imizamo yethu - update from councillor haywood

To David & Sylvia

God speed on Monday Sylvia............... our Rotarian thoughts and prayers are with you all the time

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  Well done, Marga

      In the estimation of most of those present at last week's weekly meeting,it appears that Councillor Marga Haywood has done a good job for the established community of Hout Bay in attending Council meetings with regular and responsible regularity and fighting hard to halt the momentum, mainly brought about the DA Mayor of Cape Town Don Plato, of the quite unnacceptable future plan for the development of Imizamo Yethu. 

Plan 5 as more latterly altered by the artists and backers of the non-approved version is now in the WPB, and, hopefully, a more acceptable drawing 6, as proposed by Tommy Brummer, is going forward. Well done, we can all say, Marga.That kind of thing in IY and that awful double lane highway and no High School is just not explainable.

To help Marga with her understanding of the Mayor's strange position as adopted by him, it must be explained that at a recent meeting of the Press Club, attended by your editor at the Royal Yacht Club, Mayor Plato did explain his newly vaunted plan for all which were as a result of visits to China and the Far East on the same problem

The mayor told the media that he believes the answer, as proposed and practicesd elsewhere in Asia, is to slam up high-rise minimal size apartment blocks at high speed as practised by the Russians post war. As pointed out by the press to Plato at the time at the RYC, look at what happened to Britain post war -where hundreds of ugly blocks, now tenements, are being pulled down and condemned? He admitted he only had short term answers.

Marga, does this help?  Plato genuinely believes that 20,000 persons must be accomodated in IY because you cannot politically move move people (especially the DA), so going upwards is the only way. Also good luck with your court order to force the DA to do what they really want to do.

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Alex hits history in France

Alex Kilgour, our Rotary Exchange student, arrives at Beauvais and a lovely letter from her to members was read out by Mick Feuilherade, Alex's counsellor, at the last meeting. (Click to enlarge)

 

 

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Presidents Corner

Fellow Rotarians,

A very powerful presentation by our Ward Councillor Marga Haywood. She deserves praise for having prevented a very undesirable development in IY.  However, it was elements in her party, first and foremost, the Mayor, who wanted to push through clandestinely this development in the full city council. We therefore must watch also the DA’s agenda as well. For that matter it would be a good idea, if a couple of Rotarians, who can afford it, go to the Premier’s breakfast on Feb 13^th, at Suikerbossie’s Restaurant and ask a couple of pertinent questions.

We have sponsored two Rotary Shelterboxes for the Haiti Disaster Relief as we have explained in our last two Bay Breezes with all the pictures on our website of the shelterboxes themselves. I suggest you have a look at them there.

Shelter Box is the largest Rotary Club project in Rotary – it has the status of a Rotary “Global” project.  It is a project of the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard in Cornwall, England.  Dave Moss and Jim Ferendinos of Paarl Rotary Club visited ShelterBox in Cornwall, just before the Haiti earthquake, when they were in the UK. They were shown around the organisation and spoke to several of the key ShelterBox people, including the founder and CEO of ShelterBox, Tom Henderson.  Dave told me he was so impressed with what he saw and learned.

 

Yours in Rotary  

Joe Schwach

President

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 M  A message from Don at Nonceba and theAshley Award scheme members to all of us at Rotary Hout Bay

Dear Rotarians, partners and guests,

 

What a truly wonderful response to our little appeal for the Albertina’s of this World.  The little waifs who are attacked so cruelly  and suffer indescribable physical and mental pain as a result of  RAPE and ABUSE.

When we prepared the now identified, “Albertina boxes” our expectation was there would be support;  but never did we think that the spontaneous generosity of the Rotarians of Hout Bay would be so overwhelming.

 

The anonymous donations so perfectly fitted into the genre of Rotary International and its Four Way Test.

 

We at the Nonceba Child Counselling Centre, the Ashley Kaimowitz Memorial Fund and the Ashley Award Scheme, thank you all for the amazing donation of R 835-55 for the Albertina boxes (Comfort boxes).  We salute you all and sincerely hope that if you have not visited the Centre we will be able to welcome you soon.

 

On behalf of the little Albertina’s whose tearful and frightened  stares at us in relief when they open their comfort box; and where so often the child clutches at the little knitted doll  and hugs it  close to their face…. Thank you.

 

With love from all at Nonceba.

 

Allan Walker, Neville Morris, Roy Graham, David Heath, Peter Johnson and others on a visit to Nonceba

 

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From Butch........ ( who makes the world's finest bottled chillies)

 

CHILLIES THE MODERN DAY SUPERFOOD

   IT IS PROVEN THAT CHILLIES HELP FIGHT OFF WINTER COLDS. ALSO EATING A CHILLI RELEASES ENDORPHINS THAT HELP LIFT YOUR SPIRITS. CHILLIES ARE PACKED WITH VITAMINS, THEY CONTAIN FAR MORE VITAMIN C THAN ORANGES, MORE VITAMIN A THAN CARROTS, AND VERY HIGH LEVELS OF VITAMIN D.  MANY ATHLETES ARE NOW EATING CARROTS BEFORE EXERCISING WHICH REDUCES THE RISK OF  INJURY DUE TO THE HIGH INTAKE OF VITAMIN D.

 

THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN CHILLIES,CAPSAICAN, IS KNOWN TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF INSULIN  THE BODY NEEDS TO LOWER BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS AFTER A MEAL BY UP TO 60%,  WHICH IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO DIABETICS, AS WELL AS TO OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE.

 

CHILLIES ACTIVATE HEAT IN YOUR MOUTH AND THROAT. THE BRAIN RESPONDS TO THIS MESSAGE BY RAISING YOUR HART RATE AND RELEASES ENDORPHINS WHICH ATTEMPT TO COUNTERACT THE PAIN OF HEAT. THE HEAT AS MENTIONED COMES FROM CAPSAICAN WHICH IS CONCENTRATED AROUND THE SEEDS AND THE PITH OF THE CHILLIE.

 

AS A MATTER OF INTEREST THERE ARE 400 VARIANTS OF CHILLIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. YOU NOW GET CHILLI BEER IN S. AMERICA. YOU CAN BUY ON OUR SHELVES IN SA CHILLI CHOCOLATE, CHILLI FISH PASTE,  AND CHILLI BOVRIL.

 

CHILLIES ARE THE EASIEST OF ALL PLANTS TO GROW FROM SEEDS OF A DRY CHILLI. IN ONE OF THE FUTURE BAY BREEZES I WILL TELL YOU THE EASIEST WAY TO PROPOGATE THE SEEDS IN YOUR OWN GARDEN.

MY GARDEN PRODUCES ABOUT 10 CHILLIES A DAY FROM NOVEMBER THROUGH TO JUNE, BUT THEN DIE OFF IN OUR WINTER.

Thanks Butch.  Keep well Rotarians and see you every Tuesday

PMcL

Comments

[Malvin Meyer]

Dear Hout Bay Rotarians It is wonderful to see that the club is very active and it is obvious that the members are committed to service above self whilst having fun. I am proud to have been associated with you.

Kind Regards