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DESERT TIMES The Voice of Southwest Tucson
october 5, 2022
Volume 35 • Number 10
Breast Cancer Awareness Month See Inside!
Portrait gallery gala honors women over 50
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it was a rental in poor condition. The building was so dilapidated, it almost needed to be demolished. Rats were living there so, Burke said, they sealed the store and installed new drywall, walls, concrete and solid doors. “So, the rats basically lived in the building, and they would come up through the floor,” Burke said. “We had to jackhammer out that concrete floor. We had years of
ocal women older than 50 will be honored by the unveiling of an empowering project celebrating their stories and wisdom. The first Wise Women: 50 Over 50 Experience is coming to Tucson, thanks to Michelle Beaumont Owens, owner of Artifact Photography Studio. As the project’s photographer, stylist and interviewer, her vision is to spotlight 50 local women over the age of 50 and recognize their experience, individuality and power through a collection of creative portraits. The gallery of their photographs will be unveiled at the Wise Women: 50 Over 50 Portrait Gala from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, October 13, alongside the release of a portrait magazine featuring each participant’s individual story. “Women at our age are stepping into our
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Valley Feed & Supply’s staff includes, from left, Louie Perales, CJ Herrell, Guadalupe Grijalva, Sally Burke and Shane Driscoll. (Hope Peters/Staff )
Small-town feed store brings Picture Rocks together By Hope Peters
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he Valley Feed & Supply is more than an outlet for pet and animal needs. It’s a community gathering place. With its 1800s western general store feel, customers come not only to pick up their feed, but to socialize with ranchers, farmers and other residents living in Picture Rocks. They gather at the store to share their stories.
“We get a load of hay in and then it’s gone,” said Sally Burke, who purchased the store with her husband, John, in December 2021. She has 11 horses. “Our main farmer grows amazing alfalfa. We have another farmer coming in. We can get hay somewhere else, but it’s not quality hay. We only sell quality hay. I will not sell any hay that I wouldn’t feed to my own horses.” When Burke purchased the store,