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GATHERINGS
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Please join us on
Saturday, August 21
for a morning of kayaking, and then a casual lunch at
the new BagelWorks on
Main Street in
Brattleboro. (http://www.worksbakerycafe.com).
We’ll meet at 10:00
across from the Grafton Cheese store on Route 30 where
we’ll put in the kayaks, and paddle around the Retreat
Meadows (attached to West and
ConnecticutRivers for the adventurous
souls.)
At 1:00, we’ll de-kayak
and move to
Main St. for a tasty,
inexpensive lunch at the newest
Brattleboro
gathering spot.
Feel free to skip the kayaking
and join us at 1:00.
Please RSVP to Susan Misnick, 802-365-7891, or just show up!
Sunday, September 19th
Lunch & Fruit Picking
Middlebury, VT & Shoreham, VT
We will gather at
the Farmers Diner at 11:00 AM to enjoy a leisurely lunch.
Then we will hop back in our cars (carpooling, perhaps?) and
travel to Champlain Orchards to do some apple or berry
picking and, for those who wish, to go on a tour of the
orchards at about 1:30. Here is a description from them
about the tour and the fruit which should be ripe for the
picking in mid-September:
In the
past tours have included things such as touring
the apple packing line, cold storage, bakery,
cider press, watching the Jamaican crew
harvesting, or touring a bit of the orchard and
hearing some of the history. We normally
charge $5 a person for a tour- and this includes
a 1/2 peck of PYO apples and a taste of
cider...(folks would be welcome to pick more
apples than this- the cost would just be
the addition of what ever apples they picked).
Because of our health codes, we ask that
everyone getting a tour of our indoor spaces
bring a hat to wear (or we can offer
hairnets...)
As for
picking that time of year (and things are a
little unpredictable this year- everything seems
very early!)... we will have several PYO apple
varieties to pick- Mac, Gala, Honeycrisp,
Golden Supreme as well as PYO red and yellow
fall raspberries and flowers.
The
Mensan Traveling Feast – a regular feast for Mensans
residing in the St Lawrence Seaway valley and the lake
Champlain area who wish to travel to feast and visit with
their fellow Mensans.
When: Friday September 10th, 2010 at 7pm for supper
– then to visit Old Montreal – The Old Port.
This restaurant offers a wide menu with entrees in the C$15
– C$30 range. There is no liquor license but this
restaurant pioneered the theme: “Bring your own wine” The
restaurant is easily available off the major highway 20 in
LaSalle-Montreal.
Parking is free as the restaurant is located in a shopping
mall. We will carpool down to Old Montreal so that everyone
is comfortable and accompanied. Afterward we will return to
the parking lot in LaSalle.
Accommodation: Should you not want to make the two or three
hour return drive home I can help you make lodging
reservations locally at any price range including crashing
at my place.
Bring a game and find a
player, or just bring yourself and find a game.
RSVP to Susan Misnick,
802-365-7891, smisnick@sover.net
or…just show up!!
RVChat
With
Lori Noris
Congratulations to four Region 1 Local Groups for receiving
nominations from the Publications Recognition Program. Mensa of
Northeastern New York received several nominations for their
newsletter. Connecticut and Western Massachusetts Mensa,
Mid-Hudson Mensa, and New Hampshire Mensa were each nominated
based on their web sites. Winners will be announced at the
Annual Gathering in July. Good luck.
In
conjunction with the AG, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African
American History will be presenting a display of prominent
African American Mensans. Sounds intriguing to me. The museum
will be discounting admission and gift shop items for us. And,
surprising to me, there are many more museums in Detroit than I
was aware of. Unless I am mistaken, the AG committee has
arranged for a continuous shuttle service to the Ford Museum
(which contains more than just transportation related
materials). If you are going to be at the AG, try to connect
with some of our international members (about a dozen countries
other than the US and Canada will be represented) – some will be
giving talks and they sound interesting. Also at the AG will be
the AMC meeting (national board of directors) as well as the
Annual Business Meeting – your chance to be heard. Interested
in getting more involved in Mensa, attend some of the Leadership
Development Workshops (LDW).
Following
the AG, Ron and I hope to make our annual trek to the
Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario. It's about a
three-hour drive from the AG, and they have some wonderful
shows, and not only Shakespeare plays. We're hoping that some
other Mensans may be able to join us. If you'd like any
information on Stratford, please contact me.
At the
end of July, Ron and I will be heading to the Czech Republic to
attend the European Mensas Annual Gathering (EMAG), their third,
to be held in Prague. I have never been to Europe and am
looking forward to a bit of traveling before the gathering –
Rome, Venice, Vienna. I'm excited. After the gathering, we
hope to travel around the Czech Republic, Germany and then up to
Copenhagen. It is going to be an exciting trip; we'll be
visiting some sites that I have always dreamed of. So much to
see and so little time, but who needs sleep – that's what
sleeper cars on trains are for.
And don't
forget there will be a Region 1 lunch at the AG on Wednesday
(June 30th), right before the AG starts. Contact me
for more details. As well as being involved in many of the
planned events, I hope to be able to find time to play games and
hang out in hospitality with friends, old and newly met.
Lori
BREAKING NEWS
Starting in October, we
will begin to have monthly meetings at the following
times/locations:
Lebanon, NH
second Saturday, testing & lunch
Bethel, VT
fourth Sunday supper
Brattleboro, VT
third Wednesday games night ( starts September 15th )
More information
coming soon.
IDEAS are
now being solicited for interesting stuff we can do as a
group. Sport Parachuting? Cave Exploring? Museum
Trips? Wine Tasting? Again, EMAILus with your ideas.
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pretty much wraps it up for now. This is YOUR
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of your fellow Vermont Mensans.
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pretty much wraps it up for now. This is YOUR
web site, so feel free to contribute content to share with the rest
of your fellow Vermont Mensans.