by Susan Summers While many small food banks and food pantries in Pima County were forced to close because of the COVID-19 outbreak in recent weeks, ReSources Vail Food Bank remained open and served nearly double the number clients seen at this time last year. Acquiring food for clients during grocery store scarcities and distributing it...
From Burt Graeff This is in response to Mark McLoughlin’s letter to the editor in the April Vail Voice, a letter in which he said, “Buyer Beware!” regarding a story I wrote on transplanting a 22-foot, three-armed Saguaro cactus on my property in Vail. McLoughlin said his award-winning (unidentified) landscape designer, a member of the Board of...
By Ellie Abraham, coordinator, Corona Cares Corona Cares provides services to the seniors of the Corona de Tucson community. These services include transportation, friendly visits, friendly phone calls, caregiver relief, and errands that encompass grocery shopping for our recipients, picking up prescriptions, and delivering products donated...
By Debra A. Devine I was motivated to make a chalk drawing after observing and photographing this beautiful chalk drawing in my neighborhood recently. It looked like stained glass windows, and mentioned the scripture Joshua 1:9. I wasn’t familiar with the scripture, so I went home to discover Joshua 1:9 is “Do not be afraid.” The sentiment...
By John Simpson March 2020 was extremely wet for Arizona, except for Eastern and Southern Tucson and much of Vail. The brunt of one major storm passed just to our East and the brunt of several storms stayed to our West. March wetness has helped the wildflower show throughout the state. The Tucson airport recorded 0.70” of rain, which is just shy...
By Tamra Haase First we didn’t have enough homes for the buyers. Now, we have a lack of toilet paper. Who would have thought? Before the quarantine, houses were selling for good money just weeks ago. We aren’t sure if the slow down will last for a month or more, but we know that people still need a roof over their heads. As the...
By Stuart Katz The Del Lago Men’s Golf Club crowned their champions the weekend of March 28 and 29 at the Del Lago Golf Course. The participants were placed into three flights with John Blumenshine winning the A flight, Ron Agtual winning the B flight, and Bob Sanchez garnering the title in the C flight. The championships were held over two days...
By MaRico Tippet No one saw it coming and many were not as prepared as they wanted to be. COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the U.S. Economy. The stock market has undergone the largest and fastest peak to trough decline in its history. It took the S&P 500 only 22 days to drop 30% from its record high that was reached on Feb 19th. Large, medium...
By Paige Vogt Last week I attended church on my living room couch. As news about the coronavirus swept across the country, weekly services at my congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were paused in favor of a more intimate form of worship. My family’s at-home service went a little bit like this: opening hymn...
By Article Author Melanie Cross recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing.
