by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 23, 2010 | news and features, writing
Tucsonan Jessica Cox was born without arms, but that has only stopped her from doing one thing: using the word “can’t.” Her latest flight into the seemingly impossible is becoming the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet. With one foot manning the controls...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 21, 2010 | news and features, writing
You may be living next to a stash house and not know it. With a record 1.2 million pounds of marijuana confiscated in Arizona from Oct. 1, 2006, to Sept. 30 – nearly half of it in Pima County – Tucson has developed a thriving business as a distribution hub. The area...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 21, 2010 | news and features, writing
Lynn Hudson was enjoying her morning treadmill workouts last February at the Northwest Side Gold’s Gym – until she was kicked out of the club for not paying a bill she had paid months earlier. The gym had the wrong Lynn Hudson. Eric Grigel joined Arizona Swim &...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Oct 30, 2010 | news and features, writing
More than 1, 000 people died in Tucson in 2007, according to police statistics. Ages ranged from newborn to 100, occupations ranged from banker to Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, and contributions to society ranged from public art to cancer support groups. With too many...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Oct 23, 2010 | news and features, writing
Folks at downtown’s Ronstadt Transit Center on Tuesday afternoon had a way to make a quick $300. The only stipulation was that the people be drug addicts or alcoholics who agree to long-term birth control. The group Project Prevention, started by Barbara Harris in...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Oct 23, 2010 | news and features, writing
Tucson dog D’Artagnan has been featured on TV’s “Animal Planet, ” entered and won his first show when he was only 6 months old and has amassed so many ribbons that they probably weigh more than he does. The 87-pound shaggy star, one of the top five Bouviers des...
