Next Event October 11th , DeAngelo's, 6:00 PM |
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October 2014 October is testing month! The fee is only $20 and all you have to do is email the testing coordinator on the Contacts page for details. Testing is quick and painless, and the benefits of membership are incalculable.
Mensa's Region 6, which Baton Rouge is a part of, has a Facebook page. Be sure to stop by for lots of information on Mensa and what's happening in our area.
Speaking of Facebook, if you have a child or children that may be gifted and are looking for information, check out American Mensa's Bright Kids page where other parents like you are sharing ideas and information. Lafayette, Hammond, and Lake Charles are all looking for Area Coordinators. Anyone interested in coordinating events for their area should contact Ellen (also found on the Contacts page). From the RVC: The last weekend in August I attended the 2014 version of LoneStaRG in Round Rock. As usual, the Austin group did a great job, with a variety of speakers, sumptuous hospitality, a really outstanding cheese taste and a “redneck” wine taste, plus a banquet and dance, among other things. Unfortunately, both of the co-chairs had to leave in the middle of the RG, for personal reasons, but others stepped up and the RG went on without interruption. Now I’m looking forward to the Region’s next big party, North Texas Mensa’s Feast of Pleasures and Delights, to be held over the Thanksgiving weekend. Roger Durham
What are You Doing Here? My family and I just returned (literally yesterday) from this year's summer vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains. It is an absolutely wonderful location with unbelievable exposure and access to the many wonders of nature. Many shops and attractions in the area are themed around the history of the national park and surrounding area. They offer a grand education in preservation versus industrialization. They are also a great example of replacing an industry(lumber) with an industry(tourism), instead of replacing an industry(oil, coal, space exploration, commercial fishing) with rhetoric(hope and change). Touring the parks and museums in the area you get a brief glimpse of what thousands of people endured and enjoyed settling and exploring the Great Smoky Mountains. It is quite the irony that the American government forcibly removed the Cherokee in the 1830s for settlers that they then forcibly removed in the 1930s to create the national park. I wonder if either group would be happy with what their loss produced. Either way today the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a legitimate wonder that all of us should make a "bucket list" destination. If you enjoy hiking, camping, canoeing, tubing, horseback riding, dining, shopping, bird watching, or just want to get a look at the world from 6,000 feet up this is the place for you. I, gazing out from the observation tower at Clingman's Dome 6,643 feet above sea level, could not help but awe at the accomplishments of all those who came before the Cherokee and since, and the unquestionable majesty of this world and wonder if anyone, ever, would know what I had done here.
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