Cleveland Area Mensa - October 2008 Calendar



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CAM DOWNTOWN LUNCH

CAM EXCOM MEETING
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CAM WOW COFFEE BREAK

ECOM DINE WITH BOB

CAM MENSA AT THE MOVIES
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CAM CORN MAZE AT LAKE METROPARKS FARMPARK

ECOM MINIATURE GOLF

ECOM EXCOM
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CAM FARSIDE WEST

CAM – CAFÉ ESPAÑOL
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Mensa Testing Day

CAM GRAFFITI and ECOM BRAEGEN DEADLINES
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CAM WING NIGHT
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CAM PENNY UNIVERSITY
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ECOM EAST 2ND TUESDAY

CAM – CAFÉ ESPAÑOL
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ECOM WONDERFUL WALLEYE WEDNESDAY
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CAM DOWNTOWN LUNCH

ECOM TH5
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ECOM MIDDLE FRIDAY THING

CAM FUN FRIDAY NIGHT OUT
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CAM KAFFEE KLATSCH
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CAM BRUNCH AT BORDERS
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CAM HANDS AT THE FOODBANK

CAM – CAFÉ ESPAÑOL
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ECOM BAKERS SQUARE
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CAM MINERVA GROUP

CAM – CAFÉ ESPAÑOL
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CAM MONTHLY GATHERING

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ECOM FINAL FRIDAY FLING
Next Month's Calendar as available
OCTOBER 2 - Thursday 12:15 PM
CAM DOWNTOWN LUNCH
Downtown lunches are back!  Join your fellow Mensans for a mid-day pick-me-up at the Galleria at Erieview in downtown Cleveland.  We'll meet on the ground floor next to the only elevator.  FMI: Candi Bower at candibower@gmail.com or 513-484-5350.

OCTOBER 2 – Thursday 7:00 PM
CAM EXCOM MEETING
All members are welcome to come join the conversation at Rockne’s, 4754 Ridge Road in Brooklyn, OH, 44144, 216-485-1900. Take Ridge Road exit from I-480, head north to Ridge Park Square Plaza. FMI: Any ExCom member

OCTOBER 3 – Friday 11:30 AM
CAM WOW COFFEE BREAK
The Coffee Station in Milan is a small, intimate gathering space with gourmet coffees and teas, as well as muffins, strata, soups, salads pannini, cookies and desserts.  A great place to meet, our Mensans can relax and have time to talk and share stories.  Join us to chat!
Address is: 4 West Church Street (Route 113), Milan.  Phone: 419-499-3333.  No RSVP needed, just join us to chat. FMI: Kelley Georgiafandis  419-499-2991 or FarWestCoordinator@cleveland.us.mensa.org

OCTOBER 3 - Friday 6:30 PM
ECOM DINE WITH BOB
New members particularly welcome. Dinner will take place at The Country Diner, 520 East Market Street, Akron. FMI: Bob Crawford 866-866-6686 or A@att.net

OCTOBER 3 - Friday 6:30 PM
CAM MENSA AT THE MOVIES
Flash of Genius  FlashofGenius.net  First showing after 6:14 PM (please try to be 30 minutes early). Cinemark at Valley View - 6001 Canal Road, Valley View, 216-447-8820.  RSVP to Kevin Kasday at: kevink@kasday.org or 330-687-7138 (event details are subject to change).

OCTOBER 5 – Sunday Noon
CAM CORN MAZE AT LAKE METROPARKS FARMPARK
The nicest way anyone will ever tell you to ”get lost.“ The Lake FarmPark is a wonderful agricultural research and public outreach center, about 25 miles east of downtown Cleveland. Admission is $6, with discounts for seniors and children; parking is free. We’ll meet at the maze entrance at high noon, solve their 3-acre corn maze, and then reward ourselves with some fresh cider and some Halloween shopping, picking out a pumpkin or two. Lake FarmPark is at 8800 Chardon Road, Kirtland, OH 44094. FMI: 800-366-3276 or http://www.lakemetroparks.com.  RSVP:  Alan Baltis at alanbaltis@thesmartlife.com (preferred) or at 216-226-1907, so we have an idea of who to look for before we plunge into the labyrinth. If the weather’s miserable, call to check for cancellation!

OCTOBER 5 – Sunday 3:00 PM
ECOM MINIATURE GOLF
Join us for miniature golf and trivia! Meet at the Downview Golf Rand, 1617 Bailey Road, Cuyahoga Falls, OH. (North of Chapel Hill Mall). Test your putting ability then attend the EXCOMM meeting at 6:30PM.

OCTOBER 5 - Sunday 6:30 PM
ECOM EXCOM
The Executive Committee meets on the first Sunday of each month, and all East Central Ohio Mensans are invited to attend. Meeting to take place at St. Luke's Church, 2121 Sixth St., Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221. FMI and to place an item on the agenda, contact any ExComm member excomm@ecom.us.mensa.org.

OCTOBER 7 - Tuesday 6:00 PM
CAM FARSIDE WEST
Meet at Bob Evans, 36160 Detroit Road, Avon, 440-934-7310. Take Route 83 exit south from Interstate 90, turn right onto Detroit. FMI: Sue Taylor 440-926-2973.

OCTOBER 7 – Tuesday 7:30 PM
CAM – CAFÉ ESPAÑOL
Did you ever learn Spanish but never had a place to practice it?  Come join us for lively discussion in Spanish every Tuesday evening at the Phoenix Café in Cleveland Heights.  All levels welcome.  If the weather is good, we will be out back on the patio.  ¡Hablemos! Phoenix Café, 2287 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, 216-932-8227.  FMI or to RSVP contact Vikki Broida at 216-371-0589 or vbroida@roadrunner.com

OCTOBER 8 - Wednesday 7:30 PM
CAM TRIVIA
At Pounders, 6370 York Road, Parma Heights, 440-887-0185. Sandwiches and other bar food available. Reasonable. For more information call Terry Durica, 440-888-0843.

OCTOBER 9 – Thursday 6:30 PM
THINK.  DISCOVER.  JOIN.  Mensa Testing Day date!  If you’re reading this and you’re not a Mensa member yet, you could be!  If you are a member, let your friends and family know that they could join too.  Make sure to arrive early by 6:00 PM to register, test starts promptly at 6:30 PM. The test will be held at the Cleveland Heights Library, Levey Room at 2345 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118 south of Cedar Road.  (For more directions call the library at (216)932-3600 or visit http://www.heightslibrary.org/.  Please feel free to email or call if you have further questions.  Contact Vikki Broida, Proctor Coordinator, H:(216)371-0589 or C: (216)548-3861 vbroida@roadrunner.com

OCTOBER 9 - Thursday
CAM GRAFFITI and ECOM BRAEGEN DEADLINES
The ninth of each month is the deadline for newsletter article and calendar submissions (print and online editions) for both the CAM & ECOM newsletters.  Send newsletter inputs to GraffitiEditor@yahoo.com or editor@ecom.us.mensa.org, and calendar inputs to clevelandmensacalendar@yahoo.com or calendar@ecom.us.mensa.org

OCTOBER 10 - Friday 6:00 PM
CAM WING NIGHT
Meet your fellow Mensans for happy hour in downtown Cleveland at The Winking Lizard’s famous wing night, your choice of 14 wing flavors or order off the regular menu. The Winking Lizard is at 811 Huron Road East, Cleveland, 216-589-0313. Please RSVP to Henric Haldeborg at phaldeborg@law.csuohio.edu or 440-749-0623 so we know to watch for you.

OCTOBER 12 – Sunday 1:00 PM
CAM PENNY UNIVERSITY
Senior Year! Join us for monthly intellectual discussion through March 2009. October’s topic: Food. Event held at the home of Colleen & Alan Baltis: 1418 Lakeland Ave, Lakewood, OH 44107. Plenty of street and lot parking is available nearby. Event runs 1-5 PM with a break half-way. FMI: Alan Baltis at alanbaltis@thesmartlife.com (preferred) or (216) 226-1907. Please RSVP so we have an idea of attendance. Drinks and snacks provided, but contributions always welcome. Tuition 1 penny - exact change, please.

OCTOBER 14 - Tuesday 6:30 PM  
ECOM EAST 2ND TUESDAY
Please join us at Salsita's Mexican Restaurant 4411 Route 43 - just north of Interstate 76 in Brimfield, south of Kent. It's on the west side of the street. FMI: Rick DeMattia 330-678-0311 or rademattia@sbcglobal.net

OCTOBER 14 – Tuesday 7:30 PM
CAM – CAFÉ ESPAÑOL
See the write-up for this weekly Tuesday night gathering under OCTOBER 7 above.

OCTOBER 15 - Wednesday 6:30 PM
ECOM WONDERFUL WALLEYE WEDNESDAY
At the Lighthouse Restaurant at 2341 Pearl Road, Brunswick Hills, 330-273-0055. They have a full walleye or Lake Erie Perch dinner for $8.95 with other seafood and Greek specialties available. We can meet in the room at back. Directions to restaurant are Route18 to Interstate 71 North, take 2nd exit to Brunswick Route 303 West, go to Route 42, left on Route 42 and south about 1+ mile. FMI: Bob Kvetko 330-723-3327 or kvet7@aol.com.

OCTOBER 16 - Thursday 12:15 PM
CAM DOWNTOWN LUNCH
Downtown lunches are back!  Join your fellow Mensans for a mid-day pick-me-up at the Galleria at Erieview in downtown Cleveland.  We'll meet on the ground floor next to the only elevator.  FMI: Candi Bower at candibower@gmail.com or 513-484-5350.

OCTOBER 16 - Thursday 6:30 PM
ECOM TH5
Third Thursday Thirsty Thinkers' Thing at Emidio's in Cuyahoga Falls, 3204 State Road (N 41deg 09.538, W 81 deg 30.635) FMI: Peter Spearing 330-376-8230 or pwspearing@sbcglobal.net

OCTOBER 17 - Friday 6:30 PM
ECOM MIDDLE FRIDAY THING
Meet at Casa del Rancho, 562 West Tuscarawas in downtown Barberton. FMI: host, Elizabeth Wilson at barbetongirl@neo.rr.com. 

OCTOBER 17 - Friday Oct 6:00 PM
CAM FUN FRIDAY NIGHT OUT
Event held at the Brown Derby Roadhouse Restaurant: 5608 Milan Road, Sandusky, Ohio 44870.  419-626-4803. We'll meet at 6:00 PM - RSVP needed so we can sit together.  Just ask for the Mensa table when you arrive. FMI: Kelley Georgiafandis 419-499-2991 or FarWestCoordinator@cleveland.us.mensa.org

OCTOBER 18 - Saturday 10:00 AM
CAM KAFFEE KLATSCH
Meet us at Panera Bread in western Mentor at the intersection of Route 306 (Chilicothe Road) & Route 20 (Mentor Avenue) in Points East Shopping Center. FMI: Lynne Killgore/Dave Michel 440-951-6535 or killgoremichel@oh.rr.com, or JP Thompson/JW Finkler 440-585-0093 or jpjwetal@stratos.net

OCTOBER 19 - Sunday 10:00 AM
CAM BRUNCH AT BORDERS
Meet in the coffee area of Borders, Southwest corner of Detroit and Crocker in Westlake, off Interstate 90, from 10 to 11:30 AM. No agenda, no reservations, just conversation and your choice of snacks and beverages. FMI: Chuck Pervo 216-319-1639 or pervo208@oh.rr.com.

OCTOBER 21  - Tuesday 6:00 PM
CAM HANDS AT THE FOODBANK
A great volunteer opportunity - help others and have fun with fellow
Mensans.  We start at 6pm and are done before 8pm.  Meet at the Cleveland
FoodBank - 15500 South Waterloo Road , Cleveland , Ohio 44110 .  FMI:
Colleen Domoracki - cdomoracki@emdeon.com or 330-405-0022.  Please RSVP to
Colleen by Monday, October 20th.

OCTOBER 21 – Tuesday 7:30 PM
CAM – CAFÉ ESPAÑOL
See the write-up for this weekly Tuesday night gathering under OCTOBER 7 above.

OCTOBER 24 - Friday 6:30 PM
ECOM BAKERS SQUARE
Join us at Bakers Square at Howe and Brittain Roads, Akron - near Chapel Hill Mall. FMI: Jeanne Ebie 330-798-1194

OCTOBER 28 - Tuesday 6:00 PM
CAM MINERVA GROUP
At Minerva Family Restaurant, 21087 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River, three doors west of the intersection of Center Ridge Road and West 210 Street (also called Wagar Road). No smoking. Separate checks. Payment by cash only. Ample parking in rear. FMI: Charles Grace 440-899-7377 or charlesgrace@wowway.com.

OCTOBER 28 – Tuesday 7:30 PM
CAM – CAFÉ ESPAÑOL
See the write-up for this weekly Tuesday night gathering under OCTOBER 7 above.

OCTOBER 29 - Wednesday 6:30 PM
CAM MONTHLY GATHERING
The CAM Monthly Gathering is held at Agostino's Ristorante, 4218 Ridge Road, Cleveland, 44144. Cocktails are available at 6:30; dinner is at 7:30.  We have a private room with separate checks.  Our October speaker will be Lynne Hammes, a Certified Reiki Master/Teacher.  She will discuss and demonstrate the beautiful Japanese healing art of Reiki -what it is, and what it is not. Admission is $3 for members, $5 for families or non-members to cover program expense.  Also your last chance to cast your ballot in the hotly-contested 2008 CAM Executive Committee Election and to hear the election results first-hand.  There is no program fee just to vote in the election.  FMI, Colleen Baltis (216)501-0676

OCTOBER 31 - Friday 6:30 PM
ECOM FINAL FRIDAY FLING
Join us at Lindsay's Amber Restaurant 1500 Canton Rd Akron in the TriCounty Plaza just south of Ohio 91 and US 224. Come when you can any time from 6pm on, we converse and dine on our own schedules and then generally have a program that starts around 7:45 or 8:00. FMI: Rick DeMattia 330-678-0311 or rademattia@sbcglobal.net

UPCOMING REGION 3 EVENTS

I want to host an event. How do I go about getting it on the calendar?

Contact Kerry Remp. The only warning is to give him plenty of lead time, because of printing/ layout considerations. We are already working on next month's calendar.

Only event descriptions sent to Kerry will be published in Graffiti.
What is a SIG?

SIG stands for Special Interest Group, and CAM has several. There is the Sherlock Holmes SIG and even a Blood Donor SIG! Under investigation is the level of interest for a Motorcycle SIG. See inside cover of Graffiti for additional details and contacts.

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