Written in the STARS. Your PHOTOS: Potjie Kos Competition. Yummy Christmas Biscuit RECIPE..Pg 10. DRIVING TIPS For your Holiday Trip

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1 Written in the STARS Pg 16 Your PHOTOS: Potjie Kos Competition Pg 6 Yummy Christmas Biscuit RECIPE..Pg 10 DRIVING TIPS For your Holiday Trip Pg 9

2 CONTENTS 04..From the Estate Managers Desk 06..Potjie Kos Competition Photos 07..Prayer Walkers The Lord is my Shepherd 09..Road Trip - Safe Driving Tips 10..Christmas Biscuit Recipe 11..Accredited Estate / Letting Agents and Garden Services 15..Your Service Providers 16..Written in the Stars Our Southern Skies THE WILDS ESTATE Estate Office Security Access Control Gate Access Control Gate EMERGENCY / SECURITY Security all hours Notable Numbers EMERGENCIES Cell phone emergency number (Vodacom, MTN and Cell C) 112 Poison Information Centre Metro Police /6 South African Police Services RECYCLING Global Waste Greenwise Recycling Linda van Niekerk Mondi Paper Recycling Liezel Labuschagne The etrumpeter is produced especially for residents of The Wilds Estate to provide updates and useful information. It is produced by GLOVent Solutions on behalf of the Homeowners Association of The Wilds. Although every effort is taken to ensure accuracy of content, The Wilds HOA and/or the Publisher, cannot be held liable for any inaccurate information, and may not agree with all opinions expressed in this magazine. 2

3 TSHWANE MUNICIPALITY Customer Care Centre Water Electricity Power Cuts Streetlights Sewerage Global Waste Accounts Bees, Rodents, Termites Noise Control - call SAPS or Metro Police THE WILDS ESTATE CHAIRPERSONS Eagles View Sakkie Redlinghuis Falcon Crest Luis Keltentieder Gemsbok Park Daan Mitton Impala Park Norman Padoa Kingfisher Mews Casper Coetzer Kudu Park Johan Grobler Springbok Park Louis Van Rensburg Flamingo Place Charl Ingram Blue Crane Vista Wiehahn de Klerk Weavers Nest Ansophie Le Roux Oak Lane Nicoline Du Plessis Willow Way Riaan Gouws Willlow Place Andrew Wood Ibex Park Urban Construction Kiepersol Park Robert Leerbert Nyala Park Rosemary Wiesner Shingwedzi Park Terry Murphy Milestone Deric Lentz Pretoria and Mamelodi Your donations enable us to provide our service to the community at no cost. Hospice relies on individual, business, industry, fundraising events and estate planning fund to enable us to continue providing these services free of charge. If you want to donate goods to us, you can deliver it directly to our address: 18 Twig Street, Cnr Lynwood Rd & General Louis Botha drive Lynwood Glen. Or phone us and we will fetch the goods from your premises. Tel Send your Stories, Photos, Advice, Recipes Videos, Feedback Anything you want to share with your family at The Wilds to publications@glovent.co.za 3

4 From the ESTATE MANAGERS OFFICE GARDENS The flower beds and lawns in Trumpeters Loop are looking good after the rain. St Johns Garden service is really doing a great job. They are now very busy cleaning the weeds out of the flower beds. Some of the blooms are a vision to behold. CLUBHOUSE The swimming pool becomes very popular when we have lots of sunshine on warm summery days. This venue is perfect for children s swimming parties, especially when a water slide is combined with a jumping castle. The lapa s are also well used for casual braais and parties. Recently one of the Estate Agencies hosted a Potjie kos competition using a boma and the two lapa s. It turned out to be a great success with the Estate Managers enjoying a tasty meal after the judging had taken place. [See photos to follow in this emag] VOLLEY BALL COURT An insurance broker has offered to build us a volley ball court in the Clubhouse grounds. The Committee will be deciding on a suitable location. 4

5 NO DOGS ALLOWED Residents please take note that no dogs are allowed in the Clubhouse grounds. On three occasions we have found owners with their dogs in the swimming pool area and in the grounds, despite notices at the Clubhouse entrance gates. From the Estate Managers ADVERTISE in this emagazine and reach 1,450 homes in your community. Contact Nadine: Tel or 5

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7 Prayer Walkers THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I shall not want When the Lord is your shepherd He cares for you in every aspect of life. He carries you when you are tired and weak. He is your source for every need we have to live here on earth. Green pastures denote a supply of enough food; Lie down shows rest, no running around looking for something to eat. No rushing here and rushing there. He leads me beside still waters He gives us peace and calmness and quietness in this busy rushing life style of today. He brings about a special quietness in our inner being. He restores my soul Jesus frees our minds from stress, tension and especially fear. We fear we will be attacked on the road in our cars by hijackers, we fear that we will be attacked in our homes beaten and raped by thieves and gangsters. JESUS is our restorer. He leads me in paths of righteousness, for His names sake. Jesus is our righteousness. The Word of God tells us. We are the righteousness of God in Christ.. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Christ. [2 Corinthians 5:21] Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. The valley of life threatening sickness and diseases, life threatening dangers that we are in every day in this modern fast living world. We are walking through..not stopping or staying. Jesus is our light, our guide, He has given us eternal life. He is carrying us through to the other side. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies God blesses us with good things and our enemies see it and are perplexed. 7

8 Psalm 104:14 & 15 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, That He may bring forth food from the earth, And wine that makes glad the heart of man. Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man s heart. You anoint my head with oil; and my cup runs over. Our Good Shepherd God almighty supplies us with all of this because He loves us. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. This is the promise of God for us for today. Psalm 92:12-15 The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be fresh and flourishing, To declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, And there is no unrighteousness in HIM. Norman Padoa 8

9 Before you start your road trip It s that time of year and many of us will be embarking on a long road trip to reach our holiday destination. Before you leave, you may want to consider the following useful reminders on good driving habits: Following Distance It's a good idea to always keep a minimum 3 seconds gap between you and the car in front. When it's raining and/or foggy double the distance to 6 seconds no matter what speed you're doing. Smooth driving Don't rush into things. Plan ahead when driving. Make early decisions on braking and accelerating. Change gears and brake smoothly to avoid skidding. This will provide a smoother drive for yourself and your passengers while also providing less wear and tear on the vehicle and helping you save on fuel costs. Keep left unless overtaking When driving on a dual lane road always keep to the left lane. Use the right hand lane for overtaking, turning right or when road works are being carried out and there is no other choice. Indicate early Always indicate when changing lanes, 30 metres wherever practical, to advise other motorists of what you are doing. Expect the unexpected Drive with your line of sight parallel to the road not looking down onto it. By doing this you see further into the distance so you can be better prepared if there is a problem ahead. It may even mean you can avoid a crash. Stopping before the intersection Always slow down coming to an intersection especially if you are towing. Your braking distance will be greater than when you're not towing, so make sure you allow for this. Driving at night Leave a bigger gap between you and the car in front to allow for your reduced vision and reaction time. Road rage Stay relaxed and try not to let other people's driving skills or decisions worry you. If another driver makes a mistake don't get angry just concentrate on your own driving skills, behaviour and safety. If another driver is courteous towards you, then acknowledge the good deed with a wave. 9

10 Festive Recipes Decorative Christmas Biscuits This is a lovely snack for the family while relaxing with hot chocolate by the Christmas tree. METHOD Sift the flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and set aside. INGREDIENTS 1 kg Sasko Cake Flour 5 ml baking powder 5 ml table salt 250 g butter 375 g sugar 2 medium eggs 10 ml vanilla essence 100 g Safari Currants 2 medium egg whites 250 g icing sugar 5 ml lemon zest Makes about 60 biscuits This recipe is reproduced with the kind permission of In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugar and add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla essence, the flour mixture and currants and mix well until a dough forms. Cover, and place in the fridge for 10 minutes to rest. Remove the dough from the fridge, and roll out on a clean surface sprayed with non-stick spray. Press out any shapes you like using cookie cutters. Place the cookies on a baking sheet sprayed with nonstick spray and allow to rest before baking in an oven preheated to 170 ºC for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and while still hot, pierce a hole in the top of each cookie with a skewer, to thread string through later. Set aside to cool. To make the icing, combine the egg whites, icing sugar and lemon zest in a large bowl and mix well. You can add any food colouring of your choice. Spoon the mixture in to a piping bag and decorate the biscuits to your liking. Thread string through the holes, and use as delicious Christmas tree decorations. 10

11 Accredited Estate Agents REALTY AGENTS AGENT NAME ADDRESS CONTACT NUMBER LEAPFROG Soula Walker FAR PROPERTIES Andre Le Sueur (previously Property 100) Welmien Le Suer Lourette van Tonder Izelle Matthee REALTY Rehan Muller rehan@realty1moreleta.co.za F: Gawie Klue gawie@remaxinfo.co.za REMAX F: Rietha Klue rietha@remaxinfo.co.za REMAX / INFOGLOBE Marge Prinsloo marge@remaxinfo.co.za Joelle Mc Master Armand van Zyl renmor@netactive.co.za RENMOR PROPERTIES Arlene Marais renmore@netactive.co.za MORELETA PROPERTIES Jan Ackerman inn.jan@mweb.co.za Carol van der Nest carolvdnest@yahoo.com PREFORMER PROPERTIES Kobus van der Vyver kobusvdv@vodamail.com Yolandé Willemse yolande.willemse@seeff.com SEEFF PROPERTIES Dominique Lochoff dominique@seeff.com Sharon Kroon sharon.kroon@seeff.com AIDA PRETORIA EAST Hendrik van der pretoria@aidapta.co.za Merwe JUST LETTING Mary Mashao agent6.faerieglen@justpropertygrou p.co.za PAM GOLDING Anita Du Toit anita.dutoit@pamgolding.co.za REAL NET PROPERTIES Ronnie and Elaine ronnies@realnet.co.za MORELETA Smyth RED TABLE PROPERTIES Johan Potgieter johan@redtableproperties.co.za REMAX PROPERTY Erna de Bruyn ernab@remaxptaeast.co.za MERCHANTS Louis Nortje louisnortje@vodamail.co.za URBAN (PJ VAN VUUREN) Lida Bramley lidabramley@vodamail.co.za Deon van Aarde deonva@vodamail.co.za Babs Koekemoer babskoekemoer@mweb.co.za PROPERTY 100 Jan Bardenhorst janrib@telkomsa.net BIANCA PROPERTIES Vino Baum vino@biancaproperties.com FAERIE GLEN Celeste Ruck celeste.ruck@engelvoelkers.com DUNAMIS PROPERTIES Betsie Strydom betsie@dunamisproperties.com APPLE PROPERTY Ansie Jacobs ansie@applepropert.co.za CONNECTION MY ROOF Willem Louis Mong louism@myroof.co.za Drickie De Jager drickie@myroof.co.za

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13 Accredited Letting Agents REALTY AGENTS AGENT NAME ADDRESS CONTACT NUMBER LEAPFROG Soula Walker FAR PROPERTIES Andre Le Sueur (PREVIOUSLY PROPERTY 100) Welmie Le Sueur Lourette van Tonder Izelle Matthee REALTY Rehan Muller rehan@realty1moreleta.co.za F: REMAX Gawie Klue gawie@remaxinfo.co.za Rietha Klue rietha@remaxinfo.co.za Armand van Zyl renmor@netactive.co.za RENMOR PROPERTIES renmor@netactive.co.za Arlene Marais MORELETA Jan Ackerman inn.jan@mweb.co.za PROPERTIES Carol van der Nest carolvdnest@yahoo.com PERFORMER Kobus van der Vyver kobusvdv@vodamail.co.za PROPERTIES Yolandé Willemse yolande.willemse@seeff.com SEEFF PROPERTIES AIDA PRETORIA EAST JUST LETTING Dominique Lochoff Sharon Kroon Hendrik van der Merwe Ansie Schoeman dominique@seeff.com sharon.kroon@seeff.com pretoria@aidapta.co.za agent7.faerieglen@justpropertygroup. co.za PAM GOLDING Lucia Coetzee lucia.coetzee@pamgolding.co.za REAL NET PROPERTIES MORELETA RED TABLE PROPERTIES REMAX PROPERTY MERCHANTS Ronnie and Elaine Smyth ronnies@realnet.co.za Johan Potgieter johan@redtableproperties.co.za Erna de Bruyn ernadb@remaxptaeast.co.za info@remaxptaeast.co.za finance@remaxptaeast.co.za Louis Nortje louisnortje@vodamail.co.za URBAN (PJJ VAN Lida Bramley lidabramley@vodamail.co.za VUUREN) Deon van Aarde deonva@vodamail.co.za Babs Koekemoer babskoekemoer@mweb.co.za REMAX / INFOGLOBE Marge Prinsloo marge@remaxinfo.co.za PROPERTY 100 Jan Badenhorst janrib@telkomsa.net FAERIE GLEN Celeste Ruck celeste.ruck@engelkvoelkers.com PROP RENT Elizabeth Janse van Rensburg propnet@wpprok.co.za BIANCA PROPERTIES Vino Baum vino@biancaproperties.com We recommend that you use only accredited estate agents for legal sales and letting transactions in The Wilds. For THE full WILDS rules and etrumpeter guidelines go to Full estate agents details ISSUE including 12 December their listed 2014 properties can be found under the services tab. 13

14 Accredited Garden Services COMPANY NAME CONTACT ADDRESS CONTACT NUMBER MONYAMANE INDUSTRIAL Anton Ferreira SERVICES CC ST JOHNS WHOLESALE NURSERY John Brett ALDI GARDEN SERVICES Abrie Loubsher I-KHAYA GARDEN & CLEANING SERVICES Deon du Toit BEE'S GARDEN SERVICE Danie Groenewald A & J TUINDIENSTE Pierre de Beer rooibaard101@gmail.com QUINTAX 247 CC Maria Aletta van Zyl altavanzyl@telkomsa.net PH MARAIS TUINDIENSTE P.H Marais PHM.Marais@gmail.com SEAKAMELA GARDEN CONSULTANTS Albert Seakamela THE GARDEN FOLK Reneir Esterhuysen tgfolks@gmail.com CALLONUS GROUNDS SERVICES Amanda Melo service@callonus.co.za RAINDROP GARDENS Nicolaas Vreken raindrop1@mweb.co.za ALLTECH MAINTENANCE Brian Chambers THE WILDS CLASSIFIEDS FOR SALE TROJAN EXERCISE BIKE. R1500. LIKE NEW. CONTACT CHERYL 14

15 Your Service Providers CATEGORY COMPANY NAME CONTACT CONTACT NUMBERS Air-conditioners Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Alain Swart Blinds & Awnings Awnings Jacques Buys Building Contractors Ukuethemba Construction Pty Ltd Dirk Kotze and Soter Group Pty Ltd Ronelle du Toit Renovations Aviator Design Paul de Beer Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners Chem-Dry Pretoria East Rosalyn van Eck Cleaning Services Please Clean - We Clean Paving Johan Glas Damp & Water Proofing SA Damp and Coat Sandi Electrical Contractors & Services Garage Doors and Motors Insurance Ed's Electrical & Plumbing Eddie Immelman Electrical & Plumbing repairs Rita Garage Doors and Gates Barenda Automation and Security Alain Swart JM Steel Works Johan A.A.A.G.M.S. (Gate Motor Specialist) Hennie Charmaine / National Insurance Co-ordinators Shantel Interior Decorating Botselos Curtain Boutique Louisa Botes Landscaping Letitia Bruwer Landscapes Letitia Bruwer Garden Services Letitia Bruwer Garden Maintenance Letitia Bruwer Gardening Services Letlhogonolo Maintenance Wooden Door & Window Treatment Annalied AEK Appliance Repairs Danie PleaseClean Johan Glas Moving Services Truck and Driver Transport and Removals Frans Smith Painting Contractors & Services The Red paint shop - Plascon Paint Supplier Reinhard / Harald Personal Trainer Personal Trainer Marina Plumbing TPC Plumbing Sean George CJY Plumbing Joe Gullet Electrical & Plumbing repairs Rita Pool Accessories & Pool Action Quinton Gillispie Services Pool Covers Extreme Angelique/Gert Please Clean Johan Glas Sport Coaches Lifestyle Tennis Academy Danie Strydom Vets Andrew Comins & Moreleta Ridge Animal Clinic Patricia Reeve

16 W ith all the recent interest around the ground-breaking landing of Philae (a robotic landing and transmitting device) on a comet, you may find yourself looking up at the skies with wonder. Besides the breath-taking beauty of the skies on any given day, there are always exciting things happening in the heavens above us. Keep an eye out between the 13 th and 15 th of December when you may be lucky enough to see the Geminids meteor shower. It will be best viewed between 11 pm and 2am before the moon rises. Known as one of the most rewarding meteoric shows to observe, it will be worth your effort. Ideally you will want to be away from city lights in an open area which will give you a clear view and allow at least an hour to enjoy up to 50 meteors shooting past our planet! For more info including free downloads visit the Astronomical Society of South Africa at and the Johannesburg Planetarium at NATURE FEATURE Of interest too this month is our summer solstice. This will occur on December 21 and is the day with the most hours of sunlight during the whole year, marking the official start of summer. W ishing all Residents of The Wilds a Wonderful Festive Season, Safe Travels and a very Happy New Year! The Wilds HOA and the team at Glovent 16

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