Stephen Binning, 10 has been racing his wheel chair for four years and recently received agrant of $2,000 for a new racing chair. (Rick D'Elia)
Border Issues; BORSTAR unit rescues Illlegal Immigrants
Border Patrol BORSTAR acting supervisor Rob Kiernan talks with a rancher who spotted three illegal immigrants in Avra Valley, southwest of Tucson, Ariz., July 12, 2006. The Border Patrol Search, Trauma, Rescue unit provides first responder treatment to immigrants who are injured or become sick from their journey across the inhospitable Arizona desert. The second week of July has proven to be a slow time this year, and Kiernan has encountered few immigrants in the area 40 miles north of the Mexico border. He said the busiest time is in February when immigrants try to return north of the border after spending time with their families over the holidays. More than 200 people have died so far this year in their attempt to cross the desert. (Rick D'Elia) NO SALES TABLOIDS/EDITORIAL SALES ONLY
Arizona Rennaissance Festival, 2008. (Rick D'Elia)
Biggest loser
Ali Vincent of Phoenix, Ariz., has a meal at Phoenix restaurant, Zen 32 where she can continue to eat healthily to maintain her figure after winning the Biggest Loser Couples in 2008. She and her mom Bette-Sue Burklund competed in the program and Ali became the first female winner. (Rick D'Elia)
Arizona historian, cowboy singer, storyteller, teacher and humorist Marshall Trimble is author of 20 books of Arizona and southwestern history and its characters. When Arizonans think history expert they think of Trimble. Arizona is approaching its centennial year as a state.
Primitive skills expert, John "Bluebird" Crossman demonstrates his bow skills while teaching a class beside the Verde River near Phoenix, Ariz. Crossman has spent 35 years researching and teaching a variety of native skills used by southwestern native peoples for hundreds of years.
Pilates instructor Sherry Brady works with Dr. Gillian Hamilton, 65, on her form at Brady's Studio Joe PIlates in Scottsdale. Hamilton is vice president education/innovation, Hospice of the Valley, and works out regularly at the studio.
Injections and radiofrequency ablation enabled 95-year-old Mesa resident Francies Zegarac’s to return to the golf course after overcoming back and leg pain. Now, she’s enjoying her game again. “I have no pain now,” she said, “and I feel like I’ve got my life back.”
School is opening soon and students and parents will be concerned with healthy lunches, the size of and weight of backpacks and health screenings before participating in competition, among other things.
Exercise or other soothing activities help to cope with holiday stress.
Dr.Chip Coffey encourages people to do things that help make them calm over the holidays. He practices what he preaches, "There is something about photography that I find is very calming and soothing to me," he says.
Tatum Brown rides Lousa, an Arabian-Appalousa Mare while working on her horse ridign skills. Brown sufferred a concussion while riding a horse a year ago when she was 11. Not long after recovering, she was back on board, riding as often as she can and growing her skill and confidence in riding.
Christy Cummings, Doctor of Physical Therapy in the Outpatient Physical Therapy Department at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, runs with Lyric Phelan, 4 through an obstacle/fitness course of fun activities composed mostly from items and toys around the home. Phelan is son to her brother's girlfriend.
Ally Manwaring, 10, in Glendale relish the cool water during the first week of warm temperatures of the year.
Steven Micheletti takes a cautiously optimistic approach to growth looking for "near perfect" opportunities for their southwest flavored restaurant that operated in four states. He checks in with Chef Maurice Bell at his new restaurant at 16th Street and Bethany Home Road.
The Johnsons, Selah, 5, front, Bailey, 14, left, Nevaeh, 7, Sasha, Jeremiah, Elijah, 12.
Claude "Gunny" Marquis RIGHT, takes a Sunday morning ride with Ken Wandler, on Patton Rd in Whitman northwest of Sun City West in his quest to build up his miles and eventually join the CORE cycling team. He has had his back and neck repaired nad had a knee replaced, enabling to become more active again. He currently rides 8-10 miles.
Claude "Gunny" Marquis takes a Sunday morning ride on Patton Rd in Whitman northwest of Sun City West in his quest to build up his miles and eventually join the CORE cycling team. He has had his back and neck repaired nad had a knee replaced, enabling to become more active again. He currently rides 8-10 miles.
Dan O'Brien, Scottsdale won the Olympic gold in Decathalon in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics as well as three world championships during his track and field career. He suffered from a bulging disc several and was treated non-surgically at Catalyst Pain Solutions.
A British Air 747 departs Phoenix, Arizona the 6th most populous city in the country with almost 1.5 million in the city and more than four million in the metropolitan area. The capital of Arizona, the city is located in the Valley of the Sun, a popular destination for winter vistors in North America.
