Sunday 30 June 2013

This July in Sivakasi

1st July 2013

This July in Sivakasi

JCI Sivakasi - ID Programme
Topic: Richard Parker
Faculty: Jc.HGF.D.Sundara Vadivel (Zone Trainer - Zone XVIII, JCI India)
Date: 1st July 2013, Monday
Time: 7:31 p.m.
Venue: Sivakasi Jaycees Nursery School, Gnanagiri Road, Sivakasi - 626189.

1st General Body Meeting for the month of July 2013
Date: 1st July 2013, Monday
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Sivakasi Jaycees Nursery School, Gnanagiri Road, Sivakasi - 626189.
Dinner Host: JFM.M.Baskaran

Eye Camp
Date: 14-07-2013, Sunday
Time: 09:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.
Venue:Sivakasi Chamber of Trade Promotion
Organisers: Khaitan Steel Mart and Sankara Eye Hospital

Free Mental Health Camp
Date: 21-07-2013, Saturday
Time: 08:45 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.
Venue: Arasan Ganesan Kalyaana Mandapam, Sivakasi
Organisers: Sri Sathya Sai Seva Samithy, Sivakasi

Homeopathy Camp
Date: 28-07-2013, Sunday
Time: 09:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m.
Venue: Coronation Girls Higher Secondary School, Sivakasi
Organisers: Sri Sathya Sai Seva Samithy, Sivakasi

link: http://www.sivakasiweekly.com/news.php?link=1351

Bright start ends with drizzle, in Sivakasi

30th June 2013

Bright start ends with drizzle, in Sivakasi

In Sivakasi, a bright start to the day was end in scattered drizzle at evening and drizzle with band of clouds developed during evening around 3:55 p.m.. Within minutes of a steady drizzle the town was seen flooded and clogged. The climate will remain cloudy for next one week and there may be chances of drizzle / rain for Sivakasi, with maximum temperature of 36 degree Celsius and minimum temperature of 27 degree Celsius.

Link: http://www.sivakasiweekly.com/news.php?link=1350

Saturday 29 June 2013

The Moon in the Daytime, in Sivakasi

29th June 2013

The Moon in the Daytime, in Sivakasi

For last 3-4 days you might have seen moon in the daytime, in Sivakasi. This is because, after Full Moon, the Moon continues in its orbit, moving slowly towards the Sun on the opposite side, and again Sun and Moon can be seen at the same time in the morning sky.

Here are some tips to see the Moon in the daytime
Look within a week or so of the date of full Moon.
Before Full Moon, look for the daytime Moon in the afternoon.
After Full Moon, look for the daytime Moon in the morning.
Look up!The daytime Moon is often up there, but it’s pale against the blue sky.

Link: http://www.sivakasiweekly.com/news.php?link=1349


Friday 28 June 2013

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JCI Sivakasi - ID Programme on Richard Parker

29th June 2013

JCI Sivakasi - ID Programme
Topic: Richard Parker
Faculty: Jc.HGF.D.Sundara Vadivel (Zone Trainer - Zone XVIII, JCI India)
Date: 1st July 2013, Monday
Time: 7:31 p.m.
Venue: Sivakasi Jaycees Nursery School, Gnanagiri Road, Sivakasi - 626189.

1st General Body Meeting for the month of July 2013
Date: 1st July 2013, Monday
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Sivakasi Jaycees Nursery School, Gnanagiri Road, Sivakasi - 626189.
Dinner Host: JFM.M.Baskaran

Link: http://www.sivakasiweekly.com/news.php?link=1348

Few drizzles for few minutes

28th June 2013

Few drizzles for few minutes

Strong winds followed by few drizzles makes the road wet in Sivakasi Town, and taking Sivakasians by surprise late on Thursday (27th June 2013) evening. Though the day was dry and hot, the clear sky turned cloudy in the evening followed by drizzling. The change in Sivakasi weather turned the climate pleasant, once again. But there is no heavy rain in the town. And there is chances for drizzle / rain for next two days.

Link: http://www.sivakasiweekly.com/news.php?link=1347

Thursday 27 June 2013

Bright Skies Day for Sivakasi

27th June 2013

Bright Skies Day for Sivakasi

For last three days the sky was bright and partly cloudy at evening time, in Sivakasi town. There will be chance for drizzle on next week. And there will be no heavy rain. Today the maximum temperature will be 36 degree celsius and minimum degree will be 27 degree celsius.

Link: http://www.sivakasiweekly.com/news.php?link=1346


Eyes on envisioning lives

Article published in "The Hindu" Newspaper on 25th June 2013

Eyes on envisioning lives

S.Chidambaram

Virudhunagar district that has many firsts to its credit, stands number one in the State in eye donation. J. Ganesh of Sivakasi has been ensuring that. In the last eight years, he has harvested 1,148 eyes in Sivakasi and 2,512 eyes in the district providing vision to over 5,024 people and brought credit to Virudhunagar as the number one district in eye donation.

It is not easy to convince people to donate eyes. Even if a person pledges to donate his eyes, it is not possible to harvest them if his family members object to it. So, it’s the consent of the family that matters rather than that of the individual. The hitch in the process is because of the notion that the face of the deceased would be disfigured. It is only the corneas that are removed. And they are replaced with contact lenses. The latest surgical procedure enables transplantation of cornea in the eyes of two persons. Born in Kottarakara in Kollam district of Kerala, Dr. Ganesh settled down in Sivakasi 30 years ago. He was a member of Lions Club for a decade. When he became the president of the club in 2005, he wanted to do something useful to the society.

A casual visit to Arvind Eye Hospital in Madurai and a chance to see the plight of the visually challenged people made him focus his attention on eye donation.

Dr. Ganesh formed Lions Club of Sivakasi Cracker City in 2008 and channelled his energy towards eye donation. His attempts to create awareness by pasting posters and erecting flex boards at vantage points in the town proved futile. Success came his way only when he turned towards students.

So, he started visiting schools, colleges and teacher education institutions, and organised awareness camps, essay and poem writing competitions, quiz programmes and processions in Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari and Ramanathapuram districts also. He organised such programmes in Kollam, Thirussur, Cochin, Thiruvananthapuram and Kottayam in Kerala also in Malayalam.

He educates students that anybody can donate eyes, including those who wear spectacles and those with cataract, diabetes or hypertension. Those people affected by AIDS, hepatitis, tetanus, rabies, meningitis, acute leukaemia or cholera alone should not donate eyes.

No special sterilised room is necessary for harvesting eyes. It is enough if the eyes are closed with a wet cloth to keep the cornea moist. The removal exercise will be over in 10 minutes.

Big role for students

Whenever a death occurs in a family, the student convinces the family for eye donation and informs the club. If there is a death in the neighbourhood, the student informs the club and the club takes care of obtaining the family’s consent.

When the team gets a call, it rushes to the house, irrespective of the time, to remove the corneas within six hours while others in the team prepare posters with a photograph of the deceased hailing the family for their gesture and paste them in the vicinity. Later, a function is organised to honour the members of the families.

Link: http://www.sivakasiweekly.com/eye-ganesh.html


Wednesday 26 June 2013

Petrol price hiked by Rs.2.53 p/l in Sivakasi

Petrol price hiked by Rs.2.53 p/l in Sivakasi

26th June 2013

Courtesy: Mr.R.P.Natarajan,Manager,HP Autocare Centre, Sivakasi

Petrol price hiked by Rs.2.53 p/l in Sivakasi

Petrol price was hiked by a steep Rs.2.53 a litre on 15th May 2013, Saturday, the second increase in rates this month. The hike, which is effective from Saturday midnight, in Sivakasi, is excluding local sales tax or VAT and actual increase for consumers will be higher. Petrol price in Sivakasi was hiked by Rs.2.53 a litre to Rs.69.65 from Rs.67.12 previously. Mr.R.P.Natarajan,Manager,HP Autocare Centre, Sivakasi, said sivakasiweekly.com that, the recent hike is petrol price is due to devaluation of rupee against US dollar which made imports costlier.

Link: http://www.sivakasiweekly.com/news.php?link=1345