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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.