THE RANGE" Vol. 64 No.17
WEDNESDAY 6TH APRIL 2022
THIS WEEK'S MEETING
Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for a Dinner Meeting with Guest Speaker Adrian McCullum on An Adventurous Life - Partners Night
APOLOGIES
Apologies please to Bernice before noon on Tuesday.
DUTY ROSTER
6 Apr 20 Apr 4 May
Duty Officer Keith R Chris B Renee H
Assist DO Jeff C Fran T Phillip S
Registration Laurelle O John McL Bernice McL
Fellowship Lionel T Roly N James McC
WOOLWORTH SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER
16 Apr 0730 - 1030 John & Bernice McC Fran T
14 May 0730 - 1030 Phillip S Sherryl G Des C
PRESIDENT'S NOTES
Our next meeting scheduled at the Maleny Hotel on 6 April is a General Meeting. Subject to any further changes and/or the adverse impacts of Covid 19, continue logging in at the Maleny Hotel with your Qld App. There is now no need to wear masks and we can all look forward to some good fellowship and a presentation by local Maleny resident and USC Lecturer Adrian McCallum on his Adventurous Life.
- District 9620 Conference in Caloundra 18, 19 and 20 March 2022
It was my pleasure and privilege to attend the inaugural District 9620 Conference recently at Caloundra with fellow members John and Bernice McL, Sherryl G, Paulette S, John W and Craig S. I have enclosed a photo shared by Sherryl G of a few of us at our Rotary Club of Maleny House of Friendship stand on 19 March proudly displaying our Speak Up Now Stop Domestic and Family Violence and Maleny Selectors Green projects. Our stand was very well manned by our members who fielded many inquiries regarding our activities throughout the conference. Many thanks to Bernice and John McL, whose experience and ingenuity in setting up displays was greatly appreciated, for assistance from Sherryl G with the provision of the interesting material for Speak Up Now and Craig S for donating many bottles of water for us to hand out along with our other promotional materials. The Rotary Club of Caloundra is to be commended on an inspirational conference. The next District Conference in 2023 will be held in Brisbane. The conference was a fantastic opportunity to network and catch up with fellow Rotarians throughout our expanded new district.
And many congratulations to John Whan who has clocked up over 50 years of service as a hard working Rotarian including service as an AG.
MINUTES OF MEETING OF 16TH MARCH
President Greg welcomed members and Guest Speakers Tim Bagshaw and Donna Hayes. After dinner, Tim and Donna gave the members an excellent update on the current progress of the Maleny Hydrotherapy Project to fulfil their VISION: "To progress the health and fitness of the local community through hydrotherapy" and to achieve their MISSION: "To build and operate a highly successful Hydrotherapy Centre".
Their current focus is on:
1. Completing the Business Case
2. Preparing Plans
3. Documenting Costings
4. Obtaining Consent from MDSRC as head leaseholder to gain Owners consent from Sunshine Coast Council. MHI have recently signed a Provisional Sublease with MDSRC and, as they put it, "they are now shovel ready!"
Their market was presented in a slide "Who uses a hydrotherapy centre?
All age groups:
1. Babies – learning to swim
2. Teenagers – training and sports injury recovery
3. Adults – rehabilitation and fitness
4. Mature aged – rehabilitation and fitness
5. Anyone in between – rehabilitation and fitness
This is how they plan showing the completed project will look!
Apologies for the small print in this picture - see their website for better detail.
Ric T gave the vote of thanks.
FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS
13th April Board Meeting
20th April Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Guest Speaker Jill Lillingstone on Early Maleny Selectors - Partners Night
4th May Maleny Hotel at 6:30 for 7:00pm for Guest Speaker to be announced
BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL
1st Nancy Baker 4th Phillip Stark 12th Chris Brooker 23rd John McLennan 27th John Whan
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES FOR APRIL
13th Jeff & Jan Cornfoot 16th Brian & Gillian Allen 26th Bill & Marlene Hankinson
ANOSOGNOSIA
What is that you may well ask?
Check out the information below. It is interesting. The one item that jumped out at me is the percent of people in the world who live to be over 65! Read below for all the details.
Earth's Population Statistics in Perspective
The population of Earth is around 7.8 billion.
For most people, it is a large figure. However, if you condensed 7.8 billion into 100 persons, and then into various percentage statistics the resulting analysis is relatively much easier to comprehend.
Out of 100:
11 are in Europe, 5 are in North America, 9 are in South America, 15 are in Africa, 60 are in Asia.
49 live in the countryside, 51 live in cities, 75 have mobile phones so 25 do not. 30 have internet access so 70 do not have the availability to go online, 7 received university education so 93 did not attend college. 83 can read 17 are illiterate. 33 are Christians 22 are Muslims 14 are Hindus 7 are Buddhists 12 are other religions, 12 have no religious beliefs. 26 live less than 14 years, 66 died between 15 - 64 years of age, so 8 are over 65 years old.
If you have your own home, eat full meals and drink clean water, have a mobile phone, can surf the internet, and have gone to college, you are in the miniscule, privileged lot. (in the less than 7% category). Amongst 100 persons in the world, only 8 live or exceed the age of 65! If you are over 65 years old, be content & grateful. Cherish life, grasp the moment.
If you did not leave this world before the age of 64 like the 92 persons who have gone before you, you are already the blessed amongst mankind.
Take good care of your own health. Cherish every remaining moment. If you think you are suffering memory loss.......
Anosognosia, very interesting...
In the following analysis the French Professor Bruno Dubois, Director of the Institute of Memory and Alzheimer's Disease (IMMA) at La Pitié-Salpêtrière - Paris Hospitals, addresses the subject in a rather reassuring way:
"If anyone is aware of their memory problems, they do not have Alzheimer's."
• forget the names of families.
• do not remember where I put some things.
It often happens in people 60 years and older that they complain that they lack memory. "The information is always in the brain, it is the "processor" that is lacking."
This is "Anosognosia" or temporary forgetfulness.
Half of people 60 and older have some symptoms that are due to age rather than disease. The most common cases are:
- forgetting the name of a person,
- going to a room in the house and not remembering why we were going there,
- a blank memory for a movie title or actor, an actress,
- a waste of time searching where we left our glasses or keys ... (I can identify with that!)
After 60 years most people have such a difficulty, which indicates that it is not a disease but rather a characteristic due to the passage of years ...
Many people are concerned about these oversights hence the importance of the following statements:
1."Those who are conscious of being forgetful have no serious problem of memory."
;2. "Those who suffer from a memory illness or Alzheimer's, are not aware of what is happening."
Professor Bruno Dubois, Director of IMMA, reassures the majority of people concerned about their oversights:
"The more we complain about memory loss, the less likely we are to suffer from memory sickness."
Now for a little neurological test:
Only use your eyes!
Find the C in the table below!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
If you found the C, then find the 6 in the table below. 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
Now find the N in the table below. Attention, it's a little more difficult!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
If you pass these three tests without problem:
- you can cancel your annual visit to the neurologist.
- your brain is in perfect shape!
- you are far from having any relationship with Alzheimer's.
We are truly blessed, So, share this with your over-55 friends, it can reassure them.
With apologies to our younger members.
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