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out through art5 Making public lighting more efficient 8 See history come

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Mayor Gary Johanson • Tel: 8405 6965 Email: gary.johnanson@elected.portenf.sa.gov.au

Northfield WardMark Basham JP • Tel: 0418 809 364Email: fourpossumkids@optusnet.com.auCr Anne-Marie Hubycz • Tel: 8261 9403Email: hubycz@bigpond.comCr Kevin McCarthy • Mobile: 0419 842 757Email: kevin.mccarthy@elected.portenf.sa.gov.au

Klemzig WardCr Tony Barca • Mobile: 0418 891 321Email: tony.barca@elected.portenf.sa.gov.auCr Jenny Bradbrook • Mobile: 0414 979 434Email: jenny.bradbrook@elected.portenf.sa.gov.au

Enfield WardCr Peter McKay JP • Tel: 8262 3387 Email: peter.mckay@elected.portenf.sa.gov.auCr Johanna McLuskey • Tel: 8349 7973Email: jojo@adelaide.on.netCr Carol Martin • Tel: 8359 4369Email: martinpc@senet.com.au

Parks WardCr John Croci JP • Tel: 8268 3979Email: ja.kc@bigpond.comCr Janice Jensen • Tel: 8344 2782Email: janice.jensen@elected.portenf.sa.gov.auCr Tung Ngo • Tel: 8269 7407Email: tung.ngo@elected.portenf.sa.gov.au

Port Adelaide WardCr Ray Guscott • Tel: 8449 5618Email: ray.guscott@elected.portenf.sa.gov.auCr Joyce Snadden • Tel: 8447 2542 Email: joyce.snadden@elected.portenf.sa.gov.au

Semaphore WardCr Helen Wright • Tel: 0439 485 737Email: helen.wright@elected.portenf.sa.gov.auCr Peter Nicholls JP • Tel: 8449 9991Email: peter.nicholls@elected.portenf.sa.gov.au

Outer Harbour WardCr Bruce Johansen • Tel: 0417 815 792Email: bruce.johansen@elected.portenf.sa.gov.auCr Peter Jamieson • Tel: 8248 3133Email: peter.jamieson@elected.portenf.sa.gov.au

Ward CouncillorsPort 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.

Contact ListCivic Centre163 St Vincent St, Port Adelaide Tel: 8405 6600 • Fax: 8405 6666TTY: 8405 6999 (Telephone Typewriter, hearing impaired) Website: www.portenf.sa.gov.au mail:custserv@portenf.sa.gov.au

Town Hall34 Nile St Port Adelaide

Library - Council Offices

Enfield Library - Council Office 1 Kensington Cres EnfieldTel: 8405 6530 • Fax: 8349 5373

Greenacres Library - Council Office 2 Fosters Rd GreenacresTel: 8405 6540 • Fax: 8369 2188

Parks Library - Council Office 2-46 Cowan St Angle ParkTel: 8243 5691 • Fax: 8243 5639

Libraries

Port Adelaide Library 2 Church St Port AdelaideTel: 8405 6580 • Fax: 8341 0793

Semaphore Library14 Semaphore Rd SemaphoreTel: 8405 6570 • Fax: 8341 6841www.portenf.sa.gov.au/goto/library

Community Centres

Parks Community Centre 2-46 Cowan St Angle ParkTel: 8243 5532 • Fax: 8244 4284www.portenf.sa.gov.au/goto/theparks

Kilburn Community Centre 59 Gladstone Ave KilburnTel: 8349 8363 • Fax: 8349 8363www.portenf.sa.gov.au/goto/kilburncc

Hillcrest Community Centre 27-31 Queensborough Ave, HillcrestTel: 8266 7267 • Fax: 8266 7268www.portenf.sa.gov.au/goto/hillcrestcc

Enfield Community Centre 540 Regency Rd EnfieldTel: 8342 9168 • Fax: 8342 9167www.portenf.sa.gov.au/goto/enfieldcc

Lefevre Community Centre 541 Victoria Rd OsborneTel: 8248 1828 • Fax: 8248 0859www.portenf.sa.gov.au/goto/lefevrecc

Visitor Information Centre66 Commercial Rd, Port AdelaideTel: 8405 6560 • Fax: 8447 4112www.portenf.sa.gov.au/goto/vic

Pen2Paper

Pen2Paper (P2P) is an official publication of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield (PAE) and is produced six times a year. It is delivered to all residential properties via letterbox distributors and to business properties via Australia Post within the Council area. The Editor welcomes contributions of community interest stories as well as notices of events, fetes, meetings of local community groups for free providing space is available and it is in the interest of the residents of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.

Please send to: News Editor, City of Port Adelaide Enfield PO Box 110 Port Adelaide 5015. publications@portenf.sa.gov.au

Due dates for submissions:

Deadline Issue 3 • 23/5/08Distributed 30/6/08 - 1/7/08Active for July/Aug

Deadline Issue 4 • 24/7/08Distributed 25-26/8/08 Active for Sept/Oct

DisclaimerWhilst every effort is made to report community information fairly and accurately, the Council accepts no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may occur. The views of the contributors are not necessarily shared by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield (PAE).

Audio tape for sight impaired residentsThe Pen2Paper is available on audio tape for residents who are legally blind.

If you know of some one who would like to take advantage of this service, please call 8405 6652.

© City of Port Adelaide Enfield Designed by: Publications Team Journalist: Nigel Hopkins Photography: Ben Searcy and Council Staff.

Front cover: Lewis enjoying one of many events held in the council area see page 11 for upcoming events.

Lose those kilos…Losing weight is one thing, but keeping it off can be another for many people, which is why programs that promise permanent weight loss deserve some attention.

Personal trainer and life coach Stuart Green promises to help you lose unwanted weight in a free session being held at the Parks Library – Council Office in May.

This introduction to Permanent Weight Loss could help improve your overall fitness, energy levels and lifestyle choices. Stuart will explain how to motivate yourself, eat foods that nurture your soul and create exercise routines you enjoy.

Stuart has lost more than 30kg himself, so he clearly knows what he’s talking about and and can help you lose the weight you have always wanted to lose, while improving your quality of life.

The session takes place from 1-4pm on Sunday 25 May. Bookings are essential on 8243 5691 or online at the address indicated below.

Surprise books to expand reading horizonsLast year during Library and Information Week adult borrowers were encouraged to expand their horizons by reading one of our “surprise” book packages.

This proved very popular so we are once again hoping to entice borrowers to read something outside their regular reading choice by offering a “secret borrowing” during Library and Information Week 19-25 May.

It is an opportunity for people to have a go at reading something different from their usual favourites by taking “pot luck” at their local library, where they can select a wrapped book as a surprise parcel to be borrowed. Ask library staff for further information.

Storytime night out at your libraryNight time Storytime will be a highlight of Library and Information Week offered especially for families with younger children. The theme will be Nightshift: Animals that come out at night.

Here’s a chance to go to the library dressed in your pyjamas – we mean the kids, of course - for an hour of fun and stories from 6.30pm-7.30pm

The sessions will be at Parks Library - Council Office on Wednesday 21 May, and at Semaphore Library, Port Adelaide Library, Enfield Library - Council Office and Greenacres Library - Council Office on Thursday 22 May. Bookings are essential. Please see contact details on the back page and book at the library closest to you.

Taking the Mawson story back homeReaders who borrow Sir Douglas Mawson’s book ‘The Home of the Blizzard’ from Port Adelaide Enfield Public Library Service may get a pleasant surprise when they open the cover.

Inside will be a small statement explaining that the book, which tells the story of Mawson’s Australasian Antarctic expedition from 1911-1914, has recently returned from a journey to Antarctica with a modern day group of intrepid adventurers.

The book was borrowed by 45-year-old physics teacher Hilary Lineage, a Klemzig resident who joined 91 other paying passengers on the ship Orion in January for a 19 day voyage to Antarctica, where they visited Mawson’s historic hut at Commonwealth Bay.

“We read the book during the voyage,” Hilary said. “It was an amazing exercise to read about Mawson’s expedition only hours before doing something that related directly to the book.”

Hilary and the other passengers were fortunate that weather conditions permitted them to transfer to shore in a Zodiac dinghy where they were able to stand inside the nearly century-old hut used by Mawson’s expedition.

“It was incredibly well preserved, an archaeologist’s heaven, with books and magazines left as if the occupants had departed only weeks before, even a perfectly preserved open jar of Indian curry pickles that looked as if it were still edible,” he said.

Although they had a smooth passage south, the return voyage justified the name Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties, with the 100m ship having to heave to in the face of 14m waves.

“It was a very moving and powerful experience,” Hilary says, “and now the book itself has been to the home of the blizzard.”

Look into my cards – and see the futureGreenacres Library - Council Office will host a free introduction to tarot from 2-3.30pm on Sunday 1 June, when Elizabeth Wheldrake, a professional member of the Tarot Guild of Australia, will provide a brief history of tarot and an explanation of the 22 major cards.

Tarot is a system of symbolic images that appear on a deck of 78 cards. Some people believe the cards can be used to gain insight into current or future events, and to source information from the subconscious. Participants will then use this information to perform a hands-on reading.

Bookings are essential on 8405 6540 or online at the address indicated below.

Photos reveal former council historiesThe separate histories of the former Enfield and Port Adelaide Council districts will be a special feature of a photographic display put on by the Port Adelaide Enfield Public Library Service during this year’s History Week.

Council’s library service maintains two local history collections relating to the former council districts, and during History Week photographs from both collections will illustrate the diverse maritime, industrial, and agricultural heritage of the area and how it evolved over the years.

During the exhibition, which takes place from 17-24 May, the library service will conduct an oral history project by recording peoples memories.

It will also welcome donations of photos and information relevant to the area, as it is researching each of the suburbs within council in order to produce information brochures. Facilities will be available to copy photos and/or information.

The exhibition will be shown at:

Enfield Library - Council Office Saturday 17 May from 9am-1pmSunday 18 May from 2-5pmMonday 19 May from 12noon-4pm

Port Adelaide LibraryWednesday 21 May from 10am-4pmThursday 22 May & Friday 23 May from 10am-4pmSaturday 24 May from 10am-1pm

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Library web address: www.portenf.sa.gov.au/goto/library Kids stuff page web address: www.portenf.sa.gov.au/goto/kids_space Library calendar of events web address: www.portenf.sa.gov.au/goto/librarycalendar

Anzac Day this year was a particularly special occasion for many Port Adelaide Enfield residents.For some, it was a poignant time for the families and relatives of the 60 South Australians who died in HMAS Sydney more than 60 years ago, memories stirred by the finding of the remains of the sunken light cruiser earlier this year.This year the Light on the Water celebration on the eve of Anzac Day reached a new level when thousands of candle-lit lifeboats were launched on the Port River, a huge increase on previous numbers.And across our city many people might have contemplated what a cultural melting pot Port Adelaide Enfield has become, with successive waves of migrants following wars in Europe, Asia and Africa, where sometime former enemies have now become neighbours and perhaps even friends.

It was a time to reflect on the futility of war, but also to remember the ultimate sacrifice that so many made to make sure Australia, and the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, could remain a safe and peaceful place.It’s at times like this that I am proud of what a strong and resilient community we have become – but it is also a reminder of the responsibilities we all share. Strong communities, like good marriages and firm friendships, don’t just happen. We make them happen.

Port Adelaide Enfield is one of the very few councils in South Australia to provide such a diverse range of immunisation programs.

“We have a very broad multicultural community and we have to ensure it gets the best possible attention in helping to manage its health needs,” says Port Adelaide Enfield Community Health Nurse Karyn Fromene.

“Like many other parts of Adelaide we have an ageing population, but our council area is also being transformed through urban renewal projects, which are bringing many more children into our community.”

Port Adelaide Enfield is also home to many new arrivals, including skilled workers as well as refugees, and has a strong indigenous community.

It has meant Council’s immunisation service has had to be very diverse, providing programs for all of these sectors of the community as well as a workplace program for the city’s businesses.

Council conducts five public drop in clinics a month where vaccinations can be provided for babies, children and adults – either free or simply on a cost recovery basis. In conjunction with the Department of Health, Council nurses attend all secondary schools within its area offering vaccinations against Hepatitis B, Chicken Pox and Diphtheria, Tetanus and Whooping Cough.

Local businesses can also access workplace immunisation programs for staff at nominal costs by contacting Council’s Community Health Nurse to arrange on site clinics. Council is also offering free vaccines to new arrivals once a month to predominantly African, Afghani, Iraqi and Iranian families.

For more information on Council’s immunisation services, please contact the Community Health Nurse on 8405 6600 or visit Council’s website www.portenf.sa.gov.au.

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Mayor Gary Johanson

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Adian enjoying storytime; ‘The Home of the Blizzard’ book cover and a historical image from councils large collection, see more by attending history week.

your environmentDid you know…What do you do when a large tree falls across your street, blocking access to your home?

That was the dilemma facing an Osborne resident during stormy weather at the end of March. Obviously a call to the Council was required – but which number to ring, and how to go about it?

The answer for this and any other unexpected problem in our streets and reserves, such as lost dogs or illegally dumped rubbish, is to call Council’s normal working hours number – 8405 6600 – and be connected to our Customer Service Centre. The same number is also Council’s after hours emergency number.

Each year the Centre takes about 150,000 calls – not all about fallen trees, of course – 85 per cent of them answered within 20 seconds or less, which won them an Australian Teleservices Association Award for call centres with less then 50 staff.

Customer Services Manager Kay Douglas says that at any one time there are six well trained call centre staff and three counter staff on duty. They are the first point of contact residents have and provide assistance with the majority of council related enquires.

“Not only are they patient and understanding, but they also have an intricate knowledge of what council is doing, its various programs and all the services it offers,” Kay said.

Council supports junior sport A total of 18 local sports organisations will benefit by more than $8350 from the February round of Port Adelaide Enfield Council’s Junior Sports Grants program.

The grant funds were for the purchase of equipment or uniforms to support junior teams in tennis, basketball, sailing, soccer, calisthenics, football, lacrosse, athletics, baseball, netball, softball and canoeing.

Several applications supported the introduction of new teams across a range of sports and age groups, while others sought to establish a uniform pool to remove some of the barriers to new participants taking up sporting activities.

Port Adelaide Enfield sports organisations offer at least 40 different types of sport – more information can be obtained on Council’s website www.portenf.sa.gov.au.

The next funding round for Council’s Junior Sports Grants will open on 1 September 2008 and close on 31 October 2008. For further information on these or other community grants programs contact Council’s Community Support Officer on 8405 6882 or by email lyn.cooke@portenf.sa.gov.au.

Mayor welcomes more than 200 new citizensPort Adelaide Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson says one of the most pleasant and interesting tasks he has to perform is conducting citizenship ceremonies, in which members of the community are welcomed as Australians.

So far this year five citizenship ceremonies have been held, creating a total of 218 new Australian citizens. They were on 25 January with 51 candidates; 5 February - 44 candidates; 4 March - 50 candidates; 17 March - 48 candidates; 18 March - 56 candidates; and 7 April - 42 candidates

Council has scheduled several more ceremonies for the remainder of 2008 in order to keep up with the increasing numbers of new citizens applying and moving into our city area.

“We have a city that includes people of many nationalities – a truly multicultural community, and we’re proud of it.” Mr Johanson said. “Of our total population of around 103,000, more than a quarter were born overseas, and 20 per cent speak a language other than English.”

“We see it as a strength to have so many different cultural influences helping to shape our city. However, this is also a most important time for building inter-cultural understanding and promoting social harmony within Australian society.

“As a community we have to work hard to overcome any racial or cultural intolerance that all too easily surfaces from time to time. These attitudes have no place in Port Adelaide Enfield, or the rest of Australia.”

Keeping the ANZAC spirit alightThree thousand South Australian school students, many of them from Port Adelaide Enfield, constructed the replica cardboard lifeboats that were launched on the Port River on ANZAC Eve in April.

In what was intended as a major tribute to the 645 crew lost in the sinking of HMAS Sydney in 1941, this year’s Light on the Water event represented a huge increase in size over the inaugural event last year. Event Director John Williams said while the Gallipoli lifeboats had inspired the creation of the event in 2007, each year the commemoration would focus on a significant chapter in the history of Australians at war.

“It is appropriate that this year we should focus on the loss of the Sydney and its 645 crew and, in particular, the 60 South Australians who were lost in the tragedy,” Mr Williams said. “Students related to any of the HMAS Sydney sailors were the first to be invited to launch the lifeboats.”

All surviving relatives of the 60 sailors were invited as guests of honour at this unique Port Adelaide commemoration, which was attended by Premier Mike Rann and the Federal Member for Port Adelaide Mark Butler.

In his welcoming speech, Port Adelaide Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson said the Light on the Water event clearly had captured the imagination of a new generation of Australians.

“The ANZAC spirit is a powerful concept,” Mr Johanson said, “and this has helped make celebrating Anzac Day more attractive to young people.

“As former Prime Minister Paul Keating once said, it has become a legend not of sweeping military victories so much as triumphs against the odds, of courage and ingenuity in adversity. It is a legend of free and independent spirits.”

Mr Johanson said former Prime Minister, John Howard, had observed that ANZAC Day remained relevant not to glorify war or to paint some romantic picture of our history, but to draw upon a great example of unity and common purpose that reinforced Australian values of mateship, courage, initiative and determination.”

“These are all the things that make us proud to be Australians, and young people especially are relating to that.”

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Micky reciveving a radio from volunteer Colleen;

Mitch and Eddie SRF Project Officer

First radios, then books… now let there be musicA distribution of free radios and books to residents of supported residential facilities (SRFs) who have English as a second language took place on International Mother Languages Day on 21 February.

It was the first United Nations theme promotion to be undertaken by the Western Region SRF Project and it brought smiles to many faces.

The project involved a team of volunteers who distributed 40 radios along with SBS-FM and EBI-FM radio programs to residents of the 10 Western Region supported residential facilities.

Thanks to the generosity of the community who responded enthusiastically to a request in the Pen2Paper, the Western Region SRF Project also was able to distribute more than 1000 books and magazines on 23 April as part of World Book Day.

Now the project hopes the community will add music to the lives of people by responding to the many requests for LP records, cassettes, and CDs from people who enjoy a great range of music from classical to pop and rock.

In line with the team’s efforts to promote the International Year of Languages, music in Greek, Italian, German, Dutch and Croatian will be especially welcome.

The volunteers are also keen to source musical instruments, as some people are keen to learn instruments such as the guitar or play instruments during their music sing-a-longs. Any instruments that can be donated will be greatly appreciated.

As always, more volunteers are needed to help with this most rewarding work. Anyone who would like to share their musical talent or any other life experiences with people living in SRFs would be very welcome.

To donate any music or musical instruments, please contact SRF Project Officer Eddie Bullitis on 8405 6703. Volunteers who can spare an hour or two each week should contact Volunteer Coordinator Audrey Rawinski on 8405 6871 for more details.

Recycling is great – creating less waste is even betterIt’s great to see how many people are recycling their household items instead of putting them into the blue lid bin - where they would end up in landfill, never to be useful again.

However, as much as this is a great way to reduce waste to landfill, there is much more we can do to reduce waste – such as not creating excess waste in the first place.

Every year the average Australian family still produces enough waste to fill a three-bedroom home, even with recycling systems in place. This adds up to millions of tonnes of waste going to landfills all over the country.

Some waste is unavoidable. Packaging, for example, is required for health and safety reasons to protect goods from contamination or destruction. But excess packaging and disposable or single use items are made from valuable resources which, if they aren’t or can’t be recycled, will end up as landfill.

Here are some handy tips on how to create less waste:

Choose products with less packaging (e.g. refills, • concentrates or buy in bulk).

Avoid using disposable items and buy durable • products that can be repaired.

Choose products or packaging that can be recycled • or have a recycled content.

Look for eco-labels like the environmental • choice logo.

Buy pre-loved items (from second hand shops, • garage sales or local markets).

Tell retailers you want to buy products with less • packaging or that can be recycled.

Use your own carry bags when shopping. •

Say “no” to plastic carry bags.•

Buy fruit and vegtables loose rather than in • pre-packed containers.

Use partitioned lunch boxes or reusable containers • or waxed paper on your sandwiches and snacks to reduce plastic wrap.

Reuse your water bottle.•

Making public lighting more efficient The City of Port Adelaide Enfield is working with other councils and ETSA Utilities to share public lighting management information, and discuss opportunities and strategies for developing environmentally sustainable public lighting.

Public lighting is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in metropolitan Adelaide. One of the specific aims of the project is to determine where energy efficiency improvements can be made.

A key objective is to develop improved efficiencies in the delivery of high quality public lighting services across the council region at fair and reasonable costs, while continuing to make sure the public is provided with effective and safe levels of lighting.

The first step in the process is to undertake a public lighting audit for street and reserve lights. Port Adelaide Enfield, together with the Cities of Prospect, Tea Tree Gully, Campbelltown, Mitcham, Marion, Norwood, Payneham and St Peters, will analyse the information collected and determine what could be replaced by more cost and energy efficient lighting products. ETSA is also collaborating on the project

The project has been part-funded by the Australian Greenhouse Office, a division of the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change. For more information contact Port Adelaide Enfield Council on 8405 6028.

Notifications of: Streetscape & Reserve Program May/JuneMayStreetscape: Holden Hill, Dernancourt, Windsor Gardens, Klemzig, Hampstead Gardens, Manningham, Osborne, Outer Harbor, North HavenReserves East: Valley View, Walkley Heights, Gilles Plains, Oakden, Hillcrest, Holden Hill, Dernancourt, Windsor Gardens, Hampstead Gardens, KlemzigReserves North: Semaphore, Exeter, Birkenhead, Peterhead, Largs Bay, Largs North, Taperoo, North Haven, Osborne, Outer HarborJuneStreetscape: Greenacres, Broadview, Clearview, Northgate, Northfield, Wingfield, Ottoway, Rosewater, Gillman, Port AdelaideReserves Centre: Gepps Cross, Northfield, Clearview, Enfield, Northgate, Greenacres, Sefton Park, Broadview.Reserves West: Wingfield, Gepps Cross, Mansfield Park, Angle Park, Regency Park, Kilburn, Woodville Gardens, Ferryden Park, Blair Athol, Devon Park, Croydon Park, Dudley ParkReserves South: Gillman, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Glanville, Ottoway, Semaphore South, Ethelton, Rosewater, Queenstown, Alberton.OtherRatepayer Requests, Main Roads, Broadleaf Control, Linear Park, Laneways, Pump Stations

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Community award for Ethelton ‘Supergran’ Port Adelaide Enfield community bus driver Helen English has been honoured with the Irene Bell Community Award, as part of the International Women’s Day Awards.

The award, named after peace activist Irene Bell, who was a life member of the International Women’s Day Committee and received the Order of Australia for service to women’s affairs, it recognises women who have demonstrated exceptional community spirit.

That certainly describes Helen, an Ethelton resident who has made a tremendous commitment to her community.

Helen started volunteering with the City of Port Adelaide Enfield in 2001 as a community bus driver. She also volunteers as a committee member for the Port Adelaide Netball Association and as a netball coach and umpire. In addition, Helen volunteers with Portland Football Club and the Maltese Home and Community Care.

When Helen subsequently returned to a regular week day job she continued to drive charters for the Council at weekends and for various groups within the community, including many Port Adelaide Enfield coordinated events. She currently works as a Community Visitor Scheme Coordinator with Uniting Care Wesley at Bowden.

“I volunteer so that I can meet people and give of myself to the community,” Helen says. “However, I seem to receive more (from the people) than I give.”

Helen says she enjoys the friendliness and camaraderie of the community bus team and especially enjoys seeing the delight expressed by residents at supported residential facilities when she drives them to events.

Despite her busy life as a full time worker and volunteer, she still manages to find time for her hobbies – including netball and computers – and to be Grandma to her grandchildren Tayla and Joshua.

Having a Big Brother can make a differenceHaving positive role models to set the right example is an important way for young people to learn the best way to go about their lives.

Unfortunately, many young people in our community don’t have a positive role model, which is where the YWCA’s Big Brothers Big Sisters program helps out.

The program matches volunteer mentors from the community with disadvantaged and isolated young people living in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and City of Salisbury regions.

One of the YWCA’s ‘Big Brothers’, Steve Murphy, who was recently recognised at the Man Alive! 2008 Festival, has had a long involvement in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. He was matched to his first ‘Little Brother’, John, four years ago when John was 14.

Steve signed up again last year to be matched with his second ‘Little Brother’, 10-year-old Tyson, who lives with his mother and brother and has no significant male role model in his life.

Tyson had been getting into trouble at school, but since he and Steve have been doing activities together such as kicking a footy, going to the park, for bike rides and to the beach, both Tyson’s mother and his teachers have noticed huge changes in his behaviour and self-esteem.

Steve is a great example of how committed volunteers can invest their time and energy into making a difference in the lives of young people.

If you are interested in becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister, or if you know of a young person who might benefit from being matched with a mentor, please contact the Youth Mentoring Team at the YWCA on 8227 0155 or email mentor@ywca.com.au.

Murals celebrate a sense of placeTwo community art murals commissioned by City of Port Adelaide Enfield have been created at the Outer Harbor train station to provide a pleasant and informative gateway entrance statement to both the station and the state when tourists arrive on ships at Outer Harbor.

The murals, which were commissioned in partnership with TransAdelaide, are part of a project to beautify and upgrade the station, while at the same time discouraging graffiti vandalism and helping to instil a pride of place. Other improvements include new fencing, a new divider wall and painting and landscaping. An interpretive sign has been erected to explain the significance of the Kaurna Mosaic Mural and the area.

It was considered important culturally to commemorate the two significant histories and cultures of the LeFevre Peninsula. One mural depicts the region’s colonial history, including the laying of the train line and building of the harbor, while the other mural depicts the significant Kaurna history and ongoing connection to land on the Peninsula and surrounding country.

The murals were created by local artists John Whitney, Tamara Molloy, Katrina Power and Ben Resch, working with students from Tauondi College and Enfield High School.

In launching the murals on 28 March, Port Adelaide Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson said the opening of Outer Harbor exactly 100 years ago had been a pivotal move in the development of Adelaide both as a port and a city.

“We need these stories about our place, both from an Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal perspective.” Mr Johanson said. “These stories, in this case told through two powerful murals, explain our love for this land and why we have to respect the relationship we all have with this land.”

“Projects of this nature support Council’s commitment to encouraging and supporting the community to express, explore and celebrate local culture and diversity.”

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Katrina Power, Mayor Gary Johanson, Tamara Molloy, Ben Resch and John Whitney at the Outer Habor train station

Aerosol art goes respectable An innovative aerosol art program aimed at curbing graffiti vandalism has been started by Port Adelaide Enfield Council in conjunction with a group of high school students.

The “it stARTS with me” program will provide a community arts program while at the same time raising awareness of graffiti vandalism within the community.

It involves pairing groups of students from local schools with a Council youth worker and a leading aerosol artist to produce a piece of aerosol art on canvas that will then be put on exhibition.

“The theme of the program is to explore the issues of respect for oneself and one’s surroundings,” said Port Adelaide Enfield Community Development Manager Brett Hill.

“Young people who have committed or are at risk of committing acts of graffiti vandalism will be identified through the participating schools,” Mr Hill said. “They will gain a greater understanding of aerosol art as a legitimate art form, as opposed to the context of graffiti vandalism, and have the opportunity to gain the skills required to create quality pieces of aerosol art using canvas as a display medium.”

Mr Hill said the program provided an opportunity for participants to create art works and experience participation in a real exhibition that would be accessible to the public and count towards SACE accreditation.

“Whilst the program is school based, it seeks to make links with the wider community and could later be sustained by community organisations running term time and holiday arts projects supported by council grants,” Mr Hill added.

The 12 week project, which begins in May, is taking place after school hours and will engage 6-8 young people aged between 13-18 years and art works will be for sale at the exhibition.

Celebrating a remarkable womanA memorial to the woman who was the first female mayor in South Australia, Anna Moir Rennie, has been erected at the A M Rennie Reserve in Gordon Luxton Drive, North Haven.

Anna Rennie became renowned as a woman for the people, her home often bursting with visitors and those in need of food and beds. She forged the way for women in an era when women were expected to be at home in the kitchen, caring for the children.

Although born in Mingary near Broken Hill, Anna spent all of her adult life in her beloved Port Adelaide. After training as a nurse at the Adelaide Hospital, she embarked on an active life in social and community spheres and during the 1920s and 30s she campaigned for improvements to the food ration scheme in Port Adelaide.

She was elected by a narrow vote to the Port Adelaide Council in 1950, where she she served for 19 years, the last five as Mayor – a rare achievement for a woman then.

Always an active member of the ALP, Anna directed attention to women’s issues such as equal pay. She raised money to set up and equip the Port Adelaide School Band and helped establish the Port Archway facility for alcoholics.

She was the first to set up Meals on Wheels, the first to get Housing Trust units for pensioners built in Port Adelaide, the first to set up a senior citizens’ facility at Glanville Hall and was a member of 43 separate organisations.

At a ceremony to launch the memorial on 12 March, attended by Anna Rennie’s daughter Paula Sutcliff, Deputy Mayor John Croci said: “Anna Rennie has been a tremendous role model not just for the women of today, but also for the men. If those of us elected to councils around South Australia could achieve half of what she achieved, we could be very proud indeed.”

Aboriginal Advisory Panel has valuable rolePort Adelaide Enfield’s Aboriginal Advisory Panel provides input to Council on matters relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community - and also gives Council an effective way of communicating with the Aboriginal community.

Established in the late 1990s in recognition of the significance of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and culture in the region, the Panel is active in a wide range of areas including Reconciliation Week activities, NAIDOC Week celebrations and Nunga Week celebrations, including the Aboriginal Awards ceremony and Kaurna Trail Reconciliation Walk.

Its role as a consultative group has proved valuable on many occasions in the past year, including being involved in consultations on the Roy Marten Park/White Hollow Reserve; the Gillman North Arm; Development, the Grand Trunkway development and conducting a review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards.

The Panel also provides community representation in the Land Management Corporation Community Forum and Defence SA Advisory Group.

The Panel consists of 12 voting members, all of whom are either Aboriginal or work for agencies who work with the Aboriginal community, and they meet once every two months. The Mayor and three Councillors also attend the meetings as ex-officio members.

Members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community are welcome to contact members of the Panel if they have matters of concern that they wish to raise. Details can obtained by contacting Janet Taylor, Council’s Aboriginal & Cultural Diversity Officer, on 8405 6868.

Cr Carol Martin, Cr Anne-Marie Hubycz, Paula Sutcliff, Cr Helen Wright and Mayoress Vicky Johanson at the Anna Rennie Memorial launch.

Helen English

Steve Murphy and Tyson

Learning to deal with violence at home and at schoolDealing with bullying and violence at school, and violent behaviour by children at home, are difficult issues at the best of times that frustrate many children and parents.

Help is at hand at least for Year 6 and 7 boys at Gepps Cross Primary School who will take part in an eight week Rock and Water Program, an activity based program designed to teach skills that help them deal with conflict, bullying and violence.

The program, which starts in Term 2 on Thursday 8 May, runs from 1.30-3.00pm in the school activity hall, with two facilitators who will tutor the boys in physical, social and mental practices. Rock and Water encourages them to stand firm against aggression and to develop a method of dealing with situations where they use their inner authority to deflect unwanted attention.

The program is being conducted in partnership with the Reconnect Program, which is also working with Junction Community Centre to present a program for parents called ‘Who’s in Charge’, aimed at helping parents who are experiencing violence in the home by their children.

Targeting children from the ages of 8 to 18, it recognises that children are increasingly becoming abusive from a strong sense of entitlement in contemporary society, when they care less about their parents and more about what they want.

Examples of child violence can be abusive language, property damage, threats to parents or sibling’s safety, emotional abuse, physical violence, social humiliation, cruelty to pets and refusing to accept reasonable limits to behaviour.

The program will run from 6.30-9.00pm on Monday evenings in The Parks Youth Service at the Parks Community Centre, entrance off Cowan Street, Angle Park.

It is the second program run in the western region after a successful first program run at the Junction Community Centre at Ottoway in February and March. Due to strong demand, it was decided to present evening training sessions to assist parents with work commitments.

These classes are really cookingCooking classes at Enfield Community Centre are really booming - mainly due to the cook, Maria. Not only does she cook delicious food, but then, instead of a small sample to taste, she dishes out practically a whole meal to everyone.

How does she do it for only $3 each? The way to find out is to go along and see for yourself.

The classes consist of a cooking demonstration, usually of a main course and sweets, and a sample to taste. A copy of the recipe is provided so you can try cooking the dishes at home.

In the past two series Maria has cooked dishes such as stir fry, chicken and mushroom risotto, jam snacks in puff pastry, apple crumble, stuffed crepes, baked stuffed chicken and much more.

More than just a cooking class, it’s become a popular social event in which people meet in a friendly atmosphere, have some laughs, make friends and,oh yes, pick up some cooking tips too. Bookings are essential.

The classes take place at Enfield Community Centre, 540 Regency Road, Enfield, on Wednesdays from 7 May until 25 June, starting at 9.30am. The cost $3 per session. Bookings are essential call David on 8342 9168.

Helping communities to make healthy food choices A further western rollout of the exciting new venture called Community Foodies has been started by Enfield Community Health Service, with support from Port Adelaide Enfield Council.

‘Foodies’ are local people who have been trained in basic nutrition and community education skills. They then work together with health workers to promote and encourage people within their community to improve health through better nutrition.

Foodies can provide a range of education activities in schools, adult campuses, kindergartens, community centres and shopping centres - almost anywhere they can help improve the health of their local communities.

The training is provided free to members of the community. If you would like to know more about Community Foodies, contact Katie Belobrajdic or Bernie McEvoy at Enfield Community Health Service on 8342 8600.

Help make a difference to a young person’s lifeDRUG ARM’s Western Street Outreach Service (SOS) needs more volunteers to man the Outreach patrols that provide vital support to youth on the streets.

It’s an opportunity for local community minded people in the western region of Adelaide, either residents or workers, who want to make a difference to the life of a young person who may be experiencing harm associated with alcohol and/or other drugs, homelessness, as well as mental health issues.

If you’re interested, please call Western SOS Support Worker Sandy Young on 0409 274 891. For more information about DRUG ARM Australasia call 8373 5364 or visit www.drugarm.com.au.

See history come alive on Museum DayPort Adelaide Enfield’s reputation as a centre of history will be on show during International Museum Day on Sunday 18 May, when five of the City’s main museums and the Port Adelaide Caledonian Society will hold special displays.

International Museum Day has been celebrated all over the world since 1977 and now around 20,000 museums in more than 70 countries take part.

Port Adelaide Enfield museums taking part are:

South Australian Aviation Museum, Lipson Street South, Port Adelaide: featuring guided tours of the museum and restoration workshop and a sausage sizzle. Open 10.30am-4.30pm with half price entry.

National Railway Museum, Lipson Street South, Port Adelaide: a huge display of railway history, featuring engines and rolling stock. Open 10am-5pm with half price entry.

Enfield Heritage Museum, Sunnybrae Function Centre, Tikalara Street, Regency Park: discover life in SA from the 1880s to recent times. Guided tours at 11am and 1pm. Open 10am-3pm, free entry.

Austbuilt Maritime Museum, 95 Fletcher Road, Peterhead: a display of Australian nautical history. Open 12noon-2.00pm, gold coin donation.

SA Military Vehicles Museum, 252 Commercial Road, Port Adelaide huge collection of military vehicles, equipment, communications and militaria. Open 10.00am-4.30pm, half price entry.

Port Adelaide Caledonian Society, 189 Sempahore Road, Exeter: displays of Scottish history, kilts, weaponry, haggis tastings and Ayreshire teas. Open 10am-4pm, gold coin donation.

For more information contact the Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre on 8405 6560.

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youryour communityHarmony Day branches outBecause Harmony Day fell on Good Friday this year, a special event was held earlier on Sunday 16 March, when the Friends of the Parks Community Centre and the TAG Youth Action group worked with staff to host a community games day which was attended by almost 100 people.

Children and teens from many cultures played a range of old fashioned, multicultural and popular games including Justkelli from Ghana, and a variation of the old favourite Beetle. There was a shared afternoon tea and a performance by local band The Lofty Mountain Yodelling Mountaineers.

The event also included the launch of the Harmony Tree, a beautiful paper mache tree that was created by artist Hans Kriener, volunteers and staff. The tree will be housed in the children’s area of the Parks Library and will have different displays to mark the passing of seasons and special centre events. The first display features colourful autumn leaves and messages of harmony written by Parks Community Centre visitors.

Arts and crafts classes win convertsThe Come & Try classes held at the Parks Community Centre in March were so popular that participants will continue to work together on their crafts at the centre. Visiting tutors shared their skills in a range of mediums including print making, jewellery and stone carving.

Regular scrapbooking sessions are also available on Thursdays, so anyone keen to learn some new skills or continue to make beautiful pages of their memories should call Emma on 8243 5527.

The recent school holidays saw the start of special art workshops for kids and teens. The younger ones worked with their parents and an artist on printing and puppets, whilst those aged 8-12 years decorated funky boxes and experimented with paint, printing and collage. Another session is planned for 24 April and further creative classes will be offered again in the July holidays, so stay tuned for more details.

Share your collectionDo you collect things? Have you lost count of the cute and beautiful objects you have in your collection? Fiona at the Parks Community Centre would like to know what you collect, how many treasures you have and if you would like to be part of an exhibition in the AXIS Gallery. The gallery has vacancies in 2008 so if you are interested in having an exhibition in part or all of this space, call Fiona 8243 5569.

Make health a 366 day commitment

The heatwave is over, the days are slowly getting shorter and the nights are getting longer, and the last couple of months have been very busy for Adelaide residents.

It is understandable with all this activity going on that individual health and fitness needs may have been put on the backburner. But fitness should be a top priority, with good health a 366 day commitment.

To get healthy you need to not only watch what you eat, but to consider the type of exercise you do. To get optimum results, the type, frequency, duration and intensity of training should be varied.

Fitness is not just aerobic fitness but also strength, endurance, stamina and flexibility. ‘parks sports & fitness’ can provide a personalised program that will incorporate all the elements of fitness and ensure that your program is at a level to suit your needs and goals.

Choices include swimming, group fitness classes including Les Mills and freestyle, a fully equipped gym, cardio lounge and hydraulic circuit area. Call in for a tour or phone Annette on 8243 5683 to receive a complimentary pass.

What’s On at the Parks

Parks Community Centre 8243 55692-46 Cowan St Angle Park

Wednesday 23 April Holiday Family Film- EnchantedA classic Disney fairytale collides with modern-day New York City in a story about a fairytale princess who is sent to our world by an evil queen. Soon after her arrival, Princess Giselle starts to change her views on life and love after meeting a handsome lawyer. Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world? Tickets $4.40 Theatre Two.

Friday 16 May at 11am - We Love an OrchestraConcert Four of the current Out of the Square (OOTS) matinee series has the Wayville-based ARPA Orchestra returning by popular demand. Lush strings, tender reeds, big brass and percussion will immerse you in the 2008 orchestral experience of Johann Strauss, light classics and evergreens through to pops. It’s supported by exceptional vocalists and soloists in the magical world of music from a live orchestra. Tickets $12. Theatre Two.

Saturday 31 May at 2pm One Enchanted EveningLooking for the perfect afternoon out? Matt Byrne Media and OOTS presents the most romantic and cheeky afternoon you’ve had in a long time. Hear immortal numbers from the greatest musical comedies presented by a talented group of Adelaide musical theatre’s most polished performers. From South Pacific to Brigadoon, Carousel to Phantom of the Opera, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, the King And I, Guys And Dolls, High Society and Beauty And The Beast, you will enjoy the greatest ballads from the musical songbook. Theatre One.

Friday 13 June at 11am - String FeverAn innovative, passionate and hilarious OOTS cabaret created by two former Adelaide Symphony musicians. An explosion of musical styles from Riverdance to Elton John using electric violin and cello, piano, voice, percussion - even an antique typewriter. Performances include Crocodile Rock, Fiddler on the Roof, Dueling Banjos, Flight of the Bumblebee, Bluegrass, Broadway, pop, romance, country, classical, swing, Irish and Australian. Tickets $12. Theatre Two.

Saturday 14 June - Pizza and Quiz NightBack by popular demand this quiz night will have all the fun, food and prizes of previous nights but will have the added twist of having the Spooky theme. Dress to the theme, if you wish, and book early to reserve your tables, great value at only $7 per person.

Parks Community Centre 82435569.

Regular Activities

Belly dancing and line dancingClasses in both of these dance forms will continue in second term. New members are warmly welcomed with all skill and ability levels catered for.

Parks Community Centre 8243 5569.

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At the Parks Community Centre - Harmony Day tree; craft workshop; and sports and fitness centre in action

South Australian Aviation Museum

Your chance to be one of the first people to walk over the new road bridge!The Port River Expressway road and rail bridges are scheduled for completion this year and, to celebrate this milestone for Port Adelaide, a free community event will be held.

Details of the event, which will mark the delivery of the biggest road project to be completed in South Australia since the Crafers Tunnels, will be announced shortly…but, in the meantime, here’s your chance to win the opportunity to play a unique part in the celebrations.

The Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure is giving away the opportunity for ten lucky people to be among the first to walk over the new road bridge as part of the official ceremony.

This exciting, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is open to people of all ages and is easy to enter.

If you’re aged ten years and older, get creative and tell us in a 2 minute presentation (DVD, video, PowerPoint, etc) or in 200 words or less why you should be one of the first people to walk over the Port Expressway road bridge. Or, if you’re aged ten years and below, you can enter by colouring in the sketch of the new bridges below.

Further copies of the drawing are available on the Port River Expressway website: www.dtei.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/port_river_expressway.html

Entries close on Friday 27 June 2008 at 5pm. Entries may be sent via email to: portriverexpressway@saugov.sa.gov.au or by post to Amie Horner, Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, PO Box 1 Walkerville, SA 5081. Please ensure that you read the terms and conditions printed on this page or that are available from the project website listed above. And don’t forget to make sure your entry includes your name, age, address and contact phone number. Terms and Conditions

• Entry into this competition deems acceptance of the terms and conditions.

• Entry is limited to one per person.

• The judging panel will consist of members of the Port River Expressway project team and those nominated by the project team. Winners will be chosen at the judges’ discretion based on what they deem to be the best entries and/or best provide a good cross section of the community.

• The prize is not transferable for cash or any other prize.

• Entries close Friday 27 June 2008 at 5 pm.

• The judges’ decision is final and winners will be notified by phone and mail.

• The competition organisers reserve the right to refuse to allow a winner to take part in any or all aspects of the prize if they determine, in their absolute discretion, that a winner is not in the mental or physical condition necessary to be able to safely participate in the prize.

• The Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for personal injury which is suffered or sustained, as a result of taking part in the prize, except for liability which cannot be excluded by law. It is a condition of entry in to the promotion that, where the prize includes participation in a recreational activity, prize winners (or their parent or guardian if the prize winner is under 18 years) may be required to sign a Liability Release in the form required by the organiser to accept the prize.

• By completing this entry form, you acknowledge and consent to the assignment of any copyright and associated rights in the entry form to the organiser. All entries become the property of the organiser and may be used for promotional purposes. The organiser collects personal information about you to enable you to participate in this competition. If you do not provide your personal information, the organiser will not be able to enter you into this promotion.

• The competition organiser is the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, 33-37 Warwick Street, Walkerville, SA 5081.

• For further information, please call Amie Horner, Senior Consultant Community Engagement, on 8343 2672.

your ExpresswayFree Promotions for Local Tourism Operators!The accredited Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre is a service of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield that operates 7 days a week providing tourism and community information to residents and visitors to the area.

Does the Centre know about your tourism business? Find out about the many ways the Centre can promote your business, including the Port Adelaide Enfield Visitor Guide, Port Adelaide Enfield Council’s website, cooperative marketing and tourism networking opportunities.

This service is provided free of charge by the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.

Contact Anne Hall, Tourism Officer on Tel: 8405 6563 for further details.

What’s On

4 MayWalk to the New Port

Register now for a 7km walk around the sights of the old Port and the NEW PORT taking approx 1.5 hours from the Lighthouse to Edgewater. This experience is open to everyone of all ages and backgrounds to give the whole community a fit and healthier lifestyle in 2008 with three walks planned across the year. Build your fitness and change your lifestyle in 2008. Receive a free cap and a light brunch. Registration starts from $10.Phone the Port Adelaide Magpies on 8241 0141

4 May Cat Fanciers Society of SA presents 104th Championship Show

The Cat Fancier’s Society is the oldest club in South Australia and is this year holding their annual championship show. This year marks their 104th show with over 250 cats on display throughout the day. Adults $2, Children 50c

Enfield Community Centre 540 Regency Road Enfield8344 7659

18 MayInternational Museum Day

The City of Port Adelaide Enfield features a range of museums, many offering special pricing and activities as part of International Museum Day. Please contact the following participating museums for further details

SA Aviation Museum • 8240 1230

National Railway Museum • 8341 1690

Enfield Heritage Museum • 8367 7838

Austbuilt Maritime Museum • 8447 6669 or 8248 3344

SA Military Vehicles Museum • 8341 3011

Port Adelaide Caledonian Society • 8449 1741

Sunnybrae Farm • 8367 7838

Contact the Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre for a copy of the International Museum Day brochure. Telephone 8405 6560, email visitorinfo@portenf.sa.gov.au or visit the website www.portenf.sa.gov.au/goto/museumday

18 MayInternational Museum Day at Sunnybrae Farm

In days of old when Knights were bold and pirates sailed the seas: it’s International Museums Day at historic Sunnybrae Farm! Featuring medieval and samurai knights and archers, pirates, calligraphy, collectors, music, dance, food stalls and much more. Entry by gold coin donation per person. 10am-3pm.

Sunnybrae Farm Gallipoli Road Regency Park83677838

May 18 – May 25 ‘InPORT’ exhibition

A special photographic showcase of shipping within Port Adelaide. This collection of rare black and white photographs is part of History Week and is taking place all within the Austbuilt Maritime Museum. May 21 12noon-4pm, May 18 & 25 2-4pm

Austbuilt Maritime Museum 95 Fletcher Road Peterhead8248334421 May Port Adelaide Historical Society Meeting

Meeting commences at 8pm, featuring an exhibition of Mr Gary Workman’s magnificent collection featuring “Glassware of the Royal Adelaide Show’’.

Semaphore Library, Semaphore Road, Semaphore8345 5930

26 May Enfield and Districts Historical Society AGM

Meetings held at 7.15pm

Enfield Community Centre, 540 Regency Road, EnfieldBookings by 23 May on 8267 7838

28 MayEnfield and Districts Historical Society Meeting

Meetings held at 7.15pm

Enfield Community Centre 540 Regency Road EnfieldBookings by 23 May on 8267 7838

18 June Port Adelaide Historical Society AGM

Meeting commences at 8pm, featuring the first public viewing of Mr. Howard Speed’s film ‘fifty years of Port Adelaide,1950-2000.

Semaphore Library Semaphore Road Semaphore8345 5930

20 May & 17 JuneThe Enfield Horticultural Society Monthly Meetings

Monthly Meetings take place at 7.45pm

Klemzig Community Hall 7 OG Road Klemzig8251 2299

7 to 9 JuneAdelaide Model Railway Show

A display of over 25 working model layouts from Adelaide, regional SA and interstate. Layouts range from the simple to the sophisticated. See demonstrations of model and scenery building. New and second hand models, books, videos and memorabilia on sale. Open 9am-5pm (4pm Monday). Free parking. Admission $10 adults, $5 children, $25 families.

Greyhound Park Cardigan Street Angle Park 8349 5229

1 & 9 May - 9 & 13 JuneOrchid Club of South Australia MeetingsThe Orchid Club of SA will be holding a number of meetings during May-June. Visitors welcome to all meetings. Evening Meetings to be held at 8pm on 1 May and 5 June, featuring a trading table and supper. Day Group Meetingsto be held on 9 May and 13 June between 2pm-4pm $2 entry includes raffle ticket, refreshments, special guest speakers and trading tables.

Enfield Community Centre 540 Regency Road EnfieldPhone Graham Hein on 0448 860 299 for more information

Regular ActivitiesPaint, Make and Create Playgroup

Original creations and lots of fun, this friendly playgroup gives younger children the opportunity to experience art in all its forms from music and drama though to paint and clay. There is also structured playtime for children and parents to interact. Mondays 10.00-11.30am

Semaphore Uniting Church 146 Semaphore Rd Exeter0401 420 521

Semaphore Baby Playtime

A playgroup especially for mums/dads/carers with babies under 18 months old. A great way to meet new friends in your community and learn about the developments of your baby. Mondays 1.30-3.00pm

Semaphore Uniting Church 146 Semaphore Rd Exeter0401 420 521

For further details on any of these events or to list your own event in the ‘What’s On’, contact theVisitor Information Centre on Tel: 8405 6560 or visit www.portenf.sa.gov.au/goto/events

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Young people empowered at the PortNational Youth Week is the largest celebration of young people in Australia, and each year thousands of young people aged 12-25 years all across Australia get involved.

This year’s big event was Empower Youth Day, staged jointly at Alberton Oval on 10 April by the cities of West Torrens, Charles Sturt and Port Adelaide Enfield in partnership with the Port Adelaide Football Club and the State Government’s Office for Youth.

The day featured bands, dance performance, a football clinic and other activities designed to provide young people with opportunities to express their ideas and views, raise issues of concern and act on issues that affect their lives.

“We chose a program that revolved around the arts as a way for young people to express themselves,” said Port Adelaide Enfield Youth Development Officer Doug Fingland. “We hope to be able to build on this event next year, perhaps with a film and video theme.”

Port Adelaide Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson, who opened the event, said: “We cannot reach and teach young people if we antagonize them by disrespecting their culture and their extraordinary creative abilities. That’s why today’s program is strongly focussed on music, performance and art to provide new ways to talk about and resolve youth issues.

“Today’s event is all about supporting initiatives that allow young people to develop skills and attributes that enable them to become more active participants within their community.”

School reaches out through artThe colourful new mural that’s brought new life to the front and courtyard at North Haven Schools is just one of several projects that has shown how art can create a bridge between school and community.

School principal Gael Little says the 360 students at the school were surveyed to see what they would like to do to improve the school’s appearance, and the consensus was that they wanted a mural that was “bright and happy, that reflected the sea.”

It was also an opportunity to depict the school’s core values of respect, success, responsibility, honesty and care in a visual way, which was carried out with help from local artists Kalyna Micenko and Bob Daly, who held class meetings and workshops with the students.

They used drawings done by the students and incorporated the best of them into the mural, which comprised a number of cutout wooden shapes on walls overlooking the school’s courtyard.

The students have also been busy making boats for the Anzac Day Eve Light on the Water celebration. During the Port Festival last year they painted pot plant holders, planted large tubs with flowers and painted one of the famous dolphins made for the festival. Recently the school has been busy planting 17,000 native trees and shrubs around the school to create an Aboriginal food trail.

“We’re in the Port Adelaide Enfield Council area but right at the end of it,” Gael says. “That means we have to reach out to the community – we can’t wait for it to come to us. In this way we’re creating lots of opportunities for people to come into the school, which adds to the quality of our teaching and learning, and takes our students into the local world.”

Although the school takes advantage of the grant funding available from whenever they can, they also need sponsors to help with some of the bigger projects. “We have a fantastic mosaic project waiting to go,” Gael says. “It just needs funding, and it’s going to cost around $10,000.”

Everyone’s favourite Auntie – that’s JosieAs a prominent Kaurna elder, Auntie Josie Agius is known to thousands of South Australians because of her eloquent Kaurna “welcome to country” speeches at many civic events. But closer to home in Port Adelaide Enfield she’s just as well known for her tireless community work.

Her first love is Kurruru Indigenous Youth Performing Arts, with which she’s been associated since the days when it was simply known as the Port Youth Theatre. Her role there is “community networker” – “which just means I know a lot of people and get around,” she says modestly.

Born in Wallaroo and raised at Pt Pearce, she moved with her widowed mother and four siblings to Mile End where she went to school. For the past 44 years she’s lived at Taperoo where she has dug deep roots into the community as mentor to young people, social activist and supporter to everyone who needs help, from both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities.

She’s one of Port Adelaide Enfield’s unsung heroes,” says Port Adelaide Enfield Council’s Aboriginal & Cultural Diversity Officer Janet Taylor. “She’s been a strong advocate for Kaurna issues but also for all the community, and for many years was a valued member of Council’s Aboriginal Advisory Panel.

“Auntie Josie is quietly persistent, highly intelligent and, most of all, very passionate with a huge commitment to children and young people. She’s everyone’s favourite auntie as well as being a highly respected Kaurna elder.”

Auntie Josie was one of the first Aboriginal health workers in Adelaide and then moved to Taperoo Primary School as an Aboriginal education worker before becoming involved in youth theatre.

Sport is another of Josie’s passions – she was once a keen netballer and her late husband played football for West Adelaide, and the tradition has continued with her own three children and grandchildren: “They’re all sportspeople,” she says.

Although she’s met state governors and premiers, Auntie Josie says the real highlights of her life are simply her family and Kururru, while going to Canberra for Prime Minister Rudd’s “sorry” statement was also definitely a highlight.

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Students enjoying the Empower Youth Day with local band The Temps; and the mural at North Haven Schools