March 2013 Stanford River Talk

Volume 91 | MARCH 2013 | Stanford‘s monthly newspaper | R13.20

Lovin' summer in Stanford

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Visit our wholesale fynbos and tree nursery at Grootbos for a wide variety of local indigenous waterwise plants at the best prices in the Cape.

Open: Monday – Friday: 8h30 – 16h30

We also do landscaping Contact Susan 082 436 4730 or Sharlene 072 143 8894

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editorial notes Stanford is a warm, generous, open-armed village which pulls together during hard times. The tragic passing of Baby Sam Kastner in early February has shown us all the importance of community and the support we give each other. Our hearts continually go out to Peter, Jami, their boys, and grandparents Cathryn and Andrew Herriot.

Stanford is in a quiet reflective mood and thus we bring you a contemplative edition of Stanford River Talk. The village boasts an eclectic bunch of individuals seeking peace, truth and honesty in country life. Stanford's Art Stroll (page 12 -13) reflects a few individuals who live their truths through their art, while columnist Cath Croxton contemplates silence (page 17) and Fred Hatman honours the love in Stanford (page 11). We also consider the well-being of our Earth (Stanford Earth Hour Unplugged, 23 March), and remember the fallen South Africans at Sharpeville, honouring them with Human Rights Day, 21 March.

We are delighted with wonderful photographs of Stanford's Sunset Market, sent in by Brenda Walters, which grace our cover this month. Held on the village green, this event is the highlight of Stanford's monthly calendar and is a time for all Stanfordians to let their hair down and enjoy each other's company. The next one is on 29 March. See you there!

And lastly, we wish for a blessed Easter to all our readers for whom this is the most significant time in the Christian calendar.

Michelle Hardie and Phil Murray Please send your letters to philippa.murray@gmail.com or to PO Box 228 Stanford, 7210. Try to keep letters as short as possible (100 words or less) and supply your name and address. Anonymous letters will not be published. The editor reserves the right to edit, amend, abridge or reject any letter.

A chink in the cycle?

In our village we are extremely lucky that the Overstrand Municipality has made it easy for us to participate in recycling – on Thursdays a clear plastic bag(s) can be left on the sidewalk filled with tins, paper, plastic bottles, glass and other recyclable materials. All we have to do is rinse off used tins, plastic, etc. No sorting is necessary as that will be done later. The local office even supplies the clear bags by tying them to our gates. In other villages, towns and cities, recycling has to be dropped off at specifically identified containers or zones … often necessitating long drives after having sorting it into separate lots.

Why then is this service only being offered in Stanford North? The staff who work at Stanford Country Cottages have been taught to recycle and religiously make sure that only non-recyclable ‘rubbish‘ gets put out in small bags (often less than half a shopping bag!) on the sidewalk. All the houses that we take care of participate in the recycle process with clear instructions to visiting owners and guests on how to help us do this; ALL recyclable materials go into a clear bag and garden refuse into a green bag – on Thursdays we do a special round through the village to put out all those bags for pick-up.

When our staff enquired about recycling in Stanford South, they were told that it is only being done on ‘THIS‘ side of the village. Why? Do we not all need to look after our environment? How do we get the message across to EVERYBODY that it is important to look after Mother Earth if we do not offer the same services to EVERYONE? Ansie Reitsma Petronella Ferreira, Manager: Stanford comments It is true that initially we only rolled out the programme in Stanford North due to initial teething problems regarding vehicles and personnel. There are however, residents in Stanford South who ask for recycling bags. Bags are gladly issued to them and their recycling is also picked up on a Thursday, and a replacement clear bag is issued. Unfortunately many clear bags issued, never make it back to the recycling lorry.

Residents are welcome to come to the office for a bag, or ask the refuse guys. All recycling will be picked up on a Thursday and another bag issued. This is the most cost-effective solution.

CONTACT US www.stanfordrivertalk.co.za Phil Murray – editor, philippa.murray@gmail.com, 082 667 0619 Sandra Slabbert – design editor design@stanfordrivertalk.co.za , 079 523 8453 Michelle Hardie – managing editor. All account queries, 079 2911 588

Gratitude from the Kastners We can never thank you enough for the kindness you have all shown us during this dark time. Your prayers and thoughts have been felt, and have truly helped us during our time of need. I hope that at some stage we will get to thank you each personally, but please know that we feel blessed to live in this community of such good people. So many people contributed to making Sam’s memorial service truly beautiful, and within the next few months we hope that you all will come up and see the progress as we begin with Sam’s remembrance garden. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.

With love from Jami, Peter and the boys

MONTHLY CONTRIBUTORS Churton Collins, Cath Croxton, Janika Dorland, Fred Hatman, Bob Hadley, Andrew Herriot, Melissie Jolly, Alexia Lawson, Jami Kastner, Olga Koorts, DM, Don MacIver, Inez Mallandain, Suzanne-Francoise Rossouw, Naas Terblanche, Bea Whittaker and Tania Weich.

Editorial Contributions & Disclaimer Editorial contributions are welcome and should include top quality photos where relevant. Articles will be printed under the contributor‘s name or an accepted nom-de-plume if the full name and address is provided. All contributions are voluntary and not paid for. The editor reserves the right to edit, amend, abridge or reject any article.

Opinions of contributors do not necessarily reflect those of the editor. Copyright All material in this issue is copyrighted, and belongs to The Really Famous Publishing CC unless otherwise indicated. No part of the material may be reproduced without prior permission. Published and printed by The Really Famous Publishing CC.

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news & updates

Scene on the Klein River

Less is more: Who needs four wheels when you can look this good with three?

Morgans at Marianna's Twitching and yacking: Neville Isdell and Royd Frith.

Neville Isdell, Chairman of WWF US, is snapped in earnest conversation with Royd Frith, Stanford Bird Club, discussing the Stanford Bird Fair, 2013. Neville and his birdenthusiast wife, Pamela, were on a private visit to Stanford to visit friends Adrienne and Barry Jones. After lunching at Mariana‘s, they joined Ernie on the River Rat for a birding cruise guided by Dave de Beer.

Whether you see these classic cars as old dames or slick chicks, they were certainly a sight to behold as they lounged around outside Marianna's Restaurant on 2 February. The Morgan Motor Company was founded in 1910, and is still based in Worcestershire, England where it employs 163 people who lovingly hand-craft each car. These cars sashayed through to Stanford from Cape Town for a bit of a strut.

Human Rights Day, 21 March On this public holiday in South Africa, we remember those who lived and died in the struggle for human rights of all South Africans. A peaceful pass burning campaign at Sharpeville Police Station, Gauteng, ended in a horrific massacre in 1960 when the police opened fire on a crowd of protesters. Sixty-nine civilians were gunned down that day. May their ultimate sacrifice not be forgotten, or sullied.

WARD COMMITTEE REPORT FIRE DURING DECEMBER Stanford Ratepayers‘ Association has requested a full report on the fire. Anyone who has specific questions to ask, or who would like to report incidences, is requested to forward these to Barry Jones at barry@ orcawireless.co.za. The beyond-the-callof-duty service rendered by Stanford‘s Fire & Rescue hero, Graig Niemand, was applauded with the request that this praise be conveyed to him.

STANFORD SEWERAGE WORKS The municipality is proud to announce that no spillages occurred during the power failure on 29 December. The sterling work by Eskom to fix the burnt power lines has played a major role as the power was off for less than 24 hours. Furthermore, the 3-day sump capacity of the pump station closest to the works played an important part in preventing any spillages. The standby generator functioned perfectly and only one aerator had to be switched off during the period.

Phase 5 of providing Stanford residents with waterborne sewerage is being executed at the moment. This entails the laying of pipes to connect (at a later stage) properties in the block comprising Queen Victoria, Langmark, Du Toit and Caledon Streets, as well as the properties around Protea Street. The pumping station for this phase is to be built on the corner of Du Toit and Caledon Street.

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WARD-SPECIFIC PROJECTS 2012/13 Playground at Ou Kraal: The community requested that a fence be erected to prevent children from haphazardly running across Gibson Street, and rather cross at one specific place. The funds allocated for the beautification of the picnic area will be used to erect the fence.

Soccer field: Due to the possible widening of the R43, it may happen that the proposed (extended) wall along the R43 will have to be demolished at a later stage. It was decided to first find out from the Roads Department exactly where the road reserve will be, before committing to something that may later be construed as fruitless expenditure.

HOUSING PROJECTS The backlog in the provision of housing has become so great that the government is reconsidering its policy. The idea is to, in future, provide more serviced plots (water, electricity and sewerage), with the beneficiary having to build his/her own top structure. The intention is to build fewer houses so that those waiting for housing, do so in improved conditions.

GREENEST MUNICIPALITY AWARD The Overstrand Municipality has won the Greenest Municipality Award for two consecutive years, which means that R7 million is available for ‘green‘ projects in the Overstrand. Stanford‘s request is that one year‘s award money (R3.5 million) be awarded in full to upgrade the area between de Bruyn and Mathilda May Streets, as per

the proposal made by landscape students from the University of Cape Town.

WORKING FOR THE COAST The Department of Environmental Affairs‘ poverty alleviation project has been hailed as one of the best government projects of its kind. A total of 86% of the national budget has been spent to date. Six additional people have been employed in the Stanford area, increasing the local team to 14. The renewed contract will come into effect from July 2013, and will last for another two years.

ROAD TO B‘BOS – TEMPORARY CLOSURE The tarring of the road between Gansbaai and Elim will commence on 1 March. The DR 1205 road from Gansbaai to Baardskeerdersbos will be closed for entire month of April 2013 (and possibly May) to do the initial road surface preparation between Farm 215 and Baardskeerdersbos.

Alternative routes will be via the Salmonsdam Road, or the road from Pearly Beach, as the road from Uilkraalsmond will also be closed.

From August 2013 – August 2014 the road will be closed for a year, during which it will be tarred. The ward committee requested that the tourism bureaux be advised of all closures / progress, with the tourism bureaux forwarding this information to everyone on its mailing list. The information will also be displayed on the notice board in the municipal office.

Bea Whittaker

news & updates OVERSTRAND MUNICIPALITY NEWS The following extracts were taken from matters considered at the mayoral committee and council meeting on Wednesday, 23 January 2013.

RUNNER UP FOR KAMOSA AWARD Overstrand Municipality received recognition for excelling in the implementation of the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) during the 2011/12 financial year. Overstrand Municipality entered for the best infrastructure maintenance project and its Mechanised Water Pipe Replacement Project was selected as the runner-up in this category for 2011/2012.

BRANDE BRING ONVOORSIENE EN ONVERMYDELIKE KOSTE Onvoorsienbare en onvermybare uitgawes wat verband gehou het met die bestryding van brande is goedgekeur – die koste daarvan het tussen R600 000 en R900 000 beloop. Die munisipaliteit het intussen aansoek gedoen vir bystand vanaf die Wes-Kaapse Rampbestuursentrum wat in die komende aanpassingsbegroting opgeneem sal word indien dit goedgekeur word.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION REPORT The Supply Chain Management Implementation Report for the second quarter of the 2012/13 Financial Year from 1 October 2012 to 31 December 2012 was presented to Council. Amongst the larger tenders awarded were: the construction of a new cell at the Gansbaai landfill for R8,3 million; medium voltage and low voltage upgrading in Stanford for R3,9 million; and the upgrading of streets and sidewalks in the Overstrand for R2.5 million.

MIDTERMYN-ASSESSERING VAN BEGROTING EN PRESTASIE Volgens bovermelde assessering was daar gemiddeld 1046 amptenare in diens gedurende die asseseringstydperk alhoewel daar 1115 goedgekeurde poste is. Bedryfsuitgawes van R363 miljoen is in die eerste ses maande aangegaan, wat 46 persent van die begroting is. Die bedryfsinkomste, wat hulptoekenningskapitaal uitsluit, beloop R348 miljoen en is gelykstaande aan die helfte van die jaar se se inkomste oor die eerste ses maande – effens meer as waarvoor begroot is. R44 miljoen van die begrote R193 miljoen is reeds aan kapitaalprojekte gespandeer, wat 23 persent van die begroting is, maar as die tenders wat reeds toegeken is en ander verpligtinge in ag geneem word, beloop die besteding 50 persent van die begroting.

Die munisipaliteit se kontantbalans het einde Desember R136,7 miljoen beloop. Debiteure, wat in Desember 2012 op R63,2 miljoen gestaan het, het sedert Junie merkbaar afgeneem en is ook laer as in Desember 2011.

Stanford Earth Hour Watts up?

Earth Hour was conceived by the World Wildlife Fund and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights. Following Sydney‘s lead, many other cities around the world adopted the event in 2008.

On Saturday 23 March at 8.30pm, thousands of people across South Africa will join millions around the world in turning off their lights for one hour. This is a huge, symbolic show of support for action on climate change and for a more sustainable future. In 2012, a record 152 countries took part in the biggest call to action for the protection of the planet.

This year‘s Earth Hour is celebrating the power of nature – the way renewable energy can move us away from fossil fuels and help reduce global carbon emissions.

Join us on the Village Green for your Stanford Earth Hour Unplugged on Saturday 23 March, from 6.30 – 9:30pm. Visit the demo area where solar items and wonder box cooking will be put to the test, enjoy an enchanting music and entertainment programme and stroll around a variety of food stalls.

Please contact Stanfordinfo if you have solar powered items to sell or alternative cooking methods to demonstrate.

It‘s not just about an hour of darkness; it‘s about a brighter future.

Rina de Wet

For full details and any questions, please contact Fanie Krige 028 313 8043 of 082 773 7749.

Rings of fire: A poi display on the Village Green.

ERWIN‘S Traditional German Meat Products now produced locally Products available at Saturday morning market Cell 082 441 5533 • www.erwins.co.za STANFORD RIVER TALK 5

news and updates

Network for the elderly We understand that many elderly people are not able to move into retirement homes/assisted living facilities due to ill health and high costs. To make life a little less stressful, our vision is to be able to offer services through a community network of people with the necessary skills and abilities to help where needed.

Services we would like to see form part of this network include: • social get-togethers (craft mornings, gentle exercise, listening to music, playing cards,etc); • basic home maintenance; • driving chores (eg. collecting of mail and groceries, • companionship (home visits to the lonely and elderly); • personal care (eg. washing hair, nail care etc.); • meals for emergency cases; • fundraisers; • reading (volunteers to read to the elderly) • professional services at professional fees including: Sr. Martie du Toit and her nursing aid (homecare) Dr. Marianna Steyn (medical doctor) How can you help?

In order to get this project off the ground we need volunteers and your support. No matter what your age or experience we can all make a difference in the life of an elderly person - volunteering is a truly rewarding experience so please join us to find out more.

Wednesday 10 April, 2:30pm for 3:00pm at Okkie Smuts School Hall (Entrance in Shortmarket Street) Dr Marianna Steyn and Paulette Whitelaw

STANFORD PROPERTY SALES

Twelve properties in Stanford were issued with a sales certificates in February. These figures include name transfers.

Cover Competition We love receiving your photographs of Stanford. Please keep emailing us your snaps, and if your picture is chosen as a covershot, you will win a free copy of Stanford River Talk.

Rural and river retreats in tranquil surroundings, Stanford Country Cottages are situated throughout the village and surrounding area. Perfect getaways from stressed city living, they offer a unique base from which to explore this magical village and the fascinating Cape Whale Coast & Overberg.

Tel: 028 341 0965 • Cell: 082 320 0982 www.stanfordcountrycottages.co.za

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Bullet-proof West

legal talk

Churton Collins lines up the cross-hairs on gun ownership One would have thought that when warmongering Vice-President Dick Cheney shot his best friend on a hunting trip, that the American infatuation with guns would have been dampened.

More pertinently, the Newtown, Connecticut massacre on 14 December, 2012 in which 20 primary school children were shot and killed surely underlined that a gun-stash in every household might not be in the interests of public safety. America can boast 58 school shootings this century in which 138 people, mostly children, have been killed. However, these facts have only served to galvanise right-wing support for the right to bear arms and fire up opposition to any form of gun control.

The second amendment to the American Constitution, enacted in 1791, provides that ‘a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.‘ This archaic protection of State autonomy has been elevated over the centuries to include the right of every individual to own a truckload of guns.

Recent efforts to impose universal background checks on the purchasers of firearms and to prohibit the possession of semi-automatic assault rifles has been met with powerful opposition, especially from the National Rifle Association, the most powerful lobbying agency in the United States.

The threats faced by ranchers and farmers in past centuries from Indian tribes and cattle rustlers in the Wild West has long past, although the NRA still invokes the Buffalo Bill romance of guns of those old pioneering days. Charlton Heston, the revered first vice-president of the NRA said in 2010: ‘I say the Second Amendment is America‘s First Freedom, the one right that protects all of the others...‘ He denounced the ‘cultural warfare‘ against the idea that guns had ‘an honourable and proud place in our society‘.

This was before the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown. Admittedly the perpetrator there, and in other such massacres, was a severely disturbed and deluded adolescent; but it was the easy availability of mostly semi-automatic weapons that made the massacres possible. Opponents of gun control assiduously claim that it is not guns but bad or insane people who kill with guns, and point out that hunters have a legitimate right to kill animals with guns for sport. Indeed most civilised countries provide for licensed hunters operating in a strictly regulated environment.

The Supreme Court in Mauritius recently declared a law in which licensed hunters would have been forced to hand in their firearms for confiscation, unconstitutional. The court held that the statutory attempt to crack down on crime and gun violence, however laudable, had gone too far in removing established rights and confiscating property without compensation.

This reasoning makes perfect sense, while the American obsession with the ponderous and strained interpretation of the second amendment does not.

Reminds me of the ee cummings poem: Buffalo Bill‘s defunct who used to ride a watersmooth-silver stallion and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat Jesus he was a handsome man and what i want to know is how do you like your blueeyed boy Mister Death

FINANCE MATTERS

Social problems; social solutions Electricity price hikes, water cuts, social unrest – how do we keep our heads above the rising tide?

We are all dreading the forthcoming electricity hikes that will be imposed upon us by Eskom and exacerbated by municipal greed, and many are looking to alternative sources of power. However, perhaps we are missing the point. Stanford North has been without water far more often and for longer periods (at least up to now) than our interrupted electricity supplies. Should we be investigating bulk water storage facilities for each home?

The government is challenging a few textile companies in court for paying employees below the minimum wage. The owners say that if they increase wages the businesses will be forced to close and thousands of people will be out of work in an area that already has 50% unemployment. Cosatu and its affiliates have simple goals – protect jobs and demand higher wages. This has the reverse effect of not creating new jobs.

Our government is aligned to labour and thus has an obligation to be seen to be fighting for the worker. Hence we have the minimum wage, pro-labour laws etc. which make business wary of employing anyone.

In January, according to one source, over 50 000 people lost their jobs. At present something like 46% of the economically active workforce is unemployed. Really worrying is the fact that 74% of those unemployed are under the age of 24.

Nineteen million people receive grants which are paid for by six million taxpayers – a situation which cannot continue.

Social unrest is a natural consequence of unemployment and rising prices.

However, do not despair! The best way to save electricity must be to go and stay with a friend!

The Old Boar

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sport talk

Lighthouse to Lighthouse Extreme Mountain Biking Jenny Hayes took up the challenge, and remembers the agony and the ecstasy.

The challenge calls: can you do it? With these words I entered my first Lighthouse Ride, called an Extreme Race for good reason!

The race took place on 16 and17 February, with 91km on Day One, and 115km on Day Two. Day One saw cyclists departing from Danger Point Lighthouse, veering inland to Baardskeerdersbos, and then back towards the sea through the Agulhas Eye of the lighthouse: Cyclists set off on Day Two. National Park. At times, peddling between salt pans on a sandy Jeep track was harder than plucking one‘s way through the fynbos scrub, or simply hiking carrying one‘s bike. From Brandfontein riders had to slog along the beach, and this was the section that defeated many of the cyclists, myself included. The initial hard-packed beach sand was replaced with soft sand and rolling pebble beds – a living hell for cyclists who pushed, pulled and carried our bikes over the terrain. The corrugated gravel road from Suiderstrand was a welcome relief.

The constant headwind had begun to feel like a hurricane, until we spied the Agulhas Lighthouse from the top of a rise. The relief and energy that surged through the riders gave many of us the will to continue, although it was still another 20km into the headwind before we could stagger, broken, over the finish line of Day One. Cyclists overnighted in tents in the Agulhas Camp. The next day, they set off again, to repeat the ordeal, in reverse. An extra detour though Elim made the distance covered on Day Two, slightly greater. I decided, along with a few others, that I had endured more than enough the previous day, and opted out. But as I watched the remaining die-hard riders set off, I decided that next year, I shall line up again under the watchful eye of the Danger Point Lighthouse. And next time, I shall complete both days.

The challenge calls: can you do it? Jenny Hayes

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STRAND-VELD HIKING DATES SATURDAY 30 MARCH: Klipgat hiking route from Gansbaai to De Plaat. We may visit some caves along the route, so bring a flashlight. Start 07:00 at Gansbaai Info. Leader: Otto Boysen. Cost: R20 pp, plus money for entrance fee.

SATURDAY 6 APRIL: Fernkloof Hermanus.

Start 07:00 at Gansbaai Info. Leader: Rob Koppel 082 665 5011. Cost : R30 pp.

SATURDAY 4 MAY: Napier & Gold mines.

Start 08:00 at Gansbaai Info (note later starting time in winter months). Leader: Con van Eyssen 083 500 8748.

Please send us news of your sporting events, and include a picture.

Email to philippa.murray@gmail.com

Observing Easter

Easter – ancient and important above all others

Easter falls early this year, with Good Friday on 29 March and Easter Sunday on 31 March. The dates shift each year as Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the March equinox. Christians assign the greatest significance to this time: many believers pray, fast and do penance for forty days leading up to Good Friday: this period is called Lent. In the last week of Lent, Christians remember the Last Supper, the Crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday, and then His Resurrection on Easter Sunday.

This is also the time that Jewish people celebrate Pesach, or Passover, when the Spirit of the Lord passed over the marked Jewish houses and spared the lives of the firstborn children. Non-religious families enjoy family time over the long weekend, and children around the world hunt for chocolate eggs and rabbits.

Ancient Pagans celebrated the end of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginnings of Spring.

We wish a blessed Easter, and Pesach to our Christian and Jewish readers.

EA STER SUNRISE SERVICE Sunday 31 March at 6.30am

For the 15 year the Stanford United Church will be holding the popular Easter Sunrise Service at Godfrey and Helene Coetzee‘s farm Lucerne 8 kms outside Stanford on the R326 th

Dress up warmly. Bring a chair and celebrate Easter while watching the sun rise over the mountains Tea/coffee will be served after the service For further details and directions phone 028 3410 309

ALL WELCOME

SSTANFORD ROTARY NEWS ROTARY OPEN EVENING Rotary Club Stanford has the pleasure of inviting the community to an open evening on 20 March, venue and time to be anounced. A short presentation will introduce Rotary and the benefits of membership, and will inform people of projects undertaken during 2012-2013.

ART WORKS AFTER SCHOOL PROJECT Regina Bonner, a qualified occupational therapist, is running an after-school art project in Stanford South where children of all ages meet to explore their creativity. From small beginnings at Jenny October‘s home in ‘Kersiedorp‘, the project now accommodates more than 80 children of all ages twice a week at the Rugby Club House and Anchor Ministries Church. David Krut Publishing of Johannesburg/Cape Town and Stanford Rotary‘s support provides the project with basic resources for every session.

Our grateful thanks to the Stanford community for donating magazines, toilet rolls, buttons, feathers and other craft goods. To make a donation or find out more please contact Regina on 076 375 7116.

SCHOOL STARTER PACKS Rotary Stanford has presented starter packs to disadvantaged learners at Okkie Smuts Primary School, to the value of R6 000. It has also helped two extremely disadvantaged learners to be properly outfitted with school clothing and shoes. A huge box of Lego from Claremont Rotary Club was sourced through Facebook, and divided between the Star Literacy Programme at Die Bron Primary, and the Grade 1 English class at Okkie Smuts. The Lego was originally donated by The Lego Charity in Denmark and shows how donations can ‘flow‘ to the needy ‘end user ‘ through the Rotary Network. The school still needs building blocks and English reading books for Grade 1 – please contact Natalie Husk 082 893 2282 if you can help.

ACTIVATE VOLUNTEERS A group of 35 volunteers from Activate (www.activateleadership.co.za) were housed at Stanford Valley for the duration of their leadership course. They worked tirelessly on Thursday, 21 February to upgrade the garden at the Volvertroue Centre, just in time for the Centre‘s 21st birthday on Tuesday, 26 February. Activate will return to the Overstrand area once a month for the rest of 2013 for a day of community work.

Rotary Stanford would like to thank Jeudi Hunter, and Food4Thought‘s Maryanne and Roland Ward for their commitment towards this project.

Any other organisations in the village who would like to benefit from one of these community days should please contact Ansie 082 320 0982 or Stephen 084 705 6719 as soon as possible.

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Graeme and Lana of Mrs Hubbard‘s We sell a wide range of preserves, chutney‘s and mustards as well as extra virgin olive oil.

Join us for a tasting at the Saturday morning market where we will also be selling our delicious bacon and rocket breakfast rolls.

Fresh juice and iced tea on sale from next week.

Stanford Bricks For all your requirements of Cement Bricks, Blocks, Stone, Mix, Crusher Dust, Filling, Sand, Gravel

Braai & Fireplace Wood Russell Metcalf: 082 898 4889 Lerouxna: 028 341 0685 russell@walshacres.co.za

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Walshacres

in memoriam

SAMUEL JAMES KASTNER 20 July 2011 – 8 February 2013 Our baby boy, our source of joy Our brother and our friend.

We loved you then, we love you now And this is not the end.

Your freckled nose, your cheeky grin Your big blue eyes shone from within Your joyous shouts of “gotta go!”

This world for you was just too slow

I Lost My Wee Cheeky Chappie

A dark cloud descended over Stanford Hills Estate on Friday, 8 February. Baby Sam Kastner failed in his battle, at the edge of the family pool, to remain on planet earth. I lost my playmate. Peter and Jami‘s world collapsed. The close-knit extended family and friends who embrace the Kastners, The way you lived, the way you loved including Jack and Alex, crumpled when the news broke. Dear, dear Sam, you have left a world Was so intense and pure And we hope that you felt treasured here, troubled with living, and you have gone to a warm and safe place.

Sam is an exceptional lad, and a rarity with high energy, who quite simply blossoms each day Because, by God, you truly were as new adventures and challenges are encountered. I can tell you that he is a hot-shot for such a youngster, including the skill of kicking a ball. ‘Goal‘, he says to me as I admire my own coaching An old soul is what we called you techniques. ‘Ball,‘ he reiterates, informing me that the training session is only just beginning. And And that is what you are he gives me that ‘Sam‘ mature quizzical stare. ‘Go!‘ he commands when he thrusts his way behind We feel your love around us now the steering wheel of Grandma‘s vehicle, blasting the horn excitedly and waiting for something to To help us heal these scars happen. When I say, ‘No,‘ to Sam and scold him (as he is about to interfere with my precious hi-tech keyboard) he downs tools and spread-eagles his little body on the floor face down, concealed. He You may not be here on this earth must be thinking, ‘You‘ll be sorry, I‘ll show you.‘ But in our hearts you are alive No words can be uttered to express the loss suffered and the way we have all been profoundly We are today, we‘ll ALWAYS be touched by Sam‘s high-octane presence, and his untimely departure from earth. Sam, you are a star A family of five. and you live forever. We are all blessed to know you. Keep a place for me on your team, mate. I will practise with you and get better, I promise. Your send-off on Friday 15 February was stupendous and Love you always, Mommy, Daddy, affected hundreds of people; it was fit for the superhero you are.

Jack and Alex Andrew Herriot OUT OF THE HAT

The answer, my friends ... is love Hatman struggles with pain and loss, and finds that love is all around us

O

nce a month I am afforded the privilege of writing what I like about what I like (or sometimes don‘t like) in this space.

What I had planned to write about this month was my most recent road trip, one which was meant to take me to Montagu and beyond, to places I had never seen. Instead, I got as far as a retreat in McGregor and stayed. There was a reason for this, as there is for everything. I was taken on a journey of the spirit and soul. And left feeling replenished and uplifted. I had been taken to a place within me which I was required to look at.

But I can‘t write any more about this. Because my experience of two even more recent journeys has occupied my mind. And heart.

And soul.

They were certainly not planned. And they happened within four days of each other.

On the Tuesday, I found myself driving to Bredasdorp. To stand at the very spot where a 17-year-old girl had had her body taken from her in every terrible way imaginable. You will know the story of Anene. It is a story which South Africans must never forget. Because if we are to even begin to scratch the despicable surface of reversing the pandemic of rape and abuse of women in our country then Anene

Booysen, and the countless and unnamed others like her, must never be forgotten.

Bredasdorp was another trip I had to make.

And it still haunts me.

Four days later I stood on a beautiful farm just outside our village and, with you and you and you and you, paid tribute to a little life lost.

There is little comparison to be made with what I had experienced a few days before except, once again, I was taken on a painful and extraordinary journey.

It was so hard. And (I almost can‘t write this) it was indescribably beautiful. I don‘t really understand. I know I was rubbish at science at school but I no more understand how our planet spins on its axis than understand why life is taken away from some. But I know we are not expected to understand. We are expected to learn.

And I learned a lot on our own Turquoise Friday at Stanford Hills Estate. I learned that, no matter how hard I might want to try, I could neither share nor lessen the pain felt by Pete and Jami. Or any parents who lose their child in any of the tragic circumstances that the universe has found to take them away.

I learned that Sam had been a brave little guy with a beautiful personality. I learned that he was Super Sam. A superhero. I learned that he

had been born with a full head of hair. And a heart of gold.

I learned that life is more precious than I had come to believe. And more fragile than I ever dreamed possible. I learned that chimes hung in a tree can sound unimaginably eerie.

I learned that plants brought by friends can make a beautiful garden. I learned that Dylan‘s Blowing in The Wind can be almost unbearably evocative. That people can sing and dance and be strong and cry all at the same time. That people‘s eyes can tell us so much. That a hug can do the job when words fail me. And that the words spoken and sung and thought and felt and were enclosed in huge droplets of tears about Sam and his family carried enormous power. The kind of power that switches on our hearts and makes us beautifully human.

And I learned that, just when sorrow and pain threaten to become too much to bear, the release of a bunch of balloons into Stanford‘s kind and smiling skies can uplift us. And give us some sort of release of our own.

Yes, I learned that I don‘t know very much.

Or understand.

And I learned that I know, no matter how trite it may sound a lot of the time, that love is truly all around. And that it is all that matters.

Fred Hatman STANFORD RIVER TALK 11

The Stanford Art Stroll To stroll, perchance to marvel and wonder at the artistic delights Stanford has in store. Stanford‘s resident artists open their homes, and their souls.

The Art Stroll is a meander between the studios of a group of professional artists living in the village of Stanford. These artists have joined together and opened their studios to the public. Take a stroll and visit the artists; chat and look at their work. You will find landscape, portrait and still life painters, abstract painters, mixed media and assemblage artists. A map of where to find the artists is available at the Stanfordinfo.

Future plans include a group exhibition and art auction towards the end of the year. They will have new work ready for the Stanford Country Fair, and will participate in the Bird Fair in October, by displaying drawings and paintings.

SARAH ABBOTT

‘I work from my studio in one of Stanford‘s historical homes which is situated in a colourful garden with mountain and farmland views. In this inspiring setting I work in mixed media, oils, glazing and draw with charcoal and inks. Though not formally trained, I have painted and sketched from a very young age and have been privileged to be taught by some excellent South African artists.

Often the subjects I choose are animals and the outdoors such as mountains, skies and water. I like to have "movement" and "mood" in my pictures even if they are fixed objects.

‘I look forward to a challenging 2013 by attending a series of workshops hosted

by Greg Kerr. I know this will stretch me considerably as Greg has a very creative imagination and a wicked sense of humour!‘ Visitors welcome by appointment. Please call 082 817 7437.

MALCOLM BOWLING

‘What a journey it has been! I have seen a lot, experienced more, and continue in the search for the ultimate: to be able to perceive and understand what is around us in Nature; to learn from the peace and revitalisation one feels when in a beautiful place; to bear witness to something that drives one‘s soul. The ebb and flow of nature reveals no prejudice.

‘Nguni prints, blue cranes, fish eagles, vineyards, guineafowl, oils, spurwing geese, graphite, water lillies, linseed oil, fabriano, coffee, wine, country cuisine are a few words to describe the wonderful space of my studio; a converted old dairy situated on Sir Robert Stanford next to Madre‘s Kitchen on the R43 between Hermanus and Stanford. It is a working gallery where you will find oil paintings, pencil drawings and prints of birds and animals, gift cards and T shirts. The focus has been birds interspersed with other subjects from my love for nature and the bush.‘

VAL MYBURGH

Val has had no formal art education but worked in advertising for about five years after which she became a medical illustrator. Currently she is freelancing as an illustrator, working on anything from educational books to stories and readers. Whenever she gets a break from illustrating she draws and paints as much as she can, exploring various media and subject matter to her heart‘s content!

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RICK PRINS

Rick works mainly in oils and mixed media, and creates assemblages of found objects. When travelling in Europe, he practises photography, and composes pen and ink studies. Having studied Fine Art at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, he returned in 1983 to complete an honours degree in painting. Other studies in art include courses in etching and sculpture at Whitechapel Polytechnic, London. Rick has taught art in both South Africa and England. He has exhibited in group exhibitions and has had solo exhibitions in Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng. His work focuses on landscape, found objects and nudes. In more recent years, after living in the Klein Karoo, he has depicted scenes that include architectural compositions, succulents, people, toys, dolls, rusty metal and chipped enamel – all of which depict the passing of time and nostalgic views of the past.

SANETTE UPTON

‘Selfs wanneer ek nie skilder nie, skilder ek in my kop. Alles wat ek waarneem word in my geheue gestoor en op ‘n dag, as ek voor ‘n skoon skilderdoek staan, vloei dit maklik uit my kwas. Eers wanneer jy verby beweeg by alles wat jy geleer is, ontwikkel jou eie kuns. Daar is soveel kuns terme wat van toepassing is op die lewe; perspektief, diepte, kontras, balans, selfs negatiewe spasies word positief aangewend ten bate van die komposisie. Daar is ‘n lyn en ‘n kleur vir elke emosie. Daarom is daar genesing in die proses sowel as die eindproduk.‘ ‘With intention, colour becomes a powerful energy and has been used in ancient Greece, Egypt, China, and India. I have recently completed a Colour Mirrors Practitioners Course with Melissie Jolly. My vision is to host individual and group flower painting sessions at my home, with the emphasis being on colour, beginning in September.‘

JOHN WILLIAMS

John studied basic design and sculpture at the Durban Art School (Tech). He received distinctions in sculpture, ceramics and drawing and left to live in London and later in Helsinki in 1968. Here, he ‘walked holes through several pairs of shoes‘ from one gallery and exhibition to the next. John‘s ‘Jack of all trades‘ life has given him a unique perspective of the world, seen through the eyes of a labourer, house painter, delivery driver, fisherman, builder, film editor, advertising executive, hotelier and restaurateur. John is now living in Stanford with his wife Calli. He makes collages and assemblages and has an art card range - A WORLD LOST & FOUND. A lot of interest and sales of his work has come from top Cape Town decorators and interior designers. He is presently working on some large assemblages, which he will be exhibiting in Stanford this winter.

KARINA BEHR

Karina is joining the Art Stroll group and is hoping to move to Stanford permanently and open a Studio/Gallery here to exhibit her work and also continue teaching and painting. She has been teaching Art Workshops for the last ten years, first in Johannesburg, then regularly in Cape Town, Plettenberg Bay and Stanford. Karina is giving a Portrait Workshop at The Art Café, from 11-13 March, and is looking for a model (male or female) for this period. Anyone interested, please phone 082 4550 755.

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garden talk

kitchen talk

by Suzanne-Francoise Rossouw

by Marian Ferris

Ch illi Co n Ch oco lat It‘s hard to imagine dark chocolate being more flavourful than it already is. These chic little chocolate tarts pair well with an after-dinner coffee.

Some like it hot Chillies, hot or not, capture the eye when they‘re in fruit. From sultry rouge to deep glossy purples, chillies are always redhot.

There are so many varieties available in all shapes and sizes. Most are edible, and if you ask those adventurous people among us, they‘ll tell you that even the ornamental varieties burn.

The plants grow well in sunny, warm, sheltered areas with rich, well-draining soil. If you have poor soils, add lots of compost and old manure. Chillies are hungry plants, so in sandy areas feed with 3.1.5 to help the plant produce fruit. High nitrogen fertilizers cause the plants to grow lush and green but they won‘t develop any fruit.

It‘s very important to make sure the plants are well-watered when they are producing flowers and fruit, but don't over-water them as they will rot. Mulch the plants well to help keep the moisture in the very warm summer months. Plants fruit best when they are subjected to warm evenings above 15°C and day temperature round 30°C. Pick the fruit from the plant when they look mature enough on the bush, or when they start to change colour.

If you are thinking of starting your own chilli seedlings you can buy seed packets at your local nursery. They are listed under Capsicum; the varieties are classified as Jalapeno, Paprika, Cayenne long slim, Serano, or Habanero. Sow the seeds any time from August when the temperatures start getting warmer. Use a sterile seedling mix and only cover the seeds at a depth twice the size of the seed. If sown too deep they‘ll die before ever reaching the surface. Seeds can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to germinate. Plant the seedlings into beds or pots when the soil temperatures are warm enough, around 15°C in the evenings. The seedlings do take a long time to develop so sometimes it‘s easier to just buy the fruiting plants. As the small plants grow, you can pinch out the growth points to encourage them to bush more. In our windy conditions, plants will need to be supported by staking or building a frame. Don't touch your mouth or eyes when harvesting the fruit as it will burn. Cut the fruits off as pulling could cause the branches to break. If you grow your plants in a warm sunny spot they might survive the winter. Most chillies are annuals but, under a controlled environment, plants may last up to three years.

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Cardamon and Chilli Chocolate Tartlets Ingredients Shortcrust pastry – store bought, or homemade pate brisée 1 red chilli 6 fresh cardamon pods 125ml double cream 25g castor sugar 125g dark chocolate (70%) chopped 35g butter Garnish 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup sugar 1 red chilli Line 6 or 8 small tartlet tins or shallow patty pans with the rolled out shortcrust pastry.

You could use a muffin tin but when cutting out the circle of pastry make sure that it is smaller that the pan. You want small shallow tartlets here.

Prick well and place in the freezer for 20 minutes. Then bake blind in a hot oven (200°C) Bake for 10 –15 minutes depending on the size; they should be crisp but not too brown.

Allow to cool and remove from the tins very carefully.

Remove the seeds from the chilli and chop finely. Crush the cardamon pods in a mortar and pestle and discard the green outer husk.

Place the chilli, cardamon seeds, cream and sugar in a heatproof jug and microwave until hot. Stir until the sugar has dissolved.

Cover and leave for at least an hour.

Reheat the flavoured cream and strain onto the chopped chocolate and butter, catching the spices in the strainer. Discard the spices.

Stir the mixture until the chocolate has melted and it is smooth and shiny.

Spoon the mixture into the cooled pastry cases and allow to set.

Boil the water and sugar together with the second chilli which has been seeded and sliced into long strands. It should only take a few minutes to candy the chilli which can be placed on the tartlets once the chocolate has set.

Adapted from Marian Keyes' Saved by Cake

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school talk Okkie Smuts Sports Day Okkie Smuts held its annual Sports Day on the Market Square on 25 January. Everyone turned up in the team colours of red and blue, including the parents, while the Buzzy Bees athletes wore yellow. Enthusiasm and spirit ran high, feet pounded the uneven surface and family members cheered from the sideline deck chairs. What a fun day for all, and congratulations to all who took part.

Hi, my name is Okkie the scarecrow!

I am helping the Okkie Smuts Gr.7 pupils to collect money for a class tour to the Garden Route. Do not be surprised if I show up in your garden one of these days! You can have me removed for a small donation of R10.

Anything more will be greatly appreciated.

You then have the opportunity to select my next ‘victim‘!

Emergency numbers for my removal: Okkie Smuts 028 341 0611 Paula 079 493 2279, Hellouise 072 430 6287 Gershwin Hendricks Victor Ludorum

Lee-Ann Prins Victric Ludorum

Matthew Privett Best junior athlete

Cheering Cup won by the Red Team: (left to right) JP Wilmot; Darren Paulse; Lenie Willemse; Jo’Cesta Koopman; Kaye-Lee Luyt; Kosi Qikithi; Miss Felicity Beukes and team manager Susan Robyn.

Thanking You The Grade 7s

Overall winners, the Blue Team: (left to right) James Gordon; Amy Hattingh; Chelaine Dickson; Miss Naomi Geldenhuys; Tumé Bester; Anrika Brand and team manager Johannes Pietersen.

Funimfundo School – a crucial daily support system

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few weeks after the beginning of the new academic year, I spoke to the three teachers at Funimfundo School – Nonkosinathi, Nandipha and Nokwanda.

I asked them what messages they would like to share with the local community.

Firstly they said they wanted people to know that there is a successful and happy pre-school at Die Kop for children aged three to six. ‘When children start young, they learn quickly and they remember‘.

They talked about how the parents were impressed by their children‘s development, especially their learning skills such as writing names, counting and recognising colours.

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children were in a safe environment while they worked, and were being fed healthy, nutritious food whilst at school. The school is a crucial daily support system for dozens of families.

Finally, the teachers pointed out how they struggle constantly with a lack of equipment including: sleeping mats and covers, floor paint, paper, pens and crayons, powder paint, glue, scissors, toys and books.

But optimism is in the air. It was International Book Giving Day on February 14 and a Cape Town blog (http:// www.se7en.org.za/) chose to nominate Funimfundo for its ‘build a library‘ campaign. Funimfundo has prepared the space for the promised book donations

and is now waiting for them to arrive. OLWETHU VATHELA Meanwhile, the school parents are going to build the book shelves and paint the new library area.

We want you to support us and visit us.

You would be impressed with what you see, and it helps send a message of solidarity to those involved by keeping this important community initiative alive.

Cath Croxton For more information and/or to arrange a visit, please contact Maryanne Ward: www.f4t4kids.co.za 028 341 0401 or 083 240 8454.

vet talk

By Stanford veterinarian, Dr Olga Koorts

Pets need dental care too Yearly dental checkups are as important for our pets as for humans.

Oral disease, most importantly gum and periodontal disease caused by the build-up of plaque and tartar, is one of the most common health problems encountered in pets.

Animals as young as three years old might show signs of oral disease. Without proper dental care this might progress to severe problems within a very short time. With your help, however, your pets can have healthy teeth and gums throughout their lives. Providing them with the correct diet and chew treats as well as regular brushing and checkups will go a long way to improving dental health.

Dry pellets rather than a moist food will, through its mild abrasive action, help remove plaque before it can harden to tartar.

Avoid sweets and table scraps as these also encourage plaque formation.

Chew treats like hard biscuits and rawhide chews can help remove plaque and provide stimulation for the gums. Chewing bones and stones will wear down teeth, or even break them and lead to gum injuries and possible infection.

Brushing teeth daily remains the best way to avoid plaque buildup and is entirely possible with a bit of patience. Start at an early age and use special toothpaste. If you can make this part of a puppy or kitten‘s regular routine, it will be met with little resistance.

Ask your vet for advice on brushing and for the correct products.

Your vet might advise dental scaling to remove tartar (the yellow to black substance seen on teeth that brushing cannot remove), or extractions. * Please ‘like‘ Stanford Animal Welfare Society on Facebook to view our latest activities

Silence

SPOTLIGHT ON ALIENS

Know your invasive plants This is the first in our new series of alien invaders.

PITTOSPORUM UNDULATA Also known as Australian Cheesewood or Mock Orange Pittosporum undulatum is an evergreen shrub or broadly conical tree up to 12m high.

It has dark green, shiny leaves tapering at both ends and usually wavy margins at the end of the branches.

Fragrant white flowers in terminal clusters are found from August to September. It carries conspicuous, showy orange woody fruits (seeds) about 1 cm in diameter for several months after flowering in spring or early summer, turning into brown capsules.

Originally Pittosporum undulatum grew in moist areas on the Australian East coast. Being a fast grower, it has become a weed even in other parts of Australia where it is not indigenous! It is highly invasive in South Africa, the Caribbean, Hawaii, the Azores and southern Brazil. In South Africa, the Department of Environmental Affairs has listed it as a Category 1b Invader (see box). This means that all trees must be removed and destroyed.

P. undulatum takes advantage of high nutrient levels and its seeds (spread by birds) germinate easily – especially close to our rivers where the nutrient levels are high. These trees are therefore often found in areas where the soil is reasonably wet (streams and river), or in Stanford in gardens where the water table is high or seepage is present. So please, check your garden and destroy these trees!

For more information visit: www.sana.co.za/Alien-Invasive-Plants Category 1b: Invasive species requiring compulsory control as part of an invasive species control programme. Remove and destroy. These plants are deemed to have such a high invasive potential that infestations can qualify to be placed under a government sponsored invasive species management programme. No permits will be issued for the keeping thereof.

MOUTHPIECE

Cath Croxton seeks pure silence

What is it? When does it happen? Is it something we dream about? Can we experience it? Many of us blowins to Stanford were surely reaching out for a taste of this elusive creature. ‘I wanted to escape the city and experience peace and tranquility,‘ implies that silence is part of what we seek.

But whilst we often think about silence as something solid, it is in fact a concept of nothingness. It happens when sound has left us.

Silence is the gaps between our aural experiences. It is what happens when nothing happens. It is the moment between two people talking, when someone has run out of things to say, or simply wants to pause.

It is the moment after the TV is switched off, the CD stops playing or the child stops crying.

Yet in our bustling modern world even getting close to silence is rare. We drown our senses with continual sound. Technology bombards us with music, voices and the click of buttons. And when that goes quiet, the background sound of vehicles fills the empty spaces.

Nature is also extremely noisy. If you stop to think about the noises around us, it doesn‘t take much to build a list of interferences. Birds, bees, wind, the rustle of plants and leaves, the roar of the sea and the sound of rain on a tin roof are just a few that come to my mind.

I am sure you can think of more.

So why these philosophical contemplations?

Last week we spent a couple of days on the edge of the Fish River Canyon in Namibia. The chalets were just a few steps away from the walls of the Canyon with a vertical drop of at least 500 metres and everything about the location and experience was simply spectacular.

The sounds of our modern world were gone and we were left with only the sound of nature in all its glory.

However, there was one special moment when even nature paused for thought and it was this that I wanted to share with you. The howling wind had stopped. The other guests had left. The staff had gone to sleep and the air was as hot as it gets. Even the rattling insects and chirping birds were defeated and had taken shelter from the burning rays of the sun.

I was alone and surrounded by silence and all I could hear was the sound of blood rushing through my head and the busy thought processes of my brain. A rare moment although not pure silence as such.

So, next time you sit alone by the river or in your garden thinking you are having a silent moment, listen to the noises around you. It‘s noisy out there.

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art & culture

Quintessentially Quincy

QUINCY JONES

PLAYING BY EAR

Andrew Herriot examines a giant amongst other giants.

Musician, arranger, composer, actor, movie producer – Quincy Jones, or Q as he is known, is a living icon.

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he song We Are The World encapsulates this powerful, legendary luminary in the world of music (27 Grammys). Jones wanted ‘this song, first sung in 1985, written

by Michael Jackson, to be the battle cry again‘.

‘Music has always been my passion – it‘s my life.‘ Many people with musical inclinations feel this, but Quincy Jones said these words when he was recently in Dubai to set up a foundation with Badr Jafar, an eminent Emirati businessman and entrepreneur. This foundation could lead to opportunities between musicians in the Middle East, Africa and the West and perhaps, as Jones hopes, inshallah, discover a Middle Eastern equivalent of Psy, known for his huge success with Gangnam Style (1 billion hits on YouTube so far).

Dr Quincy Jones (born 1933) is a man with big ideas and dreams; he is an activist for the under-privileged and he deserves a mention in SRT this month. Watch this space for a new Sheikh Arabee Style. His Foundation ‘Listen Up‘ has a connection with South Africa

in the area of music and culture. Both he and Miriam Makeba were laureates of the illustrious international Polar Music Prize for musical achievements. Sir Paul McCartney was the first in 1992.

Over the past fifty years he has been linked with wider aspects of the music industry.

'When you make a mistake, treasure it,' is sound advice for us all from Quincy Jones. Wherever there is innovative music, Quincy Delight Jones was probably in the background. His scope covers R&B, funk, soul, big band, swing, bossa nova, jazz (Miles and Quincy Live at Montreux), hip hop and rock & roll (It‘s My Party) in other words the whole spectrum of genres. He has arranged for Sinatra (It Might as Well Be Spring), Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Bono, Marvin Gaye, Richie Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Jackson (Thriller and Bad) and hosts of other top class musicians, bands and singers.

He wrote the score for The Colour Purple (Spielberg, 1985), Italian Job (Collinson, 1969) and Ray (Hackford, 2004), and played the trumpet and drums with Hampton in the

early days. Jones felt that ‘to stay in one place meant to die‘.

Jones is iconic in that he produced the song We are the World 25 for Haiti, originally written by Michael Jackson who worked with another great legend, Lionel Richie. It is moving and exhilarating to watch, and it‘s easy to find on YouTube. Barbra Streisand, Wyclef Jean (well-known Haitian politician), Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Tony Bennett (Shadow of Your Smile), Natalie Cole, Justin Bieber, Gladys Knight, Janet Jackson videoed with her late brother Michael and eighty more artists came together to collaborate on this international charity feature. It is a moving re-mix from the early recording in 1985, this time to help benefit the plight of Haiti and its peoples who suffered devastation on January 12, 2010 as a result of a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Jones said, ‘It takes a serious army and serious emotional architecture to bring together such a diverse group of people, and they came for the right reasons.‘ Watch it on YouTube. I promise you will feel good.

Ruined by rats This is the second extract from Memoirs of a Highland Gentleman

by Evander MacIver (1811-1903). Great-great-grandson Don MacIver opens a little window onto 19th century Scottish history.

‘My grandfather, after whom I was called, was ruined in a singular manner. There was a considerable extent of arable land, from the produce of which a large fold of Highland cattle were wintered in byres. A stack yard adjoined, and they consumed the straw; a swarm of rats landed at Gress (1) from the sea, came to the stack yard and ate up the grain, riddling the stacks to such an extent that they fell to the ground, and what was left by the rats rotted away, and was rendered useless for the cattle. A very severe spring followed, and a large number of the cattle died of starvation and poverty; such was the loss that he never was able to recover, and when he died, he left debts behind him.

‘My father (2) was his only son alive; there were several daughters.

My father was a man of much ability and great natural talent, and by good management, industry, and economy, he became prosperous; he speculated in cattle, fish-curing, ship owning, and rose to be the leading man of the island, carrying on extensive business in Stornoway, and acquiring house property there. He had received a very imperfect education, and he gave me a first-class training, first in Stornoway, and latterly for five years in Edinburgh, two of which were in the Arts Classes in the University, where I was general censor of the Latin or Humanity Class, appointed by Professor Pillans.‘ NOTES: 1. Gress was a farm a few miles North of Stornoway leased by the MacIver family from about 1610 to 1860. It has been described as 'Gress vast, scant, drearie, it never produced what it did not swallow up'. The land is still farmed today, the old farmhouse and mill are still there and the hamlet of Gress is on the original farm.

2. Evander‘s father was known as Lewis VIII of Gress.

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art & culture

SOUTH AFRICAN WRITERS OF YESTERYEAR

By Guy Winchester-Gould

COLOUR MIRRORS

Colour clarity

Lawrence G. Green Guy pays tribute to this traveller, chronicler, historian and raconteur.

Melissie Jolly explains the dichotomy of the colour red.

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According to Hindu teachings, the body is divided into seven power areas called chakras which form a rainbow up the body, starting with red at the base of the spine and ending with violet at the crown.

So let‘s start at the red base chakra.

What do you think of when you think of red? Lipstick, roses, Ferraris, stop signs and blood are all red.

Passion, drive, energy and danger are all true of red, as are hatred, aggression and revenge.

Red is the colour we relate to our basic survival issues: life-force, death, sex and money. It also relates to all physical sensation from pleasure to pain as well as our circulatory system (blood).

So, broadly speaking, red in the positive is energetic, caring, great in emergencies, good with money and passionate. Red people at their best are leaders: dynamic, assertive, confident, generous and have a great appetite for life. When they are imbalanced they can be loud, aggressive, greedy, ruthless or just exhausting.

In the negative, red relates to apathy, backache, frustration, resentment, intolerance, martyrdom or lack of funds.

As a country, South Africa is the base chakra of Africa and, in light of recent events, we can see that we‘ve been dealing with the negative on a large scale: aggression and sex, greed and poverty, drive and apathy, struggle and martyrdom are all part of the South African Condition. We can then also see that it has the potential to be a leader, to be energetic, generous and caring as well as having vibrancy and wealth.

Next month‘s colour is orange bliss versus trauma.

For more information go to www.colourmirrors.com or contact me on colourmirrors@orcawireless.co.za

awrence G. Green! The name evokes memories of, and nostalgia for, the far-flung corners of Southern Africa which Green wrote about in a career spanning five decades.

Born on 5 January 1900 in Kimberley, Green schooled in Cape Town and later joined the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. At war‘s end he settled on a career in journalism with the Cape Argus, contributing regularly to the iconic The Tavern of the Seas and Wanderers columns, and retiring in 1954 to devote his time to writing books.

With an ability to capture the nostalgia surrounding places and events, his ‘education‘ as a traveller began in his early days as a reporter when, typically, he was assigned to cross the Karoo in a battered old car driven on fuel made from prickly pears! He had the curiosity of a good newspaperman and many of his ideas sprang from readers who suggested characters and unusual insights in their own corners of the subcontinent. Having completed his ‘research‘ he would verify the facts by paying almost annual visits to the British Museum in London, before retiring to his Sea Point flat to begin the task of producing yet another book. Despite never being regarded as a writer of note, his work was so vivid and sensitive one could ‘feel‘ what he was writing about, gaining him great popularity for his evocative tales of

Southern African travels, discovery and local history. In all he authored 34 published works, most of them bestsellers. The first, The Coast of Treasure (1933) was followed by others including Where Men Still Dream (1945), his top seller Tavern of the Seas (1947) and his personal favourite, A Giant in Hiding (1970). His last, A Taste of South Easter, appeared in 1971, and in 1972 When the Journey‘s Over was published posthumously. At a reckoning, sales of his books exceed one million copies, earning him the distinction of being one of South Africa‘s most successful writers.

Only one biography of Green exists (Memories of a Friendship, John YatesBeynon, Howard Timmins, 1973) and he remains, despite his stature as a man of popular literature, an enigma. All who knew Green characterised him as a retiring, solitary figure who studiously avoided publicity, other than through his published writing.

After his death Howard Timmins, publisher and friend, said: ‘I don‘t think we will ever find another Lawrence Green‘, adding ‘so many other authors are finished after three or four books but not Lawrence Green. Every year booksellers predicted he would run dry, but he never did!‘ Lawrence (‘Laurie‘ to his friends) G. Green died in Cape Town on 14 May 1972. He never married and was survived by his sisters Rita and Rosemary.

Promotions 1-30 March WINTER BULBS NOW AVAILABLE NEUTROG SEAMUNGUS 10KG ---- R79.95

STANFORD

MULCHES BARK NUGGET 30DM ---- R23.95 OWL DOOR BELL 24X10.5X13CM ---- R61.95 Q20 OIL PENETRATING 300G ---- R35.50

DIY - PAINT - PLUMBING SKI ROPE 5MMX30M MAMBA ---- R14.95 IRRIGATION - NURSERY M/AGRO GLYPHOGAN 1L ---- R67.75 Landscaping & irrigation services.

Mon - Fri, 7:30 - 17:00 Sat, 8:00 - 14:00 Tel: (028) 341 0691 Fax: (028) 341 0413

KOMBAT FUNGI-RID 100ML ---- R71.95 EFEKTO HAND PRESSURE SPRAYER 2LT ---- R47.20 P/P EXTENTION LEAD 10M 16A WHITE ---- R77.95 EFEKTO FUMITABS (6-TAB) ---- R55.95 DOG SELF FEEDER LARGE 10KG COMPLETE ---- R189.95 ASSORTED BOSS CANED DOG FOOD 820GR ---- R9.80

BIRTHDAY PLANT SALE up to 50% off selected trees, fruit trees, shrubs, ground-covers and more.

Prices valid while stocks last All prices include VAT STANFORD RIVER TALK 19

classifieds

There is an HONESTY BOX at Stanfordinfo where you can pay for your classifieds. Please enclose the amount in an envelope.

SMALL ADS: R1 a word • BOXED ADS: R77 info@stanfordrivertalk.co.za • cell: 079 291 1588

Correction February edition Winds of change (page 7) caption should have read Hayley Latham and Andre Du Toit.

SERVICES

ADULT HORSE RIDING CLASSES. p Jake Uys on 079 468 9060.

AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIDGERATION p Deon 082 653 8082.

RELIABLE & HONEST PAINTER. No job too small. Contactable references p Wilson on 072 223 2511.

SPECIALIZED KEYBOARD JAZZ TEACHING. p Andrew Herriot at 072 5717 846 or aherriot70@gmail.com for more info. First lesson free.

SM VERKOELING Tel: 087 808 2175 Sakkie Myburgh 083 771 0753 Alle huishoudelike herstelwerk

EXCELLENT HOUSE-CLEANING Highly recommended, honest & reliable char. For reference p Lana 028 341 0349.

ANDRE‘S GARDEN, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES (based in and operating from Stanford)

* Irrigation installation, maintenance & repair * Garden Services * Clearing, weeding & weed control, pruning * Refuse removal * General handyman services * Pool maintenance ANDRE DU TOIT 083 276 6614 Email: andre.p.dutoit@gmail.com

AFRICAN HORSE COMPANY guided multi-day trails & outrides along the whale coast & through unspoilt nature reserves. +27 (0) 82 667 9232 omstables@telkomsa.net www.africanhorseco.com

VILLAGE LAUNDROMAT Washing • Ironing Tumble Drying Dry Cleaning Services Mon – Fri, 8.00am – 5pm 25 Queen Victoria st, Cell: 072 616 0976

Solar Garden Lights Gorgeous garden solar lights to light up paths, plants and trees.

Path lights from R50 each to Bali lanterns R200. Call Pamela Trevelyan for advice and view lighting at Villa di Baia.

Sales at Warehouse prices direct to the public. You will NOT find prices like this in Cape Town. We import direct from Singapore.

Pamela 082 336 1573 ladyp@iafrica.com

Rod Dacre Television For all your DSTV & TV problems call EUGENE ANY TIME ON: 028 312 1890 • 073 160 4495 10 Mimosa Street, Hermanus, Industria, 7200

THE DEADLINE FOR ADVERTISING IN APRIL EDITION IS 20 MARCH design@stanfordrivertalk.co.za • 079 523 8453 STANFORD RIVER TALK 20

M A R C H T I D E TA B L E Sunrise Sunset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

0631 0632 0633 0634 0635 0636 0636 0637 0638 0639 0640 0641 0642 0642 0643 0644 0645 0646 0646 0647 0647 0648 0649 0650 0651 0651 0652 0653 0654 0655 0655

1921 1920 1919 1917 1916 1915 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1907 1906 1904 1903 1902 1900 1859 1858 1856 1855 1854 1852 1851 1850 1848 1847 1845 1844 1843 1841

HIGH WATER time height 0516 1.88 0555 1.79 0640 1.66 0736 1.51 0858 1.38 1042 1.34 1208 1.41 0049 1.47 0139 1.61 0222 1.73 0300 1.82 0336 1.86 0410 1.86 0443 1.81 0514 1.73 0545 1.62 0616 1.50 0653 1.38 0745 1.26 0925 1.19 1114 1.22 1221 1.32 0048 1.39 0126 1.53 0159 1.66 0232 1.78 0306 1.88 0340 1.93 0417 1.93 0456 1.88 0539 1.77

time 1737 1818 1908 2020 2206 2343 ---1310 1358 1439 1517 1552 1625 1656 1726 1756 1828 1908 2017 2229 2358 ---1307 1344 1419 1453 1528 1604 1642 1722 1808

height 1.71 1.60 1.47 1.33 1.28 1.34 ---1.52 1.62 1.70 1.75 1.76 1.74 1.69 1.61 1.51 1.40 1.29 1.19 1.18 1.27 ---1.43 1.55 1.65 1.74 1.80 1.82 1.80 1.73 1.62

LOW WATER time height 1127 0.35 1208 0.42 0017 0.45 0112 0.57 0234 0.67 0427 0.68 0559 0.59 0703 0.45 0751 0.32 0832 0.23 0909 0.19 0943 0.18 1016 0.22 1047 0.29 1117 0.38 1148 0.48 1221 0.58 0027 0.66 0115 0.77 0251 0.86 0500 0.84 0615 0.74 0702 0.62 0738 0.50 0812 0.39 0844 0.30 0917 0.23 0952 0.20 1029 0.21 1109 0.27 1154 0.36

RAINFALL STATISTICS SUPPLIED BY Jake Uys

time 2334 ---1257 1404 1546 1730 1841 1931 2012 2048 2122 2154 2224 2253 2323 2353 ---1302 1404 1554 1734 1833 1913 1947 2019 2051 2125 2201 2239 2322 ----

height 0.35 ---0.52 0.62 0.67 0.61 0.48 0.35 0.25 0.19 0.17 0.20 0.26 0.34 0.44 0.55 ---0.69 0.79 0.83 0.77 0.65 0.54 0.43 0.33 0.26 0.22 0.21 0.25 0.33 ----

Information supplied by the Hydrographer, SA Navy © 2010. Not for navigational purposes. The Hydrographer is not responsible for any transcription errors. The use of the provided information is entirely at the user‘s own risk.

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

ave

Jan

11.5

12

8.5

19

14

35

37

22.4

Feb

39.5

25

11

17.5

20

16

16

20.7

March

49

27

20.5

20

26

28.5

26.4

April

70

21.5

27.6

30

56

53.3

43.3

May

45

31.5

55

66.5

83

43.5

57.6

June

75.5

50.5

106.3

91.5

88

86

77.5

July

102.5

76

97.5

43

56

103

87.8

Aug

66.5

71.5

89

46

74

125

76.6

Sept

49.8

74

88

35.5

25.5

73

53.2

Oct

73

39.5

92

50

25

111.5

64.5

Nov

89.5

91

31

57

42

26

58.8

Dec

37

35

6

40

23.5

6

33

Year

708.8

554.5

632.4

459

533

708

41.3

What‘s on in March?

1 MARCH, Friday, Women’s World Day of Prayer, NG Church Hall 3 – 4pm.

1 – 3 MARCH, Flying Festival, Swellengrebel Flying Club outside Swellendam.

12 MARCH, Tuesday, Heritage Buildings Workshop 2, Art Café Studio 4pm.

23 MARCH, Saturday, Art & Craft Market, Pam Golding Properties Garden, 9am – 12pm.

23 MARCH, Saturday, Stanford to Stanford Canoe Race, 8am onwards.

23 MARCH, Saturday, Stanford Earth Hour Unplugged, 6.30pm – 9.30pm.

29 MARCH, Friday, EASTER Stanford Sunset Market, 6-8pm, Village Green.

Cosy cattery and kennel in lovely country atmosphere.

Qualified dog trainer.

028 - 3410 961

Well balanced diets, love and care.

WHERE TO WORSHIP IN STANFORD

weekly timetable

NG GEMEENTE STANFORD Sondae 9:30 in die kerkgebou. Office, tel 028 3410 966.

ST THOMAS ANGLICAN CHURCH Morton St, contact Father Joseph Gabriëls 028 3410588 First Sunday of the month 10:30 Communion (Afr).

Second Sunday of the month 10:30 Service (Afr) Third Sunday of the month 08:00 Communion (Eng) Fourth Sunday of the month 10:30 Service (Afr) FULL GOSPEL CHURCH OF GOD cnr Queen Victoria & Bezuidenhout St. 09:30 Sunday service. Pastor Johnny van der Schyff • 028 3410 422.

VG KERK (next to De Bron School) 10:00 Sunday morning. Maureen Diedericks 028 3410 691.

STANFORD UNITED CHURCH ST THOMAS CHURCH, meets at St Thomas Church, Morton St. Interdenominational.

English service at 6pm Sunday. Bible Study, 7pm Tuesday night at 45 Queen Victoria St. Secretary Kerri Brokensha 028 341 0077.

Monday 5h30 to 6h45pm Vinyasa Yoga with Leli, Studio @ Art Café, Leli, 082 350 0253.

Monday 6pm, Running Time Trials 5km, corner Adderley and Longmarket, Andrew 072 5717846.

Monday & Wednesday, 5pm, Canoeing, Slipway Church St, John Finch 028 341 0444, Jan Malan 082 452 9877.

Tuesday (5pm to 6pm) & Thursday (5pm to 6pm), Tae Bo, Okkie Smuts school hall, Ronnie 083 655 4521.

Tuesday 8:45 to 10am, Iyengar Yoga with Marianne, Studio @ Art Café.

Thursday 8:45 to 10am, Vinyasa Yoga with Leli, Studio @ Art Café, Leli 082 3500 253.

Cycling, Tuesday & Thursday 5.30pm cnr de Bruin & Moore Sts, Sunday 6am Caltex Garage David Morrison 082 321 7996, John Finch 082 378 1935 Wednesday, 6.30pm, Stanford Rotary Club Meeting, Art Café. Everyone welcome.

Friday, 5pm, Canoe Time Trials, Slipway Church St, John Finch 028 341 0444, Jan Malan 082 452 9877.

Saturday, 10am – 12pm, Stanford Saturday Morning Market, Art Gallery Courtyard from Enquiries call Art Café (028) 3410 591.

STANFORD RIVER TALK 21

local services & facilities ACCOMMODATION

A Country Escape

Beloftebos Cottages B‘s Cottage Blue Gum Country Estate De Klein Rivers Valley Fairhill Nature Reserve Morton Cottage Mosaic Farm Oak Grove Farm Reiersvlei Farm Lodge Reed Cottage Walshacres Riverside Stanford River Lodge The Country Cottage Villa di Baia

082 320 0982 082 391 5331 028 341 0430 028 341 0116 028 341 0048 079 495 2971 082 450 3970 028 313 2814 082 091 3914 082 213 0512 028 341 0984 082 614 6322 028 341 0444 083 553 0663 082 336 1573

ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICES Maryke Brandt 072 172 9545 ALTERATIONS Caitlin‘s Dressmaking ANTIQUES/FURNITURE Sir Robert Stanford

083 358 6365

083 358 6365

ELECTRICIAN H.C.D Electrical

079 182 8825

ENGINEERS Jardine Consulting Engineers 082 359 2287 ESTATE AGENTS Marlene‘s Properties Michael Thompson Estates Pam Golding Stanford Village Properties FIREWOOD Walshacres

028 341 0708 082 893 2282 072 111 9321 028 341 0685 082 898 4889

028 341 0961 028 341 0961

PRINTING & PUBLISHING The Really Famous Publishing CC 079 291 1588 RESTAURANTS 1892 Stanford Spookhuis Art Café Stanford Gallery Barke Restaurant Havercroft‘s Madré‘s Kitchen

028 313 2814 028 3410 591 028 341 0116 028 3410 603 028 341 0647

SECURITY JSK Wrought Iron Safe Security

083 591 9600 028 341 0801

072 318 2478

STORAGE Stanford Storage

082 950 6007

028 313 0660

HOUSE MANAGEMENT Stanford Country Cottages Village Laundromat

082 320 0982 072 616 0976

TAXI SERVICE Anytime Transfers

082 858 6765

084 728 7345

HOME MAINTENANCE Stanford Country Cottages

TRUCKS & TRANSPORT Stanford Bricks

028 341 0685

028 341 0048

INTERIORS Kiwinet Maureen Wolters

WEDDING VENUES Beloftebos Mosaic Farm Sir Robert Stanford Estate Stanford Hotel

082 542 9556 028 313 2814 028 341 0647 082 781 1704

COMPUTERS Compuworld SMB Solutions 028 341 0718 084 705 6719

082 320 0982 028 341 0209 082 450 3970

LEGAL Alcock & Associates, Attorneys & Conveyancers 074 126 7770

WINE CELLAR & SALES Brunia Wines

NEWSPAPER Stanford River Talk

Sir Robert Stanford Estate Springfontein Wine Estate

079 291 1588

028 313 2814

WATER TESTING

Stanford Hills Estate

028 341 0432 082 783 7257 028 3410 647 028 341 0651 072 371 7546 028 3410 841

STANFORD - RETICULATED DRINKING WATER RESULTS

STANFORD - RIVER WATER RESULTS

The treated sewerage outlet point into the Kleinriver is at the slipway at the end of Du Toit Street. The stream in the middle of town, starting in the dip in De Bruyn Street, is partly fed by the treated effluent from the waste water treatment works which gets complemented only in winter, by the overflow of the two dams in the middle of town. The two sampling points for the river are thus respectively known as under and above the treated sewerage outlet point.

Determinant (e. Coli) Under treated Above treated Sewerage Standard Sewerage Outlet poin Outlet point (Bridge R43 0-130/100ml (Jetty next to erf 396) to Hermanus) DEC

1046

20

JAN

0

0

STANFORD RIVER TALK 22

082 732 1284 028 341 0929 074 126 7770

PETS & PET CARE Stanford Kennels Syringa Country Kennels

HAIR Jeanne Retief

028 341 0410 071 219 9212

CONFERENCE CENTRE Mosaic Farm

DRIVING SCHOOL Drive with Cait

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES African Queen River Cruises 082 732 1284 028 3410 929 Klein River Picnics 028 3410 693 Platanna 073 318 5078 River Rat Boat Cruises 083 310 0952

SEPTIC TANK TREATMENT Bob Hadley 082 901 9011

028 341 0647 084 643 4504

CAR CARE J & J Motorwerke

028 341 0685

082 658 0427 028 341 0685 082 899 1172

ARTS, CRAFTS & GIFTS Ons Winkel Traderoots

BOOKS Sir Robert Stanford

CONSTRUCTION Stanford Bricks

GARDENS & NURSERIES Krige Tree Services Walshacres Willowdale Nursery

076 113 2741 082 450 3970

BONDS/ HOME LOANS Tania Weich

Email: info@stanfordrivertalk.co.za or telephone 07929 11588.

028 341 0048

ARCHITECTURE Guy Whittle Maureen Wolters

BEAUTY AND WELLNESS La Femme

List your business for just R12 a month (only R144/year).

Escherichia coli (E.coli) – bacteria that is a normal inhabitant of the human intestine. Its presence in a sample indicates pollution from human faeces.

Total Coliform bacteria – is the name for all the bacteria that produce gas and acid from the fermentation of lactose and its presence in a sample indicates pollution from the intestines of both humans and animals.

Heterotrophic Plate Count – is a standard microbiological method used to determine the efficiency of operations to remove or destroy organisms, good and bad, during the treatment process.

DETERMINANT

DEC

JAN

E. coli STANDARD (0/100ml)

0

0

Total Coliform bacteria STANDARD (10/100ml)

0

0

Heterotrophic Plate Count STANDARD (5000/100ml) 0

0

Celebrations in Stanford

Katie Gordon 13 on 9 March

Callum Ground 11 on 9 March

Josh Wenke 13 March

If there is a birthday coming up or special occasion you want to share with the village please email ed@stanfordrivertalk.co.za

Shameela Abrahams 13 March Natalie and Peter Grounds 18th wedding anniversary on 17 March.

Mari Calitz 19 March

Val Crocker 25 March

Sara Walne 27 March

Roline Klaasen 28 March

Dean White 28 March

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MICHAEL THOMPSON

ESTATES

stewart@alcock.co.za

EIENDOMME

www.mtestates.co.za

WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME PERFECT PROPERTY SOLUTIONS TO STANFORD, WHO WILL BE HANDLING OUR RENTALS FROM 1 APRIL 2013. WE WELCOME MARY KNIGHT TO OUR TEAM. TO RENT: • 2 BED FURN, AVAIL 2 APRIL R 5 500PM • 1 BED FURN, AVAIL 1 MAY R4 500PM • 2 BED UNFURN, AVAIL 1 MAY R4 500PM GRACIOUS FAMILY HOME

R4 300 000

RARE RIVER FRONTAGE

STEWART 074 126 7770 MARY 083 270 7488 stewart@perfectprop.co.za R2 300 000

SOLE MANDATE 5 BEDS 3BATHROOMS, STUDY, POOL, DOUBLE GARAGE, WORKROOM, LARGE ERF, VIEWS OF MOUNTAINS/RIVER

2 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHROOMS, LARGE LIVING SPACES, GARAGE & CARPORT, SPECTACULAR VIEWS

WEEKEND RETREAT R1 290 000

SOLE MANDATE 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHROOMS, ORIGINAL WOODEN FLOORS, GARAGE, LARGE SECURE GARDEN

beauty b t and d wellness ll centre t We welcome Chantelle as the NEW OWNER of LA Femme as from I MARCH 2013. I am sure you will continue to support her and I know that LA FEMME wil go from strength to strength. GOOD LUCK and best wishes to a bright future for LA FEMME in STANFORD. Make your appointment TODAY and visit us EVERY TUESDAY at MORTON SQUARE. 1 3 D I R K I E U Y S STR E E T, H E R MA NU S • 0 2 8 3 1 3 0 6 6 0 • i nfo @ l afe m m e h e r m a n u s .c o .za

ALSO AT MORTON SQUARE STANFORD ON TUESDAYS