Local News
10 Mar 10 | WELCOME HOME
Pictured on the jumping castle at Saturday’s Retirement Village fete here with their cousin Riley Craw (3) in front were Harry (7) and Jacinta (5) Watson.
Harry and Jacinta and their parents Paul and Donna Watson have recently returned home to live in Cootamundra, having spent the last 15 months in Bendigo.
10 Mar 10 | COOTAMUNDRA’S creeks turned into rivers and paddocks were transformed into flood plains when Cootamundra received massive amounts of rain last weekend.
05 Mar 10 | CSU STUDIES
Chris Luck began studies on Monday at Charles Sturt University in Wagga, where he will commence a four year Bachelor of Education, primary teaching degree.
His siblings Catherine and Courtney are also studying, and are students at the Cootamundra High School in years 12 and 11 respectively.
05 Mar 10 | SIMPLE actions can make a huge difference to our
environment – like cleaning up your local area.
Cootamundra residents, sporting groups, businesses, local organisations and charities and local schools are again being encouraged to grab their gloves and bags and keep Cootamundra beautiful as part of the national Clean Up Australia Day this Sunday.
03 Mar 10 | SURPRISE PARTY
A surprise 60th birthday party was organised for Ken Leahy last Saturday evening.
Forty friends and family members enjoyed a meal at the Globe Hotel restaurant, with everyone having a wonderful time catching up with those they hadn’t seen in a while.
03 Mar 10 | Cootamundra parents have embraced new child restraint laws.
Target country is the only store in Cootamundra which sells child restraints and reports an increase number of sales.
26 Feb 10 | AND BABY MAKES EIGHT
Murray and Julie Roberts of “Hillside” Cootamundra have a welcome new addition to their family.
Abbey was born at the Cootamundra Hospital on Saturday, February 20, weighing 8lb 3oz (3.70 kg).
26 Feb 10 | EARLIER this week, the Out of School Hours Care (OOSH) centre located at the Australian Rules Hall, came close to closing its doors for the last time after a substantial amount of termite damage was discovered during a facelift of the facility.
24 Feb 10 | BIRTHDAY WISHES
Belated birthday wishes are being extended to Janet Ash from the Nursing Home, who celebrated her birthday last Thursday, February 18.
24 Feb 10 | WITH about 1,000 people in town across the weekend for the annual Coota Beach Volleyball carnival, and 84 teams competing, the economic benefits of the event for the town are wide-ranging.
19 Feb 10 | JOB SHARING
Job sharing has been working well for Belinda Kelly and Alysha Phillips, two new ladies on the staff at Di’s Coffee Shop.
Belinda and Alysha each work three days a week, with another new staff member Kathryn Goodwin filling in every second Saturday.
19 Feb 10 | AN HISTORICAL study on graves at the local cemetery has revealed that Cootamundra has some of the oldest graves with Lebanese connections in Australia.
This historic finding has secured Cootamundra a $50,000 Federal Government Grant to restore the gravesites and surrounding areas, subsequently turning them in an attraction for the town.
17 Feb 10 | COOTA CRITTERS
Closing their doors for the last time at the end of this month, if not before, is Coota Critters of Parker Street.
Ian and Karen Hoy have enjoyed their time as proprietors of the business, especially having had the opportunity to meet so many lovely people, the majority being animal lovers like themselves.
17 Feb 10 | COOTAMUNDRA IGA and neighbouring businesses were shutdown for up to five hours yesterday, as a result of a refrigeration gas leak.
The in store smoke alarms sounded around 8.30am alerting staff and shoppers to the potential danger, who were then evacuated as a precaution. The Cootamundra Fire Brigade were notified just before 9am.
12 Feb 10 | CONGRATULATIONS, NONI
Former local girl Noni McNamara graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Wollongong on Wednesday, December 16.
12 Feb 10 | COOTAMUNDRA high school students may have seen the last curtain fall on the iconic Rock Eisteddfod, a national phenomenon that has inspired thousands of would be dancers, choreographers and ‘roadies’ for over 30 years.
A lack of government support has been cited as the cause of the funding crisis.
10 Feb 10 | COMBINED PARTY
A lot of laughs and even a few tears were shed at a combined send-off/long service party held at Restaurant 116 at the Globe Hotel on Saturday evening, attended by Cootamundra Herald staff.
Advertising consultant Janet McAtear was farwelled, and thanked for her six years of service in what can (sometimes) be a tough job!
10 Feb 10 | THE collection at Memorabilia Cottage is safe for now as Mayor Paul Braybrooks confirms there are no immediate plans to sell off the items painstakingly collected by one local resident and sold to Cootamundra Shire Council in December 2007 for close to $30,000.
05 Feb 10 | GRADUATION
Former Cootamundra High School students Aleshia Flanagan (left) and Kathryn McLeod recently graduated from the Australian National University with BA (Honours), Aleshia in English and Kathryn in film.
05 Feb 10 | COOTAMUNDRA Antique Motor Club will celebrate its 30th anniversary this weekend with a trip to Jugiong.
Between 70 and 100 cars are expected to attend the run.
The Club, whose members are all antique car enthusiasts, formed in January 1980.
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