Stanford river talk january 2015

STANFORD RIVER TALK Volume 113 | JANUARY 2015 | Stanford‘s monthly newspaper | R14

Outdoors in the Overberg

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editorial notes January marks the start of a new year, and many view it as a springboard month for wild and wonderful plans of renewal and health. Some start new jobs, ditch old habits and find new hobbies while others simply rest after the social work-out of December. Whether you like to make lists and resolutions for the new year or prefer to take each changing tide and moon cycle as familiar sign of the constant passing of time, this edition captures some of the old and new.

Our regular columnists have kicked back and taken a break. They have written about bucket lists for 2015 (Page 10-11), not with an air of fatality but rather a spirit of adventure. Village news and photographs from the festive season fill our News and Updates section (Page 3-5), proving that Stanford is hip and happening. Community projects and work ticks on, while young people cash in on as many late nights and lazy days as they can before heading back to school. Some old photographs of Stanford in years gone by will pique your interest on page 9.

Summer gets everyone outside, picking fresh fruit and vegetables, and preparing light zesty meals. Granadillas and fresh sprouts make a perfect foodie page (Page 15) while 'X marks the spot' (Page 18) will get families exploring secret corners in the Overberg.

We wish everyone a joyful and prosperous 2015. And may January either light a fire of enthusiasm in your belly, or gently lull you into the new year.

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Thanks for the Stanford Dip We would like to take this opportunity to thank the organisers of the Stanford Dip Skate/Longboarding competition for organising a fantastic event, as well as Stanford Spar for the awesome prizes. We thoroughly enjoyed the day and the support we received from locals, and we look forward to competing again next year. In the meantime...please take care when driving in the Queen Victoria dip as we now have a whole year to improve on our times for next year.

Teagan, Arron, Hamish, Francesco and Jako

Stanford gets streetwise!

Sunday, 14 December will be remembered by many as a great day for Stanford, and the singular reason for this was the Stanford Street Festival.

To see Queen Victoria Street so well populated by enthusiastic visitors sampling the wares and being tempted to buy an amazing miscellany of gifts was really heartening.

My sincere congratulations to John Withers and his committee for arranging and staging a fantastic event; it surely must have surpassed even their expectations. I'm sure Stanfordians would like this to become an annual Street Festival. Take a bow, Stanford Tourism. You certainly ended 2014 on a high!

Bob Broom

Stumble fun The Stanford Stumble raised funds, but very importantly, it raised awareness about special needs in our area. Our warm love and appreciation goes out to everyone who had a part in the 2014 Stumble, and all the volunteers on the day. A total of R31 278.00 was given to Anima from the Butterfly Foundation.

We will see you next year!

Jami Kastner

Village life In order to survive and live happily in a village, be forever mesmorised and enchanted by what first attracted you here, even though change may always seem to be on the agenda.

• Avoid any committee, as it will only create enemies and bring forward your expiry date in the village.

• Dip into all of the establishments available to you as choice is often limited and you don’t want to pick a fight with the only pub in town; never a good idea.

• Any information heard should be information kept. Never believe anything or anyone as there are

always three truths – the two sides, and the real truth.

• Change is like the wind, it will happen and there is little you can do about it. Embrace it and go fly a kite or something. A famous person once said ‘they who resist change, are the architects of decay.’

• And yet any community needs its participants to guide the way forward, so what do I do? That is the perplexing question. Everyone has to make choices and live with the consequences.

Just remember that the we belong to the village, the village does not belong to us. Always tread carefully!

An Observer

SEASON FESTIVITIES

It's a street affair Stanford hosted its 2014 Street Festival on 14 December and pulled out all the stops. Visitors poured into the village to enjoy Queen Victoria Street at its best, with acrobats, a magician, local authors and 70 vendors selling their wares. Shops and businesses were decked out in jolly decorations and made sure everyone had a full belly, full bags of Christmas gifts and entertainment to boot. Father Christmas arrived on horseback and handed out sweets to the delight of the children. The teenagers were entranced by the Stanford Dip, the first longboard/skateboard race to be held down into the dip at the bottom of Queen Victoria Street.

Well done to John Withers and the Tourism Committee for pulling off a magnificent Sunday fair, and thank you to everyone who helped, from volunteering their time and venues, to the cash donation from Spar which made the skateboard race even more tantalising for the teenagers. Thank you to Yvonne Patterson for volunteering to be the paramedic on hand during the race. And most of all, thank you to the villagers who supported the event from the beginning, and turned up in droves on the day.

Tourism Committee

Local art for sale

Street Acrobats

Music on the lawn Stanford Animal Welfare’s major event ticked all the boxes with great weather, food and music. The pool was filled with happy children, the lawn with happy adults. Andrew Herriot and Gerry Fourie entertained everyone with a variety of melodies while an industrious team braaied and served mountains of food.

The highlight of the evening was Picnic supper at Castle Herriot a performance by The Barking Trio who wowed the crowds. Stanford’s first ever pole dancer shimmied and begged 'Santa Baby to hurry down the chimney tonight!'

The raffle raised thousands and I would like to thank everyone who contributed towards the prizes. Thank you to the Herriots for allowing us to invade their castle.

And a huge thank you goes to every single person who supports Stanford Animal Welfare. You are amazing.

Annie Ranger

We are the world

Can-can: Local ladies in frills

The village pulled off its fourth and best show yet.

Children, teens, grown-ups and grandparents dressed up, sang and danced in this am-dram spectacular.

Audiences were thrilled by the belly dancing, Greek dancing, choir, Kung Fu fighting and up-beat Jai ho as well as the soloists who sang popular classics. Well done to Rina de Wet and Laina Lesicnik for all their work and enthusiasim.

Wine & Wisdom jackpot What was Scrooge’s first name? Answer – Ebenezer And so an evening of wit, wisdom and wine unfolded. Stanford Conservation Threewise men: Martin Ranger, Tony Trust’s major fund-raiser of the Coats and Mike Bouchier year was a roaring success as six teams fought for glory. Everyone agreed to pay double the entrance fee and stand a chance to win big money – the balance being kept for very important projects of the Conservation Trust. The lucky jackpot winner was Mike Hilton who won R1 450.

Pictured here are three men in the village who wore their favourite shirts without consulting each other – checkmate!

Annie Ranger

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SEASON FESTIVITIES

The Playing for Change Tour

Spreading good cheer Christmas is a time to share and bring a light to those in need.

The Neighborhood Watch Team in Stanford raised funds to offer a Christmas lunch for children and elders in need. The event was well attended and everyone was sent home with a bag of fruit that was sponsored by the Community Police Forum.

This project was part of the 16 days of activism against woman and child abuse.The community is looking forward to many more events of sharing the spirit of Christmas throughout the year.

Willem Maclean

Sixes on the Square Music with a view: Locals and visitors enjoying the bands Two bands, Sons of Settlers and Rider’s Connection, stopped off at Stanford on 23 December on their Playing for Change Tour.

Set against the majestic backdrop of the Klein River Mountains at sunset, the band made a beautiful sight at the Birkenhead Brewery Amphitheatre.

Sons of Settlers, a folk based band from Cape Town, opened the concert and beguiled the audience with their original songs and delightful covers including the 'Bear Necessities'. Next up was Rider’s Connection, a soul and blues band with a touch of reggae all the way from Berlin, Germany. They got the audience up on their feet dancing and shouting for more.

The Birkenhead Brewery served light meals and created a great vibe with friendly and helpful staff. Thank you to Stanford Tourism for organising the event. For those who missed the show, a little bird told me the Sons of Settlers are back on 8 January, this time at The Tasting Room.

Chantel Oosthuysen

Congratulations to the reigning champions from 2013, CKW Wire & Steel, who managed to hold on to their title once again. The final contest of the Boxing Day Sixes was between Greg Hunt’s team (CKW Wire & Steel) and Robbie Fleck’s team (The Boonies) and saw sixes flying everywhere. Our local Stanford Spar Boys made it to the semi-finals which was great for local supporters.

The potjiekos competition also had last year’s winner taking first place again. Well done to Tim Deverson from Team John Deeres who won with his Mediterranean pot. 19 pots were made in total and the judges were very impressed by the high quality of cooking.

The market square was jam-packed with gazebos and pools and finding a spot to squeeze into was tricky. The cooler weather lent itself to an enjoyable day for all.

Thank you to our sponsors: Build-it, Wellington, White Shark Projects, Guy Chisholm and Dorata Dabrowska, Shaun Harris (Cape West Electrical) and Riana Groenewald.

Thank you to Johan Botha and his potjie kos judges, the Stanford Municipality and staff, Graig Niemand and his fire-fighter team and the Stanford Police.

Mandy Erwee

Bombs away The village incognito yarn bomber has decorated some of the trees in Queen Victoria Street with festive pompoms.

Thank you to the learners at Die Bron who helped to make the high street look full of cheer.

Father Christmas at the Last Resort This is the third year that Father Christmas has honoured us with his presence (and presents) at The Last Resort venue on Bluemoon Farm. Everybody, young and old, loves the day, and the magic and excitement of the moment is palpable. The man in red has assured us that he will be there again at the end of this year.

Craig Templer Santa in Stanford

Holiday snapshots What was your favourite part of the summer holiday? Did you stay in Stanford or set off on a road trip? Please send us your best photos from the festive season.

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news and updates

Optog teen misdaad en dwelms Die Stanford Christelike Forum, CPF en Buurtwag het ‘n optog gehou teen dwelm en alkohol misbruik. Dit was 'n groot sukses, maar ons wil tog die boodskap by almal tuis bring om nie artikels op straat te koop nie. Moet ook nie geleenthede skep vir inbrekers nie, deur vensters oop te los of voertuie se deure oop te los nie. Selfs ‘n oop ingangshek is toegang vir krimenele. Meld March against drug and alcohol abuse alle voorvalle by die polisie aan al is dit hoe gering. Soms is dit jong kinders wat kos bedel om die huis deur te kyk vir geleenthede.

Die Buurtwag benodig nog lede, tans is ons 13 aktiewe lede. Sluit aan by die buurtwag CPF en maak ‘n verskil in ons dorp!

CPF kontak nommers: 076 810 8908, 082 809 3585 Buurtwag kontak nommer: 072 634 2775, 076 079 1314.

Willem Maclean, CPF Voorsitter

Whale Coast Development Forum An exciting new development in the Overstrand, affecting all its residents, is the birth of the Whale Coast Development Forum (WCDF). It is the only fully representative body of all the residents in Overstrand.

The purpose of WCDF is to attend to matters of general interest to all ratepayers, as well as the development of Overstrand from socioeconomic and business perspectives.

One of the most important issues that WCDF will address, is what is perceived as the unacceptable growth in rates and service tariffs over the past five years, together with a fundamental concern over the future sustainability of the municipal funding model. However, the revenue side of OM’s requirements is driven by unacceptable increases in costs; especially those of salaries and wages, contracting out of services and consulting fees.

WCDF initiated a meeting with the Mayor, Municipal Manager and other representatives of Council and OM during November 2014 to discuss specifically the budgeting process and public participation during the process, rather than after the event, when the budget is a fait accompli.

WCDF challenged OM to keep increases in rates and tariffs within inflation, with the exception of electricity, which is an arbitrary calculation comprising the price being paid to ESKOM (plus a margin that OM makes to cross-subsidise other services).

Some good news is that those ratepayers being supplied by ESKOM will not in the near future transfer to OM, which would have resulted in an increase of some 40%+ in electricity charges.

The committee of WCDF invites all community based organisations to join WCDF. All enquiries should be directed to The Secretary – Whale Coast Development Forum, Liz Fick at djfick@mweb.co.za

Doggy bags Stanford’s second name is Dogville and an increasing number of people are walking their dogs along our beautiful wandelpad. The mor landmines along the route. Please be result is more considera dog owner and leave your home with a considerate a packet so you can clean up after your dog. The Wandelpad team (and some dog owners) are quite fr fed-up from having to clean up landmines and have decide to go on strike. decided We love dogs and their owners – please spare a thought for the team who maintains the walking route.

The Wandelpad Team

Morning Strollers: Natasha van den Berg and Enzo, Veronique Olwagen and Alonzo, and Wanya van der Walt and Rocco going for a walk.

Vintage

beauty

pedicures - manicures facials - massages waxes - make-up

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school talk OKKIE SMUTS

Leerderleiers 2015: (voor van links) Jo-Anne Joseph - onder hoofdogter, Kayla Fourie - hoofdogter, Jacques Rossouw - hoofseun; Griffin Foxcroft - onderhoofseun, (agter links na regs) Cathleen Blomerus, Willene Dreyer, Mar-Lize Potgieter, Japie Louw, Ethan van der Schyff en Mark Gouwss Afwesig: Gregory Muller en Imaan Sydow.

Kelly May Sportpersoonlikheid 2014 Boland Atletiek 1500m en Naellope

Sonja Louw • Trofee voorbeeldige gedrag senior sekondêre fase • Chris en Amanda Geldenhuys trofee

Koshuisleiers 2015: (voor van links) Vuyo Mbangeni - hoofseun, Kayla Fourie - hoofdogter, (agter van links) Mitchell Temmers, Cathleen Blomerus en Mark Gouws

Odwa Jini Best Athlete – Cross Country

Amy Hatting • Dux Leerder, 82% • Veelsydigheid Trofee Akademie, Sport, Kultuur en Leierseienskappe • Graad 7, hoogste Wiskunde 78%

Back to School Out of the pool and back to school delights some children and weighs heavily on some teenagers. Team River Talk wishes you all a fun-filled year in which you challenge yourself, conquer new skills, forge deep friendships and reach your goals.

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ROTARY STANFORD MEMBERS 2015 Below are the names of Rotary Members 2015 as well as the projects managed by the various members.

For any further information, please contact Malcolm 084 441 0961 or Lana 082 216 4398.

Malcolm Bury, Founder member President 2014/15 Project leader: farm schools, sport development

Stephen Stocks, Treasurer Project leader: solar lights, Rotary raffles

Lana Coates Secretary 2014/15; President Elect 2015/16 Project leader: winter warmth, Bags of Love, self empowerment craft clubs

Annie Ranger Project leader: schools & preschools, fundraising

Elma Hunter Project leader: Swap Shop, Vuka Energy Savings

Tony Roper Founder member Sergeant at Arms

Jennifer PackardWeber Project Leader: liaison with German Rotary clubs, fundraising

Ansie Reitsma Secretary Elect 2015/16 Project Leader: Soup kitchens, emergency response, volunteer visits

Rosalind Nale Honorary Rotarian volunteer visits: planning and execution

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When I finally settled home after years of working in the UK and Europe, I was asked if I would miss that life ‘I will miss my daughter and her family,‘ I replied. They seemed a little disappointed at merely that, so thoughtfully I added: ‘... I will also miss the newspapers.‘ Sure, I can read them online, but that pales in comparison to sitting in the morning sun, enjoying a coffee and the smell and feel of a crisp newspaper as I turn the pages. So when a friend offered to pass on her FTs (Financial Times) – much fingered and enjoyed by other enthusiasts – I was thrilled. I love the FT, especially the Life & Arts supplements. Luckily for me, I am the end reader and am free to discard at will; be it as kindling, shelf lining or cut-out-and-keep.

What do I cut out and keep? In this article I can only mention a few of my best ones: an interview with 90 year old Gloria Vanderbilt – heiress, artist, actress, dress designer and brave survivor.

The article on taxidermy – you might have forgotten what that is but these days taxidermy is back in vogue: Squirrel wall lights, £550?

Duck desk lamp, £960? Life sized giraffe, £15,000?

The article celebrating clutter warmed my heart: the charm of clutter and how it reflects interesting people who have led lives worth recording in ornaments and books, medals, paintings, all collected and hoarded. They lament the chill of modern day minimalism with her predictable grey walls and built-in everything. I look at my own clutter – tons of it – and suddenly there’s no need to scale down. My collection of tea pots, jugs, buttons, beads, lace, pictures and books have a new status. That odd Cinderella shoe I bought in Italy can stay, so can the Swedish glass and the lady with the funny hat, and I am free to love their memories all over again.

But it is the property pages which have me drooling: What about a RESTORED HOUSEBOAT ON CANAL IN HEART OF AMSTERDAM. £540.000. Or a UNIQUE TUSCAN VILLA ON PRIVATE LAKE OWNED BY THE SAME FAMILY FOR 500 YEARS – CORTONA, ITALY. £6.75million. No? Then how about this? A RARE COLLECTION OF LUXURY APARTMENTS ON PALAZZO VENDRAMIN, VENICE. Newly refurbished. From £640.000 to £4.3million. To think that there are such homes for sale and all I need is the money and it’s mine? I could fly to Italy once a year and spend the summer there, I could sit on the veranda with my coffee and the FT, overlooking the lake. This is no more than a dream, but dreams are what we had as children: they inspired us and drove us to realise our potential.

Spare me from the day we can no longer dream, for then I really will be old.

Emma Kriel

FINANCE TALK

An apartment in Venice, anyone?

A dark and stormy year Shining a light on market growth

Chatting to my friend the other day the conversation inevitably turned to the market. Before retiring he was my broker for many years and had this to say: 'the STOCK MARKET is a Ponzi scheme to extract the savings of the public to manage, and then charge a fee on the funds managed.

The fund managers are tricksters who reveal you growth at certain important dates when they have to account to the investors.' How can I disagree? Why do they drive Porsches and Ferrari’s while the rest of us do not?

You do not have to be a genius to see that Eskom is falling apart rapidly. If it is true that the previous CEO cut maintenance by 80% (as reported in The Times), then such a decision could easily be regarded as economic sabotage, if not treason. If one silo collapsed after being filled with wet coal then the others must face similar stresses since it would be impossible not to put wet coal into others. A major problem this country has to face is that ‘maintenance’ only translates into one of the ten other official languages – Onderhoud. Its concept is well understood in English and Afrikaans but neither a word nor the concept exists in any of the other nine languages. Thus it is that our infrastructure is not only aging, it is rapidly falling apart.

Our economy, so important to the wellbeing of each and every one of us, is hugely dependent on electricity. Without it, factories cannot produce, mines cannot mine and unemployment and unrest must follow.

Our government made a huge mistake by creating jobs by bloating a largely inefficient civil service and now has to borrow money to pay them. The net result of all these and other calamities is that the alleged ‘tricksters’ are going to be hard-pressed to buy new cars in 2015!

Currently (end November) it is somewhat difficult to see any growth in the market in 2015 unless our currency goes for a loop. In which case the so-called ‘rand hedge’ shares will be good to have. Property in Stanford should also rate as ‘good to have'.

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Guided outings scheduled for 25-26 February.

The exhibition opens on Friday 27 February to Sunday 1 March and features a jammed packed programme: • • • • • • • • • • •

An exhibition centre.

Daily river cruises.

Marine experience Dyer Island sea trips 2 days of talks by some of South Africa’s top birding and environmental experts.

International guest speaker.

Photographic workshops.

Bird identification course.

A celebrity Bird Quiz.

Photographic and optic demonstrations.

A photographic competition.

Bird ringing demonstration.

Many fantastic prizes to be won!

For the programme, bookings, photographic competition, go to www.stanfordbirdclub.co.za or checkout our Walker Bay Bird Fair Facebook page.

HERMANUS TOYOTA

Golden oldies These old photograhs show Stanford in bygone days. See if you regonise these places and please send us any of your old photos of village life in Stanford.

Photo provided by Huipie Nadel.

Photos provided by Potrait of a Village.

Photo provided by Potrait of a Village.

Photo provided by Potrait of a Village.

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Bucket list 2015 Often, the total blow-out of festive fun is exhausting and people feel like taking things slowly in January. We asked our writers to deviate from their usual columns and send us three bucket list items they hope to tick off in 2015. Of course, we are by no means implying that any mortal coils are about to be shuffled off but rather, that Stanfordians like to reach for their dreams, and have a giggle along the way.

True to form, many of them have had fun with this topic and twisted it to suit their own styles and interests. Thank you, dear columnists, for all your generous words over the last year and we hope to devour more of your ideas and wit in 2015:.

When you are young, perhaps your priorities are to have a successful career, or to make money or maybe just to enjoy life. When you get to the age when other people refer to you as old, you find that the importance of those earlier things fades away and you have to take stock again.

The emphasis often then moves to your grandchildren (if you are lucky enough to have some). And you also start thinking of the things you always wanted to do, or you suddenly find a new passion.

At this stage I fit the pattern exactly. Therefore, in 2015, one of my self imposed targets is to help my grandson (aged 7) to develop a good golf swing (just think how much that will help him later!)

I have also decided that I have to be alert to every opportunity to help empower my grandchildren to understand and love nature.

The third item on my Bucket List for 2015 is to make a respectable movie on the lifecycle of frogs.

Naas Terblanche

1. AfrikaBurn! Time magazine listed this as one of the 50 most spectacular things to do before you are 50. But they forget that at 50 you no longer enjoy waking up on a yoga mat in a one man tent with dust encrusted teeth. Or sharing a plastic toilet with 5 000 crazed partygoers. To keep my dignity (and other bits) intact I insist on taking a large motor-home with bed, aircon, fridge and bathroom.

2. Hike – a LOT! Having been incredibly slack about getting to know the local hiking routes, I fully intend to do better in 2015. I look forward to exploring the natural beauty on our doorstep with Leo and bonding with nature again. I just hope it goes better than my last exploration phase during which I managed to sit on a scorpion, get attacked by bees and charged by a bull – all on the same walk. And that was just outside our driveway on Blue Moon Farm!

3. Learning not to procrastinate: There is so much to say about this and I don’t know where to start. So, it is probably better if I do this later.

Karen McKee

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Yar, well now it’s about that bucket list. Trouble is, as technology advances, the list gets longer, the prices skyrocket and our allocation of days gets reduced. They say it goes one day at a time but I'm not so sure about that, all I know is that it is going faster and faster. No 1 on my list would be a trip on Richard Branson's space ride where you have about 30 minutes of weightlessness costing about R2.2 million. I can just imagine trying to get the money past exchange control. 'You mean you going to spend this on a Weighless course?'

Next and equally ranked are trips to the Skeleton Coast or the Antarctic. One is both terrifyingly hot as well as unmentionably cold while the other is just unmentionably cold. Seeing the Himba people, desert elephants, barren desert or ice desert scenes, icebergs and venturing where relatively few people have ever been is an entertaining pastime for the armchair traveller. Even more so for the intrepid person willing to shell out six figures to set forth from the home shores.

Third choice would be to break the sound barrier in a jet fighter followed by some aerobatics. That would have a price tag deep into five figures excluding the cost of the paper bags needed to be kept handy. Perhaps I could settle for a ride in a Tiger Moth, a plastic packet or simply chill out in Stanford.

Don McIver

I have never made a bucket list before, other than as stock items on an inventory list. To now consider what needs to go onto or into a bucket list, is quite a reflective moment.

Rather than trying to make a bucket list that encompasses my life's ambitions and desires, I have restricted it to current interests. Through the years I have on numerous occasions tried cooking or baking certain items, and have always ended up with platefuls of tasty mush, rather than the desired product that appeared so fantastic in the glossy mag or recipe book.

First into the bucket: make a decent meringue. I have tried for 25 years to get this rascal done, but now I have found a Grand Master in Stanford who will hopefully share the mystical secrets of the meringue with me. Another surprising item on the list: French Toast. Even this simplest of all culinary delights doesn't feature on the menu in our household. And bread and butter pudding: why oh why will this darn thing not set and behave like a good pud should?

And that's it – my bucket list for the foreseeable future. If there are fundi's in town who are able guide me in the direction of success, PLEASE, introduce yourselves to me.

Bryan Robertson

I've got an endless list of things I'd like to do one day; choosing something that is actually worthy of making my bucket list is not an easy task. When it comes to everyday things I would just like to learn how to cook a roast leg of lamb or any other big piece of meat without it falling apart. I would love to make a handmade family heirloom that I can pass on to the next generation so I want to learn how to crochet or quilt. One thing Craig and I have wanted to do since before we got married was to backpack through France, and learn to speak French. We've been doing ballroom dancing for years but I've always wanted to learn how to dance the Argentine Tango. It looks so beautiful in movies. One of us would probably kick or trip the other up, but I'm sure it will be lots of fun. I have always wanted to do the Red Bus Tour in Cape Town and the Ghost Bus Tour that goes through Cape Town at night. I hope to tackle at least three of these in 2015.

Suzanne Francois-Rossouw

My bucket list for 2015 can be summed up with three Js; Jazz Book, Journey Overseas and Jazzfordian Project.

Having climbed the second highest mountain in Africa, lived and worked in a dozen countries and played before a Queen (Mamohato of Lesotho), I am ready for a new bucket preferably without the hole.

1st J: Having embarked on a detailed Compendium and Reference Guide of the History of Jazz that is a little different and accessible to aficionados of the jazz genre, I must finish the book.

2nd J: I have not caught up with family in the UK for some time so I do need to make that epic journey with a stop-over in Italy to learn more about my Italian family connections.

3rd J: I am working with a number of talented jazz singers and we have established The Jazzfordian Project. This endeavours to combine musical evenings for Stanfordians and others and also to support appropriate charitable causes.

‘Kicking the bucket’ is the euphemistic slang for moving on and I feel that I am inexorably heading in that direction with my soul mate, hence 2015 will be an engaging year for me to render my bucket somewhat depleted.

Andrew Herriot

There’s a whole lot in my bucket…

• Learn to sing. I have always fantasised about a smoky nightclub full of admiring friends and family; me on a bar stool, a cool quartet of backing musicians getting into the groove.

Finally I join them singing the jazz classic 'Moody’s Mood for Love'. Despite the vocal challenges presented by this piece I cope brilliantly. Deafening applause follows.

• Learn to braai. Although I have lived in this country for almost forty years, supported the Springboks and the Proteas (and occasionally Bafana Bafana) I have never mastered the Art of the Braai. Too hot or too cold; too burnt or too under-done. Give me a proper stove and I’ll serve you a passable meal. But ask me to succeed in the seemingly simple task of charring a couple pieces of meat and my culinary skills leave with the thickening smoke!

• Learn to persuade. I spent a number of years, both as a child, and later, on business, in the Far East. I have long wanted to make a nostalgic return trip but my wife, however, is a determined Occidental. She has no interest in the Orient, predicting humid conditions, erratic plumbing and under-sized clothing. This is going to be the year during which I find the Irresistible Proposition. A firstclass air ticket perhaps?

Martin Ranger

This month’s topic really had me stumped; resolutions always do. So I sat down the two members of my staff who always seem to know exactly what they want and asked the clinic cats about their 'to do' lists for 2015.

Tino, in typical black cat style, thought carefully while cleaning every hair on his left front foot. 'I will attempt to understand why dogs do what they do', he said after some consideration, 'even simple creatures deserve to be understood.' I shook my head as I watched him leave, tail in the air.

Meanwhile Tewis was bouncing up and down. Clearly he had been thinking. 'Yes?' I asked.

'I am going to watch my diet!' he huffed.

'You are going to do what?' I asked in surprise. Everybody who knows Mattewis, knows how much he loves food.

'Yes, only fresh meat ...and mmm, herbs.'

'Herbs?', I quizzed.

'Yep, yummy catnip is a herb.'

'Dream on,' I replied.

Hoping to find a single sensible answer, I went to chat to my two orphan cats in the welfare cages. Their reply? 'We just want to find a forever home.' At last, something I can put on my list too!

Olga Koorts

I confess to having no idea when my proverbial pail will hit the floor, so my list remains constant.

• Make mistakes – it is how we learn and grow, as long as we can take responsibility for our decisions. May my happiness never be determined by what others think but rather be based on how I conduct my relationships with those I love and respect.

• Acquire lots of life scars – it shows the courage to conquer fear and take risks when the rewards are worth it. So what if giving, of money or love, does not yield an equal return? May I always cherish the opportunity to make a contribution somehow.

• Make my mother cry – I would want my Momma to be proud of how I lived my life. I would like for her to cry happy tears as she shares how I vowed to always not live my life.

She slept beneath the moon She basked beneath the sun She lived a life of going to do And died with nothing done I endeavour to have no regrets. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Tania Weich

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WHAT'S ON Every Wednesday, Graze Farmers Market, 09:00-12:00, Graze Restaurant.

Every Saturday, Saturday Morning Market, 09:30-12:00, Stoep of Stanford Hotel.

Thursday, 8 January, Sons of Settlers The Tasting Room @ Stanford Hills Estate. The sons are back. Don’t miss this great concert with local folk-based band from Cape Town.

For more info, call 072 639 6135.

Sunday, 18 January, Beloftebos Summer Sunday Picnic Beloftebos,10:30 – 17:00. Live music. Deli eats, roosterkoek, homemade lemonade and much more. Booking essential: email corneli@beloftebos.co.za or phone 072 111 9380.

Our gallery restaurant is on a working sheep farm and the atmosphere is relaxed. Make yourselves at home, bring your own wine and share one of our delicious cheese platters with friends or choose from the menu. The Sunday harvest table is gaining in popularity so booking is highly recommended.

Open every day except Mondays.

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Saturday, 24 January, Burns Supper Stanford Hills Estate, 19:30. Join us to celebrate Scotland’s National Bard 'Robert Burns' with Scottish fare, whisky, wine, good humour, verse and music. R200 per person. Welcome drinks, 4 course dinner, Athol Brose, and a dram with yer Haggis! Great entertainment. Bookings essential: Andrew 072 571 7846. Dress elegant (Maybe a wee bit o' tartan!)

30 January, Stanford Sunset Market @ Village Green Friday, 18:00 pm – 20:00 pm.

COMING IN FEBRUARY 25 February - 1 March, Walker Bay Bird Fair - See page 9.

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The villagers LE-ANN SWART If you have ever put your nose into the Stanford Tourism Office you will have been greeted by the gentle and infinitely patient Le-Ann. She is soft-spoken and hard working, and smiles and waves at everyone as she walks across the Market Square to work every morning.

How did you end up in Stanford? Our family moved to Stanford in the 1970s after the tragic death of my father. My mother is a retired schoolteacher and taught for many years at Die Bron Primary School.

She remarried a Stanfordian and we have lived here ever since!

What keeps you busy? My work and my family keeps me busy most of the time. I work as an Information Assistant at Stanford Tourism and enjoy my work very much. My job is very interesting and there is never a dull moment! It is awesome to hear how others adore and appreciate the beauty of nature and the peace and quiet of our small town, which we often take for granted. It gives me great pleasure to help others.

What is your favourite place, or activity in the Overberg? My favourite place in the Overberg is STANFORD. There are so many things to do here. We have award winning cheeses and wines to taste, restaurants with excellent food, the river to explore with a cruise or a canoe, great picnic spots, walks, and markets to enjoy. Then, to go home and relax with a book after a busy day is wonderful!

What do you wish people would do more of, or less of, in Stanford?

We definitely would like to see more visitors in town! I would like our small community to reach out to each other in many other ways. It will be awesome to see upcoming artists and caterers from Stanford South to grow from strength to strength. Our youth is the future and we need more projects to keep them off the streets. Education is most important; too many children leave school at a young age and I wish that they could complete their schooling well.

Name three things from your 'bucket list' that you would like to do in 2015. Moving into my new house soon this year will be one of my biggest achievements yet!

I would like to go away for a weekend – just my sister, my two best friends and me for a real treat.

I am planning to visit Israel in the near future!

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Facing 2015 A message from the Christian Forum

It is certainly in the grace of our Lord that we are here at the start of 2015. In Isaiah 52:12b God says, 'for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard.' Now if the Lord is our rear guard He also takes care of our past; and all things that caused us problems and fill us with regret or joy. In some cases we can try to make amends, but as someone once said, 'There is only one thing that we learn from history and that is that nobody ever learns anything.'

Omar Khayyam, that Eastern poet of long ago, also said; 'You cannot step into the same river twice', so let us not try to do it. We can, however, go to our Almighty Father in heaven, confess all our wrongdoings and ask for His forgiveness, and His Word tells us that if we do this, He is faithful and just and will forgive us all our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness, (1 John 1:9) In this way then we can enter this new year and all its challenges with a clean sheet and know that what He says in Isaiah 52 is true; that He will go before us.

We may be entering this New Year with some apprehension due to all the things happening in the world, but with the Lord before us, we can go forward in faith trusting Him to guide us and provide for us. Accept the guidance God gave to the Israelites before entering the promised land (Ex.23). He told them that He would not eliminate all the problems in one go but that, little by little, they would overcome so that they could become stronger.

Jesus promised, as He departed earth as man, 'And surely I am with you always to the very end of the age.'

(Mat.28:20b).

New Year resolutions rarely last, but one thing we could do this year is that by grace, we can obey His command in Mat.28:19,20a: 'Go and make disciples and teach them' by supporting others, holding hands, comforting, assisting, and showing compassion, and in this way demonstrating His love grace and mercy, thus making the world around us a much better and beautiful place.'

Hildie Pansegrouw (Rev/Genl)

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Write to us in the language of your choice and we will gladly print your ideas. Stanford River Talk is a community newspaper which represents all the villagers, neighbouring friendly folk from farms and outlying areas, and sometimes even out-of-town visitors.

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CONSERVATION How can we help?

In the previous three instalments of this series on conservation we saw that the increased growth in human population places an unbearable burden on our planet to supply enough food, fresh water and clean air.

On a global scale we need to limit the carbon dioxide and other harmful chemicals we release into the air and to stop the pollution of our waters. We also know that we have to find ways of producing enough food for the growing number of people without overtaxing our world’s natural resources. Some governments are slowly implementing programmes which decrease carbon footprints and promote the use of renewable energy.

Can individuals do anything which would help significantly?

I firmly believe that we as ordinary citizens can make a huge difference to stem the tide of destruction, waste and pollution.

How? As individuals and collectively as a community we should: • Waste less and use less 1. Driving fewer kilometres and driving more slowly.

Approximately 10% less fuel is used by driving10 km/hour slower.

2. Waste less food.

3. Use fewer plastic bags.

• Not pollute I am sure that most of us don’t consciously pollute but where do all the plastic, paper, cardboard, tins and cigarette butts come from that we see along our streets and roads?

• Eradicate alien plant species that choke our indigenous fynbos and use precious water. Just look around and you will see how infested our local area is.

• Not contribute to the destruction of natural habitat of our natural plant and animal species by the way we build houses and roads.

• Not overutilise natural resources. Be aware of the demand we create. We often choose to eat threatened fish species on the red and yellow SASSI list instead of the green list. Or we insist on using the best hardwood cut from natural forests for our buildings and furniture.

• Recycle Plastic – for every 1000 kg of plastic we recycle, we save 20 liters of crude oil.

Paper and cardboard – for every 1000kg of paper and cardboard we recycle we save about 17 trees (12m high). The average person uses about 200kg of paper products per year (about 4 trees).

The Overstrand Municipality supplies free bags for recycling of paper, plastic and tins.

Probably the most important way in which we can contribute to conservation is by our influence. If enough individuals change their demand pattern and preferences, it will eventually have a global effect.

For some interesting reading on how to succeed at a 'zero waste'

SJ – ons sal jou mis

Haar liefde vir Stanford was onvoorwaardelik, en sonder haar passie om te skryf sou meeste van Stanford se stories nooit bekend geraak het nie. Haar Stanford Stories was die begin van die boekstawing van Stanford se ryk geskiedenis... en sy het die storie agter elke person se bynaam geken.

Straat-af saam met SJ du Toit was ’n belewenis: 'Hier het oom Jan Piepie gebly – die oorsprong is gesensor'; en 'hierdie was Hans Mol’pie’ se plek – so genoem omdat hy glo pasteie van duine-molvleis gemaak het'.

SJ du Toit was bekend en geliefd in die breë gemeenskap, en daar was min van die ou inwoners wat sy nie by die naam geken het nie en wie se familiegeskiedenis sy nie vir jou kon uitlê nie. Haar ma, Muriel du Toit, het net sulke diep spore in Stanford se geskiedenis getrap, en dit is deur ma Muriel wat sy haar skryftalent ontwikkel en gebruik het om Stanford, Hermanus en met die samewerking van wyle Hercules Wessels heelwat van die omgewing se geskiedenis vas te pen.

Sy het ook haar skryftalent gebruik om mense bekend te stel aan die op-en-af bestaan van ‘n persoon wat bipolêr gediagnoiseer is – ’n siekte wat sy ten spyte van haar ysere wil nie sonder medikasie kon beheer nie.

Haar openhartige vertellings was ’n groot aanwins vir geestegesondheid in Suid-Afrika, en sy het etlike toekennings vir haar artikels en boeke oor hierdie onderwerp ontvang.

SJ en haar 11 broers en susters het grootgeword op die plaas Kleinrivier, nou Sir Robert Stanford Estate en Blue Moon Farm (vroeër Ouheerskraal). Sy was ‘n uiters gewilde onderwyseres, ’n ywerige hokkiespeler in haar jong dae, en het nooit opgehou om in die natuur te stap nie. ’n Kamer in Sir Robert Stanford se ou plaashuis is spesiaal aan haar gewy, en al haar boeke (plus ander geskiedkundige boeke oor Stanford en die Overberg, asook ander Africana, kan daar besigtig word.

Bea Whittaker

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nature talk By Naas Terblanche

kitchen talk

Sprout and about

G

one are the days of the eighties side salads of grated carrots and orange, or iceberg lettuce and tomatoes. Foodies these days consider salads a real treat which can be dickied up with nuts, smoked fish and other interesting, colourful, textured morsels.

SSprouts make tasty and healthy additions to any salad. While they can be pricey, and quickly go to slime under cling film in your favourite supermarket, they are surprisingly easy and g iinexpensive to make at home.

You can buy a clay stacking sprouter, or a special sprouting lid to screw onto a Consol jar, b but you will have just as much luck with an empty mayonnaise jar or large yoghurt tub. Or, grab a square of muslin or a thin tea towel and a rubber band, and tie your own fabric lid g onto any glass jar. o Lentils and chick peas are the easiest for your first try, but play around with mung beans, ffenugreek, onion, mustard and alfalfa for more colours and flavours. Buy seeds and beans ffrom a supermarket or health store.

METHOD Place a full tablespoon of beans or seeds in your jar or yoghurt tub.

Remember, they spout and take up more space so don't use too many at first.

Rinse, and then leave them soaking in cold water overnight, or for a minimum of six hours.

Drain off the water through your fabric lid, or through a sieve.

Your seeds should not be left in water to rot, but should be able to drip dry completely.

Rinse them every day in fresh cold water, and allow to drip dry again.

For best results, rinse two or three times a day.

Some beans and seeds sprout by the third day but some take a little longer.

Once sprouted, you can store them in a sealed container in the fridge for about five days.

plant talk

TROUBLESHOOTING → Not all of the seeds sprouted: The seeds may have been old; try again with a fresher batch.

Don't mix different seeds in one batch as they spout at different times. → The seeds rotted before they germinated: Make sure your seeds drip dry properly and do not lie in water.

Place your jar in a cooler spot.

Tip your jar at an angle so that the water can drain off better – standing your jar on a dish rack may help. → Nothing happened: Rinse more often.

Dead or broken seeds won't germinate.

By Suzanne Francois-Rossouw

Grenadillas Grenadillas is vinnige groeiende rank plante wat soveel plesier bied Dit groei op sy beste in tropiese areas maar doen ook goed in 'n warm beskutte plek in plaaslike tuine, verkieslik aan die noorde kant, maak net seker dat hul beskerm word teen koue in die winter.

Die rankplant het 'n stewige raamwerk nodig wat die gewig kan dra as daar vrugte is – baie mense rank hul plante sommer oor 'n draad heining terwyl hulle ook goed doen oor enige pergola in 'n beskutte area.

Grenadillas benodig gedreineerde ryk grond so enige areas waar water sal bly staan in die winter sal veroorsaak dat die plant begin vrot.

Plante moet gereeld water kry, veral in die somer wanneer hul blomme of vrugte dra. As die plante droog word, gaan blomme of vrugte afgegooi word. 'n Dik deklaag van bas, kompos of strooi kan om die plante se gesit word om te verhoed dat hul te vinnig uitdroog.

Nuwe grenadillas kan enige tyd van die jaar geplant word – die nuwe plant moet so hoog moontlik op die stut rank tot dit die verkose hoogte bereik het en alle sy takke moet weggesny word sodat die plant al sy energie in die groeipunt instoot.

Wanneer dit hoog genoeg is, word die groeipunt uitgebreek en die plant kan dan verder voortgaan om te bos – ‘n heining van ten minste 3m word benodig sodat die plant welig kan groei en ontwikkel.

Grenadillas dra elke jaar vrugte op hulle nuwe lote en die ranker moet gesnoei word om nuwe groei aan te moedig – swak groei en dooie takke moet gereeld uitgesny word. Die swak lote kan so 5060cm bo die grond afgesny word.

Hou die plant dop vir wit- en dopluise wat tussen die blare wegkruip – hulle kan veroorsaak dat die plant swak groei en nie vrugte dra nie.

Grenadillas word met die hand geoes as hul 'n donker pers verkleur en hul skil gerimpeld begin lyk.

Grenadillasmeer * Gerasperdede skil van twee suurlemoene * 8 E ongesoute blokkies botter * 1½ koppie strooisuiker * 4 ryp grenadillas * 4 groot eiers * 2 eiergele Plaas die suurlemoenskil en sap saam met die suiker en botter in 'n hitte bestande bak. Sny die grenadilla in die helfde en skei die sap van die saad oor jou bak. Plaas die bak oor 'n pot met kokende water. Roer gereeld tot die suiker smelt. Klits eiers en eiergele saam, voeg by die ander bestandele. Klits die bestandele tot gemeng. Roer daarna totdat die mengsel dik word. Giet die smeer in gesteriliseerde bottels en seel dig. Bere in die yskas en gebruik die smeer op binne drie maande.

☺☺☺☺ New faces

We love being able to welcome new friends and families to Stanford in the Stanford River Talk. If you are new in the village, please let us know. Contact the editor, 082 667 0619.

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PROPERTY: NAPIER village: lovely viewsite plot 480m² – R195 000 and other property on main road, houses etc. from R795 000.

STANFORD SOUTH: plots from R95 000 & house R495 000.

HAWSTON SEAVIEW PLOT: 892m2 R395 000. Cape Town upmarket apartment R1 350 in Hotel Rental Pool (suit Investor).

Owner emigrating. p 083 444 1313.

SERVICES

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AFRICAN HORSE COMPANY

CAPTURE YOUR 35MM slides digitally. R1 per slide. p Dirk Troost 084 643 4504.

DRUMMING LESSONS in Stanford. Phone Sheldon 060 880 1578.

INTERVENSIE PROGRAM AFRIKAANS adissionele taal. Book early for Afrikaans classes for 2015. p 084 501 3789, jivanzyl173@gmail.com PEDICURES: Spoil yourself with a pampering professional pedicure and foot massage for R160. p or sms Robyn on 071 382 9033.

POOL CARE I can look after your pool for R200 per month.

Contactable references. p Dirk 084 643 4504.

PILATES CLASSES p Jake Uys 079 468 9060.

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

SEWING clothing or decor – alterations, repairs and upcyclying Robyn 082 404 8840.

TRANSPORT to airport, Cape Town or elsewhere. Luxury SUV up to 3 personsp John 082 950 6007.

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

STORAGE

SINGLE GARAGE SIZE. R600 /month. p John 082 950 6007.

BOXED ADVERTS ADVERTISE HERE FOR ONLY R85 A MONTH RAINFALL STATISTICS SUPPLIED BY Jake Uys

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

VILLAGE LAUNDROMAT Washing Ironing Tumble Drying Dry Cleaning Services Mon – Fri, 8.00am – 5pm

25 Queen Victoria 072 616 0976

local services & facilities ACCOMMODATION A Stanford Country Cottage Beloftebos Cottages Morton Cottage Mosaic Farm Reiersvlei Stanford River Lodge The Country Cottage

.

082 320 0982 082 391 5331 082 450 3970 028 313 2814 082 213 0512 028 341 0444 083 553 0663

ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICES Maryke Brandt 072 172 9545 Allan Youens 082 903 4432 ALTERATIONS Cait's Sewing Services

083 358 6365

ARCHITECTURE Guy Whittle Grant Anderson Maureen Wolters

076 113 2741 072 364 3694 082 450 3970

ART Kunsklas

072 822 9970

BICYCLES Bicycle servicing and repair

weekly timetable

CUPBOARDS Youre Style Cupboards

073 318 5078 076 222 2063 082 327 6518

List your business for just R12.50 a month (only R150/year).

Email: design@stanfordrivertalk.co.za or telephone 079 523 8453 COMPUTERS Compuworld SMB Solutions 028 341 0718 084 705 6719 CONFERENCE CENTRE Mosaic Farm Stanford Hotel ESTATE AGENTS Pam Golding Stanford Village Properties

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Klein River Picnics Platanna River Cruises River Rat Boat Cruises

028 3410 693 073 318 5078 083 310 0952

028 313 2814 082 781 1704

PETS & PET CARE Stanford Kennels Syringa Country Kennels

028 341 0961 028 341 0961

028 341 0708 082 893 2282 072 111 9321

PLUMBING Mike Moody

083 316 1872

RESTAURANTS 1892 Stanford Spookhuis Barke Restaurant Marianas Springfontein Eats The Vine

028 313 2814 028 341 0116 028 341 0272 028 341 0651 028 341 0662

TELEVISION/DSTV Rod Dacre Television

073 160 4495

WEDDING VENUES Beloftebos Mosaic Farm Stanford Hotel

082 391 5331 028 313 2814 082 781 1704

GARDEN SERVICES Earthworm Organics

072 825 7534

HAIR Jeanne Retief

072 318 2478

HOUSE MANAGEMENT Stanford Country Cottages Village Laundromat

082 320 0982 072 616 0976

HOME MAINTENANCE Stanford Country Cottages

082 320 0982

INTERIORS Kiwinet Maureen Wolters

028 341 0209 082 450 3970

'MASSAGE & HEALTH Stanford Health Practice

082 481 8285

WINE CELLAR & SALES Springfontein Wine Estate Stanford Hills Estate

028 341 0651 072 371 7546 028 3410 841

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

Monday 11:00, Yoga, 084 685 2641, Viv von der Heyden, 23 Quick Street.

Tuesday 17:00, Yoga, 084 685 2641, Viv von der Heyden, 23 Quick Street.

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

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, The Vine Restaurant. Everyone welcome. Malcolm 084 441 0961.

Thursdays 18:30 - 21:30 Heal Your Life® Evening Group Sessions 071 382 9033.

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

Saturday, 09.30am – 12:00, Stanford Saturday Morning Market, Stanford Hotel Veranda, 028 3410 591.

WHERE TO WORSHIP IN STANFORD 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, 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.

WATER TESTING

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.

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 (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)

DETERMINANT E. coli STANDARD (0/100ml)

0

0

AUG

687

345

Total Coliform bacteria STANDARD (10/100ml)

0

n/a

SEPT

185

137

Heterotrophic Plate Count STANDARD (5000/100ml) 0

AUG

SEPT

0

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X marks the spot The new rage called 'Geocaching' has secreted its way into Stanford

The competition heats up as local friends all start geocaching. The parents squint at their smart phone screens and GPS mumbojumbo while kids scurry and trip around on dangerous rocks and cliff edges. The nail-biting anticipation mounts with every step – 78 metres, 74 metres, 68 metres... The treasure is XS – an insult in a clothing store but a challenge on the edge of Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary. The wind whips and lashes us as I teeter and slide over weathered rocks, phone held high like a compass.

The compass tells me I must descend vertically down a cliff face, into the churning sea. Husband's phone has him striding off in a different direction, searching for a heartshaped pool and hidden cache. The problem is, we are both hunting down the same cache but the goalposts seem to keep moving. Kids whine and nag, 'why aren't we there yet, why can't we go down there, I'm not going to fall, where is the treasure'?

Where is the treasure, indeed! Flipping illusive, blithering treasure – show yourself!

Intrepid Husband crests a pyramid of stark

Thanks for the cache: Kilian Conrad, Mike Horn, Ronja Conrad, Rachel and Sam Horn.

villages than searching for treasure?

Secret post-note 1: it is also a great way to get your kids to give away their small plastic pieces of junk which they can swap whenever they find a cache. Adios to Kinderjoy shrapnel!

Secret post-note 2: TFTC is codespeak for 'Thanks for the cache'.

Secret post-note 3: More geocaches are coming to Stanford soon courtesy of Stanford Tourism.

Phil Murray

Edge of Tomorrow Director Doug Liman

A fast-paced Science Fiction thriller, this movie explores the concept of time manipulation and its influence, and the fallibility of human perception. It is set in the aftermath of an alien invasion. It seems that the aliens have a collective ability to gauge the future through the experience of certain humans, which enables them to predict humans’ tactical manoeuvres in order to win battles. Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) finds himself in a futuristic, D-Day-style war situation, and dies on the battlefield. He wakes up and the scene starts again, he dies (differently this time) and wakes up and starts again, while all the time remembering what happened in previous times.

This enables him to learn through repeating the situation in order to control the outcome. Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), an extremely gifted killer also had the same ability but lost it, and now offers valuable guidance. A type of sci-fi 'Groundhog Day' movie, the concept is intriguing and interesting. Cruise portrays the development of the rookie rising to war hero excellently, and Emily Blunt is unusually prickly and butch. This action-packed movie is recommended for fans of warfare, Sci-fi, Cruise or Blunt. *Movie hire sponsored by Star DVD

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© Conceptis Puzzles

By Karen McKee

LOGIC PUZZLES

MOVIE REVIEW

ocean rock while we watch on. Difficulty 2.0?

You must be yanking my chain! He decides not to leap into the ocean as his GPS directs him yet another 40 metres into the waters of the bay. The kids refuse to give up so easily and randomly lift stones and scraggy bushes with their feet, determined to find the treasure and click the 'Found it' button on the cell phone screen. I try to rein in the dissidents and beat a retreat to the car for sustenance.

After peanut-butter-and-bacon sandwiches, a further assault can be launched on a different cache instead – this one is surely a hoax!

We choose another cache, also rated Difficulty 2.0. Just 2 kilometers away, somewhere near a bench – how hard can it be? Well, the good news is the next geocache is a simple as child's play. Oh bliss, oh joy... we retrieve the secret bottle, sign our names, and click the 'Found it' button! Huzzah!

This geocaching is not for sissies but I love it... and the family challenge is on. Download the Geocaching application for free and join in. And what better way to get everyone exploring Stanford and our neighbouring

IRREGULAR SUDOKU The object is to fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear exactly once in each row, column and irregular shaped box.

KAKURO Each puzzle consists of a blank grid with sum-clues in various places. The object is to fill all empty squares using numbers 1 to 9 so the sum of each horizontal block equals the clue on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. In addition, no number may be used in the same block more than once.

Happy Birthday!

Tracey Anderson 1 January

Jake Heese 12 January

Johannes Basson 19 January

Simon Croxton 3 January

Leo Mckee 4 January

Emma Withers 12 January

Joris Stork 13 January

Fred Hatman 19 January

Crystal Hutton 19 January

If there is a birthday coming up or special occasion you want to share with the village please email design@stanfordrivertalk.co.za or sms 079 523 8454.

Johanne Bester 5 January

Jeudi Hunter 14 January

Betty Qonya 20 January

Simon Upton 8 January

Kirra Jardine 15 January

Sizanobukhosi Gumbi 20 January

Hilda Malakalaka 10 January

Gianni Roodt 17 January

Rachel Troost 23 January

Melissie Jolly 11 January

Marguerite Caycedo 17 January

Mark Erwee 25 January

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