Holiday shopping and gift-giving can often be challenging, but even more so when shopping for a person living with dementia. There are more than 6 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease.

DURANT –– The 103rd Candlelighting Concert will be held on Monday, December 11 at 7:30 p.m. in historic Montgomery Auditorium on the campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

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DURANT — Everyone is invited to “Celebrate a Choctaw Christmas!” at the Choctaw Cultural Center on Saturday, Dec. 9. The center, at 1919 Hina Hanta Way in Durant, will be open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. with a variety of holiday and traditional activities for the young of all ages.

Fort Towson Schools recently celebrated Red Ribbon Week. The Red Ribbon campaign is the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation, reaching millions of young people during the month of October each year.

Grammy-nominated Johnathan Bond will perform in concert at 11 a.m. Dec.

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Boswell High School hosted a Veterans Day program to honor local veterans. They were privileged to have in attendance members of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1048, guests from Soper High School, and special guest speaker retired Colonel Bobby Yandell.

Heritage United Methodist Church, 401 N. Second St., will have free Advent lunch Monday, Nov.