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Nichole Gomez

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)- The Assistance League of El Paso is sponsoring “A Taste of Five Points,” a one-mile walk. We will have 15 area restaurants providing sample tastings, area business information tables, and a raffle.

https://www.assistanceleague.org/el-paso/

Hillary Floren

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The road to recovery from drug addiction is challenging, and not always easy to navigate. Doug and Terri Rutter know that all too well. Their 30-year old son Rylie died last year from accidental fentanyl poisoning, after years of trying to get sober.

The Rutters created the Rylie V Rutter Foundation. It’s goal is to provide treatment scholarships, sober living, job training and other services to help those striving for recovery.

“Younger men and women will get frustrated and they’ll give up so if you can try to address some of those frustrations ahead of time you’ll have a great success rate also. ,” says Doug Rutter. “If somebody can stay sober for 90 days, the likelihood of them staying sober is increased dramatically.”

The foundation will work hand in hand with Recovery Alliance, an addiction treatment center in El Paso, helping those who may not have the financial means to fight their battle.

“Everything is very expensive.  On our website $30 can buy private therapy, for example,” says Terri Rutter.

“We have listed in there what it costs to help someone with a month of treatment.  Maybe they have a job but they can’t get there – bus passes, job uniform, just to take away whatever barrier they have that they feel like they can’t do it because they’re so frustrated.”

And they have a warning for others – don’t buy drugs on the street.

“The community needs to be educated that you go out and buy Xanax say on the street, it’s laced with fentanyl… and just a speck can kill you,” Doug Rutter warns.

The Rutters want Rylie to be remembered for his smile. His legacy will live on through the lives that the Rylie V Rutter Foundation touches.

If you’d like to make a donation to the foundation, click here: http://rylievrutterfoundation.org

For help with addiction, click here: recoveryalliance.net

Nichole Gomez

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)- The visual arts can play a significant role in inspiring the multiple moods of the mind. Research has proved that art can provide a direct connection between the mind and body. Lupita Pena, a therapist with Emergence Health Network, and Shawn Warwick, a certified Ross instructor, discuss the connection between mental health and creative arts.

Upcoming classes and workshops:

 Classes are beginner-friendly, step-by-step, and include all the materials you need. Registration is now open: Visit www.shawnwarswick.com for schedules, sign-ups, and sneak peeks at recent masterpieces from local students.

https://emergencehealthnetwork.org/

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – As pickleball continues to grow in popularity in the United States, more people are taking part that might not be who you’d initially expect.

A Colorado Springs pickleball regular spoke with KRDO13 on why he decided to try and go pro in America’s fastest-growing sport after his career in the NFL.

“If you’re looking to stay competitive and to get that competitive edge back, then I recommend getting out here and playing some pickleball because there’s nothing better than pickleball right now. Best sport alive right now,” said Jeret Smith, who played in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs.

Pickleball has been the fastest-growing sport in the United States for the last three years, according to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association. Smith recently decided he will pursue the sport as his full-time job.

“It’s been incredible to see the ride pickleball has taken us all on,” Life Time Pickleball pro Mike McGregor said.

Smith plays all over the front range, including the Life Time in Colorado Springs with McGregor. The club is hoping to get the most people playing pickleball at the same time ever this Saturday for National Pickleball Month.

The sport has come a long way the last five years, both in the states as well as for Smith.

“I wanted to just play something that I could stay competitive in, and first I was like, ‘Oh, this is just a sport for older people,'” Smith said. “They beat me bad! And so, for me, I’m an athlete, and I’m losing to 70-year-old people, and I was like, ‘I’ve got to get better at this sport.'”

The Life Time in Colorado Springs is hosting its Pickleball “Agassi Open Play Day” Saturday at 10 a.m. Participants must sign up through their app. The club will have day passes available for non-members. The club is also hosting a tournament, “Dinco De Mayo,” May 16-18.

Nicole Ardila

A new play is coming to the Plaza Theatre in Downtown El Paso this weekend, “Requiem for Rosa Elena’s Dream”, by a local playwright.

ABC-7 got a sneak peek from the rehearsals before the big show.

The writer and director Felix Arenas says it’s a drama based in El Paso about three generations of a family, switching periods of time — from the 1960s to the 1990s.

“It’s a play about El Paso, it’s a play about somebody comes from the interior of Mexico to build a new life in the US,” explained Arenas. “It’s a play about local teenagers and what was going on in the 80s. It’s a play about somebody here in the 2000s, who is looking for his roots.”

“Requiem for Rosa Elena’s Dream” is Arena’s third original play, which he says has been in the works for about a year.

The story goes on about a man adopted 32 years ago goes searching for answers, when dreams and plans, don’t always come true.

“You know, we all have dreams of raising a family and the glorious things,” said the playwright. “But through the generations, things happen, life happens. And that’s what this play is about.”

The show starts at 2:30 pm on Sunday April 13, and would last about 2 hours.

Tickets are $15 at the door and also available on Ticketmaster with service fees.