Above: Standing behind Santa, who visited with the boys and girls who came to the Pancake Breakfast and Elf Auction at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Child Care Center, are the (from left) Kristin Johnson; Lydia Shiposki, director of the center; Pastor Mary Anne Nelson-Loefke; Amy Coghlan; and Jennifer Dzielski. Johnson, Coghlan, and Dzielski were all co-chairmen of the event.

Right: Maren Kuebler, age 3 1/2, helps her mom, Joy, decide which containers to put their raffle tickets in during the Elf Auction that St. Timothy’s Lutheran Child Care Center sponsored last weekend. Maren attends the center. About 130 baskets and gift certificates were raffled off.