By Taylor Gleeson/Arizona Sonora News Chelsea Menke has always had a passion for two things: horses and kids. At Therapeutic Ranch for Animals and Kids, or TRAK, she is able to pursue both of her passions as the nonprofit’s program director. With a slim build, dark brown hair that falls around her face, deep brown…
October 2016. Eduardo “Eddie” Estrada gently sips a beer and while closing his eyes. He takes a French fry and looks at his hand as he begins to remember. It’s September 2012. Estrada returns to the United States after a serving his country as a Hospital Man Third Class in Afghanistan. This is where…
In 1966, Wes Ricks, then 19, was a river rat plying the waters of Vietnam while serving in the Navy. “We were getting shot at all the time,” said Ricks, now a professional musician from Phoenix. Ricks knew what he wanted to do when he returned home. “When I was going into Indochina to serve over…
The city of Tombstone will soon be the home of a new horse therapy program that caters to people seeking to improve their lives through animals. “It’s almost a spiritual experience to watch somebody work with a horse,” said Dr. Lilla DeLuca, who owns the Rocking R. Equine Assisted Learning Center, “Everything they do is…
