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Volume 17, Issue 10
HHH receives a $5,000 training grant from the ASPCA
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A spectacular bloom of wildflowers is underway at Anza Borrego Desert State Park and by the middle of March, it’s expected to just get better and better, according to park officials. see page A-3
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Pool safety is key in drowning prevention Diane Seiker ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that “about one in five people who die from drowning are children 14 and younger.” Statistics show that an average of 10 people a day are victims of drowning and it is the fifth leading cause of unintentional death in the country. see page A-4
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School Smarts Academy helps parents assist children to succeed
HHH’s Co-founder Mike Hitchcock and Founder Gina Perrin welcomes those who are interested to come visit them and their equine family at Heavenly Horse Haven. Courtesy photo
ANZA – Heavenly Horse Haven, a nonprofit horse rescue, received a $5,000 ASPCA’ ASPCA Equine Fund which provides grants to U.S. nonprofit equine welfare organizations and other animal welfare
organizations that care for horses, mules, donkeys and ponies. The grant is awarded to equine organizations such as Heavenly Horse Haven that strive to achieve the best practices both in nonprofit manage-
ment and equine care. HHH’s Founder, Gina Perrin, has a long history of success in training rescued horses using natural horsemanship training methods, when suitable. She also
see HHH, page A-3
Thimble Club holds March meeting, plans open house Kathryn Allen PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN, ANZA THIMBLE CLUB
Spring is here, and you could tell from the energy in the room at the Thimble Club’s March 2 meeting that everyone is happy to see the sunshine. We love our meeting room at the Valley Gospel Chapel, from which we have a wonderful view of the beautiful Anza mountains. Following the invocation by Myrna Hawthorn and Pledge of Allegiance led by Marie Ghysels, we enjoyed a typical St. Patrick’s Day lunch of corned beef and cabbage, with potatoes and carrots as a side. Dessert was heavenly frosted mint brownies made from scratch by our incredible Sally Kaspar. The cooks, Annie Ashby, Linda Barnes, Pat Cheney and Sally Kaspar, were thanked for all their hard work preparing the meal. The main focus of the business meeting was planning the Open House, held Saturday, April 8, from
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The first session of the School Smarts Academy March 1 brought 16 inquisitive parents to the Hamilton K-8 School in Anza to learn how to help their children better succeed in school.
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Shaaron Chambers (left) confers with Thimble Club Treasurer Tonie Ford.
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teaches natural horsemanship training methods to her volunteers. The end goal is a well-balanced, well- trained horse that is suitable
see CLUB, page A-5 Diane Seiker photo
Blue Diamond Horseshoe, LLC, raises up race champions on Anza farm Diane Seiker ANZAEDITOR@REEDERMEDIA.COM
Have you ever wondered what the ranch off Jojoba Road and Hwy. 371 is all about? There are manyhorses and foals and it is one busy place! Well, wonder no more. The ranch is called Blue Diamond Horseshoe, LLC, owned by Mike and Debbie Tippett. “We breed, foal, train, race and sell very high quality thoroughbred race horses. We breed to outside mares as well as our own,” Farm Manager Reneé Beckwith explained. Beckwith’s responsibilities as manager demand a huge range of skills. She handles breeding and boarding contracts, invoicing, talking to clients, communicating with the owners, keeping tabs on the pregnant mares via cameras, making sure the mares and fouls are
This new foal is standing for the first time.
attended to, scheduling, transportation, running errands, managing social media and the website, answering emails and giving tours, to name just a bit of what she does. The horses housed at the farm are very special and their care is first-
Reneé Beckwith photo
rate. In today’s racing world, they have some of the most sought after bloodlines available. The animals get the best of everything. The stallions that Blue Diamond Horseshoe, LLC owns are from impressive pedigrees. The bloodlines
and the amount of money they have won and their parents and grandparents have won is what makes them special, as well as what their offspring accomplish. For example, Beckwith clarified some of the foaling procedures. “There is a protocol we go through for every mare and foal. We have a form we complete that has everything marked with its completion and time of completion. Time of birth, date, sex, color, time it stood, time we gave the enema, time it nurses, time the placenta passes, did it stand on its own, did it nurse on its own, how many days did the mare carry the foal, was the birth normal or did it have complications.” There are 29 pampered foals expected in 2017.
see HORSES, page A-6