Licking Valley's new employee teaches kindness, calmness

NEWARK, Ohio - When students file off the school bus at Licking Valley Primary School, they have a new official greeter - Jarah the therapy dog.Monday was her fourth official day on the job, but having her there has been a goal in the works for months now."It was kind of one of those pie-in-the-sky ideas," said Todd Carmer, principal at Licking Valley Primary School. "What if we could add that to our building, what kind of impact would that make."The idea of getting Jarah was really an offshoot