Thursday 9 October 2003

This site will be updated on 17 Octcber  2003 at 17:00

Lifestyle - Leefstyl

• Transport heritage celebrated
• Market your business
• Wellington flower festival
• Wees voluit vrou
• Know about breast cancer

coach in which Deputy Mayor Anthea Sheldon enjoyed the ride to Suider Paarl.

About 200 festival-goers made use of the opportunity to travel to the festival from Cape Town in a vintage train drawn by the spectacular "Red Devil" steam locomotive.

Also in the parade was the bokkiekar which travelled to Paarl from Kimberley along the old route through the Karoo, as well as vintage tractors and cars.

The Royal Stars band played marches as each vehicle was exhibited in the arena, where the variety of vintage vehicles was matched only by the diverse breeds of animals which hauled them. 

Crowd favourites were the pure white Welsh ponies from the Cape Flats, while the Elsenburg Percheron horses that pulled the Zomerlust Ladies Coach drew much applause. 

Most spectacular was the team of eight mules expertly driven by the Kloppers family from Napier, followed by a wagon drawn by eight donkeys.

In the old "Tabakskuur" in Tabak Street, Mike Pope-Adams demonstrated the tools with which the wheelwright makes cart and wagon wheels. 

Other craft exhibits included model-making, toys, beadwork, lacework and felt-making.

Cart rides took many to Schoongezicht farm for olive and wine tastings, or Clift's blacksmithy and granite museum. 

The co-ordinators of the festival, Frances Graves and Dr Johan van der Merwe, agreed that this year's festival was about four times bigger than last year.

"The festivities could not have taken place but for the generous support of twenty major sponsors in the private sector as well as the Boland District Council ANd Drakenstein Municipality, which was unstinting in the provision of logistics and services.

"The Deputy Mayor who serves on our committee was particularly active in these arrangements.

"We thank the people of Drakenstein for their enthusiastic support of this commemoration of Yesterday's Transport."

A PRACTICAL one or two-day programme designed to equip front-line staff with skills to market an organisation, with particular emphasis on customer relations and professional image is now available in Paarl.

An organisation's front-line staff represents the company to the customer and the public.

Statistics show that 96% of customers don't complain when they have a problem - they just don't return. 

Yet the people who play the biggest part in selling your company, your front-line staff, are often overlooked when training takes place. 

They are expected to have sound knowledge of the company, excellent communication ability, yet are given very little feedback. 

This practical and informative programme is designed to equip staff with skills to market the organisation effectively and to assist in the efficient running of your business.

It will also look into improving their professional image, both internally and externally. 

Learning takes place through extensive role-playing, skills practise, individual problem-solving exercises and encouragement of creative thinking.

To book for the course, phone with Etiennette Nieuwoudt from Ute Gass HR on 872-8552.

THE Wellington Garden Club will hold its biennial flower festival at Nelson's Creek Wine Estate on the Klapmuts-Wellington Road (R44 Agter Paarl Road) on Friday 17 October and Saturday 18 October from 08:00 to 17:00. 

The show will be opened by the Mayor on 17 October at 09:00.

There will be a coffee shop, craft and farm market, light lunches, home and plant stalls where plants, garden and home products, water features, baskets and garden furniture will be for sale.

The show includes several open gardens, none of which have been open to the public before. Gardens vary from strictly indigenous, cycads, rose gardens to large landscaped farm gardens. 

All the open gardens can also be visited until 17:00 each day.

The farm Optenhorst will also be open to the public at an additional gate fee. The proceeds of this fee will go to the upliftment of the Bovlei farm community. In addition flower arrangements by leaders in the industry will be on display.

On Friday Denise Deetlefs from Worcester will host a talk on "Gardening Misfortunes to Planting Pleasures" and on Saturday Jeff Milne and Louis van As will talk about "The Woman's Circle of Life" with the emphasis on the 21st birthday of the Wellington Garden Club.

A percentage of the funds raised will go to Silwerkruin old age home and frail care, Sunfield Homes for the mentally handicapped, Andrew Murray Home for children and the SPCA.

Tickets are available from Wellington Tourism. For more information contact Charmaine Theron at 873-4858 or 084-623-7422.

'n GROEP van 21 vroue van die plaas Tweespruit in Klein Drakenstein het onlangs die kursus Voluit Vrou van die Kaapse Vroueforum voltooi.

"Nou weet ons om 'n man te troetel en te versorg!" was een van die studente se entoesiastiese kommentaar.

"Voluit Vrou" is 'n gesins- en huisbestuurskursus gerig daarop om die vrou beter toe te rus vir haar rol in die gesinsverband en in die werkplek.

Die Kaapse Vroueforum is in 1991 gestig onder die beskerming van Unifruco Beperk, nou Capespan, om die behoeftes van werkers in die sagtevrugtebedryf aan te spreek. Al hul programme is uitkoms-gebaseerd ontwikkel na aanleiding van 'n intensiewe studie wat in samewerking met die Universiteit van Stellenbosch gedoen is na die behoeftes van plaasgemeenskappe.

Navrae kan gerig word aan Elsabé Lintvelt by 083-630-8201.

BREAST cancer is currently the most common cancer among South African women, and is the number one cancer amongst women worldwide.  In fact, the lifetime risk for women to develop breast cancer is one in eight.

Most women are diagnosed with breast cancer between the ages of 50 and 70. However, it can occur in younger women and all breast masses should be investigated.

The earlier breast cancer is diagnosed, the more treatment options there are available, and the greater the chance of long-term survival.

Fantastic progress has been made in treating this disease.  Many women no longer lose a breast, and women today have a wonderful chance of surviving breast cancer after diagnosis and treatment, to lead a happy, active and fulfilled life.

There is a 80% five-year survival when breast cancer is caught before it spreads to other parts of the body. 

Take time for yourself, and do regular self examinations. If you do not know how, attend a free breast self examination clinic at Paarl Medi Clinic on 16 or 21 October where clients will receive a free examination and will learn how to do a proper breast self examination. 

To book your place, call Linda du Toit at the Cancer Association at 864 2633 during office hours.