Ten Narrabri homes have been nominated as candidates for the best Christmas lights display. Narrabri Lions Club members will judge the lights on Wednesday night, December 18. The winner will receive a $100 cash prize from the Lions. Readers are invited to vote for the People’s Choice winner which will win $100 cash prize from The Courier. See the voting form on page 16 of The Courier, 12/12/19. Winners will be announced in The Courier and online on Thursday December 19. The ten nominees are: 3 Zimmerman Street, 46 Dale Street, 1 Ningadhun Crescent, 94 Barwan Street, 73 Balonne Street, 51 Nandewar Street, 66 Nandewar Street, 15 Hillam Avenue, 21 Blanche Peadon Drive, 43 Selina Street

“We must have been tougher years ago,” a reader tells Topical. “When we were growing up we had no air conditioning at home, none in the car and none in the classrooms. So a rise of one degree in temperature in the next 50 years doesn’t worry me – we have already lived for decades with being 10 degrees warmer than the coastal people.”

The last edition of The Courier for 2019 will be published on Thursday, December 19 and the first edition for the new year will be on Thursday, January 2, 2020.