by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 30, 2010 | news and features, writing
It was bad enough when the family dog died on the Korns’ wedding anniversary. What made it even worse, Ben Korn said, was that he and his wife paid about $1,200 for a burial at Pet Cemetery of Tucson and have yet to see a headstone. The June 6 agreement the Korns...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 30, 2010 | news and features, writing
Francisco Baires is still recovering, one year later, from a beating with a baseball bat that nearly killed him. His attacker, Ryan Robert Baker, 28, didn’t get any money during the mugging downtown. He was sentenced Friday to 37 1/2 years in prison for aggravated...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 30, 2010 | news and features, writing
Matthew Trujillo, 23, made it into the Tucson Fire Department by the seat of his industrial, flame-proof pants. Not because he isn’t up to the task, said his uncle Richard Trujillo, but because the last 12 recruits who entered the academy this time around nearly got...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 30, 2010 | news and features, writing
Mbali turned 21 years old this week, but instead of a beer, he got his regular dose of Metamucil. The lion, who would live about 15 years in the wild, is one of the oldest animals at Reid Park Zoo. His partner, Atatu, is also 21. Their son, Kitabu, is 17. “Wow,” said...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 23, 2010 | news and features, writing
Tucsonan Ann Marie Heithaus vividly remembers her first visit to the Valley of the Moon more than 30 years ago. She and her Brownie Girl Scouts troop were dazzled by a fairy princess, glimpsed a gnome or two and were on their way to meet the mighty wizard Zoggog in...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 23, 2010 | news and features, writing
A rural neighborhood in Avra Valley is not even trying to keep up with the Joneses, because the Joneses had more than 700 dogs. Authorities said 752 dogs and 36 birds were seized this week at a property in the 12200 block of West Manville Road. Authorities were tipped...
