Indiana Elks’ Support for Cancer Research Bears Fruit A
PURDUE UNIVERSITY professor and researcher whose work is partially funded by the Indiana Elks Association’s state major project, which donates seed money for cancer research at Purdue University and Indiana University, has created a dye that could greatly improve surgeons’ abilities to operate on ovarian cancer and other cancers. The fluorescent dye can attach itself to clusters of cancer cells and allow doctors to detect tumors that are just 1/250 of an inch in diameter, which is thirty times smaller than tumors that can be detected with conventional diagnostic techniques. Surgeons using the new dye in a clinical trial were able to diagnose and remove nearly five times as many ovarian cancer tumors as they could have using current diagnostic methods. The inventor of the dye, Dr. Philip Low, is a professor of chemistry at Purdue University and a researcher for the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research. Dr. Low plans to conduct further clinical trials using the dye in cooperation with the Mayo Clinic in Minneapolis, MN, and hopes that the dye will be available for wider use within three or four years. He also estimates that, in addition to detecting ovarian cancer, the new technique for detecting cancerous tumors could be used in up to 40 percent of all types of cancer, including breast, colon, and lung cancer.
completing their record books, which 4-H members use to track their daily activities and learning experiences. Lodge members also awarded an engraved clock to the 4-H member with the best record book in each of three age-groups. The winners of the clocks were Kaycee Rasmussen (Junior), Megan Schultz (Intermedi- ate), and Steffie Pavey (Senior).
Centralia, IL, Lodge members treated 20 first responders and eight family members to brunch at the lodge on the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks to honor the first responders for their service.
Bicknell, IN, Lodge member James Moore visited North Knox High School and shared the story of his experi- ences on September 11 with 98 students in three history classes.
Venice-Nokomis, FL, Lodge donated two large plastic tubs of school supplies and 12 backpacks to the Laurel Civic Association to be distributed to needy students. Pictured are (from left) lodge member Carolyn Reichard, Laurel Civic Association Executive Direc- tor Sandra Terry, and lodge member Chris Steinwachs.
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Minneapolis, MN, Lodge raised $1,000 for the Minnesota Elks Youth Camp, which is the state major project, through its Purple Potty fund-raiser. Lodge members painted a toilet purple and placed it on the front lawns of a number of “victims,” each of whom could donate $10 to have the toilet removed, $20 to have it moved to another specific address, or $30 to have the toilet moved to a specific address and be protected against it being returned to his or her lawn. The lodge also accepted donations of $20 from anyone who wished to have the toilet placed at a specific address. Pictured with the toilet is camp participant Colton Gjerness.
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