Ad Astra Mensa
Monday, July 11th, 6:00 pm
Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant
417 SW 37th Street, Topeka, KS
On Monday, June 13th, Ad Astra Mensa (Topeka, Lawrence, Sabetha, and points around and in between) met for dinner at the Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant in Topeka. We talked about travel, Covid, food, restaurants, staff shortages, family, local politics, national politics, guns, abortion, the right to privacy, birth control, jurisprudence, health care, genealogy, history, Jewish migration patterns, Genghis Kahn, the Ottoman Empire, Volga Germans, Brooklyn, Greece, music, bagpipes, dentistry, Big Pharma, dietetics, vaccines, masks, education, corporal punishment, provincialism, and catching up on each other’s lives. If you would like to meet fellow Mensans and discuss these or other topics of interest to you, please join us at 6:00 pm on Monday, July 11th, at the Blind Tiger. Please RSVP to John Scheirman and see the July Mension for more information.
Picnic & White Elephant Auction
Sunday, July 17th, 12:30 pm with Auction at 2:30 pm
Meadowlark Shelter at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park
14915 W. 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa, KS
It’s time for our annual Mid-America Mensa (MAM) picnic, a time to enjoy the great outdoors and great friendships! MAM will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, and buns, plus condiments, cups, plasticware, water and other light non-alcoholic beverages. Bring your own favorite potluck dish to share. This is a great opportunity for our young M’s and their families to meet in person! There are two playgrounds (a toddler one for ages 2–5 years next to the 5–12 playground), both a few minutes’ walk from our shelter. The shelter itself is large enough to accommodate sidewalk chalk, bubble blowing, and other favorites. In addition, help fund the scholarships we offer to students in our area! Clean out your closets and bring your good condition items to share. Be prepared for good finds and fun bidding! Also, it’s a picnic tradition to bring donations for Harvesters. Gather up your new books for youngsters from birth through grade school ages to donate to the Reach Out and Read program as well. Please RSVP to Cynthia Heller and be sure to check the July Mension for more information. Hope to see you there!
Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park – City of Lenexa
Scholarships Awarded
MAM is very proud to announce the results of this year’s Mensa Education & Research Foundation scholarship competition. A Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship worth $600 was awarded. In addition, MAM is awarding four $300 local scholarships this year. All the scholarship winners have been reported in the July Mension along with publication of their winning scholarship essays in the near future. We wish to thank all the applicants from our area who participated, as well as give thanks to our local judges.
