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When COVID hit the world early this year, Krista Dawn Loppe was considered an essential worker.

Shelley Toth, the chief financial officer for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ East Cornerstone Public School Division, spent some time with the division's board members on Nov. 18, walking them through highlighted details of the most recent annual financial report.

Four new faces were present around the conference table in the Â鶹ÊÓƵ East Cornerstone Public School Division's head office on Nov. 18.

The Expressway Family Centre in Oxbow held their annual Twisted Tree Auction last week and according to Stephanie Barnes, program co-ordinator of the centre, it was one of their most successful years yet.

No one wants to go hungry at Christmas or any time for that matter.

It was great to see and talk to so many parents, guardians, and students on the Teams Online student-led conferences last week.

Carli Wollbaum, director for Cornerstone Family and Youth, has displayed all the items for a Seasonal Silent Auction she will be hosting as a replacement for the Festival of Trees fundraiser normally held during the Dickens Festival.

Mary Anne Veroba is a lifelong hockey fan. She recalls that when she was a child, she would watch the Montreal Canadiens play the Boston Bruins on Hockey Night in Canada while in the basement of her parents’ home in Windsor, Ont.

A precious sister-in-law struggles with near blindness, overwhelming tiredness but most of all, with loneliness. Her husband passed away three years ago.

A talented young athlete from Alida has committed to play volleyball at the university level for next season.