Upper left, Leaside stalwart Vanessa Rose is honoured by MP Rob Oliphant for her tireless community work over the years in Leaside and Thorncliffe Park. That’s the Sesquicentennial Citizenship Award Vanessa has in hand. Thanks Vanessa. To the right, an unnamed elf among the many over at the Community Centre 55 Emergency Toy Clinic on Main St. They were hopping today preparing bags of gifts for needy families. Centre left, Ann Brown, the administrator of Leaside Chit Chat Facebook, has posted her favorite Christmas wish and to the right, the glorious East York Civic Centre Christmas Tree. Finally at the bottom, the Christmas tradition of the card that goes back and forth between childhood pals Art Clarke and David Harding. It’s a kind of Scottish joke about the lucky coin given as a gift but only if the recipient gives it back next year. Clarke and Harding have been doing this for 65 years.
