Indian Time - A Voice from the Eastern Door

The Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education (AMBE) held an Employee Recognition Ceremony on Ohiari:ha/June 29, 2018. AMBE thanked all their employees for their years of service saying: "Thank you for your excellence in all that you do, we couldn't have done it without you!"

Five years of service: Jessica Fontaine, Mindy Macleod, John Tooker, Catherine Salmon, Beverly Terrance, Dwight Bero Jr., and Donna Lahache.

Ten years of service: Darlene Thompson, Lynell Oakes-Cook, Marilyn Sharrow, Sheri Lazore, Diana Thompson, Kristin Ransom, Dena Robertson, Dwayne Thomas, Lynda Brown and Crystal Delormier-Bay.

Fifteen years of service: Wennietanoron Oakes, Marsha Peters, Carla Point, Denise Francis-Clute, Charles Lazore, Jill Morgan, Lana King, Norma Sunday, Allison Henderson and Tami Kroon.

Twenty years of service: Maureen Benedict, Ann Wheesk, Sandi Barnes, Vanessa David, Alida Alleyne, D'Arcy O'Connell, Nancy Jacobs, Theodore Peters, Veronica Jacobs, Anita Mitchell and Joe Raso.

Twenty-five years of service: Christopher George, Louise Elaine Thompson, Melissa Francis Herne, Lisa Zeran and Charlene Sunday.

Thirty years of service: Lisa Francis-Benedict, Lynn Roundpoint, Lydie Stacey, Donna Jocko, Jennifer David and Sheila Lafrance.

Thirty-five years of service: Alvena Delormier. Alvena started driving "back in the day" when there was no such thing as automatic and all the busses were manual/shift. She started driving as a second run on Kawehnoke (Cornwall Island) which assisted bus driver Irene Roundpoint. Her first field trip was to Ottawa to visit the Parliament Building. It was very nerve-racking to her. She indicated that it's not true that kids give you gray hair, because she does not have any, and still doesn't have to dye her hair.

She loves her job and will be driving for many more years to come!