House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Grievance Debate Kavel Electorate, Community Events KAVEL ELECTORATE, COMMUNITY EVENTS Mr GOLDSWORTHY House of Assembly Kavel Mr GOLDSWORTHY (Kavel) (15:33): I am pleased to highlight to the house this afternoon a number of recent community events that I have attended in the electorate of Kavel. On Saturday just past, I attended the Mount Barker Neighbourhood Watch Police Expo which was held at the historic Auchendarroch House site at Mount Barker. The Mount Barker Neighbourhood Watch committee worked in conjunction with the local police, ably led by Superintendent Tom Reiniets, who is superintendent of the local service area (LSA). It really highlighted a whole range of activities and areas of importance in which the police, the Neighbourhood Watch, the SES and the CFS are involved, in keeping our respective communities safe and secure. I also had the pleasure, accompanied by my wife, of attending the annual dinner of the Lobethal sub-branch of the RSL. It was an honour for me to be offered and, obviously, to take up the invitation to become an affiliate member of the RSL, particularly of that sub-branch. Again, the committee members of the Lobethal RSL sub-branch are outstanding people within the community, and obviously have the best interests of the community working through the activities of the RSL. They are just two events that I attended on Saturday that I would like to highlight and provide the house with some information and congratulate all those people who were involved in what were really outstandingly successful events. On Sunday it was my pleasure, again accompanied by my wife, to attend the annual Callington Show. It is the eighth annual show that has been held and I can say to the house that it has been a pleasure that I have attended every one of those eight shows since its inception. In those eight years, the show itself has gone from strength to strength. It is a shining example of an outstanding community event. The show society and the local council, the District Council of Mount Barker, the service clubs and all the volunteers involved really bring about an outstanding community event. There is a whole range of activities that take place on the day, really too many to mention in the limited time that I have available, but there are many stalls offering products and services and some community organisations also highlighting their activities and the services that they provide to the community. Again, I would like to congratulate the show society and its president, Mr Roger Farley, who is a local farmer from the district, all those people involved in the show society committee and all those volunteers who put in many hours over many months to make that event a real success. I look forward to attending the Callington Show in ensuing years as the local member. In addition to that, I had the pleasure of actually walking through the Callington Primary School site. There is evidence of some outstanding development at the Callington School site. It has been my pleasure to visit the school on many occasions. Callington is a relatively small community compared to other townships in the area. It may be small in numbers but it is large in its community spirit. It has a strong community spirit and a very strong sense of community that binds that community together for the benefit of the district and the people within that township. I again put on the record my congratulations to all those people involved in the show society and also all the people who are involved in the school community. As I said, there has been some really quite significant development, some improvement to the buildings and facilities at the school. I had the pleasure of meeting the principal of the primary school, who I understand has only been recently appointed and, as I said, it was a pleasure to meet her. Time expired.