Fisherhaven | Hawston | Kleinmond | Bettysbaai | Pringlebaai | Rooi-Els Year 2 • Tuesday 5 June 2012 | Tel. 028 312 3717 United we stand JANINE VAN DER RIET Some 80 locals have already joined the first ever Palmiet–Kleinmond Neigh- bourhood Watch – and they’re urging their fellow residents to follow suit. The man behind the plan to set up the local neighbourhood watch, the first set to cover the entire town, is Eldred Smith. He says the “ostrich mentality” residents have displayed until now has contributed to- wards crime in the area. “I blame the community,” he says. “If you see a suspicious-looking person walking down the road, watching the houses, you should contact the police immediately. “The police welcome information on peo- ple loitering.” Residents from Palmiet met last week at Mandy’s Kitchen to elect a committee; they now plan to extend their chapter of the neigh- bourhood watch to other suburbs of Klein- mond. Smith was elected as chairperson, with restaurateur James Smith as deputy chair and community leader Susan Swanepoel as secretary. “It will empower the community and other law enforcement bodies to work together to combat crime,” Smith says. “It is high time we took the power away from criminals.” Smith says the committee’s election is a significant step forward in combating crime. All residents are invited to attend a mee- ting in the town hall at 18:00 today (Tuesday). Those interested will be registered as neigh- bourhood watch members. Smith says it is vital that the watch gets as much support as possible from the local community, as this will affect the support the neighbourhood watch in turn gets from pro- vincial and other authorities. If you’d like to find out more, you can give Eldred Smith a call on 072 904 3427. ’n Vrolike atmosfeer het Saterdag by Laerskool Kleinmond se karnaval geheers en veral die kaskarre het vir groot pret – en gesonde oefening – gesorg. FOTO’S: HEDDA MITTNER Hierdie drie vrolike personeellede van Laerskool Klein- mond wat diens gedoen het by die gewilde pienk koek- en-tee/koffietafel was die graad 7-klasjuffrou Ester Groenewald, die finansiële bestuurder Annamarie du Preez (wat ook die bobaasbakster van die heerlike koeke was), en die graad 1 Engelse juffrou Pietro Roos. Barry Anderson, plaasbestuurder van Gabriëlskloof en ’n ouer van die skool, het vuur gemaak in ’n kruiwa vir sy kerrie-lamspotjie. Agter hom is Janali Hartzer, wat ook Saterdag haar verjaarsdag gevier het, en haar dogter Liamari besig om groente vir die potjie te skil. Karnaval lok Karnaval lok oud en jonk oud en jonk A A rtikel en nog foto’s op bl. 7. rtikel en nog foto’s op bl. 7.
Some 80 locals have already joined thefirst ever Palmiet–Kleinmond Neigh-bourhood Watch – and they’re urgingtheir fellow residents to follow suit.
The man behind the plan to set up the localneighbourhood watch, the first set to coverthe entire town, is Eldred Smith.
He says the “ostrich mentality” residents
have displayed until now has contributed to-wards crime in the area.
“I blame the community,” he says. “If yousee a suspicious-looking person walkingdown the road, watching the houses, youshould contact the police immediately.
“The police welcome information on peo-ple loitering.”
Residents from Palmiet met last week atMandy’s Kitchen to elect a committee; theynowplan to extend their chapter of theneigh-
bourhood watch to other suburbs of Klein-mond. Smith was elected as chairperson,with restaurateur James Smith as deputychair and community leader SusanSwanepoel as secretary.
“It will empower the community and otherlaw enforcement bodies to work together tocombat crime,” Smith says. “It is high timewe took the power away from criminals.”
Smith says the committee’s election is asignificant step forward in combating crime.
All residents are invited to attend a mee-ting in the town hall at 18:00 today (Tuesday).Those interested will be registered as neigh-bourhood watch members.
Smith says it is vital that the watch getsas much support as possible from the localcommunity, as thiswill affect the support theneighbourhood watch in turn gets from pro-vincial and other authorities.
If you’d like to find out more, you can giveEldred Smith a call on 072 904 3427.
’n Vrolike atmosfeer het Saterdag by Laerskool Kleinmond se karnaval geheersen veral die kaskarre het vir groot pret – en gesonde oefening – gesorg.FOTO’S: HEDDA MITTNER
Hierdie drie vrolike personeellede van Laerskool Klein-
mond wat diens gedoen het by die gewilde pienk koek-
en-tee/koffietafel was die graad 7-klasjuffrou Ester
Groenewald, die finansiële bestuurder Annamarie du
Preez (wat ook die bobaasbakster van die heerlike
koeke was), en die graad 1 Engelse juffrou Pietro Roos.
Barry Anderson, plaasbestuurder van Gabriëlskloof en’n ouer van die skool, het vuur gemaak in ’n kruiwavir sy kerrie-lamspotjie. Agter hom is Janali Hartzer,wat ook Saterdag haar verjaarsdag gevier het, en haardogter Liamari besig om groente vir die potjie te skil.
Karnaval lokKarnaval lokoud en jonkoud en jonk
AA rtikel en nog foto’s op bl. 7.rtikel en nog foto’s op bl. 7.
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5 Junie) NG-gemeente, Kleinmond hou om19:00 ’n getuienis-biduur.7 Junie) Kleinmond Belastingbetalersvereni-ging se maandelikse vergadering wordby die biblioteeksaal om 18:00 gehou. Al-mal is welkom. ’n Verteenwoordiger vanSAPD kom vertel watter wetstoepas-singsfunksies onder hulle, die provinsia-le verkeerspolisie en die munisipalewetstoepassers resorteer.
Kalfiefees vir die winterbluesOmkring die datums 8 – 12 Augustus opjou sosiale kalender. Dit is dan weer tydom Kalfiefees te vier.
Kabaretvertonings, Koos Kombuis, boek-besprekings en Liewe Heksie is maar net ’nproesel van die vermaak wat aangebied gaanword tydens vanjaar se Kalfiefees in Onrus.
Donderdagaand 9 Augustus gaan HelenaHettema die gehoor trakteer op onder meerliedjies van Jacques Brel.
Vrydagaand tree Koos Kombuis op, en Sa-terdag is Riku Latti aan die beurt in die DeWet-saal, Onrus.
Vrydagmiddag en Saterdagoggend is daardrie boekbesprekings. Kerneels Breyten-bach en Louise Landsberg sal onderhoudevoer met skrywers van verskillende genres;skrywers sal ook eksemplare van hul publi-kasies uitstal en verkoop.
Verlede jaar was boekbesprekings in ’naparte tent langs die saal gehou, maar van-jaar isditbinne-indie saal,watbetekenmeerplek en die deure kan toegemaak word sodatbuite-geraas nie pla nie.
Die stoele en tafels gaan ook so gerangskikwees dat dit ’n lekker ontspanne kuieratmo-sfeer skep.
Vrydagmiddag om 16:00 sal Liewe Heksiedie kindertjies (en mammas) kom vermaaken Saterdagoggend 10:00 kom Jannemandeur Riku Latti.
Matte sal voor op die vloer in die De Wet-saal neergesit word waar kinders lekker na-by die verhoog kan sit. So, kleintjies, maakjulle reg vir heerlike kindervermaak!
) VirnadereinligtingkontakAnnaSpaar-water op 082 893 6208 of e-pos: [email protected].
Helena Hettema gaan gehore trakteer met ondermeer liedjies van Jacques Brel in haar kabaretverto-ning Donderdagaand 9 Augustus, in die De Wet-saal.
WORD ’N VRIEND VAN DIE KALFIEFEES (8 - 12 AUG2012): Jy kry voorkeurbesprekings (een week voordie publiek), afslag op kaartjies en voor-in-die-koornuus oor spesiale opvoerings – vir net R50 per jaar.Om ’n vriend te word, kontak Anna Spaarwater op082 893 6208, of epos: [email protected] besoek die webwerf www.kalfiefees-herma-nus.co.za vir die aansoekvorm.
Taking tea to new heights– and for a good causeChantal Witthühn, who was recentlycrowned first princess in the Mrs CapeTown pageant, will soon hold a decadenttea to raise funds for Cansa.
And Chantal is no stranger to present-ingadelightful table – shepickedup thirdprize for her table at the Winelands Win-ter Queen High Tea on Saturday 26 May.
The theme was A Night at the Opera,and Chantal elected to decorate her tablein shades of pink in support of Cansa,which is the primary focus of the pageant
As part of her commitment to the pa-geant, Chantal will hold her next fund-raising tea at Kleinmond’s Art Café from10:00to12:00onThursday21June.Ticketscost R100 per person, and will include teaand cake, as well as a talk to raise aware-
ness around Cansa’s work.Chantal will also deliver her Picture
Perfect workshop, packed with hints andtips on how to look your best in a photo-graph.
Half of the ticketmoneywill bedonatedto Cansa.
Another of Chantal’s Cansa awarenesstook place on Saturday.
“Our local pilates class did their exer-cise at the botanical gardens in Betty’sBay, and I asked ladies to wear pink,” sheexplains.
After the exercises, tea was served atthe restaurant.
“Everybody was welcome to come andjoin in – as long as they wore pink!” shelaughs.
Chantal Witthühn pulled out all the stops for her opera-themed table at the at the WinelandsWinter Queen High Tea. Her confection-laden landscape of all things pink garnered third prize.
Churchservice timesSeventh Day Adventist Church:Corner of 13th Avenue and Sixth
’n Prominente Weense koordirigent het een-dag gesê dat om in ’n uitmuntende koor te kansing, moet elke lid daarvan ook in staat weesom as solis te kan optree. Hy sou ongetwyfeldhierdiesieningkonbevestigashydieConSpi-rito-sangers se winterkonsert op Donderdag31 Mei in Kleinmond bygewoon het.
Die totaliteit van die stemme van die 36koorledehetgesorgvir ’ngenoeglikeaandvansang van hoogstaande gehalte.
Diekunslêdaarinomso’ngrootgroepsolis-te as een geheel saam te bind. Hierin is diekoorleier, Isabel Wagener, se gelyke nie mak-lik te vinde nie. Sy beskik oor ’n besondersevermoë om die koor so te begelei en af te rigdatelkeliedwathullevertolkhet, ’neiekarak-ter aangeneem het.
Die gaskunstenaars, het soos gewoonlik,voortreflike sang gelewer. Sowel Bea Whitta-ker, as James Munnik en Sandra Odendaalse stemme het oor die jare ryper geword. Diebasse, Louis Fourie (A Wand’rin’ Star) en DuToit van der Merwe, het afsonderlik uitmun-tende bydraes gelewer.
Die trompetspel van die derde gaskunste-naar,ChrisjanCruywagen,was ’nbaieaange-name verrassing. Dit was ’n voorreg om symeesterlike spel op ’n moeilike instrument tekon geniet.
’n Gesellige aand is verder opgehelder metinstrumentale begeleiding deur Flippie Kokop trekklavier, Jan Nel se mondfluitjie enHanlie Haasbroek met haar baskitaar.
Die jaarlikse winterkonsert was ’n aange-name belewenis en het warmte verskaf voordie koue weer heeltemal toeslaan.
Isabel Wagener het heelwat van die komposisies selfverwerk.
SnoekbederfWat kan dan nou lekkerder wees as ’n lekkervet Weskussnoek op die kole?
Die snoek loop al weer. Loe Morkel bringdié blink lywe aan wal sodat die wyke van diebergdeel van Kleinmond se mense op 19 Junie’n heerlike snoekbraai ten bate van die Fyn-bos Dienssentrum kan aanbied.
Vir hierdie poging het die publiek se onder-steuning nodig. Wegneemetes kan vanaf 17:30bydieNG-kerksaalafgehaalword.NavraeoorkaartjiesbyRudolfVisser 028 271 3406,Melin-daHugo028 271 4351,ChristoKok083 257 8843,Pieter von Wielligh 028 271 5509, Hanna Louw028 271 5890 en Fynbos-sentrum 028 271 3602.
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Budget passedThe Overstrand Municipality’s budget andIntegrated Development Plan (IDP) were ap-proved last Wednesday despite the fact thattheANC’scouncillorschosetoleavethemeet-ing before the documents could be discussed.
In her budget speech, Mayor NicoletteBotha-Guthrie identified the main challen-ges of the 2012–2013 budget as affordability,infrastructure investment and housing.
“Ourareaisamajorretirementregion,andmany of our area’s residents depend on pen-sions and the returns on their investmentsto make ends meet. That is why we have kepttheincreaseintheratesandtariffswecontrolat the lowest level. On the expenditure side[we’ve chosen to] save or work more econom-ically with our resources.”
Botha-Guthrie says the 2012–2013 opera-tional revenue budget amounts to R695 mil-lion and represents a 9,1% increase.
) The average increase on property ratesis set at 6,13% on residential and 7,98% onbusiness properties.
) Electricity consumption costs will riseby 11,05% if approved by the national energyregulator.
) Changes to the refuse removal tariffs be-camenecessarybecause theKarwyderskraalregional landfill site isgoingtoremainclosedfor an undetermined period. The additionalprovision for fuel and overtime over thewhole financial year necessitated the in-crease of 35,8% in tariffs in the areas of Hang-klip–Kleinmond, Stanford and Gansbaai.
) Another block was added to the watertariff structure. In the new financial year theblocks will be as follows: 0–6 kL per month(free); 7–20 kL per month – R8,50/kL (curren-tly R8); 21–30 kL per month – R13,68/kL (cur-rently R8); 31–60 kL per month – R21,20/kL(currently R20) and more than 60 kL permonth – R28,70/kL (currently R27).
) Sewerage tariffs will rise by 6,73%.
‘Swak dienslewering rookskerm vir protes’ANNETTE THERON
Die burgemeester het gesê “hulle kan Botri-vier maar afbrand” en hulle wyksraadslid,Pearl Stanfliedt, het gesê hulle is “’n klompdom donners”.
Dit was die woorde van James Pheiffer,voorsitter van die Botrivier Civic Assosia-sie – die spreker tydens ’n publieke verga-dering gister by die Botrivier-sportgronde.Die vergadering is deur sowat 300 mense by-gewoon.
Stanfliedt sê sy is “verstom dat sulke leu-ens uit die lug gegryp word”.
Dieburgemeesterontkenvoortsdathyge-sê het hulle kan Botrivier afbrand.
Dieburgemeestersêweldaar isnie fondsein die begroting beskikbaar om goed wat af-gebreek en beskadig word, te herbou of teherskep nie.
Dié vergadering is gehou ná verledeMaandag se protes in Botrivier waartydensskade aan die munisipale gebou, voertuieen smousstaanplekke aangerig is. Straat-naamborde en verkeerstekens is deur beto-gers afgeruk en een van die rioollyne is ver-moedelik met opset verstop.
Lt. Cyril Coetzee, media-woordvoerdervan die Caledon-polisie, sê die organiseer-ders van die protes beweer dat ’n persoondrie of vier skote in die lug gevuur het omdie protesteerders uitmekaar te jaag. “Daaris geen amptelike klag gelê nie, so daar isnie ’n saak om te ondersoek nie,” sê hy.
Die protes in Botrivier was minstens dievyfde een in die laaste drie maande binnedie Theewaterskloof-gebied.
Hoewel die TWK-munisipaliteit nie wilbespiegel oor gerugte oor die motiewe agterdie vlaag protesoptogte wat die gebied se-dert Maart teister nie, sê Stiffie Cronjé, me-diawoordvoerder, dat “dit onder die naamvan ‘swak dienslewering’ gedoen word,
maar dit is nie werklik die geval dat swakdienste gelewer word nie.”
Die munisipaliteit kon nog nie die om-vang van die skade in al die dorpe bepaalnie, omdat hulle nog wag vir kwotasies.
Inwoners van Botrivier was verlede weekwoedend omdat hulle verhoed is om verledeMaandag te gaan werk en nie in kennis ge-stel is van die wegbly-aksie wat met die pro-tesaksie gepaard gegaan het nie.
Anthony Appel, komiteelid van die Botri-vierCivicAssociation,het egter gesêdatdieoorgrote meerderheid van Botrivier se in-woners eenparigbesluithet omopMaandag21 Mei te staak om hulle misnoeë te kennete gee, omdat dié griewe al vir jare broei.
Oor verdere protesaksie het Appel gesêgeen protesaksie is tans in die vooruitsignie. Inwoners het wel Sondag besluit om niégister (4Junie)nog ’nkeer tebetoognie,hoe-wel dié moontlikheid bestaan het.
Mpho Mogale van die nasionale departe-mentvansamewerkenderegeringhetgistermet die uitvoerende burgemeesterskomiteeen lede van die Botrivier Civic Associationvergader om verder te onderhandel.
Cronjé het teen druktyd gister gesê daarsouom14:00metbeswaarmakersonderhan-del word. Hy het gesê van hul eise is onrea-listies en onbekostigbaar en dat daar eersná die onderhandelings bepaal kan wordaan watter van die eise voldoen kan word.
James Pheiffer (46, links) voorsitter van die Botrivier Civic Association, en Lukas Letswela (18, regs),wat vir hom getolk het. Pheiffer het gister die inwoners van Botrivier gevra of hulle weer op Maandagwil betoog en of hulle wil voortgaan met onderhandelinge met die Theewaterskloof-munisipaliteit. Daaris besluit dat almal sal gaan werk en dat daar verder onderhandel sou word. Foto: Annette Theron
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Gemeenskapvorm bousteneDie gemeenskap van Kleinmond stel sondertwyfel ’n voorbeeld vir ander dorpe as dit byomgee en ondersteuning kom.
Die Siyabulela Preprimêr se oulike foto-tjies van hul Mnr. en Mej. Winter, Reënka-bouter en Reënfeetjies getuig daarvan. Diégemeenskap het die koue trotseer om diekleintjies se konsert by te woon. Die meisieshet omtrent opgetof en die seuns was glad nieskaam om hul talente te wys nie.
Die wonderlike atmosfeer by laerskoolKleinmond se karnaval was aansteeklik.
Diegeleentheid isSaterdagbygewoondeurtalle inwoners van die Hangklip-Kleinmondomgewing, sowelasbesoekersvannabygeleëdorpe soos Villiersdorp en Swellendam, enselfs van die Kaap. Daar was iets vir almal– oud en jonk – om te doen en te eet.
Met ’n buurtwag wat lyk asof dit uiteinde-lik ’n realiteit gaan word, gaan dié se suksesook deur die gemeenskap se ondersteuningbepaal word. Vat hande en woon die vergade-ring Dinsdag by.
Saam kan die gemeenskap ’n front teenmisdaad vorm.
Merkwaardige planeetgenote van die seeDAAR word beweer dat dolfyne so slim ashonde is. ’n Mens kry natuurlik slimkoppeen domkoppe in elke spesie, so dalk is ditveiliger om te sê die slimste dolfyn is slim-mer as die domste hond. Hoe ook al, daaris talle merkwaardige staaltjies en feite oorhierdie gladde, ratse planeetgenote vanons, wat al drieduisend jaar gelede uitge-beeld is waar hulle mense op die rug dra.
Hierdie Griekse “mite” is herhaaldelikbevestig deur verhale van drenkelinge wataan wal gehelp is deur ’n skool dolfyne.
Inverskeiewêrelddeleswemmensedees-dae gereeld saam met dolfyne, wat die pretmet omsigtigheid teenoor hulle ongewoneswemmaats bedryf. Van die jong bulle raaksoms ’n bietjie opgewonde oor die vietse bi-kinilyfies in die water, maar nie een vanhulle het al ’n onwelvoeglike beweging ge-
maak nie, hoogstens ’n bietjie gefluit.Die lelike moordwalvisse wat onlangs ’n
paar dolfyne in Valsbaai kom vang het, isseker die dolfyne se enigste ware vyande,wantdaar isnie ’nhaaiwat ’n skool dolfynesal aandurf nie; trouens haaie laat vat sovinnig hulle kan as hulle dolfyne raakloop.’nHondsalnetsoonwysweesomdrieuitge-groeide bobbejaanmannetjies uit te tart.
Ek het self al amper twee dae in “wilde”dolfynesegeselskapdeurgebring,op ’nseil-jaggie tussen Durban en Kaapstad. Dietroppie het hulle een aand kom aansluit byons, opdaardie tydstipnog indiewarmMo-sambiekstroomwaarelkebewegingdiewa-ter laat flonker soos vuurwerk. Hulle hetgebaljaar soos kinders, uit die water ont-plof in fosforpluime en dan soos koue weer-ligstrale afgeduik in die donkerte tot hulle
skaars so groot soos vuurhoutjies was.Uur na uur het hulle baljaar tot die vol-
gende oggend. Ons was op pad na Mossel-baai, ver oor die horison, en het ’n elektro-nies-berekende koers gevolg wat ons daar-heen sou voer. Die dolfyne het uur na uurbyonsgebly;klaarblyklikoppadnadieself-de bestemming. Dit was groot pret vir hulleomindieboeggolf te“surf” terwylhulleonsmet ’n tipiese dolfynglimlag betrag.
Later daardie dag het hulle egter eens-klaps effe van rigting verander (sowat eengraad kuswaarts) en binne vyf minute washulleskoonveld.Toeonsbaieure laterMos-selbaai se vuurtoring sien, was ons sowateengraadtevervandielandaf – diedolfynese navigasie was absoluut akkuraat oortweehonderd seemyl.
Die verklaring is skynbaar dat hulle oor
miljoene jare die “voetpaadjies” op die see-bodem wat hulle lei na waar hulle wil wees,leer ken en onthou het. Wat hulle dan doenisommethullenatuurlike sonardieprofielvan die paadjie te volg soos ons ’n padkaartsou lees.
InLangebaanloopekeenmaal invlakwa-ter ’n troppie dolfyne raak wat besig wasom soos skaaphonde ’n skool harders aante keer. Toe die visse in ’n stywe bol binnedie dolfynkring saamgedring was, het diedolfyne een vir een daardeur geduik, bekwyd oop, oë bot toe en gesluk. Lekker, ofhoe? [email protected]
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People sometimes ask me to write aboutcertain things, ranging from their socialconcerns to their business initiatives.
In most cases I have had to explain thatI am not their publicist, and that anythingakin to advertising their wares is a promo-tion of their private undertakings. I do notusually subscribe to the entrepreneurialintentions of readers, although I am nor-mally hard pressed to ignore the altruisticmotives of those wishing to serve thebroader community.
There are people who deliberately workin areas that address the needs of themarginalised. They work with domesticanimals, marine and wildlife, the elderly,youth, unemployed, physically and men-tally disabled – generally anywhere thatrequires redressing of imbalances.
Last week I had coffee with Shane Grif-fith at Marlena’s Place in Betty’s Bay. Thecafé still makes one of the better cappucci-nos in the area. Mrs Griffith, a senior citi-zen, has apersonal interest in creating em-ployment for the informal market. She hasgone to the trouble of listing the formatneeded for employees and employers.
I have noticed that most of the homesfrom Rooi Els to Kleinmond use labourfrom elsewhere. The lack of a public trans-port system aggravates the problem.
Nowadaystheissueofpersonalsafetyar-gues against offering hitch hikers a ride.But consider how and when a domesticworker or gardener will arrive at home.With the onset of winter, standing in therain will be more commonplace.
It has become the norm to give workersrides in the Overstrand. Taxis are fairlyirregular, and it is time the authorities in-stituted a bus service. Maybe statisticscould be organised to reveal how often asingle bus would run along a specific routefor a determined number of people.
A common sight in Kleinmond is themany job seekers waiting beside the roadat the edge of the township. There is a mixof locals and refugees patiently searchingfor work.
Unfortunately most of the refugee wor-kers fall off the grid because of a lack ofproper documentation, and thereforework opportunities decrease.
In terms of government regulations,refugees with valid papers are allowed towork. The lack of resources and an inade-quate infrastructure ensure fierce compe-tition for the available jobs.
This can develop into name-calling andxenophobia. Obviously we have to look af-ter our own, but we are also a signatoryto the United Nations’ declaration on refu-
gees, so we need to offer a home to thosewho are our guests, and include them inour economic framework.
Someone started a self-help projectcalled Men on the Side of the Road in someareas of the Western Cape – and it worked.
Weneed similar initiativeshere.Theen-tire community eventually benefits; it’sthe circular notion of paying it forward.Stability ensures security, and that entailsless fearfulness.
The feeling of being able to contributeto the household’s income creates a sem-blance of normality in an otherwise alienlocale.
Leadership needs to emerge from civilsociety with the will and vision to take theprocess forwardregardingunemploymentin the community. If we wait for jobs fromthe governing structures, we will be inlimbo forever. Help each other, and we endup helping ourselves.
Blanket Drive says thanksBlanket Drive says thanksI would like to thank everyone who helpedmake a success of the Kleinmond TwitterBlanket Drive (TBD) on Saturday 26 May:
) Harbour Road, especially DieterOdendaal, for sponsoring the venue and theirsupport;
) Dejavu – which sponsored our coffee;) Imagine Events – for sponsoring the
décor;) Mountain Range Flora – for sponsoring
the flowers;) Gazette – for featuring the blanket drive.The following prize sponsors:) Europa , Overstrand Equestrian centre,
White Shark Projects, Delva Rossouw fromSilversands Art Group, Destination PringleBay, Montagu Dried Fruits.
The following blanket drop-off points(which also supported the drive in otherways):
) Spar, Hangklip Kleinmond tourism, Eu-ropa, Ciao Bella, Elephant Rock GuestHouse, RealNet Betty’s Bay, Datastoor andBayside Furniture, Overberg Academy, TheBay Christian Family Church Kleinmond,KleinmondFellowshipChurch,CRC,BolandCollege, White Shark Projects, RivendellWines.
The following schools:) Overberg Academy and Hermanus High
School, Boland College Kleinmond campus,Kleinmond Primary.
The following restaurants for putting agreat menu together:
) Europa, Shellfish Bar, Mandy’s Kitchen.I’d also like to thank everybody who dona-
ted a blanket, as well as LiG Youth and every-one involved in setting up and helping out.
Prize winners for most blanketsdonated:
Firstprize:Hangklip/KleinmondTourism– breakfast for two at Europa Restaurant anda shark cage dive for two courtesy of WhiteShark Projects.
Second prize: Hermanus High School – a2,5-hour horse ride along the beach for twoto the value of R1 000 courtesy of the Over-strand Equestrian Centre.
Third prize: CRC Church ( Elmie van derWesthuizen) – Trix Pienaar’s NourishingFace Cream to the value of R120 per 100 mlpot, and a 40-minute Polarity foot massageto the value of R150 at Destination PringleBay.
Fourth prize: Kleinmond FellowshipChurch – a cheese board made by the Perottifamily to the value of R190 from DestinationPringle Bay.
First prize (business): Hangklip/Klein-mond Tourism – oil painting by Delva Ros-souwfromSilversandsArtGroup to thevalueof R1 900.
TALITHA RABIEORGANISER OF THE KLEINMOND TBD
Oorbelas vir diensteOorbelas vir diensteOns het wel ’n vullisprobleem, ja. Maar soosgewoonlik is die antwoord volgens die muni-sipaliteit om ons meer te laat opdok. Hier inKleinmondkryonsmaarnet ’nweekliksever-wyderingvanvullis enonshet sakkiesvirons“herwinbare vullis”, wat gevul word.
Met soveel mense wat hier op pensioen is,het daar alreeds ’n tyd gekom waar ons oorbe-las is en waar afgetredenes hul huise verkoopen na ander plekke toe trek omdat hulle hulmaandelikse munisipale rekeninge nie kanbetaal nie.
Miskien moet ons hele munisipale begro-ting beter bewerk word en ander oplossingsgevindwordasomnet eenvoudigmensemeerte laatbetaal–disnet temaklik ’n“oplossing”.
Margie Wilson, Kleinmond
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PROTECTING THE FUTURE: A team made up of community worker Theo Kry-nauw, Hermanus Child Welfare representative Ruth Hibberd and police officeConstable Mbongeni Mazuthu spent time at Hawston Primary School lastThursday, amid Child Protection Week, to engage with the youngsters onthe topics of drugs, sex, alcohol, gangsterism, domestic violence and assault.The trio challenged the children to answer questions on their rights, andrewarded them with neon pencil cases if they answered correctly. The childrenwere told that social workers and the police were there to help them ifthey were being treated badly, and urged them to speak up if anybody wascausing them harm. And it wasn’t just the primary school pupils who gotthe benefit of the talk – the police also paid a visit to Hawston SecondarySchool. PHOTO: KERRY VAN RENSBURG
Siyabulelafraaies gekroonMense het Vrydagaand die kouegetrotseer en Siyabulela Prepri-mêr kom ondersteun met hulfondsinsameling vir die kwar-taal.
Die aand is begin met ’n konsertdeur 12 balletleerlinge wat hul pas-sies uitgevoer het. Die kleintjies seoptrede was uitstekend, met slegsdrie maande se onderrig. Selfs dieouerskonnieglodatdithulkindersis wat so oulik kan dans nie.
Siyabulela wil graag vir JuanineHechter bedank vir haar tyd en op-offering om die konsert moontlik te
maak.Daarna het die modeparade in al-
le erns begin, en in sommige kate-gorieë was die kompetisie bra straf.
Mej. Reënfeetjie is Lameez Hick-ley (meisies 3 – 6 jaar), 1ste prinsesis Zandile Mlindazwe en 2de prin-ses is Kristen Fredericks.
Mnr. Reënkabouter is GiftArendse (seuns3–6 jaar), 1steprinsis Siphathise Mrayise en 2de prinsis Yibonge Malote.
Mej. Junior Winter is FredelizeMcKenzie (meisies 7 – 13 jaar) en1ste prinses is Lucille Jacobs.
Mej. Winter 2012 is Volenté Willi-
ams, 1ste prinses is Adriette Coet-zee en 2de prinses, Mary-Ann Poul-tin.
Mnr. Winter 2012 is ChristiaanMatinka.
Die lootjietrekkingvirdiegebrei-de kombers wat aan die skool ge-skenk is, het ook op die aand plaas-gevind. Die wenner van die kom-bers was Joe Roux.
Siyabulela wil baie graag van diegeleentheidgebruikmaakomaldievroue wat betrokke was by diemaak van die kombers, hartlik tebedank. ’nBedragvanR6864 isgeïnmet die verkoop van die lootjies.
Mnr. Reënkabouter – Gift Arendse, seuns 3 – 6jaar, 1ste prins – Siphathise Mrayise en 2deprins Yibonge Malote
Die meisies staan pragtig uitgevat in die mooiste rokkies tydens die beoordeling. Dit was baie moeilik om wenners te kies,want hul almal het so fraai gelyk.
Mej. Reënfeetjie – Lameez Hickley mei-sies 3 – 6 jaar, 1ste prinses – ZandileMlindazwe en 2de prinses – Kristen Fred-ericks.
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K I R B Y K U I L S R I -VIER. Enigste geregis-t r e e r d e d i e n s s e n t r u m !Vir enige diens, verkopeen na verkope diens.Skakel gerus 021-9061138!L U T E A P A R F U U M -146 geure om te bemark!Uitstekende kommissie!Skakel 083 655 0445/madrigrobbelaar@gmail .com/www. lu teaper fume.co.za.STORAGE. Secure anddry units from R299 pm.Best prices. Transportavailable. Call Servaas082 439 9704.
Meet a localWhat isyournameandwheredoyou live? Alison Coughlan; I livein Kleinmond.
What do you love about yourtown or region? The special peo-ple and beauty of the area. I alwaystake a deep breath of fresh airwhenever I get back from the city.I can breathe here! The area holdslots of lovely family and holidaymemories, especially of my dad,who had a business here for manyyears.Hepassedaway,buthisspir-it is here for me.
What bothers you the mostabout your town or region? Uglydevelopments bother me, and peo-ple who thoughtlessly racethroughthestreets, ignoringsigns.What’s the hurry?
If you didn’t live here, wherewouldyouwantto live?ProbablyStruisbaai. It’s has a very similarfeel.
What do you do for a living, and
why do you like it? I’m the CEO ofCape Agulhas Tourism. We haveoffices in Bredasdorp, Napier,L’Agulhas and Elim. I move be-
tweenthesetowns,aswellasArn-iston, Struisbaai and surrounds.One day is never the same as thenext. I also work closely with allthe tourism offices around theprovince, so my work is neverboring and I’m constantly on themove.
What is your passion? Myfamily, my friends, tourism andthepeoplewhowork in the indus-try. Tourism is about makingdreams come true. The dream va-cation, the dream destination. Ilove to see people smile. My spe-cial passion is also KleinmondAnimal Welfare. I don’t thinkpeoplerealiseexactlywhatamaz-ing work is being done there. It’sa happy place with such well-cared-for dogs and cats. Riekie
and her team are awesome.Who would you invite for din-
ner and why? I get to meet and so-cialise with the most extraordi-
nary people in my work. It’s diffi-cult to decide and greedy to wantmore.
What is the best advice youhave received or handed out?“It’s impossible,” said pride. “It’srisky,” said experience. “It’s point-less,” said reason. “Give it a try,”whispered the heart.
I always tell my colleagues to bepatient and kind to whomever theydealwith in theirworkandperson-al lives. You never know that ishappening in other people’s lives,orwhatchallenges theymaybe fac-ing.
A little kindness breaks downbarriers, it costs you nothing, andthe rewards are immeasurable.
How does the increased petrolprice affect you? Do you have togive something up to afford it?Refer to what do you do for a liv-ing. . .
No comment!
Alison Coughlan lives in Kleinmond.
The comfort trinity – gum shoes, relationships and crimeCILENE BEKKER
The authors on my reading list this week are allabout comfort-zone reading.
Like books by Jodi Picault, I buy everythingby John Grisham and Jonathan Kellerman with-out thinking twice.
But let me first mention the James PattersonI’ve just finished, PRIVATE – NO. 1 SUSPECT,the follow-up to PRIVATE. Patterson is churn-ing out books, all with co-authors, on an almostmonthly basis.
Notallare five-starreads,buthisPrivateseriesis of his better work. Private is the name of aninternational investigation firm run by a formerMarine named Jack Morgan, and the book hasa likable cast of characters.
Next on my reading list is Grisham’s latest,CALICO JOE, which takes a look at fathers andsons, forgiveness and redemption, all set in theworld of Major League baseball.
VICTIMS by Kellerman will follow. Crimescene reader Alex Delaware, the main characterin Kellerman’s books, is one of my favourite fic-tional characters.
Karnaval ’n ‘wenwen’ insamelingspogingHEDDA MITTNER
Die gees by Laerskool Kleinmond sekarnaval was só vrolik en opgeruimddatniemandenigeaggeslaanhetopdiebewolkte weer en die paar druppelsmisreën wat af en toe uitgesak het nie.
Die geleentheid is Saterdag bygewoondeur talle inwoners van die Hangklip-Kleinmond omgewing, sowel as besoekersvan nabygeleë dorpe soos Villiersdorp enSwellendam, en selfs van die Kaap.
Daar was iets vir almal – oud en jonk– om te doen en te eet.
Afgesien van die heerlike gebak, spook-asem, vars vrugte en groente, is daar ookworsrolletjies, hamburgers en tjips-
op-’n-stokkie te koop aangebied.Ander items op die dag-lange program
was ’n 20 km MTB-fynbosrit, boeresport,moderne danse, marimba-groepe, ’n pot-jiekoskompetisie en ’n hengelkompetisie.En vir die jongspan was daar kinderakti-witeite wat ’n springkasteel, kaskarre,toutrek en sakresies ingesluit het.
In die woorde van een besoeker, was diegeleentheid ’n “wen-wen manier om fond-se in te samel vir die skool en in die prosesfiks te word”.
Die hoop is uitgespreek dat LaerskoolKleinmond elke jaar ’n karnaval sal aan-bied. “Dis ’n goeie vastrapplek vir feesteinKleinmondindie toekoms,”hetJacquesOosthuizen, ’n ouer van die skool en voor-sitter van die beheerliggaam, gesê.
Fietsryers Wayne Fick, Conrad Erasmus, enSchalk en Tilla Boonzaaier het die MTB-fyn-bosroete terdeë geniet. Net jammer Tilla hethaar been beseer – nie op die roete nie,maar met haar aankoms by die eindpunt.“Ek is darem al gewoond aan val en bloukolle,” het sy gelag.
Kowie Kriel en sy vriendin Kathy Forssman het vandie Kaap gekom om aan die MTB-fynbosroete deelte neem en was maar te bly vir ’n bietjie lafenis.“Die roete deur die fynbosplase tot by Rooisandwas baie mooi,” het Kowie gesê. “Dit sal lekker weesas meer mense uit die Kaap kom om deel te neem.”
John Stone van Pringlebaai, en Jacques Oost-huizen en Hennie Kleyn van Kleinmond hetdeelgeneem aan die potjieskoskompetisie na-mens die graad 2-klas. “Dis ’n lamspotjie endis al wat ek gaan sê”, het Hennie geheimsin-niglik verklaar. Foto’s: HEDDA MITTNER
Laerskool Kleinmond se terreinwas aantreklik voorberei vir diekarnaval – kompleet met kan-delare wat van die boomtakkegehang het. Hier kuier Susanen Kokkie de Kock van Villiers-dorp saam met hul kleindogter,Mila van Urk, om een van dietafels.
Ouers van die skool Janine Stone, Ansu Kaplan enAnnaré Prinsloo het diens gedoen by die koekstalle-tjie en die groentestalletjie.
Ina Heydenrych van Kleinmond en haar kin-ders, Paul en Jana, het heerlik gesmul aandie tjips-op-’n-stokkie.
Hierdie vyf nefies het hulle gate uit geniet bydie karnaval. Theunis en Dale Jones (links)het voorheen in Kleinmond gewoon maar hetintussen verhuis na Vishoek met hulle gesin.Regs is Ethan en Dylan Jones van Kleinmondmet bababoetie Ronan.
Die kinders het verbor-ge talente openbaartoe dit by die sakresieskom en soos waffersehase oor die veld ge-bons.
Aan diens om almal se veiligheid te verseker wasNino Williams (inspekteur van Kleinmond), Xen Titus(operasionele superintendent: Overstrand), Fran-quin Malgas (leerlingverkeersbeampte), Justin deKoker (wetstoepasser van Hermanus) en Aidon On-cker (wetstoepasser van Kleinmond).
Lady Luck smiles on amateur boat anglerIT’S strange to hear fishing tales aboutnovices who’ve had uncanny luck whilemore experienced anglers have caughtnothing.
One such incident occurred last week,when a total novice was fishing from a craftduring last Saturday’s WP deep-sea boat an-glingcompetition, aneventused to select theWP team for the forthcoming nationals.
Thisparticularnoviceboatedasmall long-fin tuna of around 14 kg; it also happened tobe the only fish caught during the competi-tion.
He was awarded 500 points for this singlefish, which will stand him in good stead forthe future.
All members of boat-angling clubs fishingin these competitions have to fish for at leastone year before they can be awarded theirWP colours.
A number of boats that fished Rocky BankonSaturday recordedwater temperatures of16,5 °C and very blue water – totally unsatis-factory for snoek.
Only a few yellowtail were caught here byone or two boats. The yellowtail were gener-ally reluctant to bite on bait or Rapalastrawled behind the boats.
Shore anglers had mixed fortunes duringthe past weekend, with Macassar anglerscatching a few decently sized white steen-bras near the river mouth and at the yellowbox. A few smaller steenbras caught therewere released.
Anglers are reminded that they are onlyallowed to keep one steenbras per angler perday, and the minimum size per fish is 60 cm.
There were reports of a few galjoen takenfrom the Kogel Bay area, the swimming poolwall and Rondeklippe. The fish were be-tween 1,5 kg and 2,5 kg (the legal size limitis 35 cm,andanglersareallowed two fishper
day).Areport fromDominiqueBormanatFran-
skraal has it that, during the early weekend,a number of galjoen were caught there. Thebiggest fish tipped the scale at 3,8 kg – a mag-nificent fish.
Snoek have been relatively scarce aroundour Cape Point and in Table Bay, and mostof the snoek currently being caught and soldare from high up on the West Coast. Thesnoekpricehas also shotup fromR80 toR100per fish.
Chris Steyn recently related a successfulfishing tale of when he went to Mauritius torest, and not to fish.
He couldn’t help himself, though, andslippeda light collapsableboat rodandaShi-mano TRJ 100 level wind reel (loaded withbraid) into his luggage, just in case.
While therehewas fortunateenoughtogeta trip on a catamaran, and the skipper gavehim permission to fish.
He first caught a smallish yellowtail and,20 minutes later, saw a sailfish leap out ofthe water 300 m away.
Chris says that was when he knew he hadhooked the sailfish.
The skipper toldhimtowaitwhensudden-ly his Shimano screamed.
The skipper quickly dropped the sails tofollow the fish, which then went airborneagain. The 25 people aboard the yacht wereall cheering him on!
Chris says he was lucky the braid did notbreak, although the tiny reel and small han-dle were giving him blisters. After avoidinga few other vessels, the skipper grabbed theleader with a towel and pulled the fishaboard.
Meanwhile, local shore anglers AlwynJordaan,PaulLombard,RussellGerber,An-dré Fourie and Johan Jordaan spent sevendays on a fishing trip from Port Alfred toKleinemonde.
They fished at a number of areas along thecoast, and returned on Saturday after catch-ing 100 fish, 90% of which were returned tothe sea. The few fish kept were all over 4 kg.The biggest white steenbras caught was15 kg, and the best kob 7 kg.
Johansaysthesteenbraswasunfortunate-ly bitten in the stomach by a shark and couldnot be saved.
According to Johan, the number of steen-bras in thatareahasdefinitely increased.Healsomentions that,during lastyear’s fishingtrip, they releasedone steenbras of 17 kgandin good condition.
Dave Sandham is offering boat anglerswho need a Salt-Away applicator O-ring theopportunity of obtaining the device. This de-vice is attached to the water muffs that goover the outboard motors when flushingthem.
Dave managed to obtain a number of theO-rings from California, and any reader inneed of one can contact him on his cellphoneon 083 642 3472.
For all your reel repairs and services con-tact Art on 021 854 3831.
Local shore angler Johan Jordaan with a magnificent15 kg white steenbras, which he caught while ona fishing trip between Port Alfred and Kleinemonde.The fish was bitten by a shark during the fight andcould unfortunately not be released.
Kleinmondval vas Keinmond se rugbyspanne het die na-week tuis teenBellaVistagespeel en lelikklei getrap. Nie een van die spanne kon’n wedstryd wen nie.
Die A-span het met 11–8 verloor. NolanPlaatjies het die enigste drie vir sy span ge-drukenCreswillOctoberhetmet ’nstrafskopgeslaag om Kleinmond se punte aan te teken.
Die B-span het 16–7 verloor. Alec Arendsehet ’n skitterende drieë vir sy span gedruken verdoel. Die C-span het 27–0 verloor.
WENDY TAWSE Kleinmond-rugbyklub se A-span het Saterdag net-net teen Bella Vista verloorFoto’s: WENDY TAWSE
’n Speler van Kleinmond-rugbyklub se B-span hetdie bal in die hand, maar die span kon nie ’n oorwin-ning behaal nie. Bella Vista het Kleinmond-rugbyklub se C-span ore aangesit.
BERG WINS: A total of 54 bowlers gathered to compete in the annual“Berg vs See” tournament last Tuesday. Despite the miserable wea-ther, the in-house competition was enthusiastically supported. Twogames of 10 ends each were played in the drizzle – but then therain cleared and the rest of the afternoon was chilly but dry. The“Bergies” pulled out all the stops and beat the “See” teams convin-cingly. The score was 22 plus 24 in favour of the Berg. The Seemanaged 14 minus 24. The bowlers were later treated to soupand bread prepared by Edith van der Westhuizen, Letitia Hoffmanand Celeste Price. And for the first time since its inception, thecompetition could offer prize money to the victors. The prize wasmade available by an anonymous sponsor, and the bowlers ex-pressed their heartfelt gratitude for the generosity. Here, Berg captainOckie Marais receives the trophy from See captain Alan Deitchman.
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Cheaper, easier andfriendlier to the planetNICK YELL
It was after four bitterly cold and rainywinters in the Overberg that Margaretand Iain Buchholz decided their Wendyhouse just wouldn’t cut it anymore.
The couple, living on 31 ha of pristinecountryside in Tesselaarsdal, set out to ex-pand their cramped living quarters – butnot via the traditional route.
Moneywasalittleonthetightside,soIainandMargaretneeded to look foracost-effec-tive way to build. Also being eco-consciousand preferring adobe building methods,they turned to the Zenzele construction
method for the promise of easier work andthe availability of clay locally.
To build using this method, one simplyneeds treated poles, galvanised mesh andclay. The mesh, which is fixed between thepoles, is filled with gravity-compressedclay, while 30 cm of plaster finishes thewall off on either side.
Deciding to start small to see how itsuited them, the couple added a Zenzelebedroom to their Wendy house, and tackedon a small Zenzele lean-to at the back – aplace for Iaintoreestablishhispottedsaucebusiness.
With the business growing and needinggreater production capacity, they added alarge pottery studio and kitchen some timelater.Thencameadoublegarageand,even-tually, their own dream farmhouse.
“The Zenzele method really suited ourtight budget,” says Iain. “It came in ataround a quarter of traditional buildingcosts and, as far as I’m concerned, the insu-lation is superior to conventional bricksand mortar.”
As they’re pioneers in this form of build-ing in the Overberg, a number of locals arenow asking them about this method – espe-cially seeing that it requires no founda-tions,andmakesuseofavailablematerials.
Another major benefit is the fact that itdoesn’t require skilled labour – meaningthat most farmers can make do with the la-bour pool already available to them.
For more information pay a visit towww.agrement.co.za/certificate.php?cid=140or contact Iain Buchholz on 028 212 2099 or083 259 3751,[email protected].
Margaret and Iain Buchholz in front of their Zenzelefarmhouse’s back door. Photo’s: Nick Yell
“The beginning stages ofthe eco-friendly buildingmethod.
Iain and Margaret Buchholz’s long-awaited Zenzele farmhouse.
Pikkewyntjie parentslet their hair downThe parents of Pikkewyntjies Pre-Primary School in Mooi Uitsig,Betty’sBay,were treated toa lavishthree-course meal in the CrassulaHall on Friday.
All the teachers and committeemembers joined forces to decoratethehall, arrange the flowers, set thetables and get the dinner going.
The parents were transported tothe hall at 17:00. The candles werealready aflame, and a deliciousaroma filled the room.
Things got festive with a wel-come drink of wine, and everybodygot into the swing of things thanksto the music and sound provided byKleinmond Rugby Club.
The parents were treated topumpkin soup and freshly baked
bread as starter; an exotic fish dishwith a mussel sauce, served along-side rice and vegetables, as themaincourse;andcookedapplesandraisins, folded into a pancake withcaramel sauce, to end the meal offon a sweet note.
After that, it didn’t take long forthe parents to start dancing.
The committee and parents ofPikkewyntjies Pre-Primary Schoolwant to thank Spar in Kleinmondfor thedonationof thewine,andtheRatepayers Association of Betty’sBay for theuseof thehall.Theyalsoextend their gratitude to Klein-mondRugbyClub for supplying themusic. “Kindness is the goldenchain by which our world is boundtogether,” the organises say. The parents danced the night away.
Focus on Overstrand HospiceThe Overstrand Hospice has been pro-viding comfort and relief in times of de-spair for just over five years now – andthey need all the help they can get
Doctors refer terminally ill patientsto the Overstrand Hospice, whose per-sonnel in turnprovideprofessional pal-liative nursing care.
This care covers the treatment ofpain, andotherphysical, psycho–socialand spiritual needs. Since the branchstarted inJanuary2007,personnelhavecared for 417 patients and made over6 791 house calls.
The Overstrand Hospice also has adaycare facility, where patients whoare able can pay a visit for a morningof entertainment, tea and pampering.
All these services are offered free ofcharge,andthehospicedoesnotreceiveany government funding. More than95%of thepatientsarecancersufferers,and it costsanaverageofR12 000 tocare
for each new patient.Norma Scott-Tomlin, Overstrand
Hospice 600 Club administrator, saysmany people help the Hospice in itswork, but the organisation still needshelp with funds. “As there is no chargeforourservices,wearedependentupondonations from individuals, trusts, or-ganisations, local businesses, fundrais-ing events, our Hospice Shop and the600 Club.
“The level of funding varies fromyear to year, and remains a challenge.”
It is only through the loyal supportof caring people that the 600 Club con-tinues to be successful in enabling theHospice to give this specialised care topatients in the Overstrand community.
For more information, or to make adonation, please contact the Over-strand Hospice on 0 028 312 4679,028 312 4537, fax 028 313 1927 or email2 [email protected].
Meal made with loveLast Wednesday the Grade 4children of Pringle House EcoSchool shared a special mealwith the children ofPikkewyntjie, a school inMooi Uitsig, Betty’s Bay.
Since the beginning of thisyear the children at PringleHouse Eco School have beengrowing theirveryownorgan-ic vegetables with the help oflocal plant expert ThereseHelmbold–and,as it turnsout,the school has green fingers:the youngsters brought homea bumper harvest.
Head teacher Binki Leesthenorganisedanafternoonofcooking, giving lots of littlechefs thechancetopreparethevery first “Pringle House EcoVegetable Soup”.
All the ingredients camefromthegarden– including to-
matoes, spinach, beetroot,broccoli and herbs.
When the hearty meal wasdone simmering, the pupils
paid a visit to their friends atPikkewyntjie, and theyall hada wonderful, unforgettablelunch together.
The pupils show off their big pot of soup, made from the vegetablesgrown in their very own garden.
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Meet a localMeet a localWat is jou naam, van en waar woon jy?
Zaan Cilliers – woon in Bettysbaai.Wat maak die dorp/omgewing vir jouspesiaal?
Die rustigheid, vrede, diemooiste fynbos, skilpaaie,bokkies, tarentale, fisante,pikkewyneendieallermooi-ste voëls in ons omgewing.Wat sou jy in die area wouverander?
Die Tik- en diefstal-pro-bleem.As jy nie hier gebly hetnie, waar sou jy wou bly?
In Engeland, my oudsteseun bly daar en ek en myman is mal oor Engeland.Ongelukkig is ons te oud omte emigreer.Watter soort werk doen jyen waarom geniet jy dit?
Ek is die hoof, onderwyse-res,moeder, oumaenbusbe-stuurder van die wonderlik-ste preprimêre skool in dieland, Pikkewyntjies inMooiuitsig.Wie sou jy graag vir ete wou nooi enwaarom?
Nataniël, ek geniet sy eerlikheid en hu-morsin.Wat is die beste raad wat jy nog ooit ont-vang of uitgedeel het?
Die beste raad was wat my skoonma virmy gegee het – die wêreld skuld jou niks,
dus ruk jouself reg en doen jou ding.My beste raad is: Deur mekaar lief te he
en te respekteer kan ons baie probleme enseerkry vermy.
Waaroor voel jy passievolin die Overstrand?
Ek en my man het vir tienjaar elke jaar in Kleinmondkom vakansie hou. Een jaarmaak ons oë toe en koop ’nerf in Bettysbaai. Na nog 10jaarbesluitonsomvanMpu-malanga af te trek Bettys-baai toe. Nooit het ons ge-dink ons trek na die aardsehemel toe nie. Ons hoef nieure by die poskantoor ofbank in toue te staannie.Diemunisipaliteit lewer won-derlike diens. Almal praatons taal en jy kan gesels metenige persoon sonder omaanstoot te gee. Ons almalkry swaar, maar so staan al-mal saam om die swaarkrylekker te maak en daaroor telag. Hier is jou bure mense
waarmee jy gesels en wat na jou huis kykterwyl jy wegglip vir n naweek. Alle rasseblysaaminharmonieenkleur isnien faktornie.OnsisalmalmensewatGodgeskapehet.Hier het ek en my man, Stolz, besluit sal onsmaar verhuis na die lang boompies as ditons tyd is, en ons sal dit doen met vreugdewant in die Overstrand het ons al ’n voor-smakie van die hemel gehad.
Zaan Cilliers van Bettiesbaai,saam met van die leerders in haarskool.
Wat is jou naam, van en waar woon jy?BelindaJoubert –Overstrand, diemooiste
plek in die wêreld. Ek bly in Kleinmond.Wat maak die dorp/omgewing vir jouspesiaal?
Dienatuur,Godisdeelvanallesen ’nmenskan Hom daagliks om onssien, voel en ervaar. Die wol-ke hier is die mooiste in diewêreld!Wat sou jy in die area wouverander?
Die desperate armoede enwerkloosheid in die gemeen-skap. Indien elkeen van onseen siel kan help om ’n in-komste te verdien sal ons ’ngroot impakmaakopdieself-waardevanmense.Onsmoetook meer verdraagsaam metmekaar wees. Naasteliefde,samewerking, dienslewe-ring en verdraagsaamheid isdie fundamentele grondslagvan die lewe.Asjyniehiergeblyhetnie,waar sou jy wou bly?
Ekispresieswaarekgraagwil wees.Watter soort werk doen jy en waarom ge-niet jy dit?
Ek is ’n onafhanklike lewensafrigter enskrywer van spirituele boeke en werk vandie huis af. Ek doen vrywillig gemeenskaps-werk saam met my man en bied loopbaanad-
vies aan vir hoërskoolleerlinge in die Wes-Kaap. Ons doen ook prestasie-afrigting virwerkgewers plaaslik en in Gauteng.
Wie sou jy graag vir ete wou nooi enwaarom?
God, ek sal net lekker wil ‘chat’ en al dieantwoorde kry. Dit sal ooklekkerweesomweermetmyma te praat, sy is oorlede toeek vier jaar oud was.Wat is die beste raad watjy nog ooit ontvang of uit-gedeel het?
Om jouself te wees; doennet jou beste en alles sal inplek val. Dis baie belangrikomintegriteit te hê enmore-le waardes uit te leef. Wees’n persoon waarop jou kin-ders en God trots kan wees.Judy Garland het gesê: ‘Al-ways be a first-rate versionof yourself, instead of a se-cond- rate version of some-body else.’Waaroor voel jy passievolin die Overstrand?
Om ’n positiewe verskil temaak. Ek wil graag siele aanraak en menseinspireer wat moeg en uitgebrand voel. Ekwil graag in die land se jeug investeer wanthulle is die toekoms. Ek wil jeugleiers, ouersen onderwysers oplei in voortreflikheid endeugsaamheid om sodoende bekwame rol-modelle vir die jeug te skep.
Belinda Joubert van Kleinmond.
Wat is jou naam, van en waar woon jy?Talitha Rabie. Ek bly in Bettysbaai.
Wat maak die dorp/omgewing vir jouspesiaal?
Ek is mal oor die rowweskoonheid hier en die varslugendie see rondommy.Nábaie jare oorsee waardeer ekdit nog meer.Wat sou jy in die area wouverander?As jyniehierge-bly het nie, waar sou jywou bly?
Ek sou dalk net die weerbietjie warmer wou hê. Eksou in Durbanville naby mysusters wou bly of op onsplaas buite Calitzdorp.Watter soort werk doen jyen waarom geniet jy dit?
Ek het my eie web en gra-fiese-ontwerp besigheid,Frostedberry Design wat ekin Londen begin het in 2005.Ek geniet dit baie om van niks af iemand eiehandelsmerk te vorm, veral ’n webtuiste. Ekfokus veral deesdae op CMS-webtuistes en
Ek sou graag vir Helen Zille wou nooi om-datsyook ’npassievirons landhet soos ek en ek graag meersou wou leer oor ons land ensy toekoms.Wat is die beste raad wat jynog ooit ontvang of uitge-deel het?
Ekhetnogdiebeste raadvanGod en in die Bybel gekry. Alleantwoorde vir my lewe is daar-in en dit is no. 1 in my lewe.Vertel ons meer oor hoe jybetrokke geraak het by dieBlanket Drive.
Ek het Melanie Minnaar(stigter) op Twitter ontmoet enbesluit ek wou betrokke raaktoe hulle begin het in 2010 endit is nou my derde jaar ashostvir dié omgewing. My besig-
heid, Frostedberry, is ook die landwye borgvir ontwerp van bemarkingsmateriaal virDrive. Ons het ook die nuwe logo ontwerp.
Talitha Rabie. Sy is betrokke bydie Blanket Drive wat Saterdag,25 Mei in Kleinmond gehou is.
What is your name and where do youstay?
My name is Tarryn Pedersen and I live inPringle Bay.What makes your town sospecial?
Pringle Bay is a calm andbeautifulplacewithpeacefulpeople who have a similaroutlook on both life and theenvironment; most impor-tantly, it offers abrilliant en-vironment for kids to growup in.What would you change inthe area?
What we do really need inPringle Bay is a biggerschool that can cater to morekids. This would bring morefamilies to the area.If you didn’t live here,where would you like tolive?
If I did not live here it would have to beScotland; my family and I nearly stayedthere for good!
What kind of work do you do and whydo you enjoy it?
At the moment I am assisting in runningthe local school (Pringle House Eco School)
– in charge of fundraising andmarketing – whilst waiting tostart a new career working onoffshore oil rigs.Whowouldyouinvitetodin-ner and why?
Any dinner spent withfriends and family is the best.Being a keen spear fisherman,there is nothing better thanshooting a good fish and pre-paring it for the table.Whatisthebestadviceyou’veever given or received?
The best advice I have bothgiven and received is always:find the positive in any situa-tion and make sure to helpwhenever you can.
What do you feel passionate about in theOverstrand?
If I were to choose one thing, it would beto keep our beaches clean!
Tarryn Pedersen, Pringle Bayresident.
Kleinmond GazetteGeneral - AlgemeenTuesday 29 May 2012 11
The giving spirit blankets KleinmondThe giving spirit blankets KleinmondKleinmondcontributedcon-siderablytothemassivesuc-cess of this year’s TwitterBlanket Drive.
For the local leg of the event– stimulated by social mediamega-tool Twitter – Klein-monders descended on the OuHawe Skuur on Saturday with115 blankets, 75 bags of cloth-ing, 90pairsof shoes, 9 scarves,3 dolls, 5 pillows, 10 towels, 1sleeping bag, 8 bedding items,3 jackets and 3 hoodies.
On the whole, the TwitterBlanket Drive South Africacollected around 23 000 m² ofblankets – equal to three rugbyfields.And, at anaveragepriceof R90 per blanket, donors con-tributed the equivalent ofR1 035 000.
Lots of prizes, sponsored byHarbour Road businesses,
were up for grabs during theevent.
Hangklip/Kleinmond Tour-ism snapped up the prize fordonating the most blankets.Second prize went to Her-manus High School, whilethird place was taken by Elmievan der Westhuizen on behalfof the CRC Church. Fourthprize went to the KleinmondFellowship Church.
Businesses that took partalso got to share in the lime-light. First prize in this cate-gory also went to Hangklip/Kleinmond Tourism.
Talitha Rabie, organiser ofthe Kleinmond event, thankseverybody who contributed tomaking the blanket drive sooverwhelming a success.
All the donations have beendelivered to the youth mem-bersof theLiGTrust,whowere
also highly involved in settingup and helping at the event onSaturday.
Thetrustwillnowdistributethe donated goods, ensuringthat all local welfare institu-tions, especially the crèches inthe area, receive a share of thegoodwill.
The LiG Trust was foundedin Kleinmond eight years agowith the main idea of upliftingthe area’s youths. It offers ascholarship programme,weekly workshops, holidayclubs, and activity clubs (in-cluding surfing, horse ridingand scrap-booking).
The non-profit organisationworks in partnership withChild Welfare, the local soupkitchen, churches and theKleinmond Animal WelfareSociety to see to the needs ofthe area’s poor community.
Jean McEuan and Riekie Grové of the Kleinmond Animal WelfareSociety kept watch over a stall featuring photos of dogs andcats up for adoption. PHOTOS: Janine van der riet
Members of the LiGTrust hold up a fewof the blanketshanded over.
Carina Botesand Antio-nette Koeke-moe fromthe LiG Trust.
Children of all ages enjoyed the festive atmosphere at the Twitter Blanket Driveon Saturday evening.
Ellie Holtzkampf, Wikus Conradie and Grethe Conradie were in charge of thepancake table.
Samantha and her mother Caroline Arendse enjoyedfrying fresh chips for visitors to enjoy.
Yolanda Daniels, Iris Maytham and Natasha Solomon were in charge of servingnice, hot cups of coffee.
Guests covered the tables with motivational penmanship.
Record tunny caughtTHE subject of whether fishing isdown to luck or skill arose whenBorder angler Frank Scholtz, fish-ing in the South African Deep SeaAngling Association’s (Sadsaa’s)Tuna Nationals, boated the catch ofa lifetime.
Frank was fishing for longfintuna during the competition –hosted from the False Bay Marlinand Tuna Club in Simon’s Townlast week – using only 10 kg dou-ble-X line, a Shimano 30Diagra reeland light trace. He had just caughta longfin; he baited up again anddropped his bait overboard. He wassurprised when his reel almost im-mediately screamed!
Heimmediatelyrealisedthat thiswas no longfin, but somethingmuch bigger. After playing the fishvery skilfully on this light tackleand small Shimano reel while an-other crew member expertly han-dled the boat, Frank finally landeda superb 106 kg yellowfin tuna!
He had fought the fish for justover six hours, and the catch wasmade 60 km off Cape Point. Afterthe hook-up the fight travelled for
just over seven kilometres.Luck? I don’t think so.At one time during the fight the
press boathad to get a stern trawlerto change course to prevent its netfrom cutting off the fish.
The teams only managed to fishontwodaysoftheweek-longcompe-tition because of bad weather.
Frank Scholtz was representingthe Border team, together withKevinBourkeandGaryThompson,and the skipper on the day the fishwas caught was David Edgar on his
30 ft Arrow Cat, Witch Craft.Thistournamenthasplaceditself
over the years as the most prestig-ious game fishing event on theSouth African calendar.
The prize-giving was held on Sat-urday19May, and the top spotwentto Border – thanks to this monsterfish caught by Frank. Second over-all in thecompetitionwasSouthernCape, and third Natal.
During the early weekend therewere a few snoek caught at RockyBank, where Gus Ruthman alsocaught nine yellowtail on Seekat.
On Saturday and Sunday theweather was very bad, and no boatsventured out. The shore-anglingfraternity, who fished only occa-sionally during the rough weather,also had little to show for theirefforts.
Now that the winter period hasstarted, most anglers will concen-trate on catching galjoen, dassie,wildeperd and white stumpnose.
This time of the year one is onlyrewarded with one or two largewhite stumpnose in the cold water.This fish was always regarded as a
“go home” fish in the old days.Prime baits for white stumpnose
are fresh white mussel and freshred bait; I would also never pass upa prawn or a “wonderworm” whentargeting these fish.
Also, while fishing with theabove fresh baits, one is often re-warded with a nicely sized mussel-
cracker off the reefs all along Har-mony Park. Remember that goodtackle, aswell as strong leadersandsnoods thatare tiedwell,plussharphooks, will always give better re-sults. For all your reel repairs andservicescontactArton021 854 3831.
Border angler Frank Scholtz (third from left) with the world record–pending yellowfintuna of 106 kg caught on 10 kg recently. With Frank are fellow Border team membersKevin Bourke, David Edgar (skipper of Witch Craft) and Gary Thompson.
Weer steek stokkie voor beplande fietsritKoue en reën verander toe die beplandeKleinmond na Pringlebaai-fietsrit in ’nStoor2Stoor.
Sondag 20 Mei het lede van Kleinmond sefietsklub die koue winter aangedurf.
“Ons was nie fiks ge-noeg vir die Sani2C watpasdievorigeweekdoerver inNatalplaasgevindhet nie. Ons besluit toeom in plaas van die be-plande rit na Pringle-baai liewer ons eieStoor2Stoor – vanKleinmond na Bettys-baai en terug – te doen,”vertel Marchant vanRooyen, een van diefietsklublede.
Vroegoggend in bitterkoueenmetdiehoopdatWhale Coast 96FM seweervoorspelling vir ’nsonnige dag in die kolsou wees, het ’n groepbrawesvoorSupaQuickbymekaar gekom en diekoue aangedurf.
Roger Page het sy “baba”-tamdem virBraamenCarolMostert geleenen saamgeryom ’n wakende oog te hou.
Marchant het opgedaag met sy uniekebergfiets met een rat asook Koos Snyman en’n vriend van Roger. Almal dukwiel modder-trappers, behalwe die dun-wiel tandem.
Met die oggendlug wat vars deur hul waaihet hulle weer die natuur-skoon van die omgewingbewonder.
By Stoney Point het Rog-er sy eie tuisgebakte brood-rolletjies te voorskyn ge-bring wat ons weer “pe-trol” gegee het om die koueaan te durf.
Die Kleinmond-fietsry-klub akkommodeer allefietsryers. Beginners iswelkom om aan te sluit.
U is welkom om die be-drywighede op facebook(kleinmondfietsklub) dopte hou en indien u wil aan-sluit, stuur ’n e-pos [email protected] 314 4368.
) Die komende naweek,2 Junie, bied die Klein-
mondfietsklub, in samewerking met Laer-skool Kleinmond, ’n MTB-fynbosrit aan watdeel vorm van die laerskool se karnaval. Die
platterige roete is ongeveer 22 km lank enloop deur privaat grond en ’n bewaringsge-bied wat spesiaal oopgestel is vir die rit. Dieomgewing bied ongelooflike mooi natuur-skoon. Die roete is slegs geskik vir MTB’s.
Die rit begin om 09:00 by die LaerskoolKleinmond. Registrasie is reeds oop, daag-liks voor 12:00 by die laerskool, en ook op diedagvanaf07:30tot08:45.Slegs50inskrywingssal egter toegelaat word.
Die koste is R100 per persoon en is ten batevan die laerskool.
Kontakpersoon is Rijk Stofberg op 084 8051301, vir verdere navrae.
Marchant van Rooyen ry ’n baie interes-sante eenratfiets.
Van die deelnemers, gesien by Stoney Point, sopnaten koud.
