QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
Finish the second part of this proverb attributed to Mother Theresa: "Spread love everywhere you go."
Answer: "Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier”
Semi-correctly answered by Ann Bray on her second attempt (literally with no help from the question writer sitting next to her who had forgotten the answer).
FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
- President Hugh advised that Past President Rob O’Connor had died recently.
- John Bolto announced that his son became engaged on Christmas Day. Congratulations to the happy couple.
- Anita Bourke read an email from our Rotary Exchange Student from last year, Mathilda Hontoir from Belgium, wishing members of the Club a wonderful new year.
- John Bolto and Kevin Jackson thoroughly recommend the Spinifex exhibition at the museum.
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: Susan Watson announced the following birthdays and anniversaries:
Members’ Birthdays
Kevin Jackson 10 January 2025 81 years
Bob Davis 11 January 2025 79 years
John Martin 15 January 2025 85 years
Partners’ Birthdays
Tanya Ellis 14 January 2025
Janice Jackson 19 January 2025
Anniversaries
Tony and Robyn Chien 6 January 2025 45 years
Lindsay and Helen Dry 7 January 2025 48 years
Jill and Michael Elias 9 January 25 32 years
Leon and Ilse Lorenzen 17 January 2025 16 years
Terry and Joan Rogers 17 January 2025 66 years
CLUB AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:
- Welcome Barbecue – Craig James spoke about next week’s barbecue on Monday, 20 January, downstairs at the golf club; numbers are to be in by this Wednesday, please.
- Fellowship dinner – John Hopkins let the meeting know that the Fellowship dinner has been booked at Lady of Ro in Rokeby Road in Subiaco at 6 pm on Monday, 24 February. The cost is $86 per head for a ten course chef tasting menu including corkage. A minimum of 70 people is required for the evening. Please book as soon as possible, an email has been sent out with all the details. Trybooking https://www.trybooking.com/CYJAU
- Ronald McDonald House – David Miller advised that thanks to the generosity of a member who has paid for the opportunity, the Club has secured another volunteer dinner cooking evening at Ronald McDonald House in Nedlands on Wednesday, 5 March. Further details closer to the date.
- Golf Day – David Miller advised that the fundraising golf day has been booked at the Nedlands Golf Club for Friday, 4 April.
ROTARY MOMENTS:
• WA Rotary Health Team – Anita Bourke has accepted an invitation to join the WA Rotary Health Team and to contribute to its work. Thank you for the work you will do for the team, Anita.
• Charitable Trust – Russell Hawkins and members of the Charitable Trust have not stopped working over the holidays, recently $5,000 was donated by the Charitable Trust to the Vanuatu disaster relief fund and $10,000 was donated to Cambodia Family Support.
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• Induction of new members – Susie Rich was inducted into the Club and Paul Kestell was re-inducted after being a member twenty years ago. Susie’s biography was read by Susan Watson and Paul’s by John MacKinnon. We are lucky that they have joined us at the Club. Congratulations to them both.
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SERGEANT SESSION: The following members were fined by the Sergeant:
- Jill Elias for having a letter published in The West;
- Susan Watson for leaving on a cruise tomorrow to Singapore;
- Kevin Jackson for returning from Istanbul (three hours at the airport there but still counts);
- Kevin Jackson for bringing French delicacies to the golf group;
- Kevin Jackson for having a birthday;
- Kevin Jackson for having a wife having a birthday;
- Kevin Jackson for being on the wine table;
- Kevin Jackson.
GUEST SPEAKER: Mark Khangure – introduced by Anita Bourke
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- Mark was born in India and at the age of eight he migrated with his family to England. Despite having no English upon his arrival, Mark did exceptionally well at his elevens exams and then excelled at school and received scholarships to study.
- Mark studied medicine at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and graduated in 1971. Mark emigrated to Australia 1976 as a radiology trainee at RPH. He was appointed as a consultant Neuro Radiologist in July 1982 after an 18 month fellowship in the USA.
- Mark was instrumental in developing MRI protocols as the first Director of MRI at SCGH and in developing interventional neuroradiology in Australasia, which is a minimally invasive alternative to surgery and which has proved very successful. Mark showed the meeting a number of x-rays of before and after shots which were as a result of successful non-surgical interventions.
- He was head of department of Radiology and Neurointervention for 12 years until he left RPH in 2007. He was President of the College of Radiology 2008 - 2009 and a recipient of the Gold Medal. Mark was awarded an Order of Australia as an AM in 2017 and received the Hippocrates Award in 2021 awarded by the AMA Western Australia.
- Mark is married to Edith and they have two sons and one daughter, two of whom are medical specialists.
- Mark’s other interests include playing hockey (until he had an injury), wine appreciation and long distance walking. He and Edith like to travel and to cruise to different lands.
- Since joining the Club a few months ago, Mark has already been an active volunteer, at Foodbank, Ronald McDonald House and for the bicycle count and we are lucky to have a member of such calibre in the Club. Thanks to Mark for his talk tonight.
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REMINDER OF NEXT ROSTER:
Monday 3 February 2025
John Hopkins Welcoming members and guests
Russell Hawkins Table duty
Steve Halbert Registrar 1
Richard Gorham Registrar 2
Bruce Fiegert Introduction of guest speaker
Jock Laurie Pass the microphone
REMINDER OF COMING EVENTS:
Monday 20 January 2025 Welcome barbecue, Nedlands Golf Club
Monday 27 January 2025 No meeting, public holiday
Monday 3 February 2025 Peter French, World Food Programme
