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have been ongoing for sometime on Main Road in Howick between the Prospect Road intersection and the uMngeni River Bridge. These improvements and widening are being funded by the uMngeni Municipality through a Municipal Infrastructure Grant from Central Government. The uMngeni Municipality appointed Sukuma Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd to design and supervise construction of the widening of this section of road to alleviate traffi c congestion. The road will be upgraded to two lanes in both directions with turn-ing lanes, bus/taxi lay-byes and pedestrian walkways. In addition, new state of the art street light-

ing has been installed to improve safety along this busy section of road. Congestion at the uMngeni River Bridge will be dealt with in a separate future project. To accommodate the wider road, it has been necessary to remove a number of trees, which has caused alarm to some residents. Trees are an important factor in the sense of place of a town, and their removal inevitably causes visual impacts. Some tree species are protected in terms of the Na-tional Forest Act (Act 84 of 1998) and while the trees impacted upon by the road widening are mostly exotic trees (Jacarandas and Syringas), some Paper-Bark Acacias were also affected. At the outset of the project, Umfu-laECO met on site with represen-tatives of the Department of Ag-

riculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) to discuss the proposed tree removal. None of the trees in question are protected or rare species, and the DAFF granted approval. UmfulaECO have rec-ommended replacement of lost trees with fast-growing, indig-enous species on a one-for-one basis. Space might be limited for planting adjacent to the widened road due to other service infra-structure (electricity and Telkom cables, etc), in which case re-planting will be undertaken in appropriate areas off-site at the end of construction. If you would like any more infor-mation, please feel free to con-tact Lauren Booth of UmfulaECO on 082 791 7069 or lauren@um-fulaeco.co.za.

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SARAH SARABJIETA 72-year-old Pelham resident had to fi ght “tooth and nail” for her life when a robber forced her head down a toilet in an attempt to drown her in her Kinnoull Road home last week.The woman was busy with her laundry when she was confronted by an unknown man who placed a knife to her throat and demand-ed money. When informed she did not have any money, he then tied her frail hands, stuffed her mouth with a towel, pushed her into a bathroom where he forced her head into the toilet bowl attempting to drown her. The plucky woman fought back “tooth and nail” forcing the robber to fl ee.The attacker was arrested by members of the SAPS Pietermaritz-burg K9 Unit who were at the scene within minutes of being alert-ed.The victim sustained bruises to her face, neck and right arm while the suspect sustained bite wounds to his body and was taken to

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BY ABBY-MAY JONESON Saturday, 5th October, a Knight Force car guard Patrik Ndhlovu, prevented

damage to two vehicles when he stopped a rolling car from hitting into another one.

Putting his life on the line, Ndhlovu, in the midst of an adrenalin rush, ran towards the car that began to roll backwards in the parking lot of Greendale Spar and, us-ing all his strength, stood be-tween the rolling car and the one it was about to hit. Ndhl-ovu continued to stand be-tween the two cars until a by-stander, who witnessed the scene, ran into Spar to inform the owner of the rolling vehi-cle what had occurred.Ndhlovu has been working for Knight Force for three years and, during that time, many stories of his heroic deeds have been told by locals, of him retrieving valuables and returning them to their right-ful owners.Not many people would do what Patrik Ndhlovu did, and he is saluted for his bravery.

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You can make a difference to the security and upliftment of your community. The Next CBD Community Policing sub forum meet-ing will take place on Thursday 17th October at 3:00pm at Howick Police Station Lecture Room. For more information about becom-ing a part of the solution in the fi ght against crime, please contact W/O Rene Taylor on 033-239 9338 or the Chairperson Mrs. Mau-reen Ward on 082 923 6482.

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IN celebration of October being Breast Cancer Month, Women In Business, in association with Var-sity College, are hosting the Long Walk on Sunday 20th October, from Nottingham Road to Howick to raise funds and awareness for Breast Cancer.Men, women, brothers, sisters, aunties, uncles, cousins and friends all welcome to join Wom-en In Business and Varsity Col-lege in the Long Walk (34 kms).  This will be the fourth Long Walk, initiated by Women In Busi-ness and supported by corpo-rate sponsors, Varsity College, Halfway Toyota, First Nation-al Bank Insurance and Hirsch’s. The walk is not a race nor is it a competition. No winners, no prizes. Walkers are welcome to walk far as they feel comfortable, take a rest, catch a lift (thanks to Halfway Toyota Howick) and join the walk again at any point and as often as you wish.  Music will be provided to keep everyone “up beat” and help to pass the time and keep you encouraged and motivated. The walk is a time to share ex-perience and netwalk with fellow participants from all spheres of life. The beautiful Midlands Me-

ander is an ideal place to engage and “shoot the breeze” with fellow walkers. The route meanders its way down the R103, starting from Barbz Café in Gowrie Village (coffee and muffi ns will be avail-able), and ending at the Corner Post in Howick (icy beverage and lunch specials will be available). Water tables are situated along the route to provide respite. Use the spirit of walking to push yourself to new levels in business, entertainment and enjoyment, as well as the personal achieve-ment of walking whatever dis-tance you are comfortable with.Business organisations wishing to support the race by provid-ing refreshment stations are wel-come to contact Women In Busi-ness.  This marketing platform is available free of charge to or-ganisations. Refreshment/wa-ter stations can be branded by the organisation as they feel fi t. All persons 13 years and older are welcome, at a cost of R120 per walker. Registration is from 6:00 to 7:00am at Barbz Café, Notting-ham Road and the Long Walk sets off at 7:00am. Entry forms and additional information can be ob-tained from secretary@womenin-business.org.za

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An exhausted Lauren Engelbrecht at Mandela Capture Site (2012 walk), grateful for the refreshment table. (Photo: Moira Gruneberg).

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Hijacker killed in Montrose“The man gave me no choice. He pointed the fi re arm at me and I knew it was now or never. But I feel terri-ble because he had a family and he won’t be going back to them,” said local busi-nessman, Brian Calitz, after foiling a car hijack attempt in which one of the hijackers was killed.This took place in Neden Road, Montrose, Friday morning last week. When the police fl ying squad ar-

rived at the scene shortly after the shoot-ing they found the body of a young man dressed in jeans and a T-shirt lying at the side of the road, a gun nearby him.

Brain Calitz, 58, who said he had arrived home in his Toyota Prius and was busy off-loading garden equipment when approached by two men when one grabbed his wrist, demanding his watch. The other pulled out a gun and demanded the keys to Calitz’s car.

Calitz allegedly drew his gun, a .38 Special revolver, and shot the gunman. The other fl ed up the road to where a third man was waiting in a white Nissan bakkie.

Calitz said the incident was most unfor-tunate but he was just glad it was him and not one of his family members or neigh-bours who may not have had the means to defend themselves.

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THE former Director of the Pieter-maritzburg Publicity Association, Dick Jones, was “surprised and hon-oured” to receive a Lifetime Achiev-ers Award recently for his work in tourism from the Msunduzi-Pieter-maritzburg Municipality’s Mayor, Clr. Chris Ndlela.Jones (81), who now lives in Ho-wick, was one of 25 individuals and organisations who were presented with Mayoral Tourism Awards at a function to mark Pietermaritzburg’s 175th anniversary. A former night editor of The Natal Witness, Jones served as the PPA’s director for 21 years from 1974 to 1995.His achievements include helping with the founding of the KZN Bat-tlefi elds Route (which he offi cially opened in 1990), convincing the Rail-ways to provide a plaque at the Pi-etermaritzburg station to mark the “Gandhi Incident,” and getting the Howick Town Council to erect a mon-ument at the site of Nelson Mande-la’s arrest. He became a registered regional tourist guide in 1994 after organising coach tours to the battle-fi elds and other attractions.He was a founder-member and fi rst secretary of the S.A. Association of Publicity and Tourism Marketing Or-ganisations (SAPTO), which in 1998 became the Community Tourism As-sociation of South Africa. He was Di-

rector of the CTA until 2005 and rep-resented the organisation on the national Tourism Liaison Council for four years.For three years he was chairman of the Tourism Committee of the Natal Midlands Joint Services Board, during which time he edited and published the fi rst 30-page Midlands tourism guide and campaigned for a new viewing platform at Howick Falls. During the past year, Jones has been helping (“behind the scenes”) to re-vive Howick’s community tourism or-ganisation. He still writes travel ar-ticles for airline magazines and an occasional tourism column for com-munity newspapers.

HOWICK RESIDENT HONOURED TWO  South Africans nom-

inated by the public in the fi rst Nation’s Greatest Awards  were from Howick. The campaign was launched by the Sunday Times and the Johnny Walker  company  to identify and honour inspira-tional citizens who have con-tributed towards making the nation great.The seven categories includ-ed the greatest Entrepre-neur, Inventor, Community Leader, Mentor, Challenger, Individual and Hero.Howick’s Fire Offi cer, Ron-nie Ndlovu, was nominated

for his heroic deed in sav-ing the life of a woman who was about to be washed over the Howick Falls and John Tungay was a fi nalist in the Entrepreneurs section  for his  life’s work in building and  developing  businesses, schools, choirs and children’ homes. Both men are mem-bers of the School Governing Body of the recently estab-lished Thembelihle Primary School in Main Road, Howick.The award in the Great-est Individual section went to KwaZulu-Natal’s Dr. John Ross for his spectacular suc-

cess over 13 years in the training of local matriculants from the rural areas of Zu-luland to become qualifi ed doctors and health care pro-fessionals. In 2012 alone his Umthombo Youth Develop-ment Foundation supported 180 students in 15 different health science disciplines - to ensure that hospitals will be able to provide a wide range of health care service to the community.The awards dinner for the 21 fi nalists was held at the Cradle of Humankind in Gauteng. 

Two Howick men nominated for the Nation’s Greatest Awards.

Without fear or favourTHE speaker at Forum’s September meeting was retired high court judge, Chris Nicholson. Very much a “local”, Chris is a Michaelhouse old boy and University of KZN graduate and lec-turer. Now retired, Chris has recent-ly published his fi rst novel, One Hand Washes the Other, having already published three successful non-fi c-tion books, Permanent Removal: Who Killed the Cradock Four, Papwa the Pa-riah and Richard and Adolf.Chris’ talk centred on his theories of evolution and ambidexterity. Most peo-ple are right-handed with the result

that the left brain - the orderly, ratio-nal, scientifi c, linear half - is more de-veloped than the right brain - the em-pathetic, artistic, creative, emotional half. In sharing his thoughts on the im-portance of ambidexterity in evolution, Chris advocated forced ambidexterity as a way of developing both sides of the brain to equal capacity so that the two halves can work in partnership. An enlightened judge, and a good sto-ryteller with a keen sense of humour, Chris gave Forum members an inter-esting and thought-provoking morn-ing.

Pictured is Dick Jones with his award. (PHOTO: L. BRYANT)

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Heather Geddes, mother of three-year-old Tayla Grace Geddes who suffers from a chro-mosomal abnormality, says she is grateful for all the interest and support she has received from the community.She explained that Tayla Grace still has a hole in her heart after her open heart sur-gery at four and a half months, but it is not life threatening so future surgery is not need-ed. Tayla Grace also had surgery to correct gastric refl ux in July this year and has recov-ered well.Still ahead for the three-year-old before she can have as normal a life as possible is phys-iotherapy, occupational therapy, speech ther-apy and feed ing therapy.P e o p l e i n t e r -ested in helping, or who w o u l d like fur-ther in-f o r m a -tion, can con tac t Heather

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ON Monday 7th October, two of the Howick High pupils, were in for a surprise!The marketing manager from ‘Piggly Wiggly’ was in Assembly to present Philip Geldard and Cody Arntzen with a voucher for pizza and putt putt. Philip and Cody were given the award for their tireless efforts in the Mid-mar House Garden. The garden, which started off as a tiny patch of vegetables, is now a fl ourish-ing garden; enough to help pro-vide the boarders of Midmar House with fresh, delicious veg-etables. It seemed appropriate

that ‘Piggly Wiggly’s’ fi rst award to Howick High should be made to pupils who have excelled at gardening! The ‘Piggly Wiggly’ Award will be made every term and be given to the pupil who best ex-emplifi es excellence and com-mitment in academics, sport, cultural life or, as in this case, gardening! The school would like to thank Warren for pre-senting this award on behalf of ‘Piggly Wiggly’. Enjoy your pizza and putt putt, boys!

The Piggly Wiggly Award of excellence

THE Michaelhouse community congregated on 7th Octo-ber for the announcement of the Senior Prefect for 2014. Rector Greg Theron, Ryan Thompson and Matthew Pot-ter (the incumbent Senior and Second Prefects) wel-comed Robert Lee to the position during Assembly in the Schlesinger Theatre. The Rector congratulated Ryan on furthering the proud tradition of service to the School by

Senior Prefects and handed over the mantle to Robert. Robert attended Cordwalles Prepa-ratory School prior coming to Michael-house where he is in Founders House. He is a member of both the First XV and First Rug-by Sevens, and a stalwart of the 2nd

Cricket XI.

(Left to right) Robert Lee, Rector Greg Theron, Ryan Thompson.

TO celebrate its 110th anniversary this year, Laddsworth Primary School in Hilton has held a commemorative event of some kind each term. To mark the start of Spring and celebrate the anniversary, the school re-cently planted 11 indigenous trees along the boundary of the sports fi eld, once for each decade of the school’s history.

Grade 6 boys scatter soil onto a Waterberry/Umdoni, one of the trees that the school planted

along the boundary of the sports field.

Laddsworth pupils plant trees to commemorate 110th anniversary

The Wykeham Collegiate are delighted to announce their lead-ers for 2014. (Left to right):  Sarah Dixon (Head Day Girl),

Cebile Khuzwayo (Head of School), Renee Dijeng (Head Boarder).

TWC announces 2014 leaders

Announcement of Senior Prefect for 2014 for Michaelhouse

Supporting Bandanna Day

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THE following are the results of the SAGES – KZN Midlands competition held on 8th October at Howick Golf Club:1st 87 points  -  Anton Diemont, Bill Austin, Colin Burden, Ray Butler; 2nd 85 points  -  Dave Dalton, Claude Edwards, Clive Poulton, Geoff Wake; Most golf 73 points  -  Heinz Rencken, Bob Gawthorpe, Jack Fortune, Ivan HedgcockNearest the pin 1st and 10th  -  Tim Stent; Nearest the pin 5th and 14th  -  Gor-don Smith; Two clubs  -  Tony Shaw, Tim Stent, Colun Burden, Anton Diemont X 2.

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THE Club was re-opened yesterday after the annu-al green treatment. Due to some major work still in progress in one corner, only four rinks will be used for the next week or two. For this reason it has been necessary to cancel the Jaxx Roll for October. Our sincere apolo-gies to all who are affected.Six rinks will be prepared for the Queen’s Cup competition to be re-played on Saturday this week. A new draw for this event will take place on Thursday evening. The draws for the Open Singles and the Nominated Mixed Pairs will also be done on this week, with play set to commence on Sunday. Entrants should arrange their matches as quickly as possible. Please

check the board for the cut-off dates for each round. A marker must be used for all the singles games. The off-season social on Friday last week was a great success, and we all enjoyed being en-tertained by Vince Seale. We even managed some danc-ing, believe it or not!Thanks once again to all involved in the organisa-tion, and those who attend-ed. Here is a question on the Laws of Bowls. Look at Law 52 on page 59 of the book-let. Does this mean that skips (and others) may not “give a foot” to help their team mates to aim? Send your comments to Derick at winterhaven@sai.co.za. (No prize offered)Duties: The roster for duties will resume next week.

OUR “Chicken Day” competition was held last Wednesday. The win-ning team was Barry Bedworh, Wendy Holme and Mike Cain, lucky draw Graham Sharp, well done! Thank you to our sponsors Green-dale SPAR.Forthcoming Competition:The Moffatt Optical all day competition will be held on Sunday 20th October, any queries please phone Bernice Burden on 033-239225.Club Duties:Refreshments: 12th -18th October, John Withers.Tab Duties:16th - 22nd October,  Bernice Burden and Lyn ZadrazilSocial Bowls:Every Wednesday and Saturday, tabs in by 1:15, WhitesEvery Tuesday morning, tabs in by 8:15, casual dress. Visitors most welcome. Free coaching takes place on a regular basis. For any enquiries please contact: John Withers – 033-239 5376, Hilary Wil-liams – 033-330 3992, Barry Bedworth – 033-239 5445 or Graeme Cameron – 033-330 3457.Thanks to Hilary Williams for  the amazing work she did in our club!Forthcoming Event:  “Bowls Awareness Day”. We are holding a Fam-ily Fun Day on the 27th October at 9:00am, ev-eryone is welcome, children from the age of 10, parents, Aunties, Uncles, Grannies and Grandpas. There will be lots of fun and we will have a fi re go-ing for anyone who would like to stay for a Bring and Braai.

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DESPITE the intense heat on Friday, our members and visi-tors braved the Halfway Toyota competition. Good bowling and a delicious tea was enjoyed by all. Once again, thanks to our spon-sor for their support. Winners: Charles James, Maureen Farley and Garth Bassett; Runners-up: Barbara James, Magda De Beer and Des Petzer.FORTHCOMING COMPETITIONS: Thursday 17th October: La Piazza “tabs-in-trips”, (Dress Casual), tabs close 1.30p.m. (New Competition). Friday 25th October: Scottish Leader: “tabs-in trips” (Dress Whites), tabs close 1.30p.m. Sunday 27th October: Hilton Quarry Spar/Specsavers Mixed Fours. Visitors are always welcome to play in our

competitions.List on the Notice Board for N.I.B.A. Men’s/Women’s Open Trips, closing date being Friday 18th October. Thinking of taking up the game of bowls? New bowlers always welcome. Coaching takes place every Monday. Please contact Allan Dakers, cell: 078 445 5417 or Den-nis Lariviere, cell: 083 271 0100. Social Bowls:Tuesday morning tabs in before 8.15 a.m. (Dress casual). Thursday’s afternoon tabs in before 1.30 p.m. – (Dress - casual.)Saturday social tabs in before 1.30 pm. (Dress - Whites.) We welcome visitors and new members. Ladies Tea duty (October): Barbara Fann and team. Tab Duty: 19th October: Colleen Dakers.

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WEDNESDAY 9th October Individual Stableford:1st:  H.Donaldson  44 pts. 2nd:  G.Walter  39 pts. 3rd: D.Starling  37 pts. 4th:  P.Marais  36 pts. Nearest the Pin 1/10:  J.Viljoen. Nearest the Pin 5/14:  B.Cook. 2 Clubs: J.Viljoen,  B.Cook.Saturday 12th October Betterball Medal:1st:  L.Smit,  K.Lucas(sw)  nett 61; 2nd:  P.Hearn, J.Little  nett 62 c/o; 3rd:  G.Bye,  K.Lucas  nett 62; 4th: T.Ackerman,  C.Burden  nett 63; Nearest the Pin 1/10: M.Thomson; Nearest the Pin 5/14:   G.Griffi ths; 2 Clubs: C.Burden,   P.Hearn,  K.Lucas,  M.Thomson; Jackpot:  K.Lucas 11 pts.

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