15/10/2008 | MARK BRYANT’S feet finally hit the ground
sometime on Sunday morning.
The Manly interchange forward had been swept up in the euphoria of the Sea Eagles’ stunning NRL grand final triumph over Melbourne for the best part of a week.
15/10/2008 | DISNEYWORLD VISITED
What a fantastic time the Jenkins family had when they visited DisneyWorld, Florida, during the recent school holidays. Mum Toni Jenkins reports they spent 15 fun packed days in America and here pictured with Minnie Mouse at DisneyWorld are Annie, Kate and Charlie. WELCOME HOME.
15/10/2008 | HELPING Cootamundra’s youth along their educational and career pathway is the aim of the Cootamundra and District Country Education Fund.
The community initiative will be launched at the Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s Club this Friday night from 6pm, with all interested community members invited to discover more about the fund and its objectives.
The fund is only possible through the generous donation of former Bethungra resident and Cootamundra High School pupil Laurie Cowled.
3/10/2008 | THE Bruce Williams-trained Bullster will start as the sentimental favourite in Sunday’s Darley Cootamundra Cup.
The nine-year-old warrior will be the only locally owned and trained horse in the eight-horse field to contest the 2000m event in what is the Cootamundra Turf Club’s one and only meeting for the year.
3/10/2008 | JOB SWAP
LOCAL couple Lyn and Phil Quarmby have played host to special guests Daniella Orlando and her family who spent a couple of days in Cootamundra.
Daniella is currently on a teaching exchange working with Lyn and Phil Quarmby’s daughter Megan.
3/10/2008 | PAUL Braybrooks was elected Mayor of Cootamundra for a fourth term at last night’s Shire Council meeting.
26/09/2008 | MICK Simons would love to treat it as just another Sunday.
However, this isn’t just any other Sunday - it’s the Sunday - the Sunday when the Cootamundra Strikers first grade and youth league sides step out to not only represent themselves and their club, but the entire Cootamundra community in the Football Wagga grand finals at Gissing Oval.
26/09/2008 | HAPPY 21st
Wishing Michael Vesperman a member of staff at Target Country a very HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY. His birthday was yesterday September 25 and rumour has it his mum and dad Debbie and Peter Vesperman will be hosting ‘something special’ to mark this milestone. HAVE FUN MICHAEL.
26/09/2008 | YESTERDAY marked the last formal assembly for Cootamundra High School’s Year 12 students, where students were presented with their HSC portfolios.
24/09/2008 | JUST when Matt Forsyth didn’t think his day could get any better - it did.
Just hours after leading his Sullivan Cup side to a comprehensive 36-4 victory in the Group Nine Sullivan Cup grand final against Southcity, the Coota Bulldogs captain was named winner of this year’s Weissel Medal for Best and Fairest in the under 16s competition.
24/09/2008 | 30 years dedicated service
Well, what a SURPRISE local gentleman Mr Robert Patterson received when he arrived at the restaurant at the White Ibis last Saturday night! There to greet him and say THANK YOU for his 30 years of dedicated service at the helm of his practice Rural Management Strategies were not only his family BUT clients who had travelled from as far as Lockhart, Ariah Park, Greenthorpe, Young, Grenfell and the Cootamundra district.
24/09/2008 | COOTAMUNDRA’S Tania Baldock is one of three finalists selected in the Pride of Australia Medal.
The Pride of Australia Medal aims to honour everyday Australians, the unsung heroes in our communities making extraordinary contributions to the Australian way of life and not always getting the acknowledgment they deserve.
19/09/2008 | COUNTING DOWN: taking a last minute look at Fisher Park ahead of this Sunday’s Group Nine rugby league grand finals are Gerad (left) and Jake Walsh.
19/09/2008 | CANADIAN HOLIDAY
Welcome home to Stephen and Penny Howse and family who have returned after having had a SPLENDID six weeks in Canada and America.
19/09/2008 | IN a callous act of vandalism the gravesite of Courtney Thompson, who passed away tragically as a result of a car accident last year, was set alight earlier this week.
17/09/2008 | GLAMOUR GLAMOUR GLAMOUR
Jennifer and Lindsay Cameron had an exciting invitation to attend the NSW Fire Brigades ball at the
La-Montage in Leichhardt at Sydney on the weekend.
17/09/2008 | A NEW season of Little Athletics will swing into action this Friday when the Cootamundra Club hosts its Registration Day.
17/09/2008 | A one-stop website for regional employers and job seekers was launched to local TAFE students at the Cootamundra TAFE campus on Monday.
12/09/2008 | IT was mid-April when Glen Buttriss received a phone call that would not only change his immediate future but would go a long way to changing his life as a whole.
12/09/2008 | VOTE ONE: Cootamundra Hospital patient Mrs Joyce Taylor had the polling booths come to her on Wednesday to cast her vote for tomorrow’s local council elections. Joyce is
pictured with Election Official Neil Murray. Voters can cast their votes at Cootamundra High School, Cootamundra Public School, EA Southee School, Stockinbingal Public School and at the Wallendbeen Memorial Hall. Look to page 5 to see how to make your vote count.
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