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Festival a success,

butwhoreallygains?

JANHENDRIK COETZER

The Two Oceans HermanusWhale Festi-

vals main purpose is not to make profit,

but rather to promote Hermanus to visi-

tors from all corners of the globe.

According to Whale Festival organiser, Le-

on Theron, who made this statement, this

should be taken into consideration before

people complain about not enoughmoney be-

ing invested locally. Formanyyears the ques-

tion has been asked, of all the money made

during the festival, howmuch of that actually

stays in Hermanus?

Referring to the festival stalls, Theron said

stall owners from Hermanus will always get

first option. I always say that local people

need to apply if they want a stall. I cannot al-

ways beg people to be part of the festival. So

I urge them to get an application form, fill it

in and give it to me. And dont wait until the

last minute to apply.

There were 68 stalls in total, of which 29

were local including 14 NGO stalls. The bal-

ance of 39 stall holders were from elsewhere.

Last year the festival sawmore than 110 000

people flocking to Hermanus, and with the

perfect weather experienced this year, it

could be even more.

However, the visitors survey will only re-

veal those numbers sometime next week.

Although there were some complaints

about the festival, feedbackgained frommem-

bersof theHermanusTourismBureau isposi-

tive. According to Frieda Lloyd, vice-chair-

personof theHermanusTourismBureau, this

years activities providedmanymore options

to visitors.

I am very pleased with how the festival

went, and it was also very well promoted.

Eventhetourismofficewasbusier thanprevi-

ousyears. I think the festival thisyearextend-

ed the variety of activities and that the orga-

nising team does more with less.

Lloydsaid that if shehas topoint out anega-

tive, its the fact that only the town centre is

busy during the festival and that she would

like to seemore activities extended to the sur-

rounds.

In response, Theron said that ifmoneywas

not an issue, hewoulddefinitely look into this

matter. I would love for the festival to not

only take place in the centre of town. It will

be great if one can utilise more space for the

festival.Almost like theKKNKinOudtshoorn

where the whole town gets involved.

According to Chris Johnson from the Ac-

commodation Portfolio for Hermanus Tour-

ism, the Whale Festival was a huge success.

We had many bookings, definitely more

than last year. I think the festival was well

organised and that the beautiful weather

played a big part in its success. The only prob-

lem I had was with waste management. The

waste could have been better managed.

Theronagreed thatwastemanagementwas

a problem. In fact it was not only the festival

area, it was the whole of Hermanus. We had

about 30dustbinsand fivecleaners,whichare

more than enough.

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Vrousterf inbrandendehuis

JANINE VAN DER RIET

Ons is oppensioen,veronder-

stel om ons aftrede te geniet.

Nou, n 34 jaar se getroude le-

we, ismyvrouinnvlammehel

dood.

SohetFrederickRooivanStan-

fordDinsdaggesn syvrou,wat

aan n rolstoel gekluister was n

n beroerte, in hul huis omgekom

het toe die huis skielik Saterdag-

oggend in vlamme uitgebars het.

Frederick en sy dogter, Louise,

wasoppadGansbaai toeominko-

pies te doen en hy het sy suster

Catherine gevra om na sy vrou,

Anetta Rooi (60), om te sien ter-

wyl hulle gou by die winkels is.

Ek en Louise het op die hoof-

pad (R43) op pad na Gansbaai

donker rook sien trek. Dit het ge-

lyk of dit by of naby ons huis is,

en ek het onmiddellik omgedraai

en teruggejaag.

Met hul aankoms is sy ergste

vrees bevestig. Sy huis was in

vlamme en sy vrou het in die

brand omgekom,want sy konnie

sonder haar rolstoel, waar sy in

haar bed gel het, wegkom nie.

nOmstander,wateersteopdie

toneel was, het deur die vlamme

gebeur en vir Catherine uit die

huis gered, maar toe hy wou te-

rugkeer om Anetta te help, het

die vlammereeds diehele huis in

Blombosstraat verswelg.

Twee konyne wat in n hok

langs die huis aangehou is, het

ook in die brand omgekom.

Die brandweer en polisiebe-

amptes was vinnig op die toneel,

maar die huis se struktuur kon

nie gered word nie.

Die Rooi-familie is steeds on-

troosbaar. Sy was my alles ge-

wees! Onswas so lief virmekaar,

enbehalwevir ons 34 jaargetrou-

de lewe, het ons mekaar nog tien

jaar voor dit geken. Nou dat ons

n rustige aftrede kon geniet, is

sy dood.

FrederickenLouiseblytansby

familie.

VolgensFrederick lykditofdie

oorsaak van die brand n kort-

sluiting kon wees.

Lede van die Stanford-polisie

en die gemeenskapspolisieforum

het reeds begin om kos en huis-

ware in te samel vir die familie.

Behalwe vir Frederick, haar

dogter Louise, laat Anetta nog n

dogter, Johanna, agter, asook

twee seuns, Frederick junior en

Adriaan.Sylaatookseskleinkin-

ders agter.

Begrafnisrelings is voorlopig

getref vir Saterdag 11 Oktober

vanuit Frederick junior se huis

in Melkhoutstraat 1636, Stan-

ford, vanaf 09:30.

n Huis in Stanford is in puin gelaat nadat dit in vlamme uitgebars

het. n Sestigjarige vrou het in die brand omgekom. FOTO: VERSKAF

Een van die min fotos wat die

familie van Anetta Rooi oor het,

nadat sy in die brand omgekom

het. Die familie se besittings is

ook in die brand verwoes.

StanfordCPF thanks police for nabbing house robber

JANINE VAN DER RIET

Members of the Stanford Com-

munity Policing Forum (CPF)

showed their appreciation to-

wardsStanfordPoliceofficerson

Saturday 4 October for arresting

a suspect in a house robbery in

September.

TheCPFmembers thankedthe

police for their quick response

andprofessionalconductthat led

to the arrest of a suspect after he

broke into a house opposite the

police station in Stanford.

Each officer involved received

a Pick and Pay voucher for their

effort.

The suspect, who robbed and

attacked a woman (35) in her

house, even swamacross the riv-

er to try and get away from the

policemen who were chasing

him,but, after an intense search,

he was found and arrested. (HT

25Sept Womanrobbedacross the

road from police station)

The incident took place on

Sunday 21 September around

01:45. The victim was sleeping

whenshebecameawareof aman

in her room. When he realised

shewasawake,he jumpedonher

and started to hit her with his

fists, but the woman fought back

while screaming for help.

According to Sgt RJ Gouws

from the Stanford Police, at that

stage the suspect heard a vehicle

stop outside the premises and he

fled with the womans keys.

The suspect was charged with

houserobberyandhas sincecon-

fessed to committing the crime.

He appeared in court on Tues-

day 23 September.

Willem Mcklein from the Stanford CPF handed over Pick n Pay

vouchers to the shift members on Saturday as a token of apprecia

tion for apprehending a house robbery suspect.

RustigeWalvisfees te danke aan goeie samewerking tussen rolspelers

Besonder min voorvalle is gedu-

rende die Walvisfees-naweek by

die Hermanus-polisie en Over-

strand-verkeer-en-wetstoepas-

sing aangemeld.

Neville Michaels, direkteur

van Overstrand-beskermings-

dienste, het n geringe getal voor-

valle bevestig wat deur wetstoe-

passing en die brandweer gehan-

teer moes word.

InGansbaaiwas daar een veld-

brand en twee in Hermanus.

Twee huise is daardeur geraak

nadat n brand by n huis in Stan-

ford uitgebreek en dit geblus

moes word. (Sien bo).

Geen ander strukture is egter

in die Overstrand deur n brand

beskadig nie.

Net een ongeluk is tydens die

Walvisfees van 3 tot 6 Oktober in

die gebied tussen Kleinmond en

Bettysbaai aangemeld.

Volgens kol. Francois de Wet,

waarnemende stasiebevelvoer-

der van die Hermanus-polisie,

was die Walvisfees-naweek rede-

lik stil wat misdaad betref.

Daar is wel sewe mense van

dronkbestuur aangekla.

Die samewerking tussen al die

rolspelers gedurende die fees het

n groot rol in die vreedsaamheid

daarvan gespeel, s hy.

Vrou se dood niemoord, s polisie

ANNETTE THERON

Dit is definitief nie moord nie,

hetkapt.GerritBotesvandieCa-

ledon-polisie ges oor Cornl

Groenewald (21) se tragiese dood

verlede Saterdag. (HT 2 Okt -

Jong ma se dood n raaisel).

Botes s die nadoodse onder-

soek het getoon sy het n stuip-

trekking gehad.

Daar word vermoed sy het oor

die reling geval en in die Badsri-

vier beland.

n Verbyganger het dieselfde

oggend om 08:05 haar liggaam in

n watersloot by die bruggie in

Mackaystraat gevind. Groene-

wald was n pakker by Caledon

Spar.

Kapt. Botes het gerugte van n

reeksmoordenaar, wat Caledon-

ners op hol het, besweer nadat

Groenewald se liggaamdie twee-

de waswat inminder as drie we-

ke in Caledon gevind is.

Daar was vanjaar drie moor-

de in ons gebied. Tweewas fami-

lieverwant en die liggaam van

dievrouwatinNuwestraat langs

die brug gevind is, is tans in n

sensitiewe stadium van onder-

soek.

Die brug in Mackaystraat waar

Cornl Groenewald se liggaam

gevind is. Iemand het verlede

week n pienk bossie blomme

op die oewer geplaas ter herin

nering aan Cornl.

FOTO: ANNETTE THERON

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Great start to First FridaysArtWalk

CILENE BEKKER

The inaugural Hermanus First Fridays

Art Walk on 3 October, from 17:00 to

20:00, with 11 galleries in the Hermanus

CBDparticipating,waswellattendedand

according to the driver of the initiative,

Terry Kobus fromOriginals Art Gallery,

all the galleries were over the moon and

quite a few artworks were sold.

This initiative has had a long run-up. As

Patrick Chapman remarked I have tried to

get galleries towork together like this for the

past four years, but to no avail. Kudos to Ter-

ry for pulling it off eventually.

The drive caused Terry to have a couple

of sleepless nights, but he said it was awon-

derful breakthrough to get the gallery own-

ers to sit together aroundone table andagree

on the Art Walk initiative.

ComeFriday, Iwassoworried thatnoone

will pitch on the first walk, but the turn-out

was wonderful. Hopefully we have started

something that has the potential to develop

even further.

Some galleries reported that browsers

were back on Saturday and Sunday to buy.

But even if the Art Walk did not result

in sales, it is a greatmarketing drive and the

potential is always there that people will

come back to buy, said Terry.

The next two walks are scheduled for Fri-

day 7 November, and Friday 5 December.

Bev Edkins chatting to Terry Kobus during

the inaugural First Fridays Art Walk on 3

October. PHOTOS: CILENE BEKKER

Some of the art wal

kers, snapped here

at Rossouw Modern

Art, were Jozua Ros

souw (gallery ow

ner), Roger van

Schie, Jon Ward,

Christo du Toit and

Tertius Ltzeyer.

At some of the galleries it was possible to

see artists at work. Posing for Hugo Maritz

is Reanli Vlokkie de Jager.

DonGelato to open in Hermanus

JANINE VAN DER RIET

Jill Rossouw, the previous

owner of the legendary res-

taurant Zebra Crossing in

the CBD, closed its doors in

August after 15 magical,

up and down years.

Rossouw said that she at

firstwanted her children to

take over, but with both of

them living overseas, this

was ultimately not an op-

tion.

She then decided to sell

the popular bar/bistro, sit-

uated on the corner ofMain

Road and Long Street, as

she needs a long rest, and

a new beginning after 15

long years in the restaurant

industry.

The propery was bought by Lionello Gio-

vannetti, the gelato maker and his father,

CorradoGiovannetti,whoopenedaDonGel-

ato in Stanford.

Giovannetti senior says they make their

delicious gelato with an authentic recipe

and are inspired by the deep desire to share

the flavours and naturalness of authentic

Italian gelato.

They select their fresh and organic ingre-

dients fromlocal farmers in theOverstrand/

Overberg region.

We want to bring a unique experience to

Hermanus, not only ice-cream, but other

treats such as Hazelnut with rum as a sun-

downer, and many more interesting de-

lights.

The property is being totally revamped

inside, and the Giovannettis are planning a

new look for the outside too, which has not

yet been finalised.

They are hoping to open Hermanus Don

Gelato within the next few weeks.

The now sold Zebra Crossing restaurant is being revamped

into a Don Gelato Icecream parlour.

Boere is raadopmet onverantwoordelike fietsryers

JANINE VAN DER RIET

n Boer naby Karwyderskraal in die Hemel-

en-Aarde-Vallei is al raadop met fietsryers

wat, volgens hom, soms in die middel van die

pad ry, nie by gewone verkeersrels hou nie,

insluitend spoedbeperkings, en derhalwe n

gevaar vir motoriste op die paaie inhou.

Hy en ander boere wat die R320 tussen Her-

manus en Caledon gereeld gebruik, asook die

agterpadnaKarwyderskraalbyFisherhaven,

voelpadrels isnienetvirmotoristenie,maar

vir fietsryers ook.

Sommige fietsryers is baie onverantwoor-

delik. Nie almal nie, maar sommige. Verlede

weekhet fietsryers net na dieDeBosDamrig-

ting Hermanus, teen ongeveer 80 k/h op die

gevaarlike Volmoed-draai, ook bekend as Ap-

peldraai,aangepyl.Hulrydaneffensstadiger,

maar anderkant die draai trap hul weer vol-

spoed. Hulle is n gevaar vir hulself asookvir

ander padgebruikers.

Hy sdie boerehet nie n probleemdat fiets-

ryers ook die pad gebruik nie,maar hulle ver-

antwoordelikheid teenoor ander padgebrui-

kers behoort n prioriteit wees.

Met die jaarlikse Cape Argus Pick n Pay-

fietstoer en ander fietswedrenne waarvoor

fietsryers oefen, moet motoriste voorbereid

wees op al meer fietsryers wat die gewilde

sport beoefen.

Neville Michaels, direkteur: Overstrand-

beskermingsdienste s gegewe die op- en af-

draandes kenmerkend van die paaie rondom

Overstrand, is di gebied n gewilde oefen-

baan vir sowel ervaremededingers n diege-

ne wat vir die eerste keer deelneem, dikwels

met die uitsluitlike hoop om bloot die wen-

streep in een stuk te haal.

Maar fietsryers moet hulle deel doen om

minderonaangenameervarings langsdiepad

te voorkom. Hy waarsku ook alle motoriste

omdaaropbedagteweesdatniealle fietsryers

geoefende ryers is nie.

Ons wil n beroep op alle motoriste doen

om seker te maak dat hulle n minimum af-

stand van 1,5m toelaat wanneer hulle fietsry-

ers verbysteek.

Op die webwerf van Pedal Power, n profes-

sionele vereniging waaraan baie fietsryers

behoort, word verskeie wenke gegee oor hoe

fietsryershulveiligheidlangsdiepadkanver-

seker:

) Gehoorsaam die verkeersrels;

)Wees so sigbaar as moontlik, veral as jy

vroegoggend en laatmiddag gaan ry;

)Bel in liggies vir jou fiets (wit voor, rooi

agter);

)Dra reflekterende bandjies om jou enkels

en kies helder kleure wanneer jy fietsryklere

koop;

) Dra altyd jou valhelm;

) Moet nooit oor rooi verkeersligte of op

sypaadjies ry nie;

) Hou altyd links van die middellyn;

) Maak altyd seker waar jou blindekol is

voordat jy van rigting verander; en

)Gebruikdiekorrektehandseinewanneer

jy wil stop of afdraai.

n Leser het hierdie foto onlangs geneem

waar fietsryers in die pad ry en nie langs

die skouer van die pad, agter mekaar nie.

FOTO: VERSKAF

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Nog n langpadvirR320

ANNETTE THERON

DieopgraderingvandieR320tus-

sen Hermanus en Caledon sal na

verwagtingnou eersinAugustus

aanstaande jaar voltooi wees.

Daar was groot opgewondenheid

toe daar in Februarie 2012 aange-

kondig isdiepadgaan,navyftig jaar

se rompslomp, geteer word. Daar is

t geglo die projek sou vandees-

maand afgehandel wees.

Die likwidasie van die kontrak-

teurs wat met die projek begin het,

Vusela, asook vloedskade in No-

vember verlede jaar, het egter groot

vertragings meegebring.

Andries von Wageningen, die in-

genieur op die konstruksieterrein,

hetMaandag ges die projek is tans

agter, maar gegewe die ekstra werk

as gevolg van die vloedskade is die

konstruksie nie buitensporig agter

nie. Ons bly die situasie noumoni-

tor en die kontrakteur poog om tyd

op te maak waar moontlik.

VonWageningen s voorts die op-

graderingsprojek vorder. Dit gaan

maareffemoeilikindienatmaande,

maar as die son skyn hardloop din-

ge darem goed. Die herstelwerk as

gevolg van die vloede van Novem-

ber 2013 het egter ook n negatiewe

effek op die program gehad.

Von Wageningen het die koerant

na die provinsiale departement van

vervoer verwys oor die swak onder-

houd van die bestaande teerpadwat

buite die opgraderingsgrense val.

Daar is n aparte kontrak uit vir

roetine-onderhoud op hierdie ge-

deeltes (tussenSandbaaienHighSe-

ason en Shaws-pas tot by Cale-

don).

Inwoners en boere is hoogs ont-

stoke oor die slegte toestand van di

stukke pad.

AvrilAdams, skoolhoof vanDiep-

gat Primr, s die toestand van die

pad is verskriklik sleg. Ons rygoed

kannie hounie. En toe dit so geren

het, was die pad gevaarlik en het ek

gegly en byna n ongeluk gehad as

gevolg van die klei in die pad. As jy

vassit is daar niemand om jou te

help nie. Daar moet nou regtig plan

gemaakword dat die pad kan klaar-

kom.

LeonTheron, eienaarvanDjvu

in die Hemel-en-Aarde-vallei, s die

toestand van die pad tussen Sand-

baai en High Season is treurig. En

dit word nie reggemaak nie. Hy s

voorts indienonderhoudplaasvind,

word dit nie na wense gedoen nie.

Dit wil voorkom asof dit regge-

maakwordmaar nweek later is die

gat groter as vantevore.

Schalk de Beer, eienaar van Nou-

velle Mushrooms, s die gedeelte

van die pad tussen Caledon en

Shaws-pas is in nhaglike toestand.

Ons gebruik sewe dae perweek di

padmetdrie voertuie enervaar ern-

stige slytasie. Dis uiters gevaarlik

vir my werknemers wat daagliks

die padmoet gebruik en het n groot

koste-element vir die onderhoud

van my voertuie.

Anton Nell, direkteur van kon-

struksiebydieWes-Kaapsedeparte-

ment van vervoer, het teen druktyd

nog nie kommentaar gelewer nie.

Inwoners en padgebruikers is ontevrede oor die toestand van die R320

tussen Sandbaai tot High Season en vanaf Shawspas tot Caledon. Hier

die is die Caledongedeelte van die pad. FOTO: ANNETTE THERON

Unhappiness about felling

ELB VAN HEERDEN

A resident of Northcliff was dis-

tressed by the Overstrand Munici-

palitys decision to cut down an old

pine tree in Northcliff this week,

near Duiker and Impala streets.

Andrew Phillip said he noticed

the large cluster pine (Pinus Pinas-

ter) being felled in Rotary Park on

Tuesday.

It must have been about 50 or 60

years old and was massive.

The Gymnogene (African Harri-

er Hawk) has been nesting there for

years and now the nests are de-

stroyed.

Apparently it was cut down to

minimise wind damage, as we are

entering the windy season, but it

has been there for ages!

AccordingtoDonKearney,senior

manager of Hermanus administra-

tionat theOverstrandMunicipality

the tree held great danger for the

surrounding homes as it was right

on the boundary of the neighbour-

ing yards and posed a safety risk for

children playing on the jungle gym.

Sadly we couldnt only cut back

some of the branches as these pines

can never recover from such dam-

age.

We regret the loss of the tree

where raptors are known to nest.

They will now work towards

planting a suitable indigenous tree

in the area, added Kearney.

A pile of branches

being chopped up by

municipal workers is

all that is left of a

giant Norfolk Pine

that used to be home

to raptors such as the

African Harrier Hawk

(Gymnogene) and the

African Goshawk. I

PHOTOS: ANNE PHILLIP

DOP & TJOP KOMPETISIEWENNER: Onrus Slaghuis en Onrus

Liquors & Wine Shop het onlangs n Dop & Tjop kompetisie gehou

waar jy n R1000 geskenkbewys (R500 by die slaghuis en R500

by die drankwinkel) kon wen as jy R200 of meer by een van die

hierdie winkels spandeer het. Luan du Preez (middel) van Onrus is

as die gelukkige wenner aangewys. Saam met hom is Cassie Car

stens (eienaar van Onrus Liquors & Wine Shop) en Rudi Strea

ton (bestuurder van Onrus Slaghuis). FOTO: JANHENDRIK COETZER

Festival a success, but who really gains?

From page 1.

But it wasnt managed properly.

Next year we will have to look into

getting a central dumping point. If

the cleaner takes out the black bag

then you can dump it there instead

of putting it next to the bin.

According to Hamish Hofmeyr

from the Restaurant Portfolio for

HermanusTourism,hegot thenum-

bers that were expected.

This year I didnt see more feet,

nor a decrease from last year. Al-

though the restaurants did well, I

think it was basically the same as

the previous year.

I also think restaurants need to

keep their booking system open

overthefestival.Asrestaurantown-

eryouare takingarisk to takebook-

ings. Because its so busy, some cus-

tomers making a booking may not

pitch, and then you showed other

customers away. So over a busy pe-

riod, rather keep your booking sys-

tem open.

On a question to Theron whether

more can be done in the main road

coming into Hermanus to give you

more of a festival feeling, he agreed

that its something they have to fo-

cus on for next year.

For next year we have to look at

better and bigger branding as you

enter Hermanus.

There is however no doubt that

the festival generates huge expo-

sure.

We featured inmore than 30me-

dia publications, radio stations, tv

channels and print.

Idid interviewsonradiostations

over this period I havent even

heard of. We have also already re-

ceived queries from travelling

agencies for next years festival,

said Theron.

The issue of a main sponsor for

next year is still in the balance.

Two Oceans signed a three-year

contract which ended last year.

However this year they came on

board as well. We still have to dis-

cuss next year with them, said

Theron.

On behalf of Two Oceans Wines,

LizannePeters: brandmanager, ex-

tended a huge thank you to Theron

and his team for making the Whale

Festival such an amazing experi-

ence and success.

Congratulations on pulling to-

getherwhat cant always be an easy

task. We look forward to future col-

laborations, said Peters.

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Plaaslike feesgangersvies

vir rommelstrooiers

JANINE VAN DER RIET

Diemeestefeesgangerswatdie

HermanusWalvisfees vanjaar

bygewoon het, het die fees oor

die algemeen geniet, maar

plaaslike inwoners voel sterk

oor feesgangers se rommel-

strooiery en die stalletjieswat

nie op standaard was nie.

Feesgangers se kommentaar:

)Die feesmoet liewerherdoop

wordnaTheFastFoodFeast.Een

voordeel wat ek gehad het, was

datekeenhelerestaurantvirmy-

self gehadhet. Daarwas vir n ge-

ruime tydgeenbesoekers aandie

restaurant nie, behalwe vir twee

paartjies wat ingekom het.

Ek neem aan die meeste fees-

gangers het aan die stalletjiekos

gesmul, in plaas van die restau-

rante te ondersteun.

) Tydens die fees is ons om-

trent vertrap en die toilette het

my gewalg, maar ek het darem

lekker gestap, maar niks gekoop

nie, want daar was niks in my

smaak nie.

) Dit was my eerste Walvis-

fees.Diestalletjieshetmyniejuis

bendruk nie. Diemeeste van die

goed kan mens in n China Shop

vir baie minder koop!

Ekhoopomvolgende jaarmeer

van die opvoerings en kunsuit-

stallings by tewoon. Ekhet onge-

lukkig hierdie jaar besoekers ge-

had wat my n bietjie gekniehal-

ter het.

) Die fees was regtig goor.

Daar is meer papiere as mense.

Ag nee, swak. Ek dink die fees

kan maar afgestel word.

)Waaris,ofwaarwasdie fees?

Wat behels n fees? Stalletjies?

Dit sien ons elke dag, orals! Nee

wat, ek is nie bendruk nie.

) Die Walvisfees het so agter-

uitgegaan. Geen opwindende

kunstenaars nie. Niks hetmy be-

indruk nie.

Neewat, as dit so aangaan, dan

kan hulle maar die fees los. Wat

daarvan om dit vir jonger mense

te gee om te rel.

) Mmm...we couldnt find

bins.

)The festivalmust havemore

stuff to do for young children.

)Ag neewat, al sou hulle dub-

bel die hoeveelheid vullisdrom-

me daar plaas, ons het vullis reg

langs dromme gesien l waar

menseditntdaarendanneerge-

gooi het!

Daar by die rotse,met die prag-

tigste natuurskoon denkbaar,

het ons verby hope rommel ge-

loop. Dit is vir ons onaanvaar-

baardatmenseonspragtige dorp

hierkombesoedel,maakniesaak

of hulle geld in die dorp inbring

nie.Geenverskoning.Blydanlie-

wer weg!

n Leser het hierdie foto van die rommel op n dak by die Ou Hawe Saterdag tydens die Walvisfees geneem.

Be aware of CapeClawlessOtters

An adult Cape Clawless Ot-

ter was knocked down and

killedonthemainroadthat

crosses the Bot River, just

before theKleinmond turn-

off most probably in the

early hours of Monday 6

October.

This isaccording to Dun-

can Butchart, a Vermont

resident.

I was alerted to it bymy

wife Tracey, who was trav-

elling to Cape Town earlier

this morning and I drove

out to the scene in order to

photograph the otter so

that the details could be

logged with the Endan-

geredWildlife Trusts ongoing roadkillmon-

itoring project.

The Butcharts are new to the Hermanus

area and Duncan said they do not travel this

road every day, but I imagine that this is

not the first otter to be knocked down on this

stretch.

Following the recent success of the

chicken signage in Onrus,

Iwould like topropose that

warning signs be erected

on the west and east ap-

proaches to this low level

bridge.

He hasmade a draft be

aware of otters sign (see

illustration) for this pur-

pose.

This may save the lives

of someotters, butwill also

serve to create awareness

of their presence in our ar-

ea for local people and vi-

siting tourists.

Duncan said he esti-

mates that this big female

otter weighed in excess of

20 kg. As most of your readers will know,

otters are semi-acquatic predators that feed

mostly on crabs, fishes and frogs and they

play a vital ecological role at the top of the

estuarine food chain.

Butchart said that he would happily pro-

vide full size artwork to anyone able to erect

these signs.

This adult

Cape Clawless

Otter was

knocked down

and killed on

the main road

that crosses

the Bot River,

just before the

Kleinmond

turnoff. PHO

TO: SUPPLIED

This is the signage that Duncan

Butchart suggests be erected to

alert motorists on that stretch of

road. He will happily supply

full size artwork to anyone able

to erect these signs.

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9 October, 2014

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WINE TASTING: The Original Deli and Wine Bar hosted a 7 Springs wine tasting

this past weekend. The winemaker at 7 Springs, Riana van der Merwe (second from

left) was on hand to share her wines. With her are the staff at the Deli: Ryan Law

rence, Bo Matthews, Kelsey Viljoen, Hermien Koegelenberg and owners Peter and Jo

Kunz. PHOTO: ELB VAN HEERDEN

LomondWines scoops

doublegoldatVeritas

Lomond Wines received nine awards at

this years Veritas Wine Awards, which

took place at the CTICC in Cape Town on

4 October.

The estates maiden vintage SMV 2013

(Shiraz, Mourvdre, Viognier) achieved a

coveteddoublegoldmedal,anditsConebush

Syrah 2011 received a gold medal. Silver

medalswere awarded to its SSV2014, aswell

as to seven of its other white wines.

We are ecstatic that the first red blend

made at Lomond achieved such high hon-

ours. Ourwhole teampulled together to cre-

ate this special wine, says Lomond share-

holder and viticulturist, Wayne Gabb.

Situated in the Uilkraalsriver Valley,

Lomond is one of only a handful of wine

farms within the Cape Agulhas appellation

of origin.

Gabb and winemaker Kobus Gerber say

they are relative newcomers to the

competition.

Vinified as naturally as possible, the

Lomondmaiden vintage SMV 2013 offers an

abundance of dark fruit, floral nuances and

sweetspice,andpairswellwithslow-roasted

venison casserole, fillet or bobotie, says

Gabb.

TheConebushSyrah2011hasalwaysbeen

a firm favourite on the farm.

According toGerber, thiswine showcases

the uniqueness of the Lomond vineyards

and terroir which includes 18 types of soil.

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9 October, 2014

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Makeyour

treepink

Pink Trees for Pauline, a cancer aware-

ness initiative, has started again and

Hermanus residents and businesses are

urged to wrap their trees in pink.

The initiative is run in the Overstrand

during the months September and October.

To do so again this year, you can buy me-

tres of pinkmaterial from theHospice office

inHopeStreet inHermanus,SalonAnnique,

the Cansa office in Onrus and The Caledon

Casino.

The minimum donation is R20 per metre

of material.

Businesses or individuals also have the

option of sponsoring material to be used in

lessprivilegedareasaswell aspublic spaces

in order tomake sure the entire community

gets involved.

For any information on how you can get

involvedinthePinkTrees forPaulineinitia-

tive contact Maryke Malone on 082 857 4294

or www.pinktrees.co.za.

The Hermanus Times staff decided to deco

rate the tree in front of the office in Aber

deen Street, in support of Pink Trees for

Pauline. Here are Cilene Bekker, editor of

the Hermanus Times, with Maryke Malone

from Cansa and Bea Erasmus from Salon

Annique. PHOTO: JANINE VAN DER RIET

First Kia Sportage

winner

The first of eightKia Sportage 2.0L Ingnites,

worth R320 000 each, were handed over to

Steven Lakay from Swellendam during the

Huggies Dry Confort competition on Friday

3 October at Kia Motors Hermanus.

Lakay, a father of three and a traffic offi-

cer, entered the competition by sending one

SMS, and it paid off for him. I couldnt be-

lieve when Huggies contacted me to tell me

that I havewon theKiaSportage. Its a bless-

ing and I have been so excited that I cant

sleep at night. I am thrilled and cant wait

to enjoy this carwithmy family. I have nev-

er won anything this big, and it is really go-

ing to make such a difference in our day-to-

day lives, says Lakay.

According to Maryke Pienaar, Brand

Trade Activator at Huggies, they under-

stand that being a parent is a full-time job.

By giving away these cars we are support-

ing parents on their parenting journey and

hopefully this can lessen the financial load

they face, says Pienaar.

The competition started in August and

will run until the end of October.

If you want to be eligible to win a Kia

Sportage Ignite, buy a promotional pack of

Huggies Dry Comfort nappies and SMS

*120*5354 plus the unique code found on the

pack follow by #.

Sean Smith (right), managing director of

Kia Motors Hermanus, hands over the keys

of a brand new Kia Sportage to Steven La

kay next to him. On the left is Maryke Pie

naar from Huggies with Stevens wife,

Againo, and baby Gailleen, next to her.

PHOTO: JANHENDRIK COETZER

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WEERMAG KUIER BY

WALVISSE: Die SuidAfri

kaanse Nasionale Weermag

(SANW) was deel van die

afgelope naweek se Two

Oceans Walvisfeesverrigtin

ge, met n konvooi deur die

middedorp. Daarna het hulle

deur Zwelihle, Mount Plea

sant en Hawston getoer. Die

kinders het pret gehad deur

die verskillende voertuie te

verken. Hier is korp. Winston

du Plessis saam met Aam

inah Jacobs (agter) en Cath

lin Wildschut en JoWandr

Slingers tydens die weermag

se toer deur Mount Pleasant.

FOTOS: ELB VAN HEERDEN

Mount Pleasant se splinternu

we Jong Damesklub het ge

sorg vir worsrolletjies. Ao.

Paul Rosslee is hier saam

met Marillise Dreyer, Shereen

Pieterse, Annelie Geswind,

Cecelia Geswind, Lindsay

Geswind, Jaime du Plessis en

stafsersant Gary Calmeyer.

Die weermag se orkes het tot groot vermaak van besoekers aan die Walvisfees deur

die feesterrein en middedorp gemarsjeer, gevolg deur die weermag se vloot voertuie.

WHALE FESTIVAL OPEN

ING FUNCTION: When

you work together you can

achieve so much more,

were the opening words by

Leon Theron, organiser of the

Two Oceans Whale Festival,

at the opening function on

Thursday 2 October. He said

the festival bill tallies up to

roughly R1 m and gave

thanks to all the media, par

ticipants, municipality and

other sponsors Hisense,

Builders Express, Coke, ADT,

Village Square, and especially Distell/Two Oceans wines, the main sponsor. Eats for the even

ing were provided by Fusion and Oskars. With Leon (left) at the function are Lt Col Johan

Conradie (SANDF Reserves), mayor Nicolette BothaGuthrie, Lizanne Peters (brand manager:

Two Oceans wines), and newly elected deputy mayor, Cllr Rudolph Smith. PHOTO: CILENE BEKKER

WALVISKYKERS:

Waar daar n gaatjie

was tussendeur die

tente, met n uitsig

oor Walkerbaai, het

walvisgangers hul sit

gekry en gewag vir

die walvisse om hul

ding te doen. Geluk

kig het die weer, n

n paar walvisse,

mooi saamgespeel.

FOTOS: CILENE BEKKER

Sommige besoekers

aan Hermanus het

vroegtydig al

kamp opgeslaan

en nesgeskop in af

wagting op walvis

bokspronge.

UP CLOSE AND

PERSONAL... KIND

OF: Hisense spon

sored the Eco Marine

Village and stage at

the Two Oceans

Whale Festival, and

this life reimagined

screen erected at

Gearings Point was a

huge hit among festi

valgoers who struck

a variety of poses

with the whale.

Would it not be won

derful if this screen

was a permanent fix

ture during whale sea

son? PHOTOS: CILENE

BEKKER

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9 October, 2014

Briewe

Letters

Raak betrokke

Soos elke jaar is daar verdeeldheid en

vrae rondom die Walvisfees.

Soos berig is, is verskeie hotel, gaste

huis en restauranteienaars dit eens dat

vanjaar se fees n reuse sukses was, ter

wyl van die plaaslike inwoners en ander

besighede s dat hulle, of die dorp, nie

regtig daarby baat nie.

Die kern vraag is:Waarom kommen

se van regoor die wreld na dieWalvis

fees?

Sekerlik kommense van oor die berg,

van die noorde en selfs oorsee (ja, daar

isoorsese toeristewathul vakansie rond

om die fees beplan) om die fees by te

woon, walvisse te kyk, tussen stalletjies

rond te wandel, uit te eet en lekker te

kuier.

Feesgangers kom nie na Hermanus

om inkopies te doen nie.

Die fees is hoofsaaklik daar om Her

manus en sy walvisse aan die wreld as

n toeristebestemming bekend te stel.

En wie weet, dalk bekoor die omge

wing hulle genoeg om uit te kyk vir n

vakansiehuis, of om sommer sak en pak

hierheen te trek.

Ja, daar is sekere aspekte waar die

fees kan verbeter, maar kom ons staan

eerder saam en raak betrokke.

Klop aan by die Walvisfeeskantoor,

maak n voorstel of kommet n oplossing

vir n probleem, eerder as om te s die

fees werk nie vir Hermanus nie.

Die First Fridays Art Walk is n goeie

voorbeeld van wat bereik kan word as

mense saamwerk.

As jy kyk na die groter prentjie, is dit

immers dinge soos die Walvisfees, ge

kombineer met die walvisseisoen, wat

ons dorp s gewild maak.

Wat n fees in Stanford

Die Stanford NG gemeente het Saterdag 4 Ok-

tober sy basaar gehou.

Dit was n feestelike geleentheid waaraan

inwoners van Stanford en buurdorpe deelge-

neem het.

Besoekers het hulle ook verlustig in die

pragtige blomme-uitstalling in die kerk. Die

temawasvolsvandieBybelenverskeie teks-

verse is deur blomme voorgestel.

Stanford se blommeliefhebbers en rang-

skikkers sorg elke jaar vir n fees vir die oog,

en vanjaar was dit weer s.

Daar was genoeg om te eet en te koop om

huis toe te neem en die kinders is besig gehou

met n yslike springkasteel en hul eie speel-

goedtafel terwyl die ouers kon rondsnuffel by

al die interessante tafels of lekker tee drink

in die teetent, wat vanjaar die United-kerk se

bydrae tot die basaar was.

Die algehele wenner van die potjiekoskom-

petisiewasDirk enNatasha van derBerg van

CountryFair.Hulle hetweggestapmet nhele

slagskaap as prys en hoef di maand nie vleis

te koop nie.

Dit moet n baie moeilike keuse vir die be-

oordelaars gewees het, want selfs besoekers

het gesukkel om tussen die geurige potte te

kies.

Die organiseerders het hul dank uitge-

spreek teenoordiekerkraad,hul gades enhel-

pers en almal in die gemeente en die United-

kerk wat baie ure se werk en voorbereiding

ingesit het.

Hulle het ook Stanford se gemeenskap be-

dank vir hul ondersteuning, sowel as besoe-

kers van buite wat besoek afgel het by die

basaar.Hullehet almalweeruitgenooinavol-

gende jaar se feesvieringe.

ELNA DREYER

Waves bubbling with whales

Thewaves inHermanusseemedtobeposi-

tively bubblingwithwhales thisweek.On

our first day here we saw ten, which blew

our minds.

But the next day was completely over-

whelming. On a beautiful sunny Saturday

afternoon we drove to Stanford and took

a half hour flight in a Cessna.

For twopeople fromEngland theairport

was interesting. A long tin shed on a hill-

side off a dirt track. The very bumpy lane

the plane took to reach the rolling green

runway between the protea plants was

something else as well.

But Dave the pilot had obviously done

this before and was an excellent pilot.

Within a minute we were over the sea

watching mums and baby whales togeth-

er, plus a couple of mating pods. We saw

howmums roll on their backswith babies

lying across their tummies,

We even had an exhilarating beach

skim. All in all we saw fifty whales, one

great white shark, a pod of dolphins, and

2 tourist boats. Magic.

Then back to land-based viewing for the

rest of the week. And we were not disap-

pointed.

On Heritage Day at the Old Harbour we

got so close we could almost touch some

before moving away to watch their more

acrobatic friends.

But the last acrobats saved themselves

for the Friday. We were having lunch at

Ocean Basket when three whales, in what

could almost be performing synchronised

swimming, leapt right in front of us.

All in all a privilege. We are jealous of

your closeness to your aquatic neigh-

bours.

We will be back

MOLLY AND SOPHIE BURKETT

LINCOLN, ENGLAND

Please, help a crche

The Ella Gordon crche in Karwyderskraal

received funding from the Department of

Health for a fewyears. This funding has come

to an end as from this week.

The Department of Social Development is

in the process of registering the crche, but

itwill take up to threemonths to register. Aft-

er registration, we will be able to apply for

further funding.

We currently have 31 children in the crche

and employ fourmembersof staff and thecon-

tributions from the parents hardly cover the

costs.

Any contributions from the public to cover

thebasicneedof foodforthechildrenandsala-

ries for staff would be much appreciated.

My contact number is 061 437 6225

GERTY SMIT

Nog inligting oor streek

hof in Hermanus

Ek is genoop om moontlike misverstande uit

die weg te ruim na die pragtige berig op 25

September oor egskeidings in Hermanus, en

het n paar byvoegings tot die berig.

1. Die egskeidings is nie in die Hermanus

magistraatshof nie maar wel die Streekhof

van Somerset-Wes gehou te Hermanus.

2. Maandeliks besoek die streekhof Herma-

nus (ookCaledon enBredasdorp) om ernstige

strafsake aan te hoor, maar tot nou toe nooit

siviele streekhof-sake nie, en dit is die deur-

braak hier, datmet die toestemming en same-

werking van verskeie akteurs, in besonder

Landdros Fransie Mouton, Landdros Bruce

Langaendr. JamesLekaleni enookdiedepar-

tement van justisie, die eerste egskeidings

hier kon plaasvind.

3. Daar word voorsien dat ander streekhof

siviele sake ookmettertyd hanteer kanword,

soos aansoeke en selfs verhore.

4. Ten laaste, teoreties kan die ander setels

van die streekhof in die Overberg ook sulke

siviele egskeidings hanteer, maar n mens

moet waardeer dat die landdros, die griffier,

die familie-advokaat, die hele hof ast ware

vanaf Somerset-Wes ingevoer moet word,

daarom is dit uiters belangrik dat die regsge-

meenskap hierdie geleentheid benut om die

rol vol temaak, want andersins sal dit nie die

kostes werd wees vir die streekhof om hier

te kom sit nie.

Ek waardeer werklik die publisiteit wat

hierdie deurbraak gegun is deur die Herma-

nusTimes omgeregtigheid nader te bring aan

die gemeenskap wat dit bedien.

ADRIAN LOUW

STREEKVERTEENWOORDIGER, KAAP

SE WETSGENOOTSKAP

KOMMENTAAR

Agedoesnotmatter inprovincial hospitals

This is an open letter to the Democratic Alli-

ance as I reside in the Cape, but it could and

probably does apply to all provincial hospi-

tals.

On election day the Democratic Alliance

makesa special effect to accommodate the eld-

erlybysendingelectionofficers tomostretire-

mentvillages for thosewhohavenotransport.

At the polling stations you have people walk-

ing down the rows of voting citizens and tak-

ing the elderly to the front and allowing them

vote first.

Unfortunately this does not apply when

these same elderly people have to visit your

provincial hospitals. I was informed that age

doesnotmatterwhenyouareillandneedhelp.

You have towait your turn especially if you

are deemed at deaths door. It does notmean

that you will not die and this has happened

when the sister doing the triage test is wrong!

This system may mean that you have to wait

the whole day, sitting on an uncomfortable

chair in a very noisy environment, for some-

one tohelpyou.Yourmental state and trauma

also do not count.

There is something seriously wrong with

this picture. Are the elderly only valuable

when they are required to vote? Babies and

young children should receive immediate at-

tention as they can die very quickly. Very old

people are also fragile and should be consid-

ered next.

I am not suggesting that the current triage

system be abandoned, simply that the above

criteria be considered during triage.

I understand thatmost hospitals are under-

staffedat thebestof timesandthat this isexac-

erbatedbyunexpected absenteeismdue to the

ill health of staff members. Thinking out of

thebox, itmaybeworthwhile if retired sisters

andnursescouldbecomepartofanemergency

list of professionalswilling toworkhalf or full

day on a call out basis.

The pensions and the increased cost of liv-

ing for most pensioners are dire and many

dedicated sisters and nurses would probably

welcome a chance to earn a bit extra.

They could be used in helping out at the tri-

age stage, direction non emergency cases to

the clinic etc. Retired nurses could be asked

to help out in the wards as on nurse on duty

in a large ward is not sufficient to attend to

the needs of patients. Some of the elderly are

unable to walk unaided to the toilets, etc.

The use ofwheelchairs orwalkerswould be

essential. If funds are unavailable, the friends

of the hospital could be asked to set up a fund-

raising campaign in order to assist.

A hospital service to the public will only

work if there is buy in by both the givers

of the service and the receivers.

Human beings are not robots on conveyor

belts or cattle in a kraal to be herded from one

waitingare to thenext!Hospital staff are there

to serve the public not the bureaucrat system

of the hospital! The dictatorial attitude of

some staff should also be corrected.

HS GREEN

First Fridayabighit

Itswonderful toseehowmuchtalentabounds

in this small townand I thinkcongratulations

are due to the initiator, the artists and gallery

ownerswho put together theArtWalk on Fri-

day evening.

This kind of programme lifts Hermanus to

another plane and anyone whomissed it, and

loves art, should make a point of strolling

from gallery to gallery on every first Friday

of the summer months.

A word of thanks also for the generous and

lively hospitality visitors received at each art

venue.

AVIS MACINTYRE

HERMANUS

MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES: A reader sent in this photo showing the jol

lification at the Old Harbour on Saturday when many youngsters took to the water on

a sunny Saturday. PHOTO: ELEANOR

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Briewe

Letters

) Die jong man wat my geelhoutboom

se takke so afgesaag het in Luytstraat son

der toestemming. Wonder of hy dit gaan

verkoop het. Die boom lyk soos n mop!

MH

) Nuus, weet motorbestuurders dat hul

een en n half meter spasie moet toelaat

tussen die motor en die fiets?

)EkverwysgraagnaonsHoof vanBrand

en Redding se kommentaar op bladsy 28

van 2 Oktober se Hermanus Times waar

n Volklipinwoner hulp gesoek het by

o.a. die brandweer.

Mnr Lester Smith se verskoning waarom

die brandweer nie gereageer het op die

inwoner se noodversoek, was uiters po

wer en skokkend.

SURF, ONRUS

) Daar het n waterpyp gebreek in Ver

montlaan,wat stukkendgetrap is deur die

kontrakteurs wat die meenthuise bou in

die straat. Die projekbestuurder het

20:00 die probleem aangemeld. Dit is

nou21:30enhier is niewaternie.GIEP,

VERMONT

)Why block out car reg numbers of per

petrators, whether theyre dangerous

drivers or park illegally? Name and

shame them!

) Re: Moira Walker. What about the

cheeky wagtails sitting on windowsills

begging for titbits and pigeons nesting in

my dovecote. We should get together

andcoauthorabestseller titled Thewoe

and hardship of living in paradise.

ELAINE

)Uitstekend ges, MoiraWalker, More

animal moans. HEIDI

)Geagte Aldert, Anders

as jy besit ek n huis met

n pragtige tuin in Fisher

haven en as ek gelukkig

is kom die perde vir my

kuier tot vele vriende se

genot.

Losasbdiepaaie, tuineen

perde vir huiseienaars. GEWESE PAL

EN HUISEIENAAR

) My hart is so warm. n Barmhartige

Samaritaan in Fisherhaven het my klaag

liedere aangehoor en die grootste gate

in die hoofstraat reggemaak. Wie jy ook

al is,my vriend, baiedankie. Ekwaardeer

jou verrassing.Net n jammerte jy kan nie

n top pos beklee by Overbergmunisipa

liteit nie. ALDERT, FISHERHAVEN

)Gehoorapparaat verloor inHoogstraat

naby droogskoonmaker en haarkapper.

Beloning. Bel 082 771 5907. GER

HARD

) Ladies ostrichleather belt found on Sa

turday in the car park of the Trading Post,

Onrus. Please call 078 546 1428. AN

THEA

) Baie Sandbaaiers gaan Ben Solomon

mis as uiters bekwame verteenwoordiger

en vriend.Mag sy opvolger homwaardig

wees. CHRIS VILJOEN

) A big thanks to the big apple at vil

lage squarewhosortedoutmyApple iPad

in no time! You will do great in Herma

nus! BEN

) Hiermee ons opregte dank aan al die

persone wat Saterdagaand, n die kon

sert van Bel CantoSangers by Ouditori

um, ons bygestaan en gehelp het nadat

aansitter van motor gestaak het. Ons

waardeer dit opreg! ATTIE EN BETS

) Supaquick Hermanus deserves a gold

medal for superlative customer service ev

ery time I need them all the way out in

Stanford. B WOLF

)Ons klein engeltjie, Carli van der Spuy,

is op 16 September gebore. Ons wil net

graagdieMediclinic sepersoneel bedank

vir al hulle hulp. Ook baie dankie aan

al die dokters: Tilla Muller, De Flamingh

en Riaan Slabbert en die susters in teater.

Julle is almal baie spesiaal. DIE VAN

DER SPUYFAMILIE

) Congratulations to local law enforce

ment for such effective speed enforcement

on new entry road to town. Driver behav

iours are good. RICK

) HAWS urgently needs bookcases or

shelving for our books and is desperately

in need of linen for the shop at 18Mitchell

Street. We can collect.

SYLVANA DORAN

) SARS Worcester: amazingly courte

ous, efficient and helpful service.No hesi

tation should I need to return. Thank you.

MAC

) FNB: Thank you for polite and friendly

staff. How about an ATM again at Onrust

River, please?

) Ek, Ronel Jafta, wil my opregte dank

uitspreekaanCharleneConelius,Bertram

Cornelius, Andre Galant, Irene Joorst,

Tanswill Siegels, Zinni Swart, ZianneWil

lemse, Earl Galant, Stefan Galant, Sandy

Galant enCobus Jaftawat nbydraegele

wer het met die heengaan van Pieter. Dit

word opreg waardeer. Dankie ook aan

hulle wat ons ondersteun het in gebed.

)Hiermeewil eknet aanKobus vanSecu

riteam (gewapende reaksie) en aan Safe

Security se wonderlike en vriendelike be

heerkamerdames en hulle gewapende

reaksie baie dankie s vir hulle hulp en

bystand. Julle iswonderlik en nmens voel

gerus, julle is puik. CB, ONRUS

) An 8yearold girl lost her white Sam

sung Pocket cell phone on Tuesday after

noon close toCocos and Fusion in theHer

manus Waterfront area. It has a black

back cover diamond decorations on the

carrier cover. Please contact 072 779

2454.

BURGUNDY

WHALE

BOULE

CHALLENGE:

What a love

ly day and

what a lovely

bunch of peo

ple we had

gathering on

the lawns of

the Marine

Hotel on Sat

urday, said

Kari Brice, organiser of the annual tournament, together

with Glynis van Rooyen. This year was the 11th boule

challenge. The winning teams won a total of R5 000 plus

in prizes and those who were fortunate in lucky draws

won over R4 000s worth in prizes. The winners were: 1

Dave and Linda Bellas, 2 Peter and Anna Voigt, 3 Pe

ter and Marie Dagg and 4 Wina Loubser and Richard

Graham. Brice said that R2 000 of the days innings will be

donated to The Hermanus Shelter fund.

ABOVE: In action is Wina Loubser and her partner for the

day, Richard Graham, who came fourth overall. In this

round they came up against Hugh and Lynn Frangs who

called themselves the Ouboet team a clever play on

the word Obut, the manufacturer of the boule balls.

Father and daughter team, Jeanine and Bob Cameron, with

Melony Schwarz and Peter van der Merwe.

NEW WHALE BOOK

LAUNCHED: Wildlife and

nature photographer and

whale fundi, Dave de Beer,

recently launched his new

photographic book, Her-

manus Whales: The Jour-

ney Continues. The book

contains 288 pages with

photographs of the local

whale population, and

comes exactly five years

after his first selfpublished

book. Copies are available

from the Book Cottage,

Bookmark, Hemingways,

Africa Dawn and the Dave

de Beer Photography Gal

lery in Main Road. With

Dave is his wife, Nikki

Stanley, and mom, Joan de

Beer.

The first copy of

Dave de Beers new

book was bought

by former Spring

bok rugby player,

Chris Pope.

Prentjie omgekeerd

Die prentjie in die bolug is vandag net mooi omgekeerd

van hoe dit verlede week daar uitgesien het. Die donker

fronte wat oor die suidelike halfrond getrek het, lyk nou

ofhullenmokerhougekryhetenintallefragmenteuitme-

kaar spat.

Die geheelprentjie wys net weer hoe otherwise die

Overstrandseweerpatroonkanweeswanneerdieresvan

die land vure doodslaan.

Watopval, isdatdieOverstrandookmaar40 km/hwin-

de oor sy kop gehad het, alhoewel goed n kilometer of

driehoogooronskoppeverbyendie laagdrukhier onder-

langshetskaarsgeroer,waarditoprondom1012hPagelui-

er het.

Dit het toe al duidelik geword dat die ren wat vir die

heleOverbergvoorspelword, ons deelsmisloop.Die enig-

ste lastigheidjie is die koue wat die huidige stelsel kom

planthet environswagwanneeronsvanoggend (Donder-

dag) uitloer. En ook dat die ergste wolke eers middag se

kant sal padgee, of liewer minder word.

Diekouekommet nsuidelikebrieswatonstotmre-og-

gend (Vrydag)maarweerna11 C terugstoot.Enhier sien

ons weer die andersheid van Hermanus se weer: Ons ge-

niet n suiglekker aan weerskante van die stokkie. Ons

geniet n warm noordoos wanneer die steentjies reg val

en die noordwes as die nood hoog is en die damme begin

leegloop.

Di keer draai die oostewind die kraneweer

gaaf oop en voor die son Vrydag sak, raak ons

van die ergste koue ontslae en geniet weer n

slag 20 C; Saterdagmiddag selfs 21 C.

Teendi tyd sit ons sakemense alweer opdie

punte van hulle stoel en wonder wat om alles

virdiebesoekers reg tekry.Weerhaandinkdit

gaan maar weer n so-so dag wees wat alles af-

hang of die suid-oostelike briesie van 4 meter

per sekonde, moeilik sal raak. En kyk ons dan

na die moontlikheid van ren, lyk die wolke

of hulle bietjie dikker word. Die langtermyn

vooruitsig is dat daar eers teen Woensdag n

druppel of tweekanval,maar gisteraand met

diebrelandwyebeeldvandiebolugingedagte,

rekenWeerhaandatditmeeropndigtemistig-

heidkanuitloopwat skaars nhalwemmneer-

slag kan oplewer. Wat opvallend is, is dat die

laagdrukke baie diep uit die suide reguit land

toe peil, kompleet soos n span perdewat nwa

vol slegte weer nader sleep.

Cold weather can be expected today (Thursday), but this will

clear up on Friday with temperatures rising to 20 C on Satur-

day. Sunny skies are forecast until next Wednesday.

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General

PRET,

POTJIE

KOS EN

PLESIER

BY STAN

FORD BA

SAAR:

Stanford

het hul

kerk se

101ste ver

jaardag gevier met n basaar die afge

lope naweek. Jerry Fourie, n plaaslike

musikant, het gesorg vir lekker agter

grondmusiek tydens die kerkbasaar,

wat besoekers van oral oor getrek het.

Pieter en Christine Roos (foto bo) het al

die pad van Brandfort in die Vrystaat

vir hul kinders in Hermanus kom kuier.

Hulle het veral die welbekende blom

meuitstallings in die kerk en blomme

uit die omgewingstalletjie geniet.

FOTOS: JANNIE WESSELS

Di manne was reg om te kook.

Wiaan Swart, Loppies Geldenhuys en

Fourie Swart met hul seekospotjie in

wording by die kerkbasaar se potjie

koskompetisie.

Groei orgide om sy pa te eer

ELB VAN HEERDEN

Vanjaar se wenner (en

reserwe-wenner) van

dieWalker Bay Orgide-

vereniging se skou het

sy pa, n stigterslid van

di organisasie, vereer

met sy inskrywings.

Riaan Rohland is aan-

gewys as die kampioen

en reserwe-kampioen

vir sy orgide by die

skou, wat die afgelope

naweek in die St. Peters-

kerk gehou is.

Ek het vanjaar deel-

geneem ter nagedagte-

nis van my pa, Pietman

Rohland, wat vroer

vanjaar oorlede is. My

pa was, saam met Jan

Smit (HT 2 Okt) n stig-

terslid van die Walker

Bay Orgide-vereniging

en was vir jare n lid.

Riaan Rohland is vanjaar as die kampioen en reserwekampioen

aangewys by die jaarlikse Walker Bay Orgideskou.

FOTOS: ELB VAN HEERDEN

Van die Walker Bay Orgidevereniging is

Marinus Nolte en Jan Smit, saam met besoe

kers Piet en Joyce Botha.

Elizabeth Wright saam met Benardo Olivier,

wat vanjaar vir die eerste keer uitgestal het.

CLIVIA SHOW: The Overberg Clivia in

terest group hosted the seventh annual

Clivia show over the past weekend.

Felicity Weeden (left), the groups

chairman, was awarded for the best

Clivia on show as well as taking the

prize for the first runnerup. Gerrit

Rohlandt (right) won the prize for the

best leaves. Pieter Kock was second

runnerup in the competition and first

runnerup with his leaves.

PHOTOS: ELB VAN HEERDEN

There were also a host of Clivias on

sale as the exhibition neared closing

time. Here are Rhoda McMaster and

Olivia Carstens at the sales table.

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General

Public talk on ewaste

WhaleCoast Conservation is holding a public

talk about the growing problem of e-waste on

Tuesday 14 October at 17:30 at the Green

House in Vermont.

Vic Hamilton-Attwell, a zoologist from

North-West Province now living in Herma-

nus, will be the guest speaker.

Electronic gadgets also become obsolete

very rapidly.Whathappens to these itemsaft-

er their owners no longer want them?

Do we, in Hermanus, knowwhat to do with

our batteries, cell phones, computers, print-

ers, microwaves, or even fridges and stoves

when they die?

Vic says his talk is aimed at helping you

understandwhat e-wasteisandwhathappens

to our electronic devices when they become

e-waste.

It will provide practical information about

what we can do with discarded electronic

items in Hermanus. By being aware of the

problemsandknowinghowwecancontribute

to the solution,we canhelp to prevent e-waste

from overwhelming the planet.

The entry fee is R10 per person. For more

information call Anina Lee, communications

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316 2527 or 083 242 3295.

Talk will provide practical information about discarding of ewaste. PHOTO: EWASTEGUIDE.INFO

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THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER

) U3A open meeting: Talk on Super

marketWars byDougParker, consultant

and expert on ShoppingMall Design and

Economic Viability. 17:30.

) Die borduurgroep kom byeen by die

DeWetsaal van 09:00 13:00. Anna le

Roux: 0 028 316 1612.

) The Probus Club meets every second

Thursday at Hermanus Golf Club at

12:15. Lyle: 0 028 314 1390 /

073 778 2777.

) YogaclasseseveryTuesdayandThurs

dayat17:30at theDeWetHall.Henritte

Vlugter: 0 082 738 7809.

) Hermanus Rotary Clubmeets at 18:30

at Mollergren. All welcome. Frank

Matthee: 0 082 870 1187.

FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER

) U3A meeting: A full length version of

Macbeth Part 2 presented by Allan Pow

ell. 10:00. At the Catholic Church hall.

Call: Allan Powell 0 028 312 1251.

) Womens Business Network monthly

meeting at Wonderland Caf inside Su

perplants. 09:00. Tickets cost R50and in

clude breakfast and coffee. This months

topic will cover Internet Business. All

businesswomen welcome. 2 womans

businessnetwork1@gmail.com or call

Cass 0 073 117 1857.

) Kom kyk die fliek: Pad na jou Hart

in die ouditorium van Onruskerk. 15:00

asook 19:00. Slegs R30 as donasie.

Kaartjies by die deure en by die kerk be

skikbaar.

) Please join Friends of The Library at

our cosy Bhuki Cafe coffee mornings ev

ery Friday from09:00 to11:30.Ahappy

experience.

) Kolwyntjieteetuin by dieNGkerkOn

rusrivier. Van 09:30 tot 11:30 vir net R20

(koffie/tee ingesluit).

) Hermanus Hacking Group meets from

07:15 09:30 above the sports field

near Old Boys Club. Charlyn Vosloo:0

082 558 8731.

) Kunsklasse by die De Wetsaal van

09:00 12:00. Kontak Estelle Valken

burg:0 028 316 3522.

) Brug by die De Wetsaal van 12:00

16:30. Anneke van der Vlug:

0 082 923 9799.

SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER

)RobinAuld treeopbySprokkelstertea

ter in Onrus om 20:00. Kaartjies,

R100pp, by 0 082 896 5105 of 0

028 316 4567 of info@sprokkel

ster.co.za.

)Hearty Strandveld foodandwine pair

ings at Elim Wine & Food Celebration.

Wine tasting from 10:00 to 17:00, Black

Oystercatcher, Elim. Cycle and trail run

registration starts at 07:00. Races from

08:00 08:30. Tickets cost R75 pp, in

cluding a branded wine glass. Free for

u. 18s. Tickets at www.webtickets.co.za.

Call0 028 482 1618 or2 info@elim

wines.co.za. www.elimwines.co.za.

) Fisherhaven Neighbourhood Watch

Cake and Book Sale. From10:00 outside

Moos Caf in Fisherhaven. Call: 0

028 315 2601 for more.

) Single people, Afrikaans and English:

are you recently divorced, awidoworwi

dower? Is u onlangs deur n egskeiding

of het u n eggenoot/eggenote verloor?

Come and meet people who are in the

samesituationandreceiveemotionalsup

port, and maybe meet a special friend

through the group. Call:

0 076 115 7382.

) World Hospice Palliative Care Day:

Support theOverberg Hospice at various

points. Hospice volunteers will be collect

ingwith tins throughout the greaterOver

berg region.

MONDAY 13 OCTOBER

) The U3A presents a talk on Richard

Strauss, his life and music, compiled by

Ron Thomson and Johan Radloff. 10:00.

Catholic Church. Gert Claassen:

0 083 602 5254.

) BirdLife Overberg monthly meeting.

Talk on the Fynbos endemic birds re

search project andother biodiversity pro

jects in theWesternCapebyDaleWright,

the regional conservation manager for

theWestern Cape for BirdLife South Afri

ca. 18:30 for 19:00 at the Community

Hall, Mollergren Park, Hermanus. The

meetingwill be followedbyabraaiatR70

per person. RSVP: Elaine at2 mwjass

er@mweb.co.za or0 082 4558402by

09:00 on Saturday 11 October.

) Fiksheidsklasse by die De Wetsaal in

Onrus:Ma.08:00 09:30;Wo.15:00

17:00 en Do. 08:00 09:30. Bel Alida

Liebenberg: 0 028 316 3994 /

082 783 5160.

) Duplicatebridgeat13:00atFernkloof.

Call: 0 028 314 0662 /

072 230 9179.

) Linedancing at the De Wet Hall from

17:30 18:30. Call Maryanne:

0 073 469 9132 / 028 316 2625.

) Hermanus Pro Musica Choir will be

practising in the Grobbelaar Hall from

18:00 20:00.

) TouchingHeartsmeets at 18:45 inOn

rus. Call Martin:0 082 438 6008.

) Run/Walk for Life: Meet every Mon

day, Wednesday and Friday at 17:30 at

the Old Boys Club, Hermanus. Call: Elna

Botha 0 072 640 6822.

) A group of walkers meets three times

a week (Monday, Wednesday and Fri

day) at 07:00 for walks of varying

lengths. All walkers welcome. Contact

Lynn Frangs 0028 316 2007orArlene

Ehrenberg 0 028 316 2037 for more

details.

TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER

)TheU3Apresentsa talkonTravelDesti

nations: the Overberg and Overstrand

east of Hermanus by Celeste Scheepers,

manager of Hermanus Tourism. Catholic

Church. 10:00. Call: Graham Palmer at

0 028 314 1167.

) Hermanus Hacking Group meets from

06:45 10:00 opposite 64 Mountain

ViewDrive,Northcliff. Bel Andr van den

Berg vir meer by: 0 072 191 3516.

) Zumbadans by die De Wetsaal, Dins

dae en Woensdae van 17:30 18:30.

Emilia Knight: 0 028 316 1491.

WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER

) Literature talk at theU3Awith a discus

sion by John de Gruchy on aspects of his

book Led into Mystery. Catholic church.

10:00. Call: Allan Powell at 0

028 312 1251 for more information.

) Trimgimklasse by die Onrusrivier

dienssentrum van 10:00 11:00. R30

per lid, R45 vir nielede.

) Die Christelike Afhanklikheidsbe

wegingkombyeenvan18:00 19:00by

die Grobbelaarsaal. Nick Kruger:

0 074 890 2250.

) Die egskeidingondersteuningsgroep

komelke tweedeenvierdeWoensdagom

18:00 by die NG gemeente Onrusrivier

byeen. Erika Oosthuysen:

0 079 322 0998.

) Kom kyk die fliek Patch Adams om

15:00 (middagvertoning) in die Onrus

kerk se dienssentrum. Slegs donasie.

FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER

) U3A talk on American Popular Music

presented by AlanMaker and Robin Lee.

10:00 at the Catholic church. Call Robin

Lee: 0 028 312 4072.

SATERDAG 18 OKTOBER

) Cansa Relay For Life in Caledon bied

n Venesiese Maskerbal aan. Kaartjies

teenR250(maskerswordvoorsien)bydie

Kansakantoor.Dit vindplaasbyCaledon

Stadsaal, 19:00 vir 19:30. Navrae:

Schunette Beukes by 0 072 913 5701

ofAnneMarieKrielby00823248934.

) Saturday: TheHer

manus Country Mar

ket, from 09:00 13:00

at the cricket grounds.

Die Hermanuspieters

fontein kosenwyn

mark vind plaas van

09:00 13:00.

TheMarketintheGar

den at Hemelen

Aarde Village from

09:00 14:00.Morning

Marketon thestoepof the

Stanford Hotel from

09:30 12:00.

) Sunday: Salandra

Country Market from

09:00 16:00 at service

station en route to Bot River.

Markies /Markets

Trap diep spore as leier.

Doen ons

Deeltydse MBA

op Vrydae en Saterdae.

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Events for birders

BirdLife Overberg is hosting a talk by Dale

Wright, theRegionalConservationManager

for the Western Cape for BirdLife South

Africa, during itsmonthlymeeting on 13Oc-

tober.

The topicwill focus on the fynbos endemic

birds research project and other biodiversi-

ty projects in the Western Cape.

The meeting starts at 18:30 for 19:00 at the

MollergrenPark communityhall andwill be

followed by a braai at R70 per person.

Remember to bring your own drinks and

glasses.

Keep in mind that you do not have to eat

and that you can only attend the lecture if

you so choose.

Please RSVP to Elaine at 2mwjasser@

mweb.co.za or0 082 455 8402 by 09:00 onSat-

urday 11 October for catering purposes.

) Flight for the Birders Course: A bird

identificationcourse fornoviceandinterme-

diatebirdwatcherswillbepresentedbyBird-

Life Overbergs chairman, Anton Odendal,

inHermanus on 31October and 1November,

tohelp raise funds for conservationprojects.

These projects include the development of

an African Penguin and seabirds rehabilita-

tion centre at Kleinbaai (SEEHT - 21 August

2014) and the Fynbos birds research project.

Much stronger emphasis is also being

placed on conservation issues, in line with

thememorandumofunderstandingbetween

the Overberg division of CapeNature and

BirdLife Overberg.

The course focuses on basic steps in the

identification of birds, where to find rare

birds in southern Africa and how ordinary

birdwatchers could become involved in the

conservation of birds and their habitats.

A section of the course will also focus on

the differences between the various families

of LBJs and other confusing species, as well

as Birds of Prey, and how this applies to the

Overstrand region.