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Tucson's August babies

  • Aug 20, 2015
  • Aug 20, 2015 Updated Aug 20, 2015

Tucson and Nandi, the baby elephant at Reid Park Zoo, were born in August. Here are a few other Tucsonans with August birthdays.

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies
Submitted photos

Tucson's birthday

Tucson's birthday

The birthday cake for Tucson's 236th birthday is served up to visitors at the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun August 26, 2011.

Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Best friends Maddy Shoenborn and Natalia Escamilla were born the same day at the same hospital. They've been best friends since pre-school and every year celebrate their birthdays together.

Karla Escamilla

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Sean turns four years old Aug. 20.

Richard Applebaugh

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Spencer Averitt and Lorraine Averitt both have August birthdays, his on the 15th and hers on the 13th. This photo is from another important day in their lives, September 21, 2013.

Lupita Ramirez, Solaris Photography

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

11-year-old Rachael, showing off her new helmet.

Denise Badertscher

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Ophelia, born August 6m and Robert Figueroa, born August 23, celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on January 16th, 2015.

Denise Badertscher

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

What do President Obama, Jeff Gordon, Billy Ray Thornton, Roger Clemons and Tom DeSisto have in common? They were all born Aug. 4. This is Tom DeSisto, 62, of Tucson.

Gina Marie DeSisto

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Eli Nunez shares a birthday with Nandi and the City of Tucson. Eli and Nandi will both be one on Thursday.

Letty Armendariz

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Evelyn Mae Horton turns one year old on August 23.

Courtesy Kristen Horton

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

He was always a “Boy of Summer.” Bruce Hilpert, at Kill Devil Hills, NC, 2014. His birthday is Aug. 18.

Josh Johnson

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Adrianna Luna shares here birthday with Nandi & Tucson. She was born August 20, 1993.

Adrianna Luna

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Joe Machado, born Aug. 6, 1979.

Courtesy of Joe Machado

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Keagan Lindsay McKinney, age 15, born August 18, 2000.

Jo McKinney

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Leah Noreng was born on Tucson's 200th birthday, and enjoyed many "joint" celebrations with the city in her childhood. She was "Tucson's Bicentennial Baby." Here, she is cutting the cake with Mayor Lew Murphy.

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

James Purdom sent this photo of his daughter Samantha, born Aug. 2, 2008.

Courtesy of James Purdom

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Yareli Reza will celebrate her seventh birthday August 25. Her mother Mari Reza says she is super bright and a very loving and helpful big sister and is a blessing.

Mari Reza

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Jeanette Schaller, born August 7, 1925, here celebrating her 90th birthday at Tucson's 49er Country Club. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Jeanette has lived in Tucson since 1945.

David Schaller

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Bob Sherman celebrating his August 22 birthday with his girls.

Barbara Sherman

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Tenaya Snider's first birthday, August 20th 1993.

Courtesy of Tenaya Snider

Tucson's August babies

Tucson's August babies

Patti Zielbauer, of Green Valley, just celebrated her 63rd birthday Aug. 17. She says, "I was born in Indianapolis, Ind., but feel like I only came alive when I moved to Tucson in 1976. Happy birthday, Nandi and Tucson."

James Zielbauer

Nandi turns one

Nandi turns one

Sue Tygielski, elephant manager at the Reid Park Zoo, uses a dog whistle to help get Nandi's attention as Tygielski feeds her pellets and does a morning health check. Photo taken: Wednesday July 29, 2015. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

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