6th April, 2000
Notice
Board
The Parents and Friends Assoc. of Scoil Chriost Ri, Turners Cross, are holding a Quiz night at Nemo Rangers H&F Club, South Douglas Road, on Tuesday 11th April, 2000 at 8pm. There will be superb prizes, raffles and spot prizes on the night and all are welcome! A great night is assured !!
MILLS RE-UNION
St Patrick's Woollen Mills re-union will take place in the Douglas GAA Hall on Fri 5th May. Tickets are available from Moira Corbet and Frank Downey.
SCOUTING NOTES
FOR WEEK ENDED SATURDAY, APRIL 1ST 2000
6th Cork Douglas Scout Unit C.S.I.
The Scout section had their Shield Competition at the
Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills last Sunday. There were eight bases
run by the various Units in the Region over the course of the day
that ran from 10 am to 4 p.m. The word base is used by Leaders to
describe an area in which the Scouts are given a project etc. to
do, that has to be completed over a certain time limit. The bases
had very diverse themes and there were four "Scouting"
bases and four "Fun" bases. Some of the bases were
Observation and Estimation, Human Construction and First Aid. The
day was an enjoyable one for those who participated.
PUBLIC SPEAKING SUCCESS
FOR DOUGLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Douglas Community School students, Brian Brady,Kieran French ,Dave
Aherne and Michael Barry are following in the footsteps of last
years All-Ireland Public Speaking champions.These four lads were
victorious in the Mental Health Association ,Public Speaking semi-final
in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary on Friday 24th March.
The All-Ireland finals will be held in the Edmund Burke Theatre,
in Trinity Coliege,DubIin on Saturday,l5th April 2000. The topic
for discussion is 'Mental Health----the cornerstone of a truly
inclusive,
just and educated society?'
We wish the D.C.S. lads the very best for the final. We are sure
they'll do us proud.
WATCH THIS SPACE
by Eugene & Valda Furlong
APRIL UPDATE
4th New Moon / 11th First Quarter
18th Full Moon / 22nd Lyrids Meteor Shower
26th Last Quarter
STARS CONTINUED
When nuclear reaction in its core finally ceases a star enters
its dying phase, and the star structure becomes unstable. Over
billions of years a star of low mass burns its nuclear fuel
slowly, then evolves into a red giant. It then disintegrates to
form a planetary nebula (and expanding a shell of gases)
surrounding a white dwarf.
High mass stars uses their fuel quickly, over only millions of
years and evolves into a super giant. Then a huge explosions
takes place called a supernova. The remaining core forms a
neutron star or a black hole.
CARRIGALINE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
CARRIGALINE PHOTOGRAPHIC
SOCIETY PRESENT THE WORK
OF AWARD WINNING LANDSCAPE
PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN HOOTON
AT THE STABLES, CARRIGALINE
ON WEDNESDAY 12TH APRIL AT
8.30PM. ALL ARE WELCOME
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
by Declan Cronin of Apex Clinic
Question: I'm a 39-year-old female and six years ago I was
diagnosed as having IBS. Since then I've become preoccupied with
my condition. Even if I'm to plan a short trip or simply go
shopping to town I first have to consider where the toilets are
located. If I'm out socialising I'm very concerned with people
taking notice of the amount of times I go to the loo which makes
me even more stressed. It has now come to the stage where I just
don't want to socialise. Up until I was 30 I never had these
problems. I also don't know what brought it on but I've been told
that IBS can be due to stress. I would like to know if stress is
the cause of IBS and can it be cured.
Answer: Some people with IBS can to be more stressed and anxious
than people without, but that does not mean that stress is the
cause. There have been a lot of studies and theories as to the
causes and they would include diet, hormones, personality type,
disturbance of gut flora, gall bladder trouble, hysterectomy,
genetic etc. However it is still not known what exactly causes
IBS. Obviously if a person becomes more stressed and depressed
because of the symptoms then that can make their problems seem
even worse. A good therapist can help you come to terms with your
stress and anxieties. Some people go as far as to give up
employment because they associate the onset of IBS as a direct
result of stress at work. This has been known to help some people,
but others would report that the symptoms haven't alleviated in
the slightest. There are plenty of books and information on IBS
and my advice would be to go and find out as much as you can
about it. People do recover from IBS. Studies have shown that gut-directed
therapy, which is becoming more and more accepted, is very
successful in alleviating the symptoms.
More next week.
ON THE ROUNDABOUT
The Cork branch of Bird Watch Ireland have organised a trip to Currabinny Wood on Sunday April 9th.. Meet on Anglesey Street next to the City Hall at 1.45PM……….Cork Community Games hold their County Skills Weekend for 10 to 12 year old's on the 12th to the 14th of May… Simon Coveney T.D. recently welcomed the granting of a furtheh £24,000 to Schizophrenia Ireland….Insught America Touring Theater from Seattle present "Speed-The-Plough", a play by Pulitxer-Prize Winning playwright and film director David Mamet (The Untouchables, The Spanish Prisoner,The Verdict, American Buffalo etc)…..Deputy Deirdre Clune has criticised the 2 year waiting list for paediatric heart surgery….Home Design 2000 moves to Bantry for the May weekend….Parents having difficulties with child custody or having unsatisfactory access to children should contact The Shared Parenting and Joint Custody Support Group at the South Parish Community Centre or ring 087 6395470….
THE CHERNOBYL CHILDRENS
BUS EIREANN AMBULANCE FUND
hanks to all who supported us last Friday night,
we raised £840.
Thanks to the GAA Club management and staff. Thanks to the O'Donoghue
Family from Calderwood who were a great help, at fundraising and
the entertainment on the night. Also the Kiely-Walsh School of
Dancers, who gave a brilliant display of Irish dancing. Thanks to
Noreen Crowley who came on board with the fundraising.
Thank you all
Gerald Walsh & Martin McSweeney
