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PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE
This weekend is The Salvation Army's Red Shield
Appeal. The doorknock will be held on Saturday May 22nd and
Sunday May 23rd. Volunteer drivers are still needed in most areas.
If anyone is available to assist with the driving or doorknocking
please contact Captain David Morgan 40512454 he is the co-ordinator
of the doorknock.
Our Club has nominated two people for the NYSF
to be held in January 2005. The closing date for this is in June.
If you require any information we still have application forms for
people to apply.
Any members who have people interested in RYLA,
there are RYLA camps being held in both Townsville and Cairns. Participants
need to be between 18 to 29 years of age.
Kuranda club has their Changeover Dinner this
Saturday night 22nd May at the bottom pub in Kuranda. The new president
for their club is Diarmund Houston.
Our duck race is progressing and is going
to be held in conjunction with the Festival of Cairns on the 25th
of September at 5 pm.
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Two Events
Lifeline's Passion For Life Fashion Event
Sunday June 6th at 3pm
Brothers Leagues Club
An amazing parade with comedian 'Effie' from Greeks on the
Roof and Acropolis Now as MC.
A great fun afternoon - with heaps of giveaways
Tickets are $40 and all proceeds are donated to Lifeline for
services in our local area.
Passion For Life Gala Pink and Black Ball and Charity Auction
Saturday June 26th
Hilton Cairns
Fabulous food, interstate band Abbey Road,
Dance Agency floorshow and auction with Peter Roggenkamp.
Tickets are $90 and all proceeds are also donated to Lifeline
for servivce in our local area.
Tables of 10 are available.
Would like to get a Rotary table at each event - or maybe
2!
Please let Sandy know ASAP as tickets are already selling.
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Last Week.
Dennis Morgan from The Salvation Army gave us a brief address
on the Red Shield Appeal. “We aim to raise $200,000. We spend
more than $300,000 in Cairns per year on services.
None of the money raised goes to the church. It all goes to
services to the disadvantaged.”
Max mentioned in particular that the club needs parents with
their children for fundraising .
Geo from Cairns West told us about the club’s 50 th Birthday
function his club is running on Tuesday June 8 at The Holiday
Inn and a film night on Wednesday May 19.
We made a presentation to Todd and Marco from the Hilton in
appreciation for their great service and food at our meetings.
Guests were Geo Markotsis and Charles Rainger from Cairns
West, Dennis Morgan from the Salvation Army (soon to become
a member!) and our Exchange Student Sophie Goldmans.
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Rotary 4-Way Test
1.
Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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Our
Paul Harris Fellows
Rotarians
Sandy Astill, Max Bryant, Graham Cossins,
David Court, Jeff Crofts, Rupert Crossland, Herman Ehrlich, Bob
Fowler, Col Koppen, Bernie Mullins, Jim Watson, Denise Mitchell,
David Kirchner,
Honorary
Members
Ted Elliot OAM, Brian Fowler, Beres
McKeown, Bernie Mullins, Les Trevenan
Past Club
Members
Geoff Canton
Non
Rotarians
Christine Fairbrother
Harold Falge
Margaret Jarvis
Geoff Guest
Lou Piccone
Lionel Williamson
Maryborough
North goes brassy for a sassy city ambassador
The Rotary Club of Maryborough North,
Qld., has recognised Cannel Murdoch as a Paul Harris Fellow with
great verve.
She is well-known in the city as Mary
Heritage and Mary Poppins for the flair, effort and commitment she
puts into promoting the City of Maryborough. Heralds trumpeted sergeants
paraded and then presented Cannel Murdoch to President Graham Outhwaite
who charged Carmel with "a variety of misdemeanours".
She was also made an honorary member
of the Rotary Club of Maryborough North. Guests, including the Mayor
of Maryborough, Alan Brown, spoke, congratulating Cannel Murdoch
and thanking her for the wonderful contribution to the city.
ROTARY AND SCIENCE
Rotary
Bone Marrow Research Lab makes advances in prevention of spina bifida
In a major international medical advance,
researchers at the Rotary Bone Marrow Research Laboratories have
identified the gene in mice responsible for the congenital birth
defect, spina bifida.
Now studies using DNA from children
with spina bifida are being conducted to determine if the corresponding
human gene is altered in these patients, paving the way for the
development of new pre-natal diagnostic tests and novel therapies
to prevent its occurrence. This finding was published in the international
medical journal, Nature Medicine, and marks the end of a 50-year
search by scientists globally for the gene.
Apart from the opportunity to develop
new therapies for this birth defect, the discovery of the gene also
opened the door for new studies on the closure of the spinal cord.
Doctor Stephen Jane is the director
of the Rotary Bone Marrow Research Laboratory in Melbourne, Vic.
He said that there was strong evidence that the mechanisms underlying
closure of the spinal cord were also in operation in other biological
processes, such as the healing of wounds. “Lessons learned from
the spina bifida gene may therefore impact on conditions as diverse
as trauma, skin ulcers and burns,’’ said Dr. Jane.
Nature Medicine is a biomedical research
journal, articles cover fields such as cardiovascular research,
gene therapy, immunology and vaccine development.
 Doctor
Stephen Jane, director of the Rotary Bone Marrow Research Laboratory
in Melbourne. Vic., at left, is pictured talking with Professor
Brian Tate, in charge of the Rotary Bone Marrow Research Laboratory
tissue typing laboratory, and Past President Bernie Lamers, of the
Rotary Club of Preston, Vic. PP Bernie is vice-president of the
Bone Marrow Donor Institute.
by Bernie Lamers
Past President Rotary Club of Preston, Vic.
Club
coup to Kings Cross at Science Forum
by Chris Marten-Coney
Rotary Club of Kings Cross, N.S.W.
Getting one student into the National
Youth Science Forum in Canberra, A.C.T., is difficult enough, but
the Rotary Club of Kings Cross, N.S.W., succeeded in getting three
students into this year’s forum in January.
Kate Burford, from the Sydney Girls
High School, and Amanda Wormald and Clare O’Sullivan from St. Vincents
College in Potts Point spoke enthusiastically to the club about
their wonderful experiences at the National Youth Science Forum
where they were taken into the backrooms to come into contact with
many thought-provoking ideas.
Two of the students had expressed interest
in careers in medicine, but said that they may be rethinking that
idea. At the National Youth Science Forum one of the scientists
said that being a doctor brought great help to people, but always
on a one-to-one basis. Doing medical research might mean that they
would help millions.
Being selected to attend the forum
is an achievement for any student, but Amanda Wormald was a high
achiever as she is only 15 years of age and on an accelerated program.
Club member Don Drover attended the meeting in a wheelchair to hear
the addresses by the students. He died seven days later. The talk
was of great interest to him as he was a soil scientist who had
served in Africa, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Framed copies
of the photograph of Don Drover with the science students were given
to each of his three children.
Odd
Spots
Tuesday May 18, 2004
A London train driver caused a terror alert when he mistook a musician
with a didgeridoo for a terrorist with a grenade launcher. Trains
were halted for half an hour until police gave the all clear.
Monday May 17, 2004
Archaeologists in Montenegro have found a tooth believed to belong
to a Neanderthal man dating back 40,000 to 150,000 years. Research
to confirm the tooth's age will take five to 10 years.
Saturday May 15, 2004
Abe Caylor, a US World War I soldier who has
died at 104, tired of repeated questions about the secrets of longevity
and came up with the retort: "Work hard and mind your own damn business."
Friday May 14, 2004
Carlisle Cricket Club in England held a minute's silence, flying
a flag at half-mast, to remember a dead club member, only to find
out he was alive when club members tried to organise the delivery
of a wreath.
Thursday May 13, 2004
The Church of England has appointed its first web pastor. Alyson
Leslie, who will run i-Church, said: "My experience of online communities
is that they can be loving and supportive."
Wednesday May 12, 2004
A German man who mistakenly filled his car with petrol instead of
diesel tried to use a vacuum cleaner to syphon the petrol out, but
caused an explosion when fumes in the cleaner ignited.
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