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Newtown Shooting

Friday, December 28, 2012

Local Dogs Help Comfort Newtown Children After Tragedy

Toni Bazon, of Darien, traveled to Newtown, CT, with nine K-9 Comfort Dogs to Newtown, Connecticut after 20 children and 6 adults were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. One dog from a Palos Heights school was among them.

Following the tragedy in Newtown, CT, earlier this month, a Darien woman traveled 900 miles with eight dogs to try to bring comfort to the distraught community. Toni Bazon, of Darien, is the handler for Shami, a golden retriever who is a Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dog. Shami's home church is St. John Lutheran Church in Darien, and on Dec. 15 they traveled together to Newtown with eight other dogs to comfort the community. Abbi from Elim Christian School in Palos Heights was among the group of dogs that went to Connecticut. This followed the tragic school shooting of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Join the conversation. Friend Palos Patch on Facebook and sign up for the daily email newsletter! St. …

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Officials Call for Community Participation in Wake of Sandy Hook Shooting

Staff, children and community members should work together to make schools safer, Palos officials say.

The tragic shooting deaths elementary school students and staff in a Connecticut town last week have officials locally looking for a community-wide approach to making schools safer. District 218 community members should work together to make schools safer, reads a note posted on the Shepard High School website earlier this week. The note calls for students to respect each other and for parents to actively participate in their children's lives. “Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families of the students and teachers of Sandy Hook Elementary School. There are no words to adequately convey our sympathies,” said District 218 Superintendent John Byrne. School officials offered information on the district-wide security measures that are …

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