12 KATHERINE TIMES, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10 2014 www.katherinetimes.com.au

>> Katherine Christmas street party

Street party kickstarts Christmas spiritTHE pinnacle of commu-

nity spirit was on displaywhen more than 2000 Kather-ine residents lined RailwayTerrace for the town’s Christ-mas street party on December4.

After an absence of almost20 years, residents of all agesturned out to take part in theevening of fun, which com-menced with a head-turningparade along Railway Ter-race.

The event coincided with

late night shopping alongKatherine Terrace and Cham-ber of Commerce NT Kather-ine branch executive officerSue Jones praised the com-munity for its participation.

“People down RailwayTerrace afterwards said theyhad tears in their eyes be-cause they hadn’t seen any-thing like that in so long,which I thought was a bitcute,” she said.

“I’d like to thank everyoneinvolved, including our spon-

sors, the Christmas in Kather-ine committee, the council,the police and the shops thatstayed open.”

Wild Child Surfwareclaimed top billing forthe best window display,while C.J.’s Beauty Centreand Power and Water Corpo-ration bagged the bestpremises and best govern-ment department categoriesrespectively.

Cassie Berto won the bikeraffle.

Thousands of Katherinites turned out for the first street party in almost two decades. SPECIAL GUESTS: Santa Claus and Mrs Claus made a special trip to Katherine for the party.

Kayla Costello, Jadah Rankin andShantelle Rankin.

Kaylee and Zander Smidt.

The Power Projects NT float was a crowd favourite. Scott Leonhardt brought his sprint car out for the parade. Kelly Rosas and Kelly Camm.

Members of Katherine Senior Citizens get into the Christmas spirit. Faith Williams and Paul Donald.