Vail School District Foundation is very grateful for all of our generous donors this year. We were able to give over $40,000 to our schools and students in the form of supplies, scholarships, equipment, etc. We could not have done it without...
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By Rob Hallberg I grew up in the DC area and it often surprises my friends when I reveal that Tucson has flooding problems. Floods in the Desert? They just don’t understand. “Desert” refers to a climate with minimal rainfall so how can we have...
By Chuck Colbath On a Monday in June, when we are normally closed, our stylists gathered for another class in our all-natural and organic hair color. The class was led by a master instructor. The passion our stylists have for their work is...
By Larry Starks The Tucson Juneteenth Festival Celebrated its 51st annual Celebration on June 19, 2021. Due to COVID regulations in 2020, we were not able to hold an “in person” festival. So we are Celebrated 50/51 this year! Juneteenth is held...
By Khevin Barnes PLANTING THE BANJO SEED Fifty four years ago I picked up a banjo that had been discarded by my older brother. I was in Jr. High School and he was four years older than me. I suppose he just got tired of it. This was the musical...
By Rick Bass Driving our greater Vail area with single lane roadways, higher speed limits, increased multi-use traffic, on-going construction and limited visibility (blind intersections) call for attentive and safe driving habits.In researching...
By Alisha Brewer I remember when I was young digging in my mom’s flower bed one summer night. I had a pile of soil next to me that contained all of the worms that I found. As I continued my hunt for pill bugs and worms I made a miraculous...
Dear Claire, Lately, I have been dreaming about being in a museum. I had two of these dreams. In each dream, I was walking through the museum with someone, but it was with a different person in each dream. In the first dream, I was walking with...
By Allen Schwartzberg, Owner Vail Plumbing I’ve noticed a worrisome trend over the last few years. Fewer and fewer young people are entering the construction trades and fewer still have any real-world, hands-on training right out of school. So...
by Anne Gibson “Hurry Up and Wait” may be appropriate. Here in the Southeast Pima County service area, the staff members of the Gibson-Esmond Station Library are ready and anxious to open fully in order to adequately serve you. The key word is...