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This month’s issue contains information on the work of the Club and pictures of the Club BBQ held on Saturday
28th May; golf action from Carnoustie and collecting for Alzheimer’s Scotland at Tescos. The Young Singer Competition held right at the end of the month will feature in next month’s issue.
President’s Patter
Spring, what a busy spell it’s been,
Our Presidents dinner; a great night, fantastic auction and raffle again; exceeding all
expectations. A record amount raised, even in recession times.
The night was a great success, two grand
speakers in Jim Leishman and Willie Allan. I had a
fabulous night, the company was excellent and again the whole event went like clockwork, even
ensured ‘Paw Broon’ got home before midnight. Nice to see a few more ladies in the company and
they enjoyed themselves, in fact the tears of
laughter were evident from some.
Our evening with the Co-op brass band in St. Leonards in the Fields was very enjoyable. What
talented musicians they all are, the sound
produced was amazing. Paul Lovatt Cooper conducted them and also played several of his
own orchestrations, and they were tremendous. In fact the band was compared to the Black Dyke,
and some of the audience reckoned that under Paul Lovatt Coopers direction, they were even
better than the Black Dyke.
Having been to the District Conference in Inverness earlier in the year, which was very enjoyable, I
decided to give the National Conference in Dublin a
try. So accompanied by three other members and wives, eight of us sampled Irish hospitality, for four
days.
The hospitality was, as ever, very good and the conference wasn’t too bad either. The main
speakers were Terry Waite and Willie John Mc
Bride – George got Willie Johns autograph on his SAGA notepad. Both speakers were excellent.
Some members took in a Leinster-Ulster rugby
match, and a few of the local beverages were
sampled. Unfortunately my companions deserted me when it came to the business meeting - lucky
them – it was awful.
A very enjoyable weekend was had by all.
• Young Singer Competition: 31st May
2011
• Kids Out Day 8th June 2011
• Chernobyl Kids Day Out at Blair
Drummond Safari Park 2nd July 2001
• Team Golf at Blairgowrie 22nd July
• Charity Golf 7th September 2011
• Club Championship at Strathmore 7th
September 2011
Mike Graham 2010/11 Club Champion
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Ben Backsmeier - Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar
Ben Backsmeier from Bloomington, Illinois, A
commissioned officer from West Point Academy,
showed he is taking full advantage of the opportunity; travelling throughout the UK, as well
as joining in student activities, such as Raisin Day, and even displaying a set of American
knees under a kilt! Ben spoke about his experiences training
members of the armed forces in readiness for
deployment overseas. He admitted that in preparation for the conflict in Iraq, for example,
little or no 'orientation' education had been carried out; this had now changed and training
exercises help soldiers develop social, cultural
and religious sensitivities when dealing with other nationalities.
The Rotary Club of Perth Kinnoull is continuing to support the local charity, Starter Packs
Charity Collection Day for Alzheimers Scotland at the
Tesco, Crieff Road store, Perth on Friday 27th May
Mike Graham, George Delgaty, Greg Ross, Len Martin, Andrew Still, Bob Brown, Mike Massey & Iain Smith
covered 3 Slots from 9am to 6pm.
This Charity is Tesco’s Charity of the year. I felt we did our bit in helping to raise £5 million which is the Tesco
Aim.
• The money raised will help 300 people live
better with dementia • Give 100,000 people easy-to-access and
Information through the Dementia Community
Roadshow • Help 10,000 isolated families get specialist care
and advice through new Dementia Support
services • Fund 2 vital dementia research scientists to
conduct ground breaking research
A comment on Greg’s first day of retirement.
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The President’s Dinner held on Friday 11th March at the Royal
George Hotel
President Colin and the twa Georges enjoy an outdoor banquet
Speakers
26 Apr: Len Martin - job talk
3 May: Amanda Mullins and Ben Backsmeier – Rotary
Scholars
17 May Paula Bowman- Friends of Cognac
24 May: Dr Phyllis Windsor - Prostate cancer
Curling kicks off soon. Be ready !!!!!
Paula Bowman - Friends of Cognac
The twinning link with Cognac began in 1990
following a conference on rural tourism. At this time, Cognac was actively seeking a British
twinning partners and Perthshire was singled
out. The schools exchange is highly successful and there is an official link between the Ecole
St Joseph in Cognac and Crieff High School.
The Friends of Cognac celebrated their 20th
anniversary in April. Cognac mayor Michael Gourinch led a 36-strong party from Perth’s
French twin town to mark the milestone. The visitors were welcomed by Provost John
Hulbert and a plaque bearing the Cognac coat of arms was unveiled in Tay Street to mark the
links between Perth and Cognac.
In June 2010, in honour of Perth’s 800th
anniversary, the theme of the annual ‘La Fete de la Musique’ held in Cognac was ‘Celtic
Music’. The Crieff High School Pipe Band was
invited to participate.
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Kinnoul Rotarians, George Delgaty, Bob Riddell and
George Evans, accompanied by Jack Tollan from the Oban Club, attended the Rotary Golf
Tournament at Carnoustie. The Twa Georges played the very demanding Carnoustie
Championship Course and Bob played the Burnside
Course. They enjoyed their day and Ian Stevenson can rest easy as they did not win and so do not
have to organise the 2012 event.
Smokin’ News
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Dr Phyllis Windsor - Prostate cancer
Dr Windsor, a consultant radiotherapist at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, gave a very detailed
account of the problems facing the profession in
dealing with this widespread problem. Fatigue is a commonly recognized consequence of
radiotherapy, there is little evidence regarding the best way to prevent or minimize this side effect.
Exercise may be particularly helpful to men receiving hormone therapy for prostate cancer, she
added, because it can help counteract the muscle
loss and bone thinning hormone therapy can cause. Walking is a good choice because it is good for the
heart and the bones.
President Colin and Convenor George enjoy company on an outdoor bench
Clinical trials involve testing new medicines and
procedures on people in a controlled and carefully planned way. Clinical trials are the best way to find
out whether a new treatment is better than the current standard treatment. They can also find out
if existing treatments work better in new
combinations or doses. Some clinical trials find out more about the psychological and social effects of
illness and treatment.
T he Club has given significant support to the Prostate Cancer Charity Scotland for such trials to
continue.