her recent memoir, “Catching the Light.” Register at mybcpl.org/events.
Transformers, 6-7 p.m., St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 719 Fifth St., Columbus. Children and families who are grieving a loss are welcomed.
Indiana Author Trista Newyear, “Learning from Utopias”, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. Newyear discusses her forthcoming series of four novels that reimagine the 19th-century utopian experiments of New Harmony, Indiana in a post-climate change future Indiana.
Jennings County
County Commissioners, 9 a.m., Government Center, 200 E. Brown St., Vernon.
Board of Zoning Appeals, 6 p.m., Government Center, 200 E. Brown St., Vernon.
Sheriff’s Merit Board, 7 p.m., Sheriff’s Department, 925 S. State St., North Vernon.
