Hats On, It's Spring

It was a happy spring day on Saturday for the club as well as for the Sligcher family in London, with the birth of their second granddaughter.

     Mother and child are doing well, Jankees reports.
     Jankees and Judy's daughter, Genevieve, gave birth to Juniper May Jamieson on 28 August. She weighed in at a sizeable 4.3kg.

Judy and Genevieve with Juniper Mae

If Jankees was DG then he must be holding DGG Juniper so proudly - District
 Governor Granddaughter!

     We had our own fun at our Spring Day fellowship event at the Nagy home in Craighall Park on Saturday.
     Here are the photographs to prove it.

Myself, Julian and Ronnie Kasrils

Linda, Graham, myself and Julian all wore hats (and drank wine)

Ian Widdop shares a laugh with Michael and Felicity Kasango and Dad Paul

Amina Frense, Ronnie Kasrils, Jeanne James-Smith and Debby Nagy make a colourful gang. Ronnie's cap comes from his recent book launch trip to Ireland

Steve du Plessis, Debbie van Vuuren, Joan Donet and Henk van Buuren in their Spring hats

Debbie and Henk's boy Christiaan shares a table with Michael and Felicity Kasango

Hats off! Ian and Linda share a laugh

There's Ian again. He had to leave early, leaving Julian wandering around the garden holding his glass up to anybody who passed by and saying "Nazdarovya" to one and all

It was Julian's idea to have a party at their home and our gracious hosts pulled out all the stops

Jeanne James-Smith, Carol Stier and Debby Nagy in their Spring hats

Julian, Jenine, Steve, Paul and Joan enjoy the sunshine

The weather treated us kindly and it remained warm even after dark. Peter James-Smith, Julian, Jeanne and Steve share a table. Above are Greg and Debbie Smith with Joan and Carol

The Nagy garden was a feast for the eyes and it was great to be able to sit out on the lawn under the trees

There she is! The photographer often misses out on being in the photo's. Here Jenine Coetzer shares a laugh with Debbie de Vries

Debbie Smith in her red cowboy hat

Carol Stier in a jolly mood

Comrades in Arms: Val Morris of Books in Homes, who was here for the Jozi Book Fair, shares a smile with Ronnie Kasrils and Frayne Mathijs

Another gathering on the wall ... Linda, Graham and I, this time with Nick Stier

Jeanne and Peter James-Smith are always welcome back at New Dawn

    Once again thanks to Julian and Debby Nagy for the effort you put into make it such a successful evening. It gives everyone a chance to catch up and there were even a few conversations about Rotary business to be heard during the evening.
     There's of course always Rotary work to be done and this weekend it was the Jozi Book Fair that kept especially Frayne Mathijs busy.

Val Morris, Frayne and Linda at the Jozi Book Fair stall

     This was the 10th annual Jozi Book Fair and. as in the past few years, it was held at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, opposite the Market Theatre.
     Not many club members could take the time off to pay Frayne a visit, but a few of us did manage to go.
     New Dawn shares a stall with Books in Homes, a project now being run by the Penreach NGO of Nelspruit/Mbombela. Frayne took down scores of contact details of people who are interested in books from the Humanitarian Centre, but also from some who were interested in learning more about Rotary and our club.
     A Bonus this year was that two of the Rotaract members joined Frayne and Val at the fair and helped out a bit at the stall.

Leon Louw of the Free Market Foundation

Speaker
     The speaker this week is Leon Louw, who will be speaking on the topic of Land Review - a Radical View.
     He is well known for his radical views. He is the executive director and co-founder of the Free Market Foundation of Southern Africa, a reckoned think-tank that rates amongst the most influential in the world.
     Leon, an attorney by training, is also an author, media pundit and policy advisor.
     A Thought for the Week: Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill (1874-1965)