October and now Spring
Tony Butson: expresses his own views which my not be that of City South Association Inc.
October into Spring : Tony Butson
Ladies and Gentlemen: welcome to the warmer weather, longer days as daylight creeps out minute by minute with each dawn, bright greenie bits on our flora, coats being discarded, (at this writers peril when attacked by the flu) paint pots, picnics, outings and allsorts of renewal activities, bring it on.
The Election candidate’s night, all candidates promised to attend, making what is termed a good turnout, now lets see who will be the first to break an election promise. Venue, beverages and tucker was well sorted, organised by committee member and owner of the Rob Roy, so with gong in place, master of ceremonies prompted and a raucous but respectful crowd. Proceedings continued at an equatorial pace with the enthusiastic crowd informed and armed with voting sustenance.
Precinct points: Tony Butson
This month a visit the dead centre of our area, West Terrace Cemetery, what a spot to have a rest, with glorious monuments, stunning sunsets, speeding traffic noise obliterated with peace.
This is a must for us all, preferable whilst still awake too notice our surroundings, but if fortunate enough to be interned in its grounds, even better, brilliant. The place needs a bit of a tidy up, tilting slabs of monument waiting for the odd hand to appear but overall with real signs of work in progress.
I noticed the bedrolls of some of our challenged people, tucked neatly next to their favourite tomb; I’m unclear if they are queuing, or consider it a safe haven for their modest goods.
The West Terrace Cemetery is probably the oldest municipal cemetery in Australia still in use and will remain so until 2032 when the final leases expire. The site was one of six reserves in the Parklands set aside by the Surveyor-General, Colonel William Light, when he surveyed the City of Adelaide in 1836. From the original dimensions the site has changed size and dimensions, to its present size of approximately 77 acres.
Afghan)Section – 1896, Crematorium Section - October 1902, AIF Cemetery – 1920, Druses Allotment - August Over time sections of the public Cemetery have been granted to religious denominations for their exclusive use as well as for special purposes. Thereafter some of these sections were enlarged as more ground was required, or reduced in size if the original area was too generous.
General Section - August 1843, Jewish Section - March 1845, Roman Catholic Section - May 1849, Church of England Section - January 1855, Mohommedan (1928
We are a mixed lot, so per chance your have a few hours for a walk, do yourself a favour, and pay a visit. A note of warning, West Terrace is eight lanes wide, you are best served using the crossing in front of the main gate, and even then get a wriggle on.
Sustainable Adelaide Survey: Peak Oil Transition Community Group
A questionnaire was composed and distributed by members of the Peak Oil Transition Community Group. They emailed the questionnaire to 16 candidates standing for both Area Councillor and Ward Councillor elections.
For results of the questionnaire contact below:
The Peak Oil Transition Community Group was formed to build community awareness of Peak Oil, and to exchange ideas and skills on how we can effectively cope with a time when energy is scarce and cost prohibitive. The Group meets at the Adelaide South West Community Centre in Sturt Street every month. If you would like to join us, please email Greg Martin on mailto:martingm@bigpond.net.auor Mij Tanith on mailto:webb@olis.net.aufor details of the next meeting.
Committee Mysteries: Tony Butson
In the committee process it’s all too common that once a year at an Annual General Meeting, fair-minded individuals willingly or reluctantly agree to accept office, beaming as they often do in that moment of less than bright illumination. It’s sad to report then that after the initial thrust of self-satisfaction several of the elected are never to be seen again.
The question begs to be asked, why? What is with people that they are not honest with themselves, if you don’t intend to put in, then I say stay out. If after being elected the circumstances change and one is unable to help, say so, don’t continue to take up space when willing people are waiting to help.
Such offices are supposed to be fun, interesting and worthwhile, for many of us this is very much the case for those with temporal willing, stay still.
The Rainbow Sessions: Tony Doyle
Like a rainbow, these sessions are full of colour, harmony and present a broad range of musical styles from a diverse range of people and performers, including you!
We’re talking about sing-along, join-in jam sessions. Sessions are driven by the “Rare Ol’ Times”, a well-established Adelaide Trio.
Adelaide has a long and proud tradition of Aussie / Irish style pub sing-a-longs. There’s no PA or microphones, just singers, musicians, & patrons all together performing around the tables,& covering adiverse range of music, from the 1920's to today.It’s dynamic, inclusive & fun! Patrons will be encouraged to join in and at times take the lead.
This new-look session is held every alternate Thursdays:
11thOct, 25thOct, 8thNov, 22ndNov....from 7pm until 11pm at The Brecknock Hotel, corner Gilbert & King William Street, City.
So, gather your friends and bring your voices and instruments and prepare to have the time of your life. The Brecknock Hotel is wheelchair accessible, & has a disability access toilet.
Adelaide South West Community Centre: Marjon Martin
When you think ‘art’ don’t overlook our Community Centre. A new exhibition entitled Both Three Of Usis to be launched on Monday October 1 at 4pm.
This exhibition is a family affair. Husband and wife, Ivan and Caroline Rehorek, and oldest son Ambrose, invite you to a selection of their recent work - Ivan's paintings, mosaics and a ceramic or two, Caroline's lead lights and ceramics, and several paintings by Ambrose.
This is colourful and unusual work with plenty to enjoy. Pop in before Nov 15thwhen the exhibition ends. The Centre is open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
Tools + resources for borrowing
Our Centre is increasingly well resourced with the idea of helping locals through not having to own everything themselves. There is a stepladder, wheelbarrow, sac truck, large garden scissors, spade, fork and a number of small gardening tools.
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-->Take your formal ID and borrow the tools. There are also Petanque Balls, which can be taken to the parklands.
New sewing machine
The most recent acquisition at our Centre is a sewing machine. You can use it at the Centre and you can arrange to have lessons to use it. Call in to make the arrangements.
Activities
As you know there are many and varied activities at our Centre. Check the ACC website for their program or pop into the Centre at 171 Sturt Street.
For the keen photographers among us let me just note that there is an excellent introductory course with Rosey Boehm on Saturday 20thOctober. You can ring Rosey on 0418 848 103 for details.
Arts Fair: A group from the Centre are bringing their picnic to the Arts Fair and encourage others to do the same.
South West Community Network: Iwona Pattison
Meeting held at the Adelaide South West Community Centre, 171 Sturt Street, Adelaide. Wednesday 29 August 2007, 6.30 - 8.30pm
Guest Speaker:
Minister Jane Lomax-Smith Topic: "The Role of the Minister for Adelaide"
Adelaide is the Minister’s smallest portfolio. There is no budget or bureaucracy or power attached to it. City of Adelaide Act sets up Capital Cities Committee to establish communication channel between Local Government and State Government.
The Committee meets 4 times year. Some of the projects it has been involved in include; North terrace, Riverbank, mental health initiatives, homeless initiatives (e.g. Common Ground in Light Square), Aboriginal housing, road funding, legal service for people on low income. The Committee comprises of Planning, Local Government and Housing Ministers, Lord Mayor and 3 Councillors.
As Minister, Jane is trying to do deals, e.g. get water for Park Lands, tourism initiatives, art events funded from relevant departments/portfolios, Science Think Tank. The City gains $500 Million per year from overseas students. City schools are not attended by local community children but City workers’ children.
Good governance involves getting out of own portfolio. The overall role of the Minister for Adelaide is to pull people together to benefit City of Adelaide.
Westcare Services:
David Wright has worked with Westcare for 19 years and has seen many transitions during that time. Westcare was set up in 1913 to service people living on the edge. Fed many during the depression, the migrant influx. Now mainly servicing people who are homeless and/or suffering from addiction and mental illness. Core service is the day centre, which is open from 11.30am -3.30pm daily. People can get a free meal.
Westcare uses the “stages of care” model. They currently have 143 clients. Caseworkers build up relationships with clients, then move into helping them to move on Emergency assistance is provided to about 2000 people a year, mainly in the form of food vouchers and food parcels.
Karpendi is a service offered to Aboriginal women and children. Aboriginal elders act as mentors for younger women. Provide visiting services; doctor, nurse, Centrelink, legal clinic (senior law students from Adelaide Uni), to help get people back on track.
Have an arts program (check out the mural in Miller’s Court), get involved in the Whitmore Square Artist’s Fair, and hold Carols in the Square, run “Exceptional Needs Units” offsite. The number of homeless has halved since the government made their promise
Next meeting: Wednesday, 28th November 2007, 6.30pm
Ring Iwona on 8203 7219 or email i.pattison@adelaidecitycouncil.com to add any items to the agenda.
Sturt Street (west of Whitmore Square) Pedestrian Safety Improvements:
SW Pedestrian Group Leader: Bri-anne Keen
You are invited to attend a meeting on Tuesday 9 October 2007, 6.30pm at the:
Adelaide SW Community Centre, 171 Sturt Street, Adelaide.
The Adelaide City Council has allocated $100,000 in its 2007/2008 budget to fund a special project called "Sturt Street Pedestrian Safety “Improvements" to Sturt Street between Whitmore Square and West Terrace.
We need your ideas / input to help us prioritize proposals to improve pedestrian safety and amenity along Sturt Street between Whitmore Square and West Terrace. The next step will be to present a proposal to Council for consideration.
If you are not able to attend you are welcome to send me an email before 2pm on the meeting day on bkeenie@yahoo.com.au or call me Bri-Anne Keen on 0419 842 945.
Somersault Sessions: Tony Doyle
‘Somersault Sessions’ is a FREE music skills and performance development workshop series for people with a disability.
Working with Composer/Muslaying an instrument, singing or song writing – with outcomes being the opportunity to perform at some diical Director Robert Petchell participants will be able to develop their musical ability and skills whether this be psability arts events and to record what you have developed.
Somersault Sessions will start in the first week of October and be held in Theatre One at The Parks Community Centre, Angle Park – so now is the time to book a place!
Six sessions of 3 hours each will be held from October – December, with another six sessions during February – April next year. All sessions will be held during the day.
For further information and to see if this is the opportunity for you, please ring Robert Petchell on 0402 429 197 or leave a message on 8347 2102 asking for him to ring you.
Somersault Sessions are part of The Somersault Project, a disability arts project of Tony Doyle Visions - funded by Arts SA Health Promotion Through the Arts and Disability SA.
Whitmore Square Arts Fair: Tony Butson
Sunday 28thOctober 11am – 4pm and what do we need…..YOU….to paraphrase the English First World War posters….”Your precinct needs you”…..Volunteers are needed to help the day, contact Gordon Andersen at citysouthassoc@adelaide.on.netso that your kind services can be attached to the appropriate chain gang.
Did You Know: Tony Butson
We have the oldest Mosque in Australia, right here in the midst of our precinct, in 1940 some 39% of housing in our area was substandard, and regarded as “veritable plaque spots”, 35,000 people lived in Adelaide in 1947, and does anyone know what happened to the Chromosonic Tower circa 1970 ?.