LocSec News by Sandy Halby

Volume 29, Issue 11/12 December 2012/January

In This Issue

What’s Up In Our Region ............ …..2

Welcome & Farewell........................2

Plains and Peaks Officers…...............2

Plains & Peaks Patter....…….…....…...3

Cryptogram………….………………...…….3

Birthdays………………….……….…………..3

Anniversaries...................................4

Easy Cookin’ 101………….………………..4

2012 Holiday Party………….…….….4&5

December/January Events...….……..6

December/January Calendar…..…....7

Hello, fellow Plains & Peaksters! Here it is again – Thanksgiving has just past and we’re moving on toward the Christmas holiday season. Seems like just a few weeks ago I was wrapping door prizes for the 2011 Mensa Holiday Gala Party … and here I am getting stuff together for the 2012 Holiday Gala. Time really does fly! But, when you’re as busy as Mike and I are, it’s not a big sur-prise. We meet ourselves coming and going sometimes! November’s Mensa activities were once again varied – there was, as usual, some-thing for everybody. Besides the regular events, our Main Monthly Meeting was a session at “Painting with a Twist.” This was really, really fun! When you get there, they have everything set up – your canvas, paints, brushes, and apron – and all you have to do is follow their simple instruc-tions to paint that evening’s art selection. They break it all down into simple steps and very clearly explain the techniques to use to replicate that night’s selected painting. We did the “Twinkly Christmas Tree” and all our paintings turned out great! You can see them posted on the Plains & Peaks Mensa Facebook page – go there and check it out. This was so much fun, I already have two more sessions planned for myself. Also in November – playing Buzztime Trivia at TGI Fridays for our Trivial Pursuits activi-ty – our group once again left its mark! Out of the 9 players that night at that location, we took the top 5 positions. That TGI Friday location scored 24th nationwide and Al Ack-erson ended up in 40th place nationwide, followed by Jim Hunter in 41st and me in 42nd! Pretty impressive! Coming in December, Give In To Beer Pres-sure and then … our biggest event of the year – our annual Holiday Party! Be sure to RSVP by the 3rd of December for this gala event. There’s a flyer in this newsletter with

the information about the party, as well as the White Elephant Gift Exchange. There are door prizes, lots of fun, a White Ele-phant gift exchange, tons of fun, great din-ner, more fun, visiting with fellow Mensans … and did I mention fun?? And – great news – Connor says our treasury is flush enough to help offset the dinner cost for each Mensan and one guest! Yes!! Also in keeping with the season, Ed Herlik will be hosting a “Christmas Miracles” par-ty! Check out the description on our calen-dar page – and thanks to Ed for hosting this! Looks like a really fun event – combin-ing a little critical thinking with some Christ-mas celebration! Remember, if you have a line on a good guest speaker or want to set up an event or museum visit, let me know and we’ll get it scheduled in our calendar. That’s about all for now … as always, huge thanks and kudos to Betsy, our Editor and Windy, our Webmistress! Thanks also to Connor, who “cooks the books” for us; Jen-ny, our Second VP; Sean, our Gifted Chil-dren’s Coordinator; and Al, past Pres and all-around good guy! I’d also like to add a note of special thanks to Dave Syndergaard and Jennifer Owens, who’ve recently moved to Utah to enjoy retirement. Dave and Jen were active mem-bers in our group for many years – Dave was LocSec at one time and Jen could al-ways be counted on to help out with many of our events. They also hosted Poker Night regularly and held Texas Hold’em several times a year. Dave, Jen … I will really miss both of you! You are not only fellow Men-sans, but great friends of mine. And …keep the guest room ready! And – at this time of year, I’d like to thank

all my special Mensa friends who join in events, host events, and make my involve-ment in Mensa well worthwhile: Jenny, Susan C, Susan C, Nancy F, Larry, Matt, Art, Vera, Chris, George, Bill, Steven, Mark, Jan, Sean, Michael, Ed, Stephen, Brian, Wetzel, Ann, Kathie, Deborah, Gary, Tony, Anthony, David, Gary, Steve, Jim, RC, Gia, Kari, Lou, Daniel, Jennie-Jo, Wayne, Eryn and anybody I might have missed … and hugs to all of you… my Mensa friends. From Mike and me: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Hope to see YOU soon at a Plains & Peaks Mensa event!!

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NEWS ABOUT DUES A recent extensive survey of our members affirms that those who have a sense of BELONGING enjoy participating in local Mensa events and are getting the most VALUE out of their memberships. That just makes sense, right? Those who choose not to take advantage of the many events, dinners, programs, intelligent conversations, chances to meet new friends, etc. don’t feel as attached to Mensa. With that in mind, because of a 50% increase in the amount of funds American Mensa needs to send to International Mensa, a rate increase is com-ing up. The new rate will still be less than 20¢ per day ($70 per year). Personally, I’ve met my wonderful husband through Mensa and have dear friends that are more like family. The Lifetime membership works for me. My motto is: MENSA: Smart Means Belonging! GIFTED YOUTH COORDINATOR The Board voted unanimously to change the name of Gifted Children Coordinator to Gifted Youth Coordinator, a fittingly descriptive title indeed. WELCOME NEW OFFICERS JANE JOHNSON, Proctor-in-Training for Kansas Sunflower Mensa CRAIG WILSON, Treasurer for Boulder/Front Range Mensa WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE! Log onto your Facebook page and search for “Mensa Region 7” to share ideas, events, etc. or just click on http://www.facebook.com/groups/HeartlandMensaRegion7. We have close to 150 very interesting members and new members every week so far! We’re sharing pho-tos, events, movies, book reviews and more.

HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON!

What’s Up In Our Region

Plains and Peaks Mensa Officers

Sandy Halby (LocSec/President) 6066 Del Rey Dr., COS 80918 719-528-5483 mandshalby@comcast.net Jennifer Browning (2nd Vice Pres. for Membership) 2034 Devon St, COS 80909 719-591-0189 JennyReal@aol.com Connor Baker (Treasurer) 259 County Road 31 Florissant, CO 80816 (719) 646-2660 connor.baker@usa.net Sean McCormick (Gifted Children’s Coordinator) 4220 Ruby Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80918-5058 (719) 651-6706 sean.mccormick.us@member.mensa.org Betsy Ogan (PlainsPeaking Editor) 1061 Hummingbird Ct, COS 80921 719-481-1199 Bogan54@aol.com Windy Haddad (Webmaster) 1465 Stella Dr. COS 80921 719-201-4743 windy@windyhaddad.com Al Ackerson (Past President) 5102 Galley Road, #430AW, COS 80915 719-465-3747 Alackerson@msn.com

PlainsPeaking

Peggy Pannke-Smith

Regional Vice Chair

Heartland Region 7

Please send your announcements and photos of Region 7 happenings to Mensa@pegmadsen.com

http://www.region7.us.mensa.org/

I’d love to hear from you! Contact me at RVC7@us.mensa.org.

Welcome & Farewell WELCOME: Christopher J Coley, Taylor S Lynch and Heather C Nelson – all new Mensans! Derel Schrock, who moved here from Oklahoma. Hello! FAREWELL: Dave Syndergaard and Jennifer Owens, who moved to Utah. We will miss you guys so much!! Keep the guest room ready – you never know when one of us will be out there to visit!!

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DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS Jennie-Jo White December 2 David Cunningham December 5 Norma H Hollister December 6 Kevin M Powers December 7 Steven Boynton December 11 Jack William Israel December 13 Roberta C Ackerson December 19 Peter T Sinclair December 21 Mary Catherine Curtis December 23 Robert Hirbernik December 25 Pamela Y Zhang December 26 Susan Creager December 27 M Shane Hall December 28 Wetzel B Howard December 30 JANUARY BIRTHDAYS Patrick Spencer II January 1 Windy Haddad January 3 Boyd Rodman January 9 A Stephen Herzog January 10 Jennifer R Owens January 27 NOTE: If your birthday isn’t here, it’s probably because that infor-mation is marked “non-releasable” on our rosters. To check your personal information release status, please contact American Mensa (1-800-66-MENSA) or go to www.us.mensa.org and under Member Resources, select the PDQ section.

Birthdays

"PIVVHW TJ Q YVG DVQH QYC

QYJTIVH PIQYPV RJH KW

TJ BVT AT HABIT."

~JZHQI GAYRHVD

Cryptogram

Plains & Peaks Patter If you have an announcement or news item, please forward it to PlainsPeaking Editor Betsy Ogan (bogan54@aol.com) for inclusion in PlainsPeaking! And, don’t forget, you can advertise your business in PlainsPeaking. The current rates are: business card size $6, quarter page $10, half page $25 and full page $50. Join Plains & Peaks Mensa on Facebook! See photos of recent activities and meetings and get to know some of your fellow Mensans via this popular social site! It’s a “closed” group so you have to ask to join. Search FB for “Plains & Peaks Mensa.” Region 7 on Facebook! Heartland Region 7 has its own Facebook page, too. Get the latest Heartland Mensa news there – plus photos, links, events, etc. Search Facebook for “American Mensa Region 7” and it should pop right up! E-mail and Electronic Newsletter If you’re receiving this via “snail mail,” consider changing your prefer-ences to electronic newsletter and correspondence. It’s easy! Either go to the American Mensa web-site or contact American Mensa to change your preferences! Get Published! If you’d like to contribute to the PlainsPeaking newsletter, submit your article, poem, photo, puzzle, whatever to Betsy at bo-gan54@aol.com . Blogs and Websites If you have a blog or website that you think might interest other Men-sans, send the link to Sandy or Betsy so we can put it here.

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Membership Anniversaries

DECEMBER Julie Armstrong Connor Baker Mary Catherine Curtis Stephanie Doris Mike Dulaney Jack William Israel Gary Alan Mohr MD Cheryl Ann Spencer Daniel Tapio Preston James Wallace Jr Gary Zachman

JANUARY Roberta C Ackerson Bill Bannister Jennifer M Balderrama Lisa Bartilotta Morris C Bealmer David Cunningham Joseph W Davidson III Sandy Lynn Halby Edward C Herlik David T Hightower Edward Kaplan Steven L Neidens Rita J Prangle Dr William J Riley Roger Weitzel Pamela Y Zhang

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2012 Plains&Peaks Holiday Party Don’t miss our legendary Plains & Peaks Holiday Party!!

Mark your calendars now: Saturday, December 8th!! We’ll be getting together on Saturday, the 8th of December, to cele-brate the holiday season, our friendships and our unique Mensa ca-maraderie. Our annual gala, featuring dinner, door prizes, White Ele-phant Gift Exchange, and a generally all-around GREAT time will be at the historic Stagecoach Inn in Manitou Springs. We’ll be meeting for cocktails (pay-as-you-go) at 5:00 pm, with dinner at 6:30 pm. See the flyer in this newsletter for other details about the event! Be sure to wear something appropriate to the season. Reindeer ant-lers and Rudolph noses are very acceptable; socks that play Christmas Carols may even be better!! The punishment if you are not appropri-ately attired: you’ll be required to sing a Christmas Carol a cappella. We’ll also be doing a White Elephant Gift Exchange. For those of you not familiar with this type of gift exchange (which is GREAT FUN), read on for the details! WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE Remember that tacky “gift” you got last year at your office party gift ex-change? What about the unidentifia-ble and utterly artless “sculpture” your cousin presented you with on your anniversary? Here’s your chance to get rid of an unwanted, (White Elephant) item. A White Elephant Gift Exchange works like this. Find something you don’t want any more (valued between $15 and $25 and in working condition). Wrap it up nicely in holiday paper. Bring it to the Plains & Peaks Mensa Holiday Party on December 8th at the Stagecoach Inn (in Manitou Springs) and stack it with all the other gifts.

PlainsPeaking

Easy Cookin’ 101 in November was hosted by Susan Creager and she made crepes! Here’s her Pumpkin Crepe recipe!

Pumpkin Crepes Pumpkin Filling 1 can pumpkin 1 package cream cheese 1 cup powdered sugar (or a little less) ½ teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon nutmeg or allspice if you have it Blend ingredients until smooth. Crepes 2 TBL melted butter 3 eggs ¼ tsp salt 1 tsp sugar 1 cup flour 1 ½ cup milk 1/2 tsp cinnamon Blend all ingredients. Preheat nonstick pan on medium for 15 minutes. Pour ¼ cup of bat-ter. When top of crepe is dry flip and cook other side until lightly brown. Add a couple of tablespoons of pumpkin filling to the center of the crepe and roll up. Top with whipped cream and nutmeg. Yum!!

Easy Cookin’ 101

Everyone bringing a gift will draw a number. Whoever picks number 1 will be allowed to select one gift from the pile and open that gift. The person who has number 2 can chooses a gift from the pile or take the gift the person with number 1 has. If person number 2 chooses to take the gift from person number 1, then person number 1 gets to choose another gift and open it. Then the person who holds number 3 will choose a gift or exchange that gift with person 1 or 2. Again, if person number 3 chooses to take one of the opened gifts, the person whose gift was taken can choose and open another present. This progresses until the last person has the final choice among all the opened gifts or the last gift on the table. Then, as the final White Ele-phant exchange, the poor person who got number 1 gets to either keep his/her gift or take one of the gifts eligible for grabbing. (A gift can only be exchanged three times. After that, the person who has it is stuck with it!) Participating in the White Elephant Gift Exchange at the Plains & Peaks Mensa Holiday Party is entirely optional. But, keep in mind, it’s a lot of fun – and you never know what you’ll end up with – you might even like what you got! Some of the past years gifts have included: a stuffed toy chicken, an indoor waterfall machine-thing, bottles of wine, puzzles, books, CDs and videos, and lots of other neat (and not so neat!) things! It’s all in the spirit of the holiday – so join in!!

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Saturday, December 8th

At the historic Stagecoach Inn, 702 Manitou Avenue

Party favors, White Elephant gift exchange, door prizes

And lots of good conversations … What a night we’ll have!

Cocktails at 5:00 pm

Dinner at 6:30 pm

Reservations are required for this event!

PLAINS & PEAKS MENSA HOLIDAY PARTY

Please choose from the following dinners when you RSVP:

8 Ounce USDA Choice Sirloin

Cedar Plank Salmon

Vegetarian Ravioli

All dinners include a house salad with Balsamic vinaigrette, fresh biscuits,

vegetables and Chef’s choice of starch.

$28.50 total for dinner, coffee, tea or soda

(price includes tax and tip)

RSVP to Sandy by December 3rd, phone 528-5483 or e-mail mandshalby@comcast.net

mailto:mandshalby@comcast.net

PlainsPeaking

join us for a short ExComm meeting (our monthly business meeting) and dinner at Dat’s Italian, 2514 W. Colorado Ave (in Old Colorado City). For a menu preview, visit www.datsitalian.com. All Mensa mem-bers and guests are invited to this event. Sunday, January 13th, 3 pm: Jack Quinn’s Irish Sessiun. Let’s meet up at Jack Quinn’s and enjoy the traditional Irish music featured during their Sunday Sessiun (Irish Jam Session) before heading around the corner to Kimball’s for the movie. Jack Quinn’s is at 21 South Tejon. AND then at 4:30 pm: Kimball’s Peak Three Movie! Join some of your fellow Mensans at Kimball’s, which is a downtown (Pikes Peak and Tejon) first run movie theater show-ing “the very best of current independent and foreign films.” The plan is to meet at 4:30, have a drink in Kimball’s full service bar, select a movie to attend together, and then afterwards, have another drink and/or dinner and discuss the movie. We’ll be taking a chance on what Kimball’s is showing on this date - but you never know! Could be the best movie you’ve ever seen!! Thursday, January 17th, 8 pm: RSVP for Poker Night. Call Larry and Nancy at 593-9839 to RSVP, direction and other specifics. Friday, January 18th, 5 pm: Mid-Month Happy Hour! Get together for a drink and something to eat at Adam's Apple, a Mensan-owned neighborhood bar at 3302 Austin Bluffs Parkway. See you there!

Saturday, January 19th, 6:00 pm: Poker Night. Larry and Nancy will host a Just-for-fun nickel-dime-quarter poker game at their house, 6964 Granite Peak Drive. Beginners welcome. Snacks and diet sodas will be provided. Bring your own

drinks if you want something else. Adults only, please! Allergy alert – friendly dogs and cats. If we don't have at least 5 players by Thursday evening, we may cancel and go to Cripple Creek instead! Thursday, January 24th, 8 pm: RSVP for Ultimate Saturday Supper. Call Al at 635-4910 or shoot him an e-mail at alackerson@msn.com to let him know you’ll be joining us at USS at the Stadium Bar and Grill on Saturday. Saturday, January 26th, 6:30 pm: Ultimate Saturday Supper. Meet us at the Stadium Bar and Grill, 6120 Barnes Road, for some brews (if that's your thing) and a pretty eclectic variety of foods. Try the Gut-buster, a 1/2 pound Angus beef burger topped with Swiss cheese, grilled onions, a pile of pastrami, and smeared with Heidelburg mus-tard. If you're more daring, take the Slaughterhouse Stadium Chal-lenge, where a couple must down 3 half-pound burger patties, with 3 ounces of pastrami, six slices of cheese, beer-battered jalapenos, chipotle mayo, lettuce, tomato, 12 ounces of fries, and 25 ounces of beer in under 20 minutes and thereby win a place of honor on the Wall of Fame, get a t-shirt, and pay nothing (if you can't finish it's $35.99). There's something for everybody on the menu, so come, watch some football on any of the 37 televisions, and sate yourself! Advance Notice: Thursday, February 7th, 6:30 pm: ExComm Meeting and Dinner. Please join us for a short ExComm meeting (our monthly business meeting) and dinner at Duca’s Pizza, 12229 Voyager Parkway #170. This new pizza place touts truly authentic Neapolitan pizza, with handmade crust made daily – and pizzas cooked in an authentic brick wood-fired oven. Check it out at www.ducaspizza.com. All Mensa members and guests are invited to this event.

Monday, December 3rd, 8 pm: RSVP for the Plains & Peaks Mensa Holiday Party! RSVP to Sandy, 528-5483 or mandshalby@comcast.net. Friday, December 7th, 5 pm: Give In To Beer Pressure. Join us for the December “Give In To Beer Pressure” at Phantom Canyon, 2 Pikes Peak Ave. Set on the corner of Pikes Peak and Cascade – this pub is a Colora-do Springs favorite! Visit www.phantomcanyon.com for a look at the menu! We’ll hoist a few, commiserate about our tough week at work

and generally have a good time! (Note – we’ll be visit-ing different establishments each month for this event – so if you’ve heard of a good brew-pub or happy hour bar in the local area, please let Vera know. Vera can be reached at 864-430-0126 or veraann22@yahoo.com.) Saturday, December 8th, 5 pm: Plains & Peaks Mensa

Holiday Party! We’re all meeting at the Stagecoach Inn in Manitou Springs for our biggest event of the year – our Holiday Gala Party. Door prizes, White Elephant Gift Exchange, dinner – and lots of good cheer with our fellow Mensans! Look for more information in month’s news-letter. RSVPs are due by Monday, December 3rd. Saturday, December 15th, 6-9 pm: Christmas Miracles! Ed Herlik has a 1945 British Pub in his basement that’s special at Christmas, so he’s hosting a “Christmas Miracles” party! We’ll be gathering with our Men-sa friends to present, debate or just listen to 'academic' research on Christmas miracles: Do you know how reindeer fly? Have you figured out how Santa can get to all those rugrats in one night? Elves at the North Pole? There's no land and they're not dressed for anything but polar bear snacks. Explain that one. Santa passes through chimneys? Can you explain that phenomenon? And, of course, there's the fact

that there are no calories in Christmas cookies. Feel free to explain that if you can. You get the idea ... This has all the makings of a boisterous Holiday gathering – touched with some intellectual discussion! Please let Ed know you’ll be there, RSVP to: Herlik@aol.com Friday, January 4th, 5pm: Give In To Beer Pressure. Join us at the Rocky Mountain Brewery at 625 Paonia

Street (near Powers and Platte)! This place, tucked into a warehouse, is an award winner! Duane, the owner, won GOLD for two of his beers at the World Beer Cup this last May – the largest commercial interna-tional beer competition in the world! We’ll hoist a few, commiserate about our tough week at work and generally have a good time! (Note – we’ll be visiting different establishments each month for this event – so if you’ve heard of a good brew-pub or happy hour bar in the local area, please let Vera know. Vera can be reached at 864-430-0126 or ver-aann22@yahoo.com Tuesday, January 8th, 7:30 pm: Trivial Pursuits. We’re playing Show-down, a 6-stage trivia contest featuring a wide variety of topics at TGIF’s, 7061 Commerce Center Drive (I-25 and Woodman). Plus we’re drinking some adult beverages (if you want to) and noshing on some pretty good food. The game starts at 8, but if you want a game player you probably should get there earlier! Thursday, January 10th, 6:30 pm: ExComm Meeting and Dinner. Please join us for a short ExComm meeting (our monthly business meeting)

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