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Chris Penberthy

Editorial Committee

Lieb Van Jaarsveld

Lu Penberthy

Linde McLaren

Maureen Coertzen

Jenny Hattingh

OUR FIRST ISSUEFrom the Board of Directors

a subdivision of Olivedale, founded by Mr H Messias, a Dutch diamond dealer in 1943. It is assumed that Amsterdam Street in Olivedale was named after this estate, and the new development, Amsterdam in Jakaranda Street, is obviously named after Amsterdam Street.

Before urban development, the original farm was subdivid-ed and the portion on which ORV was developed was purchased from Mr and Mrs Mathews, both now deceased.

They inherited it from Mrs Mathews mother’s sister, a Mrs Thurlow, whose husband had bought it in the early 1940s. Mrs Mathews mother came from New Zealand and her maiden name was Hamilton.

Her grave as well as the grave of her small grand child can be found in the family graveyard on our property which can still be found today in Lima Street on the right as you go past the ORV entrance, in a separate walled enclosure.

The writer was recently in con-

Welcome to the first issue of our new monthly newsletter.We intend to make it a regu-lar publication and hope you will enjoy this way of keeping you informed of news relat-ing to our village. Forthcoming events, special anniversaries, happy holidays, useful tips and delicious recipes. Any news-worthy contribution would be welcome.In this way we can get to know our fellow residents.

The Board is looking forward with great expectations to the first issue and we believe that The Olive Branch will grow into an unmissable part of our Village life to improve general communication between the Board, Management, Commit-tees and our Villagers!

In the spirit of our Memoran-dum of Incorporation, we real-ly hope that The Olive Branch

will contribute to the preserva-tion of the peace and tranquil-ity in our Village.

We sincerely thank the mem-bers of the Communication Committee for their initiative and also for their effort to ob-tain advertising income to cov-er the publishing cost!

Kind RegardsOLRV Board of Directors

Editor

Advertising

June 2017Issue 1/2017

THE HISTORY OF OUR PROPERTYA brief history of the land on which Olivedale Retirement Village was developed

tact with a son of Mrs Mathews who suggested that the Village are welcome to construct a Wall of Remembrance in the graveyard where the ashes of loved ones can be stored.

The farm was originally used as a dairy and vegetable farm. The farm Olivedale 197 IQ is a subdivision of the original Boer farm Olievenhoutspoort which covered the section including North Riding to Douglasdale.

The name Olivedale is obvi-ously is an adaptation of the original Afrikaans name.

In the 1850s four farms were settled by the Boer “invaders” in our immediate area namely Klip-fontein, Driefontein, Olieven-houts-poort and Boskop.

Olievenhoutspoort was named for the groves of wild olive trees which can still be found in rocky outcrops in the area.

More information can be found on the Olivedale Retire-ment Village website being: http://www.olivedalerv.co.za/history.html

Olivedale is a small suburb in the greater Randburg area in Johannesburg, South Africa.

As most of us oldies will re-member Randburg was a separate municipality which has now been incorporated into the Johannesburg Metro-politan Council which in turn consists of Johannesburg, Mid-rand, Randburg and Sandton.

It originated as a farm, Ol-ivedale, and the original farm-

house, along with the original farm windmill, still exists today.

The windmill now forms part of the area’s main nursery school situated at 22 Patrick street Olivedale.

To find it go past the All Saints centre down Christo street and turn right at the 1st stop street and then left into Patrick street. The windmill was used to ir-rigate the farm Amsterdam,

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WHAT IS IN A FLASH?

Four lightning strikes hit our village this summer. We may think that we are living in a lightning hotspot, and this may be true for South Africa where the most lightning activity takes place on the Highveld and lit-tle along the coast. Even so, we are very far down the list of the world’s light-ning hotspots.

At the top of the list is Lake Ma-racaibo in north-western Ven-ezuela which registers 232 lightning flashes per square kilo-metre per year.

That means that on average they have lightning almost two out of every three days! Next on the list is Kabare near Lake Victoria in the Democratic Re-public of the Congo with 205 flashes per square kilometre per year. The DRC‘s Great Lakes area boasts five of the world’s top ten lightning hot-spots.

Lightning causes both light, known as plasma, and sound, which is the thunder we hear.

The most common type of lightning, referred to as a flash, occurs between areas inside a cloud and never reaches the ground. Lightning flashes also occur between clouds.

The dangerous lightning is the cloud to ground strikes. The lower part of the cloud is usual-ly negatively charged and sends

Hi Everyone. In this column, we are going to chat about anything and everything that touches our lives.

Village life has been a great life-changing experience for most of us, but settling in and the opportunity to make new friends is a huge plus. Village life has so much to offer. We chat today about the cooler days that have crept up, with winter cold hover-ing around the next corner. Now is the time to make sure that you have done everything you can to bol-ster your immune system. Germs, bugs and dreaded lurgies are always present, but it is our body’s abil-ity to fight off these critters that keeps us healthy. It is

out invisible leaders down to-wards the earth. As the storm moves along it gathers posi-tively charged particles along the ground which send up streamers towards the cloud. When the negative charge gets close to the positively

charged ground and objects on the ground such as buildings and trees, a channel develops and we see the subse-quent electrical charge down this channel as light-ning.

If your hair stands up in a thunderstorm, you

may be sending up a streamer and it is best to get indoors as quickly as possible.

Lightning is observed in many different forms. One strange phenomenon is ball lightning. Though widely reported, for many years scientists doubted its existence until a group of Chinese scientists studying thunderstorms on the Tibet-an plateau in 2012, by sheer luck, recorded such a lightning sphere with their high speed instruments. These luminous spheres can be pea sized or up to several metres in diameter.

In South Africa between 200 and 300 people are killed by lightning every year, mostly in KwaZulu-Natal and the East-ern Cape. This figure could be higher as not all deaths are re-ported. In February 2013 four school girls from Protea Glen

Secondary in Soweto were struck by lightning on their way home. The next day, nine boys from King Edward VII School in Houghton were struck on their school’s cricket field while pulling covers over the pitch. They all survived.

The biggest disaster caused by lightning happened in 1769 in Brescia, Italy when lightning struck a church tower, passed down to the vaults below and ignited 90,000 kilogram of gunpowder stored there for safekeeping. The explosion killed 3,000 people and destroyed a sixth of the city.

In August 2016 a herd of 232 wild reindeer were struck by lightning in central Norway killing all of them.

There are many myths about light-ning. Here are a few:• Lightning never strikes in

the same place twice: It ac-tually does, and repeatedly so. On average, the Empire State Building is hit by light-ning 23 times a year.

• Iftherearenocloudsover-head you are safe: Positive

charges from the top of the clouds can cause lightning strikes 15 kilometres away from the storm.

• Therubbertyresonyourcarprotect you from lightning: It is actually the metal body of the car that conducts the lightning to the earth. Best not to touch the doors in a storm.

• Standing under a tree tokeep dry protects you: Un-der a tree is one of the most

dangerous places in a storm as the tree is likely to at-tract lightning.

• Metal at-tracts lightning: The height, pointy shape and isola-tion of an object are more indica-tive of where light-ning will strike. This explains why brick chimneys are

often struck even though there is no metal present.

A final word: if you are afraid

of lightning, you suffer from

astraphobia.

Sources:Wikipedia.Lightning. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning [Accessed: 2017-04-28]National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: National Weather Service. Lightning myths and facts. Available from: http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/myths.shtml [Accessed 2017-04-27]Geology.com.Earth’s Lightning hotspots. Available [Accessed: 2017-04-26]

In South Africa between 200

and 300 people are killed by

lightning every year

Lightning causes both light, known

as plasma, and sound, which is the thunder

we hear.

Creamy Lemon Squares

Crust:•4TblspButtermelted &

cooled•1½cupsdigestivebiscuits•¼cupsugar

Filling:•2largeeggyolks•1canSweetened Condensed Milk•½cupLemonJuice (3 lemons )

Method:Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease a square baking dish.Crush biscuits, add in sugar and butter and blend well.Press mixture into bottom of pan.Bake until lightly browned for about 8-12 minutes and cool.Whisk together egg yolks and condensed milk.Addlemonjuice&beatuntilsmooth.Pour into cooled crust and bake until set (about 15 minutes.)Chill at least 1 hour before serving. Serve with Cream.

This easy recipe is a favourite with young and old alike. Whether it is for high-tea or just a snack at the bridge table – it will always be appreciated!

always so easy to batten down the hatches and become inactive when the cold strikes. Yet it is

vitally important to the im-mune system to get out and about and thrum up that circulation. Join the

morning exercise classes, go for a stroll, visit a pal down the corridor, get moving!

Don’t forget our beautiful sunshine. As we are all aware, direct sunshine interacts on the skin to create Vitamin D. This vitamin boosts the im-mune system and allows calci-um to be absorbed . . . strong-er bones and immune system - a bonus. And what’s even better - it’s free! 15 minutes daily is all you need. Another boost to the immune system is a healthy diet.

Fruit containing Vitamin C is readily available in the Win-ter months. Nature is making sure she is keeps us healthy. Lots of green leafy vegetables, and lean protein will keep you dancing.

I know many of us balk at drinking water, but try. We can learn to do anything. Plain water, not disguised in tea, cof-fee or whiskey! Well that’s it, eat healthy, quality fluids and keep moving and you should sail through the cold days and will be ready to skip to Spring.

I would love to hear from you. Drop me a line if you wish a topic of interest to be dis-cussed.

Looking forward to our next chat.

WOW – I have finally dis-covered what’s wrong with my brain:On the left side, there is nothing right, and on the right side there is nothing left!

Monthly DeadlinesPlease note the Deadline for ALL submissions for the Olive Branch News-paper is 22nd of the month. Any submissions received after the close off date will be held over to the following issue of the newspaper.

Settling into a retirement vil-lage is a tough and sometimes daunting decision. It is one made by choice, necessity or because of a gentle nudge by one’s family, and could prob-ably be the last move you will make.

So, adjusting to life in your new environment is an important step towards settling into retire-ment. People living in the vil-lage will have the opportunity to make new friends and find new interests. You might find that you have much in com-mon with the people who are going to share your new com-munity. Organised trips to places of interest, the theatre or cinema, and in-house social events, can be most enjoy-able. Certainly a way of getting to know your fel-low residents. Make every day meaningful. Studies have shown that the best retirement plan involves ways to stay men-tally and physically healthy.

Gardening, walking, join-ing exercise classes and eat-ing healthy, are proven to be great ways to maintain general health.

GET INVOLVED – Once you have settled in, find ways to get involved in various activities. This enables you to start feeling that you are part of the com-munity and to have a sense of belonging.“You can be alone if you pre-fer, but you never have to feel alone.”

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The Health and Wellness Committee consists of resident volunteers from the Village, some of whom have Health Professional qualifications, with Lesley Fox as the chair-person.

The TLC Group is part of the Health and Wellbeing Com-mittee, and comprises volunteer Village Residents, who are willing to give up their time to visit all Residents of Olivedale Retirement Village and to check on their general well-being. The information that the Resident gives to the TLC is purely voluntary and is always kept confidential.

ThemainroleoftheH&WBandTLCommitteesistodis-cuss the following with the Resident:

Personal Medical Information:The TLC member will ask about the “Medical Wallet”. This is a plastic sleeve placed behind the BEDROOM DOOR form (using Pres-Stik® or Sellotape®) containing the fol-lowing information: • Details of family/next of kin, or people to contact in

emergencies, e.g. names and telephone numbers • All information regarding current Medical Doctors

(names, telephone numbers, addresses)• Copies of any current prescriptions, especially for

chronic medication, e.g. insulin if diabetic etc.• CopyofIdentificationDocuments• Anyotherrelevantdocuments,e.g.anyburialarrange-

ments in case of death. • AcopyofaLivingWill if relevant.Pleaseensure that

your family and doctor also has a copy of this and is aware of your wishes.

Evacuation PlanA laminated copy of the Evacuation Plan for the Resi-dent to be provided by the Village Management. The TLC member will be able to provide this once they have been updated, showing where to assemble in case of fire or other emergency. A TLC member will tell you how to find this area.

Should the Resident be unable to walk unaided, or is deaf or sight-impaired, or is taking medication e.g. to assist sleep, a red sticker must be placed at the window of the resident, facing onto the passage of the apartments. This is for identification during an emergency that the resident requires assistance. Your TLC Member will also enquire about this when visiting you. This applies to Apartment Residents only.

Panic ButtonAll residents must be in possession of a Panic Button, is-sued by the Village Management. The TLC member will ensure that you have this, and know how to use it. These

MUST be regularly tested with Frail Care and Security to ensure that the batteries are not flat and they are always in working order.

Dining habits: To ascertain if they dine in the dining room, have

deliveries to, or have “take away” meals in their units. Residents are encouraged to dine in the dining hall if possible, as this encourages exercise getting to the dining room and meeting people!

Exercise: Residents are encouraged to take up a little gentle exercise if possible. There are regular Exercise Classes and Dancing provided in the Village Hall. Alternatively, there are aqua-aerobic classes held 3 times weekly (Mondays, Wednes-days and Fridays) in the heated pool in the Gym across the road at a very reasonable price. These are lead by Lesley at 11:00 (Unit 23, Ext. 5043), or led by a qualified Trainer from the Swim School at 08:00. The Membership fee for these classes also provides access to the gym for any other gym classes, and use of the gym equipment if desired. There is also a social walk in the Village lead by Harvey (Unit 36, Ext. 5036) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 16:00 leaving from outside the Frail Care Entrance in the Car Park.

Social Activities: The TLC Group member will also enquire if the Resident takes part in any of the Social Activities that are available in the Village. The activities include Bridge, Scrabble, Bingo, Dancing, Rummicub and Arts and Crafts classes. Also, the TLC Group member also checks if the Resident is able to visit friends and family, or if they receive visits from family and friends.

Spare Key at Frail Care Unit:A spare set of front door keys is required to be placed in the Frail Care Unit. These will be used in case of emergen-cy only and are kept under lock and key. If the Resident is unwilling to place a key in the care of the Frail Care Unit, an Indemnity must be signed and given to the General Manager. (The TLC Volunteers can provide these forms upon request). Finally, the function of the Health & Well-Being Commit-tee, and its team of volunteers is here to keep you happy and healthy! We would love to have a Community living in harmony. Should you wish to be a volunteer, please contact Lesley on Ext. 5043.

HEALTHWELLNESS

A Special RequestThe Ladies of the Craft Club are appealing for donations of wool, or funds to purchase wool. All colours and thickness will be ap-preciated. The craft ladies are hard at work making blankets and Winter woolies for charity. Chil-dren from infants to teens.

If you can help, kindly contact Lu on 5389 and she will collect.

Procurement of Services The Olivedale Retirement Vil-lage (ORV) is highly depend-ent on third parties to provide services to the Village. A Village without management services, catering services, health ser-vices and security services, etc., is unthinkable. The character of the Village is largely determined by the services provided to the Villagers. The level of satisfac-tion or dissatisfaction amongst the Villagers is also determined by the quality and nature of the services provided.

The majority of the service providers were appointed at the time of the opening of the Village three years ago. In the business world the periodic re-vision of all contracts is a good governance practice. The ORV Board has created a Procure-ment Committee with the in-struction to review all the exist-ing contracts and to enter into agreements in cases where no written agreements exist.

The Procurement Committee has developed a Way of Work-ing (WoW) document describ-ing the procurement process.The process defines the various steps as well as the roles and responsibilities of the various entities that exist in our Village community. The main objective of the WoW is to ensure that the needs and requirements of the community are adequately covered by the various service level agreements. Residents and owners have the opportunity to participate in the procurement process in more than one way, namely by:•beingamemberofthePro-

curement Committee;•being a member of one or

more of the responsible committees;

•participating in the needsidentification stage by means of inputs and propos-als to the responsible com-mittee ; and

•beingamemberof theBidEvaluation Committee re-sponsible for the selection of the successful bidder.

The various committees are responsible for the services under their control, e.g. the Health and Wellness Commit-tee is responsible for cater-ing and health services. In the WoW document it is stipulated that the responsible commit-tee has to prepare various documents for submission to the Procurement Committee. These documents form part of the Request for Quote (RFQ) document and include the specific needs of theVillage, a

list of potential service provid-ers and the names of the Bid Evaluation Committee mem-bers. The evaluation criteria are also listed and weighted.

The Procurement Commit-tee manages the procurement process and finalise the docu-mentation including the Ser-vice Level Agreement for each of the services outsourced.

The RFQ for catering was sent out in April 2017, followed by the RFQ for health services in May. Bids for catering were received from five service pro-viders on 15 May and the Bid Clarification Meetings were scheduled for a week later. The successful caterer will be selected on 6 June and the an-nouncement will follow within the following fortnight.

P R O C U R E M E N TCOMMITTEE

The Procurement Commit-tee is working according to a time table with set due dates to ensure that all the services and contracts are attended to timeously.

Some contracts had to be ex-tended due to the limited availability of resources and to spread the load on the peo-ple involved. The termination dates of the new contracts will be spread over a longer period to avoid a similar situation in future.

The Management Services Agreement with CSi has been extended to coincide with the financial year end (28 Febru-ary). The target date for the se-lection of a managing agent is early December 2017.

Those of you who shop at Woolies are no doubt aware that there is an option to sup-port your Schools and Villages whenever you use your Re-wards Card.

We have registered the Village at Woolworths for the My Vil-lage Project.

Please would you sign up for the My Villages option as Wool-

worths will donate funds to ORV every time you swipe your card. These funds will be used for the benefit of all the vil-lage residents and best of all, it costs you NOTHING.

My Village Project

The requisite forms can be

obtained from reception and

returned there after completion.

They can also be obtained from

any Woolworths store.

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12 Zero 17 Wires 19 Poaches 20 Sheer, triangular scarf 21 Frauds 24 Greenwich Mean Time 25 Brims (2 wds.) 27 Tangle 28 Watched secretely 30 Chopped 31 Eastern Time 32 Mined metals 34 Thai 35 Choose 36 Wager 37 Lather 38 Canned chili brand 41 Unwanted plant 42 Small town 44 Ancient Indian 46 Native ruler in Asia 49 Catholic worship service 51 Offence 52 Distress call 54 Street abbr. 55 Tax agency 57 Alaska (abbr.) 59 Club 61 By way of 63 Cede 65 Sr.'s son 66 Her 68 Northeast 69 Eastern religion 71 Sodium (abbr.) 72 Thirst quencher 73 Sweet melon

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100 Partial 101 Leaf bud 103 Domestic dog 104 Insolent 106 Govern 108 Famous cookies 109 Mountain Time 111 Snake like fish 114 Economics abrv. 115 Brand of non-stick spray 116 Au revoir 118 Horror 121 Inclined 122 Composes psalms 124 Pinch 126 Bridle 128 Dubs 129 Old show 131 Forms flower calyx 132 Czar 133 Refers 134 Erase

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1 Universe 2 Flat mountains 3 Can metal 4 Tails 5 Glean 7 Pound (abbr.) 8 Cat's nemesis 9 White-flowered plant

10 Alternative (abbr.) 11 State of being 12 Quote 13 Type of tea 14 Doctoral degree 15 Largeness 16 Relaxed 18 Rift 20 Truth 22 Fake chocolate 23 Ocean 25 Haunch 26 Painter Richard 29 Records 30 Belief 33 Small bunch of flowers 36 Bestow 39 Teacher's assistant, for short 40 Popular appliance brand 43 African antelope 44 Island 45 Head motion 47 Wall plant 48 Tack 49 Cc 50 Infant 53 Cleaner brand 56 Priestly Hindu cast member 58 Type of shorts 60 Void 61 Priest

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tribe 83 Abstains from food 84 Type of partnership 85 Compass point 87 Brim 88 X 89 Blasphemed 91 Turks 93 Annoyances 94 Tonal 96 Teachable 97 Mountain lions 99 Physician’s assistant

100 Charleston locale 102 Run away and marry 103 Plotted out 105 Baseball player 107 Main course 109 Long 110 Drunk 112 Before, poetically 113 Optical device 116 Ammunition 117 Follow a regimen 119 Did well 120 Fool 123 Lick 124 Pay 125 Play on words 127 Bad (prefix) 129 Registered nurse 130 North Dakota (abbr.)

ACROSS1 Flying machine6 Card game12 Zero17 Wires19 Poaches20 Sheer, triangular scarf21 Frauds24 Greenwich Mean Time25 Brims (2 wds.)27 Tangle28 Watched secretely30 Chopped31 Eastern Time32 Mined metals34 Thai35 Choose36 Wager37 Lather38 Canned chili brand41 Unwanted plant42 Small town44 Ancient Indian46 Native ruler in Asia49 Catholic worship service51 Offence

52 Distress call54 Street abbr.55 Tax agency57 Alaska (abbr.)59 Club61 By way of63 Cede65 Sr.’s son66 Her68 Northeast69 Eastern religion71 Sodium (abbr.)72 Thirst quencher73 Sweet melon74 Die75 Bask in76 Stretch to make do77 North Carolina (abbr.)79 Files80 Zinc (abbr.)81 Untalkative82 Nickel (abbr.)83 Ankle biting insects86 Decay87 Oxidizes90 Book of Samuel abbr.91 Cereal

92 Teaspoon (abbr.)94 Relation95 Ram’s mate97 Posttraumatic stress disorder98 Flow out slowly100 Partial101 Leaf bud103 Domestic dog104 Insolent106 Govern108 Famous cookies109 Mountain Time111 Snake like fish114 Economics abrv.115 Brand of non-stick spray116 Au revoir118 Horror121 Inclined122 Composes psalms124 Pinch126 Bridle128 Dubs129 Old show131 Forms flower calyx132 Czar133 Refers134 Erase

DOWN1 Universe2 Flat mountains3 Can metal4 Tails5 Glean7 Pound (abbr.)8 Cat’s nemesis9 White-flowered plant10 Alternative (abbr.)11 State of being12 Quote13 Type of tea14 Doctoral degree15 Largeness16 Relaxed18 Rift20 Truth22 Fake chocolate23 Ocean25 Haunch26 Painter Richard29 Records30 Belief33 Small bunch of flowers36 Bestow39 Teacher’s assistant,

for short40 Popular appliance brand43 African antelope44 Island45 Head motion47 Wall plant48 Tack49 Cc50 Infant53 Cleaner brand56 Priestly Hindu cast member58 Type of shorts60 Void61 Priest62 Get accustomed64 Nets65 Son67 Compass point69 That woman70 Ship initials72 Dickens’Tiny __78 Tigers80 Member of an Ari-zona Indiantribe83 Abstains from food84 Type of partnership85 Compass point87 Brim88 X89 Blasphemed91 Turks93 Annoyances94 Tonal96 Teachable97 Mountain lions99 Physician’s assistant100 Charleston locale102 Run away and marry103 Plotted out105 Baseball player107 Main course109 Long110 Drunk112 Before, poetically113 Optical device116 Ammunition117 Follow a regimen119 Did well120 Fool123 Lick124 Pay125 Play on words127 Bad (prefix)129 Registered nurse130 North Dakota (abbr.)

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German submarines3 U.S. President at the

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9 U.S. President at the end of World War II

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13 The battle that took place near this island ended Japanese east-ward expansion

14 German general in charge of the African offensive

15 The location of D-Day

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7 Before entering the war, this bill allowed the United States to share supplies with the Allies (2 wds.)

8 First Japanese city to be hit by a U.S. atomic bomb

10 First country to be invaded by Germany which officially began the war

11 Axis power in south-ern Europe that sur-rendered to the Allies in 1943

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10 First country to be invaded by Germany which officially began the war

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TEA PARTYHigh Five to the Garden Committee! The Autumn Tea Party and talk organised by the Garden Com-mittee was a resounding suc-cess. Everyone who attended was spoiled by receiving a gift as well as enjoying a sumptu-ous plate of eats and tea. ThetalkpresentedbyEfekto&MayFord Seeds (Pty) Ltd. was very interesting and insightful. Sonja from Efekto promised to visit us again to discuss garden and pest related issues. The Garden Committee will advise the village when these free talks will take place.

Some of the gifts from Efekto / MayFord Seeds

(Pty) Ltd.

Congratulations to Veronica Flooks from 122 who won the Hamper raffle.

Phone Lieb on 0829034529 or 0105965384 or phone Tish on 0829035746or mail Lieb on: vahomes@mweb.co.za

For Featherbrooke Retirement Village please phone Lilianne on 082 854 4466 orEmail: Lilianne@mweb.co.za

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Sectional Title explainedBy the Infrastructure & Aesthetics Committee

Not having lived in a Section-al Title development before, many of us had to learn fast just what this entails and how very different it is from owning your own free-standing, full ti-tle home. So what makes sec-tional title ownership different, you may ask? Here are a few pointers:• Inasectionaltitledevelop-

ments such as ours there is a whole set of Acts that do not apply to full title own-ership. These are the Sec-tional Titles Act (Act 95 of 1986), and the Sectional Title Schemes Manage-ment Act (8 of 2011)and the Community Schemes Ombud Service Act (9 0f 2011). Each act further has a set of Regulations that spell out more detailed re-quirements. Though the last two acts were approved by parliament in 2011, it took years to finalise their regu-lations and they were only signed into law by the Presi-dent on 7 October last year.

• Because we are registeredas a retirement village, an additional act and its regula-tions apply to ORV namely, the Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons Act (Act 65 of 1988). This act states that only a retired person and their spouse may live in a unit in a re-tirement village, unless the body corporate, that is all the home owners,(or in our case the HOA),give permis-sion for another person over 50 years old to live here.

• Although we refer to ourhomes as units, in sectional title language a unit consists of a section (your house or apartment) and an undi-vided share of the common property. The common property is that part of the village that is used by all of us such as the roads, gar-dens, passages, stairs, lifts and the facilities in the main building such as reception and the offices, the library, the hall and so on. It also in-cludes areas used by service suppliers such as the dining room, kitchen, frail care, hairdresser and the like.

• The common property be-longs to all of us together, therefore an individual sec-tion owner cannot make any changes to it, as it does not belong only to them and they have no right to al-ter common property with-out permission. Here it is important to note that, for practical purposes, a home

owner only owns the in-side of their section and not the outside of the building, the fenced garden, walled courtyard, passage or even the driveway in front of the garage.

• Because our sections areour homes, we may want to add to and change them to make them more suitable to our particular needs, more attractive, or more conveni-ent. The HOA appreciates this need, but at the same time, the architectural and design integrity of our vil-lage, its common areas and its buildings need to be preserved. Owners there-fore, cannot make whatever changes that they want, as the village will then begin to look patchy and untidy.

• TheHOAhas twocommit-tees that look after the com-mon areas. They are the Garden Committee and the Infrastructure and Aesthetics

Committee. While the Gar-den Committee looks after the common area gardens, it is the responsibility of the Infrastructure and Aesthet-ics committee to maintain the building exteriors, roads, embankments, and pretty much everything tangible that makes the village work, except for security equip-ment.

• Should you be uncertainabout any changes you may want to make, it is best to submit an application as changes not approved, may have to be removed and the section restored to its origi-nal condition at the owner’s cost.

Let us all help to keep our village looking its very

best.

If you plan to make any change to the outside of your section, an application first needs to be submitted to and approved by the Infrastructure and Aesthetics Committee before any work commences.

This will include all changes and additions to the structure such as adding patio blinds, carports, security gates, air conditioning, extra louvre awnings, skylights, antennae, removing privacy walls, and more.

An application also needs to be submitted if permanent changes to the garden or courtyard area are to be made such as extending or lifting paving, installing water tanks and building permanent structures in the garden such as flower boxes, retaining walls, ponds and water features.

These applications are considered both on their aesthetic impact and the pos-sible problems that they may cause, such as affecting drainage or weakening other structures.

Changes to the gardens need to be approved by the Garden Committee by sub-mitting a garden plan. They will make sure that we do not plant something that will become a problem in the future. Roots may interfere with the underground conduit and drains, lift paving, or crack walls when trees grow big. Leaves may block gutters or litter your neighbours’ section.

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Only available to residents of the Village

One-Liners – what you have, what you do and what you want for it. This is a free adver-tising service for all our ORV family. Contact the Communi-cations Committee.

Reduced DSTVDid you know that Villagers are able to get DSTV at a reduced rate? If you are interested in finding out more about this of-fer, kindly contact Val Pearse of the entertainment committee on extension 5144 for more information or to sign up.

Feral catsAnother request has been made by CSi Management and the ORV Board that the feral cats and kittens wandering around the village should NOT be fed as they can be danger-ous.

A gentle reminder . . .To our readers and their guests – a gentle reminder that the speed limit in the village is 15 kph and pedestrians ALWAYS have the right of way. Remem-ber residents, if your guest(s) are caught speeding – YOU will be the one who pays the fine !

Heads UpPlease note that we still have watering restrictions. No wa-tering with irrigation or hoses between the hours of 8AM and 4PM. You may water with watering cans between those

The Village to Lanseria

AIRPORTSHUTTLE

SORRY – NO SHORT TRIPS

I am able to o�er the residents of Olivedale Retirement Village an Airport Shuttle Service between the Village and

either Lanseria or OR Tambo.

Bookings need to be made at least 36 hours

in advance. To make bookings,

contact Alan at Unit 61 (5126) or

083 260 9616.

R375.00The Village to ORTA

R425.00

Solution:

C O P T E R O L D M A I D C I P H E R O L I N E S B O I L S F I C H U E S C A N D A L S G M T H A T E D G E S M A T S P I E D O D I C E D E S T O R E S T A I S O P T A N T E S O A P S T A G G W E E D

B U R G I N C A E M I R M A S S N S I N S O S P A V E I R S B A K G U I L D V I A Y I E L D J R S H E N E H I N D U N A T E A C A S A B A D E C E A S E R E L I S H E K E N C R A S P S Z N M U M N I F L E A S R O T R U S T S S A T O A T T S P L K I N E W E N

P T S D S E E P S E M I N O D E M U T T S A U C Y R U L E A M O S M S T M E E L E C O N P A M A D I O S P D R E A D A P T P S A L M I S T N I P E N C U M B E R E N A M E S R E R U N S E P A L E D E S P O T I N T E N D S D E L E T E

World War II Facts Solution:

U B O A T S R O O S E V E L T C L T H I P A U T L E L H I T L E R Z E A I I C K N T R U M A N R H R D L O I E L H P S I L

U N I T E D N A T I O N S H T L G A R L M I D W A Y

S B A M L R O M M E L O N O R M A N D Y

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Smalls, Notices and Classifiedstimes. Before or after the re-stricted times, you may use any form of watering. Remember, It’s also good to let your grass rest in the Winter months, so you can go easy on the water-ing and fertilizing.

Compliments & Complaints Reminder

A reminder to All residents that any complaints what-so-ever can be noted in a book that is held at reception. ALL complaints will be escalated to the parties concerned. If the problem cannot be sorted out by the various committees, the board and eventually the CSi lawyers will be called upon to resolve the issue. Problems cannot be attended to if they are not brought to the atten-tion of those concerned.Do not forget to note your compliments as well!

ChuckleSeeing her friend Sally wearing a new locket, Meg asks if there is a memento of sorts inside it. Yes replies Sally, it’s a lock of my Larry’s hair. But Larry is still alive says Meg. I know, but his hair isn’t.

Quote of the Month

If you come to the table with a problem, you are a nuisance. If you come to the table with a problem and solutions, you are a

contributor. – True Fantus

Contributions by Residents . . .We request that you our residents submit articles that we can incorporate into the newsletter. Preferably about village life but we will accept any well written article on just about any interesting subject. Bear in mind that the committee reserves the right to reject any articles that are not up to standard – our guideline will always be:

“If it’s rubbish – we won’t publish”

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