tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25179443422580321882011-12-08T22:15:12.404+02:00The online version of the Prince Albert Friend, a community newspaper for the small Karoo town of Prince Albert, South Africa. Contains the latest news, happenings and stories of village life.Prince Albert Friendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387134417661353515noreply@blogger.comBlogger8871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517944342258032188.post-59504711026207002552011-12-08T21:57:00.002+02:002011-12-08T22:15:12.416+02:00

Issue 168 to 178 of The Prince Albert Friend is now available as a PDF download.Download Issue 168 - January 2011 (13.6 MB)Download Issue 169 - February 2011 (11.2 MB)Download Issue 170 - March 2011 (10.8 MB)Download Issue 171 - April 2011 (15.6 MB)Download Issue 172 - May 2011 (13.2 MB)Download Issue 173 - June 2011 (13.5 MB)Download Issue 174 - July 2011 (15.2 MB)Download Issue 175 - August

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Issue 166 and 167 of The Prince Albert Friend is now available as a PDF download.Download Issue 166 - October 2010 (10.7 MB)Download Issue 167 - November/December 2010 (15.3 MB)(Right click on link and select "Save As" to store it on your computer)

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In this edition / In hierdie Uitgawe:Gold for Prince Albert OlivesGin Traps: Best practice or brutal killing?Ernstige aanval op inwonerDog Training ClassesGawie wen weer!Issue 165 of The Prince Albert Friend is now available as a PDF download.Download Issue 165 - September 2010 (14.1 MB)(Right click on link and select "Save As" to store it on your computer)Uitgawe 165 van die Prince Albert

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In this edition / In hierdie Uitgawe:Prince Albert herwin al twee jaar lankAll that glitters is not goldBasaar mik vir R120 000Dairy farmers being 'milked'Gordel vas!Issue 164 of The Prince Albert Friend is now available as a PDF download.Download Issue 164 - August 2010 (22.5 MB)(Right click on link and select "Save As" to store it on your computer)Uitgawe 164 van die Prince Albert Vriend is nou

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In this edition / In hierdie Uitgawe:Jason Jaftha blaas die Curriebeker-fluitjieA Majic Moonlit MarketThe Sun is shining again on SonskynKlaarstroom visit produces a pleasant surpriseIssue 163 of The Prince Albert Friend is now available as a PDF download.Download Issue 163 - July 2010 (24 MB)(Right click on link and select "Save As" to store it on your computer)Uitgawe 163 van die Prince Albert

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In this edition / In hierdie Uitgawe:Great success for PA Sterilisation ProjectGrowing support for Cultural FoundationA right royal AppleBiblioteekweek 2010The Miracle of Gay's DairySokkerkoorsIssue 162 of The Prince Albert Friend is now available as a PDF download.Download Issue 162 - June 2010 (18.7 MB)(Right click on link and select "Save As" to store it on your computer)Uitgawe 162 van die

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In this edition / In hierdie Uitgawe:Water, waste & EnergyDie Ongesteelde GranaatDennehof se BrandewynFestival PhotosPA Half Marathon - A firm FavouriteIssue 161 of The Prince Albert Friend is now available as a PDF download.Download Issue 161 - May 2010 (20.1 MB)(Right click on link and select "Save As" to store it on your computer)Uitgawe 161 van die Prince Albert Vriend is nou beskikbaar as 'n

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In this edition / In hierdie uitgawe:Local talent in short filmMuseum News: A Blits of a Fund-RaiserDie Stook van WitblitsRecognising True Value...Great Boost for Our Olive IndustryNew water furrow threatens wildlifeAnd much, much more...Issue 160 of The Prince Albert Friend is now available as a PDF download.Download Issue 160 - April 2010 (23.2 MB)(Right click on link and select "Save As" to

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Issue 159 of The Prince Albert Friend is now available as a PDF download.Download Issue 159 - March 2010 (22.9 MB)(Right click on link and select "Save As" to store it on your computer)Uitgawe 157 van die Prince Albert Vriend is nou beskikbaar as 'n PDF.Laai Uitgawe 159 - Maart 2010 (22.9 MB) af(Regs klik op skakel en kies "Save As" om dit op jou rekenaar te stoor)

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- Henriette Liebenberg -Prince Albert se eerste Gemeenskapsfees op 5 en 6 Maart was ‘n groot sukses. Die fees is deur die Munisipaliteit geïnisieer om plaaslike ekonomiese ontwikkeling aan te moedig, die gemeenskap bymekaar te kry en om die Burgemeester se Beursfonds vir behoeftige kinders ‘n hupstoot te gee.Die fokuspunt van die fees, wat by die Odendaal-sportgronde gehou is, was die optog en

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- Jackie Koegelenberg -Ons almal het ‘n soeke na die Waarheid?Ons almal honger en dors na onvoorwaardelike liefde…Ons het ‘n behoefte om iewers te behoort en aanvaar te word...Soms raak ons probleme te veel en ons weet nie watter kant toe nie...Ons bou mure om ons om onsself te beskerm en ons vertrou nie maklik ander nie.John.6 vs 35:Jesus se: “Ek is die Brood wat Lewe gee. Wie na My toe

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Dankie, Hennie BoshoffTen laaste is daar iemand van die bo-dorp wat reguit kan praat oor sake, wat nie huiwer om te sê dat die koning sonder klere is nie.Mnr Boshoff se brief praat oor sake waarvan ons almalwat in Noord-Einde bly, weet, maar waarvan die meeste van die res van die dorp nie wil weet nie. Die lewe is swaar vir ons. Ons word gebruik en misbruik.Ek werk by een van die

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Recently two sisters from Gauteng visited Prince Albert. They stayed in the caravan park and met a delightful feral cat who befriended them. Two weeks later, as promised, they returned to collect her. Meanwhile she had given birth to three kittens, who all had a viral respiratory tract infection, endemic in the local feral cat population.The women were prepared to nurse the kittens back to health

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- Hans Daehne -Herfs is nou al met duidelike tekens waarneembaar: die langer nagte, die geel blare en die koeler aande. Herfs word ook in die hemel aangedui, want dit is die tyd wanneer ons vir Orion en die Skerpioen tydens dieselfde nag kan waarneem met laasgenoemde wat deur middel van sy giftige steek tot Orion se ondergang aanleiding gee.Die ware Herfssterrebeeld is egter Leo, die Leeu, die

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You have probably noticed that it has been very hot this summer. The tarmac melted in places, water in birdbaths and elsewhere evaporated in record time and people lucky enough to own a swimming pool had stacks of visitors. Some Prince Albert thermometers showed temperatures above 40 degrees in the shade.“Thermometer, 1633, from the Greek for heat, hot and measure. An instrument for measuring

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- Jo Long -The Prince Albert Chamber of Commerce started life last year with a small number of enthusiastic volunteers who believed that the town would benefit from an organisation that could support business and business people.The Provisional Management Committee is greatly encouraged by the response it has received from local business people and, as well as dealing with its own projects, has

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Verandering is nie vir sissies nie- Lettie Breytenbach -Die openbare debat rondom die pro-bleme tussen die skoolhoof en van die personeellede by Hoërskool Zwartberg, is kommerwekkend. Betrokkenes en be-langstellendes kan met vrug kennis neem van ‘n bestuursmodel wat my as voormalige dosent in verpleegkunde baie gehelp het.In 1987 was ek in ‘n soortgelyke situasie met die aanvaarding van ‘n

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Op Vrydag, 19 Maart, is die eerste koeltebome by die Prince Albert Groentetuin-projek geplant. Hierdie tuin, wat ’n oppervlak van 1 ha beslaan, is in tien tuine opgedeel, en word huidiglik deur sewe persone bestuur.Dis ’n projek wat deur die Wes-Kaapse Departement van Landbou, Sentrale Karoo Distrikte, gefinansier word. Die Departement verskaf die toerusting en sade, en werkswinkels rakende die

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-Linda Jaquet -Earlier this year, a hastily organised meeting of residents concerned about the water situation in Prince Albert, in particular water for domestic use, revealed that many residents are very concerned and frustrated about a whole range of issues:the quality and safety of drinking water, now and in the long term;the sustainable management and security of the town’s water

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Hittegolf toestande raak Prince Albert nie regtig nieTen spyte van een van die warmste somers in onlangse tye het die watervloei in die voor aan die einde van die verpypte deel deurlopend bo 55% gebly wat ‘n aansienlike verbetering is op wat in die verlede ervaar is.Now that the contractors have withdrawn from the piping project it is hoped that the teething problems that were experienced have

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In 1997 was in die Leeu-Gamka omgewing 'n groot projek om indringerbome, veral die prosopis of muskietboom, te verwyder.Een van die gemeenskapsleiers in Leeu-Gamka se woongebied, Bitterwater, Me Letithea Solomons, het die Voorligtingsbosbouer, Mnr Joel Syphus van Kluitjieskraal Kwekery op Wolseley, ernstig aangespreek omdat hier net probleembome verwyder word en daar nie alternatiewe bome in

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Die Gemeenskapspolisiëringsforum het ten doel om die gemeenskap van Prince Albert te bemagtig en versterk. Sodoende kan misdaad aangespreek en verminder word. ‘n Veiliger en beter gemeenskap kan sodoende geskep word.As eerste daadwerklike stap in hierdie rigting is ‘n Straatkomitee te Bosduifstraat op 8 Februarie gestig. Die Straatkomitee dien as die spreekbuis vir die inwoners in die straat

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- PARA Committee -At the most recent committee meeting several matters were discussed, the main one being the fact that certain members of the Municipal Council were trying to have a vote of no confidence passed against the Municipal Manager. Why this should happen is very worrying as by all accounts the Municipal Manager is doing a very good job. More on this matter elsewhere in the Friend.

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Zelia Mullins, Prince Albert’s Tourism Manager, who is co-ordinating this year’s Olive Festival, told The Friend last week that “This year, Festival-goers can expect a celebration that will focus on the arts, crafts, food and wine tasting but with a strong emphasis on olives, olive oil and olive products.”Throughout the weekend, visitors can see olives being pressed at Kredouw Farm at the foot of

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- Linda Jaquet -Horticultural LatinConsider how puzzled an American searching for blueberries in British supermarkets must feel when in Kent what he has called a blueberry all his life, is called a bilberry and in the south west of England is known as a whortleberry. In York it is a winberrry, in Scotland a blaeberry and in the Midlands it is called a huckleberry. And all the while, in the

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- Hugh Forsyth -A short while ago the writer was required to tell an Uncle Remus story in public. The story comes from the American Deep South and is about Bret Fox, Brer Rabbit and the Tar-Baby. It seemed to go down O.K. even though it ended with a vexing question.From time to time in our pretty town there are strange water affairs, and one such recent affair is best reported on after the

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- André Jaquet -Listening to a choir in a church was the last thing I felt like doing on a beautiful Prince Albert Autumn Saturday afternoon. And yet, gently prodded by my wife I decided that my moaning and grumping would be more effort than just getting up and driving to the New Apostolic Church for the event.We arrived early, to be met and greeted warmly by smiling choir members who ushered us

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- Linda Jaquet -Between 24 February and 18 March, the Prince Albert Municipal Council was forced to adjourn every one of its seven meetings, as there was no quorum. On each occasion the ANC councillors indicated that they could not support a motion of no confidence in the Municipal Manager, Juanita Fortuin, tabled by the three DA councillors. As a result, the Adjusted Municipal Budget had also

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- Lesley van Heerden -Community Fun RunThe Zwartberg Runners were invited by the Municipality to organise a sporting event during the Prince Albert Community Festival and it was a wonderful and enriching experience holding a Fun Run for the countless little legs at the Festival!Arriving at the Odendaal Sports Grounds, we found ourselves a spot under a tree and set up camp.The

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The French Gardenerby Santa MontefioreThis is a love story and while some might find it overly romantic, others will find it tender and inspiring… especially those who love their own gardens. The story revolves around a garden that has been neglected, a cottage that holds a secret, a mysterious Frenchman (who is, of course, handsome) and a family in need of love.It begins as Miranda and David

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- Ailsa Tudhope -Chrisna and Peter’s last concert at St John’s Church was a thoroughly entertaining evening of music from the ‘Deep South’ of the USA and South Africa.Peter and Rosemary McEwan compiled a programme which gave full reign to Peter’s voice and allowed Chrisna to display her virtuosity at the piano. Besides her sensitivity as an accompanist, Chrisna sets herself a high standard as a

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- Denise Ohlson -Kinderspeletjies is dit vir Marina Nel om elke dag tot 33 peuters besig te hou met knip en plak en in-kleur en saamwerk. Suiwer vreugde, vertel sy, is dit vir haar as ‘n tweejarige wat ander as “hopeloos” sal afskryf, ná twee jaar van kundige onderrig gereed is om met vertroue na voorskoolse Wildekanisland te promofeer. “Al wat ek in die lewe wil en kan doen, is om met die

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- J.J. Fransen –Woensdag ,10 Maart, het Prince Albert Primêr se mini-krieketspan na Dysselsdorp gereis om teen PJ Badenhorst Primêr te gaan meeding.Hulle het weereens gewys waartoe hulle in staat is en het die wedstryd met 8-3 gewen. Romario Mooneys het baie oulik gekolf en het met sy toegelate 6 balle, 9 lopies aangeteken. Baie geluk aan hom en sy span.Die spanne is op Woensdag,

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- Lesley van Heerden -Terwyl Ailsa Tudhope betrokke was by die Iona Gemeente het sy vir die vrywilligers ‘n “Powerpoint” vertoning oor Prince Albert en Hoërskool Zwartberg aangebied.Die groep uit Engeland, Skotland, Noorweë, Swede, Duitsland, Kanada en Australia het kleingeld ingesamel en gevra dat sy iets vir die skool moet koop – ’n fantastiese verrassing. Sy het ses handige boeke oor

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- Phillida April -Die leerders van Juf Phillida April se graad 1 klas by Prince Albert Primêr was baie bly om die begin van die jaar ‘n nuwe maatjie te kry. Lizandro Lekay is inderdaad ‘n baie spesiale maatjie wat dit geniet om elke dag skool toe te kom.Sy moeder Marianne Lekay stoot hom elke oggend in sy rolstoel skool toe. Hy is gebore met Spina bifida wat beteken dat met geboorte, ‘n deel van

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- Dawid Rossouw -Van begin Januarie tot die week voor die Argus het ek meer as 2000km met my fiets gery. Ek het goed gevoel en was gereed om die fietstoer aan te pak. Die middag voor die ren het die suidooste wind begin waai en die nag deur was ons kort-kort wakker soos die wind die bome en takke geruk het. My gedagtes het teruggegaan na verlede jaar se toer wat in stormsterk wind afgelê is en

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Issue 158 of The Prince Albert Friend is now available as a PDF download.Download Issue 158 - February 2010 (13.3 MB)(Right click on link and select "Save As" to store it on your computer)Uitgawe 158 van die Prince Albert Vriend is nou beskikbaar as 'n PDF.Laai Uitgawe 158 - Februarie 2010 (13.3 MB) af(Regs klik op skakel en kies "Save As" om dit op jou rekenaar te stoor)

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- Hennie Boshoff -Elza Botha, better known as Dr Miles, art curator, historian, writer is also an artist, one of our finest print makers. Botha’s ground breaking exhibition at the Prince Albert Art Gallery in the Seven Arches building is one of the most exciting I have seen in South Africa, uses woodcut, the oldest form of printing. It is a journey into the past, to her (and my) roots,

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Tortoise sets the record straightGive the Poor Tortoise a Drink!” (in the Friend of January 2010) were the words that started what I ashamedly recall as “The night I nearly drowned in my sorrows.” To put the record straight this is what actually happened.It was the last Friday of the month and a slow stroll down from the koppie to meet my regular pals – the Bergies, as we bergskilpaaie are fondly

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- Hans Daehne -In March we will have the Autumn Equinox already on the 20th after which the nights will gradually get longer. In Autumn we are in the ideal situation that we can still enjoy the last of the Summer constellations in the early evening above Prince Albert to the north-west and already see some of the early winter constellations in the late evening in the north-east.Make a last effort

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There is great relief in the Karoo when February is over. The longest, hottest month of the dozen in our cycle takes no prisoners, or does it? Appropriate behaviour in the heat can be gleaned from free nature. Misguided people wish everyone they see a happy Valentine’s Day. Fires in the hearts of lovebirds; fires on parts of the mountain; no fires for the people of Klaarstroom where there is no

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- Denise Ohlson -Die Ou Tolhuis, geleë op die Swartbergpas, se deure is sedert Januarie oop as Bewaring/Inligtingsentrum van die HOPE Foundation - daar word ook koffie, tee en ligte etes in die “Berg Kombuys” berei.Die HOPE Foundation, op Oudtshoorn gebaseer as gemeenskaps- en bewaringsorganisasie, het die “Ou Tol” hul basis gemaak en daar gaan verskeie inisiatiewe hier geloots word.Die lede en

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What is the last thing you’d expect to come across in the middle of nowhere in the Karoo? Maybe a set of false teeth? In 2000 Fred Badenhorst found a set 30km from Prince Albert. The false teeth, it turned out, had belonged to Hansie Odendaal. He lost them on 17 February 1978 while in the air as a passenger with the flying doctor, Manie Coetzee. After 22 years in the open veld the teeth found a

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- Barbara Castle-Farmer -The Victim Support Programme (VSP) was started by Business Against Crime (BAC) in 1997, and remains one of its flagship projects. Over the years strong, sustained relationships have been built with the South African Police Service (SAPS), the Department of Community Safety and Nicro regarding the provision of standardised training, mentoring and monitoring of victims of

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- Hugh Forsyth -Subsequent to a few words that appeared in the January edition of this esteemed publication a valuable lesson has been learnt about giving a tortoise a drink – be patient. My Klipstraat neighbour of four doors down, Ms Gill Hall, a vegetarian but a decent soul none-the-less, recently found a big bergskilpad in the road and invited it in. She offered it a dish of tap water (yes,

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The Prince Albert Communal, Allotment and Household Garden Programme (instigated by the Western Cape Provincial Development Council) placed several short, medium and long-term responsibilities on local municipalities and NGOs.The Prince Albert Cultural Foundation responded by identifying suitable ground for the project and submitted a report with its recommendations to the Council in June 2008.

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- Elaine Hurford -Prince Albert’s emergency services were put to the test and came up trumps two weeks ago when a trailer of waste caught alight near the Weltevrede turnoff.Sitting in the patio at Koppie House, Elaine Hurford and Hugh Forsyth heard a series of sustained, muffled explosions which grew alarmingly loud as it came ever closer. Peering down the driveway, they saw a huge pile of debris

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- Adri Schoeman -Nadat ek Anoniem en Mnr. McKnight se IS/ISSIE–polemiek gelees het (Januarie 2010), het ek besef dat Prince Albert nog nie sy ware aard van “saamstaan” verloor het nie. Dit het my laat besluit om die volgende staaltjie te vertel.Rondom 1937 het die stadsvaders be-sluit dis tyd dat die dorpie elektrisiteit kry. Soos vandag nog as groot besluite geneem moet word, het daar dadelik ‘n

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- Hugh Forsyth -The Ratepayers Association committee has now met three times and is getting direction. Several matters of interest have been discussed and plans laid for constructive work in the near future, including more contact with the North End where the vast majority of residents are ratepayers. It is also pleasing to note that membership is growing steadily.Do you think that non-property

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Ain’t life grand! Here I am, reclining on my brocade couch, not a care in the world. Just had a lovely lunch of mutton and rice, with watermelon as dessert. I spit those pips out you know! Anyway, I was having a chat with my old chum, Nigel, the other day. I went for a visit. The poor bugger is so unhappy and confused. His owner used to love him to bits, but he must have done something

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There was great excitement at our house the other day. It was our Mom’s birthday and she decided to invite some ladies and dogs who sometimes come to stay when their parents go away.My name is Frikkie and I joined the household only recently. Most people call her “die katvrou” or the Dog Lady but to us she is just Mom Henriette. Anyway, when we woke up that morning Mom told us to behave like

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- Colin Bower –A taste of honeyAs a school boy at Rondebosch Boys’ High, Peter Lawson would spend his break time down at the edge of the sports fields where someone had erected a few bee hives. And he watched in fascination as all of those thousands of little insects worked industriously every day to produce food. And he said to himself: “You know what? They do all that work for no pay. I want

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- Kallie Erasmus, Vice Chair, KWUA -An information meeting for members of the Kweekvallei Water Users Association will be held in the NG Kerksaal at 18h00 on 4 March 2010. The purpose of the meeting is to explain how the election of a new management committee will take place and to give greater clarity regarding the management of water now that the furrow has been piped.The piping of the furrow

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- Tanya Krause -National Airways Corporation (NAC) recently surprised the residents of Huis Kweekvallei when they flew to Prince Albert to hand over a cheque for R48 700.This money was raised during a wine auction held at Bergwater Wine Estate during NAC’s 2009 Baron and Bonanza fly-away.NAC’s customers dug deep into their pockets to make a difference in the lives of the elderly.The money will be

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Me Marianne Vorster, Neethling brain instrument (NBI) praktisyn van Beaufort-Wes, het Woensdag, 27 Januarie, ‘n baie interessante praatjie kom lewer oor heelbreinontwikkeling. Sy het dit gedoen aan die hand van die NBI van die kreatiwiteitskenner, Kobus Neethling, en ‘n navorser oor die werking van die brein.Hierdie instrument bepaal elke mens se denkvoorkeure wat baie belangrik is vir die

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The Media and Training Centre for Health that is attached to the Prince Albert Advice Office is concerned about the high incidence of substance abuse, particularly alcohol, in Prince Albert. The Friend (TF) spoke to field worker Ferdi Willemse (FW) about the problem.TF: What is substance abuse?FW: Basically the use of any substance that changes the mental state of a person, creating

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Die nuwe bestuur van die VLV het koppe bymekaargesit om hierdie jaar ‘n leersame en interessante een te maak. Daar gaan probeer word om vergaderings elke keer op ‘n ander interessante plek te hou.Lekker dinge wat die jaar nog voorlê, is ‘n kookdemonstrasie by African Re-lish; ‘n praatjie oor sypaadjietuine; ‘n demonstrasie en verduideliking oor die konsep van Pilates; ‘n praatjie oor

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On a cold January morning a musician started to play the violin at a Metro station in Washington, DC.He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes while thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.Three minutes went by before a middle aged man noticed the musician and stopped for a few seconds – only to hurry on to meet his schedule.A minute later, the

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Die een boek wat ek uit die biblioteek sal steel!(As my gewete my sou toelaat)Na agt jaar as bibliotekaresse het ek altyd gesê: as daar een boek is wat ek uit die biblioteek sal steel, dan is dit Die Gesindheid van ‘n Wenner deur John C Maxwell.Eintlik is dit ‘n boek wat permanent op jou bedkassie voor jou bed moet lê. Maar helaas is hy nêrens te koop nie!Maxwell het die gawe om deur sy

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- Linda Fodor -Prince Albert kan met reg spog met al ons kinders se akademiese prestasies. Selfs al gaan ons leerders na ander skole, hou hulle aan met presteer. Nie net presteer hulle akademies nie, hulle beklee ook leierskapposisies.Hoërskool Môrester in Oudtshoorn spog met Reginald Griebelaar, nie net het hy onderskeidings in Wiskunde en Lewens-oriëntering gekry nie, hy was ook die top

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Mark Rockman -Op 12 Februarie het die Interskole Laerskole Atletiek in Oudtshoorn plaasgevind. Om 11h00 Vrydag oggend het 76 atlete met groot opgewondenheid vanaf Prince Albert Primêr vertrek. Verskeie skole o.a. Bergsig, Colridge, St Conrad, De Rust, Protea, Van Rheede, Zwartberg en Bongolethu het ook deelgeneem.Ouers, leerders en onderwysers was baie ontsteld om te verneem dat die atletiek

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Dogters onder nege spook sake behoorlik uit op Hoёrskool Zwartberg se atletiekbaan - snikwarm 22 Januarie ten spyt. Die dag het begin met die aankoms van die skool se Rooi Span en Goud Span onder groot gedruis en “fanfare” om saam met die spanne van Merweville, Prince Albert Primêr en Albert College voor die pawiljoen mee te ding om die spangees “trofee” – waarmee die Rooi Span net-net weggestap

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Parents elected a new Governing Body for Hoërskool Zwartberg at the beginning of February. It will be chaired by Joseph Steyn, with Hannes Le Grange as Vice Chair. Hennie Grové will serve as Treasurer and Marika Heyns, who represents the non-teaching staff at the school, is the Secretary. The other elected members are Rachel Lekay, Mathilda Mooneys, Imke Maeyer and Gerhard Kleynhans.The

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Issue 157 of The Prince Albert Friend is now available as a PDF download.Download Issue 157 - January 2010 (11.1 MB)(Right click on link and select "Save As" to store it on your computer)Uitgawe 157 van die Prince Albert Vriend is nou beskikbaar as 'n PDF.Laai Uitgawe 157 - Januarie 2010 (11.1 MB) af(Regs klik op skakel en kies "Save As" om die op jou rekenaar te stoor)

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- Miems Theron -In Junie 2009 beland Richard, Pete en Megan Reinders se seun, met sy motorfiets in ‘n ongeluk wat hom amper vir dood agterlaat. Sy gebreekte nek, af arm en verminkte gesig kos hom 28 dae in intensiewe sorg en nege operasies. Hy beleef vele terugslae op die pad na herstel.In Prince Albert is almal geskok oor die tragedie wat die dorp se gewilde dokterspaar getref het en daar word

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- Carol Campbell -Prince Albert’s Advice Office (PAAK) was named the most effective Local Development Agency in the Western, Eastern and Northern Cape at the Social Change Assistance Trust’s (SCAT) 25th Anniversary celebration in Cape Town in November.SCAT is a Cape Town-based funding organisation that channels money, mostly from overseas donors, to grassroots projects.Margy Jaftha, the human

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- Linda Jaquet -In his New Year Message, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, pointed out some home truths that we would all do well to think about. Here is a summary of what he said.“In the global society we now inhabit, risk and suffering are everybody's problem, the needs of our neighbours are the needs of the whole human family. The truth is that there are fewer and fewer problems in

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Our Snake CharmerEarly in January I came across a beautiful Cape Cobra that had already found the stoep too hot and had come into the house in hope of finding it cooler inside. I shouted and jumped up and down with no real direction to my fright which is exactly the wrong thing to do. Anton kept his head, followed the shocked snake outside and called out that I should phone Athol. He answered on

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- Hans Daehne -Die Internasionale Jaar van Astro-nomie 2009 is in Prince Albert op gepaste wyse afgesluit met `n observasie van die laaste en baie spesiale sons-ondergang op Gordon`s Koppie.Daar was 34 persone, wat `n paar entoesiastiese kinders ingesluit het, op die koppie om die verdwyning van ons naaste ster agter die horison en daarna die verskyning van die Volmaan, die tweede een in Desember

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In the Beginning signifies the end of something prior to the beginning:The End allows a fresh start.Somewhere in the middle is neither here nor there. Introduction interrupts: Conclusion smoothes the way forward.Forests are concealed in the seed from an uprooted tree.Invisible rays vapourise into rainbow arcs from elusive pots of gold.Spring wanders into winter and then fades from summer;

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- Denise Ohlson -Vier van die 96 studente-konstabels wat op 15 Januarie hul veld-opleiding in die Suid-Kaap voltooi het, was onder die vlerk van opleier Jean Viljoen, inspekteur van die Prince Albert Polisiestasie. Hul eerste ses maande het hulle deurgebring aan die Polisiekollege in Oudtshoorn, waarna hul “eerste strepie” toegeken is. Met die voltooiing van die veldopleiding, waartydens hulle in

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In its November/December 2009 edition The Friend undertook to follow up on in its editorial comment. “Dis nou tyd om eerlik te wees”. We report below on what we have achieved to date.This month, on our Letters page, we carry two letters that offer different perspectives on what is happening at Hoërskool Zwartberg. We thank both writers for taking the time and making the effort to address an issue

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-Gunda Hardegen–BrunnerBy definition a chair is a movable, single seat with four legs and a backrest – but, as with everything in life, you also get exceptions.Chairs are namedfrom the material used: cane, bent wood or plasticfrom the purpose for which they are designed: barber’s or dentist’s chairfrom their construction: a folding or rocking chair.The oldest chair in the Fransie Pienaar Museum

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-Zelia Mullins-The Tourism Office had its fair share of upheaval during 2009 what with Zelia resigning as manager of the office and then returning to take up the same position later in the year; Chantelle battling with gallstones during her pregnancy and then going off to have her baby; and poor Annelien thrown into the deep end so soon after matriculating from Hoërskool Zwartberg! However, we

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- Ailsa Tudhope -Some years ago I came across the Iona books of Christian prayers, daily readings and meditations, whose origins lay in the Iona Community. This ecumenical Christian movement was founded during the depression in 1938 by George MacLeod, then a parish minister in the poorest area of Glasgow. Young ministers in training and unemployed men worked from the 1930s to the 1960s to rebuild

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- Magriet Engelbrecht -Hier aan die begin van 2010, wil ons graag op hierdie manier ‘n paar “gevleuelde woorde” van dank uitspreek teenoor elkeen wat gedurende 2009, op welke wyse ookal, betrokke was by die doen en late van Huis Kweekvallei.Danksy die hulp vanuit ons gemeenskap, was ons in staat om die volgende uiters suksesvolle Fonds-insamelingsprojekte te loods:Die Olyffees stalletjie (waar

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- Hugh Forsyth -The other day I was in the company of some good citizens of Prince Albert, eating dry bread and drinking tap water, when tortoise rescue stories started cropping up. Many folks had anecdotes about how they had found a large tortoise – bergskilpad – you see, wandering down Klipstraat, caught in the gutter, trapped in a fence, or in some other way at a loss.Then they had loaded up

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- Denise Ohlson -André Jaquet, afgetrede maar hoogs gesoute diplomaat, is pas verkies tot voorsitter van die Prince Albert Belas-tingbetalersvereniging.Met gepaste insig sê hy: “Ek weet daar was al verskeie pogings om weer ‘n belastingbetalersvereniging op dreef te kry, maar ek het groot hoop vir die toekoms. Vorige pogings het moontlik gefaal omdat persoonlikhede gebots het. Ek en my kommitee is

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- Hugh Forsyth -On 8 December 2009 the long dormant Prince Albert Ratepayers’ Association (RPA) was relaunched at a well attended meeting in the SPS Luttig Hall at the showgrounds.Johan Senekal chaired the meeting and after giving some background to the previous Ratepayers’ Association said that it was generally accepted that there was a need for property/home owners to have a voice in matters

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- Denise Ohlson -Maggie Hendriks, gebore Jacobs in die Murraysburg distrik, het op 1 Januarie 2010 haar honderdste verjaarsdag gevier saam met vriende en familie in die Sydwell Williams Sentrum in Prince Albert. Die geleentheid is geborg deur die munisipaliteit en daar is vir 80 mense ‘n heerlike tweegang maaltyd voorgesit.Maggie het pragtig gelyk in haar groen rok en kleurryke krale. Sy is ‘n

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- Denise Ohlson -Alicia van Zyl, dogter van Anna en Johan van Zyl en oud-leerder van Hoërskool Zwartberg, hou Prince Albert se naam hoog daar in Tygerberg Hospitaal. Sy het pas begin met BTech Kerngeneeskunde nadat sy einde 2009 haar Nasionale Diploma in Kern-geneeskunde met vlieënde vaandels behaal het by die Cape Peninsula University of Technology.Haar dosent by die Skool

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- André Jaquet -African Relish Recreational Cooking School has had the brilliant idea of combining forces with others in our village to provide courses to all who want to learn more of the secrets of good cooking. For their December master class, the idea was that the traditional hot turkey and flaming Christmas pudding might be delicious on a cold winter day in the Northern Hemisphere but that

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- Abbie Leeraar -As the 500-odd young children supported by the BADISA soup kitchen lined up outside the Baptist Church hall in North End one morning in December last year with their caretakers, they had no idea what was in store for them inside. Nor did the many curious onlookers who gathered around to see what was happening at the hall.Apools, the church caretaker, along with Ben of

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- Linda Jaquet -The arrival of Susan Christiaans on 1 February will increase the capacity of the Prince Albert Municipality’s traffic department. Ms Christiaans will be employed on contract until the end of August, when four recently appointed junior officials, currently undergoing training at the Gene Louw Traffic Training College at Brackenfell, will take up their duties in the

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Prince Albert Public LibraryThis book I recommend...Night Music is the recently published sixth book of British author Jojo Moyes. A great story line with credible characters and unusual plot puts Moyes’ book on par with those of Maeve Binchy and Rosamunde Pilcher.“For her the house was a lifeline. For him it was revenge...” says the front cover subtitle and that explains the story rather well.

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4 September 1989 – 7 Januarie 2010- Alf Joubert -Daar is ‘n klop aan die deur en ‘n verwese figuur staan voor my. Ek weet instinktief daar is fout, want die man voor my ken ek as ‘n immer glimlaggende, vriendelike mens. Hy kom gou uit met sy kwelling en dit roer my tot in my binneste.Daar was ‘n woordewisseling en die uiteinde was dat ‘n geliefde seun gesterf het.“As hulle my net betyds laat

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16 March 1946 – 1 December 2009 Michael Aggett passed away suddenly on 1 December. A retired medical doctor, he and his wife, Mavis, moved to Prince Albert just under two years ago. Both, each in their quiet way, immediately became involved in the life of the town.Six days before his death, Michael and Mavis had returned from a memorable trip to the USA. There, they visited one of their five

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- Jacolise Botes -Baie mense glo hulle is òf `n introvert òf `n ekstrovert en dink dit is genoeg om te sê hulle ken en verstaan hulself; so ook hulle lewensmaats, kollegas, kinders, vriende en familie. Uit hierdie verwysingsraamwerk wil ons dan ook dikwels ander voorsê, kritiseer, vermaan of beoordeel. Het u geweet dat `n introvert ook`n baie spontane persoon kan wees, en dat `n ekstrovert ook

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- Denise Ohlson -Uit Kaapstad maak die Nuwe Apostoliese Kerk ‘n dekade lank al ernstig bemoeienis met hul gemeentelede hier in Prince Albert. En nie net lidmate van die plaaslike gemeente word bevoordeel deur die Silversands Distrik van Kuilsrivier se twee-weeklikse besoeke nie: die hele dorp is altyd meer as welkom om hul pragtige musiekuitvoe-rings gratis by te woon.Onder leiding van apostel

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- Sue Goosen and Dawn Viljoen -End to a productive 2009The Prince Albert Garden Club members and their visitors ended the year with a relaxed bring-and-share at committee member, Linda Jaquet’s home on Pastorie Street on the evening of 2 December. Over a glass of wine, everyone’s know-how and recall of the Garden Club’s activities in 2009 was tested in a “know your gardening and plants” quiz.In

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- Henriette Liebenberg -The Bassett Hound who was rescued from the Bush Pub late last year has landed with his butt, or is it mutt, in the butter.Fred has found a new home with William and Colleen Penfold at the Country Store. And although he is a high maintenance dog, both Colleen and William tend to his daily health routines with love and dedication.Fred has a heart condition and his eyes and

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- Miems Theron -Toe ons ons toer na Marisa, ons dogter beplan het, het ons geweet dit gaan ‘n wit Kersfees wees en ons was baie opgewonde daaroor. Ons wou dit immers beleef wat al die Kersfees-kaartjies in die verlede vir ons ingeprent het: Takbokke met Kersfeesbome wat nederig raak onder die vrag sneeu.Ons land op Kersdag in London en ons meisiekind wag ons in met haar rooi Kersfeeshoed en

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- Henriette Liebenberg -Die vakansieprogram wat die afgelope Desember en Januarie vir minderbevoorregte kinders aangebied is, is as ‘n groot sukses bestempel.Die program is ‘n jaarlikse instelling deur die munisipaliteit en volgens Theresa Hendricks, die programkoördineerder, is bykans R24 000 bestee. Aktiwiteite wat aangebied is, het inge-sluit nasionale vigsdagherdenkinge, ‘n besoek aan die

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- Linda Jaquet -If any issue has served to unite the residents of Prince Albert at the moment, it is their irritation over the accounts that they have received in the last few months for the services provided by the Municipality. Statements posted at the end of December – some in duplicate – which indicated accounts months in arrears or that were unrealistically high, as well as incorrect meter

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- Di Steyn -Congratulations to the winners of the Zwartberg 200 Club’s final two draws of 2009. The lucky winner of the ninth draw was Lynette Smythe, followed by Zelia Mullins and Ria de Wee. Ellen and Anton Joubert were winners of the tenth and last draw of the year, with Nicki van Reenen and E D van Rensburg as runners up.Thank you to all those who participated and well done once

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- Richard McKnight -Hoërskool Zwartberg leerders Lucille Steyn, Nadine Kroon en Valerie Pieterse het gedurende die Desember vakansie aan die Nasionale Junior skaak kampioenskappe te Kaapstad deelgeneem en ons skool verteenwoordig. Die toernooi het vanaf die 13 tot die 17 Desember plaasgevind en was by die Universiteit van Kaapstad aangebied.Die leerders het baie goed in hul onderskeie spanne

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- Richard McKnight -Hoërskool Zwartberg is geweldig trots op die 2010 matriekklas wat weereens aan die skoolgemeenskap getoon het dat hierdie skool nie hoef terug te staan as dit by akademiese uitslae kom nie.Ten spyte van die feit dat daar ‘n afname van 105 na 84 was in die getalle van skole van die WKOD wat ‘n 100% slaagsyfer bereik het, het Hoërskool Zwartberg dit reggekry.Ons skool, met ‘n

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- Linda Jaquet -Gay van Hasselt has yet again pulled off a remarkable feat. Just eight months after the untimely death of her husband, Gay, who admits that she knew very little about farming angora goats at that time, has walked off with six prestigious awards for her angora goats at the inaugural International Mohair Summit in Graaff Reinet at the beginning of November.Gay, who boasts numerous

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-Sharon Witts-Hewinson & Henriette Liebenberg -Hoërskool Zwartberg is vanjaar 112 jaar oud. En diè mylpaal is op 21 September op heel gepaste wyse gevier met ‘n samekoms van onderwysers, leerders en ander rolspelers in die dorp.‘n Nuwe boom is vir toekomstige nageslagte geplant en heel gepas vernoem – “Boolboom” - na die vorige skoolhoof, Kobus Snyman, wat diep spore in die gemeenskap getrap het

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- André Jaquet -Yesterday I watched a small bird that was flying very fast disappear into the canopy of an old pear tree. So dense were its leaves that it was impossible to see what happened next, although I can tell you it remained inside.I wondered how the bird had found its opening through the leaves at such a speed and then managed to align its fragile body on the branch it chose to land upon

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