CARDS OF SUPPORT — Since the April 13 tragedy in the Jewish Community, the Jewish Community Center has received hundreds of notes and cards of comfort and support from all over the county. They came from Jewish Hebrew school students from Oregon; Muslim
students from Illinois; Catholic sixth graders; St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School in K.C.; letters from Sikh students in North Carolina; hundreds of origami cranes and doves from Brookwood School; elementary school students from Olathe, etc. Some of those cards and letters were taken to the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy for middle school students to read and become part of the healing. HBHA students responded by creating banners and cards to thank them for their support and reaching out.
NEW CHARGES FILED IN SHOOTING — On Tuesday, May 27, Frazier Glenn Cross Jr., also known Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., was charged with three additional counts of premeditated murder, one count of aggravated assault and one count of discharge of a gun in an occupied dwelling. The man is accused of killing two people in the parking lot of the Jewish Community Campus and a woman in the parking lot of Village Shalom. He had previously been charged with capital murder in the deaths of William Lewis Corporon and Reat Griffin Underwood at the Campus and Terri LaManno at Village Shalom. He is scheduled to appear in court today, Thursday, May 29.
‘A NATION IN PAIN’ — Judy Foreman, national syndicated health columnist and the award-winning author of “A Nation in Pain: Healing Our Biggest Health Problem,” will share her experiences with pain, how she came to write this easy-to-read book based on solid scientific evidence, what individuals can do to alleviate this most common of human miseries, and what our country needs to do to transform the way pain is perceived, judged and treated at a community-wide forum from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, at Community Christian Church, 4601 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. It is sponsored by the Center for Practical Bioethics, Community Christian Church and Saint Luke’s Health System. There is an admission charge that includes a copy of the book. For more information, contact Myra Christopher, Kathleen M. Foley Chair in Pain & Palliative Care, or 816-979-1350.
