Due to COVID-19, a few of the area churches will not be holding their special Christmas Services this year. Here is information the Stockton Sentinel received from each church: Stockton Assembly of God Regular Sunday Worship Service at 10:30 a.m.

Due to the generosity of the Stockton Gift Fund Advisory Board/ City of Stockton, the Nova Theatre will be showing classic Christmas movies, FREE OF CHARGE, during the month of December! In return, they are asking, along with the Nova Theatre, that our moviegoers “pay it forward” by donating canned goods for the Stockton Food Pantry. Bring a can or two and drop it off at the Nova when you come to watch one of the Christmas movies during the weekend. The Pantry is in need of donations, especially at this time of year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the hardship it has caused to so many families throughout the county. In this season of giving, please give what you can to help out your local families, friends and neighbors so everyone can have a Merry Christmas.

Present for the Stockton City Commission meeting held on Tuesday, December 1st was Solomon Valley Manor Administrator Amanda Atkisson who gave them an update on the facility. On December 1st, six staff members were still positive with COVID-19, as well as 18 of the residents. The good news was that they were all to be out of quarantine by the end of the week. The plan was to get back to a normal routine when they come out of quarantine and get ready for Christmas. The facility is working with the families of the residents to set up holiday gatherings.

Harriet Pauline Jones, age 94, Colorado Springs, Colo., passed away at 3:30 a.m. December 1, 2020, in Colorado Springs.

Always known as Pauline, she was born to Erma (Brechbill) and John Dayhoff in Abilene, Kansas on October 16, 1926. Pauline was the youngest sibling to Elva Murr and Nelson Dayhoff, who both preceded her in death.