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<strong>February</strong> 7, <strong>2019</strong><br />
READ WITH PASSION: The Grade R pupils at Happy Hours Pre-primary<br />
School learnt about ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ from school principal Tracy<br />
Lloyd at the school last Friday<br />
Pictures: ROB KNOWLES<br />
BEDS AND PORRIDGE: The junior section of Happy Hours<br />
Pre-primary also read ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ to<br />
teacher Claudette Brown on ‘World Read Aloud Day’ last Friday<br />
ART WITH FEELING: Isobella Coetzee, left, and Caleb<br />
Kieck showed off their textured artworks at Happy Hours<br />
last Friday morning<br />
CLASSIC NURSERY RHYMES: ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ was the book the<br />
little children at Happy Hours Pre-primary School read to teacher Malendi<br />
Coetzer, centre back, and teaching assistants Spokanzi Matela, left, and<br />
Cinzia Ncedani, right<br />
Port Alfred<br />
BUSINESSFORUM<br />
Steinbuild changes<br />
its name to The<br />
Building Company<br />
Steinhoff Doors and Building<br />
Materials (SteinBuild), a wholly<br />
owned subsidiary of Pepkor<br />
Holdings, is proud to announce its<br />
new name – The Building Company<br />
– effective January 28.<br />
The name change was approved<br />
by its board and parent company,<br />
Pepkor Holdings.<br />
The Building Company<br />
incorporates brands such as BUCO,<br />
Timbercity, Tiletoria and Brands 4<br />
Africa, among others. The new name<br />
more accurately reflects the<br />
company’s mission and purpose of<br />
sourcing, distributing and retailing<br />
general and specialized building<br />
materials and related services<br />
throughout southern Africa.<br />
Sharing the news of the name<br />
change, CEO Steve du Toit<br />
announced “today we usher in a new<br />
name, and a new era for our<br />
o r g a n i z at i o n … Let’s continue to<br />
grow the company under a new<br />
name, and a bright new future.<br />
Here’s to The Building Company!”<br />
Associated administrative changes<br />
will follow in due course and are<br />
expected to be completed by the end<br />
of <strong>February</strong> <strong>2019</strong>. Interested parties<br />
can learn more about the company<br />
by visiting<br />
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Catch up with what’s happening on the PA business front<br />
Are your eggs safe to eat?<br />
Feathers Farm, a local egg producer<br />
in the Southwell district with more<br />
than 70 years in the business has a<br />
dedicated food safety team that<br />
implements an intensive Food Safety<br />
Management System (FSMS).<br />
The FSMS prepares all year round for<br />
an annual audit that takes place to<br />
ensure that Feathers Farm complies to a<br />
variety of national and international<br />
legislation and standard. To date,<br />
Feathers Farm has never scored less<br />
than 95% for an audit which means that<br />
customers buying Scratch Patch free<br />
range as well as local house brands and<br />
Top Lay eggs can rest assured that their<br />
eggs are of the highest quality.<br />
About 40 policies and procedures<br />
covering every area of production, from<br />
the initial well-being of the hens right<br />
through to how the eggs are delivered<br />
to customers are implemented daily.<br />
Every step of production is monitored<br />
and recorded. More than 20 quality<br />
checks are conducted in areas such as<br />
hygiene, process control, quality<br />
control, maintenance control and finally<br />
system management.<br />
Laboratory tests of the product/water<br />
and surface swabs are outsourced to<br />
SANAS-accredited labs and done as per<br />
a detailed testing matrix. All equipment<br />
and machinery used in the process<br />
undergo stringent calibration and<br />
maintenance plans.<br />
All Feathers Farm suppliers are<br />
IT’S JUST RIGHT: Learning to read out loud on ’Read Aloud Day’<br />
last Friday, the children at Happy Hours Pre-primary School<br />
with teacher Bea Klopper read from the classical story of<br />
‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’<br />
FOOD SAFETY COMES FIRST at<br />
Feathers Farm where more eggs are<br />
collected, graded and candled, a<br />
process of shining a light through<br />
them to detect any irregularities,<br />
every day before being packed and<br />
sent to market<br />
pre-approved and have to comply to<br />
legislation, from the farm’s water<br />
source right through to the packaging<br />
used to pack the eggs. All cleaning<br />
materials and chemicals are food grade<br />
and comply to legislation.<br />
Process flow and staff management<br />
are also part of a disciplined and<br />
regulated plan at Feathers Farm and<br />
undergo annual training.<br />
The FSMS validates and verifies the<br />
entire system regularly. Any<br />
non-compliances are addressed<br />
immediately and the traceability of<br />
every egg is upheld and accurate.<br />
There are no short cuts when it<br />
comes to food safety. Major retailers,<br />
including Feathers Farm customers<br />
SECOND PLACE SWIMMERS: Port Alfred High School<br />
grade 4 pupils, from left, Ruan van der Merwe, Reece<br />
Coetzer, Kelly Legg, Lou Coetzee and Laura Averbach<br />
secured second place in the Rotary Swim-A-Thon to end<br />
Polio U13 years category held on Saturday in the school<br />
pool. They scored 78 laps while the winners El Shaddai<br />
Christian Academy scored 87<br />
Picture: SUPPLIED<br />
SPAR, Pick n Pay, Shoprite/Checkers,<br />
Food Lovers Market and Game. only<br />
allow accredited egg “pack stations” to<br />
supply their stores. The government has<br />
also been a driving force with regards<br />
to the legislation to ensure that all<br />
retailers, general dealers and small<br />
businesses practice Good Food<br />
Manufacturing and Supply standards to<br />
protect the consumer.<br />
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People bring soul to the home<br />
Over the last couple of<br />
years I have spoken about<br />
the garden, the furniture<br />
that not only has a function<br />
but also tells me a story,<br />
pictures on the wall that<br />
remind me of friends and<br />
special occasions and<br />
many more. All add to the<br />
special feeling one has when<br />
one returns home or is just<br />
enjoying the space.<br />
On Wednesday morning, I<br />
got up early and walked<br />
around the garden. It was a<br />
special time; there had been<br />
rain during the night and as<br />
the sun came up, the rays<br />
sparkled on the leaves of the<br />
trees, the sky was clear and<br />
there was a gentle breeze<br />
blowing. As I sat in one of my<br />
favourite places I felt that life<br />
couldn’t get much better.<br />
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and looks out over paradise, I<br />
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started thinking how lucky I<br />
am to be living where I do, and<br />
how much I love my home.<br />
I thought it couldn’t get<br />
much better, when I saw Judy<br />
caressing a warm cup of tea<br />
and offering to make one for<br />
me. It was then that I realised<br />
that it is the people who pass<br />
through our home that makes<br />
it so special. The people who<br />
work there, the visitors who<br />
come from far and wide and<br />
bring many and varied topics<br />
to our conversations, the<br />
friends and, most especially,<br />
J u d y.<br />
I have shared my life with<br />
her for more than 40 years and<br />
as I have told many<br />
newlyweds who visit us,<br />
as time goes by the<br />
relationship gets better<br />
and better.<br />
I attribute this not only<br />
to making a wonderful<br />
choice all those years ago,<br />
but more importantly, learning<br />
fairly early on in our marriage<br />
that the more you put into it<br />
the more you get out. Judy’s<br />
mom used to say “Cast your<br />
crumbs onto the water ... and<br />
they come back sandwiches.”<br />
I don’t mind telling you that I<br />
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I would love to hear your<br />
stories about special people<br />
who have positively influenced<br />
your life and made your home<br />
a special place to return to.<br />
You can contact me on<br />
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082-653-5643. I look forward<br />
to hearing from you.