Second Annual BMC Game Night

Saturday, February 26, 2005

7:00 p.m.

Hosted by:  Jane and Jerry Nieman

                   218 Granby Place West

                   Westerville, OH   43081

What is Game Night?

Each person attending will be paired with a partner to play a number of different games.  Each game will be played for 15 minutes with a 15-minute break in between.  Your team will collect points during each game and after all of the games have been played, the team with the most points will be the winner.

What to bring?  

·       A fee of $2.00 per person will cover the cost of the prizes.

·       Either a snack or a dessert to share

·       Your drink of choice

Space is limited to 10 teams or 20 people. 

RSVP to Jane and Jerry Nieman

Clifton Mill Road Trip

Hello all, the annual road trip to Clifton Mill will take place on Saturday, April 30th rain or shine!

We will gather at Hilliard Davidson High School parking lot (next to the football stadium) at 8:30 a.m. for a prompt 9:00 a.m. departure.  I need you to RSVP by April 15th so I can notify the Mill on the number to expect.  This has become a traditional kickoff of our club's driving adventures for the up coming season.  We will take the scenic route to Clifton Mill arriving there about 10:30 a.m. and having breakfast or lunch.  From there we will drive a short distance to beautiful John Bryan State Park for a walk along the Little Miami River.  The wild flowers should be spectacular that time of year. 

There is a shelter house and picnic tables where we start our walk for those that don't want to go hiking.  After the walk we will head on to Young's Dairy for a treat, maybe even some miniature golf at Utters & Putters!  In the past some of us have continued on to Mershon's to check out the Vettes and Muscle cars in Spingfield.  Who knows, we may even have dinner together somewhere.  It's happened before!

Rob & Amy Young

a90y@aol.com

http://cliftonmill.com

http://johnbryan.org/welcome.htm

http://youngsdairy.com/index.htm

http://mershons.com

BMC 15th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, May 7, 2005
"Return to Roscoe"

1. The event will begin promptly at 9:00 A.M. on Sat. May 7 at Byers Mazda/Subaru. We will have something light to eat and gather for a group photo.

2. We will be leaving Byers around 10:00 A.M. for a scenic drive to Roscoe Village, a 19th Century living history community representing a time when this restored canal town was a bustling port on the Ohio & Erie Canal. The drive will take an estimated 3 hours to complete. Come to Byers with full tanks and empty bladders J

3. You will be on your own to enjoy all that this historic village has to offer: Living History Tour, Shopping, Canal Boat Rides, Pubs, Etc.

4. We will meet at the Roscoe Village Inn for a buffet dinner at 5:00 P.M... The Inn is at the southern end of the village and we have the banquet room downstairs reserved for our group. After dinner we will reminisce about events the club has completed over the last 15 years and maybe recognize some of the charter members.

5. We have blocked 20 rooms at the Roscoe Village Inn for those wanting to stay the night and continue the fun on Sunday. You will have to call the Inn at 1-800-237-7397 (ask for reservations) and make your own reservations by April 22, 2005. Tell them you are with the Buckeye Miata Club. The room rate is $72.95, $80.25 inclusive. The reservations line is open M-F from 9 to 5. A Traditional Breakfast Buffet is available to those that stay the night for $1.99 or $2.52 (inclusive) 

6. The cost of this event will be $30.00 per person. This includes the morning snack at Byers, your evening meal at the Roscoe Village Inn, and something special for everyone to remember the event by. Additional costs could be your ticket for the living history tour, the canal boat ride, room, breakfast, etc.

7. RSVP (including payment) to Rob & Amy Young by Thursday, March 31, 2005. No refunds will be possible after this date due to the fact that the club will be committed to certain fixed costs based on the number of persons attending. Make checks payable to the Buckeye Miata Club. Our address is 6022 Linworth Road, Worthington, OH 43085.

8. Questions? Contact Rob Young at 614-885-1213 or e-mail a90y@aol.com You can obtain more information about Roscoe Village at www.roscoevillage.com

Ladies, mark your calendars for the 3^rd Annual Miata Mamas Weekend on May 20-22, 2005 at the Oglebay Resort and Conference Center’s Wilson Lodge in beautiful Wheeling, West Virginia. Check out their website at www.oglebay-resort.com

I have reserved a block of 15 rooms for May 20 & 21. The group rate is $99.00 per night double occupancy. A deposit equal to a one night rate plus taxes will be due with each room reservation. Reservations will be accepted until Wednesday, April 20, 2005. Get your reservations in early in order to get a more desirable room. Call 304-243-4000 and mention the Buckeye Miata Club group rate. Come join the fun. We always have a great time.

Nancy Clemmons

740-852-0597

                                     2005 MILK CAN FEAST

NOTICE:  This year the milk can feast will be held at a new location.

It will be at Chapel Hill House located at 3892 Morral-Kirkpatrick Rd. W. Marion, Ohio 43302.

Chapel Hill House was created with the hope of giving families that has a child with cancer a place for a time of peace and togetherness.

Chapel Hill House is a restored 1835 log house originally located in southeastern Ohio and relocated in Marion County on 71 acres of secluded meadows and wildflowers, woods and a running stream.

The house has most modern conveniences, in spite of the 1835 restoration, including central heat and air, along with a complete cooking facilities and a phone. Chapel Hill House has been recreated to an image of 1835 in the original cabin with an oversized limestone fireplace, wood plank floors, and chinked walls. In the tradition of old times, the main floor is all one room which has a tiger maple canopied pencil post bed with trundle, bird’s eye maple tavern table with benches, comfortable chairs by the fireplace, spinning wheel, and of course a chest full of games and entertainment. The upstairs is a loft with a full size bed and youth bed overlooking the downstairs sitting area and fireplace. The addition to the cabin houses the kitchen and bathroom. All doors are 36” wide to accommodate a wheelchair. Also, a wheelchair ramp is available to the back door.

Larry and Annie Joseph are the owners of Chapel Hill House. They needed help in getting the word out and they were referred to Kids’N Kamp in Columbus, Ohio. The families that use the facilities are scheduled by Kids-N-Kamp. This year we are booked every weekend from April till Thanksgiving. All this is FREE to the families that stay here.

A man’s life is not built on the years he has lived, or the accomplishments he has achieved, but most importantly, the difference he has made in other peoples’ lives. Larry Joseph lost his own battle with cancer last January but he is still making a difference in peoples’ lives because of the vision and dream he had to make a difference in the lives of families and kids that deal with cancer.

So with all that said, come take a walk through the woods and listen to the birds and squirrels, maybe see some deer across the meadowland or just sit on the front porch and listen to the stream running peacefully.

PLEASE BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS. I will have tables in the barn but you will need to bring a chair.

To those new to the club and not aware what a milk can feast is, it is a complete meal fixed in an old milk can over an open fire.

DIRECTIONS:  Take state route 23 north towards Marion. When you come to route 95 continue north on 23 for nine more miles. Exit at route 231 (Morral Nevada Exit) Turn left onto 231. Go four miles till you come to the town of Morral. Go one mile further on 231 after you crossed the railroad tracks in Morral. The drive will be on the right. There is a wood fence across the front of the property and a five-foot stone pillar with a plaque with the name Chapel Hill House on it. The house sits about ½ mile back off the road. If you come to a crossroad, after the railroad tracks, you have gone too far.

R.S.V.P. with Les and Mary Jo Grose 740-389-4010 or email lesterngrose@cs.com

Milk Can Feast is September 17^th , 2005 

$ 13.00 per person everything included, prepaid, please mail checks to us at 2025 Marion Edison Road, Marion, OH 43302.

We need a head count by September 14^th so we know how much food to buy.

4^th Annual

BMC

Christmas Caroling Party

Saturday, December 17, 2005

(Please note the date change from the original BMC calendar)

The Fourth Annual Buckeye Miata Club Caroling Party will be held on Sat., December 17 at the Niemans.

The festivities will begin with a pot luck at 6:30 p.m.  Please bring either a side dish or a dessert to share and your favorite beverage.  The Niemans will provide a main dish and iced tea, coffee and hot cider.

After dinner we will once again terrorize the neighborhood with our wonderful singing voices.  It has definitely become a holiday tradition!!!

Please RSVP by Wed., Dec. 14.

Please come and join your BMC friends for some holiday fun.