; tHIS IS THE NEW ONE. FREE Sedgefield6500 COPIES EVERY Knysna FORTNIGHT Wilderness George P O BOX 1424 SEDGEFIELD 6573 The Edge Building, 63 Main Road TEL: 044 343 2415 FAX: 086 695 8936 CELL: 072 516 4701 Email: [email protected] THE Issue 527 www.edgenews.co.za 29 November 2017 OUR VERY OWN MISS UNIVERSE! Approximately seven informal structures recently on Friday, 8 September burnt YES, IT’S TRUE - THERE’S A NEW MISS UNIVERSE, AND IT’S SEDGEFIELD’S DEMI-LEIGH down in Beverly Hills. Sadly, a week later (14 September) another fire, this time in Slange Park raised a further 24 informal structures. Monday morning saw locals waking up to the exhilarating First featured in The news that our ex Sedge EDGE when she was Primary head girl, Demi- at Laerskool Sedgefield Leigh Nel-Peters, had been Primary, now making crowned Miss Universe! headlines all over the world. Many stayed up until the wee Sedgefield could not hours of Monday 27 November be prouder of to watch TV coverage of the Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters. glamourous pageant, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, and there was no shortage of tears when the beautiful Miss South Africa was crowned by the 2016 Miss Universe Iris Mittenaere. This Demi sharing her life-changing victory with Sedgefield parents ended South Africa's 39-year Anne-Marie and Johan. wait to claim this prestigious title. According to reports of the event, Demi impressed the judges with her self confidence and her determined stance on g e n d e r e q u a l i t y. W h e n addressing the panel, the twenty two year old raised issues regarding equal pay and conquering one's fears: engen “Women earn 75% of what men earn doing the same thing. I believe in equal pay for equal work. As Miss Universe, you have to be confident in who you are. Miss Universe has to overcome her fears and teach others to do the same. And nothing is ever too much to ask for. That is exactly who I am,” she said. The moment she claimed the crown was an emotionally- charged celebration for both Demi and the cheering crowd. Clearly, she had won over the audience in Nevada, who erupted when South Africa was declared the winner, leaving Colombia's Laura Gonzalez, and Jamaica's Davina Benett to take the runners up positions. Demi later tweeted “South Africa, thank you for support and love throughout my Miss Universe journey. I may be the new Miss Universe but I will always be your Miss South Africa - we did it!” We caught up with Demi’s mother, Anne-Marie, later in the Business cards and flyers, booklets day. She and husband Johan were at the pageant in Las Vegas, and brochures, labels and posters. and understandably still Black and white and colour. bubbling with excitement. Why not call us for a quote or email “It really is a fairytale,” said [email protected] Anne-Marie, “Our little bare- foot girl from Sedgefield has the If it’s short run we do it here, if it’s bulk we get it done for you. universe at her feet!” She told us that shortly after the crowning Demi had been whisked off to New York, where she will be based for the next year. “We are so proud and grateful - this was Demi’s set goal, and she for R220 or R320 achieved it!” EEVVEERRYYOONNEE wants a Bookings for advertisements in Sedgefield’s 2018 prime business piece of the pie.... directory are now open. ... which makes it Where to find it in that much more important to ensure your Loved by locals for the last 19 years Please phone 044 343 2415 or email business gets [email protected] to make sure you get a decent slice! the biggest bite! IN FULL COLOUR To be honest, I don't think many of us can remember much about “This is AWESOME!” I shouted our LBB ('Life Before Bob') above Lucky, still generous with my capitals and wolfing down a ow was your 'Black Actually, for me that's not Friday'? second slice in what would have surprising, because at the been record time if Guinness's H moment, apart from Bob's Christmas Cake Wolfing fantastic fall from Grace, I can't Mine was very, very BLACK. adjudicators had been around to even remember what happened witness, “the Bakery?” A dark, dangerous, blinding in the three days leading up to “It is, isn't it,” she answered, black. Black Friday….. probably my first question in hindsight, “I think it's the A thumping black. Except Mrs Ed baked a Christmas cake…. Or was it brandy.” A migraine black. five? “Can I have some more?” I bellowed, suddenly ravenous, But then it was also a green too. Yes. Mrs Ed baked. A cake, of the and somehow fixated on A nauseous green. Christmas variety. I distinctly fruitcake. Worthy of celebration? Yes! In remember that part because, Am I not making any sense? bucket-loads! well, I ate it. Willingly. I kid you Allegedly Mrs Ed cooked three The Hip Hop Granny Funny, you're certainly not the not! more cakes over the course of the first person to say that. Perhaps I Tra-li, Tra – la, pom pom! next twelve hours. Also by Melanie had better explain myself. Now I totally get it that non- Yes I agree. That IS totally allegedly, I ate two and a half of Baumeister bizarre. Because, as many of you them. And because it felt like the On Black Friday, rather than Zimboes might not fully grasp know, unless there's a building right thing to do, I washed them In July this year, the awaking with the need to rush the level of euphoria going on as project on that needs extra heavy down with a bottle and a half of K n y s n a R u n n i n g out and shop for fantastic, once a direct result of this sudden duty re-enforcement, Mrs Ed Captain Bellamy's Deluxe Club hosted a fun run in a lifetime, you'd be mad if you Bobexit. It's not like he's paying simply does not bake. It's not in Cooking Brandy. Probably a during the Oyster didn't bargains, I found myself back the money or anything (and her nature. Thank goodness. good thing – because if she'd put Festival to help Mable cursed with a headache. A believe you-me – it's more than a Because nature couldn't handle it in the cake mix I probably Heckler buy a hip H E A D A C H E o f E P I C few bob that he's nicked in the 37 her baking. It simply doesn't would have felt so much r e p l a c e m e n t proportions. Anyone who has years) , nor is his successor biodegrade at all. And grass worse….. prosthesis. ever entered a headbutting anyone that ANYONE would won't grow in a 5metre radius competition with a low-flying like to have around for dinner, Mable with Stefan and Talita Fourie. around where it's buried. (We ….. when I awoke on Black Mable is a 62 year old house-brick will know the sort of unless 'Poke Your Guest in the have had a few whackos coming Friday. It was INDEED black. lady with a heart of gold - a gentle soul who long desired to be free Grand-Daddy of all Grand Eye With a Sharp Stick' was on round to our garden to inspect the BLACKER than black. of the limitation imposed upon her by the debilitating need for a Daddies agony I am talking the menu as an entree. new hip. She had been on the Provincial Hospital waiting list for alien crop circles). I stayed in bed, groaning. about. So why on earth has there been 7 years. No longer! Thanks to the fund raising efforts, Mable had But somehow this was different. her hip replacement at the George Provincial Hospital on 25 And the reason for the severe so much dancing in the streets, Later in the day Mrs Ed tried to Perhaps the fourth celebratory October 2017. Knysna Running Club raised R20 000 towards the bout of brain-ache? singing of joyful songs and cheer me up by replicating her general WHOOP! WHOOP!s all bottle of Crème de Menthe she baking prowess of the previous costs of the procedure and Mabel is now very happily moving Well, after careful research, I do round? s w i l l e d d o w n s o m e h o w day… but though she swears she freely and walking without pain. believe it was the Christmas unlocked her 'inner chef', and used exactly the same method cake I ate during the week of Well I think it's simply the bound and gagged her 'inner and ingredients (other than A huge, 'thank you', to all the running enthusiasts who celebration Mrs Ed and I CHANGE* (* You may have poisoner', because she actually Captain Bellamy's Juice of all contributed and made such a big difference in Mable's life. recently embarked on. noticed that I have used a fair MADE A CAKE …. And, even that is Evil) the smouldering number of capitals in this more remarkable, it was nice. carbon brick that came out our closed its door, and somehow I didn't answer.