Mei 2014

MOTHERSDAY THISSUNDAY: Re­nowned foodlover, cookingteacher and au­thor, ChristineCapendale, pre­sented a HighTea de­monstration incelebration ofMother’s Monthat the CharlieNoble Restau­rant at MykonosCasino on Tues­day 6 May. Pic­tured from left,Sarilize Schwulst(Mykonos eventsand promotionsco­ordinator),Louise Visserfrom Vreden­burg, ChristineCapendale andFrieda Kotzefrom Vreden­burg.

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BIKING FOR BOOBIES: Langebaan News spotted thisinteresting breast cancer awareness­themed pink motor­cycle parked in Breë Street. The bike belongs to WesselStrydom from Langebaan. PHOTO: HELENE MEISSENHEIMER

Theamazing travelsof Fester the catTheCapeWestCoast iswell-known across South Africafor its friendly and helpfulpeople. This was proventrue over the past sevenweeks as the community ofLangebaan joined hands –many without even know-ing just how big the “net”was that they were helpingto weave.

All this to find a lost cat andin the process confirming thekindandgenerous spirit of thepeople of this land.“Fester”hadarrivedinVeld-

drif with his family from Jo-hannesburgamereweekpriorto him getting lost in Lange-baan – just as hewas being off-loaded at the Langebaan ken-nels.He is theundisputed lead-er of a family pack of four dogsand two other cats and did nottake kindly to being transport-ed in an apple box from Veld-driftoLangebaanandmadeforthe bushes as soon as he was

outoftheboxandnotyetinsidethekennels.Hewaslostwithintwo minutes.For seven weeks his

progress was tracked with thehelp of Antjie, an animal com-municator from Cape Town(www.petpsychic.co.za ). Fes-ter’sowners followedheraccu-rate leads across the hills andfarms around Langebaan, dis-tributed flyers, put up postersand most importantly, put aweekly ad in theWeslander toalertthepublic.LizettevanderWesthuizen and Ally GerickeofLangebaanAnimalCare im-mediately joined in the searchtogether with local veterinari-ans Drs Derette Kotzé andGonda Melck and especiallythe incredibly dedicated staffof LongacresAnimalHospital.The response was huge as

dozens of people phoned to in-form“TeamFester”ofpossiblesightings. Unfortunately to noavail . . . until last Saturdaywhen local Langebaan artist

Raag Strydom ofLeentjiesklip andher daughter LikaBuitendag saw thesixth-weekly ad formissing Fester inthe Weslander andrecognised himfrom the cat thatwalked into theirlives twoweekspri-or . . . after fendingfor himself for fiveweeks. They con-tactedFester’sown-ers immediately.What followed

was a tearful reun-ionandanoutpour-ing of joy on social media plat-forms from across the countryand indeed the world. Festercoming home re-affirmed thepower of prayer, the inherentgoodwillinsomanypeopleandthe fact thatnevergivinguponwhat you love, always bringsuntold rewards.From Fester and his family

ahuge thankyou toeveryone whohelped and also arequest to alwayspay attention tothose “Missing”posters at the localmall. Please assistthepeopleofLange-baan Animal Careand other animalcharities in anyway possible. Thework they do is of-tenthankless,butitrelieves the painand suffering ofcountless animalswho do not have a

voice, butasAntjiehasshown,doindeedfeelhurt,hungerandfear in an almost human way.Fester continues to livewith

his family in Velddrif and asfar as they can see, his new-found famehasmadenodiffer-encetohim.Heisjustveryhap-py to be home. – Jaco van derWesthuizen.

Fester the cat ishome at last.

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Nuwespeurhoofvir LangebaanPasop skelms! Langebaan het’n nuwe speurhoof. Lange-baan Nuus het gaan kennismaak met dié vriendelike enop-die-oog-af dinamiese indi-vidu wat sommer dadelik ’ngoeie indruk gemaak het.

Dié splinternuwe Langeba-ner, ao. JohanHorn, is gek oordie dorp en het amptelik op 27Maart by Langebaan-polisiebegin werk. Horn was voor-heen vir vier jaar werksaamop Darling waar hy ook diespeurhoof was.

Wat is die saak (krimi-neel) in jou loopbaan watdie grootste indruk of im-pakopjougemaakhet?Elkesaak is uniek op sy eie, partysake los jy op en ander nie.Togstaandie saakvan ’ndrie-jarigekindwatdeur ’n39-jari-ge man verkrag is vir my uit.Dié voorval het gebeur toe

ek nog verbonde was aan dieGKS-eenheid in Mosselbaai.

Dit was ’n baie moeilike on-dersoek en is opgelos met diehulp van die gemeenskap.Noem twee hoogtepunte

in jou loopbaan in die poli-sie.Elke dag is ’n hoogtepuntomnet te kan sê: DankieHeredat ek kan werk en ’n verskilkan maak.Hoeveel jaar is jy al indie

polisie?Ek is al 24 jaar in diepolisiediens.Vanwaaris jyoorspronk-

lik? Ek is gebore in Pretoriaen daarna het ons na Rivers-dal in die Suid-Kaap getrek.Sowat vier jaar terug het ekna die Weskus gekom.Stokperdjies, belangstel-

lings?Alleswat jonkvangeesis!Boodskap aan Lange-

baan? Saam kan ons ’n ver-skilmaak.Komonsneemme-kaarsehandeenmaakLange-baan ’n veiliger woon- envakansiedorp. Skakel gerusin by ons buurtwag en ge-meenskapsforum.

Ao. Johan Horn is die nuwegesig by Langebaan­polisie..FOTO: TRISH GOOSEN

.Moenie vergeet omdeureenvensters toe temaak en sluit wanneerjy die huis verlaat nie.

.Moenie waardevol-le items oop en bloot indie huis, veral naby ’nvenster waar diewe ditkan sien, los nie.

.Moenie waardevol-le items oop en bloot injou motor los wanneerjy uitklim nie, nie eersas jy “net gou” by diewinkel inhardloop nie.

.Moenie te geruswees nie. Langebaan iswel ’n vakansiedorp,maar hiér gebeur daarookmisdaad, nes enigeander plek in die land.

.Rapporteer enigeverdagte aktiwiteite ofmense aan 022 703 6453.

Wenke vir’n veiligeLangebaan

MILITÊRE TEENWOORDIGHEID BY LAGOON-VIE-RINGE: Die 4 Spes Magte Eenheid in Langebaan hetVrydagmiddag 25 April die Langebaan Lagoon Cele­brations amptelik afgeskop met die Vryheid van dieDorp Parade. Die burgemeester van die Saldanhabaai­munisipaliteit, Francois Scheepers, het by die openinggesê dat die 4 Spes Magte ’n belangrike rol aan dieWeskus vervul. Alan Winde, die Wes­Kaapse ministervan finansies, ekonomiese ontwikkeling en toerismewas ook teenwoordig by die parade.FOTO: JOANIE BERGH

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SUDOKO: Can you solve this challenging brain game? An­swer elsewhere in Langebaan News. SOURCE: KRAZYDAD.COM

Christophorus onthulsy abstrakte seekunsDie Art Square Studio byThe Pumpkin House inLangebaan het onlangsweer ’n pragtige solo-kuns-uitstalling gehad.

Die kunstenaar wat uit-gestal het, was die talent-volle Christophorus vanJacobsbaai met sy nuweabstrakte werke met die te-ma, The Sea is Abstract.

By die openingsgesellig-heid is die skilderye vir dieeerste keer onthul met mu-siek wat deur die kunste-naar self gekomponeer is.

Dit was ’n heerlike gesel-lige aand met wyn en eet-goedvirdieteenwoordiges.

Die Art Square houmaandeliks kunsuitstal-lings. Maak gerus ’n draai.

Dancing Waves deur Christophorus. FOTO: VERSKAF

VRYDAG 9 MEI)Hopefield VLV nooi alle vroueom deel te neem aan WomenWalk theWorld om08:00 vanafdie NG kerksaal. Heerlike koffieen pannekoek sal daarna be-skikbaar wees.

SATERDAG 10 MEI) Mill Country Fair at TheMerry Widow in Church Street,Hopefield, from10:00 to 14:00.Come and visit our Farmer’sMarket for the best in everythinglocal. Artisan breads, olive oil,preserves and unique hand-crafted art. Call0 073 100 0357.

SONDAG 11 MEI)Weskus Jeugorkes in sa-mewerking met Phax Trio seMoedersdagkonsert inCurro Langebaan se skoolsaal.R30 per volwassene, R15 perkindenpensionaris. Kaartjies bydie deure.Besoek www.wcyo.org.za virmeer inligting.

TUESDAY 13 MAY)West Coast Photo-graphic Society MonthlyMeeting at 19:00. Baptist Fel-lowship Hall, 4 De Klip Street,Vredenburg.Visitors welcome. Call Emil on082 776 8100 or freespirit@cy-bersmart.co.za) West Coast Fossil Parkmonthly talk presented byentomologist Professor JohnHoffmann of UCT. Theme:Progress and prospects with bio-logical control of invasive alientrees in South Africa. 18:00 for18:30 at R20 Including snacksand a glass of sherry. After-talkdinner at R45.RSVP:0 022 766 1606 or2 edu@fossilpark.org.za

DONDERDAG 15 MEI) Pedro Kruger tree op byCurro Langebaan om 18:30 vir19:00 ten bate van die Dames-kring van Saldanha se jaarliksegeldinsameling.Kaartjies beskikbaar by Daveli-na Nelson 0 083 565 1101 ofMagriet van der Merwe0 084 584 2408.

VRYDAG 16 MEI) KuieraandmetMattHurterby die NG kerksaal in Laaiplekom 19:00. R120 sluit ’n ete in.Bring eie drinkgoed en glas.Kleredrag: Country (opsioneel).Navrae: Christie du Toit022 783 0048.

SATERDAG 17 MEI) Saldanha Animal Careen die Sportklub hou ’n kosen handwerkmark op die Sal-danha-sportveld van 10:00 tot14:00. Kom neem ’n hond of ’nkat aan. Springkasteel vir diekinders. Stalletjies is R30 by0 078 298 6394.

SATERDAG 31 MEI) PLAY Denlynpark Mar-ket in Langebaan from09:00 to13:00.Delicioushome-bakes, biltong, Asian food, hon-ey, variety of pies, wooden toys,pottery, and jewellery. Thomasthe train and jumping castle forthe kids. To book a Stall contactLynne 082 935 5497 or Denise022 772 0638.

SATURDAY 7 JUNE) Car boot market at theCatholic church premises, Suf-fren Street, Langebaan, from9:00 to13:00. Sell your unwant-ed goods or homemade craft-work. Call Heidi0 083 779 5127 or 2 hei-di.engelbrecht@gmail.com tobook your spot.

VRYDAG 1 AUGUSTUS) CHOC (Childhood CancerFoundation SA) bied aanGha-pi en Steyn Fourie in Currose skoolsaal, Langebaan. R70per persoon. Bring eie piekniek-mandjie. Bel Jannie0 083 321 5263 of 0 Attie083 427 2488.

SATERDAG 30 AUGUS-TUS) Die bekende vrouesprekerGretaWiid tree op van 10:00tot 14:00 by dieWeskusskool sesaal.Haar temas: ’n Brandstofinspui­ting vir jou vrouehart en ’n Vrouna God se hart. Koste: R100 pp.Navrae: Carol Feris0 071 904 3692enRinaKotze084 254 1272.

E-pos dagboek@weslan-der.co.za.Spertyd: 11:00 Dinsdae.

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Dra jou tekkiesvir ’ngoeiedoelOndersteun Tekkie Tax-dag op Vrydag 30Mei 2014.

TekkieTax2013hetallever-wagtinge oortref deur R2,4miljoen in te samel. Meer as180 plaaslike welsynsorgani-sasies het daarby gebaat en aldie ingesamelde geld is gedu-rende November 2013 ver-deel.Wattersektorehetdienaas-

teaandiepublieksehartgelê?Altesaam34%vandie deelne-mers het ’n C-plakker gekies,wat kinders verteenwoordig.Dus was kinders die sektorwat diemeeste ondersteun is.Vanjaar bied die Tekkie

Tax-span jou weer ’n geleent-heid om te wys waar jou hartlê op Vrydag 30 Mei 2014.Lede van die publiek word

gevra om ’n Tekkie Tax-plak-ker aan te skaf teen ’n R10-skenking. Daar is vyf verskil-lendeplakkersomvantekies,elkeenverteenwoordig ’nspe-

sifieke afdeling van diensle-wering.Na gelang van waar jou

hart lê,kies jyeenofmeervandie afdelingswat jywil onder-steun met jou R10-plakker-skenking: diere, familiedien-ste,kinders,gestremdesofon-derwys.Op Tekkie Tax-dag dra jy

jou groot plakker op jou borsendiekleintjiesit jyopjousel-foon, omdaar teblyvirdie resvan die jaar. Wat ook al jouuitrusting vir die dag, maakseker dat jy jou tekkies dra!Jy kan selfs jou tekkies op-

tooi deur ’n paar super-oulikeskoenveters, Tekkie Tags,aan te skaf vir ’n R30-sken-king (en die plakker van joukeuse is ingesluit). Al die be-gunstigde organisasies bied’n diens in Suid-Afrika. Hulleis uitgesoek om te versekerdat jou skenking op die besmoontlikemaniergebruiksalword, ongeag die sektor.

Bekende sangers Arno Jordaan en Adam Tas ondersteun Tek­kie Tax­dag op 30 Mei.

Pedro Krugerkom kuier inLangebaanDie bekende Suid-Afrikaanseakteur en sanger, Pedro Kru-ger, treeDonderdag 15Mei byCurro se skoolsaal in Lange-baan op.Dié vertoning bring hulde

aan mense en voorvalle watoor die jare ’n groot indrukopPedro gemaak het. Sy sketseen liedjies sal jou laat lag ofsoms ’n weemoedige traanwegpink.Pedro het bekendheid ver-

werf as spankaptein in kyk-NET se gewilde Liriekeraai,asook vir sy werk in Dinsdaeby Morrie, Op die Vrou af enLyf. Kaartjies is R100 per per-soonensluit ligteverversingsin. Die vertoning begin 18:30vir 19:00 en is ten bate van dieDameskring van Saldanha sejaarlikse geldinsameling.Kaartjies: Davelina Nelson,083 565 1101, of Magriet vander Merwe, 084 584 2408. Pedro Kruger.

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Snotkopahugehitat ClubMykonosOver400 fans flocked to theAtheneConference Centre, at ClubMykonos resort, on 26 April to seeone of SouthAfrica’smost popularsingers, Snotkop. One can under-stand why he always steals theheart of the crowd, with his talent,good looks, energy and his passionformusic andwhy hewon somanySouthAfricanMusic awards and issuchapopular televisionpersonal-ity.

Mykonos Casino hosted 25 VIPguests with their partners at theevent, whowere treated to snacks andspecial welcome drinks prior to theshow. Throughout the one hour show,guestswerehanging onSnotkop’s lipsand were jumping, singing and jivingalong to all their favourite songs.

Snotkop rocked the socks off his fansand especially the children, with hiswacky lyrics and larger-than-lifestage presence and created such awarm and electric atmosphere.He absolutely amazed the crowd

with his famous hits like Parapapa,EkLaaikvanJolandDis ’nLand.Fanswere absolutely swept off their feet byhisenergeticperformanceanduniquestyle.Club Mykonos received such posi-

tive feedback from the VIP guests andthey had such a memorable eveningand will treasure his performance forthe rest of their lives. What makesSnotkop’s performance even morememorable is the way he interactswith the children and even did auto-graphs for all his fans for an hour anda half afterwards.

Snotkop posing for a photo with a youngfan after his show at Mykonos.

Easter cheer atMykonosEaster was a hive of activity atMykonos Casino and ClubMykonos.Children were treated to deli-

cious chocolate eggs deliveredby theEasterBunnyhimself andwere invited to take part in anexciting colouring-in competi-tion.The smiles on the faces of the

children were infectious andeverybody enjoyed the spirit of

togetherness.Well-knownWest Coast enter-

tainer, Dawid van der Merwe,provided the soundtrack for amemorable Easter at MykonosCasino. .He charmed visitors by per-

forming songs like Nikita andCareless Whispers as well asWestCoast favourites likeWie sekind is jy and Boesmanland andEk wil oud raak saam met jou.

Zara Rossouw (centre) with two of the youngguests who took home scrumptious eggs for theirefforts in the competition. David van der Merwe.

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LangebaanLagoonCelebration funLangebaan was abuzz on the lastweekend in April as the seasidetown successfully hosted the thirdLangebaan Lagoon Celebration.

Lorika Malan, marketing managerof the Saldanha Bay Tourism Organi-sation (SBTO), said the event was agreat success and is growing everyyear. The SBTO, Local Tourism Asso-ciation of Langebaan, many eager vol-unteers and businesses worked hardto make this impressive event happen.

The weather played along all week-end except for a light downpour of afew minutes on Saturday morningwhile the military was doing a dogdemonstration on the beach. But justas sudden as it started, the rainstopped and it was fun and sunshine

all the way.The celebrations started on Friday

afternoon with a march by the 4 Spe-cial Forces, Langebaan and the SA Ar-my Marching Band from Youngsfield.On Saturday morning deputy mayor,Rosil Jager officially opened the eventwith a short speech before the MC,Steyn Fourie took to the stage.Weslander held their popular touch

rugby tournament on Main Beach.Some of the activities over the twodays included a cake bakingcompetition,craftbeer festival,classiccar and tractor display and the HobieTiger Nationals and stalls galore.

Malan thanks all their sponsors.Without their valuable donations,sponsorships and assistance, all theseevents would not have been possible.

Carlo du Plessis and Corné Fourie relaxingat the Langebaan Lagoon Celebrations witha cold one at the Windtown beer festival. ............................................ PHOTOS: TRISH GOOSEN

Some fun for the young ones.

Jo­Jo the clown handing out bal­loons.

Never a dull moment on the stage at the end of Breë Street.A top line­up of local artists entertained the crowed on Satur­day and Sunday.

Celebration­goers werespoilt for choice withover 80 stalls tochoose from.

Delicious treats atMario Pepino’s stall,Eat Cake Darling.

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Action filled moments during Weslander’s touch rugby compe­tition on Saturday.

Buy a corndog and save ahelpless life! From left CobusBoonzaaier, Carlisle vonWeichardt, Marlet Pretorius,Anchen Kellerman and RuanKapp.

The MC Steyn Fourie en deputy may­or Rosil Jager on stage..

The crowd on the beach wasin awe of the 4 Special Forc­es’ boat demonstration.

What a turnout!

Raymond Josephs testing hisgolfing skills at the Lange­baan Country Estate’s stall.The 4 Special Forces’ dog demonstration on Main Beach.

Caleb Hough (3) en­joying his ride on apedalcar on MainBeach.

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‘Budget doesn’t reflect thewishes of the people’

This month we report on the2014/2015 Saldanha Bay Mu-nicipal budget, progress onimplementation of tourisminfrastructure projects,Transnet dust issues.

The due date for publiccomment on the draft2014/2015 municipal budgetwas 22 April 2014. Again thecouncil failed to engage thegeneral public/ratepayers ef-fectively to constructivelycomment on the budget.

The Ward 6 committee wasdenied the opportunity to ad-vise the ward councillor onthe Draft Budget and theLRRA twice had to insist onan opportunity to get clarityon a rather opaque draft docu-ment. The lack of IntegratedDevelopment Plan (IDP) in-puts fromthecommunityalsoshone in its absence. The

LRRAcompiledacomprehen-sive comment on the DraftBudget and submitted it tocouncil on the due date. Thesecomments were circulated inour first Newsletter to all LR-RA members.

We are of the opinion thatthis Draft Budget does not re-flect the wishes of the people.No provision was made forany road maintenance or forthe expansion of the CBD.Loads of money was allocatedto financially unsustainableand costly resorts and better-ing of staff amenities. Thebudget included a R600 000 ul-tra violet screen to kill bacte-ria and a R300 000 develop-ment of the water-retentiondam just north of the waste-water treatment plant, withthe primary purpose of bet-tering the treatment of sew-age water before dischargingit for irrigation purposes.

Theretention-damdevelop-ment should also contributeto the betterment of the es-

thetics before entering town.We just hope council does notthink this is going to givethem our thumbs up for thecontinuous discharge thereofinto the lagoon.

The Uitsig Street stairsproject seems to be finally onits way. The contractors seemto have found a resting placeon the Dutch ReformedChurch grounds. Just hopethis is not going to drive theabutting neighbours nutsover the next few months.

The commenting period onthe Bree Street boardwalkproject closed on 14 April. Be-sides the opposition from afew individual Schapensichtproperty owners, with a fewsmall adjustments it receivedthumbs up from Tourism, theLRRA and SANParks.

We are currently busy withasimilarplanningprocess forthe upgrading of AlabamaStreet tourism node, inclu-ding a proper pedestrianwalkway, paved parking and

complementing street furni-ture.

Transnet was caught outwith not being serious abouttheir plans to allow all affec-ted parties to register for pos-sible compensation due tostaining of private proper-ties. The LRRA insisted thatallpropertyownersbeofferedthe fairandreasonableoppor-tunity to be invited to registershould properties be stained.This plea was initially reject-ed by Transnet and we took itupon ourselves to notify allproperty owners with suchproblems to register with Re-jean Viljoen at rejean.vil-joen@transnet.net or 083 2753140. Please CC your registra-tion to info@langebaanrate-payers.co.za

The Cape High Court hear-ing on the “Shark Bay devel-opment” between the LRRAand Dormell Properties 391(Pty) Ltd starts on 12 May2014. Till next time, Jaco Kot-ze, Chairperson LRRA.

Dit is alweer tyd om uitte kyk vir die Koekema-kranka in die veld! So sêPhilbert Melck van Wa-terboerskraal, nouwoonagtig inLangebaan.

Vanaf einde April tot 15Junie sal die Koekema-kranka se vruggies beginuitstoot uit die grond. Byparty plante kom die vrug-gies eerste uit en die blarelater, sommige plante dievrug en die blare gelyk, ofeerste die blare en die vrug-gies heelwat later.

“Wat ’n groot plesier, omin die veld te stap soos inmy kinderjare, en met diewindjie van voor die reukte kry van hierdie geheim-sinnige vruggie en danwindop te trek tot jy homvind – groot, groot vreugde,kindervreugde!” VolgensMelck is dit ’n groot jam-

merte dat hier-die veldvreug-de van die Wes-kus nou baieskaars gewordhet. Toe hy nog’n kind was, 70jaar gelede,was die plantnog volop oraloor. “Vra maarvir die mensewat in die plat-teland opge-groei het.”

Die vruggieis ovaal en ge-middeld ’n vinger se lengte,liggroen tot geel van kleur,soms met rooi of pienkspikkels op die kop. Nogmeer besonders is sy geur,lieflik, sagte, vrugagtigegeur, wat gou versprei deurdie vertrek of in ’n voer-tuig.

Die Koekemakranka het,

tot op hede, geen kommer-siële waarde nie, behalwein die verre verlede het dieou mense geglo dat die bot-tel brandewyn met ’n paarkoekemakrankas in, baiegoeie medisyne was vir diemaag.

Dis almal se plig om so-ver moontlik bewaring toe

te pas. Wanneerdie Koekema-kranka vanjaarvruggies kry,geniet dit, wysdit en vertel virdie kinders,want hullebeurt sal eendagkom om ook tebewaar. En as jyklaar is met dievondelinge,plaas dit terugin die veld ofplant dit in dietuin.

Daar bestaan min lees-stof oor die interessanteplant, daarom word lesersgenooi om van hulle onder-vindinge en waarnemingsoor die Koekemakranka tedeel by 083 234 4664 ofphmelck@gmail.com ofPosbus 1275, Lange-baan,7357.

Die Koekemakranka, ook bekend as Genthyllis.

Koekemakranka,Weskus seveldvreugde

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CURRO LEARNERS EXCEL IN IBT: These Grade 4,5,6 and 9 learnersfrom Curro Langebaan Private School were all placed in the top 10% oflearners who wrote the 2013 International Benchmark Test for mathe­matics. Curro is very proud of this excellent achievement.

LANGEBAAN SE EIE KOKKEDOOR: LeRoux van Vuuren, mede­eienaar van die res­taurant Lekka by die See in Langebaan is ’nfinalis in kykNET se gewilde realiteitskook­program Kokkedore, seisoen 2. Le Roux magnie verklap hoe ver hy in die kompetisie ge­vorder het nie, maar hy het darem ’n lei­draad gegee. Hy het “baie goed gedoen”.Hier is Le Roux besig om ’n sjokoladekoek inLekka by die See se kombuis te sny.

FOTO: TRISH GOOSEN

RETIEF BURGERLOK TALLE: Diegewilde sanger engeestelike leier Re­tief Burger het op12 April in Currose skoolsaal voor300 mense opge­tree, waarvan 50kinders was. Hiéris Burger saammet tannie UrsulaBasson en OomSpeedy Basson,leiers van die kin­ders van die Em­manuel­bedieningin Langebaan.FOTO: TRONELLE STE-NEKAMP

SPORTDAG: Longacres Privaatskool was genooi omdeel te neem aan Laerskool Courtrai se sportdag opSaterdag, 12 April. Dit was ‘n warme 38 grade in diePaarl, maar dit was ’n ongelooflike ondervinding vir aldie spelers. Hiér van links is Longacres se o. 9­netbal­span Kyla van der Merwe, Danielle Ansell, Esti Thys,Marli Greeff, Kayla Nass, Mia­Lee vd Merwe en Caitlynle Roux.

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OdeaandiehondMadonnaDie koekblik vol varsgebakte beskuitwag op die kombuistafel. Die gasteka-mer sebed is oorgetrekmetkraakvarslinne wat my weer vir ’n week warmsalhou.Huis oppas inLangebaan, ver-al ’n strandfronthuis, is soos ’n ge-skenkwat inmens seskoot val.

Maardit gaaneerderoordiehondasdiehals-bandjie. Sien, Oester-straat 8 is een van dieoudste huise in Langebaan en die eersteerf wat uitgesit was om ’n woning op tebou. Daar is iets baie meer spesiaal aandiehuisasnetdieruimuitsigoordiemeer.

Die 13-jarige Weimaraner is die spilwaarom die aandag en die huis oppasdraai. Gesoute Langebaners iswelbekendmetdiegryshondmetewegrysgespikkel-

de oë en ’n kenmerkende blaf vir verby-gaanderoeringeopenomdiestrandmeer.Rumatiek is al tuis in Madonna se lyf. Sybeweeg soms swaaruit haarmandjie, ver-al soggens as sy wil opspring om die dagte groet. Sy skroomnieom jou te laat skul-

dig voel as jy versuimom met haar te gaanstapnie.As syweet distyd vir haar stappie,klap-kners haar tandesoos die opwen-plas-tiektande van ouds in

die tandartse se spreekkamers.Diéhondiseenvanvelehondewatsaam

met hulle base teenaan die meer bly. Diewateraarde is die honde se speelgrond,loopgrond, eetgrond en verkengrond.Niks gaan hier by die wyseMadonna ver-by nie.

Sy ken die paaie na die Weskuspark en

sy ken Shark Bayselfs beter as dievlieërplankryers.Die ouderdom lêvlak in haar lyf.Verbygangers vraalmal hoe oud syis, en of die tyd nienaby is om haar lewenslyn te knip nie.

Dis nog nie tyd nie, is al wat ek kan sê.Sywil nog in die niet staar, sywil nog blafalissyteoudomdeesdaeselfsvoëlstejaag.

Madonnasoeksteedsdiewarmaanmoe-diging van haar base, en sy wil nog diestrandsand onder haar pote voel. Kan onshaar kwalik neem?

Die dag as sy nie meer wil nie, sal onsweet. Die kreweltrekkers, die skuite, dieseevoëls en die buurt naby die jagklub salalmal stil word maar haar blaf sal steedsoor die wateraarde heers.

As die skoen pas ...Skoene bly altyd ’n grootmodebykomstigheid,maarwat dra ons nou eintlik bywat?

Die gewilde kuitbroeke is’nmodegunstelingwatdeurdie jare deel van ons klere-kas geword het.

Kuitbroeke is gemakliken mooi, maar lyk somsminder mooi as jou kuit indie middel sny. Jy het danvir seker hoogte nodig omdie balans te herwin en dieaandag van jou kuit af tetrek.

Die regte tipe skoen vir

hierdie tipe broekeis die wighakke, dis hoogmo-de en werk mooi saam.

Jou sandale word gewoon-lik as ’n loslit-skoen beskou,maar met hakke kan hulleheel deftigweesook.Enigietsvan spykerhakke tot katjie-hakke, soos hulle dit noem,lyk altyd stylvol en pas veralby rompewat net- net aan dieknie raak.

Die van ons wie se voete albaie myle geloop het moetskoene so kies dat die kleinbeentjies, spiere en senu-wees vandie voet beskermen

ondersteun word. Kies altyd’n buigsame skoen wat saammet jou kosbare voete be-weeg.

Kyk uit vir ’n ligte tipeskoen, ’n skoen met bandjiesen ’n bokant wat met sagtemateriaal gevoer is, onder-steun swak enkels.

’n Lae hak hou die voet in’n natuurlike posisie om diegewigvan jou liggaamewere-dig te kan dra.

’n Pragtige skoenweek virjou, tot volgende keer.Anita Senekal

MODE: Mooi skoentjies wil sydra. FOTO: ONSUGAR

13Langebaan News8 Mei, 2014

Weslander se2de ‘touchies’TRISH GOOSEN

Weslander het weer Sater-dag hul gewilde touch-rug-by-kompetisie op die hoof-strand in Langebaan ge-hou.

Die kompetisie het saammet die Langebaan LagoonCelebrations geval enhet by-gedra tot ’n feestelike atmos-feer op die strand.Dertien spanne vanuit

Vredenburg, Saldanha, Do-ringbaai en selfs Lutzvillehet meegeding vir ’n kansom een van die lekker kon-tantpryse, geborg deur An-glo American, te wen.Die SandWarriors vanDo-

ringbaaiwas vol bravade toehulle breëbors die eersteprys van R7 000, hul medal-jes en spanbeker op die ver-

hoog voor ’n groot skaregaan haal het.Die span wat tweede ge-

kom het, die Beach Boys(Vredenburg en Saldanha),het R3 500 gewen en Blink-skyn (ook Doringbaai) in diederde plek, het met R1 750weggestap.Na die prysuitdeling Sa-

terdagmiddag het Saldanha-baaitoerisme (SBTO) ’n ser-tifikaat van waardering aanWeslander se uitgewer, Er-nieRoworth, oorhandingvirhulle belangrike bydrae totdie sukses van die Lange-baan Lagoon Celebrations.Volgens Arita Agenbag,

die organiseerder van dietouchies, het die kompetisieheelwat gegroei van verledejaar en sy sê Weslander setouchies gaanbeslis ’n instel-ling word.

Weslander se touch­rugby­wenners, Sand Warriors, spog methul pryse. By hulle is Ernie Roworth, uitgewer van Weslander.Sand Warriors was verlede jaar ook die wenners.

FOTO’S: TRISH GOOSEN

Die Beach Boys het met die tweede prys weggestap.

Blinkskyn se manne glimlag breed oor hulle welverdiendederde plek.

14 Langebaan Nuus8 Mei, 2014

SPOGMOTORS:’n Pragversame­ling van veteraan­motors en hotrods is by dieLangebaan La­goon Celebrationuitgestal. Hierdie1928 ChevroletPheaton behoortaan Danie Marne­wick, voorsittervan die Weskus­tak van die EarlyFord Car Club. Die motor is gerestoureer in die ware sin vandie woord soos die fabriek hulle daardie tyd gebou het enhet al menige huwelikspaartjie na die kansel vervoer.

FOTO’S: HELÉNE MEISSENHEIMER

OUD VERBY: Dié 1958 Morris Minor behoort aan RyckMelck van Langebaan. Oom Ryck is 82 jaar jonk en besit diémotortjie al sy lewe lank.

SKROOT EINTLIKAUSTIN: RonnieGrace van Lange­baan het die na­week sy 1933Austin 7 vir dieeerste keer aan diepubliek tentoonge­stel. Die pragtiggerestoureerde mo­tor is in 1983 as’n stuk skroot inEngeland gekoopen na Suid­Afrikagestuur.

NOSTALGIE: Die immergewilde rooi 1969 MustangMach 1 van Lampies (Gerhard) Lambrechts van Vre­denburg het die koppe laat draai. Dié kar was in sydae die leading pace car op die Killarney resiesbaan.

Langebaan impressesministerLangebaan has been blessedby wonderful weather thesepast months resulting in abumper season for tourismand businesses in general.We now enter the period of

the year that locals refer to asour “secret season” where wehave perfect wind-free daysand our environment is reju-venated by rain.Iwould like to acknowledge

the organisers of the Lange-baan Lagoon Celebration fora highly successful event heldover the weekend of 26/27April.Theysucceededintheiraimof bringing the communi-ty together and showcasingour wonderful village and la-goon. The event attracted ap-proximately 10 000 visitorswhile also serving and enter-taining the local community.4 Special Forces Regiment

has been an integral part ofthe community of Langebaansince 1978.

On Friday 25 April they ex-ercised their right ofFreedomoftheTown,presentedtothemby the Saldanha Bay Munici-pality (SBM) in 2003, by pre-senting a parade and march-ing through the streets ofLangebaanbearingarmswithflags flying.The Vikings, as they are

fondly referred to, are one ofSouthAfrica’scrackunitsandweareprivileged tohost themin our town. It is time Lange-baners accepted that theRegi-ment has an important role toplay in the defence of ourcountry and that they mustprepare for operations ac-cordingly.The MEC for Finance, Eco-

nomic Development andTourism in theWesternCape,Alan Winde, visited Lange-baan on 25 April. He paid animpromptu visit to business-es on Breë Street, had lunchwith the water sport fraterni-

ty, met withmembers of thetourism indus-try and addressed the busi-nesscommunityatadinneratMykonos.Winde was highly im-

pressed with our village andits potential. He emphasisedthat the Saldanha IndustrialDevelopment Zone wouldhave a positive impact on eco-nomic growth in the regionover the next five years withan injection of R5 billion.The SBM is in the process

of finalisingthe2014-15budgetfor implementation on 1 July.I would like to thank all thosewho participated in the proc-ess. Balancing the budget toensure service deliverythroughout the SBM’s area ofresponsibility and maintain-ing and providing infrastruc-ture is no mean feat.There will not be enough

funding available to imple-

ment all the requirementsidentified in the IntegratedDevelopment Plan simultane-ously and we will have to ac-cept a phased approach. Thiswill requirepatience fromourcommunity. Please feel free toparticipate in all the process-es in this regard.My “champion” for the

monthisColonelHenriNagel,Officer Commanding 4 Spe-cialForcesRegiment, forserv-icesrenderedtothecommuni-ty of Langebaan during hiscommand. Thumbs up forLangebaan! Be positive, takeresponsibility andmake a dif-ference where you are.André Kruger,Councillor LangebaanTel: 022 772 2412,Cell: 073 664 0506,Email: info@wowlange-

baan.co.za

15Langebaan News8 Mei, 2014

Last lagooncatchbeforewinterThe days are really start-ingtoshrinkandthemorn-ingsarecold,whichmakesearly morning angling areal effort.

OnEasterweekendIdecid-ed to go and try for somestumpnose, so I toldmy crewto be at my home at 06:15 sowe could avoid the crowdlaunching at the yacht club.Guesswhat?Wewere the on-ly boat launching.

By 08:00 we knew why aswehadnothadabite.Cominghome at 11:00 our total catchforthedaywasfourrockfish,three steentjies, two sharksand only one stumpnose.

April was a better monththan March, especially overthe first couple of weeks.

The stumpnose bit as ifthere were no tomorrow andmost of our shore anglerscaught their quota and had

enough fish for the traditio-nal Easter pickled fish.

There was no large elf runthis year but quite a few ofover three kilogrammeswere caught.

Two exceptional catcheswere a steenbras of 15 kgcaught by Dirk Visser and ageelbekof8 kgcaughtbyJacoCoetzee.

This last fishwas landed inspite of the attentions of alarge seal who thought itwould make a lovely meal.

And then arrived Easterweekend arrived!

The fish simply knowwhentogooff thebite, literal-ly hundreds of anglers andhardly a fish caught!

TheonlydecentfishIknowofwascaughtbyanoldfriendMalcolm Paul on the Fridayand that was a yellowtailweighing 6 kg.

I was fortunate enough to

beinvitedbylong-timefriendColin Attwood to go alongwithhimandhissecond-yearstudents fromUCTonaday’sangling onthe lagoon.

Whatmade this sointerestingwas thatthey are ex-perimenting using camerasto photograph the fisharound a bucket full of pil-chards.

While theydid this,wehadtofishclosetothissitetocom-pare our angling results towhatwasseenonthecamera.

While up in the restrictedarea, the camera photo-graphed a kob and a yellow-tail, but the anglerswere on-ly catching steentjies.

Researchers are hopingthat by using cameras theywill in fact have a better

record of fish stocks andwillno longer need experimentalangling trips.

We are hoping to convince

Colin tocomeupandshowussome of this footage taken bythe cameras.

We should all try to catchour last lagoon fish beforethey stop feeding. On the o-ther hand the snoek can ar-rive anydaynowwhich is al-so great fun.

For the more hardy ang-lers, you can still catchstumpnose even during thecoldestmonths ifyouarepre-pared to run down to theSaldanha harbour area.

Nico Co­etzee witha steenbrasweighing14,72 kg.

SUDOKOANSWER:Puzzle onpage 4.SOURCE: CRA-ZYDAD.COM

Mei 2014

Teenbeats topSAswimmersTwenty-two swimmers, ofthe99entrantswhopartici-pated in this year’s annualIsland Swim, were aged 16and younger and a seven-teen-year-old set a newcourse record of 35:28.

Freezingwater,93finishersand a 10-year-old completingthe long course swim in a cos-tume!

That, in a nutshell, waswhat the fifth annual Aroundthe Island Swim in the Lange-baan Lagoon on Monday 28April was all about.

Theswimwasoriginallyor-ganised by a group of Lange-baan locals as an open wateradventure swim that wouldalso cater for all levels ofswimmers such as the 1,6 km(one mile) event and the3,2 km Around the Islandevent for more advancedswimmers. Swimmers par-ticipate inwetsuit or “naked”categories, with Guppie (13and under), Junior (14-16),Open, Vet (40-49) and Masters(over 50) age groups.

Swimmers in the flagship3,2km“naked”swimcompetefor the prestigious Pearly’s/Strandloper men’s and wom-en’s floating trophies.

Past winners include PhilEmslie, former SA junior andcurrent SA master’s swim-ming champion and holder ofthe world record for the fast-est Ice Mile. Phil was unableto defend his title this yearand with another past win-

ner, Danie Marais, a formerwinner of the 2,5 km CadizHuman Rights day swim, theYouth Day swim and SA rep-resentative at the FINAWorld Champs in Italy andShanghai also unable to at-tend, the event was lookingfor a new champion.

Phil and Danie have ruledthe event for the past threeyears, but the organisersthought this year’s victorwould be either the EnglishChannel swimmer AntonBotha, who lost narrowly toPhil in a sprint up the beachlast year, or Lisa Cowling,winner of the 2012 Deep BlueInvitational Swim at St Hele-na Bay and third last year bya small margin.

But it was 17-year-old Ru-dolf Visser who showed his

formandclass to lead the fieldhome by over three minutesand claim the trophy fromfirst lady Lisa in second andAnton in third.

Rudolf has been anSAopenwater swimming representa-tive since 2012 and as a first-time entrant in this event, hisentry slipped in under the ra-dar. He broke the previousrecord convincingly by morethan two minutes in a time of35 minutes and 28 seconds.

Three 10-year-olds also par-ticipated in the races. ErinMaltby and Luke Cloete-Hop-kins finished the mile eventand Michael Levitt amazing-ly swam the 3,2 km event ina costume.

Organisers were reluctantto accept his entry at first asthey had not even catered for

an u. 13 age category in thelong swim, but his dadshowed them his pedigreeand his results showed whyhe is good enough to start andfinish this event.

Curro Langebaan walkedawaywith theR2 000 prize forthe first four-member schoolteam.

More local flavourwas add-ed with the participation ofthe fourFloatingDucks ledbyLynne Pearson of P.L.A.Y.

The water temperature onthe day was measured at achilly 14°C, but there weremuch colder upwellings ofwater, particularly on thesouthernandwesternsidesofSchaapen Island. There weresome very cold swimmers ex-iting the water but with Der-rickFrazerandhis teamfromBig Bay Events on hand tomonitor safety, and blanketsandhotchocolateprovidedbyPearly’s Restaurant, they allrecovered well.

The event also provided anideal tune-up for the cold wa-ter swimmerswhoparticipat-ed intheFreedomSwim fromRobben Island to Big Bay on3 May.

Full results are available atwww.langebaanevents.co.za.The event was also filmed forthe SuperSwimmer pro-gramme. The organiserswould like to thank all thesponsors and congratulate allthe swimmers who made theevent possible.– DavidWarmerdam, event organiser.

Swimmers dash into the icy lagoon water in the annual Is­land Swim event. PHOTO: TRISH GOOSEN