We adopted our wild horse, Bandit, from the prison in Carson City when he was two and a half years old. He's seven now, and the farrier who trims his feet lets him stand quietly, untied. We call it the 'spa treatment.'
Bandit got his name at the prison, along with four months of training from […]
Month: May 2011
From Foster Homes, to a Bright Future
Dirien Ramirez had been in twelve foster homes and facilities by the time she was fifteen years old. And things were not going well. Then she met Karen Sabo, an attorney with Washoe Legal Services. Karen provided something Dirien never had, "Somebody that was a constant in my life, someone who was always there for […]
The Right Stuff: Chuck Yeager Wows Students in Reno with tales of Flying Jets and Breaking the Sound Barrier
General Chuck Yeager recently shared his incredible story of blasting through the sound barrier with students, teachers and guests at Sage Ridge School in Reno. The parents of Matthew Johnston, a senior at the school, invited Yeager to visit and talk about his adventures flying jets.
Yeager surprised the audience when he told them that only […]