The Annual Community Christmas Party will feature market and food stalls, an entertainment stage set up in Bourke Street, ice-cream van, face painting and street theatre, a visit from Santa and an opportunity for photos with Santa as well as extended shopping hours making it the ideal setting for any last minute Christmas shopping. 

Certainly something for everyone, this year there will be a variety of stalls featuring an array of products. As of last Friday there were already 16 stalls with this figure growing including toys, handmade jewellery, kids tutus and headbands and health and wellbeing products. 

The Cootamundra Public School P and C will be there with their cookbooks ‘Cootalicious’. 

There will be two chocolate wheels, one by the Lions Club and one by the Girl Guides so be sure to support these! 

When it comes to entertainment on the main stage, look out for Georgia Gregg of Cootamundra singing, Harry Cleverdon of Wombat who performed with the Phat Boyz recently in Young, the gorgeous Christine Wishart’s Dance Studio dancers who are always so talented and entertaining, the Cootamundra Concert Band who do a sterling job wherever they are and the Wattle Country Music Club. 

If you’ve filled in a Shop Local voucher be around to see if you’ve won - there will be four $200 prizes worth of shopping vouchers to be won and a major prize of $400 in vouchers. 

This year, two businesses which participated in the Shop Local promotion will also win $100 each in vouchers from other local stores.

THEY are both proud products of the district with a keen interest in agriculture. The future looks bright for Jack Bush and Olive Quirk. 

Both students at Hurlstone Agricultural High School at Glenfield, Jack has been chosen as boarding school captain while Oliver has been named boarding school vice captain. 

Jack, the son of Heather and Geoff, attended the Cootamundra Public School until Year Six before starting at Hurlstone.  

Meanwhile, Ollie attended the Cootamundra Sacred Heart School until he finished Year 10 in 2013 and then went to Hurlstone.

Ollie is the son of Wallendbeen’s Greg and Fiona Quirk.

Congratulations Jack and Oliver and their very proud parents. 

WITH the countdown until Santa arrives getter ever-closer now is the time to be out and about Christmas light looking. 

Here is the list we brought you last week of light locations: 

* 23 Harold Conkey Avenue

* 19 Thompson Street 

* 34 Warren Street

* 71 Olney Street

*  Boyd Street

* 63 Pinkerton Road

* Hurley Street 

* 19 Temora Street

* 74 Sutton Street

* 9 Congou Street

* 173 Hovell Street 

* 19 Thompson Street

Adding to this, one resident has told us 49 Murray Street is worth a look with a terrific display. Here people can also donate funds or non-perishable goods for the Cooper Street Pet Rescue.

Graham and Robyn Thompson have once again done a top job at their Pinkerton Road home. It is simply amazing!! Well worth a look.