LocSec Lowdown

August 2017

Hello, fellow Plains & Peaks Mensa Members! Congratulations to all of us! We’ve won an American Mensa Sapphire Award for 2016-2017! The award levels (Emerald, Sapphire, Ruby, and Diamond) are based on points earned for a variety of activities and accom-plishments, earned by the group as a whole, including participation in Mind Games®, Cul-tureQuest®, Mensa Testing Day, and Leader-ship Development Workshops. For a local group, this also indicates that we have a varie-ty of events, good communication with our members, publish our newsletters/events/etc. in a timely manner and manage our finances! Hurrah!! Huge “Thank You” to our officers and members who made this happen! Well, here’s the latest from the Halby house-hold! Due to some eye issues (dry eyes, possi-ble allergies, and a couple of other factors), I’ve been relegated back to wearing glasses for at least a week. Those of you who know me know I’m blind as a bat without corrective lenses! Unfortunately, my glasses are over 20 years old and the prescription is not what it should be, so here I am - squinting at the com-puter monitor – and it’s taking a toll on my patience! I hate my glasses and have been wearing contact lenses for almost 50 years, so this transition back to glasses, even for a week, is really tough. Driving, golf, watching TV - I’m really having to concentrate! Here’s my personal plea to all of you – send good thoughts for my eyes to heal up quickly so I can get back to normal!! Thanks! Our Mensa group had a busy, busy July – all the usual events plus Movie Night and a hike in the Austin Bluffs Open Space! (Photos are

on our Facebook page!) Still coming up as I (painfully) type this up – Mountain Munchies: our annual invasion of RC and Connie’s house outside of Florissant. It’s a fun way to spend an afternoon, get to know some of our local group, enjoy some good food and the magnifi-cent views! Why not come on up and join us? Coming up in August, the usual events, includ-ing GITBP, Caffeine Conundrum (which is turn-ing out to be very popular!), a hike on the Seven Bridges Trail, Hangin’ with the Lairds (a real laid-back afternoon event), and USS at Juniper Valley Ranch! And, looking even further ahead, in Septem-ber – our annual Cripple Creek Mini-RG! We’re planning it for the 9th of September – which is the same weekend as the Cruise Above the Clouds Car Show, which is a gather-ing of custom and collector cars, trucks, and motorcycles. The show actually starts in Woodland Park, with a poker run to Cripple Creek, where the cars are then displayed along the main street of the town! In addition to being able to view all those spectacular cars, we’ll be going to the play at the Butte and dining at one of Cripple Creek’s better restaurants (hopefully the Steakhouse at Bronco Billy’s). And, for the duffers in our group, we’ll be golfing at Shining Mountain the day after the Mini-RG. Let me know if you’d like to join us for a round!! Please, do plan on attending one, two or all of our August (and September) activities! We offer a variety of events, and guests are al-

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

The Newsletter of Plains and Peaks Mensa, Southern Colorado

In This Issue

What’s Up in Our Region…………….2

Plains and Peaks Officers…….........2

Mensa-versaries............................2

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

Cryptogram………………….…………….3

Trivia………………………………...….…...3

Birthdays……….….……….............…..4

Trivia/Cryptogram Answers…….....4

Welcome & Farewell…………………..4

Sapphire Award............................4

BurgerQuest 2017……………….……..5

Goin’ Up To Cripple Creek…….…...5

August Events……...…....……........6/7

August Calendar………..… .............7

ways welcome, so if you’d like to come with a spouse or friend, please do so! As always, if you have an idea for a program or know of an interesting guest speaker – let me know so we can set it up! Well, that’s about all I can think of for now … hope to see you soon at a Mensa event!

~Sandy

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Plains and Peaks Mensa Officers

Sandy Halby (LocSec/President) 6066 Del Rey Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80918 719-528-5483 mandshalby@comcast.net Chris Cooper (2nd Vice Pres. for Membership) 1105 Bowstring Rd. Monument, CO 80132-8595 (719-646-4456) Shedonist@Cooperplace.net George Cooper (treasurer) 1105 Bowstring Rd. Monument, CO 80132-8595

719-646-4456 Srikant Mantravadi (Gifted Youth Coordinator) 6433 Jules Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80923 (719) 352-5074 srikant_mantravadi@yahoo.com Betsy Ogan (PlainsPeaking Editor) 1061 Hummingbird Ct. Colorado Springs, CO 80921 719-481-1199 Bogan54@aol.com Windy Adoretti (Webmaster) 1465 Stella Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80921 719-201-4743

windy@adoretti.com Al Ackerson (Past President) 5102 Galley Road, #430AW Colorado Springs, CO 80915 719-465-3747 Alackerson@msn.com

What’s Up In Our Region

Rich Olcott

Regional Vice Chair

Heartland Region 7

RVC7@us.mensa.org

720-390-7889

Many years ago I drove home to Chicago from school in New Jersey. I

had a passenger, a grad student from Africa. About half-past Ohio he

started shaking his head. “So big,” he said, “so big.” The sheer extent

of our country was getting to him.

I had a similar experience this month while on my 5,000-mile round

trip from here in Denver down to the Annual Gathering near Miami

FL. Our Heartland Region is huge, almost 600,000 square miles, 1200

miles from the NW corner of Wyoming Mountain Mensa to the SE

edge of Missouri Ozarks Mensa.

The good part of all that driving was that it let me meet so many

Heartland Mensans, whether on home grounds (Kansas City outward

bound, Omaha on the way back) or at the AG. Without exception,

they were folks who’d enriched their lives and had fun by getting in-

volved with the organization.

You can, too, if you’re not already getting full benefit from your mem-

bership. You’ve taken the hardest step – you’ve qualified and joined

up. What’s left is to show up. Keep an eye on this group’s calendar

and drop in to an event or two. Join in on the conversation. Enjoy.

But in my experience the big returns come from volunteering. Men-

sans like personal growth. I can testify that my Mensa experience has

broadened my horizons and called forth new skills.

“But how can I get started on that? Nobody knows me and what I like

to do. I don’t know what I’ll be committing to if I volunteer.” I’m glad

you asked. Get thee to the Internet and go to this link: https://

www.surveymonkey.com/r/9MY7N22. It’s an 8-question survey

about what you like to do, how far you can travel, stuff like that. Your

LocSec (and no-one else) will get your answers. When they see a

volunteer opportunity that fits you, they’ll get in touch. Enjoy.

- Rich Olcott

Journey to Mensa

Mensa-versaries Roberta Cordova Loree Czarnecki Mark Frymire Dan L Green David Haukom James G Hunter

William Luden Eugene Osegovic Jessica Senia RC Timm Jennifer Wallace Lynnette Whitsel

JULY TRIVIAL PURSUITS! Six Mensans showed up at the ol' Buffalo waller for Trivial Pursuits. The place was crowded and game players were dear but the Mensans made a good showing. Except for a trick question in the Final Showdown--some nonsense about a Van Gogh painting--they might have swept the field. Al won the Warmup Round, Tony won Countdown and Category rounds, Al won the Lightning Round, and Tony won the Pyramid round. Then came that pesky question which all of the Mensans missed and some rascal named Khan snuck the game. Tony was 2nd, Jonathan 3d, Sarah was 7th, Al 8th, Mark 9th, and Susan 10th, so they took six of the top ten spots, but it just wasn't enough for that night. JULY MINI-GOLF RESULTS: Seven of us braved the weather and did at least 9 holes before the rain shut us out! Dave, Mark, and Sandy

were on one team, and J, Susan, Jim and Louise formed another team. After about 5 holes, the rain started and about the 9th or 10th, we were in a downpour! So, we hunkered down under the awning, ate some candy, and BS’d for a while! So, even though we may not have com-

pleted the full 18 holes, we sure had a fun time! Thanks for coming out, folks! HELP WANTED! Do you have a Media or Publicity background? May-be that’s something you’d like to try? If so, consider helping Plains & Peaks Mensa with Admissions Testing publicity! We’re looking to in-crease our testing numbers and really need a hand with the publicity – ideas, contacts, someone to take this particular bull by the horns and wrestle around with it! And, bonus – this would look good on your resume or annual job appraisal! If you’d be interested in volun-teering to be our Publicity person, contact Sandy at mandshal-by@comcast.net! 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.” BLOGS AND WEBSITES: If you have a blog or website that you think might interest other Mensans, send the link to Betsy at bo-gan54@aol.com so she can put it here. E-MAIL AND ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER: If you’re receiving this via “snail mail,” consider changing your preferences to electronic news-letter and correspondence. It’s easy! 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 bogan54@aol.com. 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.

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Plains & Peaks Patter

Trivia by RC Timm Still more Potpourri

1. Who was the first cartoon character to appear

on a U.S. postage stamp?

2. What beverage used this slogan "Always the same good old __ "?

3. The clock on the reverse of the $100 bill shows what time?

4. What was Coca-Cola Blak?

5. The sculpture of a seated figure known as “The Thinker” is part

of what larger work?

6. What was the first state to join the Union in the 20th century?

7. The term "pachyderm" is commonly used to describe what

animals?

8. Who was the first child born to English parents in North America?

9. Who recorded their first song under the names Tom and Jerry?

10. What is probably the best known of the CIA plots to kill

Fidel Castro?

Think old and you will be old; think young and you will be a delusional old fart.

Cryptogram

"HQHEF VTU RL T NTVU BJJZ

BJE TC ZHTLC BRQH VRUXCHL

HQHEF NTF; YRLNJV WJULRLCL

RU UJC HKWHHNRUD COH ZRVRC."

~HZMHEC OXMMTEN

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Trivia 1. Bugs Bunny in 1997

2. Blatz Beer

3. 4:10 on the older contemporary notes and 10:30 on the series

2009A notes released in 2013.

4. Coca-Cola with "coffee essence", it had a short sales life.

5. The Gates of Hell, it was also cast as a separate sculpture.

6. Oklahoma, November 16, 1907

7. Elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses.

8. Virginia Dare, Roanoke Colony, August 18, 1587

9. Simon & Garfunkel

10. With a poison cigar. Yes, there were other ideas, but this may be

the best known.

Cryptogram

“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom

consists in not exceeding the limit.”

~Elbert Hubbard

Answers to Trivia/Cryptogram

William Riley August 4 Keith Wear August 7 William Luden August 12 J Ridge August 18 Henry Graham August 27 RC Timm August 21 Kathie Schmidt August 23 David Boone August 27 Stephanie Doris August 30

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 www.us.mensa.org and under Member Re-sources, select the PDQ section.

WELCOME:

Kinson Prabu Kingston, a new Mensan!

Glad you are joining us!

Andrea Lewis, who is moving into this

area. Hello!

Eugene Osegovic, who is also moving

into our local group area. Welcome!

WELCOME BACK:

Diane Bayette, who is re-joining our

group! Hello, again!

FAREWELL:

Louis Hill, who is moving to Texas. Good luck!

Welcome

&

Farewell

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CATCHING UP ON BURGERQUEST Your regular host was at the AG in Florida for the July BQ, and Scott M was kind enough to stand in. Thanks, Scott; good job! Five Plains & Peaks Burger Judges attended the July event at Bingo Burger with Scott (Brian, JJ, Mike, Sandy, and Wayne), and provided the following scores: Hamburger and Toppings 5.0 Side dishes 3.5 Value for price 3.5 Service 3.0 Atmosphere 2.0 Cleanliness 3.0 Comments were: “Very messy burger, so you know it had to be sooooo good”, “Very, Very Noisy Place”, “This place needs acoustic tiles!”, “TOO NOISY”, “too noisy!!”, ”Too Noisy!”, “Restaurant - good; clientele – poor”, “noisy.” (Does anyone detect a common theme?) Last month’s newsletter left out the usual drivel – I mean write-up – about the previous month’s BQ, which occurred at Johnny’s Navajo Hogan on June 11th. For the sake of completeness (if anyone keeps track of where we’ve gone and what our experiences were), here are the results for that get-together: BurgerQuest at Johnny’s Navajo Hogan: Plains and Peaks Mensans have been on a quest to discover the best burger joint in the Colorado Springs for over three and a half years! In that time, Johnny’s Navajo Hogan has been mentioned a number of times, but we’ve never visit-ed it to try their burgers. In June, we corrected that shortcoming. And it was about time. The very helpful staff, when asked if we could get a reservation for 12, told us that they would reserve 15, just to be sure we had enough seats. Good thing, because Al, Brian, Chris, Doug, George, Henry, Janet, K.C., Linda, Robin, Scott, Sean, Srikant, and Will showed up, along with a few of Srikant’s kids. That’s 14 plus, and we squeezed them in. Incidentally, Will was a first-timer for BurgerQuest. Hamburger and Toppings 4.0 Side dishes 4.0 Service 4.0 Value for price 3.5 Cleanliness 4.0 Atmosphere 3.5 Comments: “Burger – texture good, cooked to order. Toppings – good. Overall, good dining experience.”, “Carne Asada – salty, good flavor.”, “Disappointing that they had no bread on a bun not white.”, “Sweet Potato Fries – 5 stars. One of our favorite places.”, “Erica did a good job waiting on our big group.” “Medium burger was closer to well done, and a little salty. Sweet potato fries sauce (caramel marsh-mallow) was sweet.”, “Don’t order the fish tacos.” Your usual host, freshly returned from his 28th (in a row!) AG, will return to preside over the Quest in August, which will be at Wyatt’s Pub & Grill, 806 Village Center Dr., CoS 80919, (719) 598-4100, just a few doors down from the Rockrimmon Library (which is, unfortunate-ly, closed on Sunday). Their website (http://wyattspub.com/bak-index.html has a menu with a description of their burgers. There’s a link “About Wyatt’s” that includes the quote “The kind of place that you know the food will be great, you can have a beer or two or a glass of wine and feel comfortable bringing your kids or your grandpar-ents.” True? Your host doesn’t know, but let’s find out. RSVP to George by 6:00 pm Saturday August 12th, and the earlier the better. This establishment WILL take reservations, and we’ll need to give them some notice. If you forget to RSVP please attend anyway. Be sure to bring your ankle-biters, BurgerQuest is a kid-friendly event.

Goin’ Up To Cripple Creek Okay, Buckaroos and Buckarettes, it’s time to Go Up to Cripple Creek and have a little fun! Join us for a day-long outing to Cripple Creek (of course, you can stay longer if you'd like)! Start your Cripple Creek adventure any time you'd like, but we'll get together at the Butte Theater at 1 p.m. to take in “The Nerd.” An aspiring architect in Terre Haute, IN. Willum Cub-bert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Stead-man, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life after he was seriously wounded in Vietnam. Willum has written to Rick to say that, as long as he is alive, ‘you will have somebody who will do anything for you’. Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his 34th birthday party. His delight soon fades as it becomes apparent that Rick is a hopeless nerd, a bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence & even less tact. After Willum’s birthday, Rick stays becoming the house guest from Hades with his continued presence leading from one hilar-ious incident to another until the normally placid Willum finds himself contemplating violence, which, happily, is staved off by the surprising twist ending of the play. “The Nerd” was written by Larry Shue who also wrote the last year’s hit production ‘The Foreigner’. Tickets are $20. Let Al know how many you want and he'll place the order (alackerson@msn.com, 291-8749). Be advised, if you make reserva-tions, you will have to pay Al for the tickets, even if you cannot attend. Special events include the Cruise Above the Clouds Car Show featur-ing vintage, custom and classic cars and motorcycles, in addition to the usual "Make your own plans” events include the 2 Mile High Club’s Aspen Tours (the colors should be good around this time of year!), the Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad, the Crip-ple District Museum (excellent small museum), the Cripple Creek Jail Museum, the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, the Old Homestead House Museum, as well as the Victor Lowell Museum, the Victor Gold Camp Ag and Mining Museum just a few scenic miles away in the town of Victor (which is like Cripple Creek used to be before the casinos!) and more! At 6 p.m. we'll gather at Bronco Billy's for a dinner. Let Al know by September 1st if you're coming! Reservations are hard to get and even that early we may have to move to an alternate location. And for the duffers in the group, we plan on an early tee time at Shin-ing Mountain on Sunday, the 10th.!

BurgerQuest 2017

Tuesday, August 15th, 6:00pm: Trivial Pursuits. We’re playing Showdown, a 6-stage trivia contest featuring a wide

variety of topics, at Buffalo Wild Wings, 2905 Geyser Drive (at I-25 and Lake, next to Outback Steaks and Tinseltown) – they claim to have 45 players and Wi-Fi so everybody should be able to play! We’re drink-ing some adult beverages (if you want to) and noshing on wings and other Buffalo Wild Wings specialty foods like burgers and sandwiches! The actual game starts at 6:30pm, but if you want a game player you probably should get there earlier! Call or e-mail Al (719-465-3747, alackerson@msn.com) to let him know you’ll be there! Tuesday, August 15th, 8pm: RSVP for USS. at Juniper Valley Ranch on the 26th! See details below. Sunday, August 20th, 9am: Seven Bridges Mensa Hike! For our Au-gust hike, we’ll be hitting Seven Bridges, a popular trail in the Chey-enne Canyon. The trail follows the North Cheyenne Creek and is named after, you guessed it, the seven bridges that cross it along the way. It's an easy trail, approximately 3.2 miles total (about 1.6 miles in, turn around and back out)! At the last bridge, there’s a place to soak our feet before hiking back. Directions: Coming south on I-25 take exit 140, go south on Tejon and turn onto Cheyenne Blvd, which turns into Cheyenne Canyon Road (at Evans). Continue on Cheyenne Canyon Road past Helen Hunt Falls; the road will take a sharp right and turn into Canonwood Road. At the intersection of Canonwood and Gold Camp, there’s a parking area. We’ll meet at the parking lot at Sandy’s car – she has a red Ford Explorer (with the gold Mensa logo on the back) and hit the trail promptly at 9am, so you might want to arrive a few minutes early to get parked, get your hat/water/etc ready and find the group! Be sure to wear your hiking shoes and bring sun block and water, too! After the hike, if we want, there are several places nearby to go for late breakfast/early lunch! Sunday, August 20th, 2:30-ish until whenever: Hangin’ with the Lairds! It’s the height of Summer! Come on over after and hang with the Lairds! Enjoy snacks, cold drinks of all kinds, and relax on the deck or in the shade of the old apple tree. Check out the how the garden is doing and enjoy a very relaxing afternoon! Kids are wel-come. The Lairds live at 2990 Rhapsody Dr., CoS, 80920 Near Union and Briargate Blvd. (not Briargate Parkway) and the phone is: (719) 928-7997. Saturday, August 26th, 6pm: Ultimate Saturday Supper at Juniper Valley Ranch! Get ready for some of the best skillet fried chicken or baked ham in the state as we venture south down Highway 115 to Juniper Valley Ranch Restaurant – in their 66th season. The chicken is $19.50 and the ham is $20.50 and is served family style! It includes an appetizer (curry consume or cherry cider), cole slaw, riced potatoes with cream gravy, okra casserole [Note from Sandy – the okra is excellent! Worth the trip alone!!], and a homemade biscuit with apple butter. For desert, you can choose a chocolate or butterscotch sundae, or a peppermint stick ice cream. This is a popular dining location so we’ll need solid (and early) reservations for this! Call or e-mail Al (465-3747, alacker-son@msn.com) by August 15th to get a place at the table. Juniper

Tuesday, August 1st, 8pm: RSVP for ExComm Meeting and Dinner. Give Sandy a call at 719-528-5483 or e-mail mandshal-by@comcast.net to reserve a seat at Thursday’s ExComm Meeting and Dinner. Thursday, August 3rd, 6:30pm: ExComm Meeting and Dinner. Let’s check out 503W, which is located at, you guessed it, 503 West Colora-do! Their menu is eclectic, featuring street food, bowls, and burgers! We need reservations for this one, so let Sandy know by Tuesday, August 1st, if you’ll be there (mandshalby@comcast.net or call 719-528-5483). For new Mensans, the ExComm Meeting is our business meeting and takes about two minutes to conduct. All members and guests are welcome at this event! Friday, August 4th, 5pm: Give In To Beer Pressure. We’re heading

back to Cerberus! August is usually nice and warm so we can enjoy their wonderful patio – and the food isn’t bad either! And, with a name like Cerberus, as you’d expect, it’s “Dog friendly" on the deck and pa-tio. (Dogs must be on a leash and non-aggressive.) Cerberus Brewing is located at 702 W Colorado Ave.

Remember, if you know of a good brew-pub or happy hour bar in the local area that we have missed, please let Sean know. He can be reached by email: sean.mccormick.us@member.mensa.org, or by cell phone: (719) 651-6706. Saturday, August 5th, 10am: Caffeine Conundrum! In August, we’ll be visiting Story Coffee (120 East Bijou)! It’s small and quaint, with limited seating outside, but makes great coffee! Probably the reason for such great coffee is that the owners spent a full year traveling over 30,000 miles, visiting 45 states and over 200 coffee shops in order to ensure they would do it right when they set up their own coffee shop here in Colorado Springs! Visit: www.storycoffeecompany.com for more of their story. As always, if you hear of a new coffee place, let John know by phone (719) 571-0471or e-mail: jarofberts@gmail.com. Wednesday, August 9th, 6pm: Mensa Mini-golf! Let’s meet up at

Adventure Mini Golf, 6550 Corporate Drive in Colorado Springs, just off Woodman and I-25. This is a family-friendly event, with a trophy that’s even MORE glamorous than last year’s. Cost for 18 challenging holes is $5 for adults, $4 for kids and seniors! Winner will be declared

the Plains & Peaks Mini-golf Champion … and can keep that title until the next time we go mini-golfing! Saturday, August 12th, 6pm: RSVP for BurgerQuest! Reply “yes” as soon as you can, but no later than 6pm today, August 12th. Sunday, August 13th, 1pm: BurgerQuest 2017-08: We’re meeting at Wyatt’s Pub & Grill, 806 Village Center Dr., CoS 80919. Wyatt’s offers a variety of “Pub Fare classics” as well as great burgers, sandwiches and pizza. RSVP by yesterday or before to George at 719-418-6073 (leave a message), or e-mail gcooper@cooperplace.net so we can let them know how many to expect. Even if you don’t RSVP, come anyway, we’ll make room. Be sure to bring the rug-rats, BurgerQuest is kid-friendly.

August Events

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Events continued Valley is 13.5 miles south of Academy Blvd or 2 miles south of the US Army Turkey Creek Recreation Area, on South Highway 115. WARN-ING: Juniper Valley does not accept credit cards! Advance Notice: Friday, September 1st, 5pm: Give In To Beer Pres-sure! In September, we’re revisiting Cogstone! Sean’s highly com-plex, secret algorithm (developed exclusively by Sean) has us circling back to some of the newer breweries now that they have become a little more established. Cogstone is located at 3858 Village Seven Road, near N. Carefree and Academy (another brewery in the NE part of town!) Let’s see how Cogstone is working out! Remember, if you know of a good brew-pub or happy hour bar in the local area that we have missed, please let Sean know. He can be reached by email: sean.mccormick.us@member.mensa.org, or by cell phone: (719) 651-6706.

Advance Notice: Tuesday, September 5th, 6:30 pm: ExComm Meeting and Dinner! Let’s visit Oscar’s, 333 South Tejon, for some authentic Cajon food along with their special drinks! For new Men-sans, the ExComm Meeting is our business meeting and takes about two minutes to conduct. All members and guests are welcome at this event! Advance Notice: Saturday, September 9th, Cripple Creek Mini-RG! See the article on Page 5 for details!

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