Mary Stein, assistant director of the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Library, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Jan. 12. She will discuss the proposed 9.5-mill tax to support the library system over the next 10 years. This proposal will be presented to the Metro Council on Jan. 14.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, is served at 12:15 p.m. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.