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Shasta Groene’s Savior Helps Other Kids

Originally posted at 6:10 a.m. Saturday, June 5

The woman credited with saving young Shasta Groene from serial killer Joseph E. Duncan has endorsed and will attend the annual Officer Newbill Kids Safety Fair here today at the Eastside Marketplace. Amber Deahn, a former Coeur d'Alene Denny's restaurant waitress, gained worldwide media attention in 2005, after she recognized 8-year-old Groene in the company of Duncan and stalled them until authorities could arrive and make an arrest ... Deahn now lives in Moscow with her three small children. In addition to starting her own nonprofit foundation called Guardians of Innocence, she has joined ranks with Jon Kimberling, a local insurance agent and former city councilor, to promote the safety fair as another means of educating people to the ways of pedophiles and others who prey on children/David Johnson, Lewiston Tribune. More here.(Lewiston Tribune photo)

Question: Are you happy to see that Amber Deahn is continuing to try to protect children from pedophiles?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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