Create a Reminder from Calendar Event

I am trying to create an applescript application that will automatically create a reminder when triggered by an alert. I want the name of the reminder name to be the same as the name of the calendar event.
This simple applescript will create a new reminder when "opened" by a calendar alert:
tell application "Reminders"
make new reminder of list "To Do" with properties {name:"This is the new reminder"}
end tell
Is there anyway I can get this script to 'get' the name of the calendar event that "opened" it and use that for the reminder name?

You cannot drop something onto an app window that was still in Exposé mode (only window on a dark background). After hovering over the app icon, and when the app window appears in Exposé, hover over that until the app comes into the foreground. Then, you should get a green + badge on the drag icon.
If you start dragging and cmd-tab to Reminders, the window should be an active drop zone immediately.

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I currently have a Palm Tungsten|E2. For a short time I used to sync it with my work computer; this was before they replaced the computer (lease was up) with a new one where it was locked down and I could not reinstall the Palm desktop. Since then I have been syncing it with my home computer that runs MS Vista. Just recently I have noticed that when I create new Calendar events on my Palm, they all get a new "With:" data line (and a user from my old job) after sync'ing with my home computer. Selecting this "With:" entry brings me to a screen that allows me to select from a list of people I may "Done", "Reply", or "Reply All" to; although selecting either reply only causes a fatal error that requires a soft reset (button on back of machine). Looking at the event through the desktop software shows no data point so that it may be cleaned.
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Are you sync'ing the new device to the same username in Palm Desktop as an older device?
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http://www.palm.com/cgi-bin/cso_kbURL.cgi?ID=28734
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XP
C:\program files\palm or palm one\[hotsync username]\ and rename your backup
folder to backup.old
Vista
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XP
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Vista
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