Donna Dishman, co-founder of Canine Classmates, died of cancer at her Canyon Lake home July 10 with husband Archie Dishman at her side. The couple’s gentle but specially trained 150-pound Newfoundland dogs have helped thousands of area elementary school students improve their reading skills and calmed hundreds of abused children and families swept up in the legal and foster-care systems. Canine Classmates was founded in 2007 to help at-risk chil…
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