Support local businesses this festive season by getting all your Christmas shopping done at the participating businesses of the Find It In Forbes This Christmas promotion.

The Undercover Support You Need

Undercover Sleepwear & Lingerie is a premier boutique specialising in essential and fashion lingerie, beautiful sleepwear, and shapewear and hosiery. Owner Marg Duggan is a qualified bra fitter and is proud to offer Amoena fittings. In addition, the store offers a wide range of leading swimwear labels from ladies size 8 to 24. Undercover Sleepwear & Lingerie also stocks a small range of children’s swimwear and sleepwear. Visit Shop 1 on 61 Rankin Street or call on 6851 4405.

For The Holiday Of A Lifetime

helloworld travel specialists are passionate about travel and know how to tailor the perfect holiday for each of their clients.They pride themselves on getting to know all their clients and in learning specifically what they want from their holiday experiences. When you book at helloworld Forbes you will receive a friendly smile, a high level of service and the holiday of a lifetime. Located at 6 Templar Street. Contact number 6852 2344.

Brightening Your Smile

At Forbes Family Dentists their mission is to build long-term relationships between staff and patients, so that they can provide quality customer friendly services the whole family can value and afford in a happy and healthy workplace. The Forbes Family Dentists offer a wide range of dental procedures. Call them today to book your appointment on 6851 5505 or head on over to their Facebook page. Find them in 2 Templar Street.

Spectacular Eyewear And Eye Care

Eyewear Specs is a local independent optical store, providing quality eyewear and eye care in Forbes and throughout the Central West. Eyewear Specs opened its doors at 95 Rankin Street in Forbes in February 2016 and has been growing from strength to strength. To have your eyes tested or to find a pair of glasses to suit your individual financial budget visit Eyewear Specs today or call 6851 2299.

Your Luxe Shopping Destination

ChapterTwo offers a space that evokes a sense of luxury and simplicity; the ultimate platform for discovery. Offering an ever-expanding representation of Australian and International labels, ChapterTwo features an eclectic aesthetic that is both timeless and quality based. At ChapterTwo, they are dedicated to providing customers with a personalised shopping experience in a friendly and relaxed environment, lending their expertise in fashion to truly uncover and express your unique sense of style. Located at 91 Rankin Street or call 6851 2082.

Service For Your Skin

At Blush Organic Beauty you will be taken back to the basics, good healthy products and a healthy knowledge of what your skin, body and mind require in order to cope with life. Blush is extremely passionate about lowering the chemical load on the skin and they want to therefore help everyone understand the importance of chemical free or at least reducing your chemical environment and in return the stress on one’s body.

At Blush you will find guidance, certified natural products for your skin and body, inside and out, and quality treatments from passionate knowledgeable therapists. Call in to see a therapist in Rankin Street on phone on 6851 6088.

A Touch Of Country Dining

Are you after a touch of country in Forbes? Come on down to The Bakehouse. They have something for everyone.

All the cooking comes out of the kitchen and the bakery houses the drinks station, service area and all your bakery goods.

There are currently four bakers and a total staff of 22.

The menu includes a huge variety from hearty to healthy. Indulge in an all day breakfast or choose from the ‘Grab and Go’ bar if you’re in a hurry. Feel free to dine in or take away.

There are so many options… espresso coffee, milk bar or daily meal specials. The Bakehouse can also lend a hand with any festivities such as birthdays, catering or fundraising pie drives. BYO available. Located at 15 Templar Street. Contact them on 6852 3388.

Your One Stop Fashion Shop

Little Extras Lifestyle is a boutique based in Forbes stocking a range of fashions and accessories. This gorgeous store is situated in 1 Templar Street and has a huge range of clothing, shoes, handbags, wallets, scarves, jewellery, and anything to create the perfect look for you!

They are constantly on trend with women’s fashion in Forbes, drawing their inspiration from Melbourne with the latest styles, fashions and collections.

All of the Little Extras Lifestyle team are extremely passionate about women’s fashion and boutique shopping both online and in Forbes.

Their extensive product range allows them to cater for a variety of customers regardless of age and body shape. You are sure to find something that suits your style and will go out looking and feeling amazing. Follow them on Instagram and Pinterest! Or feel free to call them on 6851 5686.

The 7th Rotary Ipomoea Christmas Tree Festival will once again bring joy and Christmas wonder to both the young and young at heart.

The Christmas Tree Festival is set to be held in the Forbes Town Hall and will open its doors for viewing from 5pm this Friday, 30th November. The event will be officially opened by Councillor Michele Herbert Morley at 6:30pm and all members of the community are invited to attend.

Thereafter the Town Hall will be open to view all the wondrous Christmas trees all day on Saturday, 1st December and on Sunday from 9am to 3pm.

Entry to the Town Hall is free for primary aged children and only $2 an adult. This event is promoted by Rotary Ipomoea as an affordable family event for young and old and has been designed to celebrate the joy of Christmas.

Families, businesses and students have designed and created Christmas trees of all shapes or materials that reflect their love of Christmas time.

Come along and vote for your favourite tree!

Rotary Ipomoea Club have fervently been running this annual event now for more than six years.

By Gizell van Wyk

Forbes Shire Council is calling on all notfor- profit organisations, community and sporting groups to apply for Forbes Shire Council’s Community Funding Program for the 2019-2020 financial year.

General Manager, Steve Loane explained that this program is designed to consider all types of community groups that may be looking for support from council, perhaps in the form of kind labour, to cash contributions or waivers of venue or equipment hire.

“Forbes is a real ‘can do’ type of town and we are looking forward to seeing the projects and events that the community puts forward for support,” said Steve. “The Community Funding Program application is a straight-forward document which staff designed also to be used as a planning tool by community groups,” he added.

From the 1st December, Community Funding Program application forms will be available from Council. Forms will be able to be downloaded from the Forbes Shire Council website, by following the quicklink on the left hand side. The Forbes Shire Grant Funding page on Facebook will also have a link to download the application form.

Applications for the Community Funding Program opens 1st December and will close on 1st March, 2019.

The Cowra Christmas Street Festival is back for its sixth year with Cowra’s Kendal Street hosting the region’s largest celebration of all things festive on Friday, 7th December from 6pm to 9pm.

The main street of Cowra is set to be closed down and reopened as a magical twilight marketplace, jam-packed with locally handcrafted wares, soaps, jewellery, clothing, preserves, candles and more. The festival is the perfect time to tick off your Christmas shopping list with unique gifts from local Cowra retailers and regional market holders. Our retailers and market stallholders are committed to ensuring shoppers have all they need for the big day. The beloved Christmas Wonderland at Squire Park will be making its return, offering lots of fun, free activities for the kids as well as the opportunity for photos with Santa himself! The kids will also enjoy the Old Kentucky Animal Farm in the Bushman Boots & All courtyard. Get up close and personal, pat the animals and even help the farmer with feeding time.

Macquarie ‘Eat Street’ is the place to grab a bite to eat, with a huge range of delicious local and international cuisines available to enjoy whilst watching the great live entertainment up on the main stage, featuring the youngest winner ever of ‘The Voice Australia’, Ellie Drennan!

Don’t forget to be present at the main stage for the annual Cowra Guardian Christmas Cracker draw, where the lucky winners will take home a multitude of fantastic prizes. Winners must be at the event to claim their prize.

Join in the fun and get festive this season at the Cowra Christmas Street Festival in Kendal Street on Friday, 7th December from 6pm to 9pm. Ho, Ho, Hope to see you there!

The committee for the Forbes Boscars is pleased to announce that the Gala Dinner event will be held at the Forbes Services Memorial Club on Friday, 8th February 2019.

“The Gala Dinner will be under the magical theme of Midsummer Night’s Dream – a whimsical theatrical theme!” said Michael Jelbart, Chair of the Boscars committee.

“We are delighted to be working with 123 Tix for this event and will be publicising the link for ticket purchases on social media later this week,” added Michael.

The Boscars nominations have been very promising with submissions for all categories. “The committee awaits for the judges to make their final decisions to enable the award nominees to progress to the next step,” said Michael.

The committee meet fortnightly to ensure that the plans for the Gala Boscars event are well on track.

If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact either Fiona Ferguson of the Forbes Business Chamber on 0407 380 936 or Cheryl Newsom, Media Liaison, on 0411 211 065.

Eight students from the Forbes High School Support Unit were selected to form part of a section in the School Spectacular, namely D’Arts Ensemble, which specifically caters for students with special needs.

All the students were extremely excited when they recently received their School Spectacular bag and cap.

The school’s support unit staff, students and parents/carers of the students attending the Spectacular have all been amazed at the overwhelming response received from local community groups and local businesses. Their major sponsors include Evolution Mining ($2,000), RSL Club ($1,200), Lions Club ($1,000) and Ipomea (Rotary) Club ($500). The donations have lessened the students’ total expenses by an astonishing 65 percent. They have also each received a School Spectacular shirt, bag and cap which will be extremely useful during their week in Sydney.

They are in Sydney this week until tomorrow, and will be doing four separate performances at Qudos Bank Arena. They will be performing a surprise dance that may not be revealed until the first performance today.

Anyone wanting to watch the show can do so when it is televised the following week on Saturday, 1st December on Channel 7.