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Two more bodies foundJANINE VAN DER RIET

Policedivershavebeensearching through-out the week for three fishermen who wentmissing after their boat capsized in the BotRiver lagoon in Fisherhaven on Sunday 9September.

The body of Alistair Marais (33) from Haw-ston was found trapped in fishing nets under-water on the day of the tragedy, but the otherthree fishermen remained missing.The bodies of two men were recovered at

Fisherhaven Lagoon by the NSRI Hermanusvolunteer duty crew this Sunday. It is sus-pected the bodies account for two of the threemissing fishermen.Members of the public had

stumbled upon one body in the water, floatingjust under the surface nearwhere the boat hadbeen found capsized last week. They markedthe location using a flotation buoy.Members of the police, Forensic Pathology

Services andNSRIHermanus’s volunteer dutycrew were activated and sped to the scene torecover the body.The body was handed into the care of the po-

lice and Forensic Pathology Services.The NSRI then continued to search, and a

short while later found the body of a secondman. It too had been floating just beneath thelagoon surface.The crew kept up the search, but there was

no sign of the third missing fisherman.According to a press release issued by the

Department ofAgriculture, Forestry andFish-eries(DAFF),aninternalinvestigationintothematter confirmed that the boat had not com-pliedwithbasicSouthAfricanMaritimeSafetyAuthority requirements in that there were nolife jackets or other items of safety gear onboard. Lionel Adendorf, director of communi-cation services at the DAFF, adds that no per-mit had been issued to allow anyone to fish theBot River estuary, one of the top 10 nurseryareas for a variety of fish species.The DAFF calls on fishermen to ensure that

theymeet all legal and safety requirements be-fore they go out to sea, as these measures areaimed at saving lives. Action could be takenagainst those who fail to do so.At the time of going to print, the families of

the missing fishermen had not yet viewed thebodies to confirm whether they were in factthose of their loved ones..A funeral was held for Marais on Sunday in

Hawston. BesidesMarais, the other fishermenon the boat were Louis Taljaard (57), his sonFrancois Taljaard (31), and Sergio Titus (23).All of them were from Hawston.

Kleinmond Primary School’s youngenvironmental activists marked bothArbour Week and International Coas-tal Cleanup Week when they setabout planting trees and – with thehelp of Whale Coast Conservationand Working for the Coast – sprucingup the Kleinmond lagoon area. Seemore photos of their work on page7. PHOTO: JANINE VAN DER RIET

Sand,Sand,sun andsun andleafy funleafy fun

Kleinmond Gazette General - Algemeen Tuesday 18 September 20122

Churchservice timesSeventh Day Adventist Church:Corner of 13th Avenue and Sixth

Street, Kleinmond. Saturday serviceat 09:30. 0 028 271 4173.

Pringle Bay United Church:Corner of Crescent and Park Streets.

Sunday service at 09:00.0 028 273 8172.

Kleinmond Aanbiddingsentrum :Corner of Seventh Avenue and

Seventh Street. Sunday service at09:45. 0 028 271 5694 or Pastor

Gerrit Smit: 083 6336 172.

Lakeside Chapel:Lakeside Drive, Betty’s Bay. Sundayservice at 09:30. 0 028 272 9214.

St Nicholas Anglican Church:Heide Street, Proteadorp. Morningprayer on first and third Sunday

morning of every month at 10:00.Communion on second and fourth

Sunday of every month.0 028 271 3546.

Kleinmond Fellowship Church:72 Sixth Street, Kleinmond. Sundayservice at 09:30; Sunday school for

children in Grades R to 3.

Catholic Church:Twist Street, Betty’s Bay. Saturdaymass at 17:30. 0 021 859 5397.

St Francis Anglican Church:Services in the Roman CatholicChurch, Twist Street, Betty’s Bay.

Sunday Eucharist at 09:00.

AGS Kerk Kleinmond:Sunday service at 18:00; Prayerservice Tuesday 19:00. VCSV

building, 11th Avenue.0 Pastor Tewis de Jager:

082 771 9365 or 028 713 3988

Email your church service times toJanine van der Riet at

janine@hermanustimes.co.za

Ommieberg beloof om die liefde te besingOktober isnienetdiemooistemaandnie,maarook tyd vir Hangklip se uithanggeleentheidvan die jaar – die Ommieberg Liefdekonsertwat Vrydag 5 Oktober om 19:00 in die Gemeen-tesentrum op Bettysbaai aangebied word.Laatslapers sal moet spring om nie dié jaar

weer teleurgesteld temoet omdraai omdat hul-le nie kaartjies kon kry nie. Daar is slegs ’nbeperkte aantal kaartjies beskikbaar vir diederde en gewilde Ommieberg Konsertreeks.Vanjaar sekonsert,metdie temaLiefde, bied

’n musikale verskeidenheid met van ligte totklassiekemusiekdeurplaaslikesanggroepeengaskunstenaars. Die tenoor Peter Spreeuwen-berg, Mia Steenkamp, ’n operastudent aan dieUniversiteit van Kaapstad, asook Kleinmond

se eie trompetspeler, Chrisjan Cruywagen, be-geleideurIsabelWagener, isvandieverrassen-de nuwe kunstenaars wat vir die eerste keerop die Ommieberg-verhoog gaan verskyn.Onderdiebekendekunstenaarswat telMari-

on Roberts, internasionale operasangeres vanDen Haag, en Ellenoré van As van Grabouw.Hangklip se gewilde Dayzees en Cliffhangersgaan ook vermaakmet ’n mengelmoes van be-kende liefdesliedjies wat hartsnare sal roer.Konsertgangers word aangemoedig om ele-

gant aan te trek om te pas by die tema liefde.Kaartjies kosR60 en sluit tee en verversings,

in en is te koop op Kleinmond by Albertyn Ap-teek en die NG kerkkantoor.Bel Sandra Taljaard by 083 308 6170.

Roelien van Altena, Karlien Venter en Annalise Nieu-woudt van die Hangklip Dayzees wat saam met dieCliffhangers gaan optree met ’n liefdes-medley by dieOmmieberg Liefdekonsert.

What’s on inTourism Month21 September (International Day ofPeace)• Tourism bureau staff will dress up

as hippies, and will work to promote amessage of peace and tolerance to allvisitors.• Barton Wine Farm will conduct a

special winetasting at the bureau at15:00. All are welcome.22 to 24 September• Enjoy the Pringle BayWindgat Fes-

tival – full programme to follow.• Breatheinthe flowershowat theHa-

rold Porter National Botanical Garden.24 September (Heritage Day)• Remember to take photos of your

braai to enter the tourism bureau’s ex-citing competition to win a meathamper.27 September (National Tourism

Day)• Thebureauwillworktopromote local

attractions, and will hold its annualgeneral meeting at Mandy’s Kitchen.Contact the tourism bureau for more

information on 0 028 271 5657.

Miems Markie vier eerste verjaardagSpesialevieringe, ondermeer ’n spitbraai,wordbeplanvirdienaweekvan22Septem-ber om die Village Market se eerste ver-jaardag by Miems Restaurant in Pringle-baai te vier.

Die Miems Markie sal 22, 23 en 24 Sep-tember om 10:00 gehouword en is deel vandie Pringlebaai Kuns- en Handwerkroetewat indie langnaweekhuldeurevirbesoe-kers oopgooi.

In die “ou dae” is ’n gesellige mark elkeSaterdag in Pringlebaai gehou waar vanhandwerk tot plante te koop aangebied is.Om een of ander rede het die mark egterdoodgeloop.

Sedert 24 September verlede jaar, word’n mark egter weer elke Saterdag gehou.Die Village Market, of te wel Miems Mar-kie, is ’nregteplattelandsedorpsmarkmet’n heerlike atmosfeer en word by MiemsRestaurant in die middedorp gehou.

Uitstallers benut die grondverdiepingvan Miems Restaurant om hul ware tentoontestel.Kuns-enhandwerk,uitsonder-like juwele, etniese kuns, klere en andersnuisterye word te koop aangebied en krygroot aftrek onder die plaaslike gemeen-skap, naweekgangers en verbygangers.Die varsprodukte-stalletjie en Belgiese

sjokolade-tafel is ook nie te versmaai nie.’n Tweedehandse stalletjie se produktekomhandig te pas en enigewit olifant kanhier verkwansel word.Diemark is ’n gewilde saamkomplekvir

die inwoners, en besoekers word sommervriende.Maak dus ’n knoop in jou oor om tussen

10:00 en 14:00 ’n draai by die mark te gooivir iets te ete, te drinke, omietsunieksvanPringlebaai aan te skaf of om sommer netdie plaaslike kunstenaars en inwoners teontmoet.

Flower and Eco FairRevel in the Fernkloof Flower and Eco Fairfrom 09:00 to 17:00, Thursday to Sunday.Presentedby theHermanusBotanical Society

in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, the fair willshow off the wild flowers of Hermanus andsurroundingdistrictswithover400specimens,aswellasmasseddisplays.Therewillbeafocuson plant pollination through birds and bees,and the role these creatures have to play in thefynbos. Home-cooked fare and bunches of fyn-bos flowers will be on sale, as will indigenousplants at Jack’s Nursery.Entrance costs R30 for adults, R15 for pupils,

and R20 for seniors on Thursday.To find out more call 0 028 316 3724.

Botanical Society calendarThe Battle of Betty’s Bay, round 594ThenextattacktakesplaceonSunday7Octo-

ber from 09:00 to noon at CourtWay, off PorterDrive, towards the beach along Fair Road.

TalksOn Saturday 20 October Brian Huntley will

speak on his experiences in a talk titled “Wild-

life, Wild Places and Wild Times in Angola –1971 to 2012”.OnSaturday17November,DrSydCulliswill

talk on the centenary of the Scott expeditionto the South Pole.Beverages will be served at all talks, and a

voluntary donation taken. For venue confir-mation contact Merrilee on 0 028 272 9314.

Save the dateThe Friends of Betty’s Bay Library are set toholdafascinatingandinformativeeventat thelibrary on 11 October at 10:30.The event will include a talk and photos on

China, titled “Explore the Wonders and Mys-teries of China”, by Ria de Klerk.For more information you can get in touch

with Pip Prinsloo on 0 028 272 9949.

Car boot saleFindanewhomeforallyouroldandunwantedgoods by getting in on a car boot sale happen-ing from 09:00 to 13:00 on 15 December.The sale is set to take place at the Lakeside

Chapel in Wheeler Road, Betty’s Bay. Regis-tration costs R50 per car boot.Contact Steve de Villiers on 0 028 272 9582

or 083 436 7231 for more information.

LENTEPRET: Daar ismet groot pret en ple-sier behoorlik gekuierby Tesselaarsdal se la-erskool op 8 Septem-ber tydens die Lente-pretloop. Juf. ReeSauls het haar tevre-denheid uitgespreekoor die sukses van dieverrigtinge.FOTO: STEPHEN YOUNG

Inge Barnardo sit en ont-span op ’n houtbankie indie blommetent. Hier wasbaie soorte proteas enfynbos uitgestal. Daar isbaie moeite gedoen endie tent het baiemooi ver-toon. Daar het ook ’nstroompie water tussendie blomme gevloei.

Die vrou naasteaan die skeerder isRoos von Weidtsvan Riviersonder-end.Sy is besig omvir Amos van BKBmet haar selfoonaf te neem terwylhy skeer.

Country Fair was genotvolDie Caledon CountryFair feesorganiseerdersis tevredemet die pas af-gelope fees.LindaFaren-ham, voorsitter van Ca-ledon Toerisme, sê ditwas duidelik dat Cale-don gereed was vir ietsnuut. “Hopelik gaan dieToerismeburo en die Ca-ledon Veldblommege-nootskap volgende jaarhande vat en ’n fenome-nale fees aanbied.”Sy was veral opge-

maak met kommentaarvan besoekers wat dieuitsig vanaf die tuinasook die ontspanne,rustige atmosfeer geniethet.

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LAPSING OF UNEXERCISED USE RIGHTS INTERMS OF SECTION 14(2) OF THE LAND USE

PLANNING ORDINANCE, 1985The Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning: Section 14(2)of the Land Use Planning Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance 15 of 1985), (‘LUPO’), states thatif any use right for land granted in terms of town planning schemes of land governed bythe Townships Ordinance, 1934 (Ordinance 33 of 1934), (‘Townships Ordinance’), is notexercised by 30 June 2013 then the land shall be deemed to be zoned in accordancewith the utilisation thereof.

Section 14(2)(b) of LUPO provides that the Minister can appoint an appeal committeeto extend this period, prior to the expiry thereof, on the application of the ownerconcerned and if the owner has suffered or will suffer loss.At this stage there is no intention to amend Section 14(2) of LUPO with the view toextend the lapsing period of 30 June 2013.Your attention is therefore drawn to Municipal Circular 19/2012, which can beaccessed at address www.westerncape.gov.za/eadp/lupo/S14. Any interestedparty who may wish to comment on the matters raised in the circular must submittheir written comment by no later than 7 October 2012 to Ms Chrizelle Kriel, email:Chrizelle.Kriel@westerncape.gov.za or fax: 021 483-4527. Ms Kriel can also be contactedon 021 483-0765.

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IMPORTANTNOTICE

Die snoek loop in Kleinmond. Vissermanne het hul hande behoorlik vol gehad Woensdagmet snoek vir Afrika.

Die snoek is gereed vir kopers wat smul na ’n vars snoekie op diekole.

Die see lê vol skuite by Kleinmond-hawe. FOTO’S: PIETA PIETERSE

Die snoek loop in Kleinmond. Vissermanne het hul hande behoorlikvol gehad Woensdag met snoek vir Afrika.Skrop die snoek skoon.

Join up to fight crime in HawstonA brand new sub-forum, intended to helppeople tackle crime, was created duringa recent community meeting in Hawston.The sub-forum, formed during a meet-

ing held by residents in conjunction withtheHermanuspolice, councillors, church-

goers and taxi associations, was sete upto give people a platform onwhich to fightcrime together.To join or find out more, call Constable

MbongeniMazuthu, Hawston sectorman-ager, on 0 082 777 4737.

Snoeke by die dosyne

Bees: facts and fablesPENNY PALMER

Despite the rain and wind, there was alarger than usual turnout at last week’sKogelberg Botanical Society talk, duringwhich Dr Mike Alsopp delivered a fasci-nating lecture on honeybees and honeyproduction.

There have been recent newspaper reportsof worldwide losses of, in some places, wholecolonies of bees. In certain parts of GreatBritain recently, rain over several weekscaused many bees to die of hunger, causingthe partial failure of fruit crops due to theabsence of the pollinators.Somebeekeepers fed their bees sugarwater

in an attempt to keep them alive. In manycases thiswassuccessful,butas thebeescouldnot forage in the rain, no pollinating waspossible anyway.So Dr Allsopp posed the question: “Are

honeybees under threat?”.There has been a 30% loss of bee colonies

worldwide, causing a loss of food security.Other threats tobees includedisease, viruses,genetically modified crops, cellphone net-worksand,asabove, foodshortages thatcausecolony collapse disorder. These haveoccurred mainly in the USA and Europe.Despite similar problems, South Africa’s

bee populations are essentially healthy,Alsopp said, though they do face other prob-lems: environmental stress from pesticides,pollution and medication, and operationalstress through being overworked as pollina-tors. These stresses should be taken as anearly warning sign.The tradition in South Africa is to hunt for

wild bee populations and collect their honey.Honey production yielded only about 4 500 tin 1990, which has been reduced to 2 000 t dueto honey importation and other issues.Another fable is that honeybees are endan-

gered.Itwaspointedoutthattherearemillionsof colonies worldwide that are doing fine, andthatwhateverhasan impactonhoneybeeshasa similar impact on other species.Alsopp also asked: “Are honeybees a criti-

cal ecosystem service? Do honeybee losesthreaten conservation and biodiversity?”There are reports that 80% of our indige-

nous flora is pollinated by honeybees. Be-cause of their sheer numbers, honeybees arecritical pollinators; however, Alsopp said,there is little evidence to show that they arethe only pollinators.Loss of honeybees would mean more of

otherpollinators andprobably limited, if any,ecosystemdamage.Allpollinatorsarecriticalecosystem services, not only honey bees.Still, only honeybees can satisfy commer-

cial pollination demands, and there is notenough indigenous forage to sustain thenum-bers of honeybeesneeded.Exotic forage,mostcommonly the gum tree, sustains the bee-keeping industry in South Africa.To protect honeybees, you need to increase

bee-friendly plants, in South Africa’s caseexotics and crops.Much research on honeybees is being done

worldwide, including under the Global Polli-nation Project, funded by theGlobal Environ-ment Facility. In South Africa it is adminis-tered by theSouthAfricanNationalBiodiver-sity Institute (Sanbi). The Honeybee ForageProject, meanwhile, is funded byWorking forWater and implemented by Sanbi.

HOMEWARD BOUND:Sammy and Lucky, whowere previously adoptedfrom Animal Welfare andhad a good life with theirnew owners, need to find anewhomenowas their own-ersareemigratingat theendof September. Sammy is anine-year-old female foxterrier, and Lucky is aneight-year-old male cross-breed. They are hoping tofind a home where they willget lots of love and attention– and ample space to runaround. They cannot beadopted individually as thetwo best friends have neverbeen separated. PhoneCaren on 082 612 7399.

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Visser-tragedieDit is ’n hartseerdag wanneer ’n gemeenskapvier van hul geliefde inwoners moontlik aandie dood moet afstaan.Drie van die vier vissermanne wat voorver-

lede Sondag as vermis aangegee is nadat hulskuit omgedop het, is moontlik gevind. Die fa-milie moet nog die laaste twee lyke uitken, eneers dankandie families die tragedie verwerk.In tyesoosdiésienmensweerdiehardewerk

wat die polisie, NSRI- en anderwetstoepassersdaagliks doen.Vir ’nweek lankhet die polisieduikers daag-

liks in wind en weer na die lyke gesoek. Diemoontlikheid dat die vissers die ongeluk oor-leef het, is skraal, maar vir die polisie en NSRIis dit belangrik dat die families sekerheid kanhê oor wat met hul mense gebeur het.Onswensdie families sterkte toe indiemoei-

like tyd.

Sportkykery ’n verslawing wat selfs voorblaaie oorheersAL ooit die gevoel gekry sport is besig omhande uit te ruk?Ek weet fisiese oefening, spanwerk en ge-

sonde mededinging is ’n “goeie ding”, maarek kry so ’n krieweling oor wat ek deesdaeal hoe meer sien en hoor.Verstaan my mooi, ek beoefen self sport.

My lieflingsport is tennis, wat ek al meer as50 jaar speel en nog so-so kan handhaaf op’n beskeie vlak en teen spelers van my por-tuur.Ekhet ’n pesoonlikheidsgebrek (ekhounie van verloor nie, wat natuurlik ’n swak-heid is teenoor die veel gesonder wens omtewen)maar oor die algemeen onderdruk ekdit en geniet die gevoel om ’n bal raak te klapen in die proses ’n bietjie te hol en te lag.As ek egter kyk na ander sportliefhebbers

naby my en hulle amper ootmoedige toewy-ding aan hulle sportkykery, kry ek die onge-maklike gevoel dit word ’n verslawing. Ekkenmensewatoor ’n naweek tussenVrydag-en Sondagaand vyf rugbywedstryde, ver-

skeieurese tennisennog ’n krieketwedstrydook inpas.Ek lees nou sportberigte op koerante se

voorblaaie, wat ek vermoed daar geplaas isin hoop dat lesersgetalle meer gaan groei on-der ’n publiek wat liewers van Maandag totSaterdag nuus oor die vorige week se wed-stryde en rugbyspelerswil lees as al die neer-drukkende moord en doodslag en ander ver-velige sakies soos politiek, wetenskap, diekunste en dies meer.Ek geniet goeie rugby, veral toetse, en ek

vermoed hierdie drang is by my ingeprentin my prille jeug, toe ek saam met my pa om’n radio gehurk het in die nanag om te hoorhoe die Springbokke die All Blacks takel, ofhoe Willie Toweel vir Pat Mackateer opfoe-ter. Dit het op daardie hoogs ontvanklike sta-dium van my in my onderbewussyn bly vas-steek as ’n sinvol bedrywigheid, amper ietsheiligs.Ekvoel steedsdaardie irrasionele ge-voel van vervulling as “my” span of atleet

wen, enamper ’n soort depressie ashulle ver-loor.DieRomeinehetgeweet ’nbevolkingruste-

loos oor die ongelykhede in hulle samele-wing, die korrupsie van hulle leiers en ’n ge-brek aan vooruitsigte, vinnig en deeglik ge-sus kan word deur “brood en sirkusse”. Ekvermoed dis wat die kwantum sport wat diemedia toenemend opdis ook doen, al dink diebeplanners hulle ontdekking is iets nuuts.Wat die professionele sportlui betref is

daar ’n ander nuwigheid: die professionele“atleet”. Hierdie betekenis van die woord isvan die Amerikaanse gebruik afgelei, en soook isdie rigtingwat sportmet skrikwekken-de doelgerigtheid inneem – nie net die doe-dies met uitlokkende passies en rokkies nie,daar is die simptome van ’n ernstiger kwaal:hul reusagtige salarisse, die oordrewe open-bare agting, die voortdurende nuus oor hulleaffêres, siektes, die aandag wat aan elke sin-nelose uitspraak van hierdie nuwemenings-

vormers gegee word:“Wat doen jy vir ontspanning na jou harde

dag in die gimnasium en op die oefenveld?”“Uh, ek laaik om bietjie gholf te speel…”Sien julle by die game!fouriejh@mweb.co.za

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Teachers deserve moreSchool holidays are upon us, and with themcome theendless complaints about theprivi-leged lives of teachers.It is anunfair assumption, as these are the

peoplewhomweentrust our children to, andwhomwe inadvertently expect to be gratefulfor the opportunity to teach our offspring.We also expect them to give up theirweek-

ends or evenings to facilitate extracurricu-lar activity. In the old days teachers, likenurses, were accorded tremendous respect,and even the gangsters left them alone.They were psychologist, parent, doctor,

priestandcopall rolledup intoone.Nowtheyare under stress because of low pay, over-crowdedclassrooms,problematicbureaucra-cy and a child who knows how the edu-cational system works and who controls it.I do not begrudge teachers their term

breaks. They work in a very demanding en-vironment and receive very little recogni-tion or thanks. The teachers who made animpression on me were those who allowedme to voice my opinions and disagree. Theywere democratic in imparting knowledgeand showed me glimpses of the future, how-ever dismal the present.I recall with fondness their challenges and

their pride when I did well. Nowadays the

teaching profession seems stuck in a quag-mireofdoubtanddisappointments.Teachersseemtohave lost theirenthusiasm–notwith-standing that there are still many dedicatedandcommitted teacherswhocontinue toper-severe in the face of tremendous odds fromparents and an unyielding bureaucracy.I sympathise when teachers resort to last

measures such as going on strike for betterworking conditions. It is an uncaring educa-tional authority whose dealings impact onthe right of a child to a better education andon teachers merely wanting to do what theydo best: nurturing the minds of the future.Who can forget the intentions of the out-

comes-based curriculum or the recent de-bacle of missing or mismanaged set booksin Limpopo? We have had visionary peopleat the helm, such as the late Kader Asmaland Naledi Pandor, who unfortunately in-herited a system that was steeped in errorandwhoseattemptsat redressing imbalanceled to further dysfunction.The casualties in any educational difficul-

ties are the teachers and the children. Therehasbeenahugeoutcrywith the intendedclo-sureof schools in theWesternCape.Thepro-vincial government perceives the necessityof closing certain schools in the drive to

streamline resources and capacity. On theother hand, opponents motivate that thereare sufficient pupils and teachers. What isessential is thatchildrenarenotdeniedtheirhuman right to a stress-free education.I have noticed the non-existence of a high

school in the Rooi Els–Kleinmond region.Many youths are transported to the nearesthigh schools in the Overstrand, creating alack of youthful energy in an area one nor-mally associates with high-schoolers.Weshould takeanaudit to establishexactly

howmanypotentialpupilsliveintheseplaces.Wehaveprimaryandpre-schools inthearea;the absence of a secondary school begs a per-tinent question – do we need a high school?We already have distinct racial demarca-

tion regarding where people live, and if weare to develop a society that produces well-rounded and sensible adults, a high schoolreflectingthosevaluesisagoodplacetostart.

Pringle Bay hack 82Pringle Bay hack 82On26August theHackGroupcommencedwiththe removal of alien vegetation at the car parkto the main beach off William Road.Agoodstartwasmade,but there isstillmuch

tobedoneat thissite.ThehackerspresentwereEd Silberbauer, TomDreyer, Jane Fearnhead,Frik Potgieter, Sue Folb, Carol Wilson, Neiland Penny Berens and John Whitehead.The next hack will be on Sunday 30 Septem-

ber 2012, and will again be at the car park tothe main beach off William Road. As usual wewill meet on the pavement opposite Drosters-gat in Central Avenue, Pringle Bay, at 08:30,and will then proceed to the hack site. Every-one who would like to help rid Pringle Bay ofalien vegetation will be welcome. The hackstops at 11:30. Hacking tools are provided. Con-tact John on 028 273 8807 or Ian on 028 273 8589,or just turn up at the meeting point.I am sad to report that Hoffie Hoffman, one

of the originalmembers of thisHackGroup andone who remained a loyal member until illhealthmadehimretire,diedrecentlyafteralongillness. He was much involved in Pringle BayRatepayers’ affairs and will be missed by all.

JOHN WHITEHEAD, HACK GROUP CONVENOR

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Big thanks to SAPS, services and communityBig thanks to SAPS, services and communityThe Betty’s Bay Ratepayers’ Association wi-shes to thank SAPS, SAPS Tracker and DogUnit, SAPS Helicopter, Disaster Management,Fire Fighters, the Neighbourhood Watch andmembers of the community who all worked sotirelessly in the search for Brian Johnson Par-ker. The latest update is that he is still inhospi-tal suffering from shock and exposure, but im-proving slowly.

DJ AND LIZ FICK.

Ed’s note:

Johnson-Parker (72), suffering from Parkin-son’s and living in Drivers Road, Betty’s Baywent for a walk on Monday, 10 September andnever returned home.He was found two days later close to his home

inaditch,whereafterhewasstabilisedbyEmer-gency Medical Rescue’s medics (EMR) before hewas taken to hospital.

PLANT BOME: EstelleSchuurman van WhaleCoast Conservation byleerlinge van Klein-mond Primêr in Protea-dorp, besig om bome teplant ter ere van Nasio-nale Boomplantdag.

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Burgemeester sterk tuis aanNicolette Botha-Guthrie, uitvoerendeburgemeester van die Overstrand-muni-sipaliteit, sterk tans tuis aan ná sy voor-verledeVrydag(7September) ’ngeslaagderugoperasie bydieMediclinicVergelegenin Somerset-Wes ondergaan het.Die operasie om ’n gekraakte rugwer-

wel te herstel, is deur die neurochirurgdr. Marius Small-Smith uitgevoer. Sy isdeur plaaslike dokters na hom verwys ná’n skandering gewys het spesialiswerksou nodig wees.Burgemeester Botha-Guthrie het om-

trent ’n week voor die operasie las van er-ge rugpyn ondervind. Hoewel daar aan-vanklik gemeen is dat dit by wyse van diesleutelgattegniek reggestel sou konword,is sy geopereer en die wond is tans nogsensitief.Die burgemeester is vir ses weke met

siekteverlof. Haar beweging is veral virdie eerste tweewekeernstig aanbandege-lê omdat dit van kritieke belang vir diesukses van die operasie is.Hoewel sy nie funksies en vergaderings

sal kan bywoon tot 26 Oktober nie, beoogsy om deurmiddel van die Internet en dieondersteuning van haar kantoor op hoog-te te bly van sake in die munisipaliteit.Die onderburgemeester, raadsheer Pie-

ter Scholtz, sal gedurende dié tydperk die

leisels hou.Die raad en amptenary van die Over-

strand-munisipaliteit wens haar ’n spoe-dige en volkome herstel toe.

) Die Kleinmond Gazette wens burge-meester Botha-Guthrie alle voorspoed toe– kyk mooi na uself en neem dit rustig.Overstrand Mayor Nicolette Botha-

Guthrie is recovering at home after under-going a successful back operation at theMediclinic Vergelegen in Somerset West onFriday 7 September.The Mayor had been suffering from se-

vere backache during the week before theoperation.Under doctors’ orders she has to confine

her movements, especially during the nexttwoweeks,andshehasbeenbookedoffuntil26 October. Until then the Mayor will notbe able to attendmeetings or functions, butshe plans to stay on top of municipal busi-ness by way of the Internet and supportfrom her office.Deputymayor, AldermanPieter Scholtz,

will step in during her period of recovery.The council and officials of the munici-

pality wish her a speedy and full recovery.)Weat theKleinmondGazette alsowish

you, Mrs Mayor, the very best for a speedyrecovery. Do take care and look after your-self.

Betty’s Bay: home to penguins,Betty’s Bay: home to penguins,politicians and petalspoliticians and petalsJackass penguins in a small colony at StonyPoint are nowadays important residents ofthe small coastal town of Betty’s Bay.The remains of the old whaling station can

beseennearby.This informationwasgleanedfrom the research of Susan Jahme, greatgranddaughter of Captain Frank Cook.Captain Cook established the Southern

Cross Whaling Station in 1912. They erectedlarge oil storage tanks and a factory forprocessing whales.The Kleinmond harbour was known as

Cook’s harbour. The whaling company ofCaptain Cook was liquidated in December1914. Irvin & Johnson bought it in 1917, butonly resumed whaling in 1925. They had toclose it in 1930, during the depression.Betty’s Bay was established in 1930 by

HangklipBeachEstates.TheroadpastBetty’sBay used to be a private road – during WorldWar II travellers had to prove that they livedin the village to be allowed through. Villagegrowth was slow until the bridge across thePalmiet River was completed in 1953. Resi-dents and visitors increased after that.The village was named after Betty, the

daughter of Arthur Youldon, amember of theconsortium that formed Hangklip BeachEstates. Another member of the group wasHarold Porter, who owned the farm Shangri-la. At his death in 1958 he left the farm as anational botanic garden. Today this gardenhas his name and is one of the greatest assetsof Betty’s Bay.Electricity supply came as late as 1992. A

groupofBetty’sBayresidentsworkedagainstgetting electricity in the village as they pre-ferred the primitive rurality.AnotableSouthAfricanwhospenthisholi-

days inBetty’sBaywastheinfamousHendrikVerwoerd, primeminister from 1959. His pre-miership was dramatically terminated in1966 when he was assassinated during asession in parliament by a deranged parlia-

mentary messenger, spawning worldwideheadlines.Hisholidayhomeandbodyguards’accommodation are still in the village.In 1963DenysHeesom,whowas holidaying

there, rallied round a group of people whostarted clearing alien vegetation in Betty’sBay. In 1970 a veld fire broke out; 20 houseswere gutted and large tracts of fynbos burnt.After the fire, an abundance of spring flow-

ers appeared, so residents decided to hold aflower show – now a biannual event.In 1973 the Betty’s BayWild Flower Society

came into being. It takes care of the flowershows, and aspires to protect natural re-sourcesaroundthevillage. Italsohasahikingtrail in the heart of the fynbos in the Kogel-berg Biosphere Reserve.When reaching the last turning to the

Kogelberg reserve, on the road from Betty’sBay to Palmiet, one finds the well-knownElephant Rock.The smallholding at the foot of the moun-

tain and directly below the rock goes – natu-rally – by the name Elephant Rock.There is a safe stopping place to view the

rocks. When sunlight from the west catchesthe rock, it lights up the trunk and front legsof the elephant.

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Sip wine on the riverHead for the banks of the Breede for a festivefamily fiesta amid the seventh RobertsonWine on the River weekend.Happening from 19 to 21 October, the festi-

val is once again taking place in a spaciousmarquee at the charming riverside farm,Goudmyn, situated on the R317 between Rob-ertsonandBonnievale. DuringtheRobertsonWineon theRiverweekendyou’ll get to enjoylaid-backcountryhospitalityat itsbestasyoutastemore than300wines fromover 40winer-ies while soaking up the rhythm of live jazz,ballads and blues.Bookyour places atwww.webtickets.co.za.

For enquiries phone 0 023 626 3167.

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FIFTY SHADES trilogy by EL James – Steve Connolly, managing directorof Random House Struik, said in 25 years of publishing he hasn’t seena book that has fuelled such a massive escalation in demand by readers.I am one of those gazillions worldwide to have been captivated by FiftyShades, and read the trilogy over a weekend. The best way I can describethe trilogy is to say, think x-rated Pretty Woman. Richard Gere and JuliaRoberts, but younger. Never mind reports of bad writing; quite frankly,i was too taken by the love story of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steelefor it to bother me. Woven into the very frequent S&M stuff they dois a real story. I found myself rooting for Christian and Ana, hoping thatthey would succeed in working through and sorting out his “habits”. Herealises he has to, and tries to, learn the true meaning of love, andput behind him the reasons for his “needs” and controlling behaviour.Ana is an innocent and his total opposite. She thinks his behaviour istotally weird, to say the least, but falls irrevocably and totally in lovewith him. It shouldn't come as a surprise, but the four-letter word worksovertime throughout the trilogy. CILENE BEKKER) The Fifty Shades trilogy is available at the special price of R300,at Bargain Books in the Lifestyle Centre at Gateway.

Get your bookmarks readyThe pick of the latest fiction, byAngela Key from Bookmark inEastcliff shopping centre:

“Definitely Tigers in RedWeather. Written by Liza Klauss-mann, the great-great-grand-daughter of Herman Melville,who wrote Moby Dick, it’s basedon Martha’s Vineyard and is areal page-turning thriller.

“Then Skios by Michael Frayn.It’s satire. I think he is superb.

“Also Archipelago by MoniqueRoffey. I haven’t yet read it, butdon’t you just love the cover?Makes you want to go there imme-diately.

“Can I also mention the JohnBanville, Ancient Light?”

TIGERS IN REDWEATHER, written byLiza Klaussman, starts off with Nickand her cousin Helena, who grewup at Tiger House, the family estateon the island of Martha’s Vineyard.As World War II ends, Helena leavesthe island for Hollywood and a newmarriage, while Nick is reunited withher young husband. As the yearspass the pair by, trips to Tiger Housetake on a new complexity, and onthe brink of the 1960s their childrenmake a sinister discovery. De-scribedasa simmeringnovel of pas-sion, betrayal and secret violencesubmerged beneath a polished andfragile façade, it’s told from fiveperspectives.

Monique Roffey wrote ARCHIPEL-AGO after the effects of climatechange touched her family in acatastrophic way. “My brotherhad his home in the Caribbeanknocked down in a flood fouryears ago. Climate change be-came very real for me. The planetis melting. I knew I should pickup my pen and write.” Archipela-go is about a man, his youngdaughter and their dog who sailaway from one archipelago to an-other and in the process makepeacewith the sea. This is a novelabout escape, and how some-times, if all else fails, it can offera partial solution to tragedy.

Set inGreece, SKI-OS byMichaelFrayn involvesa sociopathwho assumesthe identity ofa famous sci-ence authori-ty. Mayhemensues.

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The best books of the bunchThe pick of the latest crop fromThe Book Cottage in Hermanus

It’s the season to entertain, andmany stunning new cookbooks areavailable. Given the choice of twoonly, Hettie Hull and Irma Bezuiden-hout chose Karoo Kombuis bySydda Essop and A Year on a CapeWine Estate – Entertaining atHamilton Russell Vineyards byOlive Hamilton Russell.

ThebeautifulbookbyOliveHamil-ton Russell follows the seasons, be-ginning with spring. Each monthcontains a complete menu with astarter, main course, side dishes anddessert.

Olive believes in sustainablity,and in using what nature provides.Her recipes include produce such asblack mussels from Walker Bay,fresh figs from her garden, fynboshoney made on the estate, and edibleindigenous plants such as kooigoedand wild mushrooms.

This book is for lovers of fine cui-

sine and wonderful wine, and any-one who wants to taste the Wine-lands of the Cape.

Delectable dishes include focacciaand honey panna cotta (withChardonnay-poached prickly pearsand fresh prickly pears), Walker Bayabalone done three ways, Water-blommetjie risotto with bokkom,and olive oil ice cream with sour figsyrup.

Olive herself grew up on a farmand developed an interest in foodfrom her parents and grandmothers,who were keen cooks.

After majoring in food science atStellenboschUniversity, sheworkedin the grocery department at HarveyNichols in London, and as a traineein product development and selec-tion at Woolworths. Then she metAnthony and settled on HamiltonRussell Vineyards, where she regu-larly entertains guests with her in-novative cuisine.

The book costs R295.

This photo from A Year on a Cape Wine Estate shows Olive Hamilton Russellrelaxing with a glass of Chardonnay alongside Horrocks, the great dane.

KAROO KOM-BUIS (In EngelsKaroo Kitchen)deur Sydda Es-sop. Dié is ’nbederfboek, ’nhouboek, ’nleesboek – volonthoukos,foto’s en ver-hale uit ’n ver-gange era, enmet veldmedi-syne en boere-rate. Essop hetmetmeer as 78(meestal self-geleerde)kokke en gene-sers tussen 23en 95 jaar oudgepraat, almaluit verskillende kulturele uithoeke. Hulle vertel hulhartstories en deel hul kosbaarste familieresepte,soos gevulde springbokrugstring, pens-en-pootjiesafvalpotjie, Ant Meraai se Hoenderpaai, Springbokfi-let met ’n biltongkors en uiemarmelade. Mondwater-vleislekkerte, én, die resepte is nie vol fiemies enfieterjasies nie. R450.

Hettie Hull and Irma Bezuidenhout fromThe Book Cottage

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AYE­AYE CAPTAIN: Overstrand Municipality’s Casual Day pirate kingsincluded (from left) Neville Michaels (director of Protection Services), municipalmanager Coenie Groenewald and deputy mayor Alderman Pieter Scholtz. Thecompeting municipal departments took to the auditorium stage to vie for theCasual Day trophies that were up for grabs. The Pirates of the Caribbean fromthe finance department were victorious. Groenewald says the municipality staffknow how to work hard and play hard. PHOTOS: KERRY VAN RENSBURG

Children work to save the earth

Siyabulela’s planet protectors stand alongside the trees they planted.These pupils from Kleinmond Primary all received hats from Workingfor the Coast. PHOTOS: JANINE VAN DER RIET

Gloves and plastic bags were handed out at the Kleinmond lagoon.

Everyone made sure they had all the equipment they needed before heading to thelagoon to clean up.

JANINE VAN DER RIET

PupilsfromalloverKleinmondgottheirhandsdirtyover the past two weeks, doing their bit for ArbourWeek and International Coastal Cleanup Week byplanting treesandgoingona trash-bustingmission.

KleinmondPrimarypupils, in a showof great enthusi-asm,workedhardtocleanuptheirschoolproperty.Theywere rewarded for their efforts with a badge and a re-freshing drink and snack.Siyabulela’s little ones didn’t let the wind hold themback from getting stuck into the challenge of CoastalCleanup Week. Laerskool Kleinmond’s pupils got in onthe act too, teaming up with Whale Coast ConservationandWorkingfortheCoast tocleantheareaaroundKlein-mond lagoon.Theygotgloves toprotect theirhands fromthe rubbish, andbags tohold it all.Working for theCoastbrought hats to protect them all from the sun.In other outings during this time, the pupils of Siya-bulela and Kleinmond Primary gave a little somethingback to the planet by planting trees.

Working with Coast helped to clean the beach and surroundings.

Kleinmond Primary planted trees for Arbour Week.

Fisherhaven | Hawston | Kleinmond | Bettysbaai | Pringlebaai | Rooiels

Year 2 • Dinsdag 18 September 2012 | Tel. 028 312 3717

Sun shines on golfersWith the weather warming up alittle, therewas a turnout of 48 play-ers on Wednesday 5 September,for a 4B combined STBF.Congratulations to Frans Ver-

meulen, who claimed the prizesponsored by Werners for beingnearest the pin on hole 1. Overallthe winners were: 1st G Lötter & HStrydom (75); 2nd L de Jager & Kvan der Merwe (72); 3rd C Basson& H Basson (71); 4th S Burger & LPfister (70).On a lovely Spring afternoon on

Friday 7 September, 40 playersturnedup for theSundowner.RvanEeden landed nearest the pin onhole1.Thewinnersonthedaywere:1st GBrown (24); 2ndMVosloo (21);3rd: B Low (21); 4th: J du Toit (20);5th: D Viljoen (19); 6th: S Pretorius(19); 7th P Lotter (19).

Withabeautiful, cloudlessspringday on Saturday 8 September, atotal of 112 players took to the golfcourse for a 4BBB STBF.Withmuch of thewetness having

drained away, itwas clubs away forgood games and good scores.Congratulations to M Holloway,

who was nearest the pin on twoholes – 7 and 12.The overall winners: 1st C An-

tonie & J Whitehead (44); 2nd HUpsher & L Pfister (44); 3rd S Roos& H Emmenis (43); 4th G Brown &G Lötter (42).Thanks go out to the sponsors of

the short holes: Werners and E vander Hoven. Included in the totalnumber of players for the day wasa group of 48 players from Sanlamon the morning field.

SHEILA AUGUSTYN

The top four golfers for the Sundowners were, from left: G Brown, M Vosloo, B Lowand J du Toit

The first three positions for the 4BBB STBF on 8 September were claimed by, fromleft: C Antonie and J Whitehead, H Upsher and L Pfister, and H Emmenis and S Roos.

Snoek shoals now more widespreadTHE snoek run is still in fullswing, although the shoals nowseem more spread out.

Lastweekendboatmen caught lesssnoek than during the week, and atdifferent venues owing to the south-easterly wind that picked up onThursday and Friday and dispersedthe fish. The previous week Strandprofessionals who fished in TableBay were rewarded with a bonuscatch of “slender tunny”, which of-ten runalong theWestCoast toTableBaywith the snoek shoals when baitis abundant.Boatmen have many different

names for these small tunny, includ-ing “small bluefin” and (incorrectly)“big-eye tunny”,aswellas“little tun-ny” and “mackerel tunny”.Iwasfortunatetoseepartofacatch

of these tunny on Roach Wessels’boatKill. To see what they look like,havealookinProfessorSmith’sbook(The Sea Fishes of South Africa), atplate 65 on page 298.Just after the southeaster slacked

off a bit last Saturday, quite anumber of professionals were plea-santly surprised to find big shoals ofyellowtail just inside Cape Point.Quiteanumberofkatonkelwerealsoboated there over the same period.The Western Province Deep Sea

AnglingAssociation held a very suc-cessful South League competition atStruisbaai last weekend. The eventwas hosted by Overberg SkiboatClub, and competitors weighed insnoek, red stump, red roman,hotten-tot and silver fish.Gus Rautman, skipper of Seacat,

ranfromGansbaaialmostall theway

to Hermanus to find snoek; his crewlandedeight fish. HisdaughterKarla(7), a novice, landed a 3,65 kg snoek,but her second fish was taken by aseal.The snoek that had been plentiful

off Kleinbaai hadmoved to theKlein-mond side of Hermanus. Most of thefish caught in the competition weresilver fishof justover1 kg.Agurnardof over 3 kg was also boated.Last Saturday Somerset West an-

glerLouisVisagieand friendscaughtnine big snoek about 8 km southwestof the Steenbras River mouth beforetheir pike bait was exhausted. Thesnoekwerebetween0,9and1,1 mlongand weighed between 3,2 and 4,4 kg.Local shore anglers appear to be

crawling out of the woodwork afterthe recent inclement weather. A fewoftheseanglersmanagedtolandafewkob of 50 cm and slightly bigger fromBlake’s Beach and Harmony Park.Betty’s Bay regulars are still cat-

ching galjoen and the odd kob atDawidskraal and from Die Been ar-ea.

LouisVisagie toldme about his re-cent fishing trip to Linene, Mozam-bique, where they caught plenty offish but suffered losses of almostR30 000 to theft. Louis said severalvaluable items were stolen while hetowed his boat to Mozambique.The theft happened while travel-

ling at night on the 60 km dirt roadto Pumene, which takes two hoursand passes through several villages.Louis said that at night thievesjumped on the boat and took a tent,stretcherand a lug-gage bagestimatedat R12 000.Ontheirre-turn, about10 km fromPumene,they lostfour reelsand a fish-ing bag, es-timated atR15 000.Louis

said pover-ty is at theroot of theproblem.He advisedanglers notto travel atnight inMozambique. If they do theymust use a lockable trailer.Despitethethefthesaidthetripwas

wonderful, and the fishing extremelygood, with quotas of bonito and kingfish.Headded that thevisibilityof seais about 15 m and the water tempera-ture 23 °C.

Karla Rautman (7) holdsup the 3,65 kg snoek shecaught off her father’s boatSeacat near Hermanus.

Golf news and results) 4BBB medal competition,12 SeptemberTherewasaturnoutof47play-

ers. Nearest the pin on holenumber 1: Anthony Ferreira(prize sponsored by Werners).Congratulations to the

winners: 1. MVosloo, NMathee(61); 2. I Samuels, TBruwer (63);3. C Basson, H Basson (63); 4. HGrimbeek, F Eager (64).

) Sundowner, 13 SeptemberThe results of the small play-

ing field: 1. S Pretorius (25); 2.MWentzel (24); 3.NMathee (24);4. H Emmenis (23).

) Singlesmedalcompetition,15 SeptemberTherewas aplaying field of 52

players. Those who played

knew that to be in the prizes onemust almost have a roundwith-out blowouts, and that everysingle shot is counted.Nearest the pin on hole 1: P

Lotter. Nearest the pin on hole7: C Antonie. Nearest the pin onhole 12: A Brown.WernersandEVanderHoven

sponsored these short holes.The winners: 1. H Grimbeek

(67); 2. H. Basson (69); 3. S Preto-rius (69); 4. E Whitehead (70); 5.J Fife (70); 6. K Jonker (70); 7. ABrown (71); 8. H Upsher (71).

) Comingup:Remember theFish Eagles competition whenthe“outoppies”playtogetheron24 September. Because it is apublic holiday, anyone can joinin (men and women).

SHEILA AUGUSTYN

Kleinmond Gazette General - Algemeen Tuesday 18 September 20126

FIFTY SHADES trilogy by EL James – Steve Connolly, managing directorof Random House Struik, said in 25 years of publishing he hasn’t seena book that has fuelled such a massive escalation in demand by readers.I am one of those gazillions worldwide to have been captivated by FiftyShades, and read the trilogy over a weekend. The best way I can describethe trilogy is to say, think x-rated Pretty Woman. Richard Gere and JuliaRoberts, but younger. Never mind reports of bad writing; quite frankly,i was too taken by the love story of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steelefor it to bother me. Woven into the very frequent S&M stuff they dois a real story. I found myself rooting for Christian and Ana, hoping thatthey would succeed in working through and sorting out his “habits”. Herealises he has to, and tries to, learn the true meaning of love, andput behind him the reasons for his “needs” and controlling behaviour.Ana is an innocent and his total opposite. She thinks his behaviour istotally weird, to say the least, but falls irrevocably and totally in lovewith him. It shouldn't come as a surprise, but the four-letter word worksovertime throughout the trilogy. CILENE BEKKER) The Fifty Shades trilogy is available at the special price of R300,at Bargain Books in the Lifestyle Centre at Gateway.

Get your bookmarks readyThe pick of the latest fiction, byAngela Key from Bookmark inEastcliff shopping centre:

“Definitely Tigers in RedWeather. Written by Liza Klauss-mann, the great-great-grand-daughter of Herman Melville,who wrote Moby Dick, it’s basedon Martha’s Vineyard and is areal page-turning thriller.

“Then Skios by Michael Frayn.It’s satire. I think he is superb.

“Also Archipelago by MoniqueRoffey. I haven’t yet read it, butdon’t you just love the cover?Makes you want to go there imme-diately.

“Can I also mention the JohnBanville, Ancient Light?”

TIGERS IN REDWEATHER, written byLiza Klaussman, starts off with Nickand her cousin Helena, who grewup at Tiger House, the family estateon the island of Martha’s Vineyard.As World War II ends, Helena leavesthe island for Hollywood and a newmarriage, while Nick is reunited withher young husband. As the yearspass the pair by, trips to Tiger Housetake on a new complexity, and onthe brink of the 1960s their childrenmake a sinister discovery. De-scribedasa simmeringnovel of pas-sion, betrayal and secret violencesubmerged beneath a polished andfragile façade, it’s told from fiveperspectives.

Monique Roffey wrote ARCHIPEL-AGO after the effects of climatechange touched her family in acatastrophic way. “My brotherhad his home in the Caribbeanknocked down in a flood fouryears ago. Climate change be-came very real for me. The planetis melting. I knew I should pickup my pen and write.” Archipela-go is about a man, his youngdaughter and their dog who sailaway from one archipelago to an-other and in the process makepeacewith the sea. This is a novelabout escape, and how some-times, if all else fails, it can offera partial solution to tragedy.

Set inGreece, SKI-OS byMichaelFrayn involvesa sociopathwho assumesthe identity ofa famous sci-ence authori-ty. Mayhemensues.

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The best books of the bunchThe pick of the latest crop fromThe Book Cottage in Hermanus

It’s the season to entertain, andmany stunning new cookbooks areavailable. Given the choice of twoonly, Hettie Hull and Irma Bezuiden-hout chose Karoo Kombuis bySydda Essop and A Year on a CapeWine Estate – Entertaining atHamilton Russell Vineyards byOlive Hamilton Russell.

ThebeautifulbookbyOliveHamil-ton Russell follows the seasons, be-ginning with spring. Each monthcontains a complete menu with astarter, main course, side dishes anddessert.

Olive believes in sustainablity,and in using what nature provides.Her recipes include produce such asblack mussels from Walker Bay,fresh figs from her garden, fynboshoney made on the estate, and edibleindigenous plants such as kooigoedand wild mushrooms.

This book is for lovers of fine cui-

sine and wonderful wine, and any-one who wants to taste the Wine-lands of the Cape.

Delectable dishes include focacciaand honey panna cotta (withChardonnay-poached prickly pearsand fresh prickly pears), Walker Bayabalone done three ways, Water-blommetjie risotto with bokkom,and olive oil ice cream with sour figsyrup.

Olive herself grew up on a farmand developed an interest in foodfrom her parents and grandmothers,who were keen cooks.

After majoring in food science atStellenboschUniversity, sheworkedin the grocery department at HarveyNichols in London, and as a traineein product development and selec-tion at Woolworths. Then she metAnthony and settled on HamiltonRussell Vineyards, where she regu-larly entertains guests with her in-novative cuisine.

The book costs R295.

This photo from A Year on a Cape Wine Estate shows Olive Hamilton Russellrelaxing with a glass of Chardonnay alongside Horrocks, the great dane.

KAROO KOM-BUIS (In EngelsKaroo Kitchen)deur Sydda Es-sop. Dié is ’nbederfboek, ’nhouboek, ’nleesboek – volonthoukos,foto’s en ver-hale uit ’n ver-gange era, enmet veldmedi-syne en boere-rate. Essop hetmetmeer as 78(meestal self-geleerde)kokke en gene-sers tussen 23en 95 jaar oudgepraat, almaluit verskillende kulturele uithoeke. Hulle vertel hulhartstories en deel hul kosbaarste familieresepte,soos gevulde springbokrugstring, pens-en-pootjiesafvalpotjie, Ant Meraai se Hoenderpaai, Springbokfi-let met ’n biltongkors en uiemarmelade. Mondwater-vleislekkerte, én, die resepte is nie vol fiemies enfieterjasies nie. R450.

Hettie Hull and Irma Bezuidenhout fromThe Book Cottage

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AYE­AYE CAPTAIN: Overstrand Municipality’s Casual Day pirate kingsincluded (from left) Neville Michaels (director of Protection Services), municipalmanager Coenie Groenewald and deputy mayor Alderman Pieter Scholtz. Thecompeting municipal departments took to the auditorium stage to vie for theCasual Day trophies that were up for grabs. The Pirates of the Caribbean fromthe finance department were victorious. Groenewald says the municipality staffknow how to work hard and play hard. PHOTOS: KERRY VAN RENSBURG

Children work to save the earth

Siyabulela’s planet protectors stand alongside the trees they planted.These pupils from Kleinmond Primary all received hats from Workingfor the Coast. PHOTOS: JANINE VAN DER RIET

Gloves and plastic bags were handed out at the Kleinmond lagoon.

Everyone made sure they had all the equipment they needed before heading to thelagoon to clean up.

JANINE VAN DER RIET

PupilsfromalloverKleinmondgottheirhandsdirtyover the past two weeks, doing their bit for ArbourWeek and International Coastal Cleanup Week byplanting treesandgoingona trash-bustingmission.

KleinmondPrimarypupils, in a showof great enthusi-asm,workedhardtocleanuptheirschoolproperty.Theywere rewarded for their efforts with a badge and a re-freshing drink and snack.Siyabulela’s little ones didn’t let the wind hold themback from getting stuck into the challenge of CoastalCleanup Week. Laerskool Kleinmond’s pupils got in onthe act too, teaming up with Whale Coast ConservationandWorkingfortheCoast tocleantheareaaroundKlein-mond lagoon.Theygotgloves toprotect theirhands fromthe rubbish, andbags tohold it all.Working for theCoastbrought hats to protect them all from the sun.In other outings during this time, the pupils of Siya-bulela and Kleinmond Primary gave a little somethingback to the planet by planting trees.

Working with Coast helped to clean the beach and surroundings.

Kleinmond Primary planted trees for Arbour Week.

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Sun shines on golfersWith the weather warming up alittle, therewas a turnout of 48 play-ers on Wednesday 5 September,for a 4B combined STBF.Congratulations to Frans Ver-

meulen, who claimed the prizesponsored by Werners for beingnearest the pin on hole 1. Overallthe winners were: 1st G Lötter & HStrydom (75); 2nd L de Jager & Kvan der Merwe (72); 3rd C Basson& H Basson (71); 4th S Burger & LPfister (70).On a lovely Spring afternoon on

Friday 7 September, 40 playersturnedup for theSundowner.RvanEeden landed nearest the pin onhole1.Thewinnersonthedaywere:1st GBrown (24); 2ndMVosloo (21);3rd: B Low (21); 4th: J du Toit (20);5th: D Viljoen (19); 6th: S Pretorius(19); 7th P Lotter (19).

Withabeautiful, cloudlessspringday on Saturday 8 September, atotal of 112 players took to the golfcourse for a 4BBB STBF.Withmuch of thewetness having

drained away, itwas clubs away forgood games and good scores.Congratulations to M Holloway,

who was nearest the pin on twoholes – 7 and 12.The overall winners: 1st C An-

tonie & J Whitehead (44); 2nd HUpsher & L Pfister (44); 3rd S Roos& H Emmenis (43); 4th G Brown &G Lötter (42).Thanks go out to the sponsors of

the short holes: Werners and E vander Hoven. Included in the totalnumber of players for the day wasa group of 48 players from Sanlamon the morning field.

SHEILA AUGUSTYN

The top four golfers for the Sundowners were, from left: G Brown, M Vosloo, B Lowand J du Toit

The first three positions for the 4BBB STBF on 8 September were claimed by, fromleft: C Antonie and J Whitehead, H Upsher and L Pfister, and H Emmenis and S Roos.

Snoek shoals now more widespreadTHE snoek run is still in fullswing, although the shoals nowseem more spread out.

Lastweekendboatmen caught lesssnoek than during the week, and atdifferent venues owing to the south-easterly wind that picked up onThursday and Friday and dispersedthe fish. The previous week Strandprofessionals who fished in TableBay were rewarded with a bonuscatch of “slender tunny”, which of-ten runalong theWestCoast toTableBaywith the snoek shoals when baitis abundant.Boatmen have many different

names for these small tunny, includ-ing “small bluefin” and (incorrectly)“big-eye tunny”,aswellas“little tun-ny” and “mackerel tunny”.Iwasfortunatetoseepartofacatch

of these tunny on Roach Wessels’boatKill. To see what they look like,havealookinProfessorSmith’sbook(The Sea Fishes of South Africa), atplate 65 on page 298.Just after the southeaster slacked

off a bit last Saturday, quite anumber of professionals were plea-santly surprised to find big shoals ofyellowtail just inside Cape Point.Quiteanumberofkatonkelwerealsoboated there over the same period.The Western Province Deep Sea

AnglingAssociation held a very suc-cessful South League competition atStruisbaai last weekend. The eventwas hosted by Overberg SkiboatClub, and competitors weighed insnoek, red stump, red roman,hotten-tot and silver fish.Gus Rautman, skipper of Seacat,

ranfromGansbaaialmostall theway

to Hermanus to find snoek; his crewlandedeight fish. HisdaughterKarla(7), a novice, landed a 3,65 kg snoek,but her second fish was taken by aseal.The snoek that had been plentiful

off Kleinbaai hadmoved to theKlein-mond side of Hermanus. Most of thefish caught in the competition weresilver fishof justover1 kg.Agurnardof over 3 kg was also boated.Last Saturday Somerset West an-

glerLouisVisagieand friendscaughtnine big snoek about 8 km southwestof the Steenbras River mouth beforetheir pike bait was exhausted. Thesnoekwerebetween0,9and1,1 mlongand weighed between 3,2 and 4,4 kg.Local shore anglers appear to be

crawling out of the woodwork afterthe recent inclement weather. A fewoftheseanglersmanagedtolandafewkob of 50 cm and slightly bigger fromBlake’s Beach and Harmony Park.Betty’s Bay regulars are still cat-

ching galjoen and the odd kob atDawidskraal and from Die Been ar-ea.

LouisVisagie toldme about his re-cent fishing trip to Linene, Mozam-bique, where they caught plenty offish but suffered losses of almostR30 000 to theft. Louis said severalvaluable items were stolen while hetowed his boat to Mozambique.The theft happened while travel-

ling at night on the 60 km dirt roadto Pumene, which takes two hoursand passes through several villages.Louis said that at night thievesjumped on the boat and took a tent,stretcherand a lug-gage bagestimatedat R12 000.Ontheirre-turn, about10 km fromPumene,they lostfour reelsand a fish-ing bag, es-timated atR15 000.Louis

said pover-ty is at theroot of theproblem.He advisedanglers notto travel atnight inMozambique. If they do theymust use a lockable trailer.Despitethethefthesaidthetripwas

wonderful, and the fishing extremelygood, with quotas of bonito and kingfish.Headded that thevisibilityof seais about 15 m and the water tempera-ture 23 °C.

Karla Rautman (7) holdsup the 3,65 kg snoek shecaught off her father’s boatSeacat near Hermanus.

Golf news and results) 4BBB medal competition,12 SeptemberTherewasaturnoutof47play-

ers. Nearest the pin on holenumber 1: Anthony Ferreira(prize sponsored by Werners).Congratulations to the

winners: 1. MVosloo, NMathee(61); 2. I Samuels, TBruwer (63);3. C Basson, H Basson (63); 4. HGrimbeek, F Eager (64).

) Sundowner, 13 SeptemberThe results of the small play-

ing field: 1. S Pretorius (25); 2.MWentzel (24); 3.NMathee (24);4. H Emmenis (23).

) Singlesmedalcompetition,15 SeptemberTherewas aplaying field of 52

players. Those who played

knew that to be in the prizes onemust almost have a roundwith-out blowouts, and that everysingle shot is counted.Nearest the pin on hole 1: P

Lotter. Nearest the pin on hole7: C Antonie. Nearest the pin onhole 12: A Brown.WernersandEVanderHoven

sponsored these short holes.The winners: 1. H Grimbeek

(67); 2. H. Basson (69); 3. S Preto-rius (69); 4. E Whitehead (70); 5.J Fife (70); 6. K Jonker (70); 7. ABrown (71); 8. H Upsher (71).

) Comingup:Remember theFish Eagles competition whenthe“outoppies”playtogetheron24 September. Because it is apublic holiday, anyone can joinin (men and women).

SHEILA AUGUSTYN