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By TRAVIS LOLLER and HOLLY MEYERAssociated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn.  AP  鈥?Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were killed in a school shooting in Nashville this week, remembered her Friday as a  shining light  and said farewell to a girl who loved art, music, animals and snuggling with her older sister on the couch.    The funeral at the Woodmont Christian Church in Nashvi stanley uk lles Green Hills neighborhood was closed to the media. Before the service, the church   senior minister, the Rev. Clay Stauffer, echoed what Evelyn   family has shared about her. She was a shining light. She was radiant,  Stauffer told The Associated Press.  I think our cha termo stanley llenge is to take her light and keep spreading it to a world that has so much darkness and pain. Evelyn   was the first funeral held for the victims of Monday   mass shooting at The Covenant School, where authorities say a 28-year-old former student killed six people before being shot and killed by police.         The church is a couple of miles from the school and is across the street from th stanley cup usa e Woodmont Baptist Church, which served as the reunification point for surviving children and their parents after the attack.     Dozens of people poured into the Woodmont Christian Church   main sanctuary for the service. Many of the women and girls wore pink dresses to honor the grieving familys request to dress in pink and green  in tribute to Evelyns light and love of color. With the pinkis Rlzv Texas school districts encourage students to wear pink in honor of Athena Strand after a FedEx driver was charged in her kidnapping and killing
By TERESA M. WALKERAP Sports WriterNASHVILLE, Tenn.  AP  鈥?Valeri Nichushkin scored the game-winning goal with 7:58 left, and the Colorado Avalanche became the first team to advance to the second round Monday night by finishing a sweep of the Nashville Predators 5-3 Monday night. The Avalanche now are in the Western Conference semifinals for a fourth straight season and second consecutive after sweeping their first-round opponent. They now get to wait for either St. Louis or Minnesota to wrap up. Nashville was swept for the first time in franchise history in its 15th playoff appearance. Filip Forsberg gave Nashville its first lead of this series at 3:58 of the third.聽        Article Topic Follows: AP Business   Jump to comments darr;                            The Associated Press                             stanley spain                 Related Articles                                                                                                                                                                                                    Caitlin Cla stanley cup rk reaches 2K career points; Iowa beats Dartmouth                                                                                                                                                                  stanley taza                                                    Sunday   World Cup final most-watched soccer match in U.S.