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Monday, January 14, 2013

Olivia Act: Local Business Offers Free Photo Shoot in Memory of Newtown Victims

Diane Kinzer Photography is taking nominations for a family deserving of a free photo shoot as part of a movement by photographers across the country to honor the memory of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting.

One month after the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that stole 26 lives and shattered many others, people across the country are continuing movements to honor the memory of those lost. One such movement, called The Olivia Act, remembers 6-year-old Olivia Engel, who died in the arms of a police officer as a result of the Dec. 14 shooting, according to the New Haven Register. The Engel family had photos taken shortly before the tragedy — images that later circled the nation in remembering the little girl. A Facebook page and blog about the movement points out how extremely important those photos must be to the family — and explains how one photographer saw that as a meaningful opportunity to help others and remember the victim…

Friday, December 14, 2012

Need for Safety in Local Schools Reinforced by Newtown Tragedy

The Port Washington-Saukville School District explains its emergency policies after reports that a shooter killed more than 20 people, including kids, at an elementary school in Newtown, CT.

A Connecticut community is reeling from tragedy and communities across the nation are reacting with thoughts of fear, sadness and anger after a 20-year-old man went on a shooting rampage, ending 27 lives were ended Friday at a Newtown, CT, elementary school, according to early reports. "I'm upset when my daughter goes to kindergarten I'm going to have to ask for detailed reports of their plans against a mass shooting," Aimee King wrote on Facebook. "It's scary. Even to take her in public for fear of a mass shooting." Port Washington-Saukville School District Superintendent Michael Weber said school officials had not broke the news of the tragedy to its students as of late afternoon, thinking it would be best to keep them calm and in their …

Ken

10:35 am on Sunday, December 16, 2012

Why do we have security guards at factories, office buildings and banks but not at schools where we have our most precious and most valuable?   more ›

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