Ellen Fedele ([email protected]) is very keen to know if anyone has seen a leopard toad in Rooiels.  She has heard that there might be some in Betty's Bay - see notice below and please assist if you can

SPECIAL MUSICAL EVENT - 18th November at 7 for 7.30 p.m.
Pringle Bay, Community Hall
 
THE ANCIENT SOUND OF THE FUTURE  :  A MUSICAL EXPERIENCE OF
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BARBARA KENNEDY the well known South African musician on Cello and Piano
 &
DR BRUCE COPLEY acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and holistic edutainer
 
UNFORTUNATELY Erich Oskar Huetter the Austrian cellist is unavailable
 
            
WHEN: Saturday 18 November 2017  @ 7.00 pm for 7h30
Entertainment Investment:  R100 for adults &
 R50 children (12 and under)
Come and enjoy a glass of wine and a snack

Get tickets at the Rooiels Village Shop

Limited seating so kindly book your seat with Zaan Cilliers at tel 073 572 8120 or at the Rooiels Shop
or at Lemon & Lime in Pringle Bay or with Sandra Taljaard cel: 0833086170
All the proceeds of this concert will be donated to the Penguin Kids School in Betty’s Bay
 to buy School clothes for the Gr. 1 kids of 2018

Every year Rooiels brings out a magazine for the Christmas holidays.

The Breeze this year will include a double page section featuring the artists in Rooiels.  Leann Becker is coordinating the spread.  But she needs to know who you are!

Please would all the artists in Rooiels send Leann some information on who you are, what work you create,  -- and a photo of your work - preferably one of you with your work.

Leann would also like to discuss the idea of linking the article with an Art Walk in the Village as part of the Christmas programme.

Please send the information to Leann Becker before 13th October to

               [email protected]

If you know someone in Rooiels who is painting, sculpting, making pottery, jewellery or other artistic endeavours -- please draw their attention to this post.

Wimpie and his partner Monique have opened up the shop after the renovations.  And Emile paid a brief visit after his successful courses - he will be back in December.
The shop has been expanded and extended and they will be regularly stocking fresh produce.  As you see below they have - fishing, braai, diving, and basic car supplies - are getting great meat, including boerewors, and cold meats from Joostenberg, fresh vegies, dairy products, eggs etc, those delicious Ticklemouse biscuits and all the dry goods.  Also hardware, garden and house tools, toys, clothes, basic meds and everything else that you need - even wetsuits, bodyboards and fins. And gifts - even bird feeder bottles!  A real one-stop shop. We would like to keep them here and doing well.  Please be sure to support the Rooiels Village Shop.

Pop-up curry night this Saturday 3rd June at the Art Zoo 6 till late.
As always we will be cooking up the freshest ingredients with our special spice mix and served with our braai naan breads and a surprise desert.
Vegetarian/vegan option.
Children's food available on request.
Bring your own wine and beer.

Hope to see you there! Booking advised.
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Dear Stakeholders in the KBR  - Link to the REC News for the Agenda
We herewith invite you to collaborate with the KBRC in the following upcoming event: The KBRC will be presenting its Quarterly Kogelberg Biosphere Forum on the 23rd March at 16h00 at the Harold Porter National Botanical Garden, where we will take a look into the future custodianship of our shared living environment - the Biosphere Reserve. 
An introductory vision will be presented by a prominent local speaker, to be followed by interactive conversation with everyone present. 
While refreshments are served in conclusion, it will be an ideal and unique opportunity to network!
We appeal to you to share this invitation with your organisation,through the communication channels available to you. It is important to us, as the KBRC, to involve a truly representative group of interested an affected parties.
We look forward to your positive response, and trust that we will be collaborating in this manner for many events to come.
Your attendance at this event will be much appreciated!
 With kind regards, and sincere appreciation in advance,
 Fiona Smit
Forum Organiser
Cell: 082 923 2376

A lovely photograph above of the Rooiels river.
​See the full photo taken by Rob McEwan on 31st January 2017 -- after our unusually heavy January storm -- click to go to the Rooiels Field Notes

SAVED FROM DISASTER!


The Pringle Bay community expresses a huge THANK YOU and our greatest  appreciation to those who have contributed so much to saving our village from a near-disastrous fire.  

The fire was driven by a gale force South Easter. It started on the Betty's Bay side of Three Flavours guest house, jumped Clarence drive and then spread rapidly up the south eastern slopes, around the mountain ridge and down toward Hangklip road. Unfortunately one house was destroyed at the top end of Carla Road. To onlookers it seemed almost inevitable that many more houses were on fire as flames engulfed the area. The PB Volunteer Fire Team was on the scene within a few minutes of the alarm call followed by teams from several Western Cape municipalities. The new Fire Station quickly became the centre of action as professional fire personnel took control to co-ordinate ground and air services. Two water-bombing helicopters arrived in the nick of time to save many houses, followed by fixed wing planes laying sheets of foam. These greatly assisted to control and extinguish the flame front on the mountain slopes before it could sweep into the valley above Stream road. The fire was finally brought under control just before dark although fire teams worked through the night and following morning to manage flare-ups in the ever-howling wind. The Community Hall is still being used as temporary accommodation for many of the 95 fire-fighters brought in to assist local services. Back-up teams will be retained for two days to control flare-ups.  

Thanks go to both to the fire-fighting personnel and those who have helped with ongoing donations and supplies of food, drinks, medical services etc. We cannot name everyone but wish to recognise the fire team players who have given us their absolute dedication and effort:

Volunteer Community Fire Fighters from Pringle Bay, Betty's Bay and Rooi Els

Local Chief Clayton and his wife Dimmy, Vic Brooker, Dave Mellet, Pierre Kruger, Ronnie Francis, Jeff Owen, Louis Rousseau, Wendy Tawse, Edward Olivier, Jurika Rabie, Cuan McGeorge, Jason Griffiths. These folk were at it for nearly 24 hours non-stop.

Overstrand Municipality Safety and Fire Services. 

Fire Chief Lester Smith and Director Neville Michaels were both on site till late evening, supporting the firefighters. They are responsible for one of the most effective fire services in the country. Marlu Rust is the "Incident Commander"  responsible for directing ground services and managing the operation. He is doing a great, great job! 

Support Teams from Western Cape

City of Cape Town Fire Services
Stellenbosch Fire Services
Overberg District Fire Services
Cape Nature
Working on Fire Teams - Kleinmond, False Bay, Robertson-Vrolikheid

Donations
There have been requests for banking details for those who wish to make donations to the fire fighting funds. Please ensure that you specify the following in the Reference Field: Fire / Name/ ERF number

Pringle Bay Ratepayers' Association
Nedbank Branch 131505
Savings Account 2315001714

Community at work

There may be people needing community support as a result of fire damage. It would be helpful to receive input on this matter.

Thank you again to everyone in our community who brought donations for the fire fighters, offered their time and energy, and just came to give their moral support at a time of need. It was humbling and rewarding to once again experience our community spirit at work, and so encouraging to see what we can achieve as a group. This is one of the qualities that make Pringle so special and worth fighting for.     ​