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Diere­eienaars gaan opdokJANINE VAN DER RIET

Verskerpte optrede kan verwag wordteen honde-eienaars wat nie hul diere on-der beheer het wanneer hul op openbareterrein beweeg nie.

Die Overstrand Munisipaliteit se Verorde-ning rakende die aanhou van honde en kattehetin2008inwerkinggetreeenplaasdieonusop die eienaars van dié diere om toe te siendat hulle te alle tye onder beheer is.

Munisipale wetstoepassers gaan van 1 Au-gustusstrengoptreeteenhonde-eienaarswatnie hul samewerking wil gee nie.

Artikel 6(2) van die verordening bepaal dat

niemand sy of haar hond in ’n openbare ge-bied mag toelaat sonder dat die dier op ’n lei-band en onder die beheer van ’n persoon isnie.

Dus, as jy nie die wet gehoorsaam nie, waggroot boetes op jou. Die eerste boete is R500,die tweede boete is R1 000 en as jy ’n derdekeer oortree, moet jy in die hof verskyn enjou hond word afgeneem.

Om ’n vroulike hond aan te hou, wat oueris as ses maande en nie gesteriliseer is nie,gaan jou R500 uit die sak jaag.

Diere-eienaars wat hou daarvan om hulhondenarestaurante teneem,moetookweerbesin. ’n Boete van R300 word gehef indienjy jouhondna ’nplekneemwatkosvoorberei

en of verkoop.’n Openbare gebied is volgens die verorde-

ning enige strand, pad, straat, deurgang,brug, oorbrug, deurpad, voetpad, sypaadjie,laan, vierkant, oop spasie, tuin, park, paad-jie, bus- of taxistaanplek of enige ander ge-bied wat onder beheer van die munisipaliteitis en waartoe die publiek toegang het.

Die Kleinmond Dierebeskermingsvereni-ging (KAWS) is nie bewus daarvan dat dieboetes hoër en die strawwe strenger is nie.

VolgensKAWShetdieOverstrand-munisi-paliteit nie genoeg fasiliteite om diere wat af-geneem word, te huisves nie tensy die muni-sipaliteit saam met die verskillende dierebe-skermingsverenigings werk.

Honde- en kateienaars kan hulself op hoog-te bring van die inhoud van die verordening.deur die munisipale webwerf www.over-strand.gov.za te besoek, waar dit onder “By-laws” geplaas is. Dit is ook by die plaaslikebiblioteke beskikbaar.

) Taking pets for a walk in the Overstrandwithout a leash – and without cleaning afterthem – could cost you dearly.

As of 1 August the Overstrand Munici-pality will be stepping up their enforcementof the bylaws regarding pets.

Fines for contravention were recently in-creased, amended and approved by the Her-manus Magistrate’s Court. For more info, goto www.overstrand.gov.za.

Those of Wildekrans wine estate near Bot Riverhave reason to raise their wine glasses andcelebrate, after Wildekrans won a Terroir Awardlast week. Terroir has been the buzzword amongwine lovers for several years now. The basic con-cept is to discover wines that best reflect theterroir in which they are produced. Wildekranswon the Novare Trophy for SA Terroir Top WineEstate. The Wildekrans Chenin Blanc barrel se-lection 2010 was among the five top-scoringwines of all the wines entered in the competi-tion, as well as winner in the Walker Bay district,while another Wildekrans wine received anabove-average rating. Seen here (from left) areWilliam Wilkinson (winemaker), Amanda Har-low (owner) and Braam Gericke (viticulturistand farm manager) with their awards.

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Kleinmond Gazette General - Algemeen Tuesday 31 July 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 Catholic

Church, 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

Book now for an exquisite eveningThere is not a lot of time leftto buy your tickets to the eventof the year: the Cape WhaleCoast variety show and cha-rity ball, hosted by the mayorof the Overstrand, NicoletteBotha-Guthrie.

This event, taking place atthe Arabella Hotel & Spa on 17August,will be ablack-tie, din-ner-dance event featuring athree-course meal, a musicconcert with local artists, andanexclusiveauctionincludinga Stormers jersey.

It promises to be a nightfilled with entertainment, andall the funds raised will go to charities andpeople in need throughout the Overstrand.

And everyone who buys a ticket stands achance of winning a night’s stay for two inthe Arabella Hotel & Spa’s presidentialsuite, plus a full spa and golf package.

The winner will be announced on thenight.

Arabella is also inviting guests to stayover for the evening at a special rate of onlyR900 per person sharing.

The reason behind the big event is the cre-ation of the Mayor’s Charity Fund, which

will benefit all local charities and individu-als in need within the Overstrand region.

Tickets are sold to people and companieson a first-come, first-served basis, so hurry– there are only 200 tickets available! Manyhave already been sold.

Some of the main sponsors for this hugeevent are Arabella, Hermanus Times, GoodHope FM, Creation Wines, Wildekrans Es-tate, Okasie, Whale Talk, Fricken Lacker,Sharklady Adventures, Coca-Cola, Musicand Light For All Occasions, Die SkuurTeater, High Season Farm and Checkers.

Tickets for the black-tieevening cost R500 per person,or R10 000 per table of 10 forbusinesses who wish to sup-port this charitable event.Kim Maclean from SharkladyAdventures has alreadybooked a full table for herselfand her friends to contributetowards this good cause.

Said Dieter Odendaal, or-ganiser of the event: “We ex-press our gratitude to every-one who’s been supporting usso far.

“It’s been truly amazing.Guests can look forward to an

unforgettable night out.“Don’t miss out!”Tickets are available from all four Over-

strand tourism offices, or from DieterOdendaalon082 659 2318,ElizeorReneat themayor’s office at the Overstrand Munici-pality, or Esmé Bronkhorst on 072 472 4552.

Tickets can be booked by making an elec-tronic funds transfer to OverstrandMunicipality, Absa Bank Hermanus,cheque account number 322 000 003 5, refer-ence number 30201592001 (followed by yourname and surname).

Enjoy someoutdooradrenalineListenupifyou’regameforanoutdooradventure: online readers who enterthis week’s competition onwww.bolandgazette.co.za have thechance to win a zipline tour for fourpeople, worth R1 200, in the Overberg.

SA Forest Adventures is offeringfour people the unique chance to seethe world outside Caledon from aboveas they glide on ziplines from treetopto treetop amid lush vegetation.

Towering above the ground, the zip-line slides range from 8 to 15 metreshigh, allowing adventurers to enjoythe sights and sounds of a variety ofbirds and animals.

The12platformslidesvary in lengthfrom a short 20 m zip, which can be en-joyed by children, to an astonishingdistance of 200 m.

The treetop slides feature a safebreakingsystemsogliderscancontrolthe speed at which they travel.

Apart fromtheziplinetours,SAFor-est Adventures offers go-karting,paintball, air-gun shooting and otherfun team-building activities under ex-pert guidance.

For bookings, contact Clint orChristo on 083 517 3635 or 082 787 2002,or at christo@saforestadventures.co.zaor bookings@saforestadventures.co.za.

You can also point your browser atwww.saforestadventures.co.za.

5 AugustThe Harbour Market happens onSunday from 10:00 to 14:00. Expecthandmade and home-made productsfromtheregion,aswell as livemusic.If youhavesomegreatproducts toex-hibit, contact Dieter on 082 659 2318or email dieter@whalemail.co.za.

Wise and energisedWhale Coast Conservation will visit Klein-mondwithits travellingSustainableEnergyExpo, funded by Lotto, on Thursday.

There is something for all ages. Ten greathands-on exhibition stations will illustratethe concept of energy, the different kinds ofenergy, how we can harness – and save –energy, and how we can be responsible withthis vital stuff. The day will end with a semi-nar at 17:00 on how to gradually convert toaffordable renewable energy.

The expo will run from 14:00 to 18:00 in theProteacommunityhall, on thecornerofPro-tea Street and Nemesia Avenue. Everyoneis welcome to attend – it’s free.

It’s off to the World Cup we goPeter and Merrilee Berrisford are pre-paring to leave for Oxford tomorrow(Wednesday), where the 73-year-old Pe-ter will compete in the Grand MastersHockey World Cup.

The Berrisfords have been living inBetty’s Bay for the last eight years, inwhat used to be the family holidayhome. Peter, who qualified as a chemi-cal engineer and has been involved invarious manufacturing businessesover the years, has been a keen hockeyplayer since his student days.

“I used to play rugby,” he says, “butwith my slight build I was physicallyhammered. I decide to switch tohockey, which is not such a harshsport, and continued to play for morethan 50 years.”

Peterplayedclubhockey throughouthis career,which tookhimas far a fieldas Sasolburg, Los Angeles and CapeTown. “I was the oldest player in theMasters’ League in Cape Town, and wehardly ever lost a game,” he says.

Although he hadn’t played hockeyfor the last couple of years, Peter wasimmediately interested when he re-ceived an invitation from the captain of theCape Town Masters’ League Club to join thesenior team for players of 70 years and overwho will be participating in the Masters’League Hockey World Cup from 14 to 24August.

This tournament takes place every twoyears, and every fourth year it is held in thesame country as the Olympic Games. Peterand his team mates will be competingagainst 15 nations, including the Nether-lands, Germany, Italy, Wales, Scotland, Ja-pan, Australia and New Zealand.

This year’s tournament is hosted in thehistoricaluniversity townofOxford,andPe-ter and Merrilee – who happens to be whothe chairperson of the Betty’s Bay BotanicalSociety–will be stayingwith theothermem-bers of the South African team in one of the

university residences.“I don’t think I was chosen on merit,” Pe-

ter chuckles modestly. “They needed to fillthe team, and let’s face it – there are not thatmany over-seventies who can play hockey.”

But Peter is up for the challenge, and heandMerrilee,beingkeentravellers,arelook-ing forward to the trip and the experienceof a lifetime. In preparation, Peter has beenjogging every day (“with a lot of walking inbetween,” he jokingly adds) and takes regu-lar hikes up the mountain to build stamina.

“Hewasmakinggoodprogress losingabitof weight until he went on a Zambezi fishingtrip a few weeks ago,” Merrilee scolds. Butweight and fitness issues aside – after 50years, the one thing Peter is sure of is thathe can remember how to wield a hockeystick. HEDDA MITTNER

Peter Berrisford proudly displays his Grand Masters’ Hock-ey World Cup kit, with Merrilee sporting her supporter’sshirt. PHOTO: HEDDA MITTNER

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Baboons a complex topicPIA NÄNNY

When it comes to baboons, the Overstrandareagives rise to somanyscenarios that onecould formulate a dissertation questionaround every corner.

This is what two anthropology studentsfrom the University of Texas in San Antoniofound after they had spent two months inthe Overstrand area, trying to decide onwhich baboon research projects they shouldembark upon.

Nick and Amanda Elwanger were hostedby Whale Coast Conservation (WCC) andspent many days in the field watching thebaboons and working out the projects thatwould most likely get funding.

Nick says the local ecosystem is unique,and his aim was to find a group feedingmainly on fynbos. He believes he found sucha group at Salmonsdam near Stanford, butit was very difficult to get close to them.

Amanda wants to look at the possibilityof baboons living and flourishing in proxim-ity to humans; her research is centred in theHemel-en-Aarde Valley.

Both of them must first return to Texasto complete their studies and get funding,and it is unlikely that they will be backbefore early 2014.

However, at an open meeting at WCC’s of-fice on Thursday, they gave some interest-ing insights into what they had observedduring their two-month stint.

They spoke about the number of youngones in a troop and how they often createthe impression of a population explosion.However, infant mortality is apparentlyvery high. They also mentioned the clearlack of leadership in the Voëlklip troop.

“There is no male to lead, and the groupisn’t cohesive at all. The females are veryspread out, and this makes it hard for themonitors to be successful,” they said. “Bekindtotheadultmales.Asobnoxiousastheymight be, they serve an important role.”

Amandaalsospokeaboutthewaybaboonsmanage to manipulate baboon-proof bins.She told the audience that baboons don’twork together.

“You need to design a bin that one humancanopen,butwhichwouldneedtwobaboonsto do so.”

Nick and Amanda leave on Friday, butthey hope to be back eventually. “We can’tcover the whole Overstrand and all theissues – we need to focus. But hopefully ourpresence places new focus on baboons in thearea, and will encourage other people tocome and continue their studies here.”

67 MINUTES OF TLC: The home-based carersof Hawston Health & Welfare decided to cele-brate Mandela Day by pampering the teach-ers of Sonstraaltjies, Busy Bees, Blommel-and and Feetjieland crèches. This gave thehard-working teachers the opportunity to puttheir feet up for 67 minutes and be spoiltwith massages, manicures and pedicures.

While the teachers were being pampered,one of the carers, Nazier Sadan, had hishands full in keeping the children occupied.

FISHERHAVEN CLEANUP: Denise Sampson of Fisherhaven rounded up 18 residents, armedwith plastic bags (which were donated by Tuffy Brands), to collect 18 bags of rubbish on18 July. “We came together as a community to honour Nelson Mandela by giving 67 minutesof our time to community service,” said Sampson. They also pulled out alien vegetation andmarked a hiking trail with donated poles. “We are proud of our village, and we all had awonderful time,” Sampson said.

Entertaining jammingThe Spontaneous Com-bustion Blues Band con-cept of “plugged-in” jam-mingdelightedalivelyau-dience of blues fans in theintimatearmchair settingof the PeriScope Theatrein Pringle Bay on Satur-day night.

As with traditional NewOrleans street-corner jams,attendees were treated inclose quarters to exuberantimprovisationknitted intoanumber of classics by somevery accomplished, fun-loving local bluesmen.

The band members do notrehearseaheadofshows–allmembers have careers inother groups, keeping themoccupied – and go on stagewith three front men nomi-nating songs to be played,brieflyexplainingwhat theyhave in mind. Gettingenough approving nods (notnecessarily from all bandmembers), they take off.

On Saturday night theseexchanges often includedshort demo riffs of chordprogressions that, togetherwith the verbal exchanges,contributed to theentertain-ment of both blues novicesand authorities present.

Driving proceedings on acrystal-clear, professionallyconfigured rig were bass-and rhythm-men Schalk“Thunder Merwe” (Bed onBricks) and Pieter Heyns(Mercury Blues Sessions),with front men Jurg Human(Die Boer Theatre), SvenBlumer (CCR Tribute Band)and Simon Orange (BluesBroers) calling the shots.

Several sub-genres, rang-ing from urban to country,acoustic to electric andswinging to jazzy, were cov-ered with aplomb, with theLatino-influenced “Texi-can” Señorita (Los LonelyBoys) getting the crowd offtheir seats and dancing.

Blues–rock was not neg-lected, and Hendrix’s LittleWing flew listeners off

through the purple haze ofthe electric ’60s. Material byRay Charles, Bob Dylan,Willie Dixon, Jeff Healy andBig Bill Broonzy was alltreated masterfully with theunique quality that comesnaturally with “jamming”.

Local songs did not take aback seat either, as provenby the atmospheric Mr Fin-gers by Simon Orange him-self. He also nominated thepounding Electric Train bythe Blues Broers, infa-mously inspiredby theCapeTown station sign for theStellenbosch line – “to Bell-ville and beyond”.

The organisers urgeeverybody to join the nextSpontaneous Combustionsession for a night of explo-sive blues jamming.

Spontaneous Combustion in action.

Kleinmond Gazette Leader - Hoofartikel Tuesday 31 July 20124

No leash? Pay upTo leash, or not to leash.

With the amended bylaws, pet owners willhavetothinktwiceaboutadoptingmorefour-legged friends in future.

Your dog must be registered and spayed,and you are forced to remove their faeces, orelse pay R200 for the first offence, and R400for the second offence.

If you let your dogs run wild, your dogs canbe impounded.

Is thisharsh?Orshouldpetownersbemoreconsiderate towards our fellow neighbours?

Noise pollution is also a big problem. Ifyour dog barks for hours at a time, you mightalso be in trouble.

Take care of yourpets, love them, and stickto the rules so that everyone can live inharmony.

The trials and tribulations of a trigger­happy troopCrimes involving firearms are blessedlyrare in our corner of the universe, whichis not to say guns aren’t used here – ratherthat their main deployment is recreational(sadly often in shooting our close cousins,the local baboons).

I write this as our transatlantic friendsare cursed by their umpteenth public shoo-ting. The surprising thing to me is that itsurprises them over and over again. Thereare such obvious causative factors, whichmany of them admittedly recognise butseem unable to control:

) there are far more guns than people inthe US;

) the biggest industry in the US (alongwith drugs) is armaments;

) you can buy assault rifles with 30rounds of armour-piercing bullets over thecounter, et cetera.

Add to this toxic mess the effect of figh-ting senseless wars against fanatic infidels

on naïve, vulnerable young minds and theconstant stream of TV and films in whicharguments are repeatedly settled in favourof the better gun, and you’ve gone a longway to explaining the above. And they alsospendtrillionsofdollarsayearontheir“de-fence force”, which never seems to defend,but always to be attacking some oil-rich fo-reign country.

Sensible folk know that those who bearfirearms are a thousand times more likelyto be shot themselves than those who don’t,and that domestic firearms kill infinitelymore family members than intruders.

A former neighbour of mine is a recrea-tional shot. One Sunday he and a relativewere sitting on their stoep, the best part ofa kilometre from me, and, fuelled with thewine of the land (brandy and cola), he fireda shot through my 2 500-litre water tank.Thedamagewasminor,andafteracaution-ary wait I fixed it with epoxy.

Somemonths later thetankneededclean-ing, and in a moment of folly I let myselfdown through the small manhole on top,armed only with broom and hose.

After the job was done, I suddenly disco-vered that it was impossible to hoist myselfup again through the manhole. As I tried,my elbows spread automatically, leavingme stuck.

After several repeats, I sat down for ahard think. I was alone, out of earshot andun-cellphoneable. I am not alarmist by na-ture, but I suddenly found myself calculat-ing the odds of my neighbour repeating hisformer target-shooting feat. “Fish in a bar-rel,” I thought grimly.

Spurred on by the resulting adrenalinerush, I squatted directly under the man-hole, arms straight up, and jumped madly.

I just managed to clear the edge, stickingout my arms as I did (taking off large areasof skin), and hung there before getting up

and dropping off on the outside, saved tobe here today to tell you about it.

Talking of stats: every time I see a policecar or ambulance howling down the roadI am reminded that every life saved by get-ting there a minute earlier is at the expenseof somehundreddeaddrivers andpedestri-ans. Peace! 2 fouriejh@mweb.co.za

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It’s time for tourism to step up in the OverstrandAfewyears ago I visitedRiversdale as partof a press junket. Riversdale had beennamed as one of the finalists in the Townof the Year competition.

It did not win the award, but the signifi-canceof thenominationnotonlyenhancedthe profile of the town but also instilled asenseofpride in its townspeople.Thepressthrough its reportage further elevated thestatus of the town. The invited press washosted by the town, with the municipality,tourismsectorandprivateenterpriseplay-ing prominent roles.

It is time that our tourism bureau insti-tuted a similar initiative. Invite the press,accommodate them at suitable venues,feed them at participating restaurants andtake them on a sightseeing tour. We havethe penguin colony, Kogelberg hikingtrail,Hermanuscliffs,Kleinmondharbourcomplex, our majestic dunes and theHarold Porter Botanical Gardens, to namea few. It would locate us as a must-visit re-gion and put us on the map as a touristattraction.

The big cities have all the music festi-vals, the theatres, exhibitions and confer-ences. Bringing events of such magnitudealso carries relatedbenefits, suchasmuch-needed employment and, more impor-tantly, theexposureof localstoanaestheticappreciation of the arts. We have shownthat we are capable of handling huge hap-penings, such as the annual Big Blues Fes-

tival, Whale Festival and road races.Many artists and musicians I have spo-

ken to have expressed an interest in per-forming or exhibiting in the Overstrand.A tourism bureau should not only be aninformation centre or a facility that workson projects irregularly; it should initiateeventsonaroutinebasis.Enlarge the tour-ism arm of the region and source outsidetalent and business. The community be-comes aware of what is out there and doesnot need to feel so isolated.

A downside to the blues festival was thatmany of the audiences over the two dayswereof apalerhue.Weneed tobe inclusivebypossiblygivingoutcomplimentary tick-ets to the lessprivilegedwhoshowaninter-est inmusic,suchasatschools,communityprojects and homes for senior citizens.

The broader community needs to be re-flected in the events as audience or partici-pants. We in the Overstrand need to showthat we are marching in step with the restof the country, and that our social gather-ings are indicative of the demographics ofthe region.

A reader commented that maybe weshould adopt a project once every fewmonths.Mostnon-governmentalorganisa-tions struggle to sustain themselves withlittle or no support, and exist entirely onpublic donations or by volunteerism.

It is a laudable idea, and obviously a dis-tinct way forward. Let the relevant organi-

sationdrive the initiativewith the supportof local business, schools and churches,and with free advertising. The revenuegarnered should be sufficient to keep anorganisation afloat, especially if the wholecommunity were to get involved. Each re-gion could link it up with a major event,with a percentage of the proceeds going tothe affected organisation.

The tourism bureau could also be a par-ticipant in the process. Tourism depart-ments in other parts of the country and theworld take a proactive role in the socialand economic development of those spe-cific regions.

We sell the region by connecting the peo-ple of the area with the rest of the worldthrough marketing our assets – our natu-ral resources and ourselves.

Is the trophy ours?Is the trophy ours?With the Stormers and Sharks ending up inthe same Super Rugby semifinal, SouthAfrica was guaranteed a spot in the final.

The Stormers are not bringing a trophyhome, but the Sharkies could make us proudyet. DoGazette readers think the trophy willcome to South Africa?Absolutely! Everyonewhovoted inouronlineopinionpoll saidyes.

But only time will tell when the match on4 August gives the final verdict.

Pay a visit to www.bolandgazette.co.za tovote in this week’s poll.

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Noise control – enough is enoughNoise control – enough is enoughLately we often read about dogs and their be-haviour that should and must be kept undercontrol.

One aspect that is hardly mentioned is theway the Overstrand Municipality goes aboutcontrolling the abnormal, irritating noise ofanimals. At a social meeting not so long ago,this topic caused much unruly emotion. I rea-lised there are too many credible frustratedpeople to let it just go by.

By law, noise nuisance is described as anysound thatdisturbsor impairsormaydisturbor impair theconvenienceorpeaceofanyper-son. “Animal” includes dogs, cats, birds andpoultry (Environment Conservation Act,noise control regulations). No person maykeep a dog that causes an unreasonable dis-turbance to inhabitants of the neighourhood(Overstrand Municipality bylaw).

Whyisit that lawenforcerscangiveatrafficoffender a fine on the spot (and a very steepfine it is) but cannot address theunacceptablenoise of animals with the same intensity?Why is it that a request to solve the problemof noisy animals is so difficult? I believe somecases drag on for as long as a year to be solved

in the court. Why? How do other municipali-tiesgoabout thisnoisyproblem?Andinterna-tionally? Surely something must be done tosolve these problems significantly and satis-factorily when and as they are reported – nota year later when annoyance with those in-volved runs out of control to the extent thatit gets “ugly”. If the cases are addressed withsatisfaction,within the law, the lawenforcerscan quickly move on to other cases. Not onlywill this way of dealing with a noise nuisancegive them more job satisfaction, but the com-munity will be pleased and at ease with a jobdone well according to the law. The law andorder will rule!

To help everyone who has suffered in thepast, who is having a problem at present, andwho will suffer in the future, please writeaboutyourexperienceof thehandlingofnoisecontrolproblemstonoisenuisance@yahoo.com,ortothepaperifyouwish. Ifyoucannotemail,please drop your letter off or post it to NoiseControl, Poste Restante, Kleinmond. Your re-sponse is necessary to enhance our case.Thank you.

WORRIED RESIDENT

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The Lakeside Chapel, an un-denominational church in Betty’s Bay, invites suitably qualified persons with contactable references to apply for the position of Pastor. For more information contact: The Secretary, Lakeside Chapel, PO Box 523, Betty’s Bay 7141 or e-mail: ggreen@lant ic .ne t . C los ing da te fo r applications: 31 August 2012.

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PBC has its say on the baboonsThe Pringle Bay Conservancy and BaboonAction Group has completed its baboon pro-tocol document, and has also started intro-ducing several of the important and urgentmattersarising fromthisdocument.Here fol-lows a short report on these issues.

1. Refuseremoval:onrequestof thePringleBay Conservancy (PBC), the Overstrand Mu-nicipality(OM)hasdeployedamunicipalem-ployee for seven days a week at the transferrefuse station at the entrance of Pringle. Wehavealsorequestedthat thisstationbeclosedwith wire mesh as well as a self-closing gate.

We are currently awaiting a response fromthe OM. All non baboon–proof municipalrefuse drums in the CBD will be adapted asa matter of urgency. This also includes thenon baboon–proof bins at the beach parkingareas. The blue swivel drums at the beachandpointparkingareaswillberemovedcom-pletely and replaced with signage indicatingthe proper refuse removal procedures.

We have instructed the OM to make thesechanges within 30 days. Failure to completeall above-mentioned work will leave the PBCnooptionbut to report theOMtoCapeNatureregarding “the feeding of a wild animal”.

Regarding the non baboon–proof bins sup-plied by the OM, and regarding Mondayrefuse removal: we have addressed severalissues regarding this with both the OM andresidents. You are instructed to adhere to therelevant laws and bylaws. Any resident notcomplying will be reported and fined.

2. Feeding of baboons: we have been in-formed of several Pringle Bay households de-liberately feeding baboons either inside oroutside their homes. Unfortunately thenames or plot numbers of these individualsare not included with the information.

Youarerequestedtoinformusimmediatelyshould you be aware of such actions. PleasepostyourinformationtothePringleBayCon-servancy, PO Box 341, Pringle Bay. We do notrequire your name!

3. PBC Baboon Monitor Project: this very

important project kicked off on 24 July. Themonitors include 28 local volunteers and 4Working for the Coast employees.

The first day provided a lot of importantinformation regarding the dynamics of thetroop, especially their movements and theirresponse to the yellow bibs and paintballguns. At this initial stage of the project thePBC will be using the paintball guns (sup-plied by the OM) without the paintballs. Theinitial responsebythebaboonshasbeenveryinteresting. Our adjusted mandate is as fol-lows: deploy monitors in Clarence drive andkeep the baboons above this perimeter line.Should this fail, follow the troop through theresidential area, allowing the troop to forage.

The paintball guns are only to be usedshould the troop or individual animals ap-proachhomes.This iscalledadaptivebaboontraining and will hopefully, with otherprojects to be introduced, help to minimisethe conflict.

Urgent request: the PBC only has enoughfunds to sustain this project for six weeks.We also need three two-way radios, andideallyneedasponsoredbakkiewithcanopy.Thisproject is extremely important since thesecond mandate of it is to collect very impor-tant data regarding the dynamics of thetroop. This information will allow the PBCto make the correct decisions regarding ac-tions to follow.

4. Awareness campaign: this is probablythe single most difficult task on our long list.Let me remind you again that this is not ababoon problem but a baboon problemcausedbytheactionsofhumans. I cansimplynot go into all the detail, but actions include:relevant information to be distributed to allPringle Bay home owners and visitors; fivelarge CapeNature signs on baboons, as wellas human actions, to be erected in PringleBay (sponsored by CapeNature and to beerected within the next three weeks); addi-tional human–baboon conflict posters andpamphlets to be supplied to all Pringle Bay

businesses and the public on busy holidayweekends; all the relevant information tobe supplied to all companies in the “holidayhome rental industry”, as well as the infor-mation supplied to all weekend visitors (inrental homes); the distribution of a residentand visitor guide informing individuals ontheir responsibilities as caretakers of a bio-sphere reserve and conservancy village.

5. National Geographic Big BaboonHouse: the PBC and several other conserva-tion-minded organisations have helped toexpose the shameful activities of NationalGeographic, NatGeo Wild and Aquavision.Our actions, including the printed media,radioandtelevision,havehelpedtokeepthepressure on the responsible individuals, or-ganisations and businesses. Our call to youregarding the human–baboon conflict inPringle Bay (to provide letters to us and theOM) has instigated the projects currentlyintroduced by the PBC. Therefore, pleasekindly provide the PBC with letters to beforwarded to National Geographic, NatGeoWild and Aquavision regarding the actionsof the responsible parties.

6. Negative comments on Pringle Bay inthe printed media (especially local), con-demnation of the PBC and myself: the PBChas tried to manage the publicity regardingthis issue in a positive manner.

However, uninformed individuals in oth-er communities (and one individual inPringle Bay) have used this opportunity totry and discredit Pringle Bay, our organisa-tion and myself. The Pringle Bay Conserv-ancy is “Proudly Pringle Bay” and will not“not act” should any publicity from unin-formed individuals be published or ad-dressed. Several articles in recent weeks inboth the Overstrand Herald and KleinmondGazette have angered Pringle residents andmust be addressed.

We kindly request that you support thework and actions of the Pringle Bay Con-servancy and join as a member. Fundsraised through this membership drive willbe used to address the human–baboon con-flict in our town.

Please be advised that the PBC does notformpartof thePringleBayRatepayers’As-sociation, and therefore requires its own

funds in order for this community organisa-tion to fulfil its duties to the environment andits members. As the only conservation-mindedcommunity organisation on the ward commit-tee for Ward 10, we are in the privileged posi-tion to be able to address conservation issuesin our area at this level.

As mentioned, we require three two-way ra-dios and a sponsored bakkie with canopy forour monitor project. We also require a hugeamount of printing (baboon awarenessmaterial) to be done – please contact us shouldyou have printing contacts.

The Pringle Bay Conservancy must thankthePringleBayRatepayers’Association, itsex-ecutive committee and especially its chair, MrGraham Utton, for providing its full supportregarding this issue.

We must also credit Ward 10 Councillor MrsLisel Krige for her contributions, as well asOverstrand Municipality employees Mr LeonSteyn, Mr Fanie Krige, Mrs Cecile Jonkheidand Mrs Liezl Bezuidenhout. Credit shouldalsobegiven to thedeputymayorof ourmunic-ipality, Ald Pieter Scholtz, for the best possibleact of municipal service delivery rarely re-ceived – a quick municipal response.

I sincerely hope that we will be able, withour next correspondence, to credit more indi-viduals from the Overstrand Municipality.

BERNARD HEYDENRYCH, Pringle Bay ConservancyLetter has been shortened.

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Send your contributions to janine@hermanustimes.co.za.Gazette Book Times

FIREWORKS Jan Braai“I like T-bone steaks, because they are in the shapeof Africa.” –Desmond Tutu, Patron of National BraaiDay. National Braai Day (also known as HeritageDay) is celebrated on 24 September every year.Jan Braai, real name Jan Scannell, started this wholething off five years ago, and has since braaied withthousands of South Africans. So he knows his spare-rib from his rib-eye. For a lot of men a book withbraai recipes would be like having to ask for direc-tions – but for those of you who haven’t yet masteredthe techniques of a perfect braai, or want to pickup a tip or two, this book starts off with the know-howto braai a perfect steak and then moves on to lambchops, curried sosaties, the most decadent chickenburgers, pork ribs, potjies, rack of lamb, braai sta-ples like braaibroodjies, and even a couple of des-serts. Here are a few of Jan’s braai tips. . . Gasis Afrikaans for a guest at your braai, not somethingyou braai with. Nothing beats a real wood fire. Trynever to braai with indigenous wood – alien vegeta-tion like rooikrantz and blackwattle drink lots ofground water, and besides, it feels good burningAustralian rubbish. Smoke flies to pretty people, sosend them to the kitchen to make salad. A cowmust only be killed once; do not braai your steakuntil the flavour is dead. ) Die boek is ook in Afri-kaans beskikbaar: Vuurwerke.

DIE SKRYWER – Esta SteynIn haar resensie beskryf Amanda de Lange van Beeldhierdie boek as naïef en briljant, en dis raakgevat.Benewens teks/karakter-jakkalsies hier en daar wasdit tog ’n lekkerlees-roman. Joernalis Anabella MariaBennett het as 16-jarige sendelingdogter dolverliefgeraak op ’n Amerikaanse draaiboekskrywer watdeel was van ’n span wat in “donker Afrika” ’n rol-prent kom skiet het. Elf jaar later, op soek na ’nstorie oor hom, word Ana (oftewel Ben/Bennett soosin die boek, maar ek gaan by Ana hou) per toevalaangestel as sy huishoudster, en sy besef sy is nogsteeds verlief op die man. In plaas van ’n paparazzi-storie doen oor hom, pen Ana die storie van haarOut of Africa-wedervaringe as sendelingdogter, haargrootmaakleeu Paka, en stiefma dr. Catherine. Dispresies die verhaal wat Arthur, as draaiboekskrywer,nodig het om hom uit sy depressie te lig. Maar kryAna verlossing?

SKOENLAPPER – Irma VenterDie skrywer is ’n joernalis met onder meer drie Pica-toekennings agter haar naam.Op die agterblad van die boek vertel Venter ookdat reis haar passie is. En sy hou van lughawens,woestyne, Labradors, mense wat nog die moeitedoen om kos te maak, Suid-Afrikaanse produkte,goeie whiskey, koffie en sjokolade.Dit alles was vir my tekens dat ek die boek behoortte geniet, en boonop is die hoofkarakters nuuskor-respondente in die buiteland.Die storie handel oor Alex (joernalis) en Ranna (vry-skutfotograaf) wat by ’n troue op ’n plekkie tussenArusha en Dar es Salaam ontmoet. Kort voor lankbesef Alex Ranna het ’n verlede wat besig is omhaar in te haal en hy moet besluit of hy lief genoegis vir haar om deel te word van haar chaos watlyf begin kry die dag toe ’n Amerikaanse IT-biljoenêrop ’n strand uitspoel.Skoenlapper is Venter se debuut spanningsroman,en sy mág maar skryf.

CorrectionLast week the Kleinmond Gazettereported that the number to dial ifyou want to find out more about theLadies’ Fellowship group of theKleinmond Fellowship Church is028 271 3324.Weapologisefortheer-ror. The number to dial is028 271 4096.

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White steenbrastake a biteALTHOUGHtheweatherwasn’tplayingball recently,anumberofhardyanglershave reported landing white steenbrasbetween four and six kilos from anumber of popular local venues.

On Macassar beach, Attie Stander of theStrand was fishing near the Eerste Rivermouth with four of the local Macassar“manne” using bloodworm as bait when heand another angler had strikes simultane-ously.Helandedafive-kilowhitesteenbras,and the other a four-kilo stenbras.

Thateveningtwosmallkobandanumberof dassie were caught in Melk Bay.

The kob were undersize and returned tothe water.

Willie Byleveldt, who regularly fishes theBetty’s Bay area, reported that there weretwo nice-size white steenbras landed at Aas-bankies at the weekend before last.

He added that local angler Jan Jesper-son,who was fishing with wonderworm, al-so caught a galjoen and a 4,5 kg steenbrasfrom “Die Been”.

The very low tide last Monday morningwas ideal forscratchingaroundforwonder-worm in Betty’s Bay and Hangklip.

Anglers who fish with wonderworm salthalf the wonderworm they collect to use ata later stage, and use the rest at high tide.

Wonderworm is an excellent bait for gal-joen, white steenbras and musselcracker.

Duringtheweekendbefore last, thebreakin the weather allowed boats that launchedat Smitswinkel Bay to fish at Cape Point.Most boats reported good catches of snoek,and one of the skippers reported that al-though the water was clear there wereplenty of baitfish to keep the snoek aroundfor long periods.

The Gordon’s Bay Boat Angling Club’sunders and overs fishing competition waswon by the under-50 teams for the first timesince the competition’s inception.

TheSANational InshoreBoatingCompe-tition, which commenced in Kleinbaai onWednesday, finished on Saturday.

Western Province was represented bytwo teams at the competition – a blue team

and a red team. The blue team comprisedDaniel Hughes (captain), Louis Bekker andPeter Delano. The red team consisted ofMike Pululla (captain), Mark Truter andGus Rautermann.

With the present weather pattern thereshould be good snoek fishing from the “ousnoek gronde”. This snoek fishing venue isreached by steering straight out of Gor-don’s Bay harbour, running parallel withthe mountain.

There is usually bird life in the area, andthe snoek shoals can be easily located onthe echo sounder. There are also usually anumber of boats present that know the ex-act location.

I was sad to hear about the death of Paul

(Whitey) Fouche, a well-known local busi-nessman and a friend who for several yearswas the owner of the very successful whole-sale fish factory in the Strand.

Besides being a top fishmonger, he waspossibly the best boat skipper the Strandhas ever known.

Whitey’s knowledge of local, Namibianand international long-lining and trollingwas legendary.

He will be sadly missed by all who knewhim, and I hope his family will keep up thegood work.

) For all your reel repairs and servicescontact Art on 021 854 3831.

Send your fishing news and photos tobjridgway@telkomsa.net.

:Attie Stander of Strand with a fine white steenbras caught at the Eerste River mouth on Macassarbeach using bloodworm as bait.

Hawston Sekondêrse toer na Kiwi­landHawston Sekondêr het ’n mylpaalbereik deurdat daar vir die eerstekeer in die 18 jaar van die skool sebestaan ’n groep onderwysers enleerlingeonderdieskool sevaandelvroeër vandeesmaand op ’n studie-toer na die buiteland vertrek het.

Die o.19 A rugbyafrigter An-ton Esau, vertel in sy eie woordevan hul wonderlike toer, ’n bele-wenis wat hulle nie sommer salvergeet nie:

Ongelooflik, onbeskryflik! Dit ishoe ek ons 10 dae in Nieu-Zeelandkan beskryf.

Na ’n 34 uur en 25 000 km latermet Emirates via Dubai, was allesdie moeite werd.

Aetearoua, wat beteken “Landwith the long white cloud” het dieMaori’s Nieu-Zeeland genoem toehulle hierdie twee weggesteekte ei-lande ontdek het.

Ons het in Auckland geland om13:00 die middag. Die Kiwi’s sevriendelikheid op die lughawe wasomoorweldigendenonshetdadeliktuisgevoel. Dieselfde aand het onsEden Park besoek, waar die magti-ge All Blacks die wêreldbeker tweekeer gewen het.

Die wedstryd tussen die Auck-land Blues en Western Force wasfantasties. Anders as die SA-span-ne, was hierdie manne meer as gre-tig om ons te kom groet. Ons het toeRotorua, Taupo, Wellington en Ha-milton besoek. Die Mitai MaoriShow in Rotorua was onvergeetlik.Ons het groot respek vir die Maori-kultuur ontwikkel. In Rotorua hetons ook hul “geysers””en “mud-baths”besoek.Dit is letterlikstoomwat uit die aarde kom en modderen water verhit.

In die hoofstad, Wellington hetons die wedstryd tussen die Chiefsen Hurricanes bygewoon. Die mid-daghetonsalreedsbaievandie spe-lers indieplaaslikeMcDonaldsont-moet.

Alle supermarkte maak midder-

nag toe en 06:00 soggens oop. Onshet ook in Wellington die Te Papa-museum besoek.

Ons het ontdek die vinnigste mo-torfiets is in in dié land ontwerp engebou! Dit deur ’n man wat nie konvorder op skool nie.

’n Paar dinge wat anders is ashier:

- Alle mense is gelyk. Hulle kop-pelhoëwaardeaanomnuwemensete ontmoet.

- Daar is nie uiters ryk en uitersarm mense nie.

- Almal het ’n goeie huis- Niemand jaag in hul paaie nie.

Diespoedlimiet is100km/hophoof-paaie.

- Niemand stap wanneer ’n robotrooi is nie, al is daar geen motor insig nie.

- Hulle het groot respek vir dieSpringbokke, maar aanbid die AllBlacks!

- Daar is geen slange in Nieu-See-land nie!

Anton Esau

Kleinmond se segetog voortWENDY TAWSE

Keinmond se rugbyspanne hettuis teen Young Hamiltons (Wor-cester) gespeel en het al drie wed-stryde gewen.

DieA-spanhet in ’nnaelbytwed-stryd geseëvier met 15–13. Altweespanne het vir opwindende rugbygesorg en in die tweede helfte hetKleinmond-ondersteuners naels

gekou van senuwees, maar hullespan het uiteindelik die knoopdeurgehak. Menolan Plaaitjies enTravis Malgas en het elk ’n drie ge-druk en Creswil October het eendrie verdoel. Denzil Arendse hetook met ’n strafskop geslaag.

Die B-span het die beste wed-stryd van die dag gespeel en hetmet 33–13 gewen. Emile Swarts,

Barrian Barry (3) en Ethan Mayhet vir die drieë gesorg en Barryhet tweedrieëverdoel, terwylElvi-no Hopley en Dustin Stewart elk’n drie verdoel het. Die C-span het14–5 gewen. Ethan May het tweedrieë gedruk en Dustin Stewarthet altwee verdoel.

Dit was ’n suksesvolle naweekvir Kleinmond-rugbyklub.

Die manne spook. FOTO’S: WENDY TAWSEDis ’n stryd om balbesit

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Classic ClashesDit is amper tyd vir die jaarlikse FNBClassic Clash-stryd tussen Hawston Se-kondêr en Hoërskool Hermanus.

Hawston het in 2010 met 25–21 koning ge-kraai, terwyl Hermanus in 2011 met 10–5 diewenners was, dus het dié stryd al die elemen-te van ’n spannende finaal.

Hawston Sekondêr is die gasheerskool endie rugby- en netbalwedstryde sal by dieHawston-sportgronde plaasvind. Leerlingemet skoolklere sal gratis toegang kry, terwylvolwassenes R15 sal betaal. Geen drank sal

op die perseel toegelaat word nie.“Ons skool is in die wolke, aangesien ons

die clash vanjaar in ons plaaslike gemeen-skap aanbied. Dankie vir Hoërskool Herma-nus se onbaatsugtigheid die afgelope tweejaar om dit op hul sportgronde aan te bied.

“Hierdie jaarhet onsgemeenskapegterdievoorreg om te ervaar hoe ons skool die clashop eie bodem aan hulle kan voorhou,” het IdyAdams, Hawston Sekondêr se skoolhoof, ge-sê.

Die stryd vind op 4 Augustus plaas en ver-rigtinge begin om 08:15.

HOËRSKOOL HERMANUS O.19 A-RUGBYSPAN: Hier is (voor van links): Morris Kaplan, Alex Koberzig,De Wet van Niekerk, Ivanore da Costa (afrigter), Clinton Shaw, Graham Bellingan (afrigter), NicolinCarelse, Peter Bonthuys, Chad Kleinsmidt; (agter) Matthew Spring, Nohen Fick, Bevan Simmers, LeolinZas, Vincent van Niekerk, Dian Koen, Schalk Roos, James Gerber, Prieur du Plessis, Martin van Wyk,Jacques van der Merwe, Stephano Haarhoff, JJ Terblanche en Ewan Adams. Afwesig: Jurie-Jan Swart.

HAWSTON SEKONDÊR O.19 A-RUGBYSPAN. Hier is (voor van links): David Coert, Le-Aan Adonis, IdyAdams (skoolhoof), Roland Swarts, Anton Esau (afrigter), Carlton Cellie, Arno Fortuin; (middel) JanJantjies (noodhulp),DanfredBruintjies,ShaquileCedras, Lehandré Tobin,RuanPoole,MornayGeldenhuys,Logan Niemand, Jonwan Bissolati, Raymond Windvogel, Julian Julies, Edward Gillion, Gabriel Slabbert;(agter) Keenan Lukas, Damian Williams, Gaywon Fortuin, Peter Plaatjies, Gideon Petersen, Jayden Wentzel,Morné Adams, Daniël Bantom en David Prins.

SPOG MET NUWE VERE: Die Rietpoel Rugbyklub net buite Caledonhet drie weke gelede T-hempies van Ben Louis Fourie (inlas) vanKleinmond Skrynwerke ontvang. Volgens hul afrigter, AndréMcKenzie, is hulle baie dankbaar vir die skenking en sien hulleuit na talle oorwinnings dié komende seisoen. FOTO: DANTJIE PAPIER

Hengel­kompetisiedié naweek’n Rots- en strandhengelkompetisieword Saterdag, 4 Augustus in dieKleinmond- tot Rooiels-area aange-bied. Almal kan deelneem - oud enjonk, mans en vroue - en daar isR15 000 sepryseopdie spel.Registra-sieenkaartjieverkopeisSaterdagog-gend by Kleinmond-strand se par-keerarea van 06:30 af.

Hierdie kompetisies vind elkemaand in die Wes-Kaap-omgewingplaas. Pryse word toegeken aan diegrootste agt spesies (2 haaie en 6 eet-visse). Die kompetisie is streng “Tag& Release” dus alle vis moet vryge-laat word.

Hengelaars neem drie foto’s: eenfoto van die vis met ’n maatband omlengte aan te dui, nog ’n foto van diehengelaar en vis met see in die agter-grond en die derde foto waar die visvrygelaat word.

Indien al drie foto’s nie korrek isnie, word die vis gediskwalifiseer.

Vroue en juniors kan aan die seni-ormans-afdelingdeelneemomsoomgroter pryse mee te ding.

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