The Wild Horse Sanctuary near Shingletown celebrates its 30th anniversary this Saturday with an open house that will feature music, cowboy poetry, food, craft demonstrations and, of course, a chance to see wild horses up close.
The sanctuary, which was featured in the June issue of Sunset magazine, has more than 300 horses. Some of those will be seen during “wild horse walks” at Saturday’s event. The open house also will feature free horse rides for kids.
The open house and benefit runs from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. To get more info and directions, click here.
- Headline of the Day: Breaking news from the online version of the San Jose Mercury News: Belmont police search for two armbed bank robbers. I hear they were armbed up to their armbits in firearmbs.
- Mark Your Calendars: Sean Harrasser will show photos and discuss his adventures on the High Sierra Trail in the Redding Library community room at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 27. Event sponsored by the library and the SWEAT running club.
- DVDs We’ve Seen: “Cleaner” features Samuel L. Jackson as a former cop who now runs a service cleaning up crime scenes. Decent crime story evolves as Jackson begins to suspect that he was scammed into cleaning up a death that hadn’t been investigated yet. With Ed Harris and Eva Mendes.
- Today’s Thought: From the song “Gone With the Wind” by bluesman Roy Rogers: “Worry is a self-inflicted wound.”
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