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Fangs a Lot

Channel 10 repeatedly misidentifies small business as Viper Militia location

By Marc Ramirez
Jul 18, 1996

When federal agents arrested a dozen members of the Viper Militia on weapons charges, that was news to Gordon Tunstall of Phoenix, whose fledgling business had just enjoyed its three best weeks since getting off the ground. But it was even bigger news to him when a newscast the next...
Garden of Eatin'

How Phil Nabity transformed a trashy utility easement into an inner-city ribbon of produce

By Marc Ramirez
Jul 18, 1996

A few years ago, the stretch of alleyway at 34th Street between Virginia and Yale streets wasn't much to look at. Sixteen feet from side to side, used not for trash pickup but for a chain of utility poles, it had become overrun with trash and debris--a four-foot-high junk pile...
Multicultural Stew

Ric Orozco uses lowriders and a controversial take on Hispanic history to excite his art students. The Isaac School District wonders whether he's teaching art, or culture or either.

By Marc Ramirez
Jul 11, 1996

Four girls and four boys are lined up on either side of a short table, their gazes fixed on a projection screen in a classroom at Sutton Elementary in Phoenix's Isaac School District. The drawing projected there depicts the everyday life, a dinner scene maybe, of people indigenous to Mexico...
Not Mining His Own Business

Wild Bill Mahoney owns Wyatt Earp's patented mining claim in Tombstone. All that prevents him from turning it into a tourist attraction are the dozens of people living on it.

By Marc Ramirez
Jun 13, 1996

Bill Mahoney is a real estate agent by trade, and, being a real estate agent, he talks to a good amount of people and can hold forth on many subjects. Tell you what, he says, and, next thing you know, you're wrapped in gab and squirming for freedom. Before long,...
ALIVE and Kickin'

Refugees from around the world find common ground--and a few good rumbles--in a Valley soccer league of nations

By Marc Ramirez
May 16, 1996

The Vietnamese advance, firing from the left and right, but the Somalis refuse to yield. The shots keep coming, one after another, until, finally, the defense cannot hold. The Vietnamese score a goal. On the sideline, their dozen or so tee-shirted fans break into an enthusiastic cheer. It is a...

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