Stanford river talk may 2014

Volume 105 | MAY 2014 | Stanford‘s monthly newspaper | R14

Where the living is easy

STANFORD H I L L S ESTAT E Chef Bridget will be taking a much needed holiday in May so our kitchen will officially be closed.

THE GOOD NEWS: We will still be open Thurs-Mon 11am - 5pm for wine tasting, sales and mezze/ tapas menu.

We will re-open the kitchen on Thursday, 5 June. Keep a lookout for upcoming events and exciting new plans in the second half of 2014!

Love from the tasting room team

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editorial notes Just as the sun always shines on TV, so Stanford has put her best foot forward and really revelled in the holidays, turning her face to the light. Fresh fun activities for the whole family have sprung up everywhere from pop-up restaurants, themed evenings and Easter egg hunts, to running and walking groups, charity fashion shows and art collaborations, and encores of live music events. For a tiny town, Stanford sure has special people with high energy, groovy ideas and a balanced outlook on the needs of the community (News and Updates, page 4–7).

We honour the workers of the world on Workers' Day, 1 May. It is a public holiday that commemorates the labour movement in which the workforce of the world fought for the respect and recognition of the essential role they played in all economies. In our country, the labour movement is inextricably associated with the overthrow of Apartheid which gives it special significance. May is also the month we celebrate moms on Mother's Day, 11 May. Hallmark cards and huggy mugs aside, mothers are often the rocks in their homes, schools, churches and communities. We wish all the mother hens of Stanford a day filled with love and validation for a job well done.

Our special peephole into the lives and homes of locals is through their kitchen cupboards and garage doors this month as we feature Gadgets Galore (Page 12–13). We also feature a local artist in our Villagers Series (Page 19). Some of our monthly columnists have taken a break in May while others have extended their repertoires like Playing by Ear (Page 18) who reviews an old South African jazz gem, Dollar Brand.

We encourage local businesses and families to send us their news and photographs as we try to build Stanford River Talk into a publication that reflects villagers without borders.

MONTHLY CONTRIBUTORS Gill Ball, Janika Dorland, SJ du Toit, Marian Ferris, Suzanne Francois-Rossouw, Andrew Herriot, Mike Horn, Melissie Jolly, Olga Koorts, Don MacIver, Karen McKee, Martin Ranger, Naas Terblanche and Tania Weich and Bea Whittaker.

COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Taken by Nikki Miles at Stanford Hills.

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CONTACT US

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

letters to the editor

Please send your letters to ed@stanfordrivertalk.co.za or to PO Box 228 Stanford, 7210. Try to keep letters as short as possible (100 words or less) and supply your name and address. Anonymous letters will not be published. The editor reserves the right to edit, amend, abridge or reject any letter.

Ode to Graig There’s a Stanfordian named Graig A municipal fireman who’s brave Without hesitation He’ll call at your habitation To pluck a moggie high in a tree He’s been known to remove snakes And critters that give us the shakes Which is all in a day’s work for Graig So, my friend, while fires you attend We need to append You’re best in the business by far….

Lexi Lawson Guy Winchester-Gould This paean was inspired by a prompt after-hours rescue of a cat trapped in Lexi Lawson’s garden. Graig Niemand, local fireman (and to be found under ‘Animal Rescue’ in Stanford Emergency Numbers of the 2013/14 Stanford Telephone Directory), unhesitatingly scaled the topmost branches to rescue a feline which, without a backwards glance, disappeared into the night!

Awful ATMs

The state of our ATMs is appalling! The Standard Bank ATM is filthy dirty, littered, smells of urine and has a broken door. My partner and I have repeatedly reported the disgusting condition to the manager of Standard Bank, Hermanus but no action has been taken. Both the ABSA ATMs at the garage are a joke (I get electronic gobbledy gook from ABSA). The outside one is unreadable during the day, because of reflecting sunshine.

The keys are jammed, and it is normally out of paper, so a receipt is impossible; and the one inside the shop which is legible, is usually ‘Out of Money’. There are no other ATMs in Stanford. We have to drive all the way to Hermanus to draw cash. Pity the visitor who needs money to purchase craft and foody goods. The banks' response is that the ATMs are apparently ‘Out Sourced’ but they bear the banks' logos.

Greybeard Ed's note: Absa ATM at Stanford Motors has recently been replaced.

Editorial Contributions & Disclaimer Editorial contributions are welcome and should include top quality photos where relevant. Articles will be printed under the contributor‘s name or an accepted nom-deplume if the full name and address is provided. All contributions are voluntary and not paid for. The editor reserves the right to edit, amend, abridge or reject any article. Opinions of contributors do not necessarily reflect those of the editor. Copyright All material in this issue is copyrighted, and belongs to The Really Famous Publishing CC unless otherwise indicated. No part of the material may be reproduced without prior permission. Published and printed by The Really Famous Publishing CC.

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letters to the editor

Cops and Robbers On Tuesday, 22 April we woke up to find that intruders has scaled our boundary wall and had proceeded to take or attempt to take what they could from our patio, garden shed and Wendy house.

Fortunately we set the alarm in sleep mode every night so they did not try and get into the house or cottage thank the Lord.

They ended up taking only a few items and then exited the same way they entered over the wall; foot marks were clearly visible on each side of the wall which is around six feet high.

We called the Police and they responded promptly by sending officers to do an inspection and take the necessary statement.

We found both officers very helpful and professional. As we had found possible finger prints they said they would be sending a finger print officer to look at them later. We received an SMS giving us our case number and later that same day the finger print officers arrived; they too conducted themselves professionally and in a friendly and informative manner.

Unfortunately the prints were not useable.

The reason for this letter is to firstly warn Stanfordians to be vigilant and safeguard their property and goods. We were told that housebreakings in the village have increased dramatically over the past few weeks (in fact ours was the 3rd house to be hit that very night) and secondly, we mean to compliment the SAP for giving excellent service. They made us feel comfortable that they are doing everything possible to find the perpetrators and to bring them to book.

Please be as supportive of their efforts and know that we have a good team manning our local station.

Wendy and Chris Moll Morton Street

Rachel Horn responded to our ongoing request for covershots with this picture of a princess.

Thank you, Rachel.

Money stakes A respose to A. Boud's letter ‘A warning Stanfordians’ published in Stanford River Talk April.

One should not have ready cash in the house. That will deter the street sellers (who may only be trying to put bread on their tables).

But in these days of powercuts, it is wise to have a stock of cash in a safe place, like under your smalls, or in your metre box. Let it be known that you don’t keep cash in your bag. These days it is wise to have a store of cash in small denominations so you can purchase essential groceries, but make a show of going out to the ATM to draw it specially. It worked for me in Natal. I soon earned the reputation of having no ready cash, and I pay my gardener by EFT for the same reason.

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Water report John Williams has, in a recent series of letters to the editor, highlighted his concerns about the condition of the Klein River Estuary, particularly regarding sewage pollution and breaching policy and practices. He makes various inferences about the impact of these on estuarine health and human health.

The letters oversimplify the complexity of factors influencing the Klein River Estuary’s ecological health. At a recent Klein River Estuary Forum meeting it was reported that an ecological water requirements study by a specialist team will soon be conducted. This will shed light on the priority issues affecting the estuary, amongst which will undoubtedly be sewage pollution.

There are too frequent sewage pump station failures that result in the spillage of raw sewage into Overstrand estuaries and into the sea. Furthermore, nitrogen concentrations in the final effluent from the Stanford waste water treatment works frequently exceed guideline levels. The municipality needs to take measures to prevent these problems. Members of Hermanus Lagoon Property Owners’ Association responded to the recommendation by the former Overstrand estuary management coordinator that their septic tanks should be surveyed and repaired or replaced to prevent pollution.

Similar measures need to be taken by all riparian landowners at the head of the estuary.

Bacterial monitoring results have been highly variable, with some concerns about reliability. The Department of Environmental Affairs guidelines for recreational water quality monitoring require statistical analysis of data over time, rather than responding to individual results, and for resampling to confirm the validity of high individual results.

Interpretation of raw data resulting from an individual water sample, in the absence of information about the circumstances under which the sample was taken, could lead to wrong conclusions without expert interpretation and explanation.

The Klein River Estuary breaching protocol was developed with the best specialist guidance available. The protocol was recently amended following a workshop to seek specialist clarification of whether changing mouth conditions should influence the decision on the position of an assisted breach. The breaching committee is bound to follow the protocol authorised by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning.

There is more information on the WCC website (http:// www.whalecoastconservation.org.za/reference/20/2/Estuary_ Management). There are two references in particular that address water quantity and quality issues (the Ecological Water Reserve by Turpie and others, and the DEA Recreational Water Quality document) that give a lot of insight into the subject. The Catchment-to-Coast website also has a well-written blog article that deals with ecological water reserve determinations and the shortcomings of doing the socalled rapid determination instead of the more thorough type (www. catchment-to-coast.co.za/index.php/blog).

Rob Fryer, Whale Coast Conservation

Con-artist calling Stanfordians are warned that you may receive a call from someone claiming to work at Microsoft or on behalf of Microsoft. The person calling claims that you may have a virus and offers to help solve the problem.

Please hang up if such a call is received. The ultimate aim is to take over your PC and install dubious software, charging you thousands of rand for a product you do not need.

If you have any doubts or queries please give me a call.

Stephen, Compuworld SMB Solutions, 084 705 6719

IT'S A SIGN

Thank you, Anka Esterhuizen, for the new human and pet-friendly signs along the wandelpad.

Bea Whittaker

news & updates

WARD COMMITTEE FEEDBACK Meeting held 17 April 2014

TAX REBATES With taxes on residential property increasing by 15% and on all other services by an average 6%, pensioners are specifically struggling to make ends meet. People older than 60 should note that rebates are available in terms of the Property Rates Policy and as per the guidelines set out below. To apply, one needs to make an appointment with Maureen Dickson at our local office and bring along proof of income (bank statements etc).

• A rebate of 40% to approved applicants with a total monthly household income (= both spouses if applicable) less than four times (4X) of state funded social pensions; • A rebate of 30% to approved applicants with a total household income of more than four times (4X) but less than eight times (8X) of state funded social pensions per month.

The present state pension is R1 270p/m.

Please note that household income is calculated on the combined income of everyone living in the house = spouses, children, grandchildren etc.

traffic will soon be monitored.

DE BRUYN STREET DUST PROBLEM Speed traffic monitoring will only be done in May due to the fact that a traffic count determined that approximately 14 vehicles use the street per hour, and that the heaviest traffic is from 7 – 8 am. The speed of the

SPEED CALMING IN SHORTMARKET STREET Okkie Smuts requested a speed control measure for children crossing the street towards the market square. Due to it being a gravel road, speed bumps are inappropriate. It was recommended that

IRRIGATION OF MARKET SQUARE The tender has been awarded and the equipment (water cannon and draglines) will be bought before end of June 2015.

ILLEGAL INFILLING OF WILLEM APPEL WETLAND By enlarging the sport field area, the municipality unfortunately filled in some of the wetland area between Bezuidenthout Street and the R43 with building rubble and rubble dumped by the Roads Department. The municipality was instructed by the Department of Environmental Affairs to immediately stop all activities, fence off the area to prevent any further dumping, and to appoint an independent environmental consultant to draw up a management plan for the rehabilitation of the area. In the meantime the Roads Department has already trucked away 54 loads of rubble, and the areas around the smothered milkwoods, wild olives and other indigenous vegetation have been opened up.

signs indicating a pedestrian walkway will be erected, and that the school should investigate placing speed calming signs in the road when in use, as well as introducing the old-fashioned ‘lollipop’ traffic control measure.

STANFORD PARKING BAY ISSUE TO BE ADDRESSED A Local Economic Development and Tourism Report discussed at the meeting stated that 'tourism is the backbone of our local economy... support aimed at making the destination attractive and a place to visit is of utmost importance'.

The meeting discussed the prohibitive nature of the present town planning parking bay regulations on tourism and business development in a historical village such as Stanford. It was recommended that the various civil organisations concerned (tourism, ratepayers, heritage and conservation) meet with the mayor to discuss this issue.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER Environmental health issues (not to be confused with conservation issues) are the responsibility of the Overberg District Municipality. Chantal Adams has been appointed and a request has been for her to work from our Gansbaai municipal office.

Bea Whittaker

STANFORD RATEPAYERS’ ASSOCIATION

COMMITTEE UPDATE The SRA committee has undergone minor changes following the resignation of elected chairman – Boet Venter, who is moving to Hermanus. Lexi Lawson will also be leaving Stanford shortly and moving to Onrus, creating yet another vacancy on our committee.

At an SRA committee meeting on 27 March, Bob Broom was elected as the new chairman. The rest of the committee remains unchanged, comprising; Mike Paddick, Marcelle du Preez, and Midge Farquharson.

Further announcements in this regard will be made next month.

Stanford Style Stanford Conservation has released the new Stanford Style guideline booklet for owners, buyers and developers. It is in a new electronic, user-friendly format and is freely available for download on the website www. stanfordconservation.co.za Keith Brown

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news & updates CPF NEWS

Your CPF needs you!

Stanford’s Community Police Forum encourages Stanfordians to join its executive committee in partnership with the police.

Herewith a brief description of the operations of the CPF under the chairmanship of Willem Maclean: • After being screened for a criminal record, an elected member needs to attend a monthly evening meeting 18.30 to 20.00 with our senior police management team, where important information is given on criminal activity.

• At these meetings, Correctional Services also reports to the CPF on arrests, convictions and the monitoring of parolees in Stanford.

• Community projects, especially as regards the abuse of women and children, are planned at this executive level.

• Members can become active in both the Neighbourhood Watch and the Victims’ Empowerment programmes.

• Members can either join the foot patrols led by the Neighbour hood Watch or assist victims in the trauma room at the police station.

• The Department of Community and Safety which assists CPFs financially, has given all CPFs extra powers in working with the police. Members are allowed to attend senior police management meetings as well as inspect the police station and the cells.

• CPFs are obliged to submit monthly reports to the Department on the activities of both the police and the CPF. * Please contact Kevin Husk for details on how to join the CPF: kevinhusk@hermanus.co.za or 082 809 3585.

FAREWELL LIEUTENANT Lieutenant Fourie bids Stanford SAPS farewell as he takes up a promotion post in Hermanus. He has served Stanford for the past twenty three years where he has been actively working with his team of detectives. We thank him for his committed service to the community. Warrant Officer David Payne takes over his duties as the Branch Commander at the police station.

THREE CRIMINALS SENTENCED IN APRIL Residents will be pleased to hear of three successful arrests and convictions made recently – two for house burglaries and one for the theft of power tools. The criminals are now all serving time in jail.

THE SCOURGE OF TIK One of the biggest threats to our safety throughout the town remains the illegal taking of TIK. It remains a serious challenge to the police. If residents have any suspicions of any drug-taking going on, it must be reported to the police.

Stuart Anderson

MIKE MOODY

Arbor Horribolis Tuesday 8 April was a black day for lovely, leafy Stanford. A swathe of trees was felled in Church Street between Queen Victoria and du Toit Streets. The affected area was turned from a lovely, shaded street into a bare dusty road.

The re-awakening of the long defunct Stanford House saw the removal of seven trees from the pavement. In a manner so often experienced in our town, officials seemed to ignore the feelings and sentiments of residents and ratepayers. The outpouring of anger at this action from many Stanfordians and lovers of this village was united. Desperate efforts were made by a number of concerned residents to halt the felling. The custodians of Stanford's conservation heritage, Stanford Conservation were drawn into the fray. The Conservation Trust has a long understanding with the Overstrand Municipality (OM) that they seek the Trust’s counsel and guidance before pruning or removing any trees from council property. Despite frantic endeavours which included calling on the OM and the SAPS, the established trees were reduced to stumps in a matter of hours.The incident appeared on Facebook resulting in a public outcry.

The project team involved in the long overdue and (hopefully) exciting redevelopment of Stanford House were plagued by widespread tree root invasion from their property and the adjacent OM pavements. In a move for which they have officially apologized, OM failed to engage Stanford Conservation, summarily giving the go ahead for the mass removal. The facts: •Tree roots were and are causing major problems on the Stanford House site.

•The OM acted within their rights.

•However, they failed, as agreed, to engage Stanford Conservation (SC), the town's green watchdog on this matter.

•OM have officially responded to SC in a mail that contained their apologies for this oversight.

What now? SC will approach OM to review their conservation role in the village, assisting wherever possible in realistic and responsible rehabilitation and maintenance programmes. They will strongly reinforce, with OM, their ongoing role in Stanford's conservation and heritage wellbeing.

Stanford Conservation is gratified by the support for their actions in this case.

Royd Frith, Immediate Past Chairman

STANFORD PROPERTY SALES Three properties in Stanford were issued with sales certificates in April. These figures include name transfers.

Chocolate for reading Easter eggs were donated by Ansie Reitsma from the Rotary Club to encourage children to read and join the library. Thank you, Stanford Rotary.

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(from left): Tamsyn Hendriks, Joanne Joseph, Jay Jay Visser and Willene Dreyer.

From rags to bitches Stanford Animal Welfare’s 'From Rags to Bitches' was advertised as a most unusual fashion show and it certainly was! Not only were there 15 hot, sexy models but there was also a real live dog and a beekeeper, a hippie, a body builder, a waiter, a designer and an artist displaying their wares.

Don Gelato’s courtyard sizzled with excitement as the glitterati of Stanford and Hermanus gathered to enjoy a morning of fashion and fun. Over R5000 was raised – our thanks go to everyone who helped put this show together – Strike a pose: Janika Dorland and Lionello, Elena, Andrew, Janet Marshall doing it for charity.

Laina, Etienne, Martin and all the models. And a huge thank you goes to our clothing suppliers – Sir Robert Stanford Antiques, Plum Clothing, Cotton & Co. and Mianez.

Annie Ranger

Crowning the Scarecrows

news & updates

Stanford Conservation Stanford Conservation’s Annual General Meeting was held on 10 April and members turned out in full force. Royd Frith, the Chairman, gave his report highlighting achievements during the year which included: • A donation of R2 250 to increase awareness and involvement in Stanford’s flora and fauna; • Playing a leading role in successful acceptance of the Willem Appel Dams being a wetland, and an active role in developing the bird hide; • Ongoing development and curatorship of Wandelpad; • Redevelopment of Stanford Conservation website; • Active representation on the municipal Ward11 committee; and • Ongoing protection of Stanford’s aesthetics, including the reprint of Stanford Style.

Royd gave special thanks to retiring committee members Keith Brown (Heritage) and Basil Whittaker (Wandelpad) for their dedication and hard work over a number of years. Royd also announced his retirement from the committee.

The new committee under the Chairmanship of Bea Whittaker will be Michael Paddick, Liz Hochfelden, Martin Ranger, Tony Coates, Tracy Paton and Elaine Teague. Should you have any issues you wish to raise please feel free to contact a member of the committee.

The evening’s highlight was a talk by Alan Liebenberg, Chief Conservation Officer of the Intaka Island Wetland at Century City.

He gave an interesting and well received presentation on the way they manage the problematic reed encroachment at Intaka Island and related it to the problems currently seen in the Klein River and Stanford’s wetland areas.

Elaine Teague

The judges were Jacquie Bullard and Jean Downing, impartial and from out of town. They felt the standard was very high and commented on such a CLEVER and creative village!

PRIZE WINNERS: Prettiest: Little Miss Muffett – Sarah James Most innovative: The Milkman – Tracey Anderson Most creative: Mama Afrika & Babas – Food4Thought Cleverest: Busy B – Bea Whittaker Best dressed: The Teacher – Okkie Smuts School SPECIAL MENTIONS: Morgan the Birder: The Hochfeldens, The Gardener: Sanette Upton, Walkies: Shirley Withers, Basil and Bunny: Mary Knight, Pinnochio: Alfredo Salvadore, Rapunzel: Philippa Murray, Miss Molly: Marcelle du Preez.

All other entrants receive a bottle of WALKER BAY Rose’ as everyone deserves an accolade.

Thank all who contributed to the Stanford Scarecrow Trail which will be an ongoing yearly event. Thank you to all sponsors, including Barbara van Huysteen, the Burls at Peregrines, Pam Trevelyan and Eco World, Don Gelato, Barke at Blue Gum Country Estate and Walker Bay Wines.

Special thanks to Shirley Withers and Phillipa Murray who gathered the troops and helped with layout, printing and support.

The businesses like Tat, Caltex Garage, Evergrine, Belinda’s Hair and Coffee Corner all added to the fun of the trail. Next year we would love to see Queen Victoria Street filled with Scarecrows.

Pam Trevelyan

Get yourself connected Don’t know what’s happening in the village? Then join Stanford Tourism and get ALL the news as it happens. For non-business members, a single membership fee is R25 a month. If you don’t have an email account we will SMS you the events. Stanford Tourism 028 3410 340.

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business talk

Steph has left the building Steph Richards has been the office manager in the Stanford Tourism Office for about as long as anyone can remember. Her kindness, patience and constant helpfulness which always extended well beyond the call of duty, made her a favourite of everyone – young and old, local or visiting. Steph has now retired from the Tourism Office. Although she intends to keep a low profile and focus on enjoying her retirement, she will remain the warm, friendly villager who epitomises the best of Stanford.

Team River Talk especially thanks you, Steph, for all your work and help over the years. May your retirement feel like a holiday every day!

Popping up in Stanford

Sizzling hot: The Stanford Hotel models queueing for lunch.

Penny van der Berg invited Hennie Kotze to 'pop up' at The Stanford Hotel over the Easter weekend to bring Hennie's Pop-up Grill to the locals. Many Stanfordians had voiced their desire for a Saturday evening dinner spot, therefore Easter seemed like the perfect time to fill the gap. Locals and visitors were delighted by the blackboard menu, live music by Gerry Fourie and the warm, relaxed atmosphere.

The event was buzzing with locals and visitors, with a real feeling of nostalgia. Hennie was most grateful for the support. Bravo, Stanford!

Thaya Bedford

Say Cheese

FINANCE MATTERS

Part of the Klein River team: (from left) Riaan Lourens; Clement October; Victor Ludziya; Jessica Sterley; Denise Booysen; Brian Mahlangu; Shelley Lourens; Marco Dreyer; Jacko Van Beulen and Gelatine Ludzina.

The winners of the 2014 South African Dairy Championships were announced on 23 April. The Championships represents the entire South African dairy industry and is perceived as one of the top dairy competitions in the world.

Klein River Cheese received no less than seven awards; a Qualité award, and the highest, most coveted honour of the SA Dairy Championships – Klein River’s Havarti, Grana, Oak Smoked Stanford, and a brand new cheese called Klein River Overberg were crowned South African Champions. Raclette and the SA Gruyere (12 months) received 2nd places and Van Beulen, 3rd place. Klein River Grana also received the Qualité mark of excellence which presents the highest honour of the SA Dairy Championships.

This is the second time Klein River Cheese receives this accolade.

In 2004 their SA Gruyere (12 month) was hailed the Dairy Product of the Year. This makes Klein River Cheese the first company to receive this award twice!

The Lourens family are delighted with the results, 'We are thrilled to have received this award and are immensely proud of our Klein River family, our cheese maker and our hard working team of employees, our local milk suppliers who ensure we receive good quality milk from happy cows, as well as local smokehouse owner, Sean Hormann. It is a team effort and we all share in this achievement!'

Congratulations Raka

cheese

Local wine estate Raka's Quinary (Bordeaux blend) 2011 and Biography Shiraz 2011 have been selected as Top 100 SA Wines 2014 at a prestigious Cape Town event.

Both Quinary 2009 and 2010 were selected Top 100 last year as well.

Local winners: Pieter Dreyer, the viticulturalist.

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Currency affairs While we are glued to our screens, our investments ride a rollercoaster.

Tensions are rising over Russia’s actions in the Crimea which has been the scene of many battles over the centuries. Russia, as a country, has no natural borders and as a result the Russian psyche has a sort of built-in fear of invasion. After Crimea it has its sights set on the remainder of Ukraine, the eastern parts of which seem to be in favour of annexation. Ukraine in itself does not offer much in the line of natural defences other than vast distances of open plain.

The western parts of the country are begging for western protection, not wanting to be swallowed by the Russian bear again. No one knows how this will pan out but the Russians are excellent chess players and while the west runs around in circles involving itself in places like Syria, North Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq and Rwanda the Russians are plotting their moves very carefully.

Meanwhile the world is ploughing immense resources into finding a missing plane and 200-odd people which, despite all the latest technology, has simply vanished from the face of the earth. Promising signals have been heard in the deep ocean but I cannot believe that the autopilot, or any pilot for that matter, could land a plane of that size on water without some disintegration taking place. To date no wreckage has been found, conspiracy theories abound but the only new fact is that there is a hell of a lot of junk floating around in the southern Indian Ocean. Where are the greenies? They should be sending out ships with vast netting systems to collect & recycle this stuff. The Japanese have banned hunting Minke whales so Greenpeace (and the Japanese) immediately have the resources available to start this process.

Closer to home Oscar is keeping the fans glued to their TV sets.

I remain fascinated by the bloodspatter behind the bed. Could Oscar have hit Reeva in the bedroom, forcing her to run for safety and lock herself in the toilet? It will be a while before we hear the verdict but for the sake of 'My Lady' (and the country) we hope the verdict is not deemed to be racist.

All these happenings, and others, have a bearing on bond yields, investor sentiment and interest rates which in turn affect the markets, our pensions and ultimately our lifestyles. Old Boar

school talk

Okkie smuts

TAKEN BY ANNALIZE MOUTON

Kilian Conrad received a medal for being the most improved cricket player. Well done, Kilian.

Mej Wilién van Zyl is the new Afrikaans and Life Skills teacher at Okkie Smuts Primary School. She was born and lived in Durban.

She studied Sport Management at CUT in Bloemfontein. After her studies, she worked in London as a gap student for two years. She enrolled for PGCE. For the last seven years she has been teaching English at a school in Parys, Free State.

Funimfundo This month introduced some colourful international flair to our students in the form of German artist Dee One (Dirk Mirton), local illustrator and graphic design artist Roger Williams, and German and local ‘hip hop’ DJs, Phax Mulder and Azuhl.

These enterprising young men put together an exhibition at Black Box in Cape Town called ABC: graphic artist Roger Williams ‘Crossroads’ which was teaching the alphabet inspired by the vast choices people face in life and how these influence our realities, serving as a platform for creating crossroads on many different levels.

The German Consul General opened the exhibition and informed us that this group would be doing outreach workshops at both Funimfundo Pre-school and the young in Prison Reformatory. Proceeds from the sale of their artworks would generously be donated to these two lucky recipient NGOs. The group visited Stanford where they entertained and educated the children. The Funimfundo Grade R class and parents thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and it was delightful to watch the children be called up to 'scratch' with the DJ. This year’s Easter Egg Hunt was sponsored by Uli Jost and Stanford Tourism. A big thank you to our sponsors! The children loved it.

Lyn Prins

Farewell to Juffrou Naomi Naomi is a past student of Okkie Smuts and completed primary school in 1999. She then went on to matriculate from Overberg High School. In 2005 she was asked by Antoinette van Tonder to help part time at Okkie Smuts as a remedial teacher and started to study education through UNISA. She started teaching full time in the intermediate phase in 2008 and after completing her BEd Degree in the Foundation Phase in 2011, started teaching Grade 3. She has decided to take a break from teaching to spend more time with her daughter and try her hand at being a house-wife.

Okkie Smuts wishes Naomi all the best – she will be missed at the school.

Naomi would like to thank the teachers and all the staff at Okkie Smuts for their support and help. It has been a pleasure to be a teacher and she will miss all the children!

Scatter Kindness is ’n nuwe liefdadigheids organisasie, en bestaan uit ’n groep van agt vroue vanaf Worcester.

Ons kry almal wonderlike ondersteuning van ons vriende, familie en skole in die area sowel as Caledon Laerskool.

Die kos insameling projek vir Okkie Smuts Koshuis was ons eerste projek. Op 12 April het ons 'n bakkie-vrag skenkings afgelaai met kos en boeke vir Okkie Smuts Koshuis. Dit was ’n vreeslike groot voorreg en ons sien uit na nog baie projekte. Andrea Theron, 082 727 9487

Okkie Smuts is hosting a SOUP AND SHERRY EVENING on 30 May in the NG Church Hall.

Tickets costs R50. For more information, please contact the school adminokkiesmuts@orcawireless. co.za or 028 341 0611

Die Bron

Reading pleasure Each month local schools are invited to send news and photographs to Stanford River Talk. If you have photographs of school activities, please send them to the school secretary so that they can be included.

Die Bron Primary School celebrated World Book Day on Wednesday, 23 April. Learners dressed up as story book characters. (From left): Karla Hoffman en Romae Bantom (Flowers), Fanwill Mauers (Bennie Bookworm), Chanté-Lee Dreyer (Pocahontas), Chamonique Ruiters (Cinderella), Justin Groenewald (Bee) and Tamia Williams (Mermaid) (Back) Mrs Sybill October.

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Tour de Toppies

Two Oceans Well done to our local runners who competed in the idyllic Two Oceans Marathon and half-marathon in Cape Town. This event is a highlight on the international road running calendar and runners enjoy breath-taking views as they race around the Cape Peninsula.

Ultra 56 km: Andre Koekemoer (5h37) and Sarah Gordon (4h51).

'Another Two Oceans under the belt - four down, six to go! I had an awesome run, and so did Andre.

The weather was perfect; it is just such a beautiful race. It's tough, but worth every minute.' Sarah Half 21km: Manie Robinson (1h34), 'Dankie vir almal wat dit moontlik gemaak het veral Sanette Upton asook Adidas wat tekkies geborg het.'

Ultra 56 km: Jeremy Brown (5h28), 'I have done six ultras to date. It was a perfect day for running; just the last 6km seem to take forever and the road was so badly cambered. This was the best race so far and I will be back again next year.

Let's see some more Stanfordians lining up – like maybe the Slabberts!'

Argus Cycle Tour Fourteen people from Stanford rode in the 2014 Argus in strong cross and head winds. I saw a number of accidents along the way, mostly as a result of the wind. One big crash at Hospital Bend involved approximately 15 to 20 cyclists – I came within a hair's breadth of being a part of it but managed to veer off between a barrier of hay bales. Someone crashed into Lianna Morrison twice, damaging her gearing which left her with only three gears for the slog up Chapman's Peak (she managed to get it fixed in Hout Bay).

John Finch had to carry his bike over fallen riders at the start. Some people had good rides despite the wind, even recording personal best times! Others weren't so fortunate and three Stanfordians weren't able to finish.

sport talk

A Four-Day Mountain Bike Tour of the Southern Cape

Something of an annual event, and expertly organised this year by Ian Hunter, a few geriatric but enthusiastic Stanford cycling toppies were rounded up, namely: Allan Youens, Dave Morrison, John Finch, Chris Wolf and Bernie Oberholzer, joined by old-timers Jim Beechey from Cape Town and Phil Townsend from Knysna. Despite all the riders being on the wrong side of sixty, riding fitness was essential to tackle the eightykilometre stages over four days, including some serious mountain passes.

DAY ONE: The peloton cruised out of George, fresh legs negotiating the historic Montagu Pass – one of the highlights of the tour. The narrow, scenic gravel road had barely space for a vehicle and a cyclist to pass.

The long haul, with the temperature reaching forty in the direction of De Rust, finished at Oude Muragie for the first night.

DAY TWO: The peloton wound through a scenic valley, past the turnoff to Cango Caves. A short rest and sandwich recharged the riders before the gruelling, relentless ascent of the Swartberg Pass, known in climbing terms as the crux. After the crest, an exhilarating descent via tight S-bends, over loose stones (requiring intense concentration) finished in Prince Albert.

DAY THREE: The peloton headed east on the tar road before turning off onto a back road with some sharp climbs. Lunch break came just in time on a farmhouse stoep shaded by oak trees. The gravel road descended to join Meirings Poort, where some riders skinny-dipped in a mountain pool before heading into De Rust for the night, and strafdoppe for the misbehaved.

DAY FOUR: The peloton retraced its route of the first day over hilly terrain, ascending the back of Montagu Pass for a last photo shoot before the welcome descent into George.

The eight riders covered more than 300km over 4 days, supported by a ‘sag wagon’ generously sponsored by Chris Wolf. ‘Bring it on, we want to do it again’. Bernard Oberholzer

The riders: Jeremy Browne (and family), John Burgoyne, John Finch, Jason Finch, Chanda Hanel, Derick Hallendorf, Jenny Hayes,Dave Morrison, Lianna Morrison, Craig Moss-Rossouw, Belinda Taberham (DNF), Cal Tomlinson, Felix Unite (DNF) ,Nadia van der Vyver (DNF)

* Sorry to anyone who may have been left out. Not everyone informs us of their activities and some people cycle alone.

Jenny Hayes

Chris Wolf, alias 'The Tortoise', leads the peloton into the Alps on Day 2.

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ROTARY STANFORD EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT Besides the yearly School Starter Packs for disadvantaged beginners at Okkie Smuts, Die Bron and St Paul’s Schools in 2014, Rotary Stanford extended it’s education and development support to the Fynbos Academy (on Langverwacht Farm) and the Flower Valley Pre-school (on Flower Valley Farm). Both these schools are non-governmental schools supported by farm owners and have 56 and 19 children respectively.

Around R10 000 was spent this year on stationery and other materials identified to make sure that disadvantaged children have the correct equipment when starting school. Flower Valley Pre-school also received playground equipment.

2014 has also been the first year that Rotary Stanford has been able to support local star pupil, Siviwe Yuyu with post school education. He has enrolled for graduate studies at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT).

Once again, to ensure growth through travelling, 12 pupils of Okkie Smuts Koshuis have been sponsored on a trip to Upington, where they are hosted by the Upington Rotary Club for a short holiday in the area.

This yearly exchange of young visitors is supported by Gordon’s Bay Rotary Club, the Rotary Club of Upington and Rotary Stanford – a perfect example of how the ‘family’ of Rotary clubs can assist each other in their projects.

One of the biggest success stories must be Stanford Creative Works, run by Regina Broenner to keep youngsters off the streets. Heartfelt thanks go to all the volunteers who donate their time and effort towards this very worthy project. Over 200 children now take part in this and donations of recycled goods (paper, toilet and kitchen paper rolls, etc.), art & craft materials, magazines, etc. are most welcome.

Contact Regina (076 375 7116) or Ansie (082 320 0982) for pick up.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT In our largest on-going project, the five soup kitchens supported by Rotary Stanford, now feed more than 350 disadvantaged members of the community per day at the following points: *Anchor Ministries – Mondays and Wednesdays at the church hall (mainly children, the elderly and single mothers) *Jenny October and her Family in Focus group – Tuesdays at the rugby field and Thursdays at the house of volunteer Venesia in Thembelihle (mainly children) *Pastor Claasens delivers nutritious soup and other food to 40 elderly members of the community and 20 children who attend afternoon classes at his house on Tuesdays to learn their steps/words for the end of the year church function *Vuka Energy Savings and the Rainbow Trust at Die Kop – daily main meal to 30 children and 15 – 20 adults on Thursdays when the Parenting Workshop takes place (children and parents)

This year our annual Winter Warmth project will include blankets, knitted woolies for children and bedsocks for the elderly and infirm. There are various ways in which you can assist with this project – donations of double-knitting yarn, blankets, or any knitted items would be most welcome. You could even knit a pair of bed socks (patterns available from Lana). Contact Lana (028 341 0349) or at lcoates@mweb.co.za if you would like to help the children, elderly, infirm and poor of Stanford’s greater community.

Rotary Stanford is a proud sponsor of Vuka Energy Savings who, together with the Rainbow Trust, work mostly at Die Kop informal settlement to teach the inhabitants how to make more nutritious food by using energy efficient methods. They have also started a small bakery project in a so-called ‘rocket stove’ and provide bread for locals and the children attending the Food4Thought Pre-school.

For more information on this project, please contact Elma Hunter (082 892 9507).

FUND RAISING All Rotary Stanford projects are dependent on fund-raising and donations – whether raised by the club itself or donated by caring locals. We are lucky to have the support of the Knoxville and Claremont Rotary Clubs for our soup kitchens but rising costs and the increase in numbers takes its toll, and our stocks are running low.

Our heartfelt thanks goes every person in this

There are a number of ways in which the community can support Rotary Stanford. Donations of dried foods can be placed in our donation box (to the left of the exit at the Spar); cash donations can be made to the ‘soup book’ at the Algemene Handelaar (Kobin’s shop); once-off or monthly donations can be made into our bank account FNB, branch code 25 0655, account # 623 559 79695 or via our PayPal account stanford@rotaryclub.org.za (for those who live abroad).

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community for your support – without this kindness it would be impossible to continue to make a difference in our community. Please 7056 719) or Malcolm (President-elect 084 441 0961) for more information regarding meetings/ joining Rotary Stanford. We need all the help we can get.

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gadget talk

Gadgets galore We asked local Stanfordians to send us photographs of their favourite gadgets or tools. In a country village, one might expect a flurry of photos of old-fashioned kitchen gadgets and rusty garage spanner sets but we were surprised. Overberg villagers like a modern gadget, techno tool or retro implement with the same zeal as any city slicker. Here is a selection of favourite things people would be grabbing and bagging if they ever had to leave home in a hurry.

Our newest favourite gadget is a candy floss maker! A little bit elaborate just for home use, but the kids LOVE it and it makes tiny little candy floss balls which is perfect for little mouths – perfect for a little sugar rush but small enough not to keep them up at night!

Gianni Roodt

The Aeropress makes the best cup of coffee. It knocks the spots off the plunger. It’s the cleanest system of coffee making because there’s no mess. The Swedish design using an air vacuum to press the coffee through the filter results in the smoothest, cleanest cup with the brightest tones!

Siobhan Twomsey

This straight line chalker is a nifty gadget. For marking a straight line anywhere, or finding the centre of a floor or ceiling, there is no cheaper or easier way. And my wire stripper is another one of my favourite things – makes stripping wire a breeze.

Bryan Robertson

I found these snippers in Stilbaai on a rainy weekend when I had nothing to do but knit and hang out at the local haberdashery shop.

I love how easy they make snipping off loose threads and tidying ends when I sew.

Robyn Foxcroft

This is my very useful Victorinox SwissTool (with the all-important cork-screw) – it was a gift sent to me from Switzerland by a director of Victorinox after doing a cruise on Platanna.

Tim Hague

My favourite gadget is Peter with his 'plier and a wire' that fixes everything.

Jami Kastner

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There is one gadget in my house I would really rather NOT do without.

No need to say more.

Cath Croxton

gadget talk

An Eco Drawer. If you have a deep drawer in your kitchen this is ideal for use as an Eco Drawer – filled with a Wonderbox as shown in the picture.

After cooking food on the stove for the specified time, 10 to 30 minutes, depending on what you are cooking, put the pot into the Wonderbox, cover with the top cushion, and leave for up to 4 hours. The heat retention properties of the polystyrene filled cushions will continue the cooking process and save time, energy and electricity or gas. Recipe books are available and recipes can also be found on the internet.

This is called a windy-windy – I don't know what its real name is. It is a wonderful gadget for tightening wire, always useful for mending fences.

Peter Kastner

Another idea from my collection! For when the electricity goes off and you have no gas and very little wood, a nifty 16 brick rocket stove. Because the heat is concentrated and funnelled up towards the base of the pot/pan this rocket stove is a very efficient way of using fuel, in this case, garden prunings, requiring 75% less wood to cook the food. Of course wind and rain do not affect the fire as badly as an open fire would do. A very cheap way of cooking!

Elma Hunter

This USB3 external hard drive makes storage of large files and back-ups, a breeze.

Mike Horn

This is a cufflink / collar button vending machine, manufactured in Indianapolis, USA circa 1908. Drop a 10c piece in the slot and a pair of cufflinks would be dispensed. Catch Caccivio

I bought this ceramic garlic grater in the south of France. Rub garlic over the rough section for a smooth fresh garlic paste. Also perfect for ginger or nutmeg.

Catch Caccivio

Recipe Gadgetry An apple corer is a wonderful investment. The slightly torturous looking tool comes in expensive makes from fancy online companies, or in cheaper forms branded by Apple Packaging companies in the Overberg. Either way, the fun of twisting and peeling apples, or potatoes, into twisted ribbons never gets old. Here is a fabulous recipe to showcase the tool, for when you aren't simply scoffing your way through fresh, crispy, twisty apples.

Baked Potato Twirlies 1kg potatoes fresh rosemary olive oil salt METHOD Disengage the peeling blade of the apple corer so that you ribbon the potatoes but don't peel them. (you can of course use a sharp knife to slice the potatoes into discs) Place the potatoes and their cores into an ovenproof dish.

Drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and fresh rosemary.

Bake at 190C for 45 minutes or until crispy.

Serve with roasts, or as a snack instead of crisps.

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kitchen talk

Marian Ferris

Food of the Gods C

arl Lineaus was spot on when he named Theobroma cacao 'food of the T Gods'.

G This tree native to the A Americas grows all around the t world on either side of the Equator E and was a favourite of t Aztecs. the Currently the Ivory Cost and Ghana G produce 70% of the w world's crop, the remainder grown in Malaysia and Central American countries.

Sadly only 1% of the world's crop is fair-trade, and child labour is rife in the plantations, most of the children never having tasted a chocolate bar.

More than 300 beans are needed to produce one kilogram of chocolate, many more for dark chocolate.

Pretty gourd-like pods grow directly out of the trunk of the tree and when ripe are harvested, hacked open, laid out to sweat, be fermented, dried and roasted. The beans are cracked open and the cocoa nibs are extracted. These are what you often find at food markets and in health shops.

Previously linked to obesity and the cause of acne, (dark) chocolate now has bona fide superfood status containing more antioxidants than red wine. What better way to clean out our arteries and prevent strokes just before bedtime! Even diabetics can have chocolate if it is unsweetened as the velvety dark variety has a very low glycemic index.

Pure cocoa powder has very little fat and makes an excellent late night drink, sadly now out of fashion.

late night old-fashioned cocoa You will need:

•1–2 heaped teaspoons pure cocoa powder. Do not buy anything prepared; this must be pure cocoa with no sugar, flour or thickener added.

•Full cream milk •Cream

What to do:

•Mix the cocoa with a little boiling water in a mug and microwave for a few seconds.

•Add a little milk and heat further.

•Stir well to blend.

•Almost fill up the mug and heat up again.

Do NOT add sugar, it is simply delicious as is, and you won't have to get out of bed to re-brush your teeth!

'Banters' can top up with cream. Need I say more?

Try adding a sprinkling of chopped red chillies.

Pure cocoa can be bought at speciality chocolate shops and baker's supply outlets.

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Spoil your mom on Mother's Day While store-bought gifts, lavish lunches or expensive flowers are always appreciated, moms are usually far more charmed by homemade goodies or an honest gesture of affection. Show you mother you care by giving her something that costs you nothing but love:

Serve breakfast/ tea in bed Make her a homemade card Make her a collage using photographs and leaves or shells that reflect your home Load the washing machine and hang up the washing Make lunch, and serve it at a table you set Invite your mom on a stroll Pick her a bunch of wild flowers Tidy the cutlery drawer Phone your mother if she lives far away Send her a handwritten letter

wine talk Tania Weich

Wine, coffee or both?

Proud! That’s how I felt when my youngest son and I were invited out on a Saturday evening by my teenage daughter and her friend. Had there been seams, the skin between my ears would have split, from my pride in the two young ladies who were dressed up to the nines and who appeared ever-sosophisticated. But things are not always quite as they appear.

Reality reared its head when I was asked what type of wine I would like to drink.

'Red wine is fine.' Anything! They were paying.

'What type of red wine?'

All reasonable questions so far, until I answered, 'Dry'… which was followed with, 'Is that sweet-dry wine?' The look of absolute horror on my daughter’s face gave me cause to quickly counter, 'Dry means not sweet'. She gets it, I decided, until, I mentioned the words coffee flavoured wine… 'You get coffee flavoured wine?'

Coffee flavoured wine is actually not a new fad at all. A 2010 article in Wineland Magazine highlighted that 'At WineX Cape Town 6500 wine lovers voted overwhelmingly for red wine with coffee flavours, and not long afterwards about 16 000 visitors to the show’s Johannesburg namesake also pronounced a preference for coffee wine'.

Evidently our home grown cultivar, Pinotage, was first associated with pronounced coffee flavours – somewhat controversially. Through experimentation with French oak wine barrels, toasted to a specific degree, this one time chance discovery soared in popularity.

And no! Caffeine is not added to the wine. From a technical point of view 'the aromatics that give roasted coffee beans their aroma are also found in wine and are in fact a result of alcoholic fermentation in contact with toasted oak'.

Since the levels of caffeine in Pinotage wines were tested by a research team at the University of Pretoria and it has been confirmed that coffee flavours are naturally derived during the winemaking process, it makes sense that any one of us could have wondered the same. Similarly it may be overlooked that I choose not to view things as they really are. I was treated to a night out for my good company and not as a chaperone. And I remain… proud as coffee-flavoured Pinotage.

Things to do in Stanford for under twenty bucks * Visit the Klein River Cheese farm to feed animals (R5) and buy some olives (R12) for nibbling * Swim, paddle or fish in the Klein River (free) * Trundle the Wandelpad (free) * Pet the sheep and animals at Syringa Kennels (free) * Walk the self-guided 2 or 5km route at Stanford Hills (R10 pp donation) * Cycle along Wortelgat Road (free) * Buy a seedling at Overberg Agri (all R1,80) and plant lettuce and herbs in old leaky pots * Browse the Queen Victoria shops where you'll find many edible, wearable, readable, drinkable treats under R20 * Go to the library (free) * Play soccer or cricket on the Market Square (free) * Take your kids to the park in the Stanford South on Poole Street (free) * Grab a soft serve from the garage (R13) * Collect leaves, acorns, etc. to make a collage or do leaf rubbings (free) * Ride the ramps at the BMX track at the top of Queen Victoria Street (free) * Hire the key for the bird hide from the Stanford Tourism Office (R30 deposit, R20 refundable) * Go mushroom hunting in May (free, but don't eat them if you don't recognise them)

KLEIN RIVER CHEESE - GR ANA The Picnic Shed will be closed for winter as of Monday 5 May 2014. As soon as the weather is warmer we will re-open with fresh new menus!

In the meantime visitors to the farm will still be able to enjoy cheese tastings; shopping and tea/coffee from the Cheese Shop. Our play park will be open to customers so that they can enjoy their purchases while the children play.

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By Stanford veterinarian, Dr Olga Koorts

vet talk

tummy trouble Most owners will have to cope with a dog vomiting and/or with diarrhoea at some point.

Tummy problems may be a symptom of various diseases and even vets sometimes battle to establish an exact cause. It may be caused by something as simple as a change in diet or eating leftovers but intestinal parasites (worms), eating garbage or objects that get stuck in the intestine, certain medications, toxic substances, viruses, bacteria, other intestinal organisms like Giardia and diseases of other organs may all cause vomiting or diarrhoea.

Not all episodes of an upset stomach will warrant a visit to your vet.

If it is an isolated or mild incident in an otherwisely healthy adult dog, it may be reasonable to try home remedies first. Simply withholding food and/or water for a few hours might do the trick. Very young pups or older dogs who might be suffering from chronic disease should immediately be seen by a vet. Further reasons for concern would be failure to improve within 24 hours, severe abdominal pain or bloating, severe depression, profuse watery diarrhoea, frequent vomiting or retching and the presence of blood.

Treatment will vary according to the cause and severity of the symptoms. Sometimes an anti-vomiting or anti-diarrhoeal medication or deworming will be sufficient but patients may have to be hospitalised for further procedures and medication like intravenous drips.

As usual prevention is better than cure. Make sure that your dog’s vaccinations are up to date and deworm him regularly. Don’t make sudden changes to his diet and think carefully about adding left overs and treats to his bowl. Don’t overfeed and teach him to eat slowly. Prevent access to garbage or building sites and avoid feeding bones. Dogs that are allowed to roam or are walked off leash are more likely to encounter most of the causes for enteritis (inflammation of the intestine).

geskiedenis stories

Martin Ranger SOAPBOX

Call of the wild Hands up anyone who has had a good experience with a call centre? Hmm, not many I see. What competencies do you think are required for that job? Being able to miss the point must top the list; followed closely by the ability to make total disinterest sound like empathy. Next must be very poor geographic skills.

‘So where is Stanford exactly?’ – ‘Twenty k's east of Hermanus?

– ‘How close is that to our Krugersdorp service centre?’

And in the world of call centres it has to be Multichoice that is the King of the Bungle. First there’s the ‘self-help’ section on their website. My favourite solution is the highly technical ‘Switch off at the plug, wait one minute and switch back on.’

Naturally your particular problem does not appear on the website’s menu. You’ve got to call the Help Line.

‘If you have an older model decoder (that is before 2012) chuck it away and get a sexy new Explora.’

‘If Jeremy Magg’s hair has turned brown it’s probably time to ditch that old Tedelex TV for something a little thinner.’

‘If you have an SD, HD, VD or Double D PVR simply enter your 48 digit SIM card number. Then press ##**#kgb** followed by your unit’s serial number. This you will find conveniently located on the bottom of the unit. (Sorry if you’ve had to move the DVD player.)

Now press 1 and follow the instructions.’ (Perhaps you should have a 14 year-old handy.)

But I have my revenge planned. Just as soon as I win one of those DStv/Club Med holidays to Mauritius I shall become the prize-winner from hell. I shall download to my iPod Van Morrison’s complete catalogue courtesy of the hotel’s free wi-fi and charge my lengthy drinks bill to Multichoice’s account.

If they come after me I’ll say that I thought that with DStv you get ‘so much more.’

SJ du Toit

QUENNA (KHOI-MENSE) IN DIE OVERSTRAND

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y broer, Isak du Toit, vroeër van Kleinrivier, vra eendag of daar ’n Koi-woord vir Kleinrivier is, en of daar ’n kraal was.

Daar is inderdaad ’n Khoi-woord vir Kleinrivier – Gonuka goggo – en dit word uitgespreek net soos die spelling. Tydens ’n gesprek met wyle Hercules Wessels, Overberg historikus, het hy beweer dat daar baie spekulasie is oor die krale in die Overstrand.

Die Khoi het gewoonlik naby water of vlak in ’n kloof gewoon vanwaar hulle vinnig kon padgee in geval van vyandige aanvalle. So moes daar heelwaarskynlik by Kleinrivierskloof (van Riaan en Shelly Lourens) ’n kraal gewees het; by Uilkraalmond, by die Dam en elders in daardie geweste. Niemand weet waar die naam Ouheerskraal vandaan kom nie – dit mag net so wel Oudeheersekraal gewees het (Oude Heer was die hoofman of kaptein van ’n stam of kraal).

In die oue dae, lank voor die Hollanders gekom het, het Khoi stamme in die Hemel-en-Aarde gewoon. Dit was Ataquaskloof genoem. Ataqua in die Khoi-taal beteken Man van Manne.

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’n Vername kraal was by hedendaagse Hawston. Toe Olaf Bergh in 1686 vanaf Agulhas terugkom van die skeepswrak, Joana, het hy vier matrose gekry wat by ’n Khoi-kraal naby die huidige Hawston oornag het. Vandag is daar ’n saamkom plek in Hawston wat as Die Kraal bekend staan. Dis naby die biblioteek waar in die ou dae dikwels op die gras gesing en gedans is.

In 1682 was by Herriesbaai ’n groot kraal. Dis meer as 100 jaar voor Michiel Henn en sy familie wat daar gewoon het, na Hermanuspietersfontein verhuis het. Die meeste Khoi-stamme van die Overstrand het uitgesterf in die pokke-epidemies en die oorblywende stamme het ooswaarts uitgewyk.

Malagas Kraal, ’n Khoikhoi kraal in die ou dae, was op die westelike oewer van die Breë rivier.

Dis waar die Barry's hulle groot rykdom ontwikkel het en Overbergse boere gehelp het om produkte na en van die Kaap te stuur deur die binnelandse hawe. Die dorpie se naam is later na Malgas verander en is steeds bekend, maar nou vir toerisme.

When asked about the Khoiword for Klein River, the late Hercules Wessels, Overberg historian, told me the Khoi-word is 'Ganuka goggo'. He explained that a Khoi Kraal was usually established near a river or kloof.

They could move away quickly in times of danger. There was a kraal near Kleinrivierskloof, at Uilenkraalsmond and at Hawston where the community gathered to camp and enjoy themselves.

Another Khoi kraal was at Malagas on the Breede River. The Barry's used this inland harbour to support Overberg farmers sending products to Cape Town.

The name changed to Malgas, loved for holidays and tourism.

plant talk

By Suzanne Francois-Rossouw

karma camellia How to grow beautiful Camellia species in your garden

W

inter is the one season where you struggle to find many plants that bring flowering colour to your garden. An old favourite is the rather elegant Camellia. With its leathery, glossy dark green leaves and large single or double blooms in shades of pink or white it stands out in the winter garden.

Camellias originate in India, China and Japan. They are shade-loving evergreen shrubs that do best when grown in humus rich, well drained acidic soil where they are sheltered from strong winds. Here it is not easy to find soil that is naturally acid in the garden. It is best to work in lots of rich compost, fine bark, pine needles, tea-leaves or peat moss. Soil always tries to revert to its natural state so you have to regularly repeat the composting process. Camellias also make magnificent container grown specimen plants that you can plant in acid potting soil.

Camellias are very hardy plants able to survive

frost if grown in the shelter of large trees in winter. They can also survive dry humid summers if given enough water to prevent drying out. If the winter rain seems to miss your yard when there is a shower it is probably a good idea to keep them moist otherwise the plants will start dropping the flower buds before they even open. Mulch the plants well with bark or leaf mulch to protect the plants roots from the heat and prevent them from drying out too quickly.

In the summer months it is also advisable to hose the plants down in the late afternoon to cool them When selecting a position for your Camellia look for an area with afternoon shade. Camellias situated in a sunny position tend to burn and turn yellow. Camellias are slow growing plants, but they do have a long lifespan. In the growing season feed them every two weeks with acid loving plant food.

Camellias don't require much pruning when established. Removing dead branches and

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shaping branches is all that is needed. If you're about to plant a young specimen some gentle tip pruning will help the shrub become more full and bushy. Never prune more than a third off the bush.

Camellia plants found on the local market are all hybrids with different size flowers and colours. If you look them up on the internet you will see so many different varieties it might tempt you to become a collector! When selecting plants make sure that they have nice strong stems and branches, healthy looking leaves with strong growing roots that are not loose in the growing bag. Also make sure that the plants are free from pests and diseases.

Please do not try to carry them by the stem in the nursery as they will pull loose and damage your plants roots. Ideally carry the plant by holding the base of its bag or pot. Camellias can be hard work but bring the greatest reward when they start to bloom.

nature talk

Naas Terblanche explores the mysteries of flight Bird flight, especially the flapping of wings, is very complex and even now is not fully understood. We know that a bird's wing is an airfoil that is described by established laws of aerodynamics. It is streamlined, slightly concave at the bottom and convex at the top, with small smooth feathers on the leading edge. Air slips efficiently over the wing, creating lift with minimum drag. Some lift is created by positive pressure under the wing which is held at a slightly upward angle. On the upper side, where the air must travel faster and further over the convex surface, a negative pressure is created which provides more than two thirds of the total lift. Bird wings vary in size and form to adapt to the conditions of the environment in which they fly. Four types of wings are easily recognized: ELLIPTICAL WINGS Birds that must manoeuvre in forested habitats or gardens (like sparrows, doves and weavers) have wings that are elliptical and have a low aspect ratio (wide short wings). This allows them to make sharp turns at low speed. Watch a flock of weavers flying together, changing direction at high speed without touching one another. To prevent them from stalling at low speed, their prominent alula (wing thumb) and primary wing feathers act as individual little wings that help during sharp turns, low speed flight, and frequent landings and takeoffs.

The spitfire fighter plane of the Second World War has the same elliptical wings and exceptional manoeuverability.

HIGH SPEED WINGS Fast flying birds that feed on the wing or make long migrations (like swifts, terns, and gulls) have wings that sweep back and taper to a slender tip. Their wings are moderately long and are smooth to reduce tip vortex, something that reduces flight efficiency. Some of these very fast birds can reach speeds of 175km per hour on level flight.

Compare the wing design of a swift with that of a high speed plane.

SOARING WINGS The oceanic birds have high aspect wings (long and narrow). These smooth wings are adapted for high speed, high lift and dynamic soaring over waves or high in the sky. They have the highest aerodynamic efficiency of all wings, but lack the manoeuverability of land soarers.

The look of the albatross was probably copied by glider designers

HIGH LIFT WINGS Vultures, hawks, eagles and owls (all predators that carry heavy loads), have wide slotted wings (separated primary feathers in flight and a visible alula). Many of these birds are also excellent land soarers. The broad slotted wings provide the sensitive response and manoeuverability required for static soaring in thermals.

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art & culture

Art for the people – Viva Art Festival Local artists met in Stanford South on Saturday, 26 April, to share their living art project on the fronts of people's houses. The morning downpour didn't stop the artists from painting rainbow colours, geometric patterns, and colourful sunbeam strokes on a row of five RDP houses. Volunteers turned out to help and enjoyed the street entertainers in the afternoon. The home owners were delighted with their decorated homes which can be seen at any time at the top end of Dreyer Street beyond the taxi rank.

This was the second Viva Art Festival, and a third event is planned for November 2014. For further details, please contact Regina Broenner 076 375 7116.

Andrew Herriot

Dollar Brand still worth every cent

PLAYING BY EAR

Abdullah Ibrahim and Ekaya Andrew reviews a local, lekker CD this month – African Magic (1989)

Ibrahim aka Dollar Brand (before his conversion to Islam) is a renowned, no-nonsense South African pianist born in 1934. He is still dominating various genres and the international scene between the US and South Africa. I chose this CD because of my own memorable links with the Kingdom of Lesotho and its fast-flowing rivers. In it' the band Ekaya is strong and includes trombone, saxophones and flute, tuba, trumpet, bass and, of course, piano – a veritable iconic ensemble. The title song 'African River' is typical of Ibrahim’s varied and complex compositions; these allow all players to contribute to the improvisations whilst retaining the unpretentious, melodic sounds from their homeland. Duke Ellington’s influence on Abdullah is abundant; so much so that the track 'Duke 88' conveys much of the Ellington ‘genre’ fused with the Cape ‘sub-genre’.

The alto sax takes us to 'The Wedding' where the spiritual and religious nature of the sounds reminds us of a strong township background that Ibrahim experienced as a child in Cape Town. It is extremely moving and encapsulates a pictorial frame of what life was like, exposed to all kinds of traditional Capetonian music.

The piccolo switches the rhythm to a Brazilian-like sway in 'Sweet Samba', pure bosa allowing quick reposts and conversations to take place between trumpet, piano, tenor sax and bass. Bassist Buster Williams, along with drummer Brian Abrahams provide a tom-tom backing that reaches out to a solid big band Cape-parade-like sound from Ekaya.

'Chisa', a melodius song, can also be found on another album –'Cape Town Flowers'. It is enchanting in its simplicity and repetition, giving the tenor sax player an opportunity to prove his virtuosity as he converses with Ibrahim. The trumpeter takes over above the continuous chorus and colourful melody and definitely sounds Ellingtonian.

'Mountain of the Night' is serene and tuneful with the piano gently setting a pleasant mood for someone who is reflective and thinking of home, and perhaps the mountain presiding over the city of Cape Town.

This is a most satisfying end to an original album of genuine South African Cape jazz. I salute Dollar Brand, who is indubitably good value especially if you find his CD tucked away in some charity outlet.

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B'bos artists unite The Baardskeerdersbos Art Route was well attended despite the dodgy roadworks!

We hosted many exciting guests, mine being Brahm van Zyl from Cape Town. Capetonians, fellow artists and locals visited in large numbers. Actual art OCTOPUS FISH-PRINT, LIZ VAN DEN BERG sales were not fabulous but with the new contacts made, the route is going from strength to strength. Some visitors have tried art routes in their own areas and were very impressed with the quality of our work and organisation.

All in all, marvellous fun was had by all. Roll on, October Art Route!

Liz van den Berg

Hermanus FynArts is back Bigger and better, 6 – 16 June 2014.

Expect an exciting programme that is varied, top class and entertaining.

Concerts and recitals include the likes of Richard Cock (conductor); Camerata Tinta Barocca Orchestra; Bovim Ballet; James Grace (classical guitarist), UCT opera students with Prof Kamal Khan and Angelo Gobbato; Cape Town Tango Ensemble, Abel Selaocoe (cellist); Selaelo Selota (jazz guitarist) etc.

Don’t miss out on the wide and wonderful range of workshops on offer: explore painting, life drawing, ceramics. Apart from visual art, workshops include Public Speaking with Martin Ranger, The Art of Leadership with Sunny Stout Rostron, Classic Guitar with James Grace. If you have always longed to write your memoirs, don’t miss Christopher Hope’s workshop - Life Sentences!

Or take a fascinating one-day walk with Land Artist, Simon Max Bannister. You will be introduced to, and coached in, the practice of land art as you engage sensitively with nature in a way that brings insight into the ecological processes at work and inspires a new way of seeing. The walking is easy and achievable for all ages.

Programme booklets are available at Stanford Tourism. Tickets are available at www.webtickets.co.za as well as at Hermanus Tourism.

Further information at www.hermanusfynarts.co.za

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Reviews

By Karen McKee

TELEVISION SERIES

The Killing

(currently in 4th series) Based on the Danish series 'Forbrydelsen', this superb series is set in gloomy and grey Seattle. It begins with the murder of a young girl, Rosie Larson, and follows the investigation as it progresses through various twists and turns which makes for unspeakably exciting viewing.

Seattle is more than a backdrop – the greyness and dense atmospherics serve almost as another character in the series, and promote the steady sense of dread permeating the storyline. Rosie’s death taints the entire city; from the corridors of power to high school hallways, entitled rich kids and her slowly imploding family. The protagonists, the disparate detectives Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and Steve Holder (Joel Kinnaman), display extraordinary skill in their raw, intelligent performances. They have unique means of solving crimes with an air of believability which is palpable from the start. The plot is tense, and dialogue is brilliant, especially in the case of Holder, the brash, badge wearing bad boy emboldened by success working undercover narcotics. She is frumpy in drab knitwear and he is a little sleazy, which is very brave and absolutely perfect. This is a must watch if you like mystery, intelligent scripts and interesting characters.

BOOK

Imperfect Solo Steven Boykey Sidley

The third novel from a home-grown talent, 'Imperfect Solo' is a dark comedy that tells the story of Meyer, a 40-year old man who suddenly finds himself in the grey space between youthful optimism and the resignation of age. Several factors fill him with dread – his unfulfilled musical aspirations, horrible boss, a difficult girlfriend, his ageing father, two ex-wives, troublesome but beloved children, and the fact that his past is suddenly looking more compelling than his future. He anxiously tries to navigate through newly formed existential angst, and often his hapless efforts of finding redemption and hope are comical, sometimes over the top, and usually exacerbate the situation.

His helpful friends and family are well-meaning but flawed, and he finds it hard to hit solid ground as he skids toward middle age. Re-evaluating himself on almost every level, he now has consider loves lost and found, the randomness of age, find the courage to make a stand, and to play the perfect sax solo. The story is well written and intellectual yet extremely funny as Meyer bumbles along, trying to find his grace. He asks some extremely important questions, and those gravitating towards forty will be especially able to identify with him!

The Villagers Sanette Upton is a local artist. She is an old-fashioned and gentle woman whose smile and kindness never falter. You may have noticed her pottering in her garden, waving from her stoep, or walking around the village in floaty cotton kaftans, looking for natural beauty and colour to inspire her art.

Jou naam Sanette Upton. Ek gebruik my nooiensvan, Du Toit, wanneer ek skilder.

Hoe lank woon jy in Stanford?

Stanford is my tuisdorp vir die afgelope tien jaar. Dis die eerste dorp wat ek self gekies het om in te woon.

Het Stanford 'n aantrekkingskrag vir kunstenaars?

Die dorp het beslis 'n bekoring vir die kunssinnige karakter.

Die natuurskoon is magies. Ons heinings loop oor met vrugte.

Die gedagte 'land van melk en heuning' kom dikwels by my op. Dis stil genoeg sodat die voels heeldag gehoor word wanneer jy luister. Orals is lopende water. As jy oop is daarvoor bring dit alles genesing. Selfs die lelikste huise is mooi in hul eenvoudigheid.

Wat inspireer en motiveer jou?

My onmiddellike omgewing is uiters belangrik. My tuin is vol plante wat bye, voëls en skoenlappers lok, kruie vir kook en doepas, blomme om te skilder en weg te gee. Ek is dikwels 'n buitestaander, leef in 'n wêreld van my eie. Om alleen te wees is nooit eensaam nie. Afsondering en stilte loop oor in skeppingsvermoë. Ek leef tydloos en skilder wat ek sien in kleure wat ek voel met die doel om die toeskouer aan te raak.

Met watter nuwe projek is jy besig?

'A gift is not a gift until you give it away'. Kom skilder saam sodat ons kennis kan ruil: Dinsdae, Woensdae en Vrydae.

Ek stal tans uit saam met ander kunstenaars in die hoofgebou van Olyfkrans College, Swellendam en skilder vir die FynArts Uitstalling.

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Contactable references. p Dirk 084 643 4504.

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

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

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Washing Ironing Tumble Drying Dry Cleaning Services RAINFALL STATISTICS SUPPLIED BY Jake Uys

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WHATS ON

1 May: MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE. The Hopeland Community Project, supported by: the fynbos community foundation Exiting trails around the Akkedis Mountains. There is a route for everyone, all fitness and skill levels. Registration 07:30 at Oom Tat's Restaurant (out of Stanford on the R326 for 4 km, turn right onto the Elim Road for 10 km). For more info: www. hermanusadventures.co.za, Koos on 082 456 8238 (myshare@ hopeland.co.za.) Your support will make the opening of a new after care centre for children in Stanford possible.

3 May: Modderrivier plaasdans. R30 /volwassene. R20 hoërskool kinders. Kontak Paula 073 135 3416.

7 May: Elections 11 May: Mother's day 9 – 11 May: Reforest Fest, FAMILY fest. Platbos Forest 16 –18 May: Reforest Fest, FRIENDS fest. Contact Will McAneny, will@greenpop.org or 021 461 9265. Bookings: tickets@ greenpop.org.

30 May: Okkie Smuts Soup and Sherry Evening, NG Church Hall. Tickets @ R50. For more information, please contact the school adminokkiesmuts@orcawireless.co.za or 028 341 0611.

1 – 6 June: Hermanus FynArts. Programme booklets are available at Stanford Tourism. Tickets are available at www. webtickets.co.za as well as at Hermanus Tourism. Further information at www.hermanusfynarts.co.za email your events to design@stanfordrivertalk.co.za

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Monday 8h30am, Monday & Wednesday 5h30pm, Friday 10h30am Maitri Yoga, Tasha Saha, 076 968 8608.

Monday 5.30pm, Running Time Trials 5km, corner Adderley and Longmarket, last Monday of each month at Stanford Hills Estate.

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

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

Tuesday & Thursday 5.30pm, Cycling, cnr de Bruin & Moore Sts, Sunday 6am Caltex Garage David Morrison 082 321 7996, John Finch 082 378 1935.

Tuesdays 8h30 - 9h45pm Iyengar Yoga with Marianne, Stanford Hotel, Conference Room in Courtyard, Leli 082 35 0253 Wednesday, 6.30pm, Stanford Rotary Club Meeting, The Vine Restaurant. Everyone welcome. Stephen 084 705 6719.

Wednesday Wednesday Vinyasa Yoga with Leli, 36 Longmarket St,´The Pink House´, 082 350 0253.

Thursdays 18:30-21:30 Heal Your Life® Evening Group Sessions 071 382 9033 Thursdays 8h30 - 9h45am Vinyasa Yoga with Leli, 36 Longmarket St,´The Pink House´, Leli 082 35 0253 Thursdays 10 - 11h00 Yoga Light for Seniors with Leli, 36 Longmarket St,´The Pink House´, Leli 082 35 0253 Friday, 5pm, Canoe Time Trials, Slipway Church St, John Finch 028 341 0444, Jan Malan 082 452 9877.

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

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

ST THOMAS ANGLICAN CHURCH Morton St, contact Father Joseph Gabriëls 028 3410588 First Sunday of the month 10:30 Communion (Afr) Second Sunday of the month 10:30 Service (Afr) Third Sunday of the month 08:00 Communion (Eng) Fourth Sunday of the month 10:30 Service (Afr) FULL GOSPEL CHURCH OF GOD cnr Queen Victoria & Bezuidenhout St. 09:30 Sunday service. Pastor Johnny van der Schyff • 028 3410 422.

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

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

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

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

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STANFORD - RETICULATED DRINKING WATER RESULTS

STANFORD - RIVER WATER RESULTS

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

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

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

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

DETERMINANT

FEB

MARCH

E. coli STANDARD (0/100ml)

0

0

FEB

33

Total Coliform bacteria STANDARD (10/100ml)

0

93

Heterotrophic Plate Count STANDARD (5000/100ml) 56

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

MARCH

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Celebrations in Stanford

Fiona Ingles 6 May

Alexander Kastner 11 May

Hennie Kotze 26 May

Pam Trevelyan 29 May

Manie Robinson 6 May

Natalie Ground 6 May

Sarah Gordon 15 May

TumĂŠ Bester 16 May

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

Busiswa Apolosi 7 May

Sammy Horn 16 May

Rina de Wet 9 May

Paul Slabbert 23 May

Corrado Giovannetti 28 May

Barbara Van Huyssteen 30 May

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