Raul Mascarenhas is Lanark Lord Cornet 2011

LANARK Cornets Club members have a healthy respect for the man chosen to be this year's Lord Cornet – a popular GP at Woodstock Medical Centre.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th Jan 2011, 17:19 BST

Raul Mascarenhas (42), a doctor in Lanark since August 1999, has been picked as the town's standard bearer for 2011.

"I'm shocked to have been chosen," said Dundee-born Raul. "I think I've been picked because I know what Lanimers is all about and how

important it is to the town.

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"The committee were looking for a well-known local person who will always live in Lanark, and I think I fit the bill because I'll work here for the rest of my days.

"Apart from when I married Selma in 1998 (the couple now have children Ayla (10), Rohan (5) and three-year-old Kara) being picked is the biggest honour of my life so far."

Raul, of Wellington Terrace, is looking forward to his Lord Cornet duties during June's Lanimer Week.

For more information on this story, pick up a copy of this week's Lanark Gazette which is in the shops now.

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