Thursday 23 September 2004

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Lifestyle - Leefstyl

• Erfenisdag feestelik gevier in Paarl
• Learn about your heritage
• Afrikaners na Patagonië
• Klapmuts kliniek kry groentetuin
• Help needed to count pelicans

Erfenisdag feestelik gevier in Paarl

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VAN die voorste en mooiste Friesperdhingste wat nog na Suid-Afrika ingevoer is, sal tydens die De Poort-Erfenisdagfees vir die eerste keer in die Boland ten toon gestel word.

Die hings, Eibert, wat vir 'n jaar lank in die Paarl-distrik 'loseer', is die eiendom van Piet Botha van Lichtenburg. 

Sy Geyerspanstoet, wat die tweede grootste Friesperdstoet ter wêreld is, bestaan uit ongeveer tweehonderd van hierdie gitswart perde.

Eibert is een van die verskeie Friesperde wat deur Botha uit Nederland, dié ras se land van oorsprong, ingevoer is. 

Hy is nou vir dekkings op die plaas Lukenburg, in die Agter-Paarl beskikbaar en is 'n ware lus vir die oog,

VURIG. Dié trotse Friesperd, Eibert, word môre tydens die De Poort Erfenisdag-vieringe vertoon. WP perdespringer Elizabeth Bryant (12), maak hier kennis met die vurige, maar vriendelike hings.

sê George Smuts wat nou tydelik na hierdie prag-perd omsien.

Tot op die hoogste punt van sy skof is hy 1,64 meter hoog.

"Dit is voorwaar 'n voorreg wat Bolanders het om nou die hings vir teeldoeleindes te gebruik.

Sedert hy etlike jare gelede ingevoer is, het hy reeds 'n merkbare invloed op die verbetering van die Friesperdras in die noorde van die land gehad," sê Smuts.

Eibert behoort nie net die kwaliteit van plaaslike skouperde 'n hupstoot te gee nie, maar ook die wat in perdesportsoorte soos die dryfkuns en dressering gebruik word.

Moenie sy optrede by die Erfenisdagfees in Pinestraat, Suider-Paarl misloop nie.

TOMORROW we celebrate National Heritage Day. This is an ideal opportunity to become more acquainted with our local heritage and history. Paarl Museum is the ideal place to get a fascinating overview of this.

The Khoekhoen called Paarl Mountain "Tortoise Mountain" long before Abraham Gabbema named it "den Diamandt ende Peerlbergh" in 1657. Discover more interesting local facts by visiting them.

The theme of Paarl Museum is local history. This begins with early man, Homo erectus, through the later indigenous Khoisan populations and deals with the changes brought about by European colonisation, including slavery. 

Some of the other sub-themes include the local wagon-making industry and local Struggle history.

Paarl Museum has a superb collection of Cape antiques, artefacts, documents and photographs.  These collections are displayed in a U-shaped Cape Dutch house, which dates back to the 18th century. 

They are currently working with Western Cape Museum Service on upgrading all existing permanent exhibitions. 

Contact them if you have any suggestions or know of any individuals who played an important part in the history of our town. 

Museum personnel are very interested in learning about Paarlites' personal experience of the past.

Two upcoming traveling exhibitions which will be hosted at the Museum are on the legacy of deadly diseases (including Aids) in the Western Cape as well as a celebration of ten years of democracy. Specific emphasis will be put on the contribution of the people of Paarl.

The Museum is open on weekdays from 09:00 to 17:00, Saturdays from 09:00 to 13:00 and public holidays (except religious days) from 09:00 to 14:00.

Admission is R5 for adults, while children, learners, students and pensioners can make a donation.

Guided tours and educational programmes by appointment only. 

Contact Jaline de Villiers or Elizabeth Bowes at tel/fax 872-2651 or e-mail the musuem at paarlmuseum @telkomsa.net.

Also, visit their website: www. museums. org.za/paarlmuseum.

DIE Drakenstein Heemkring hou op 19 Oktober om 19:30 hul algemene jaarvergadering te De Oude Woning, Hoofstraat 214, Paarl. 

By hierdie geleentheid sal prof Adriana Edwards van Patagonië die spreker wees. Sy sal fokus op die Afrikaner emigrante wat na die Anglo-Boereoorlog na Patagonië verhuis het.

Vir navrae skakel 872-9145 tussen 10:00 en 12:00 op weeksdae. Almal is welkom.

ELKE Dinsdagoggend is dit 'n gewoel by die Departement Verbruikerswetenskappe by die Universiteit van Stellenbosch soos wat die vierdejaar studente in voeding na Klapmuts en Kylemore spat om daar projekte oor voeding by plaaslike skole en klinieke te gaan aanbied.

Die gemeenskapsprojekte, wat wissel van groentetuine by Klapmuts Kliniek en Rietenbosch Primêr op Stellenbosch, tot lesings by Kylemore Kliniek oor hipertensie en voeding tydens swangerskap, is deel van hul Voeding 488-kursus.

By Klapmuts Primêr, byvoorbeeld, word die leerders meer vertel oor aspekte soos peusel en Vitamiene A. Die studente gebruik die woord "Klapmuts" om elke week 'n ander tema aan 'n letter uit dié dorpsnaam te koppel.

Verlede Dinsdag was die letter "u" aan die beurt, en het die Graad 5A-klas van Juffrou Gabriels geleer hoe uniek hulle is. Elkeen se vingerafdrukke is onder meer geneem.

Die boodskappe wat die studente danksy praatjies, plakkate, speletjies of ander aktiwiteite bring, word ook deur die skoolweek deur die onderwysers herhaal.

By die nabygeleë Klapmuts Kliniek het daar in die afgelope paar maande 'n hele groentetuin, kompleet met kool en wortels, ontstaan op 'n klipharde stuk grond waar eens niks gegroei het nie.

Vandag kan Santa-vrywilliger Annie Baleni gereeld gesonde groentesop kook vir die pasiënte wat by die kliniek toustaan. Sy maak ook pakkies groente op en verkoop dit om so ekstra geld in te samel vir sopbestanddele.

Sy is baie dankbaar vir die hulp van die studente, wat gehelp het om die harde grond voor te berei.

Grond wat goedgunstiglik deur die Stellenbosch Munisipaliteit geskenk is, is ingewerk.

"Hulle lyk so mooi, maar as hulle eers hulle oorpakke aan het, dan werk hulle baie hard," spog sy trots oor die studente se hulp.

Daarby sorg die studente ook vir gereelde praatjies of poppekas-optredes vir die pasiënte oor aspekte soos die voordele van moedersmelk en gesonde eetgewoontes.

Volgens senior suster Ronel Barnard het veral hul poppekas oor die waarde van borsvoeding soveel trefkrag gehad dat sy die studente genooi het om dit weer aan te bied.

Na verwagting sal die projekte volgende jaar voortgesit word, alhoewel dit deur 'n volgende groep studente aangebied sal word.

OVER the years, keen birders of the Drakenstein Valley have been called upon to help count cranes, waterbirds, and yes, sometimes even crows.

Their help is once again needed, for the first National Pelican Counting Day on 16 and 17 October.

This effort will be taking place across the whole of Southern Africa. In South Africa, there are only two breeding sites for Great White Pelicans: Dassen Island in the Western Cape, and St Lucia Wetland in KZN.

Unlike the situation in most parts of the world, pelicans have increased in numbers in the Western Cape.

Other than in the breeding sites, these birds often gather for roosting and feeding in local vleis and small water bodies.

There are a number of farm dams around Paarl and Wellington that provide feeding places to these odd-looking birds.

Locally, pelicans are often seen at the Paarl Bird Sanctuary, an irrigation dam in Noord-Agter Paarl and many smaller farm dams in the area.

Marta de Ponte Machado, a UCT doctoral student who is researching pelicans, as well as Meyrick Bowker from the University of KwaZulu-Natal will use the data to further their work.

According to Marta, it is hoped that the total number of pelicans in Southern Africa will be counted twice a year.

This first count will take place while the pelicans are concentrated in their breeding localities. Another count is planned for April to June, when the birds disperse after the breeding season.

The base of the counts in South Africa will be the already established Coordinated Waterbird Counts (CWAC).

"Together with the biannual data retrieved by CWAC from the main South African water bodies, we will be able to reach an accurate total pelican count for the region, and to monitor population changes and trends," she says.

"We plan to assign a person (or more) to every vlei, dam, lake, pond, shore section or river where pelicans have been seen before," Marta explains.

"However, there are a percentage of sites where pelicans are seen frequently that do not belong to the CWAC network, and for these we need volunteers that would count pelicans on these dates."

"This ambitious project will only be successful with the help of a high number of volunteers," Marta believes.

"If the pelicans visit your farm or you plan a day out with your family, and you have a pair of binoculars and some time, you could make a very important contribution to this project."

The researchers are interested in data, which include an accurate account of the number of pelicans seen, the site with coordinates if possible, date and time of sighting, as well as the direction where they were moving to and from.

"We are also interested to know what the pelicans were doing when you spotted them," says Marta. "Were they preening, sleeping, eating or flying?"

Any ringed birds should also be noted, as it could provide valuable information about the age of a bird and its movements across Southern Africa.

If you see any rings, please annotate the colour, the leg the colour-ring is on, and if there is any visible letters engraved on the ring.

People who want to volunteer their time for this effort, is asked to contact Marta de Ponte Machado at mdeponte@adu.uct.ac.za, 082-408-6025, or 650-4549 (w). The data collected can also be sent to her.

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