Cash raised at quiz night
It was pencils sharpened and thinking caps on for the annual East Kilbride Rotary Club quiz to raise money for their Christmas toy appeal.
At East Kilbride Golf Club last Friday, 18 teams were vying for the title of Eggheads of East Kilbride.
Quiz master Ali Jones presided over a lively and enjoyable night, opening the quiz with the picture round which generated much head scratching.
The aroma of tasty pakoras, arranged by Stevie Sheriff, eddied around the room as a welcome break approached.
It was a closely contested competition and as the last round loomed the team comprising, Tom Leith, Stevie Morrison, Alec Henderson and Al Renny edged in front to claim the Egghead title.
After the raffle Rotarian Archie King closed the evening thanking Ali Jones for compiling and hosting the quiz in such an entertaining way, his wife Audrey and friend Graham Scott for marking the answers and to all who donated prizes for the raffle.
Laura Carruth and her bar staff not only tended the bar and food but also entered into the spirit of the night by joining in with the quiz.
The £300 raised will go towards the Toys for Kids at Christmas fund. Roddy Shanks raised £60 on the night for Rotary International End Polio Fund by auctioning a four-ball golf day at Strathaven Golf Club.
President Bruce Gunn thanked Archie and Enid King for organising a great night.
Meanwhile at their regular Friday lunch meeting, EK Rotarians were unaware of their guest speaker’s disability until he told them he is severely visually impaired.
Ian Stevenson, digital skills officer with the Royal National Institute of Blind People, is responsible for a three-year project, “Online Today” which now into its second year.
The project was set up to train the visually impaired in the use of wireless devices such as tablets, IPhone, IPad and laptops.
These touch screen devices have a command called voice over and with suitable software from Syra, Cortana and Google New they can use voice commands.
Ian explained this technology can make life easier for the visually impaired but the problem is knowing where to start and this is the purpose of his project, to introduce people with sight problems to the technology and train them in its use.
Not all visually impaired people have or can afford the devices and one of Ian’s pleas was to anyone renewing their phone, IPad or laptop to please consider donating the old device to the RNIB. You can do this by contacting Ian on 07701295095 or email ian.stevenson@ rnib.org.uk. After the vote of thanks from member Frank McLuskey, president elect Lesley Irvine presented Ian with a cheque.