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Brenda Semanick, the artist assigned to develop the artwork for the new Cushing Street Bridge across the Santa Cruz River, recently met with members of the Barrio Kroeger Lane Neighborhood Association.

She asked for ideas for artwork that would represent the history and character of the area and the nearby neighborhoods, a neighborhood newsletter said.

Suggestions included the plants and animals of the area, pit houses, Hohokam designs, old bricks from the brickyard, poetry and writing representing the different cultures of the area, the names of families that have lived in the area for generations, and a design that will evolve with time.

Semanick also will meet with members of the Menlo Park Neighborhood Association for their ideas.

Semanick's work can be seen at the overpass at East Tanque Verde and North Pantano roads. Workers installed a tile mural called "Hohokam Lizards" on the overpass last year.

The mural's background design is taken from motifs on Hohokam pots. The mural has three lizards named Lenny, Lloyd and Lizette.

On May 25 a female dog was abandoned at the Hope Animal Shelter along with her nine puppies. The dog was chained to a fence outside the shelter at 2011 E. 12th Street, and the puppies were left in a box. The puppies "escaped and were running all over the street," shelter co-founder and director Susan Scherl said in press release.

All the puppies have been spayed or neutered, received their first vaccinations and been adopted.

But one animal is left behind.

"The mother is still needing a loving home," said Scherl. "She appears to be a pug/Chihuahua/ shepherd mix."

For more information about the dogs and cats available for adoption at the shelter, log on to the Web site www.hopeanimalshelter.net or call 792-9200.

The Community Food Bank will dedicate four new trucks at 9 a.m. Friday. The dedication will take place at the food bank, 3003 S. Country Club Road.

The 20-foot refrigerated trucks hold 10 pallets each, are equipped with lift gates and are more fuel-efficient.

The new, larger trucks expand the versatility, range and visibility of the food bank vehicles on their regular routes each day to pick up surplus food in the Tucson area.

The Community Food Bank used a $250,000 settlement from a national-class action lawsuit concerning products containing MSG and a $75,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to buy the vehicles.

For more information about the food bank, log on to the Web site www.communityfoodbank. org.

Old Pueblo Community Services has received a $12,500 community impact grant from the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona for its "Volunteer Capacity Building" project.

The objective of the project is to expand the leverage of volunteer resources to serve clients and to provide opportunities for low-income families in the community.

Old Pueblo Community Services is one of the largest providers of structured transitional housing to previously incarcerated individuals in the state.

"Utilizing volunteers in providing some of the hands-on work with clients, where appropriate, and in providing support to case managers and other staff in other areas will allow more clients to be served with a broader array of services," Rene Myers, director of development, said in a press release.