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YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS • AUG/SEP 2015 • VOL 20 ISSUE 4
Violet Day Yarning Group
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Ward Councillors
Port Adelaide Enfield Council comprises a Mayor and 17 Councillors, distributed around seven wards that take in the whole of the City. These are your representatives, your voice in Council on matters that concern you in your area, and they are the people who make the policy decisions that guide the Council’s administration in its daily work. If you have any concerns that should be brought to the attention of Council, please contact one of the Elected Members in your Ward.
MayorGary Johanson • T 8405 6965 [email protected]
Northfield WardCr Mark Basham JP • M 0418 809 364 [email protected] Anne-Marie Hubycz • M 0421 173 339 [email protected] Matt Osborn • M 0416 336 934 [email protected]
Klemzig WardCr Tony Barca • M 0418 891 321 [email protected] Paul Russell • M 0407 500 881 [email protected]
Enfield WardCr Michael Iammarrone JP M 0421 329 153 [email protected] Carol Martin JP • M 0417 828 195 [email protected] Peter McKay JP • T 8262 3387 [email protected]
Parks WardCr John Croci • M 0417 817 957 [email protected] Kim Dinh • M 0410 729 255 [email protected] Guy Wilcock • M 0430 199 246 [email protected]
Port Adelaide WardCr Claire Boan • M 0426 815 021 [email protected] Ray Guscott • T 8449 5618 [email protected]
Semaphore WardCr Michelle Hogan • M 0401 125 956 [email protected] Helen Wright • M 0439 485 737 [email protected]
Outer Harbor WardCr Peter Jamieson • T 8248 3133 [email protected] Vanessa McCluskey • M 0427 480 790 [email protected]
© City of Port Adelaide Enfield; Journalist: Nigel Hopkins; Photography: Council Staff
Front cover: Poet Geoff Goodfellow poses for artist Bill Cook in front of portrait of Stef Kourakis.
Key Decisions
Mayor’s Message
Meeting held 12 May:
• Mayor presents ATSI Scholarship Award to recipients Susie Dixon and Nicolas Reid.
• Council endorses the administration to submit a National Stronger Regions Fund Grant (NSRF) application for $5 million to build library and community facilities at the Parks.
• Council approves that Regent Gardens Reserve be renamed the Harry Wierda Reserve.
Meeting held 9 June:
• Council thanks and acknowledges the outstanding contribution of Mr Wally Iasiello over the last 22 months as Acting City Manager.
• Council nominates Mayor Gary Johanson to the Local Government Association to be considered for role of LGA-nominated Director to the Statewide Superannuation Pty Ltd Board.
• Council to write to the Minister of Transport seeking investigation and implementation of a public transport route with more direct links to key employment, business and recreational centres in the Northern Adelaide suburbs.
• Mayor Gary Johanson and the mayors of the Town of Gawler, City of Playford and the City of Salisbury confirm support for public transport service and request all four Councils jointly discuss, support and lobby the Minister for Transport to achieve best outcome for service.
In this issue of Pen2Paper I have the pleasure of welcoming our new CEO Mark Withers, who is making a most welcome return to Port Adelaide Enfield Council as he continues a distinguished career in local government.Mark comes to us following his previous role as CEO of the City of Charles Sturt, which gives him a particularly strong insight into both the challenges and enormous opportunities facing our region as a whole and will enable us to work even more productively with our neighbours.The City of Port Adelaide Enfield has partnered with the cities of Playford and Salisbury in creating the northern economic zone, and with the cities of Charles Sturt, West Torrens and Holdfast Bay in the western economic alliance.
These are extremely important strategic alliances given the impending closure of Holden and the continued uncertainty about the future of naval shipbuilding at Osborne.Despite this, with the full support of the South Australian Government and the business sector, we believe we are now looking at a new surge of economic activity and development, and in Mark we have a CEO who can provide the necessary vision and strategic leadership to take our city to a new level.As well as engaging and developing our dedicated staff, and managing Council’s diverse operations, we are looking to being a regional leader in local government.Mark will be leading a Council whose Elected Members have shown outstanding levels of commitment and activity, making it one of the nation’s most respected councils in terms of its commitment to its ratepayers.But you, our ratepayers, also have an important role to play. I encourage all of you to take an interest in how our city and community grows and prospers, particularly opportunities you may see around job creation. I want your voices to be heard, your ideas to be considered, and I invite you to share them with either myself or my fellow Councillors so we can follow them up.
Your Elected Members meet every month to discuss a range of matters related to community life. Meetings are open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend. Here are just some of the key decisions made at recent meetings.
Mayor Gary Johanson
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Meet your Councillors from Outer Harbor Ward
Cr Peter Jamieson
Cr Peter Jamieson has lived his whole life on the peninsula, including in Ethelton, Semaphore, Osborne and now North Haven. He has been an Outer Harbour Ward councillor since 2003 and for
many years has represented the metropolitan Councils on the SA Local Government Association Board. He is currently a Laboratory Manger working for the Department of Education and Child Development, having previously worked for the SA Brewing Company for close to 40 years. Passionate about the environment, he is a member of the Metro Seaside Council Committee and Western Region Climate Adaptation Committee. He loves the open space and natural areas in the Outer Harbor Ward, including the Mutton Cove Conservation Reserve, and is particularly interested in ensuring that it is preserved for the enjoyment of future generations. Peter is an active Surf Life Saver at the North Haven Surf Lifesaving Club and believes the marinas and the magnificent Norfolk Pines down Lady Gowrie Drive contribute to the unique character of the ward. Cr Jamieson is also excited about the recent opening of the new container berth cranes at Outer Harbor, seeing this development as a significant opportunity in terms of the economy of the region and the state.
Cr McCluskey is a newly-elected member of Council, joining at the 2014 election. She is a member of the Australian Local Government Women’s Association (ALGWA) and Board
member of Our Lady of the Visitation School, Taperoo. Cr McCluskey has lived in North Haven for 20 years and has a son and a daughter, aged 9 and 7, who attend school locally. Cr McCluskey loves the strong sense of community spirit and pride within our beautiful Peninsula. A highlight of her time so far has been meeting passionate members of the community who selflessly volunteer their time to sporting clubs and community groups, making a real difference to others and to the environment. Vanessa recognizes the Outer Harbor Ward is a unique area, surrounded by water, and she enjoys dolphin spotting and watching the ships come into the harbor. She is proud of the uncrowded beaches, kilometres of flat paths and many beautiful parks to enjoy on our doorstep.
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Lefevre Skate Park
Largs North bike trail
100 YEARS AGOReflecting on newspaper stories from our past
Notice to MarinersCustoms House, Port Adelaide. July 15, 1840.On and after Friday next, the 17th inst., a light will be shown from sunset to sunrise at the masthead of the Lady Wellington, moored outside of the entrance to Port Adelaide, 1½ miles S. W. from the outer bar. Vessels running up the Gulf for the light must not come into less than 4½ fathoms water, and must anchor on the south side of the light ship in 5 or 6 fathoms. Pilots will reside on board the brig for the convenience of masters of vessels requiring their aid.
South Australian Register, 18 July 1840
The Advocate-General, with his Excellency’s sanction, brought forward “A bill to empower certain Trustees of the Company of Merchants, called the ‘South Australian Company,’ to raise funds for the payment of capital expended (or to be expended) in making a certain road on the public reserves running from the south-western boundary of Section 423, and extending in a north-westerly direction through Section A to the water’s edge at Port Adelaide, and in making and continuing such road along the line of road reserved between Section 443 and Sections 423 and 420, so as to connect the said road with the present road to Port Adelaide aforesaid, and for payment of the interest accruing, due on the capital so expended or to be expended, and for the maintaining such roads in repair, and for raising and taking tolls on such roads, and also to make certain regulations for the erection and usage of private wharfs at Port Adelaide aforesaid, which was read a first time and considered. Adjourned. Tuesday, July 28, 1840.
South Australian Register, 1 August 1840
Come Out 2015The Port Adelaide Enfield Library Service was lucky enough to take part in the Come Out Children’s Festival in May 2015. The theme for this year was Building Bridges, “providing a metaphorical link between the Festival’s artistic events and the Australian curriculum, especially the arts”.Our Library Service chose to do an interactive “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” puppet show. The young children watching helped us with the songs and we had lots of fun. The children especially liked the main character of the troll.According to the Festival Centre, more than two million South Australian children have participated in the Come Out Children’s Festival since its inception in 1974 and the festival is an intrinsic part of growing up in this State. The Library Service certainly hopes to take part in this festival again next year.
Practice speaking EnglishJoin our six week Community Conversation Group. Improve your English, learn about Australian culture, meet new people and have some fun! Sessions held at Enfield Library, 1 Kensington Crescent Enfield 8405 6530.
Everyone is welcome. It’s free and bookings are not required. Mondays 10.30am-12.30pm, August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and September 7.
In the FrameThe Local Government Leadership Excellence Awards Program was designed to recognise outstanding achievement and innovation within local government. Port Adelaide Enfield’s One Card Local Government Implementation Team was the winner of the Community Partnerships and Collaboration 2015 award, which was presented at the 2015 gala awards dinner held in April at the Adelaide Convention Centre.This award recognises excellence demonstrated by LG Professional SA members and individuals employed by local government to reward their efforts. We are proud of our One Card system and congratulate the one Card Local Government Implementation Team on earning this well-deserved accolade. As part of the One Card Network staff of the Port Adelaide Enfield Public Library Service were excited to have the opportunity to help celebrate the Local Government Leadership Excellence Award.
Library staff with their award
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Violet Day Yarning GroupBefore the poppy became widely recognized, violets were the symbol of perpetual remembrance. The first Violet Day was held in South Australia in July 1915. Volunteers sold bunches of violets, which were grown in violet farms in the Adelaide Hills in those days, to raise funds to establish the “Cheer Up Society” Clubhouses throughout South Australia. Violet Day commemorates the women and volunteers who established the “Cheer Up Society” to provide ongoing support to wounded and shell shocked men and to bereaved mothers and families. The City of Port Adelaide Enfield is inviting the community to create violets to be displayed in the libraries and at memorial sites across the Council area for Remembrance Day on 11 November 2015.
You can crochet or knit violets, make violets out of felt or crepe paper or recycled materials, yarn-bomb or grow violets for these displays!
For those who want to work from home, there are patterns available on the Council website or we can send you a copy.
You can also donate materials … purple or green wool, crochet hocks, knitting needles … any items in the back of your cupboard that you know you’re not going to use.
Gardening clubs, community gardens and green thumbs can also get involved … propagating and potting purple violets or the delicate purple and white native violets, which still grow wild in pockets of the Adelaide Hills.
You can also participate by joining a library Violet Day Yarn Group at:Greenacres Library 2 Fosters Road, Greenacres Fortnightly Fridays 1-2.30pmAugust 7 & 21, September 4 & 18, October 2,16 & 30 Port Adelaide Library 2 Church Street, Port Adelaide Fortnightly Wednesdays 10-11.30amAugust 12 & 26, September 9 & 23, October 7 & 21No bookings required.
Please drop off your violet creations to any Council libary, community centre, or to the Visitor Information Centre, by the end of October. For further information you can also contact Arts and Cultural Development Volunteer, Michelle Jahn on Thursday afternoons on 8405 6600.
Celebrate Reading HourReading Hour is from 6-7pm on Tuesday 18 August. Reading can be incredibly fun and rewarding no matter how old you are. Sharing a book with your child, 10 minutes a day, an hour a week will help prepare them for success later in life. As an adult, reading can offer work-life balance, be an enjoyable leisure activity, improve analytical thinking, and give a better understanding of the world.Reading Hour aims to promote and celebrate the joy of reading in all its forms. Whether reading with your family, to a child or on your own, reading is a pastime to be proud of. So take a photo or a “selfie” with a clock in the frame of yourself reading between 6-7pm on Tuesday 18 August and submit it to us via email. If we print your photo in our e-news, you will receive a prize.
Science WeekCelebrate the International Year of Light and light-based technologies with SciWorld and Light Up Your Mind.What is light? Why do we see colours? How is a rainbow made? Become a scientist and investigate the science of light in this interactive show that features glowing chemical reactions, lasers and iridescent bubbles. We’ll make the physics of light fun and easily understandable. Explore how fireworks are made and learn how a bee sees a flower… and you might even learn the secret to invisibility. Come to this informative session with the whole family for a scientific light spectacular. Session to be held at Greenacres Library, 2 Fosters Road Greenacres, from 6.30-7.30pm on Thursday 20 August. Bookings essential on 8405 6540.
Yarning Group at Greenacres Library
Suicide prevention workshop The Port Adelaide Suicide Prevention Network is a group committed to reducing the number of suicides in our community. The network is supporting Wesley LifeForce to hold a free suicide prevention workshop at The British Hotel, 13 North Parade, Port Adelaide, from 9am-1pm on Friday 28 August. The program helps participants recognise when a person may be having thoughts of suicide and provides a simple strategy to intervene and assist them. Priority for attendance at this workshop will be given to members of the community who may have been touched by suicide or may have concerns about someone they know.The Suicide Prevention Network is also currently recruiting new members. If you or the agency for which you work would be interested, please contact Council’s Aboriginal and Cultural Diversity Officer Janet Taylor on 8405 6868. We are particularly keen to have community members assist and inform the network. Morning tea will be provided.
Tell us what you think: City Plan 2010-2016 ReviewIn 2010 the City of Port Adelaide Enfield prepared a long-term, strategic document – the City Plan 2010-2016. The City Plan is designed to express the aspirations of the people who live and work in the Council area, and those who visit the area. It serves as an important guide for Council decision-making and has helped inform Council’s annual priorities.This year a process to review the City Plan will be initiated by Council to see how far we have progressed towards a common vision for our city. Council’s greater community, including residents, workers, students and visitors, will be given an opportunity to provide feedback on the City Plan and help Council forge a path towards a great future for the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.Watch out for more information on how you could participate and be heard in the next few weeks and tell us what you think.
Portrait of a PoetSometimes people form binding friendships through the strangest of coincidences, and for two talented members of Port Adelaide Enfield’s artistic community, painter Bill Cook and poet Geoff Goodfellow, it was the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture that brought them together.Many of Australia’s most talented artists have sought the Archibald Prize, Australia’s favourite art award, not just for the $100,000 prize money but even more for the prestige. Just having your painting accepted for judging is enough for most artists.Bill, a Largs resident, decided to have a go, and he chose as his subject a local poet he’d not only heard speak, but knew was also well recognised in the community for his achievements. “He’s created his own market by getting out and performing,” Bill says about Geoff Goodfellow. “Without a literary background, he’s been able to cut his own in that field. He’s also very popular. An edition of poems usually sells less than 500 copies, but Geoff regularly sells more than 2000. He really impresses me.”To get Geoff interested, Bill dropped off a catalogue of his work with a note asking if Geoff would consider posing. This set off a chain of events that soon had both men recognising the extraordinary synchronicity in their lives. When Geoff visited Bill to learn more about his style, the first portrait Bill showed him was a large scale painting of his old mate Stef Kourakis, who proved to be a mutual friend to both men. Geoff said, “As soon as I saw the painting of Stef I was won over. I was really keen to be the subject of Bill’s next work because I could see how he had clearly captured Stef’s character.”The portrait took three sittings each of 3-4 hours, during which they discovered they had grown up less than a kilometre from each other, Bill on Muller Road in Hampstead Gardens and Geoff in Copley Street at Broadview. Both had attended Nailsworth Boys High School only a couple of years apart and studied under the same teachers. In yet another coincidence, Geoff’s first poem was published in an edition of Ash literary magazine which also contained some of Bill’s illustrations. But that’s not where the commonality of their lives ends. Both still live less than a kilometre apart, but now in adjoining suburbs on the peninsula. And there are further commonalities in the themes they explore, with both studying the Australian identity through their respective mediums. “Geoff’s a total character, not pretentious in the least, and he wants to make his poetry accessible,” Bill says. “He writes about everyday life… I paint everyday people”.“My ancestors and his came from Ireland. We both feel passionately Australian but we continue to have a connection to where we came from. We both continue to explore the emotional push and pull of being emotionally connected to another place but physically being here.”Bill and Geoff say this experience has made them firm friends and they now regularly catch up for a pot of Irish Breakfast. Regardless of the outcome of the Archibald, they are both glad their lives have crossed paths in this way. We invited Enfield Tennis Club to have their say
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March for merchant seamenCouncil and the Merchant Navy Association have installed two benches with commemorative plaques at the McLaren Wharf Maritime Memorial to recognise the role of the merchant navy and medical staff that served on merchant ships at Gallipoli.A plaque has also been added to the base of the flagpole commemorating the seafarers lost at sea during both world wars. This memorial is used for various events throughout the year including Sea Sunday, Remembrance Day and the upcoming Merchant Navy Day.The first ever Merchant Navy Day in Port Adelaide was officially proclaimed on 3 September 1998, and has continued as a special annual day both in South Australia and throughout Australia ever since. Members of the community are invited to attend a march on Thursday 3 September to help support and acknowledge the important contribution of our local seaman. The march will begin at 11am from the Visitor Information Centre.
Chronic diseases informationDoctors at the Grand Health Medical Centre, 156a Grand Junction Road, Rosewater, are looking to help the local community increase its understanding of a number of health concerns and chronic diseases. Free monthly information sessions on topics including child development, weight loss and women’s health and illnesses, including asthma, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, hepatitis C and diabetes, are being offered at the centre. Please call Grand Health Medical on 8241 2121 to enquire or book in for the sessions.
ATSI Awards 2015Do you know an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person whom you admire and who makes a contribution to our community? As part of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield Nunga Week celebrations held in November each year, we are seeking nominations for Council’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards. Awards are offered for• Elder of the Year• Young Person of the Year• Person of the Year• Sports person of the Year• Contribution to the Arts• Educational Achievement• Lifetime Achievement• Recognition of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island
group or organisation for its contribution to the Indigenous community
• Recognition of a non-Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, group or organisation for their contribution to the Indigenous community
The awards will be presented at a special dinner during Nunga Week. Nominations close on Friday 18 September and nomination forms and further information can be obtained from the Council website www.portenf.sa.gov.au or by contacting 8405 6868 or email [email protected]
Last year’s winner of the ATSI Lifetime Achievement Award was Uncle Clem O’Loughlin
Art project brings food waste recycling aliveThe DIVERT Food Waste Art Project promoting key environmental messages behind the importance of food waste recycling was launched at the Wild at Hart Markets in May, coinciding with the market’s first birthday. DIVERT public art events were then held at Churchill Centre and Greenacres and Port Canal Shopping Centres. This food waste art project is an art in public places project/public education program designed to utilise art to promote the importance of food waste reduction and recycling. The City of Port Adelaide Enfield and KESAB Environmental Solutions worked together with artists to encourage residents to divert food scraps from their waste bin into composting or the green organics bin. Food scraps and other organics make up around 40% of general waste bin (blue-lidded bin) contents. When this organic material breaks down in landfill, it produces methane gas, which has 21 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2). Landfilling is expensive, requires large areas of land to bury the waste and is not an effective way to manage our resources. Composting reduces greenhouse gas emissions and diverts thousands of tonnes of compostable material away from landfill every year.Annette Rohde and Therese Williams, from Fresh Ginger, collected and collated stories on how residents divert food waste. These stories were used to produce animations, illustrations and a book on recycled paper on how to reduce and recycle food waste. In addition, Fresh Ginger created a Facebook page titled ‘Our Everyday Food Diversions’ to promote the events and circulate information about worldwide initiatives to reduce food waste. Michael Mills, from Heaps Good Productions, produced four catchy songs about food waste composting at home or via the kitchen caddy. These were presented as a musical performance with the assistance of Gavin, Mungo the Magpie and Freddie Food Scraps. The songs encouraged a high level of crowd participation, with Freddy Foodscraps catch cry of ‘Hungry’ hopefully encouraging residents to feed their kitchen caddy all of their food waste and dispose of it in the green lid bin.Puppeteer Matthew Plummer delivered a puppet show with wheelie bin puppets and food scrap puppets. The interaction between the actors, bin puppets and food scraps delivered all of the key messages on why it is important to use the right bin. Check out KESAB’s YouTube account for footage of the DIVERT project.
Checking on how we deal with food wasteThe City of Port Adelaide Enfield engaged the services of KESAB Environmental Solutions to doorstep residential properties to discuss disposal of food waste in the green lid bin. During March, April, May and June door steppers visited 1500 households in Broadview, Croydon Park, Greenacres, Hampstead Gardens, Largs Bay, Peterhead, Sefton Park and Woodville Gardens. Nearly a third of residents reported not disposing food waste in the green lid bin, as they were unsure of how the system worked. To assess the success of the door stepping project, a waste audit team conducted brief bin inspections, finding that of the 1009 blue lid bins inspected, three quarters quite correctly did not contain food waste. We’d like to thank all those residents who are doing the right thing to divert food waste from landfill.
Use the right bin and win!The second instalment of the ‘Use the Right Bin and Win’ competition took place in April, May and June, when each week for 10 weeks randomly selected residential properties had their bin contents checked to assess food waste disposal practices. The residents responsible for sorting the waste from the first properties with food waste in the green lid bin, and not the blue lid bin, won $250 of Bunnings Warehouse gift cards. This round had five winners in all, with a total prize value of $1250 distributed to the competition winners. Sally, a winner from Croydon Park, has been using the caddy and compostable bags to collect food scraps since moving into Port Adelaide Enfield. She reported that the caddy and bags were very easy to use and she has separate areas in the kitchen for organics, recycling, and waste, making it easy to dispose of items in the right bin.Diverting food waste into the green lid bin is important because food waste can be composted and used to improve soil, preventing valuable nutrients being wasted in landfill. Removing food waste from the blue lid bin reduces waste in this bin by an average 40 per cent per residential property. Using the green bin correctly for food waste could also be a great benefit for any residents experiencing a capacity issue with weekly collection of the 140L blue lid bin. And it’s not just food waste that‘s good to go in the green lid bin. Other items such as bones, meat, tissues, tea bags, oyster shells and pizza boxes can all be disposed of in the green lid bin. For more information on food scraps, composting and other waste and recycling information, please visit Council’s website www.portenf.sa.gov.au
‘Use the Right Bin and Win’ winner Croydon Park resident Sally
Celebrating power savings Come for a free solar barbeque and share in the celebration of the achievements made by local sporting clubs in reducing their electricity bills!
The Re-energising Port Adelaide Enfield Community for a Sustainable Future project, an initiative funded by the Commonwealth Government and co-funded by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, is hosting a celebration event with the support of three sporting clubs, the Clearview Bowling Club, Kilburn Football Club and Metrostars Football & Cricket Club.
The clubs will be celebrating their success in reducing energy bills by hosting the barbeque and providing information to the community on how energy bills can be reduced. Local residents, clubs and businesses are invited to attend, join the celebrations and see a solar barbeque in action.
So far the program has conducted 13 energy efficient training sessions and one seminar with over 90 participants focused on providing strategies to help reduce energy consumption and costs for their clubs, home and businesses.
Participants in the project have responded positively to the experience, with one commenting: “Anyone who’s looking to save some dollars on power bills should attend this seminar to get some knowledge about saving our resources.”
If you are interested in attending one of the Re-energising events please contact Craig Hughes on 8405 6028 or email [email protected]. The following events have been scheduled:
Metrostars Soccer Club: TK Shutter Reserve, Fourth Avenue, Klemzig - from 6pm, Tuesday 25 August
Kilburn Football Club: Lionel Avenue, Blair Athol - from 6pm Thursday 27 August
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Streetscape & Reserve Spraying program Spraying for August 2015 Streetscape maintenance: Regency Park, Ferryden Park, Dudley Park, Devon Park, Croydon Park, Angle Park, Woodville Gardens, Birkenhead, Port Adelaide, Exeter, Glanville.
Centre reserves: Greenacres, Northfield, Northgate, Clearview, Enfield, Gepps Cross, Sefton Park, Broadview.
South reserves: Wingfield, Ottoway, Rosewater, Alberton, Queenstown, Port Adelaide, Glanville, Ethelton, Semaphore South, Semaphore, Gillman.
West reserves: Mansfield Park, Woodville Gardens, Ferryden Park, Angle Park, Croydon Park, Devon Park, Dudley Park, Wingfield, Kilburn, Regency Park, Blair Athol, Gepps Cross.
General spraying: Pump stations, termite and insects, ratepayers’ requests.
Spraying for September 2015
Streetscape maintenance: Angle Park, Mansfield Park, Wingfield, Gepps Cross, Dry Creek, Largs Bay, Largs North, Peterhead.
East reserves: Hampstead Gardens, Manningham, Klemzig, Windsor Gardens, Dernancourt, Hillcrest, Oakden, Gilles Plains, Valley View, Walkley Heights, Holden Hill.
North reserves: North Haven, Outer Harbor, Osborne, Taperoo, Largs North, Largs Bay, Peterhead, Exeter, Semaphore, Birkenhead.
General spraying: Main roads, earth drains and linear park, termite and insects, ratepayers’ requests.
Re-energising Port Adelaide Enfield Community program display
Helping parents to get back in chargeA free eight week course for parents who are experiencing children’s abuse and violence in the home will be held at Enfield Community Centre, 540 Regency Road, Enfield, from 9.30am to 12 noon on Friday mornings from 7 August to 25 September. The group will focus on child to parent abuse and provide emotional support for parents while they attempt to become more assertive, helping them to establish and maintain valued family relationships.Among other things, the group will examine strategies for creating meaningful and practical consequence for unacceptable behaviour, clarify values and boundaries to establish what is acceptable and not acceptable behaviours, explore parenting styles, gaining levels of assertiveness, and provide a supportive environment to share experiences and ideas. The end result should be parents who are less stressed and powerless, who have greater resilience and the skills to decrease violent and abusive behaviour as a consequence of increased knowledge, understanding and strategies gained during participation in the course.For registration please call Trevor Cresswell on 8405 6862 or Kay Buckley on 8341 1334.
Kilburn Community Centre turns 50 Have you ever been involved with Kilburn Community Centre, either in its previous life as a YMCA hall or in its current role as a busy community centre? Are you free on the afternoon of Saturday 5 September?That’s when Kilburn Community Centre will be celebrating its 50th birthday, from 11.30am-3pm. Come along for a fun day of food and entertainment. Historical items collected over the past 50 years will be on display to commemorate the history of the building and its significance to local residents. There will be entertainment for young and old, including performances by local music and singing groups. Children will be well entertained by face painters and a balloon artist. A low-cost lunch will be available, or feel free to pick up lunch from one of the many food outlets along nearby Prospect Road. There is no need to register to attend for the event. If you have any questions or would like to find out more, please contact Kilburn Community Centre on 8405 6730. We look forward to seeing you there!
Traditional Craft Workshops Council is providing a special opportunity for community members to learn traditional craft skills from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) craft practitioners, with the support of Guildhouse – SA’s leading organisation backing creative professionals. Each course offers participants an opportunity to learn new skills and learn about cultural traditions and heritage.Spaces in these workshops are limited, so please contact Jane Marr, Arts and Cultural Development Officer, on 8405 6848 or email [email protected] to register your interest. There will be a fee for materials and tuition.Iranian embroidery with Akhtar EsmailzadehAkhtar was taught traditional Persian embroidery by family members as a child and has been embroidering for over 45 years. She is an expert in ‘pateh’ or paisley design, which originated in Iran and has since spread in textile design throughout the world. She has been living in Australia for the past 14 years.Lefevre Community Stadium 541 Victoria Road, Osborne5 weeks - 3 hours first week then 2 hours/week – starting 12-3pm Wed 5 August, then 1-3pm Wed 12, 19, 26 August and 2 September. Sudanese beading with Rebecca Tut Participants in this workshop will produce the colourful and intricate beading traditional to Sudanese villages. Rebecca learnt beading as a young woman in southern Sudan, joining a long line of craftswomen. Participants must have good eyesight, as the process is very fiddly.Enfield Community Centre 540 Regency Road, Enfield5 weeks - 3 hours first week, then 2 hours/week, starting 2.30-5.30pm Tues 1 September, then 2.30-4.30pm Tues 8, 15, 22, 29 September. Eritrean basketry with Milete-Tsega OgbalidetParticipants will learn how to make a flat plate woven out of brightly coloured wool around plant fibre. Milete (Millie) learnt to weave in this style from her mother and family when she was a child in Central Eritrea.Kilburn Community Centre 59 Gladstone Avenue, Kilburn5 weeks - 3 hours first week, then 2 hours/week starting 6-9pm Wed 2 September, then 6-8pm Wed 9, 16, 23, 30 September. Bangladeshi quilt embroidery with Masuma Akther Masuma will teach a series of traditional ‘Nakshi Kantha’ stitches - a delicate embroidery using motifs based on wedding traditions, sacred symbols and everyday stories of village life. Participants will produce an A4 or A3 sized embroidery using traditional imagery.Hillcrest Community Centre 27-31 Queensborough Avenue, Hillcrest5 weeks - 2.75 hours first week, then 2 hours/week starting 12.15-3pm on Sat 17 October, then 12.30-2.30pm Sat 24, 31 October and Sat 7,14 November.
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We’re ready for some holiday fun Kilburn Community Centre’s exciting holiday program will be back again in September and October with a range of recreational and artistic pursuits for pre-school and primary school aged children. Recreational activities will include an Imagination Playground, roller-skating and team sports such as cricket and basketball. Art and craft activities will be available on some afternoons. Times, age ranges and capacity limits vary for each activity. A detailed schedule will be made available a few weeks before the holidays begin on the Council website, in hard copy at the centre or can be sent to you by post or email by calling the Centre on 8405 6730.In many cases there will be ongoing term-based programs at Kilburn Community Centre for interested families to remain involved in these types of activities. The school holiday activities are free of charge and registration for all activities is through a single registration form that can be filled out on a family’s first arrival. No prior registration is necessary. For further information please contact the Kilburn Community Centre at on 8405 6730.
Adapted sports for people with disabilities A new program at Enfield Community Centre will provide people with disabilities with a chance to meet new people, socialise and share some fun. The indoor program will provide a range of different sports in a friendly and relaxed environment, with no pressure on participants. All they will need to bring are a filled drink bottle and a hand towel - and support workers are welcome. The cost is $5 per session, which run from 1-2.30pm each Tuesday from Tuesday 11 August, at the newly refurbished Enfield Community Centre, 540 Regency Road. For more information please contact Liz Haar on 8405 6556.
Enfield Community Centre re-opens to high praiseRenovation works at Enfield Community Centre are now complete and the centre re-opened on Monday 15 June. All works were undertaken within budget and additional building works were able to be accommodated. New aluminum windows have been installed in the front of the building along with a new ceiling in the hall and improved lighting.Previous users, on returning to the centre, commented on the light and welcoming feel of the foyer and everyone is pleased with the new automatic door at the front entrance which makes access easier for everyone.The renovations also included the creation of a personal care room, which has received very positive feedback from SCOSA: “The fact that a purpose built personal care room was considered by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and built with the other renovations is a testament to your commitment to people living with disability in your community. “We all at SCOSA want to congratulate the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and the planners in regard to the planning for this renovation.”
Council is also interested in hearing ideas for new programs and activities that meet the needs of the local community. Residents are invited to view the new look centre situated at 540 Regency Road Enfield. For further details contact Liz Haar on 8405 6556.
Groups are back in action at refurbished Enfield Community Centre
Upgrade at Roy Marten ParkIn 2014, Council prepared a Master Plan, including public consultation, to guide the future redevelopment of Roy Marten Park, Taperoo. The comprehensive Master Plan is planned to be implemented in several stages over the coming years.Recently, Council has been notified that the Minister for Planning has approved a Planning and Development Fund grant for the Roy Marten Park upgrade project. The grant funding and Council’s contribution will be used to undertake the first stages of capital works including:• earthworks, stormwater drainage and irrigation• large and small-breed dog parks• shared path to the foreshore with lighting• a new public toilet• new play and sports equipment• trees, mulched garden beds and swale planting• park furniture and shelters, barbeques, seating, picnic
tables, and• signage and public art.Works are likely to start late this year or early 2016. Keep an eye on this space, or Council’s website, for more information and project updates.
Federal grants make a differenceFinancial Assistance Grants from the Federal Government historically have been an important, untied payment to Councils all around Australia. Councils use these grants to provide a variety of critical services, resources and programs to suit the unique needs and interests of local communities. In 2014-2015, Council received Assistance Grant Funding of $3,790,668 made up of general funding of $2,480,279 and funding specifically for roads of $1,310,389. This funding assisted Council in undertaking a number of projects including:• Bedford Street, Gillman - road construction -
works $1,033,600 • Browning Street, Clearview - road construction works -
$524,400 • Gray Terrace, Rosewater - drainage works - $1,039,400• Largs North Reserve - installation of playspace, shelter
and BBQ - $232,700 • Enfield Community Centre refurbishment - $400,000• Community Bus Service - $175,000• Health Inspection Education & Promotion - $146,000• Purchase of a sweeper - $300,000Council appreciates this grant, which helps ensure financial security and our ability to continue providing a range of services into the future.
New cost of living concessionCouncil no longer has any role in the administration of State Government concessions. Further information regarding State Government concessions can be obtained by visiting www.sa.gov.au/concessions or by contacting the Concession Hotline on 1800 307 758.The new Cost of Living Concession (CLC) came into effect on 1 July 2015 and replaced the existing $190 and $100 council rate concessions that provided funding to pensioners, low-income earners and self-funded retirees who owned their own home. Eligibility for the CLC has been expanded to include pensioners and low-income earners who are tenants. Pensioners, low-income earners and self-funded retirees holding a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card will receive up to $200 per year. The CLC will be means tested for self-funded retirees. Self-funded retirees earning more than $51,500 a single or $82,400 a couple will no longer be eligible.Homeowners who previously received the existing council concession will not need to apply. The state government will be issuing cheques in September in time to assist with the payment of the 1st quarterly instalment of council rates.Tenants will need to apply for the CLC by 31 October 2015, with cheques due to be distributed in early 2016. Application forms for the concession can be obtained by contacting the Concession Hotline on 1800 307 758.Port Adelaide Enfield Council will continue to provide a remission to ratepayers within the council area who were eligible for the existing concessions at 30 June 2015. The remission will be $57 for pensioners, low-income earners and $30 for self-funded retirees holding a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card and they will be applied to your rates accounts.As well as the CLC, pensioners and low-income earners are also eligible for State Government concessions for energy, medical heating and cooling, public transport, Emergency Services Levy and water/sewerage. Further information regarding available State Government concessions can be obtained by visiting www.sa.gov.au/concessions or by contacting the Concession Hotline on 1800 307 758.
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Event Sponsorship ProgramThe aims of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield’s Event Sponsorship Program are to:• Support the development of vibrant, creative and
innovative events that enhance the economic, social and cultural life of the City
• Establish partnerships to achieve recognition for the City• Increase tourist visitation to the City• Deliver measurable economic benefits to the City• Facilitate community involvement in events
and activities• Attract new and diverse events to the City • To give increased support to events that build and
reinforce the unique and positive attributes of the City.Category One: General Events Sponsorship (up to $5,000)Funding provided to events held within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield that meet the aims of Council’s Sponsorship Program.Category Two: Major Events Sponsorship (up to $12,000)Funding provided to major/significant events held within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield that meet the aims of Council’s Sponsorship Program, attract substantial economic benefit and visitation to the City and undertake strategic and targeted marketing.Next Funding Round: Opens - Monday 17 August 2015, Closes - Monday 28 September 2015 For events taking place between 1 January and 30 June 2016For assistance with Event Grant enquiries, further information or completing application forms please contact Council’s Events & Grants Officer on 8405 6701 or email [email protected]
Crucial pump station now in actionConstruction of a new stormwater pump station on Victoria Road, Peterhead, has recently been completed.The pump station is pivotal to substantially reducing the frequency of flooding in Birkenhead and Peterhead. It has been a complex project from both the design and construction aspects and is the biggest single stormwater project Council has undertaken since amalgamation in 1986.Construction of the $20 million project began in 2002, when stage 1 of the gravity inlet pipe, Fletcher Road to Woolnough Road, was completed. Stages 2-5, completed by 2006, saw extensive pipework placed from the Port River to the site of the new pump station. Further pipework work from the Port River was installed by 2007, and stage 6, the pipework from the pump station to Hargrave Street, was competed in 2011. Preliminary pump station work occurred in 2012-13, and the site was completed this year at a cost of $8 million. Once the last short stage of pipework in Hargrave Street is completed, rainfall on the catchment area will be fully captured by the inlet pits and pipe system and pass through a gross pollutant trap to remove rubbish, before passing through a second set of grates and being pumped to the Port River. This section of work will be undertaken a soon as further Government funding is available.Residents and community members were able to view the pump station in June, taking a tour of the site and learning more about the function of the system. An official opening is to be arranged.
Public tour of the Hargrave Street Pump Station
Semaphore Music FestivalThis will be the eleventh year that the Semaphore Music Festival has presented four days and nights of original South Australian country, roots and blues, rockabilly and nu-folk live music. More than 60 local acts will appear in various clubs, pubs and venues around Semaphore and the Foreshore Reserve on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday over the Labour Day Long Weekend 2-5 October. The festival’s opening night on Friday 2 October features The Lachy Doley Band, with other blues acts Lazy Eye and the Dirty Roots Band appearing over the weekend at the Semaphore Workers Club.The Foreshore Reserve will have boutique beers and wines plus a selection of gourmet food trucks and a big screen to watch the AFL Grand Final. There will also be sideshows for kids near the famous carousel and waterslide. Keep an eye out for further announcements. Go to www.semaphoremusicfestival.com for more details.
Skate Park LeagueCouncil has partnered with the YMCA to be part of the upcoming South Australian Skate Park League, to be held between August and November at different skate parks across SA. Council’s event will take place on Saturday 26 September at Lefevre Skate Park, 541 Victoria Rd, Osborne. For more information, please check www.skatepark.ymca.org.au
Record line-up for this year’s SALA Festival Council is proud to support this year’s annual SALA (South Australian Living Artists) Festival, a state-wide festival of visual art held in August. The SALA Festival was established in 1998 to promote and celebrate the many talented visual artists in South Australia. This year there are more than 600 SALA exhibitions and events across SA – more than 40 of them in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield - a 50% increase compared to last year. A number of exhibitions, collectively known as CURRENT, will be held within walking distance of each other within the Port Adelaide Village. There will be a special opening celebration from 6-9pm on Friday 31 July in and around St Vincent Street. The Port Adelaide Enfield SALA Guide will be launched at 7pm at Cats in the Loft, Level 1, 168 St Vincent Street, with exhibition launches in a number of nearby venues. Guided tours will be available from 7.30pm and 8pm. There will also be guided tours of CURRENT exhibitions from 11am every Sunday throughout August, leaving from Hart’s Collective, over the Port River and adjacent to Wild at Hart Market, Mundy St, Port Adelaide. Please call the Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre on 8405 6560 (open 7 days a week, 9am-5pm) to book your place, as numbers will be limited.Studio Potters SA in Klemzig will have a special Open Studio from 6pm on Friday 7 August with raku firing, demonstrations of wheel work and hand building, music, plus the Pottery on Fourth Gallery will be open until 9pm. On Saturday 8 August and Sunday 9 August there will be more demonstrations and the gallery will be open from 12noon to 4pm.Council’s SALA Guide will be available from the Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre, Civic Centre, Council’s libraries and community centres, and participating galleries and venues from late July. It will also be available at www.portenf.sa.gov.au/SALA.
Dig it in OctoberAre you ready to get your hands dirty and learn about archaeology? Help solve the mystery of what is buried beneath the earth. Excavate and find artefacts, learn what happens to them after they come out of the ground, piece together relics and find out about the people who lived here before us. It’s at the Maritime Museum Monday to Friday, from September 28 - October 9. It’s great value at $7 per child so book on 8207 6255 or email maritime@history sa.gov.au
It’s Pirate Party Time Pirate captains can now bring along their crew and celebrate their birthday on board the life-size ketch Active II at the SA Maritime Museum. Parties are available on Saturdays and are suitable for children aged 4 to 10 years. Three packages are available to suit your needs. Check the museum website for details.
Spring aboard the Yelta Steam tug Yelta will be cruising the Port River on Sunday 27 September. The cost is $20 per person - book now to secure your seat. Contact Maritime Museum for details on 8207 6255 or visit www.samaritimemuseum.com.au
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Do you have an event?For further details on any of these events or to list your own event in the ‘What’s On’, contact the Visitor Information Centre on 8405 6560 or visit www.portenf.sa.gov.au/whatson
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Various weekendsArt workshopsSee pg: 10
During AugustSALA FestivalSee pg: 14
From 3 AugEnglish Conversation GroupSee pg: 4
From 7 AugViolet Day Yarn GroupsSee pg: 5
Tues 18 AugReading HourSee pg: 5
Thurs 20 AugScience Week SessionSee pg: 5
Sat 19 - Sun 20 SepPiratisation of the Port Family Pirate Activitieswww.portenf.sa.gov.au/whatson
Sat 26 SepSkate LeagueSee pg: 14
Sun 27 SepYelta TripSee pg: 14
Tues 25, Thurs 27 Aug Thurs 10 SepRe-engergising Solar BBQSee pg: 9
Fri 28 AugSuicide Prevention WorkshopSee pg: 6
Thurs 3 SeptMerchant Navy DaySee pg: 7
Sat 5 SepKilburn Community Centre turns 50See pg: 10
Civic Centre163 St Vincent St, Port Adelaide Tel: 8405 6600 www.portenf.sa.gov.au [email protected]
Town Hall 34 Nile St Port Adelaide
Library - Council OfficesEnfield Library - Council Office 1 Kensington Cres Enfield Tel: 8405 6530
Greenacres Library - Council Office 2 Fosters Rd Greenacres Tel: 8405 6540
LibrariesPort Adelaide Library 2 Church St Port Adelaide Tel: 8405 6580
Semaphore Library 14 Semaphore Rd Semaphore Tel: 8405 6570 www.portenf.sa.gov.au/library
Community Centreswww.portenf.sa.gov.au/community centres
Kilburn Community Centre 59 Gladstone Ave Kilburn Tel: 8405 6730 Hillcrest Community Centre 27-31 Queensborough Ave Hillcrest Tel: 8266 7267 Enfield Community Centre 540 Regency Rd Enfield Tel: 8405 6556 Lefevre Community Stadium 541 Victoria Rd Osborne Tel: 8405 6908
Visitor Information Centre66 Commercial Rd Port Adelaide Tel: 8405 6560 www.portenf.sa.gov.au/tourism
Planning for this year’s Port Festival, on the weekend of 10-11 October, is well underway and promises to offer something for the whole family. HATs Inc will be running a two-day puppet festival and workshops with puppet shows that will delight the young and the young at heart.Early Christmas shopping is a must in the new look artists’ and designers’ markets, and we welcome the Wild at Hart Markets into the festival precinct on both days, offering food, entertainment, produce and some surprises over the weekend.With tall ships, free entry to three museums, exhibitions and on-water activities on offer, we suggest you put both days in your diary, as one day just won’t be enough.And as the Port Festival draws closer, the Festival Team is calling for bottle-themed art to compliment this year’s festival theme ‘Message in a Bottle’.Painted bottles, hand blown bottles, photos, paintings or installation pieces depicting bottles… the options are endless. The exhibition will run over the festival weekend from 10am-6pm both days in the Black Diamond Gallery, 66 Commercial Road, Port Adelaide.
Application forms are available on the Port Festival website www.portenf.sa.gov.au/portfestival. Email [email protected] or call 8405 6701 for further information. With limited space, it’s advisable to get your application in fast.You can also be involved in creating a bottle cap mural. It’s easy – all you have to do is save your plastic bottle and container tops and join us during the Port Festival weekend. Glue your tops onto the mural, stand back and take a ‘selfie’ with the mural and upload to the Port Festival Facebook site. Be part of the 175th anniversary giant mural – it will be fun!Or, save your clean plastic caps and drop them off to any of the Council libraries, community centres, the Visitor Information Centre or civic centre for others to embellish on your behalf over the festival weekend. For more information call Sue McKenzie 8405 6701.
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