Our speaker this week will be Shirley Luckhart, a professor at U of I in the Entomology, Plant Pathology & Nematology Department. She is an expert on the transmission of Malaria by the female Anopheles Mosquito. For thirty years her team at U of I has been researching the "biology of the blood feeding interface – that is, how factors in mammalian host blood (drugs, cytokines, parasite factors) influence parasite development and transmission to the mosquito host."
Our Zoom call with Emmanuel Osei, our Shark Pond recipient in Ghana, went beautifully! The tech gods were with us! Emmanuel said that 2025 was "not easy, but interesting!". He told us about his various efforts to test possible uses of the plastic he's been collecting. One promising product is "paver bricks". One example is made from melted plastic, sand, and coconut husks. He also showed us a prototype of a backpack made from "fiber" made from shredded plastic. He's a fascinating young man!
POSTPONED...RESCHEDULED TO JANUARY 5TH 9-12 RESCHEDULED AGAIN TO JAN 12 11-3
Interfaith Sanctuary is scheduling teams to help with assembling new furniture coming from IKEA. We'll put a team together to help out on Friday, December 26th from 11-4. A perfect opportunity to see the facility if you haven't already and show off your engineering skills. Please sign up here: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp
The 38th annual Polar Bear Challenge will be January 10th at Spring Shores Marina at Lucky Peak. Jade, our RYE student, has challenged us to contribute to Make-a-Wish on her behalf. District 5400 will have a team so don't be bashful! Last year, they raised $3900! Reese has done it and Cornelia is considering it. Its a big party on the beach, whether you dunk or not, starting at 11:00AM. You can contribute to Jade's account via Venmo to Metro Rotary.
Dave went with his family to San Fran to the 49ers/Bears game last week. We watched that game, it was exciting!.....John B. celebrated 35 years as a Rotarian, starting Oneonta, N.Y..........feeling bad for our ski mountains....there's NO snow......Rotary Minute was about supporting teachers in Uganda.......thanks to Cornelia for the bars of soap!..........Greenbelt is clean!
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Our speaker this week will be Shirley Luckhart, a professor at U of I in the Entomology, Plant Pathology & Nematology Department. She is an expert on the transmission of Malaria by the female Anopheles Mosquito. For thirty years her team at U of I has been researching the "biology of the blood feeding interface – that is, how factors in mammalian host blood (drugs, cytokine
s, parasite factors) influence parasite development and transmission to the mosquito host."
The 38th annual Polar Bear Challenge will be January 10th at Spring Shores Marina at Lucky Peak. Jade, our RYE student, has challenged us to contribute to Make-a-Wish on her behalf. District 5400 will have a team so don't be bashful! Last year, they raised $3900! Reese has done it and Cornelia is considering it. Its a big party on the beach, whether you dunk or not, starting at 11:00AM. You can contribute to Jade's account via Venmo to Metro Rotary.
