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YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS •WINTER 2019 PAGE
SEE THE SHOWCASE
COLLECTION
The Semaphore Library will soon have a Showcase Collection.
It will feature new items each month, provide an expanded Grab
and Go collection, and highlight individual selections including
authors and genres. For ease of viewing this new collection
and others, new shelving is being installed that will double the
number of items displayed with the cover showing, to make
them easier to find.
More usable space has also been set up for programs, reading
and studying. During the installation, Semaphore Library will be
closed on Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 June, so you can visit
the Port Adelaide Library on these dates for continuing library
services.
COME AND PLAY AT ENFIELD
A new group for babies, toddlers and pre-school aged children
from birth to five years will kick off at Enfield Community Centre
on Monday 17 July from 9:30 until 11:30am.
Children will have a chance to engage in creative, unstructured
learning through play, and enjoy the exciting and bright
Imagination Playground equipment.
Research has shown that regularly attending playgroup can
benefit children in all areas of their development including
physical, social, emotional, language & brain development
and communication.
Playgroups also provide parents and carers with a great
opportunity to meet other local families.
It is free to attend, and there is no need to book, but if you are
planning on coming please give Liz a call on 8405 6556 or email
A DELIVERY OF GOOD
NEIGHBOURS
Kylie Agnew of Clearview was “surprised but also very happy”
to discover that her neighbour Lisa was allocated to assist her
with the delivery of her first child.
Kylie had registered with the Women and Children’s Hospital
Midwife Group Practice program, which provides mums-to-
be care by their own midwife who gets to know them during
the pregnancy, is on call for the birth and provides four weeks
of postnatal care in the woman’s home. The program helps
women form a bond with their midwife, so in Kylie’s case it was
an opportunity to be supported through her pregnancy by a
neighbour she had known for many years.
In March, Kylie nominated Lisa to be recognised in our
Appreciate Your Neighbour competition, as part of our
celebration of Good Neighbour Day. This project is part of
our acknowledgement of the importance of neighbours for the
overall health and wellbeing of our community, and Lisa was
one of five competition winners. She said that when she found
out from the hospital that her neighbour was going to be her
midwife, it seemed like the olden days of the ‘village midwife’.
“She would walk down to my house for our appointments, and
she helped me bring two healthy boys into the world and I feel
lucky to call Lisa my dear friend and great neighbour.
We regularly catch up for coffee and we look out for each other
and our homes.”
We also congratulate our other winners; Sarah from Exeter
who was nominated by Yvette, Melanie and Greg of Enfield who
were nominated by Hanna, and Jenny from Clearview who was
nominated by Trish.
COMMUNITY
A City that supports
commu nity wellbeing
Good neighbours, Kylie Agnew and Lisa Buttery