Stanford River Talk April 2017

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APRIL 2017 Volume 139

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He who sows on the wind will reap the whirlwind

We wish to welcome villagers, friends, visitors & jazz amateurs

THE PROPHET Hosea

Don Gelato wins the first prize for the Best Ice Cream in South Africa and the first prize for Best Dairy Product in South Africa.

The Prophet Hosea, by Duccio di Buoninsegna, in the Siena Cathedral (c. 1309-1311)

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I had the pleasure of having a meeting with Stanfordian Joe Van Huyssteen one afternoon at Table 13. The reason for our meeting - ideas and quotes - Joe told me that he has been collecting quotes for many years and in his own words "have gleaned them only from outstanding books on History, Theology and Eclesiastes ( T’ NACH). Remember, Lorraine, that only politics and religion and sex stirs people into response”. What an interesting bunch we are in Stanford and coming from the fun fearless female camp I was interested to know more about one of his recommended quotes...

So I hunted down information on Hosea a prophet of old and an author of one of the quotes supplied by Joe…. on Wikipedia, and I quote directly from the internet source "Little is known about the life or social status of Hosea. According to the Book of Hosea, he married the prostitute Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, at God's command.

Hosea's family life reflected the "adulterous" relationship which Israel had built with polytheistic gods. The relationship between

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Hosea and Gomer parallels the relationship between God and Israel. Even though Gomer runs away from Hosea and sleeps with another man, he loves her anyway and forgives her. Likewise, even

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though the people of Israel worshipped false gods, God continued

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CPF News

news and updates

by Stuart Anderson

Safety and Security in Buiten Street and Surrounds.

This area has become a security risk to residents owing to (a) its location close to open fields and blue gum forests, and (b) limited access for police call outs.

Captain Coetzee standing in front of the bollards blocking police entry onto Buiten Street

Dear Stanford Film Society,

I would just like to thank all of you, on behalf of the children of the Butterfly Centre, for your amazing support.

The donations we receive from your movie gatherings have far exceeded our expectations. We would not exist were it not for the support of the Community, and please know that we appreciate it greatly.

Attached is a photo of our beautiful Butterfly kids…each and every one of you is helping to change their lives for the better!

With Warm Regards, Jami

A resident's home in Buiten Street was recently broken

The piles of gravel

into in the early hours of the morning. Police were called, but couldn't access the area quickly enough to give chase to the intruders.

This was because the point of access at the corner of JJ Swart and Queen Victoria Streets had been closed off by the municipality with bollards.

The locked gate

Thirty five concerned residents have signed a petition which has been

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handed over to the police

The fields and blue gum fore

sts

requesting that the municipality actionise the following: 1. Remove the bollards 2. Unlock the chained gate leading onto Buiten Street 3. Remove the unsightly piles of dumped gravel which also is an obstruction to a police chase.

The above initiatives need to be attended to urgently, before the area becomes an unsafe one for the residents and their

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properties. Let's keep Stanford safe.

Rotary Club of Stanford The Rotary Club of Stanford is part of Rotary International, a world-wide network of over 33,000 Clubs and 1.2 million members. The Rotary Motto is “Service Above Self” and Rotarians across the globe strive to use their talents to the benefit of impoverished communities by supporting and empowering them.

By Lana Coates

What We're All About...

Boxes are essentially large specifically-made cardboard boxes which serve as cribs for babies up to around 7 months.

They are intended for moms living in very small shacks or houses where there is either no money or space for a normal cot and are based on the original Finnish design of the 1930’s.

At the beginning of each year we provide our local and rural schools with stationery items required for Grade 1. Each school provides us with their individual wish lists, which means we’re providing them with the items they specifically need. During the school year we’ll also, at times, distribute dictionaries and books – this year we’ll have Atlases.

In Stanford, because our Club is so small, we focus primarily on the humanitarian needs of our poorer communities via projects such as Soup Kitchens and Winter Warmth.

We also support projects such as Early Childhood Development, Mother and Child, Schools Assistance and Sports Development, to name a few.

We currently support five Soup Kitchens (including one which feeds chronically ill Clinic patients) as well as the Okkie Smuts Koshuis. There is a small food bank in operation on Fridays for those who are particularly destitute. This project is our primary focus and takes up the bulk of our funding.

There is a donations box for food items at the Stanford Spar – look for the bright yellow box with the Rotary sign above it – just behind the door on the right as you enter the shop (or the left as you leave).

We are always very grateful for donations of excess fruit and vegetables.

Winter Warmth takes place just before winter. Blankets are distributed to not only adults but babies and children as well.

Children up to five years of age receive knitted jerseys or fleece tops as well as beanies. Lists of children in need of warm school clothing (jerseys, rain jackets and tracksuits) are obtained from the teachers so we are well informed on where the real need lies. While we get a fair number of jerseys and beanies donated, we always require funding for the school items, as well as for blankets.

Early Childhood Development includes pre-schools and an ECD programme being run by the Family in Focus Group. For these projects we’ll happily take some of the items folk would normally put into the recycling bin.

Toilet and kitchen towel inners, household cardboard boxes (from toothpaste to cereal – all sizes), polystyrene trays, plastic trays, smallish plastic containers with lids, magazines, etc. These items are used very creatively to make educational tools for pre-Grade R children who are being taught the basics in their homes. Mother & Child comprises of Stork Baby Boxes, for which we need either funding or donations of good condition baby items. Stork Baby

Currently we’re helping our Netball Team gather funds for a joint netball/soccer tournament taking place in Namibia. They firstly required funding for passports, and thanks to some kind and generous folk their passports have all been paid for. Team members and their families are now in the process of planning events in order to raise funds for transport – R30,000. Rotary are providing them with a table at the Sunset Markets, where food items will be on sale.

Please come and support them – this is a truly good cause and the long-term benefits for these girls are tremendous. In the past we’ve assisted our local soccer teams with kit and regularly provide travel money for “away” games. Even though our Rotary club in Stanford is so small, we really do achieve a lot and make a significant difference in the lives of those families who have nothing and who very often find themselves in circumstances beyond their control.

Should you be interested or would like to find out more about Stanford Rotary, please join us at a meeting at Graze, Wednesdays at 6.30pm.

Meetings only last an hour, and we’d love to see you there. Feel free to contact Lana on 082 216 4398.

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COMMUNITY TALK

Special thanks!

A special thank you to all involved for their contributions in developing our two Stanford Parks - this is a work in progress and the aim is to continuously upgrade, expand and maintain.

In order to do this more donations are needed - if you’d like to contribute in anyway please contact Bea Whittaker.

Henrique is helping with his “oupa Nic”

wandelpad news The Wandelpad Team have been busy clearing Die Bron in Stanford South. The area has become very overgrown with invasive alien vegetation, particularly European Elder, and a cut and spray operation is ongoing. It is the Teams' opinion that this area, once cleared, would be an asset to all in Stanford as an informal continuation of the existing Wandelpad. The Aloe garden planted at the refurbished 47 steps is flourishing and we should be treated with a spectacular show of flowers in the coming winter months. In an effort to raise awareness of the perennial problem of dog poo in public open spaces, the Team has resorted to flagging offending deposits with neon pink spray paint. Comments have been varied, from ‘a worthy campaign’ to ‘does the spray biodegrade the poo?’ It has been suggested that perhaps the irresponsible dog owners should be sprayed! 3 new poo deposit bins have been placed in Vlei Street, JJ Swart & Moore Strees and JJ Swart near the nature reserve.

We welcome Sarah James onto the Team and wish Sidney Smith a speedy recovery from his recent hip operation.

BEFORE

AFTER

Maddie, Ben, Tucker and Patrick Chancey, helping with the painting. :-)

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GET WELL SOON Sidney

– from Stanford

Su Wolf

Su Wolf is our resident artist jurno/writer and contributes to Stanford River Talk’s Art Talk each Issue. Not only is Su talented in colour, she’s talented in words and photography too!! Su completed the first two years of a BA Fine Arts degree at the University of KZN. After passing she decided she didn’t want to be an artist anymore “What does one know at 19?” She then swopped to purely academic subjects – so she’s an academic too!! Su has worked full time for 25 years as a book designer, magazine art director, décor buyer – and it’s not surprising that all her career choices were creative. Throughout this time she always had artistic endeavours hovering in the background and either attended a weekly class or sketched or painted papier maché or created ceramics and lots more.

ART talk

by Lorraine Lines

finely observed and detailed oils of very specific objects. I have a large collection of trinkets and treasures I have collected on my travels and foraged from charity shops. They are all sitting in the studio waiting to have their portraits painted.

And then there is the ever-changing, beautiful landscape around Stanford.

Most of the paintings I have sold at Through the Looking Glass Gallery (Queen Victoria Street next to Graze) have been small colourful and decorative acrylics. They are produced with a technique where one floods the canvas with blobs of delicious colours and then paint over this with an opaque white or grey, leaving out the shapes of the leaves and birds, for instance.

Subtracting areas rather than adding paint. With these paintings I tend to paint intuitively, making it up as I go along.

he first time I managed to paint full time was in

craft fairs.

Abstract painting has been a fascinating new field for me. One is dealing only with elements balance, harmony, dynamism, texture, colour for it’s own sake etc – rather than subjects. And no matter what is in your head when you begin the painting, you will reach a point where the painting takes over!

But then we built a house in Stanford (moved in

It sounds odd but I feel the works talk to me as

towards end of 2014) with a studio and painting

they progress. And colours make sounds! (Ha!

became my focus again. Although I tend to

Maybe you shouldn’t include that!! But it’s true!

experiment and try many different methods

– Yip definitely including this Su because I agree

all our Stanford artists having

2006 when my husband Chris built a studio flat onto a residential complex he was renovating.

My own studio – heaven! I equipped the garage of the flat as a silk screening studio and eventually the craft side (another great passion!) eclipsed the painting side and I concentrated on craft for a number of years, working with a friend, Ethne Attlee, and taking part in all the big

We’re blessed too and so are

totally - just like these words have vibration…)

someone of exceptional talent

mediums (oil, acrylic and watercolour) friends

to showcase their work. Each

say they can see a common handwriting in all

Anyway – I do feel very blessed to have a passion

issue we wait in anticipation to

the works. I hope to focus on painting for the rest

and to be able to express it. I’m eternally grateful

see your beautiful images so

of my creative years; it’s such an infinite subject

to my husband, Chris, for his support and for my

that Mich and I can choose the

and there is always room for improvement. My

fabulous studio! Life is very rich indeed!

(block printing, mono printing, collage etc) and

cover – Thank You Su !

paintings vary from large acrylic abstracts to tiny,

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school talk

All local schools are invited to send news and photographs each month.

By Maryanne Ward

DE BRON

TURNING KNOWLEDGE INTO ACTION #Whalecoastconservation

Natural Science & Tech - Grade 4 - Natural Animal Habitats & Caring for our environment.

Recycle & Respect our environment, you can save life!!

Thank You Shirley and team for the presentation #ShowingExplainingandStorytelling

Effective Communication is Essential for Building School-Family partnership The staff of Die Bron Primary went to do home visits, only to convey good news to start a positive relationship with parents. THANK YOU PARENTS FOR WELCOMING US INTO YOUR HOMES!!!

GRADE R & GRADE 1 PARENT WORKSHOP - 18 February 2017 Understanding learning at school and how to make their own educational teaching materials at home to assist their children with learning.

Wow what a session!

Looking forward to the next session in term 2. Parents we are so proud of you. Thank you for your enthusiasm and caring for your kids.

A special thanks to Ms. Jenny Van Veldden and Ms. Regina Bronner for their dedication and support , helping parents in their child's development and growth.

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FUNIMFUNDO

by Jane Dunn

2016 – A GREAT YEAR! (Continued from March issue)

Projects

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Medical Regina Broenner, Funimfundo’s volunteer OT since our inception together with German Paediatrician, Baerbel Reckhard, who created an organisation called ‘i med vision’ visits the school every third month to assess the children’s cognitive and physical health and lectures in herbal remedies.

So motivating! Nandipha is involved in the whole process and incidentally so is my gardener, Mzingisi Xakani, who is a certificated tribal medicine man. Our clinics are over run with complaints of runny noses and gummy eyes which if caught in time can be fixed at home.

An appointment has been made for a 4 year old Malawian girl with a severe skin condition to see a specialist. Dear little thing and she never complains.

On Madiba Day, older Stanford school children arrived to paint a small community room adjacent to the Grade R Class room while our children showed others how to plant seedlings in the veggie garden. The Police brought a huge bowl of soup.

Madiba Day is when citizens devote 67 minutes of their time – one minute for every year of Mandela’s public service.

The Grade R Graduation evening ran like clockwork. I promise you. It started on time.

The sound system was loud. The

speeches were short. Our Grade Rs were immaculately dressed in their 2017 school uniforms and in clear English declared what they intended to be when they were grown up – a fire man, a social worker (well Obama started as a social worker), a teacher, a policeman, a doctor.

The PTA ladies beautifully dressed in traditional style catered for the gathering, using our little kitchen and of course charged R15.00 per head to cover costs and to top up the PTA savings account. Nandipha steers a very good ship.

Outings We took our Grade Rs, for free, to Panthera, a wild cat sanctuary on a farm outside Stanford.

Marian Binder, who does art classes with them came along as well and on returning to school, had them draw what they had seen. They are only six. The detail they had retained was exceptional.

Next was the Easter egg hunt. Just like last year, Uli Joost, asked “How many children?” Other Stanfordians joined in the pleasure of giving.

There were enough to take home to share. I have read about and witnessed this natural, inbred custom of dividing food amongst siblings.

This year we took the Grade Rs to the shark conservancy for free. The young ichthyologist, Tamzyn Zweig, fascinated the children getting them to walk the length of two large rooms unrolling a ball of string. “That’s how long a shark can get.” Of course she had to start right from the beginning as the children didn’t even know what a shark was.

Yes, we took this the second group of Grade Rs to the Two Oceans Aquarium, based at the Waterfront in Cape Town, also for free.

The same tour guide lead us through the magical world of tiny sea horses, slithery eels and we stood wide eyed as a diver fed the sharks. Big sharks!! The day however was not without drama. As we entered the Waterfront, Maryanne who was driving noticed the school bus was overheating. The blinking thing had just been returned to us after spending a month been repaired with second hand bits. Thank heavens it didn’t happen on the N2 highway.

May Day! May Day! Ian, Maryanne’s 6 foot 3 brother arrived with a stout rope, bundled the children into his 4X4, toed the kombi to his home, fed the kids cookies and drove us all back to Stanford. The kombi materialized back to the mechanic’s workshop who replaced more second hand bits and off we went again.

Safely packed away in Funimfundo’s store room is a magical box. Carefully pull it away

from behind plastic push bikes and pry the lid open to a fantasy world of make believe.

The Grade R’s held their breath in awe. It had been decided by the wise grown-ups that to give even a glimpse of these wonders to our 50 children all at once would definitely start a free for all. So as a graduation treat Nandipha and her charges were driven to my garden for a photo shoot. This awesome dress up tea party for small African children was only possible because 4 small English children in cosmopolitan London decided to share. Thank you! Billa, Caspar, Tom and Rose Griffin. What an inspiration, what fun thought! The owners of the Honey Farm in Stanford, Nadia and Daniel Voster, promptly added yet more make believe costumes, delighting in helping the fascinated children try them on.

Thank you! We’ve met some really amazing people in the 14 years since we opened Funimfundo!

The Year Ahead We are now forced to buy a new school kombi.

Various considerations obviously have to be taken into account. We do lust after a Mercedes people carrier, ha! But, even though they look gorgeous and carry more passengers, we are just not that posh. Also we must remember that we have to squeeze along narrow potholed township roads. PRICE! every cent we spend is either donated or raised beforehand through functions. Now the crunch day has arrived, the maths, practicality and affordability have been scrupulously checked over and over. This is how we stand. We have decided on a 16 seated, Toyota SesFikile Kombi, which will mean at least two trips morning and evening with our children safely buckled up singing all the way. Of course

there are all the frilly bits like a fire extinguisher (got one at home), signage; we’d be delighted to plaster donors' involvement in the purchase all over our new school bus.

I end with what to me was the loveliest time I spent with the children in 2016. During that month without a school bus Maryanne with her Tazz and I with my station wagon ferried the children back and forth to school. It was the tail end of winter and still dark when I meandered slowly and carefully through Thembelihle Township to the pickup point. Mothers with baby’s strapped snuggly to their backs bundled their older offspring into the car while teasingly shouting greetings to men and women walking

to work and then turning to join a ladies group to be included in the latest gossip. The sight of little boys triumphantly riding on their dad’s shoulders and young girls, smothering their siblings with kisses then racing off to get a forgotten apple or banana and damp lappies being used to wipe any sleepy face within range. I felt overwhelmingly privileged to be unobtrusively included in their early morning ritual.

There is a tangible sense of achievement and energy to keep going. Your genuine enthusiasm and encouragement in every way and our tenacity and hard work has made an ambitious plan come together.

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FUNIMFUNDO

by Maryanne Ward

Three years ago the Food 4 Thought committee made the decision to start fund raising for a new school kombi.

Our first large donation was received by a Stanfordian, who stopped to help when our kombi had broken down along the R43.

This precious donation was put into an interest bearing account and just like fishing, we waited patiently for the next donation to arrive. A young intern from the United States, spent two months at Funimfundo pre-school in 2015, and witnessed first-hand the dire need for a new school kombi. This dynamic, young lady started a crowd funding page and after a year of crowd funding, she cashed in another healthy donation towards a new kombi. At this point we were just over the half way mark, when a couple, who visited Springfontein Eats, read our marketing material in the restaurant and once they were back in Germany, donated another healthy sum of money.

The dream of purchasing a new school kombi was slowly but surely becoming a reality, but we still needed to raise more and the committee was reluctant to use money

SCORE

us maintain the running of a very successful school and it is through this success that we all proudly share with you the purchasing of our new Toyota Quantum.

that was donated for education purposes.

We decided to write to one of our regular donors in the USA and informed them that we were over the half way mark and within a week they transferred the rest of the funds needed to purchase a brand new Toyota Quantum SesFikile 2.7.

If we thought the fund raising side was hard work we had no idea how difficult it would be to find the right kombi at the right price from the right dealership. It was wonderful to finally make the decision to purchase a Toyota Quantum form Hermanus Toyota, who were determined to beat the lowest quote that we received and even threw in a healthy discount and branding. Local is lekker!

The Food 4 Thought committee members, the teachers and children of Funimfundo pre-school are thrilled and deeply grateful for our new school kombi.

Thank you very much to all our donors who helped

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SHOP TALK

easter bunnies Easter has always been my favourite holiday.

Some of my earliest definable memories are of Easter as a child, and the wonder of it all. Christmas is all very well and good, but those memories chiefly revolve around the food and drink, and the chaos of too many family members in too small a space for too long, and not the magic of it as seen through a child’s eyes.

One of those early Easter memories was at my best friend’s grandmother’s cottage in Gansbaai, where the Easter Bunny left floury paw prints for us all around the stoep, leading to the shiny treasures of stashed eggs. The other was at my grandparents’ farm in Sedgefield, armed with a red plastic basket with a white handle, hunting eggs in the heady aroma of the fruit-laden peach trees.

This memory is only slightly marred by recalling my older brother’s superior egg hunting skills, resulting in his basket filling far more than mine ever did. While I realise that one of these memories

must, of course, be chronologically later than the other, one is only earlier in my mind. That I can’t decide which came first, means these two events leapfrog (bunny hop?) each other backwards in time until I’m quite sure they’re the first things I remember.

For a little girl, what could be better than the notion that a giant fluffy bunny cares enough about you to gift you chocolate, and in shiny wrappers? Sure, Santa gives you presents at Christmas, but as a little person, you’re inclined to believe that all adults think you’re marvellous and ought to give you things. And there’s always

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the risk that what you received from Santa wasn’t what you asked for, which lends itself to, “I’ve unwrapped all this other junk and there’s nothing that I like” tantrums (apologies to Kevin B Wilson). Of course, while the thought that there is a fairy out there who thinks highly enough of you to pay you for your body parts is pretty mind blowing, that only happens later…so Easter Bunnies win, all four floury paws down.

And just so that we can surround ourselves with those yearly harbingers of chocolatey joy all year round, here are some of Stanford’s finest bunnies!

The wire bunnies are available at Stanford Emporium (R120 and up); the beautiful painted bunnies are the work of Stanford’s own Su Wolf, and available at Through the Looking Glass (R1750), and the ridiculously cute bunny mugs are available at Stanford Trading Store (R165).

Lyrics for Lana

A well-known local Stanford cyclist suffered an unbelievably bad vehicle accident while innocently doing what she loves doing. Her injuries were extremely severe requiring extensive hospitalization and incurring considerable costs. The wonderful community of Stanford and beyond decided that a fund-raising event MUST take place to ensure that Lana has the best possible treatment and the quickest possible recovery. An organizing committee of cyclists, musicians and supporters were quickly assembled and a live Concert was planned for Lana involving some top musicians from Cape Town and our very own local fraternity of music makers the JazzFordians. On Saturday 18th March well-wishers arrived

at Castle Herriot Adderley Street to wish Lana well and ensure that a substantial fund was raised. Approximately 180 supporters squeezed into the Herriot back yard to listen to two hours of outstanding music ranging from jazz to folk to rock. Henri Adelbert, Erika Lundi, John Gnoode, Bea Whittaker, Karen McKee, Matt Chancey, Rashid Khota, MC Martin Ranger and Andrew Herriot did their bit and blew the cheering masses away to massive applause and cheering. Result: R60k+ was generously contributed. The support team of cyclists are too many to even begin to mention each name but a big thanks to Viv whose initiative whipped us all into action and a massive thanks to the musicians.

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OVERSTRAND TALK

by Charmaine Resandt YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING BIGGEST WINNERS AT THE OVERSTRAND FESTIVAL 2017.

STANFORD TIGERS SOCCER HEROES OF STANFORD

The Overstrand Sport Festival has become one of the highlights on the calendar of sporting enthusiasts in the area, and this year’s event did not disappoint. On Saturday, 11 March 2017, officials, participants and supporters gathered at the Gansbaai Spaces for Sport Facility to enjoy a day of friendly competition in the codes of netball, rugby, soccer and cricket hosted by the Overstrand Municipality.

Once again, the increasingly popular tournament drew a capacity crowd who were treated to a full programme of activities and a spectacular display of the Overstrand’s most prolific sporting talents.

The Festival was opened in exciting, energetic fashion with a march-pass involving the competing teams led by the Blompark Minstrels who entertained spectacularly with their spirited dance moves and lively carnival tunes. Overstrand’s Cllr Riana de Coning then got proceedings underway with a warm welcome, followed by the official opening address by Deputy Mayor Ald Dudley Coetzee where he remarked, “Occasions like this give our communities opportunities to discover and develop their sporting talents. Sport is a great way to bring people together and promote social cohesion.”

As insightful a statement as that was, it was Coetzee’s boisterous blast on a Vuvuzela to herald in the start of the games that drew a rapturous response of applause from the appreciative audience.

Celebrating the award for Best Soccer Player with Bongani Mngeni of Stanford Young Tigers (pictured centre) are (from left to right )Overstrand’s Area Manager Gansbaai, Francois Myburgh (affectionately known as Kat); Municipal Manager, Coenie Groenewald; Portfolio Head of LED and Tourism, Cllr Elnora Gillion; Deputy Mayor, Ald Dudley Coetzee; Portfolio Head of Protection Services Cllr Arnie Africa; Manager Stanford Young Tigers, Ace Mngeni; Portfolio Head of Community Services ,Cllr Andrew Komani and Portfolio Head of Management Services, Cllr Riana de Coning.

The sensational round of playoffs in the day’s final round of competition was underscored by equal measures of grit, determination and amazing capabilities that were clearly evident amongst all the teams involved.

winning score of 8-7 after a penalty shootout.

There were no surprises when for the fifth consecutive year an ecstatic Hawston side once again emerged as the undisputed ‘Kings of Cricket’ after keeping Kleinmond Cricket Club at bay to a riveting 7-wicket win. However, Kleinmond more than made up in the much-anticipated rugby clash where they beat Atlantics of Mount Pleasant, Hermanus with a final score of 20 – 3.

However, it was Stanford’s Young Tigers in the soccer grand finale who astoundingly put paid to any further brassware haul by Hermanus with an impressive 3 – 1 win over Gansbaai’s Peace Makers. A result that unfortunately left Zwelihle Sweepers having to settle for third place.

Kleinmond also narrowly missed claiming the crown in the hotly contested soccer Legends category where Hermanus’ Zwelihle Legends had spectators spellbound with a STANFORD RIVER TALK 12

Hermanus Netball Club then kept the flag flying high by claiming the netball trophy with a triumphant and convincing win of 40 – 24; this, despite Mount Pleasant’s best efforts.

With proceedings coming to an end just before the prize giving ceremony, Overstrand’s Portfolio Head of Community Services, Cllr Andrew Komani, made a profound comment in his closing address, saying “What we witnessed

here today is testimony to the tremendous effort and focus the Overstrand places on the development of our communities, and the youth in particular. It’s only appropriate therefore that we celebrate and honour these amazing talents with fitting awards.”

Against that backdrop, it was especially encouraging to see recognition being afforded for outstanding achievement to players like Erika Hansen of Hermanus Netball Club, Marchello Joemat of Kleinmond Rugby Club, Phillip Oliphant of Hawston Cricket Club and 16-year-old prodigy Bongani Mngeni of Stanford’s Young Tigers who received the Best Player gong in their respective codes of netball, rugby, cricket and soccer.

Landlords?

Run rig was a system of land tenure practised in Scotland. The land was divided into area of cultivatable “in-bye” land and a larger area of pasture. The in-bye was divided into strips -“rigs” which were periodically reassigned so that no individual had continuous use of the best land. The “rig “’was strips of ploughed and cultivated land that was separated from the next by a “run” which was left uncultivated. The tenants’ job would be to fertilise the earth using dung from their own animals. The cultivated land was to produce crops to feed the family and hopefully have some left to barter. There were incessant quarrels and misunderstandings between tenants, as each had his own obstinate opinion on crops. The system was dismantled in 1745. By the early 19 century, when the landlords found that sheep were more profitable than people, the estates were forcibly cleared of the communities. A redundant population were forced to emigrate to North America or the colonies or leave for the industrial hubs in the lowlands.

In 1803 the whole watershed of the Mississippi comprising the present 13

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by Patrick Campbell

mid states (a third) of North America was acquired after the war with Napoleon.

This led to a massive land grab, The pioneers in covered wagons drove out the Indians and herded them into reservations. There were violent gun fights between settlers and cattle thieves, lawmen and bandits. The Homestead Act (May 20 1862) set in motion a programme of public land grants to small farmers. The Act provided that an adult who headed a family could qualify for a grant of 160 acres. The Homestead Act fell quickly into the hands of speculators and the extremes of the weather and the growing mechanisation led to the consolidation of individual homesteads into larger farms to take advantage of the economy of scale.

The political space in South Africa is dominated by the need for Radical Economic Transformation. There are calls for “stolen” land to be given back to the indigenous people. How this is to be achieved has still to be articulated.

Redistribution of the former homeland seems to march steadily backwards, giving more power to traditional leaders instead of to the tillers. The government is

disappointed that in 90% of land claims settled so far the people have elected to take the money rather than the land. The land invasion of white farms in Zimbabwe is an example of the collapse of earnings and rocketing unemployment and soaring inflation.

Israel’s kibbutz system; the one country with a unique rural community is a society dedicated to mutual aid and social justice; a socioeconomic principle of joint ownership of property, equality and co- operation of production, consumption and education; the fulfilment of the idea “from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” a home for those who have chosen it.

I wonder why the kibbutz system cannot be replicated in South Africa as the answer to the problem of the poor and un-employed in informal communities ?

We need more evidence of the alignment of the much hyped cultural prescript of UBUNTU. UBUNTU = meaning ‘humanity’ often translated as the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity.

SuDOKU The puzzle consists of a 9 x 9 grid containing given clues in various places. The object is to fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 – 9 appear exactly once in each row, column and irregular shaped box.

(Answer on pg. 9) By www.puzzles.ca

easy

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As-Salaam-Alaikum - Qatar 2003 -

LIVING SOUNDTRACK

By Andrew Herriot

Living on the edge of the world, while it has agreeable inclinations, diminishes one’s continued allure to reality hence it was time to move on with no real expectations other than ‘something generous may turn up’, an efficacious reprise perhaps but not tenebrous hopefully. In fact, ‘music to my ears’, my former employer tracked me down after my return to Stanford with an aria “Are you interested in joining an education project in Doha and team of specialists to work with the Supreme Education Council, responsible for overseeing and directing the education system in Qatar and, subsequently, all of the country's independent schools?”. A move from the ‘edge’ to the ‘middle’ of the world tempted me.

What musical adventures will this propitious leap to the Middle East unveil? One lesson learnt while in the Pacific was that a keyboard had to be part of my continuing sojourn. On arrival in Doha in November I fortuitously was booked into one of the luxury hotels (a different world to Honiara) where amazingly that evening the St Andrew’s Society of Qatar were assembling to honour Scotland’s Patron Saint. What an Introduction! The great and the good were attending in their finery of tartans, plaids, shawls and ghillies. The self-appointed Chieftain was an excellent fiddler and wonderfully I met a bass player, a drummer, a trumpeter, a flautist, a singer and even the local British AM-DRAM Director and I forthwith learned that jazz/ bluesy evenings took place regularly at the Doha drama theatre involving an array of

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individually talented musos and even more favourably one of my project colleagues was a highly skilled jazz pianist (free lessons, I mused!). My musical ensemble was emerging in one full metronomic swing. Professionally my work was intense. Arabs have very high standards which require total dedication and focus.

Nevertheless, it was

not beyond the bounds of impossibility to (sound) forge ahead and form a jazz group of likely amateurs who enjoyed a jam. A Yamaha home keyboard and a portable Korg were quickly acquired from Dubai and installed in our so-called villa set in a high-walled secure estate with at least three Mosques within hearing distance from 4am each morning – ‘music to my ears’? I have my two newly acquired keyboards still with me in Stanford today and have added a professional Roland System which has been used successfully for a variety of JazzFordian shows. However meanwhile back to Doha and the development of my jazz ensemble. My fellow musos were all jazz aficionados and enjoyed “standards”.

Dunestock was an annual event (not quite

easy

'sui generis' or existential) that took place in the desert and as the name implied many grounded groups (rock, blues, jazz, folk) all met for a two day musical festival in the sand, brave bravura I call it (pix shows us traversing the effulgent sands to Dunestock). My ensemble was included as one of the performing groups. The Doha Theatre Club held monthly ‘jam sessions’; a go-as-you-please opportunity for budding musos.

All I needed to provide was my piano stool. Everything else was in situ. Very sadly and tragically on one occasion during a Shakespearean performance of 12th Night a suicide bomber (2005) blew himself up outside the theatre and in the vicinity to the adjoining jazz hall where we musos regularly met.

The British teacher-director of the AM-DRAM CLUB on hearing a suspicious noise at the back of the stage went to investigate and was killed. Unlike today’s world, most of us had not really had any direct experience of suicidal bombers and it shattered our musical community. My crumpled piano stool was eventually uncovered. It was with muted sadness that our ensemble played at a British Embassy garden party some weeks later and remembered the jovial, quiet British teacher who would never return home to the UK. In 2006, I was invited to the Palace of the newly succeeded Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Emir of Abu Dhabi, to make a presentation on our work in Qatar. This was a perfect musical elision to end the sounds of Qatar amid the beginning of new Mosque sounds of Abu Dhabi.

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DAVID LIVINGSTONE CONTINUED David Livingstone was a ‘giant’ of the Victorian Age. On his shoulders were heaped honours and accolades, his books were bestsellers and the British Nation waited impatiently for news of his exploits in the wilds of Africa. Dying a lonely and painful death in central Africa, he was buried in Westminster Abbey – an honour never before accorded a commoner. Guy Winchester-Gould tells the story of this remarkable missionary, doctor and explorer

Dr Livingstone, I presume?

- Part 11

Unknown to Livingstone, a white man was enquiring about him

our hats and I say: ‘Dr Livingstone, I presume’? And he, smiling,

at a village a few days journey from Ujiji. The man was Henry

replies: ‘Yes’.

Morton Stanley, a young reporter on the prestigious newspaper the “New York Herald”, who was on the most important mission

Despite differences in age, character and temperament, the

of his life – to find David Livingstone who had been reported as

two had much in common. Both had had a tough upbringing

‘dead’ or ‘lost’. Britain had sent several expeditions to search

(more so Stanley!), both were stubborn, fearless, intolerant and

for him in Africa’s interior but without success. The missionary-

tenacious as terriers when in pursuit of a goal. A firm friendship

explorer had not been heard of in years and Britain had

developed and they agreed to set off together in pursuit of

become impatient to find out what had become of one of her

the Nile’s source. However, after several months of amiable

finest sons.

companionship but with Stanley keen to return to England to break the news that the explorer was alive, he tried persuading

Stanley, born in Wales but abandoned in infancy and sent to

Livingstone to accompany him back to Britain. Livingstone

a workhouse, took ship to America as a 15-year- old. After

declined, his work not yet complete!

serving briefly in the American civil war (he was wounded and invalided) he became a reporter on the “New York Herald”.

After a poignant breakfast together on 14 March 1872, Stanley*

Stanley accepted the challenge to find Livingstone in the wilds of

took his leave and commenced his march back to civilisation

Africa and at the head of a well-equipped expedition prepared

carrying an accumulation of Livingstone’s letters, journals, maps

for the scoop of his life! Being told that a white man – ‘old’,

and screeds of observations which he undertook to distribute on

‘white-haired’ and ‘sick’ - was a few days away he stirred his

his arrival in Britain. Livingstone, more determined than ever to

huge caravan towards mountains in the distance.

locate the source of the Nile, continued with his observations.

In Ujiji , Stanley - attired in a freshly pressed flannel suit,

Sadly, death was not far off. (final instalment next month)

gleaming boots and dazzling white helmet - advanced towards a pale and wearied-looking white man who sported a grey beard, wore a British cap with a faded gold band around it, and had on a red-sleeved waistcoat and a pair of grey tweed trousers. ‘...as I came nearer I see the white of an old man... He has a cap with a gold band around it; his dress is a short jacket of red blanket cloth... I am shaking hands with him. We raise

*After Livingstone’s death Stanley made his own important contribution to European knowledge of Africa. He donned Livingstone’s mantle by continuing to search for the Nile’s origins. Like Livingstone, he was unsuccessful! His books (particularly “How I Found Livingstone”) were bestsellers and later he became intimately involved in the discovery and development of the Congo. Knighted by Queen Victoria in 1899, he died five years later without fanfare at his London home.

stanford water results reticulated drinking water results MONTH July 2016

E. coli Standard (0/100ml)

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SOAP BOX

by Martin Ranger

Are you one of those people who dread AGM’s? Does your heart sink at the thought of a couple of hours of bottomnumbing, eyelid-drooping reports and budgets? Even so you still go, not only to show support for those who have spent the last year representing you, but also for the finale – The Election! You are keen to see who might be willing to serve on the new committee. Rather like Father Christmas or an unseen episode of Come Dine with Me, these are people who appear only on this one night of the year.

At a recent AGM of a Stanford civic organisation a question was posed querying the method used to elect the chairman.

There are two principal methods used for this purpose and strangely the otherwise definitive Roberts Rules of Order is ambivalent on its preference.

Firstly, there’s the committee decision method. This requires the elected committee members to select from amongst themselves a chair. If we assume that the committee includes those whom the organisation’s members regard as being the most qualified

NATURE TALK

by Naas Terblanche

Great news! A new frog specie was identified near Stanford! --- The Moonlight Mountain Toadlet.

(Capensebufo selenophos)

Game of thrones to manage its affairs then logically that committee’s choice would represent the cream of the crop. This method is popular with smaller clubs and organisations.

‘The essence of the job is to ensure that all voices are heard, that decisions are made and that tasks are executed.’

Alternatively, candidates for the chairmanship are nominated in the same way as other committee members but are elected separately by the membership. Thus it is possible for the new committee to be chaired by someone who might not have been their first choice as a leader. This method is popular with larger clubs and organisations, particularly if the chairman’s role has an executive component. For example: the regular management of volunteers or salaried staff where particular skills and experience are required.

However, this method does carry a risk. If the elected chairman proves to be either incompetent or misguided then it would require a special general meeting to pass a Vote of No Confidence to remove the problem. However, if committee-elected,

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In the first case the person elected is the Chairman of the (Management) Committee; in the second, the Chairman of the XYZ Association. Either way the essence of the job is to ensure that all voices are heard, that decisions are made and that tasks are executed.

And lastly – is it chairman or chairperson?

The use of the suffix – person finds its genesis in an increasingly gender-sensitive world. And whilst in general society that attitude is to be applauded, it is misplaced here. The English language is genderneutral and although the use of man in this context is almost certainly a legacy of a male-dominated world, its purpose today is certainly not to preserve that.

The contribution civic organisations make within our society is increasingly relevant and important. They provide the link between our communities and officialdom.

Those who serve on their organising structures– and particularly the chairs – deserve our gratitude and support.

FROG NEWS (Moonshine hill) between Stanford and Hermanus. It's scientific name is Capensebufo selenophos. (selenophos

The Mountain Toadlets are a group of small frogs that belong to the Toad family. They live high up in The Western Cape Mountains in isolated areas.

Previously the Mountain Toadlet group was divided in two species. Stellenbosch scientists now discovered that there are in fact five species of Mountain Toadlets, and one of them occurs in the Stanford Mountains.

The new specie is called The Moonlight Mountain Toadlet because it was first discovered on Maanskynkop

they could hold such a vote and remove their problem chair.

means moonshine) This little toadlet is really quite remarkable because, like its cousin the “Roses Toadlet” it is deaf and

dumb. They are the only frogs in South Africa that do not have a call at all. Not only do they not have a voice, but they have no external or internal ears. So they are truly deaf and dumb.

How do males and females find each other in this eternal silence during the breeding season without calling and listening? This is still a mystery but I can assure you that they find each other very effectively. I saw large groups of Moonshine Toadlets congregating in shallow ponds on Akkedisberg on Thys de Villiers' farm near Stanford this winter and hundreds of their large jelly-coated eggs.

So, cheers to our new local frog specie!

Thank You! Thank you to all the amazing people of Stanford – from Lana Hubbard As most of you know I am back home from hospital after my accident in January.

My ordeal finally over but much healing both physically and emotionally still to take place.

My heartfelt thanks go out to everyone for their prayers, encouragement, love and support. It has meant the world to me!

I have been utterly amazed how the people of Stanford (even those that don’t know me) have rallied around me in support and encouragement. A million thanks to each and every one of you!

I would like to give a special mention of thanks to the following people: Dr Marianna Steyn who acted immediately upon receiving the phone call that I had been in an accident and was on my way to Hermanus Provincial Hospital. Marianna voluntarily assisted the other doctors for several hours trying to stabilise me. Since being back home, Marianna has also been attending to me daily. I really cannot thank Marinna enough for all that she has done for me.

My closest and long standing friend, Jo de Villiers, who has been a pillar of strength to me. Jo had the task of organising a house sitter and taking care of all my domestic issues, including having to pay some outstanding bills! Between working a full day, running her own household as well as seeing to mine, has certainly not been an easy task for Jo. I would also like to make a special mention of thanks to the General Manager, Sean Ingles of Grootbos Nature Reserve for granting Jo a month sabbatical in order to take care of me. Thank you so much Sean! John and Valda Finch for being first on the scene of my accident and taking control of the situation. Not an easy task you were faced with I’m sure but am utterly grateful to both of you for the way you handled everything and dealt with the police, paramedics, etc.

Louisa Oberholzer for accompanying me in the ambulance to Hermanus Provincial Hospital. I don’t have much recollection of the drive but I do remember hearing Louisa’s voice. Louisa has also kindly offered me counselling. Many, many thanks Louisa!

NO BONES ABOUT IT Dog owners, breeders and nutritionists have many arguments to support their case for feeding bones to dogs. They argue that chewing bones is part of a dog’s normal behaviour, that bones clean teeth and fulfil a nutritional need. They say “wolves eat bones all the time without coming to harm “, which frankly does not make sense and begs the question of “how do you know?”.

As somebody who frequently deals with problems arising from dogs eating bones, I disagree. The few benefits provided by bones in a dog’s diet far outweighed by the dangers thereof.

Bones crack and chip teeth causing root infections and abscesses which require

dental extractions.

Splinters or sharp points cause injuries to the mouth which may be quite messy as they tend to bleed profusely.

A bone stuck around the bottom jaw or teeth will cause great distress to your dog but is often easily dealt with. Bone obstructing the oesophagus, airways or any part of the intestine are far more dangerous, though, and often require surgery to be removed. Sharp bone shards might puncture the intestine leading to peritonitis (inflammation of the abdominal lining) which often results in a

Wessel Vermaas, my boss, for all your understanding, care and support. Wessel was also the person who fetched me from hospital. An odd request to ask of your boss but that’s Wessel, nothing is ever too much for him!

And finally but certainly not least, the Stanford Cycle Group for showing me how much a part of the group I really am by their continued support, encouragement and love. They also came up with the idea to raise funds for my recovery as well as organising a music concert. This has been completely unexpected and really blown me away!

I would like to say a huge thank you to each and every person who was able to make a donation towards my recovery, as well as those who helped out with meals, dog walking, garden service and house sitting etc. My sincere thanks for your kindness and generosity.

I have realised how fortunate I am to live in such a caring community.

Once again many, many thanks to everyone!

VET talk

by Dr Olga Koorts

painful death. Bone fragments may form a solid, concrete – like mass in the large intestine which is difficult to pass and results in symptoms like vomiting, diarrhoea and dehydration. These dogs often require days of treatment in order to clear the blockage. Irritation to the intestinal lining from bones passing through will result in similar symptoms.

Apart from all of the above being quite painful to Fido, your budget might not feel too healthy either as surgery or other treatments needed to fix problems caused by feeding a cheap left over bone may be quite extensive and expensive.

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HERITAGE TALK

HERITAGE FUN QUIZ Inviting readers and visitors to participate in a bit of Heritage Fun! Can you identify this building(s)

Go there, take a picture and email it to ed@stanfordrivertalk.co.za.

Let's see how many correct answers we get.

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HERITAGE TALK

PROJECT MILL STREAM With the wandelpad being in a condition that it just needs regular maintenance, the wandelpad team have identified the clearing and ecological rehabilitation of the wetland area around and downstream of the Willem Appel Dam as its project for 2017.

Since 2015, the SCT and Whale Coast Conservation (WCC) have been working together on the WCC’s endangered Western Cape Leopard Toad project, which is spearheaded by Sheraine van Wyk. WCC has recommended that the area below the Willem Appel Dam wall should be cleared of all invasive vegetation and that the Mill stream and adjacent wetland area should be rehabilitated to facilitate the movement of the endangered toad. With the recent completion of the hydrological report on the nitrification of the Willem Appel dams, there is a further request to open up pockets of riparian land for (a) the improvement of wetland biodiversity, (b) to stop the continuous dumping of

Downstream of the dam wall the wetland area is one mass of reeds and other invasive vegetation – a death trap for many toadlets

household goods and other undesirable litter in the reeds, and (c) to stop the reed thickets being used for undesirable human behaviour.

The area between the dam wall and the “Church Street dip” (actually Kiewietz Street) is completely overgrown with the invasive Phragmites reed. Other invasive species include grey poplar and the European elder. The intention is to address this area once the area to the north of the dip has been cleared. This area is one tangled mess of old fallen trees (mostly poplars), a 80% infestation of the European elder (sambuca nigri) in the watercourse, an assortment of other invasive alien vegetation (including garden escapees such as canna and nasturtium), and stands of reeds and bulrushes in the riparian zone.

Beautiful thickets of wild olives dispersed with some beautiful old Milkwood trees are completely smothered by invasive vegetation.

Somewhere in this tangled mess of mainly invasive trees and reeds between the Church Street ‘dip’ and WWTW discharge

After some initial clearing in September 2016 (see photograph on the right), there was an immediate improvement in biodiversity – especially the return of indigenous vegetation and dragonflies.

Apart from the ecological and scenic improvement, Stanford Conservation received numerous positive remarks from the surrounding community, particularly in that the clearing will also improve the safety of the area.

A major clearing initiative is planned for the months March – May 2017, as nothing could be done in the months October – December 2016 due to it being the breeding and subsequent migration months for the endangered leopard toad.

We would love Stanford residents to become involved in the project. Please watcg the various Stanford Facebooks sites for the advertisement of the start of the project.

Church Street ‘dip’

LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT

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RECIPE OF THE MONTH made with OVERBERG Klein River Overberg is an aged Gouda-style cheese made from pasteurised cow’s milk. Matured for 4.5 months, this cheese has a rich and robust flavour with endless creaminess. This month’s recipe is a tantalising grilled chicken and Overberg sandwich.

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What's On

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Saturday, 1 April, 18:00

Friday, 14 & 28 April, 18:00 – 20:00

Panthera Africa Fundraiser for Urgent Zoo Rescue White Water Farm You are invited to a black tie event to raise funds to rescue 2 tigers and a lioness (Tikka, Tuna and Baguera) from a closed down zoo in Argentina. 3 course meal paired with Creation wines, auction and dancing. R500pp. For more information and to book, please contact info@pantheraafrica.com

Sunset Market Market Square There are 2 Sunset Markets in April! One of the few real country markets to be experienced. FOOD-WINE-BEERCRAFTS-MUSIC-FAMILY-FUN. As the sun sets over the village of Stanford on the last Friday of every month, the Village Green comes alive. All are drawn to the sound of the small town festivities. Local farmers peddle their wares, and local cooks and crafts people offer their finest goods for sale. Foodto-go and wonderful goodies to stock up on for the weekend.

Upcoming dates: May 26 (Closed June - Oct)

Saturday, 1 April, 18:30 An intimate evening with Albert Frost The Tasting Room at Stanford Hills Albert Frost is a familiar and respected feature of the South African blues-rock music scene. For the past two decades, the energetic performances of this accomplished guitarist have dazzled audiences as he deftly alternates between rhythm and lead, while showcasing acoustic and electric guitars. R350 includes welcome drink, show and fantastic 3 course meal.

Book on 072 639 6135, limited tickets available, call for any further information.

Saturday, 15 & 29 April, 09:00 - 12:00 Junktique Market Tourism Courtyard From butter churns to curtain rails, and spanners to alarm clocks, come and browse through our junk to find your treasure. Bring a wheelbarrow to load up your loot! For more information, please call 028 341 0340.

7 – 9 April

26 – 30 April

Stanford River Festival King Street Slipway The Stanford Canoe Club is hosting the first Stanford River Festival which will include all forms of paddling on the beautiful Klein River. SUPs, K1, K2, K3, sea kayaks, Indians, guppies welcome. R100 per race, R50 per race for Under 23s. There will be a market on the bank along the river's edge along lower Shortmarket with food and drink on Saturday. All welcome. For more information, please contact Felix 082 492 7914 or Stanford Tourism 028 341 0340

Autumn Self-sufficiency and Sustainable Lifestyle Workshop Good Luck Cottage and Graze For more info, workshop@grazecafe.co.za or http://eepurl. com/cBeDa9 Sunday, 30 April: Mushroom Forage. R700 per person includes light breakfast & lunch at Graze. this can be booked separately from the Autumn AFRICAN HORSE Self-sufficiency workshop.

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Monday, 11 April, 17:30 Full Moon Wandelpad Stroll Stanford Tourism Office Join us for this monthly walk through the village. R30 adults, R10 kids and R10 dogs with complimentary refreshments served in the Tourism Courtyard.

Weather dependent so please call 028 341 0340 to confirm.

29 April, 17:00 – 22:00 An evening with Chris Chameleon Tasting Room at Stanford Hills Hosted by the Skills Exchange Co-operative, tickets will be available online. enjoy an evening of unique music by popular musician/ performer Chris Chameleon.

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We are adding our Coffee Corner voices to your chorus of birthday wishes!

If YOU are on this page and enjoy our singing, pop around on your birthday to add a free coffee to your present basket :) All our customers are special but our birthday ones are extra special.

Marisa and the Coffee Corner team

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Dirk Troost 17 April

If your birthday or a special occasion is coming up, please email: ed@stanfordrivertalk.co.za or send an sms 082 081 886 750 2424 4006

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Paulette Whitelaw 17 April

Matthew Privett 19 April

Abongile Velem 20 April

Adanne Geldenhuys 21 April

William Stephens 23 April

Mary Troost 24 April

Qhama Apolosi 24 April

Rachel Templer 25 April

Likho Apolosi 28 April

Bruline Damon 30 April

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List your business for just R14.50 a month ACCOMMODATION A Stanford Country Cottage Beloftebos Cottages De Kleine Rivers Valey House Morton Cottage Mosaic Farm Oom Pietjie se Huisie

Reiersvlei Stanford River Lodge The Country Cottage Villa on the Bay Walshacres Riverside

082 320 0982 082 391 5331 028 341 0048 082 450 3970 028 313 2814 073 156 9997 028 341 0888 082 213 0512 028 341 0444 083 553 0663 082 336 1573 082 614 6322

Accounting & Tax Services Allan Youens

082 903 4432 ANTIQUES & BOOKS Home of Sir Robert Stanford 028 341 0048 ARCHITECTURE Grant Anderson Maureen Wolters Gregg Goddard

072 364 3694 082 450 3970 082 783 9737

Building Stanford Bricks

028 341 0685

Building plans Jan Biernacki

072 546 1567

Conference centre Mosaic Farm

028 313 2814

(only R173/year)

COUNSELLING Lana Ackermann ELECTRICIAN HCD Electrical

LOCAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES

083 339 1641

PETS & PET CARE Stanford Kennels Syringa Country Kennels

PLUMBING PlumbTec

ESTATE AGENTS

Pam Golding 028 341 0708 RESTAURANTS Stanford Village Properties 082 893 2282 1892 Stanford Spookhuis

072 111 9321 Birkenhead Galley HAIR Marianas Jeanne Retief 072 318 2478 The Royal Oke 084 769 1053

028 341 0961 028 341 0961 082 609 0809 028 341 0116 028 341 0013 028 341 0272 028 341 0647

HOTEL Stanford Hotel

082 781 1704

TELEVISION/DSTV Rod Dacre Television

HOUSE MANAGEMENT Stanford Country Cottages

082 320 0982

VINTAGE ACCESSORIES & DECOR Lace 082 781 1704

INTERIORS Kiwinet Maureen Wolters

028 341 0209 082 450 3970

Massage & Health Stanford Health Practice

Wedding venues Beloftebos Mosaic Farm Villa on the Bay

082 481 8285

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Klein River Picnics River Rat Boat Cruises

028 3410 693 083 310 0952

073 160 4495

082 391 5331 028 313 2814 082 336 1573

WINE CELLAR & SALES Fynbos Distillery 076 320 3092 Stanford Hills Estate 028 3410 841 Sir Robert Stanford Wine Estate 028 341 0441 Wood Walshacres Farm

028 341 0685 082 898 4889

WEEKLY TIMETABLE Monday 09:00, Yoga, 084 685 2641, Viv von der Heyden, 23 Quick Street Monday 09:00, Pilates, 083 339 1641, Lana, NG Church Hall Monday 17:30, Running Time Trials 5km, corner Adderley and Longmarket, last Monday of each month at Stanford Hills Estate.

Monday & Wednesday, Canoeing, Slipway Church St, John Finch 028 341 0444, Jan Malan 082 452 9877 Tuesday 08:30 – 10:00, Iyengar Yoga, Birkenhead Brewery, Marianne 082 2919 638.

Tuesday 17:30 & Friday 08:30, Maitri Yoga, Tasha Saha, 076 968 8608.

Tuesday & Thursday 17:00 to 18:00, Tae Bo, Okkie Smuts School Hall, Ronnie 083 655 4521.

Tuesdays 08:30: Canoe Club Social paddle (any craft), 17:30: Canoe Club10 km and 6 km time trials. Chris Wolf 083 455 3605 Tuesday & Thursday 17:30, Cycling, cnr de Bruin & Moore Streets, Sunday 08:00 Caltex Garage David Morrison 082 321 7996, John Finch 082 378 1935.

Wednesday, 18:30, Rotary Stanford Club Meeting, Graze. Everyone welcome. Lana 082 216 4398.

Wednesdays 10:00 – 10:30, 'War Room' Prayer Meeting, NG Church Hall. All Welcome Thursday 18:30 - 21:30 Heal Your Life® Evening Group Sessions 071 382 9033 Thursday 09:00, Pilates, 083 339 1641, Lana, NG Church Hall Thursday 09:00 – 10:15 Yoga Leli 082 350 0253 Friday 09:00, Yoga, 084 685 2641, Viv von der Heyden, 23 Quick Street.

Fridays: 19:30 – 20:30 Alcoholics Anonymous, Overstrand Municipality Boardroom, Queen Victoria Street, Call Peter 082 7888 630 or Theo 082 635 3193 Saturdays 08:00: Canoe Club 10 km and 6 km time trials. Contact Chris Wolf 083 455 3605

WORSHIP IN STANFORD Christen Gemeenskaps Bediening 10:00 NG Kerksaal Almal welkom

NG GEMEENTE STANFORD Sondae 9:00 in die kerkgebou Office tel 028 3410 966

ST THOMAS ANGLICAN CHURCH Morton St, Father Joseph Gabriëls 028 3410588 1st Sunday of the month 10:30 Communion (Afr) 2nd Sunday of the month 10:30 Service (Afr) 3rd Sunday of the month 08:00 Communion (Eng) 4th Sunday of the month 10:30 Service (Afr)

Stanford United Church Interdenominational, St Thomas Church, Morton Str 6pm Sunday (English service) Bible Study 7pm Tuesday night, 45 Queen Victoria Str Jan Troost 072 3459057

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VG KERK (next to De Bron School) 10:00 Sunday morning Maureen Diedericks 028 3410 691 FULL GOSPEL CHURCH OF GOD cnr Queen Victoria & Bezuidenhout St. 09:30 Sunday service Pastor Johnny van der Schyff 028 3410 422

Going, Going, GONE! SECOND ANNUAL

ART, WINE & LIFESTYLE

AUCTION

IN AID OF OKKIE SMUTS PRIMARY SCHOOL

Vintage posters, superb art, fine wine, lifestyle items and holiday breaks. That’s what you’ll find at the second annual Art, Wine and Lifestyle auction in aid of Okkie Smuts School which will take place on Friday 19 May 2017.

The school has a huge need to upgrade their sports facilities and create a playground for the foundation phase children. The money raised from this auction will go towards these upgrades. The magnificent Stanford Valley Guest Farm Conference Centre will be the venue for the auction which starts at 6pm.

All the lots will be shown on the Facebook event page and can also be viewed from 1pm-5.30pm on the afternoon of the auction at the venue.

TICKETS R150

includes cheese, wine & canapes Available from Okkie Smuts Primary School and Stanford Info For more information call 028 341 0553 or 082 7848154

FRIDAY 19 MAY, 6pm

STANFORD VALLEY GUEST FARM Viewing of lots from 1pm-5.30pm

Only 150 tickets, selling at R150 will be sold for the auction. Your ticket will include a welcoming glass of wine , cheese and delicious canapes. Tickets can be bought from the school and from Stanford info.

Please support this wonderful event and open your hearts to the “little school with a big heart.”

For more information or if you wish to contribute towards the auction.

Please contact Shirley 028 341 0553

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