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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 2012
Page
1
USD 457 Superintendent Dr. Rick Atha led a leadership meeting with principals to review the district crisis plan, stressing yearly revisions, drills, and proactive parent communication while noting the aim to protect students by measures including lockdowns.
Authorities said the gunman Adam Lanza wore an arsenal of hundreds of rounds of deadly ammunition, enough to kill many students if time allowed. President Obama urged action to keep children safe as 26 staffers and pupils were killed in the mass shooting. Lanza shot himself as police neared the classroom, leaving more ammo in high capacity clips. Community mourners faced the tragedy amid questions from grieving families.
Grief-stricken families in Newtown weigh sending children back to school as Gov. Malloy notes the shooter killed himself. Community leaders and officials assess how life can resume a normal workweek amid mourning and fear.
Haley Finch, a Garden City High School sophomore, made 40 no sew tie blankets to comfort children at St Catherine Hospital on Christmas Eve after volunteering, delivering warmth and cheer to young patients.
Garden City ABATE members wearing elf hats visited Pershing Manor and Garden Valley Retirement Center on Sunday afternoon. They delivered 52 presents one to each resident and donated two turkeys. Residents expressed gratitude while riders enjoyed the smiles and good cheer. Michael Johnson shared his mother, just out of the hospital, brightened by the gifts.
Garden City High School sophomore Haley Finch plans to visit St. Catherine Hospital on Christmas Eve delivering 40 blankets she handmade. Her volunteering since last summer inspired her drive to help, having seen all hospital areas during the program.
Neighbors column profiles Finch who plans to graduate early from GCHS, attend Garden City Community College for two years, then Fort Hays State University to become a radiologist. She volunteers about 70 hours and studies Health Careers while in the Academy of Trade and Health Sciences, hoping to work at the local hospital.
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