May 2005

Fundraiser for Children In Crossfire

On 2nd June a quiz will be held in Rosatos Bar, Malin Road, Moville. Admission: €3 per person.

Last year, local teacher Rose Kelly, along with Aine Richardson and fisherman Kevin O'Leary climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of the Children in Crossfire charity. While they were there, they spoke to a local priest at one of the local villages. He told them that because of a lack of rain that year, most of the villagers crops just withered away. The most disappointing thing is that there is a river which runs quite close by, but they weren't able to carry enough water from it to save crops. So, Rose Kelly and Children in Crossfire decided that they would do something about it. They are trying to raise €5,000. This would give them enough money to build an irrigation channel from the river to the crops and would guarantee the crops every year. The last quiz at Rosatos raised around €270. Also, someone who heard about the good work and the need for an irrigation channel handed Rose €200 anonymously. They have raised about one-third of the money for the irrigation channel so far and hope to raise more on the 2nd June. There was high drama at the last quiz where a team from Scotland, related to the McLaughlins (painters) let by 12 points going into the last round - and lost by 4 points. The last round was one of those where you had to guess the person through a series of clues, with the number of points you could score depreciating by two points for each clue given. It started at 30 points. The answer was Senator Edward Kennedy. However, some teams, including the current leaders, rushed up convinced it was John Kennedy at the 26 points stage. The winning team, consisting of locals Ciobbhean Barr of the Derry Journal and Simon McGeady of the Inish Times waited and waited till the 16 points mark so that they could eliminate two of the Kennedy brothers and then pounced - giving them the victory by 4 points. It should be great fun again - with possibly more high drama.

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