“I was in shock. I got goosebumps.” MICHAEL GONZALEZ, a miner from Mammoth who won $13 million in the Arizona Lottery

“She was just a very gracious lady.” BRIAN PATRICK, on his sister, Gayle Patrick, who was shot and killed

“When she came into my office, it was like a breath of fresh air. She was a wonderful girl.” Sister HELEN RAU, counselor at Salpointe Catholic High School, on graduate Juliana Redding, 21, who was slain in her apartment in Santa Monica, Calif.

“I’m a longtime tiki aficionado.” DOUGLAS ‘FINI’ FINICAL, owner of the Hut nightclub on Fourth Avenue which will be the new home for a huge tiki head displaced from now-closed Magic Carpet Golf

“You have some very difficult choices. We’re going to have a tough, lean year ahead of us.” MIKE HEIN, Tucson city manager, talking to the City Council about budget problems

“I’ve not seen it this bad since the mid-1970s.”
CHUCK HUCKELBERRY, Pima County administrator, on county budget problems

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NUMBER OF THE WEEK

24

Consecutive years that the University of Arizona men’s basketball team has been in the NCAA tournament.

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