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Photos: Good therapy dogs unleash comfort for Gardiner library friends
A pair of greyhound therapy dogs visited with patrons on Wednesday in the Gardiner Public Library as part of its weekly “Read with a Therapy Dog” event. All photos by Kennebec Journal staff photographer Joe Phelan.
Rosie Duca, 5, hugs Kia, a therapy greyhound, goodbye when her family’s appointment was over at the weekly reading with a therapy dog event on Wednesday in the second floor Children’s Room at the Gardiner Public Library. Joe Phelan/Kennebec JournalElizabeth Jensen, left, pets Sparrow during the weekly reading with a therapy dog event on Wednesday in the second floor Children’s Room at the Gardiner Public Library. Joe Phelan/Kennebec JournalKyle Duca, left, reads a book to Sparrow and his daughter Rosie Duca, 5, during the weekly reading with a therapy dog event Wednesday in the second floor Children’s Room at the Gardiner Public Library. He said that they and another daughter, Lilly Duca, 2, have come to the events several times. Joe Phelan/Kennebec JournalAnastasia Ames, left, and her dog Kia sit as Rosie Duca, 5, tells them about “Bunny’s First Snowflake” during the weekly reading with a therapy dog event on Wednesday in the second floor Children’s Room at the Gardiner Public Library. Joe Phelan/Kennebec JournalElizabeth Jensen, center, reads a book to Kia, left, her son Thomas Jensen and Sparrow during the weekly reading with a therapy dog event on Wednesday in the second floor Children’s Room at the Gardiner Public Library. Joe Phelan/Kennebec JournalWhile wearing a “Therapy Dog, Please Pet Me” neckerchief, Sparrow stretches out on the floor during the weekly reading with a therapy dog event on Wednesday in the second floor Children’s Room at the Gardiner Public Library. Joe Phelan/Kennebec JournalRosie Duca, 5, left, plays with a therapy greyhound named Sparrow as Alice Clark, the dog’s owner, looks on during the weekly reading with a therapy dog event on Wednesday in the second floor Children’s Room at the Gardiner Public Library. Joe Phelan/Kennebec JournalA therapy greyhound named Sparrow listens to Rosie Duca, 5, during the weekly reading with a therapy dog event on Wednesday in the second floor Children’s Room at the Gardiner Public Library. The Gardiner Public Library offers appointments for 15 minutes to read with a certified therapy greyhound on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
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Joe Phelan is an award winning journalist who makes photos and videos around the capital area for the the Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and the other Masthead Maine publications. Joe’s first journalism...
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