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Volume • Number August ,
The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson
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Home Sweet Home
SPECIAL SECTION PG. 11
Animal rescue snags ‘lifeline’ from Grey Muzzle
Inside
This Week
BY AIDAN SCHONBRUN Tucson Local Media Staff
FEATURES ....................8 Chefs throw down with tacos and tequila
LIVEN UP .................. 20
BY DAVE PERRY
HOT PICKS......................................4 FEATURES.......................................8 SPORTS..........................................22 PUZZLE/HOROSCOPES...............23 WORSHIP/CLASSIFIEDS.............24
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see PLAY page 9
see RESCUE pagE 19
At Timeless Play, kids ‘rediscover childhood’
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hildren “have forgotten how to play,” Rosalind Prather said. Young ones can “rediscover childhood” at Timeless Play Oro Valley, a
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he nationally recognized Grey Muzzle Organization has chosen Lifeline Oro Valley Animal Rescue as one of its animal welfare groups to receive a grant to help local senior dogs. The Oro Valley group was one of 90 welfare groups to receive the grant from 370 applicants. The grant money will be used to provide help such as medical care to local senior dogs. “LOVAR is deeply grateful for the recognition and support of our work with senior dogs from such a prestigious organization as Grey Muzzle,” said LOVAR’s Director Jeanette Regan-Anders. “This grant will help toward medical
Caroline Wesnitzer and Rosalind Prather, friends since childhood, now operate three Trusting Connections Nanny Agency and two Timeless Play businesses, with locations in Tucson, Oro Valley, Phoenix and Dallas/Fort Worth. The “momtrepreneurs” opened Timeless Play Oro Valley in June at Oro Valley Marketplace. (CommuniCadence/Submitted)
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