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Jul 31, 2008 @ 10:01am
Posted by: Heidi Rowley

First Memories

When Bamm Bamm was first placed in my arms, on a warm August day, I couldn't believe he was only 10 months old. He was so bright and active. He was almost walking and weighed an amazing 28 pounds! Within 9 days he was walking on his own and had lost a pound, possibly due to some controlled eating. Whenever anyone asked me about him, the word I used to describe him was "Happy!" I couldn't believe how smiley and gregarious he was. It took a few nights, but soon he was also a peaceful sleeper and I realized I had lucked out. Many foster children come into your home traumatized and broken. Maybe not all with broken bodies, but with broken spirits. Bamm Bamm wasn't broken. He was very much alive and well. Somehow I had lucked out and received a foster child or amazing baby who was almost perfect. He would prove to have some challenges and issues, but most within the context of being a toddler. More »

Categories: Life, Family, Foster, Bamm Bamm
Jul 30, 2008 @ 12:04pm

The equality we don't want

Women are not meant to blow themselves up. I dare say no one is meant to do that, but it especially strikes me as against all nature to hear about women strapping explosives to themselves and then pushing a button to blow themselves and everyone around them to smithereens. More »

Categories: Religion, God, War, Women
Jul 29, 2008 @ 5:26pm
Posted by: Tom Stauffer

First look: Motzi

Here's a quick look at More »

Jul 29, 2008 @ 5:21pm
Posted by: Tom Stauffer

Downtown vino

will host a wine tasting More »

Jul 29, 2008 @ 5:16pm
Posted by: Tom Stauffer

Mike's vacation

420 W. Magee Road, will close Sunday, July 27, and reopen Wednesday, Aug. 5. More »

Jul 29, 2008 @ 4:41pm
Posted by: Geoff Grammer

Foothills, Tucson High students win state titles

Catalina Foothills sophomore girls golfer Erin McClure, 15, won the Junior Golf Association of Arizona PING Junior Masters (15-18 regular division) in Tempe held Monday ant Tuesday. McClure shot a two day total of 159 (80-79) on the 6,640-yard ASU Karsten Golf Course. McClure edged Foothills teammante Brittany McKee for the title. Tucson High's Derek Laporte won the boys 15-18 championship with a 5-over-par 145 (75-70). More »

Jul 28, 2008 @ 4:25pm
Posted by: Polly Higgins

2 kids workshops at Humane Society

Two upcoming workshops at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona are geared toward children interested in careers involving animals. More »

Categories: Animals
Jul 27, 2008 @ 9:25pm

LATEST COMMENT

haha, i think its cute...think of the courage those kids had to come up to you
— mistyw77
Sep 10, 2008 @ 8:46pm

Play dates

This hasn't happened in about 15 years: Someone asked me for a play date. More »

Categories: Life, Weird, Family
Jul 27, 2008 @ 5:28pm

Killing in Church

You don't usually see the words "murder" and "Unitarian Universalist Church" in the same story, but unfortunately, a man entered a Tennessee UU youth service Sunday with a shotgun, killing one man, and injuring eight. No children were injured. According to an More »

Jul 25, 2008 @ 1:01pm
Posted by: Tom Stauffer

A hap-hap-happy place

The El Taco Jingle Challenge initiated by the Cheap Eats review of Poco & Mom's that ran Wednesday in Taste Plus is officially over, as the fifth caller sang the infamous '70s earworm this morning at 11:15 a.m. More »

Jul 25, 2008 @ 8:37am
Posted by: Ryn Gargulinski

Dead after scuffle: Orval Leland Lindell, 88

Orval Leland Lindell, 88, died June 24 after a fall, and the Pima County sheriff's department announced July 24, one month later, his dead was a homicide. More »

Jul 23, 2008 @ 9:32pm
Posted by: Geoff Grammer

Salpointe soccer star is San Antonio bound

Salpointe soccer star Dan Kelly has signed a national letter of intent to play this fall at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, according to a More »

Jul 23, 2008 @ 5:35pm
Posted by: Tom Stauffer

Beer and a sandwich

The latest issue of More »

Jul 23, 2008 @ 4:29pm
Posted by: Ryn Gargulinski

Five vehicle crash: Unidentified man, 70s

A man in his 70s died and three people were injured after a five-vehicle crash southwest of Tucson on the morning of July 23. More »

Jul 23, 2008 @ 4:11pm
Posted by: Ryn Gargulinski

Hit and run: Lenora Florez, 43

Lenora Florez, 43, was killed in a hit and run the evening of July 22, a Pima County sheriff spokeswoman said. More »

Jul 23, 2008 @ 4:03pm

Wicked Wiccan accident

I tried to be empathetic when reading this story from CBS, but I just couldn't stop laughing. You go to a cemetery to give thanks for a recent run of good luck and when when performing the ceremony – which requires the use of a sword – you stab yourself in the foot? More »

Categories: Life, Religion, Wiccan
Jul 23, 2008 @ 3:37pm
Posted by: Billie Stanton

LATEST COMMENT

it is along the same twisted thought that one can not put money in others meters
— mistyw77
Sep 10, 2008 @ 8:50pm

Let’s make a federal case out of “littering”

Daniel Millis got a littering citation for picking up litter. If you find that bizarre, welcome to our world here in the  borderlands. More »

Jul 23, 2008 @ 9:43am
Posted by: Tom Stauffer

First Look: Saffron Indian Bistro

Upscale Indian comes to Oro Valley More »

Jul 23, 2008 @ 9:42am
Posted by: Tom Stauffer

First Look: Glass Onion Cafe

Jen McDonald's new coffeehouse/eatery at La Cholla and River More »

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