Missouri Department of Corrections director George Lombardi (light-colored suit) and South Central Correctional Center warden Michael Bowersox stand among offender handlers and dogs involved in The Animal Shelter of Texas County’s Healing Paws Foster Dog program during a ceremony honoring the effort May 3 in Licking.

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