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Welcome to our ‘New Year' edition Happy New Year everybody!

The years always fly by but thanks to pandemics and lockdowns I think 2020 was probably the quickest yet.

Although I doubt any of us celebrated the New Year in the normal manner I hope that you have all had a good start to 2021.

We’re delighted this month to include four photos from four very talented local people on our front covers. We had an amazing response to our request of photos of the local area in the Winter.

It was difficult but we did eventually pick our four favourites (it only took a month!) We’d love to keep including local photos by local people though so if you have some snaps you are particularly proud of please send it in by email or social media. Think Spring and Summer, they’ll be here before you know it.

More puzzles for you this month. If you don’t have the patience for a Zebra Puzzle or Codeword then check out the Letterlogic or Wordsearch.

Won’t take up too much time or brainpower if your head is still a little sore from December.

We have decided to extend the December kid's quiz until January this month to ensure readers who receive the book a little bit later in the month still had a chance to win the fantastic Paw Patrol DVD on offer. If your little one is a Paw Patrol Fan make sure you get their answer and send it in to our email. Don't forget to include their name and address.

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Who Stole the Ginger Cookie?

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• The person who likes the No Frills brand is next to the person who owns a round jar • The person who stole the 100s and 1000s cookies is next to the person who owns the brass jar • The second person from the right eats No Frills brand and is next to the person who owns a round jar • The first person on the left stole the choc chip cookies • The person who eats Dick Smith brand is next to the person who eats Paradise brand • The second from the left has a brass jar • Julieanne is to the right of the person who drinks strawberry milk • The person who drinks chocolate milk does it at the table • The Paradise brand cookies are eaten in the kitchen • The person who eats Tiny Teddies doesn't keep them in a round jar • The Coles brand cookies are kept in a mini sized jar

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