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Teeing off for decades for Pima Community College
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Teeing off for decades for Pima Community College

By ALEXANDER LOPEZ One thing that you almost can always find around Tucson is an open golf course.  With the endless Tucson sunlight and heat, almost every day is a perfect day for 18 holes, and for Pima Community College facilities employee Albert Quihuis, his life wouldn’t be the same if it weren’t for one. Growing up in the Barrio Hollywood neighborhood on the West Side of Tucson, life wasn’t always the easiest or the safest.  As the youngest of seven children, childhood became even more difficult when his father passed away and his mom was forced to take the reins of the family.  With all of the craziness of life, Quihuis would find his serenity on the course, hitting round after round.  He would hit buckets of golf balls until he had blisters on his hand, only to come back the n...