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SALISBURY AWARE FREE | edition 56 | winter 2018 PBA-FM CELEBRATES 35th ANNIVERSARY COUNCIL INVESTMENTS CONSTRUCTION STARTS SALISBURY IN SALISBURY ON COMMUNITY HUB SALA TRAIL City of Salisbury | 12 James Street Salisbury SA 5108 | PO Box 8 Salisbury SA 5108 | Phone 8406 8222 | TTY 8406 8596 | [email protected] salisbury.sa.gov.au @cityofsalisbury @cityofsalisbury @cityofsalisbury A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Salisbury… a flourishing city with opportunity for all One of the things that I love the most about in investment - a significant boost from $2.5 the City of Salisbury is how it is always billion at the end of 2017. Salisbury is also the changing. Salisbury has evolved significantly fourth largest economy in South Australia, with over the years, growing from strength to a Gross Regional Product (GRP) of $6.37 billion. strength and adapting readily to challenges. I also want to take this time to thank each and We are turning an exciting new page of the every one of you. In June I received a Medal of Salisbury story. Work has now started on the the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Salisbury Community Hub, which will be a Honours List. It was a delightful surprise and vibrant, cutting-edge facility for the benefit one I am honoured to receive, as my dedication of our whole community. I am buoyed by the to the Salisbury community over the past 30 positive feedback we continue to receive from years has been one of the joys of my life. both residents and business owners, and by the community enthusiasm for the project. There are so many reasons to be optimistic about the future of Salisbury, and to be proud The latest data from the National Institute of our dynamic, flourishing city. of Economic and Industry Research shows that Salisbury has attracted over $3.1 billion Mayor Gillian Aldridge, OAM CONTENTS 04 Your Council SALISBURY 05 New Para Hills Community Hub AWARE 06 PBA-FM Celebrates 35 Years 08 Council Elections Editor KATHARINE NICHOLSON 11 Salisbury Libraries Feature Writers KATHARINE NICHOLSON, 12 Investing in Salisbury LIBBY PARKER, NADINE BISHOP 14 Unfolding the Next Stage of Our Story 20 Contributors MICHAEL BENNINGTON, NINA PARLETTA, JESSICA SAMMUT, RICK 17 SA Super League HENKE, REBECCA LEE, HELEN ATKINS 18 R U OK? Graphic Design ICON GRAPHIC DESIGN 19 Out and About Photography BLUE RAZOO 20 Food Glorious Food Printing NEWSTYLE PRINTING 21 Salisbury Writers’ Festival Distribution PMP DISTRIBUTION 21 Changes to Dog Registrations 22 Watershed Art Prize Turns Ten Please send story 25 HAVE YOUR SAY ideas and photographs for publication 23 South Australian Living Artists Festival consideration to: Editor Salisbury Aware, 25 Right Royal Visit City of Salisbury, Box 8 Salisbury 5108 or email: [email protected] 26 A Year of Economic Change 26 EXTRA PUBLICATION COPIES: Available 29 Golden Age for Local Manufacturers from the Salisbury Council Office at 12 30 City Infrastructure James Street in Salisbury, local libraries and community centres, while stocks last. 30 The Legends Awards 31 Get in Touch www.salisbury.sa.gov.au | SALISBURY AWARE | WINTER 2018 | 3 YOUR COUNCIL WEST WARD NORTH WARD MAYORMAYOR Gillian Aldridge OAMJP 0411 703 706 [email protected] Cr Chad Buchanan JP Cr Donna Proleta Cr Linda Caruso Cr Graham Reynolds 0403 677 807 0433 750 832 Deputy Mayor 0413 966 500 [email protected] [email protected] 0412 961 690 [email protected] PARA WARD [email protected] N Cr Robyn Cook Cr Riccardo Zahra NORTH [email protected] 0416 191 697 [email protected] CENTRAL WARD CENTRAL WEST Cr David Balaza Cr Betty Gill JP 0431 111 264 0417 868 283 PARA EAST [email protected] [email protected] EAST WARD LEVELS HILLS SOUTH Cr Joe Caruso Cr Damien Pilkington 0418 848 295 0411 690 805 [email protected] [email protected] LEVELS WARD SOUTH WARD HILLS WARD Cr Steve White Cr Beau Brug Cr Sean Bedford Cr Julie Woodman JP Cr David Bryant Cr Shiralee Reardon JP 0498 490 346 0430 188 175 0422 019 079 [email protected] 0414 457 419 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 4 | WINTER 2018 | SALISBURY AWARE | www.salisbury.sa.gov.au MY SALISBURY WORDS Nadine Bishop NOW WELCOME TO THE OPEN! NEW PARA HILLS COMMUNITY HUB “The hard work and design aesthetic that has gone into this development really shows a thorough level of community understanding and being proactive in how we can service the needs of the community in years to come,” Mayor Aldridge said. “I cannot wait to come and spend my time here in this beautiful Para Hills Community Hub.” The development will allow for the City of Salisbury to cater to the growing needs of the whole community, including local residents, schools and businesses. It will also provide a variety of accessible spaces for hire and will see an increased offering of programs and events for people of After a busy six months of construction, the Para Hills all ages, covering topics such as: Community Hub is open. It has exceeded Council’s • Health, fitness and wellbeing. expectations to become a welcoming place for people of • Adult vocational learning. all ages and backgrounds - a place that creates business, • STEM-based robotics and Lego. cultural, learning and recreational opportunities. • Early years learning and literacy. • Digital literacy. • Programs for seniors. The Para Hills Community Hub is an exciting Wilkinson roads, stayed on schedule during development for the City of Salisbury and the entire construction with the most recent The Para Hills Community Hub will host an one that Council is thrilled to open up to the updates to the development including ceiling Open Day between 11.00 am – 3.00 pm on community. This facility is an integral initiative panels, courtyard benches and preparations Saturday 11 August 2018. It will be a day for in Council’s vision to enhance the service for the carpark. the whole family to walk through the new diversity available to the community through building and sample some of the programs co-locating functions and activities in new The extension has seamlessly integrated into to be offered at the facility. There will be and upgraded local community hubs. the existing facility and includes multifunction complimentary food available, such as meeting rooms, community activity rooms, cupcakes, a sausage sizzle and vegetarian The development incorporates an extension kitchen facilities and outdoor spaces with options. The day will also feature fun-filled of the existing Para Hills Library and Para Hills seating. activities such as Lego programs, virtual Seniors Centre to include a new community reality (VR) games and music performances. facility. The Paddocks Centre, which serviced City of Salisbury Mayor Gillian Aldridge, OAM the community for more than 30 years, said the Para Hills Community Hub was will be relocating into the new Para Hills “thrilling for the area” and would allow for For more information about the Community Hub. residents to connect with others in a fresh Para Hills Community Hub, visit: and modern space. www.salisbury.sa.gov.au/phch The site, located at the corner of Kesters and www.salisbury.sa.gov.au | SALISBURY AWARE | WINTER 2018 | 5 COVER STORY WORDS Katharine Nicholson IMAGE Brett Sheridan, Blue Razoo Photography SALISBURY CALLING: PBA-FM CELEBRATES 35 YEARS ON AIR The northern region’s beloved community radio station PBA-FM is celebrating the milestone anniversary this August. The station has seen a wide array of changes the station aired programs made for and Christmas Carol,” Mr Lockyer said. “The year since first entering the local airwaves in 1983. by the local Greek, Italian and other ethnic that Halley’s Comet flew by, we also did a communities. special show about that.” PBA-FM kicked off full time broadcasting – originally as 5 PBA – at an opening event These days, a huge array of multicultural PBA-FM has continued to thrive in the age of attended by the Honourable Dr Lynn Arnold, shows are broadcast at the station, including digital broadcasting. Many of the shows are then the State Member for Salisbury and later Salvadoran, Bhutanese, German, Macedonian, also available as podcasts with the station Premier of South Australia. Romanian, Filipino and more. streaming online via their website – earning fans across the globe. Volunteer and show host Gary Lockyer has Marilyn Bos has been volunteering with the been involved since the very beginning. station since 1984, helping to host the Filipino The station’s Sales Administrator Sherina programming. Winton said PBA-FM provided “exciting” “It was a great time, building it up,” he said. learning opportunities to volunteers, who are “There was strong camaraderie.” “We applied for a time [to broadcast] - and pleasantly surprised to discover technical skills as one of the community leaders, I ended up they never knew they had. “There are a lot of possibilities in radio.” behind the microphone,” she said. Ms Winton encouraged prospective volunteers Mr Lockyer said that when the station initially “It has become a part of me.” to get in contact, or drop into the station to began, broadcasting stopped at midnight. say hello. One of the volunteers had to physically turn In 2007, with support from the City of off the transmitter, located at a local high Salisbury, the station relocated to new “Or, if you’re between 16 to 25, contact Council school, and drop the key in Mr Lockyer’s studios adjoining Twelve25 Youth Enterprise about the Jibba Jabba intake,” she said.