The South East Arizona Council held a public meeting on Wednesday, July 24th at the Vail Innovation Center. Ed Buster, SEAC Board member, served as emcee extraordinaire. The attendees heard presentations by Scott Schladweiler, Deputy Director, City of Tucson Water Department; Jim Tucker, Fire Chief, Rincon Valley Fire District; and Victor Pereira...
Author - Anne Gibson
Summer time finds the W. Anne Gibson – Esmond Station Library (WAG –ESL) filled with activity for all ages in the cool of the library located at 10931 E. Mary Ann Cleveland Way. Beginning Thursday, June 1, 2023, Summer Learning kicked off with reading trackers filled with activities families can do together to enhance kids’ reading skills over the...
Managing Librarian Mary McKinney has announced that the expansion of the W. Anne Gibson – Esmond Station Library Parking Lot has been completed and is open for use. The library parking lot has been expanded to include 38 additional parking spaces. The original parking lot had only 30 parking slots. The addition takes the total of available parking...
By Anne Gibson Incorporate Vail Arizona (?) (IVA) has continued to pursue every avenue to assure to receive input from as many segments of the greater Vail area in order to add valuable data to our feasibility study, said IVA President David Hook. In addition to being the president of the IVA, Hook serves as chair of the Pima County Planning and...
By Anne Gibson Del Webb at Rancho de Lago will open its gates from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 5th, to welcome residents of southeast Pima County to attend a Health and Wellness Expo designed to acquaint attendees with a variety of opportunities to assist with the aging process. “I found myself facing the prospect of aging and not...
By Anne Gibson The Mission Statement of Incorporate Vail Arizona (?) reads: “to explore with community input and participation the interest and viability of incorporation.” The 11 officers and director of the 501(c)(4) corporation have made a commitment to uphold this mission. We are happy to share that a resident of the Greater Vail area, not one...
By Anne Gibson Members of the Friends of the Esmond Station Library were up early and ready for an adventure as they drove down west to Sahuarita to attend a Pima County Public Library Advisory Board Retreat on Saturday, May 7th. Friends’ members came from Oro Valley to Green Valley, from Arivaca to Vail, and from all parts of Pima County. The...
By Anne Gibson It is coming at last! On Saturday, May 14th, the Friends of the Esmond Station Library will hold its first book sale in the front patio and community room at the Gibson- Esmond Station Library. The sale of gently used books will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is a perfect time to stock up on reading materials during...
By Anne Gibson Volunteerism, as defined by The Free Dictionary is “the principle of donating time and energy for the benefit of other people in the community as a social responsibility rather than for financial reward.” The greater Vail area has a wealth of volunteers practicing volunteerism. Randy Hoffman stands in Turtleville the desert habitat...
By Anne Gibson Board members, Friend’s members, and guests gathered at the Esmond Station K-8 school, a Vail School District School, on Saturday, January 8th to celebrate the Friends of the Esmond Station Library’s Third Annual Meeting. Its corporate papers mandate the requirement to conduct an annual meeting. With the opening of the meeting it...