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Eye-gouging and hair-pulling are no-nos.

Light jabbing, pushing and diving into opponents, however, are completely legal in the Tucson Roller Derby women's league.

In the first international showdown at the Tucson Indoor Sports Center, Montreal's New Skids on the Block came skating in with toy noses, lime green T-shirts and the hunger for a win over the Tucson Roller Derby Saddletramps.

But the hell-raisin' home team, donned in black uniforms, was not prepared to be overthrown by their Canadian counterparts.

What are you giving up for Lent?  It’s not an uncommon question this time of year and it’s one to which there are usually several standard answers – chocolate, alcohol, junk food.

However, the Ash Wednesday service at Santa Cruz Church on South Sixth Avenue focused on a proactive approach. The focus of the Mass was abstaining from sin and taking responsibility for changing harmful behavior.

As Tucsonans left the service—their foreheads marked with ash—some shared their opinions on Lent and how they plan to observe the season.

In today's economy, businesses and restaurants are struggling to stay open.

But that doesn't mean service and atmosphere have to suffer.

Guillermo's Double L Restaurant believes this and stays in business through hard times because of loyal customers and the family atmosphere.
The greeting above the door at Guillermo's reads: "Bienvenidos Amigos: Mi casa es tu casa."

Linda Baker, manager of Guillermo's, says she loves her job and the atmosphere the restaurant brings to the community. It is just like a family, she says. "So many people grew up in this neighborhood. This is our community," Baker says. She believes that's what keeps people coming back.

Baker says that Guillermo's has been around for so long that people start to come to the restaurant at a very young age with their family.

Children grow up in this neighborhood and bring their own families back to the restaurant and the memories of their childhood, she says.

A 60-year legacy is what Guillermo's offers to the community. It's something to be passed down from one generation to the next. That is what makes Guillermo's unique.

Sometimes high school athletic programs can string together four or five championships in a row and people start calling them dynasties.

But sometimes programs be-come so dominant that the association shifts from a momentary snapshot of success to possibly being one of the greatest to ever compete in Arizona.

The Sunnyside High School wrestling program reaffirmed its place among the best in history on Feb. 20 with a 35-24 win over Ironwood Ridge in the 5A-II state wrestling championship at Tempe High School. It was the 13th consecutive state championship and the 28th overall for the storied wrestling program.