There was more to CMC’s December staff holiday luncheon than hot food and tables crowded with breathtaking desserts. The holiday gathering at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum also rang-in the College’s annual tribute to those staff members celebrating significant employment anniversaries, and toasted the healthiest of the bunch: those folks who logged a year without sniffles and sneezes to score perfect attendance on their time sheets. Award recipients converged in the Ath courtyard following the feast for some well-deserved photo opps.

20-year service award recipient: Velda Ross. Not pictured: Barbara Maxwell and Joke Johnson.

15-year service award recipients, from left: Salvador Valadez, Judy Peairs, Jose Huezo, Vicki Bevard, June Alexander, Kate Fairley, Brian Smith, and Yolanda Villegas.

10-year award recipients, from left: Theresa Franco, Sid Vichaita, Sherylee Wohlenberg, Carole Bliss, Domenic Petrillo, Joe Cardoza, and Steve Graves.

Five-year award recipients, from left: Lynda Mulhall, Bernard Blythe, Geoff Reeves, Francisco Sandoval, Bacelisa Gonzalez, Elenor Taylor, Carlee Iverson, Jill Nicholas, Michael Malsed, Jennifer Wong, Nancy Cruz, and Irene Ortega.

Perfect attendance awards went to: Salvador Valadez, James Puskas, Marsha Tudor, Jennie Gonzales, Miguel Ochoa, Sylvia Gonzales, Lorenzo Herrera, Terry Ruiz, Jorge Ronchi, Carol Reed, and Liza Ponce.

Not pictured: Marionette Sison, Lynn Price, and Steven Rangel.

The Children's School staff members gathered for a seasonal photo.