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Hi there friend!
We have a lot coming at you over the next month and I knew you would want to hear about it all, so I’ll break it down for you real quick:Fun for the Family!
#1: Tuesday 3/9 @ 6 PM — Smarty Pets: Bunny Basics [FREE]

A fluffy family member that loves to hop around the house and is always ready to snack on some hay, what could be better?AWLA’s Animal Care Manager Jose Serrano is going to walk you through all of the bunny basics: from what their housing should look like, to their diet, and everything in between!

Hop to it — save your seat today!
#2: Thursday 3/11 @ 5 PM — Kids Workshop: Piggie Palooza [$20 per family]

This month, join us to learn about one of the greatest small animal pets you can adopt—Guinea Pigs! We’ll cover all the basics about these fascinating rodents, including their care, fun personalities, and so much more. Workshops are recommended for kids in grades 4 – 8, but anyone is welcome to join! 

Click here to sign up now
#3: Sunday 3/21 @ 10 AM — Pet Yoga with Elina [$15 per ticket]

Fitness instructor Elina, of Elina from Sweden, is hosting a special yoga class to benefit AWLA! We will be joining virtually with some of our shelter pets, and of course, your own pets are welcome to join in your workout!

Click here to learn more and get your tickets!
And don’t worry, we could NEVER forget about our furry friends…
For Your Pets
#1: Monday 3/8 @ 6 – 9 PM —Microchip Madness Cat Clinic [FREE]

As part of the Maddie’s Fund No Place Like Home Challenge, we are promoting ways to reunite lost pets with their families. AWLA’s Microchip Madness Cat Clinic will provide free microchips (including chip registration) to cat owners in Arlington and neighboring counties. 

Click here to sign up and learn more!
#2: Saturday 3/13 @ 9 AM — Pet Pantry Delivery Day

AWLA’s goal is to keep pets with their families by providing pet care essentials including food, enrichment items, preventatives, and more. For residents physically unable to pick up pet supplies at the shelter, AWLA offers a select number of delivery days where supplies can be dropped off at your home. The sign-up will open on Saturday, March 6, and close when we reach capacity.

Click here to sign up on March 6
#3: Thursday 3/25 @ 6:30 PM —Rabies Vaccine & Microchip Clinic

Mark your calendar now for another AWLA rabies vaccine and microchip clinic! These clinics are by reservation only. You must sign up in advance for a designated time. Reservations will open one week before the clinic date (March 18). 

Save your spot here on March 18
That’s all I have for now, but you can always check out our events calendar HERE for more info and future events.

Have a great Thursday!
Hollie, Events Coordinator

PS —Have you signed up for AWLA Zoomies yet? There are only a few days left to register to have an AWLA animal brighten your day with a virtual visit during your next Zoom meeting! Click here to sign up before March 8!

Drinking Liquids

By:     Arnaldo Liechtenstein, physician   

Whenever I teach clinical medicine to students in the fourth year of medicine, I ask the following question: 
  
What are the causes of mental confusion in the elderly? 
  
Some offer: “Tumors in the head”.  I answer: No! 
  
Others suggest: “Early symptoms of Alzheimer’s”.  I answer again: No! 
  
With each rejection of their answers, their responses dry up. 
  
And they are even more open-mouthed when I list the three most common causes: 
     
– uncontrolled diabetes 
– urinary infection 
– dehydration 
  
It may sound like a joke, but it isn’t.  People over 60 generally stop feeling thirsty and consequently stop drinking fluids. 
  
When no one is around to remind them to drink fluids, they quickly dehydrate.  Dehydration is severe and affects the entire body  It may cause abrupt mental confusion, a drop in blood pressure, increased heart palpitations, angina (chest pain), coma and even death. 
  
*This habit of forgetting to drink fluids begins at age 60, when we have just over 50% of the water we should have in our bodies.  People over 60 have a lower water reserve. This is part of the natural aging process.* 
  
But there are more complications. Although they are dehydrated, they don’t feel like drinking water, because their internal balance mechanisms don’t work very well. 
  
*Conclusion:* 
  
People over 60 years old dehydrate easily, not only because they have a smaller water supply, but also because they do not feel the lack of water in the body. 
  
Although people over 60 may look healthy, the performance of reactions and chemical functions can damage their entire body. 
  
So here are two alerts: 
  
  1) *Get into the habit of drinking liquids*.  Liquids include water, juices, teas, coconut water, milk, soups, and water-rich fruits, such as watermelon, melon, peaches and pineapple;  Orange and tangerine also work. 
  
*The important thing is that, every two hours, you must drink some liquid.  Remember this!* 
  
2) Alert for family members: constantly offer fluids to people over age 60.  At the same time, observe them. 
  
If you realize that they are rejecting liquids and, from one day to the next, they are irritable, breathless or display a lack of attention, these are almost certainly recurrent symptoms of dehydration. 
  
Inspired to drink more water now?? Send this information out to others!  DO IT NOW! Your friends and family need to know for themselves and help you to be healthier and happier. 
 

It’s good to share! *For people over 60*

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Portugal brings its charm to hosting The Ocean Race…

Cascais, the home of the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team, will host The Ocean Race Europe

DownloadCascais waterfront
© Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team

Following the Race start from Lorient, France, at the end of May, the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe will stop in Cascais, bringing the top international offshore racing teams in the world to Portugal.

Located 30km west of Lisbon, Cascais is a historic and cosmopolitan seaside resort on the edge of the Tagus estuary, between the Sintra mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.

The Ocean Race Europe will feature the record-breaking, one-design, VO65 fleet which produced the closest edition of The Ocean Race in history in 2017-18. The teams are seeing the event as the first step on their journey towards the next edition of the around the world race in 2022-23.

And for the first time, the foiling IMOCA fleet will participate in a competition under The Ocean Race banner. The IMOCA teams bring a high-tech component to the event, showcasing the latest foiling technology.

“The Ocean Race Europe will surely provide us with great competition on the water. But it is also an opportunity for our wonderful sport to inspire towards a greater purpose,” said Richard Brisius, the Race Chairman of The Ocean Race. “We are united in driving action towards the promotion of ocean health and we look forward to working on this with all of our friends and partners in Cascais when we are in Portugal this June.”

The home team in Cascais, the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team, was the first VO65 team to confirm its entry in the European race back in January and The Mirpuri Foundation will host the event from its training base at the Clube Naval de Cascais.

Paulo Mirpuri is the Founder of the Mirpuri Foundation, which has been a driving force in bringing The Ocean Race Europe to Cascais. He said: “We are proud to welcome The Ocean Race Europe to Cascais and to host the stopover in our home port with our friends at Clube Naval de Cascais. This is the first time that an Ocean Race event has come to Cascais, having come to Lisbon in the past.

“Today’s announcement is the culmination of an enormous amount of work from many different parties. We have worked hard with the organisers of the race to bring The Ocean Race Europe to Cascais, our home, and we will have many more developments to share very soon. This will be a spectacular race after a difficult year for so many people and we cannot wait to welcome the fleet to Portugal.”

Cascais is known as ‘The Charm of the Atlantic’ and provides direct access to a prime racing playground just off the main beach and the Cascais Marina area.

“Cascais is very proud to be one of the cities chosen to become a stopover for The Ocean Race Europe,” said Deputy Mayor Miguel Pinto Luz. “Sailing is a part of our identity and hosting the best regattas in the world is now a tradition here. We consider Cascais the best place to live – for one day or for a lifetime. And if you are a sailor, this is paradise… one of the best regatta locations in the world, in front of our beautiful Bay.”

Yoann Richomme, Skipper of the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team agrees, saying: “It will be an honour to lead ‘Racing For The Planet’ and our crew out from my home in Lorient and into our home port of Cascais this spring, a place we have seen many times from our boat, but never surrounded by such an incredible fleet. It will be a wonderful occasion for everyone involved. There is no doubt, The Mirpuri Foundation’s passion for sailing will be felt by everyone.”

The Ocean Race Europe will start from Lorient, France, over the final weekend of May, bringing the teams south across the Bay of Biscay, into the Atlantic and the stop in Cascais. From there the two fleets will race into the Mediterranean. The Ocean Race Europe will finish in Genova, Italy in the third week of June, with a further stop along the route in the Med to be confirmed shortly.

DownloadMirpuri Foundation Racing Team training off Portugal
© Marc Bow

DownloadCascais Marina
© Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team

Congressman Gosar Reacts to Copper Mine Ban

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Paul Gosar (AZ-04) issued the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture announced it was directing the United States Forest Service to withdraw the Notice of Availability and rescind the Final Environmental Impact Study and the draft Record of Decision for the proposed Resolution Copper on the Tonto National Forest.

“I am very disappointed in the Biden Administration’s decision to halt Arizona’s bipartisan supported Resolution Copper project previously cleared by President Trump. This project would have created nearly 4,000 well-paying jobs and added more than $60 billion in economic value in Arizona.

The project underwent lengthy and comprehensive environmental studies spanning the two previous administrations, yet Mr. Biden once again ignores sound science, wipes out thousands of more jobs and discounts the significance this copper mine is to clean energy, our electrical grid, solar panels, wind turbines and hundreds of other needs.   

There is nothing sacred about this property. This is mining land first and foremost. The tribal historian confirmed that in 2011. Additionally, the Forest Service conducted hundreds of consultations with Native American tribes and the town of Superior about how best to proceed,” concluded Congressman Gosar.

Gosar, Sinema introduce the La Paz County Land Solar…

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04), Senator Kyrsten Sinema introduced the La Paz County Land Solar Development and Job Creation Act of 2021.

Lorient, France will host the start of The Ocean…

2 March 2021

New event featuring top international teams and sailors racing around Europe will depart from Lorient La Base

DownloadLorient La Base
© Y. Zedda

The French city of Lorient in Brittany has been appointed as the starting point for The Ocean Race Europe.

The iconic port, in the heart of the renowned ‘Bretagne Sailing Valley’, will host the start for both the IMOCA and VO65 fleets as they charge south across the Bay of Biscay.

This will mark the first racing under The Ocean Race banner for the high-tech IMOCA class boats and the one-design VO65 class.

For the teams, The Ocean Race Europe will be the first step on the journey towards the 2022-23 edition of The Ocean Race round the world event and for some IMOCA teams for the Vendee Globe 2024 as well.

“Lorient has been an important part of the history of The Ocean Race, as a much-loved stopover port in 2011-12 and 2014-15,” noted Johan Salen, the Managing Director of The Ocean Race.

“Now Lorient becomes the starting port for a new, Europe-oriented event, and a fresh, exciting story begins. We are racing from the heart of what we call the French Sailing Valley and into the heart of Europe, providing a platform for extraordinary sport and driving change towards a healthier planet along the way.”

The Ocean Race Europe brings together the top international sailors and teams from the two classes that compete in the next around the world race, the VO65s and the IMOCA 60s.

The two fleets will race in a fully-crewed configuration in stages between iconic European cities, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and a finish in Genoa, Italy in the third week of June.

Lorient will host the start over the last weekend in May. As the home port for many IMOCAs, Lorient La Base is well positioned to welcome the race boats and teams ahead of the start of The Ocean Race Europe.

“Lorient La Base is proud to host the start of The Ocean Race Europe. With almost 50 local companies related to offshore sailing, Lorient Agglomération is an European renown territory of nautical excellence,” said Fabrice Loher, the president of the Lorient Agglomération, and the Mayor of Lorient.

“Lorient La Base has all the advantages of a consolidated ecosystem to support the greatest sailing teams. This is why the top skippers chose Lorient La Base as their home port. The start of The Ocean Race Europe is a new step to consolidate the reputation of the city as a host port for amazing offshore sailing races.”

The fleets will assemble in Lorient ahead of the start from the 28th May.Prior to arriving in Brittany, the VO65 fleet will participate in The Ocean Race Europe Prologue event, beginning in the Baltic Sea in early May and winding south before gathering at Lorient La Base at the end of the month, alongside the IMOCA fleet.

Organisers of The Ocean Race Europe are prioritising the health and safety of all competitors and stakeholders and will follow all relevant regulations and advisories with respect to Covid-19.