Organizations calendar

HOW TO USE THIS COLUMN. Club and organization meetings and events are published at no charge in this calendar. Items for the Organization Calendar must be turned in by noon Wednesday. POC refers to “point of contact.” Area codes are listed only for phone numbers outside the 270 area code. Listings not updated within a year are removed. To update or submit a calendar entry, email calendars@thenewsenterprise.com, call 505-1751 or fax to 769-6965.

Friday, May 17 

• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 213, 10 a.m., Safe Harbor Club, Vine Grove. POC: POC: Donna, 828-5026, or Mary, 351-1233.
• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 126, 10 a.m., 300 Starlite Drive, E’town. Weigh-in: 8:30-9:50 a.m.  POC: Liz Smothers, 737-0124.

Saturday

• Community breakfast, 8-10 a.m., Morrison Masonic Lodge No. 76, 125 N. Mulberry St., E’town; $5, which goes to lodge building fund, for all-you-can-eat breakfast; menu varies monthly. POC: 505-0497.
• Vine Grove Masonic Lodge No. 603, 857 Crume Road, next to Lincoln Trail Country Club, 7:30 p.m., first and third Saturday. POC: 351-2917.

Monday  

• Hardin County Senior Republican Women’s Club, monthly luncheon meeting, noon, Stone Hearth Restaurant, 1001 N. Mulberry, E’town. Featured speaker is Sheroll Carby, M.Ed., Community Outreach Coordinator for the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapters. POC: Shirley Westergren, 360-9948 or Barb Phillips, 304-7052.
• All Datsun & Z Car owners meet at 6 p.m. upstairs at Swope Nissan Dealership, 1100 N. Dixie Ave., E’town. You can join club even if you do not own a Z car. POC: Irvin Lyons Jr., 304-6044 or ilyonsjr@aol.com. Website: www.bluegrasszcarclub.com.
• The Bards Corner Writer’s Group, 6-8 p.m., Hardin County Public Library Community Room, 100 Jim Owens Drive, E’town. Free. POC: Robert Villanueva, 234-9971.
• The Republican Party of Hardin County, monthly northern county meeting, 6 p.m., Colvin Community Center, 230 Freedom Way, Radcliff. POC: Mike Phillips, 272-2290.
• Heartland Dulcimer Club, 6:30-8:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 1600 Pear Orchard Road, E’town. All traditional instrument players are involved, including hammered dulcimer, lap dulcimer, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, bass and more. Observers welcome. POC: 862-9747 or www.heartlanddulcimerclub.org
• Mid-Kentucky Kennel Club gathers at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays, Bella’s K9 Academy, 1248 Woodland Drive, E’town. Mondays dedicated to obedience practice; Tuesdays dedicated to conformation practice; free to MKKC members; $3 for non members. Up-to-date shot record must be presented on all dogs entering facility. POC: Mary Ginter, 465-6299; www.midkykennelclub.com.
• Vine Grove Chapter No. 122, Order of the Eastern Star, dinner at 6:30 p.m., meeting at 7:30 p.m., 857 Crume Road, Vine Grove, next to Lincoln Trail Country Club. POC: Reanna McCarthy, 268-5001.
• Camp Knox Masonic Lodge, 7 p.m. POC: 351-3498.
• Cecilia Community Ruritan Club, 7 p.m., Ruritan Building. POC: Irene Dodson, 862-3808.

Tuesday

• Central Kentucky Wheelmen Bicycle Club offers regularly scheduled rides for bicyclists of all skill levels; the club has more than 130 members with a 30-year history. Visit the website and join the group for rides; www.ckwheelmen.org.
• Military Order of World Wars, 11:30 a.m., at its clubhouse, Building 2377, at Fort Knox. POC: Larry Herzog, 351-6433.
• German/American Edelweiss Club, noon, basement of Prichard Chapel on Fort Knox. All German-speaking ladies invited. POC: Heidi Baker, 352-0401, or Renate Gibson, 401-6394.
• Elizabethtown Lions Club, 6 p.m., Howard Johnson, 1058 N. Mulberry St., E’town. POC: Gary Miles, 769-6997.
• Hardin County Republican Women’s Club meeting, 6 p.m., Caroline’s Alpine Haus in Radcliff. Guest speaker John David Dyche. Renowned author, attorney and former Courier-Journal columnist. POC: Val Border, 304-7223.
• The North Hardin Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., 117 East Vine Street, Radcliff. For information about the clubs activities visit its Facebook page, North Hardin Lions Club.
• Toastmasters Club 8307-Gilded Tongues, 6:30-7:30 p.m., administration building 112 of Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, 600 College Street Road, E’town. Learn-by-doing workshop where participants hone speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. POC: Tim Gawry, cptgawry@hotmail.com, (502) 615-9454, or Terry Shortt, twshortt@gmail.com, 319-3212.
• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 113, 6:45 p.m., Vine Grove United Methodist Church, 306 High St. POC: 877-0662.
• Elizabethtown Chess Club, 7 p.m. to closing, at Family Buffet Restaurant. There is a USCF-rated tournament the second Tuesday of each month at ECTC Occupation and Technical Building, Rooms 106A and 108B. POC: website, www.etownchess.blogspot.com.
• White Mills Civic League, 7 p.m., Civic League Building. POC: Dot Graham, 369-8118.
• B.R. Young Lodge No. 132 F&AM, 7:30 p.m., 11 Lincoln Square, Hodgenville. POC: 765-7047.

Wednesday

• Interfaith book discussion, 4 p.m., genealogy room, Hardin County Public Library, 100 Jim Owen Drive, E’town. “I Speak for Myself: American Women on Being Muslim,” edited by Ebrahimji and Suratwala. POC: Louise Eaton, 737-2148 or LEATON0001@kctcs.edu.
• NABVETS, a veteran’s organization, National Association for Black Veterans, 6 p.m., North Chamber Commerce Building, 306 N. Wilson Road, Radcliff.  POC: Fort Knox Chapter 70 Commander Terry W. Robinson Sr., (401) 688-3188 or trobinson142tr@gmail.com, or Ky. State Commander Irvin Lyons Jr., 304-6044 or ilyonsjr70@gmail.com.
• Teen TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly), 6-7 p.m., 202 N. Mulberry St., E’town. POC: Helen Jacobs, 317-7112.

Thursday

• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 169, Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health System, 3909 S. Wilson Road, Radcliff. Weigh-in 5:30-6:15; short meeting follows. POC: Joyce, 351-9365, or Melva, 737-5930.

Upcoming

• Rolling Thunder Inc., Kentucky Chapter Four, 2 p.m. June 2, Colvin Community Center, 230 Freedom Way, Radcliff. Dues, $30 per year. POC: Sally Johns, 352-2765 or rollingthunderkych4.com.
• Interfaith Fellowship Circle, 7 p.m. June 17, Christ Episcopal Church, 206 W. Poplar, E’town. Heartland Interfaith general meeting 6:30-7 p.m., fellowship circle at 7 p.m. Subject, “The concept of sin.” POC: Jeannie Samdani, (502) 968-9192 or jeanniesamdani@gmail.com.