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February 2013 Page 1 M -Pathy THE NEWSLETTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN MENSA VOL. 50 NO. 2 February 2013 MensaDetroit.com Inside This Issue Editors’ Page 2 LocSec: Monthly Musings 3 RVC: reMARK 4 From the GCC 5 We need your help! 7 Word Search: Where is it? 8 Dues Subsidy Just Joking 9 Puzzles Sports Stumper 10 Man’s Best Friend 11 RG Planning Dates Membership Notes 12 Events: The SEMM Calendar 15 All the right answers Monthly Calendar 18 Join us on Saturday, February 16, when our guest speaker will be Stephanie Jass, a Directory: Executive Committee 19 history professor from Adrian College, who won $147,570 after appearing for eight days on “Jeopardy!” This puts her among the top 15 winners in the history of the show. Learn what it was like for Stephanie to be a contestant on this popular game show and what she did with her winnings. Complete program details are on the back cover. M-Pathy Page 2 From the Editor’s Desk - Kathleen Giesting February is the grayest month in Michigan, but it needn't be the gravest. While the clouds conspire to fill the sky and sulk, not wishing to share any part of the day m-pathy with the sun -- you can refuse to be weighed down by the leaden skies! Get out! (ISSN 0744 -9763) is published monthly Have a meal, see a movie, attend a lecture, play some games with your fellow Ms. for $6 per year for local members and Think how much grey we could overcome if we put all our bright minds together! members-by preference and $12 per year for non-local members by Southeast Don't cocoon, convene! celebrate! Michigan Mensa at 13521Stahelin Road, Detroit, MI 48223-3525. Subscription February 1st is Wear Red Day! (see http://www.goredforwomen.org/wearredday/) cost for local members and members-by- as well as National Freedom Day. The 10th is Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras is preference is included in national dues. the 12th, and President's Day is the 18th (No, I did not forget Valentine's Day on Publisher the 14th. Everyone knows that one.) Brenda Lewis 13521 Stahelin Road Need more? In February, we focus on history celebrating American History Month and African-American History Month. Detroit, MI 48223-3525 [email protected] We celebrate food with National Sweet Potato Month, National Canned Food Editor-in-chief Month, National Hot Breakfast Month, National Snack Food Month, Chocolate Kathleen Giesting 2947 Philadelphia Dr. Lover's Month, Bake for Family Fun Month, Great American Pies Month, National Ann Arbor, MI 48103-6813 Grapefruit Month (Appropriate for Mensans? Anyone remember our little yellow [email protected] map pins?), and National Cherry Month (this one has to have originated here in Michigan!). Assistant Editor Toby Berger OK, that could be a lot of eating and we haven't fulfilled those New Year's 7269 Creeks Bend Court resolutions yet, so we can remember our health -- mental and physical – observing West Bloomfield, MI 48322 [email protected] .com National Boost-Your-Self-Esteem Month, National Dental Month, Human Relations Month, and American Heart Month. Calendar Editor [email protected] And if we have any time left, we can get outdoors and promote National Bird Membership Editor Feeding Month -- or stay indoors, cocooning with that special someone in Iana Questara Boyce observance of Creative Romance Month. [email protected] Check out other monthly observances at www.quamada.com/months.html. The Circulation Manager sun will shine again. I promise. Marilyn McZip P.O. Box 510056 Livonia, MI 48151-6056 Phone: 734-459-3884 From the Assistant Editor - Toby Berger [email protected] For many years, people believed that the heart was the center of a person's Distribution Manager emotions. That’s why the word heart is used in many expressions about emotional Tom McClure issues. Here are a few, can you think of more? 41765 Onaway Dr. Northville, MI 48167-2411 Broken hearted, chicken-hearted, cold-hearted, cross my heart, get to the heart of (248) 348-3603 the matter, had my heart set on it, have a change of heart, have a heart, heart of [email protected] gold, heart of stone, heart to heart, kind-hearted, lose your heart, my heart bleeds Jokes & Riddles for you, open up my heart, pour out your heart, the bottom of my heart, wear your [email protected] heart on your sleeve, won your heart, your heart is in the right place. Allegra Louth Puzzles: Since Valentine’s Day is all about love and hearts, let’s talk about loving your Joan Rayford, Tom Shaw, Jim Szirony heart. We do so much for the people in our lives that we tend to neglect ourselves. With February being American Heart Month, resolve to really take care of yourself, starting with your heart. Check out http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ for more information. February 2013 Page 3 Monthly Musings by John Voymas, President (LocSec) By the time you read this, we will have had our Help to make a difference in the life of a youth festive party, the Winter Bash. This is always a by donating to the Detroit Public Schools way to break up the winter time and enjoy an Foundation. Pauline Averbach has evening of renewing friendships, playing games championed this cause the past few years and and partaking a bit of food and beverage. she would be happy to accept donations of any amount. So what comes next? Elections. Next month you have the opportunity to vote for the During these cold winter month, why not get out incoming ExComm. Even if and take advantage of the cultural offerings in you haven’t been officially Detroit. In midtown, you can spend a day or two nominated, I encourage you visiting the Detroit Institute of Arts www.dia.org to run as a write-in candidate. taking in a film at the Detroit Film Theatre or the Without volunteers like you, restored Redford Theatre SEMM would not be able to http://redfordtheatre.com, seeing the new exhibits provide the monthly speakers, at the Detroit Historical Museum the social and intellectual get-togethers and the http://detroithistorical.org, checking out the Detroit major events: Winter Bash, Summer Bash and Public Library http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org or the RG each May. the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History http://thewright.org. For you If you are unable to commit to serving for a full science buffs the Michigan Science Center year, we can use your help with the Regional http://www.michigansciencecenter.net is now open Gathering (RG). The committee continues to five days a week. Due to committed volunteers, meet at the Farmington Hills Holiday Inn. The the Belle Isle Aquarium schedule is published elsewhere in the M- http://www.belleisleconservancy.org has a new Pathy. Anyone can be on the committee and life. Next door to the aquarium is the Anna you choose how involved you would like to be. Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory – a beautiful Let Jean Becker or Whitney Hopkins know if greenhouse and botanical garden. Near the you can help in any way. By the way: it is time bridge to Belle Isle is Pewabic Pottery for the mantle to be passed; it is time for the http://www.pewabic.org. If you love to skate, then next generations to rise up and assume the don’t miss the rink at Campus Martius Park helm for SEMMantics XXXV in 2014. Will it be http://www.campusmartiuspark.org. you? The next Brewery Circuit will be at The WAB A community service that members of SEMM (Woodward Avenue Brewery) in Ferndale on support is Music in the Schools where we help Wednesday, February 20 from 6:00pm to Detroit Public Schools provide musical 8:00pm. See you there! instruments and training for students. Although it may sound trite, if a student is in a band, it is Until next time. Cheers! John much less likely that they will be in a gang. I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now. M-Pathy Page 4 reMARK by Betsy Y. Mark, Regional Vice Chair Happy Valentine’s Day! were there.) Talks and presentations; games and tournaments; five meals by the famous Dayton Hospitality It’s membership renewal time. I hope you took advantage team; music and dancing; late-night conversations and of last year’s rates and renewed before January 1. I did general silliness! Registration is $60 by March 1, 2013; hear from many of you about the increase in dues. Some $70 at the door. Ages 5-18 half price, under 5 free. MP (5): renewed as Life Members – what a included. Checks payable to Dayton Area Mensa way to avoid ever having to get those RG. Hotel: Wyndham Garden Dayton South, 31 renewal packets again! Some Prestige Plaza Dr., Miamisburg, OH 45342; call renewed for 3 or 5 years and some hotel 937-434-8030. Room rates ($83) for 1 year. Some will ren ew at the guaranteed until March 15, 2013. CD 18 and new rates – the new Life Member under, H DT CP. Visit www.dayton.us.mensa.org rates may be even less for many! or contact Karren Lehman, 7039 Monte Carlo Dr., Some are still considering. Mensa Englewood, OH 45322; means different things to each of us. [email protected]. Regardless of membership status, friends made are friends. I remember Southea st Michigan Mensa will be hosting well when Ed (of blessed memory) SEMMantics XXXIV, May 3-5.